Would a 13.5 degree Driver work for me?

[Tan1415]

Hi all,

I have a FT3 HT draw driver with A shaft.That’s 16 degrees.
I have back issues and my swing speed with the driver is like 80 mph. So A shaft seems to work well with me.

I am considering to upgrade to the Callaway XR16 with a lite flex and 13.5.
This could be changed to 12.5 or 15.5.

basically I can try a lower loft to see if I can improve. Or if not...set loft to 15.5 and is basically the same as my FT3.

Hopefully will improve my range. Because the FT3 is really straight and dependable, if a bit short.

 

[JB]

Could it work? Sure. Enjoy it, that was a good head

 

[Mark_UK]

I played an XR16 with a 12.5 degree head for 4 years and loved it. My current Ping G410 is a 12 degree head and it’s even better. For someone that produces low spin numbers and doesn’t launch the ball particularly high, loft on a driver is a good friend of mine.

 

[Tan1415]

Price performance wise which should I get?

New XR16 driver 13.5 with light shaft at 170€
Demo Epic flash 12 with a flex at 259€

 

[JB]

Epic flash and it’s not close.

 

[Tan1415]

In what way?
Is it due to jailbreak tech?

 

[IceyShanks]

I've been using the high loft driver heads in my last two, Epic and Mavrik and loved the flexibility with additional loft.