philly169
Journeyman Pro
Direct Golf Cambridge had a TaylorMade Experience Day today, so I booked myself in to have a look at an SLDR driver, I'm quite content with my current bag and with a wedding to pay for next year I'm on a new shiny ban..
I was quite interested in trying out the SLDR to see what all the fuss was about, when Jimbob had his at Woodhall Spa he was all over the place!! It was a free fitting so I thought what the hey, I've never got on with TaylorMade clobber..
I arrived and met Tom, the fitter and he gave me a few minutes to warm up, so i hit some wedges, a couple of hybrid and some drives. I was hitting them well so thought it was a good time for a comparison.
I set up to the flightscope with my 910D2 and smashed a few down the middle, each one out the face and booming down the middle. He checked out my driver and was impressed when he saw my shaft (get your mind out the gutter).. Its an upgrade shaft I spotted on the 910D2 when I bought it from DG at normal price, don't know why it was on it but I took it straight away when I noticed.
So numbers looked a little like this (ish):
Carry 240 Total 258, swing speed 101 clubhead 126 spin 3500
He then set me up with a SLDR Mini with the same shaft I had in my 910 but it was really working for me, although it did give me 10 more yards.. Then onto the SLDR, a different shaft this time, hit a few but felt a little bit whippy at the bottom, causing it to pull left, but still went the distance..
Finally he said "I've think I've got just the shaft for you..." and pulled out a Matrix Ozik 7M3 stiff, if i remember correctly.. Hit a few shots with it, bam down the middle, bam down the middle again.. "you caught those... you'll love these numbers"
Carry 285 Total 303, swing speed 102 clubhead speed 149 spin 1500
He was pretty chuffed and said he's normally just happy with 10 yard extra.. He then added me to his #loftup leaderboard with 45 yards!!! gained.
Loft didn't change, stayed at 9.5, but wow... what a club...... Damn you TM!!!
Mrs169 wasn't happy when I got home... Guess I need to win a few comps and trade in my Driver!!
I was quite interested in trying out the SLDR to see what all the fuss was about, when Jimbob had his at Woodhall Spa he was all over the place!! It was a free fitting so I thought what the hey, I've never got on with TaylorMade clobber..
I arrived and met Tom, the fitter and he gave me a few minutes to warm up, so i hit some wedges, a couple of hybrid and some drives. I was hitting them well so thought it was a good time for a comparison.
I set up to the flightscope with my 910D2 and smashed a few down the middle, each one out the face and booming down the middle. He checked out my driver and was impressed when he saw my shaft (get your mind out the gutter).. Its an upgrade shaft I spotted on the 910D2 when I bought it from DG at normal price, don't know why it was on it but I took it straight away when I noticed.
So numbers looked a little like this (ish):
Carry 240 Total 258, swing speed 101 clubhead 126 spin 3500
He then set me up with a SLDR Mini with the same shaft I had in my 910 but it was really working for me, although it did give me 10 more yards.. Then onto the SLDR, a different shaft this time, hit a few but felt a little bit whippy at the bottom, causing it to pull left, but still went the distance..
Finally he said "I've think I've got just the shaft for you..." and pulled out a Matrix Ozik 7M3 stiff, if i remember correctly.. Hit a few shots with it, bam down the middle, bam down the middle again.. "you caught those... you'll love these numbers"
Carry 285 Total 303, swing speed 102 clubhead speed 149 spin 1500
He was pretty chuffed and said he's normally just happy with 10 yard extra.. He then added me to his #loftup leaderboard with 45 yards!!! gained.
Loft didn't change, stayed at 9.5, but wow... what a club...... Damn you TM!!!
Mrs169 wasn't happy when I got home... Guess I need to win a few comps and trade in my Driver!!
