Oddsocks
Ryder Cup Winner
So the time has come where I'm playing with drivers again... Yes I know I shouldn't but it's kinda a roll on from a previous ownership and I'm after a bit of feedback.
When the r11 (original 440cc) item come out I swapped from the 09 burner to the r11 and while the results were long.... By heck was I wild. Good balls were miles long, but bad balls could miss by counties and postcodes. With this in mind in a short owner period I ditched the r11 and bounced back to old faithful which was early summer 2011. 6 months on and a better driving season I was luck enough to win a customer fit with AG and the amp went into the bag, I should add at this point a change in swing made the amp a great bat and my driving improved loads, but again I had that jiggly feeling that now my swing was fixed " what would it have been like with the r11?"
Now a few know I don't love the amp cosmetically but after an upgrade Motore f1 it's been a great big dog. .... BUT.... towards the end of last year again with tweeting the swing I have really wanted to try an r11 to compare consistency against my wild and short lived ownership.
Well Sunday was that day and fresh off the back of a good driver day the week previous I had both drivers in my bag. Straight away the r11 was firing on all cylinders, lower flight which is really going to suit my course, pretty straight apart from an odd soft fade hear and there, but by the end of the round I was pretty much putting the ball exactly where I wanted it. Now here is the million dollar question.
" how much of an improvement do you look for before making the change?"
Flight was down :thup:
rollout was up, :thup:
dispersion was about the same along with consistency :thup:
And distance was around 10-15 yards longer than the amp :cheers:
But.... Forgiveness was definitely down by around 20%......
Now don't get me wrong the lower flight is going to be a major bonus coupled with the length, but we know it isn't about these numbers alone.... Especially on a day where your chopping it round.
So again... What do people look for in order to warrant the change.
I'm interested,
When the r11 (original 440cc) item come out I swapped from the 09 burner to the r11 and while the results were long.... By heck was I wild. Good balls were miles long, but bad balls could miss by counties and postcodes. With this in mind in a short owner period I ditched the r11 and bounced back to old faithful which was early summer 2011. 6 months on and a better driving season I was luck enough to win a customer fit with AG and the amp went into the bag, I should add at this point a change in swing made the amp a great bat and my driving improved loads, but again I had that jiggly feeling that now my swing was fixed " what would it have been like with the r11?"
Now a few know I don't love the amp cosmetically but after an upgrade Motore f1 it's been a great big dog. .... BUT.... towards the end of last year again with tweeting the swing I have really wanted to try an r11 to compare consistency against my wild and short lived ownership.
Well Sunday was that day and fresh off the back of a good driver day the week previous I had both drivers in my bag. Straight away the r11 was firing on all cylinders, lower flight which is really going to suit my course, pretty straight apart from an odd soft fade hear and there, but by the end of the round I was pretty much putting the ball exactly where I wanted it. Now here is the million dollar question.
" how much of an improvement do you look for before making the change?"
Flight was down :thup:
rollout was up, :thup:
dispersion was about the same along with consistency :thup:
And distance was around 10-15 yards longer than the amp :cheers:
But.... Forgiveness was definitely down by around 20%......
Now don't get me wrong the lower flight is going to be a major bonus coupled with the length, but we know it isn't about these numbers alone.... Especially on a day where your chopping it round.
So again... What do people look for in order to warrant the change.
I'm interested,
