Mcleodc2000
Club Champion
First off, I'd like to take the opportunity to once again thank Golf Monthly for giving me the chance to test the new driver!
As there have been many posts about the club at this point, I won't bore anyone with more photos of the club itself, we all know how sexy it looks...
First impressions of the club were very good, I love the look of it, certainly much nicer looking than my current G20. When I sit it down behind the ball I just feel comfortable with the look of it.
A bit of background on me before I talk about the performance: I'm 19 years old, 5'9" and pretty thin, not exactly built like a bomber, but through years of playing badminton I'm pretty flexible so can build fairly reasonable club head speed. My current driver is the Ping G20 10.5 with the Tour Stiff shaft.
When I first took it out to the range, it was very cold and I hadn't had a swing in a few weeks, so was a bit rusty. None the less, I was hitting it well- I had it set in the 8.5 setting with the weights in 2 and 3 position. The club just feels really solid in this setup. As I say, it was cold, so I was swinging as freely as I usually do. I was hitting it well, still pretty high, but not ballooning like my G20 occasionally does.
Following on from that, I had a couple of trips to the course, playing nine holes here and there where the weather, my work and university schedules would allow. On these trips, I was hitting it alright, but again struggling to swing my best due to the cold.
Today, however, I was able to get on to a GC2 Launch Monitor at Affordable Golf in East Kilbride.
I warmed up with a few 7 irons, then hit 7 shots with my own driver, followed by 7 with the JPX, still in the 8.5 setting with the weights in 2 and 3.
The image below shows the results, my G20 on top and the JPX below. I removed the best and worst hits with each club.
As you can see, the spin with the JPX was much better, and the distance was up significantly.
My issue, however, was with my dispersion. I was all over the place. This could be down to a swing fault and lack of play, or could have something to do with the weight/torque/flex of the shaft.
The 60g Orochi stiff definitely feels softer than my current shaft, and I think that played a part in my dispersion issue. I'd love to be able to try the JPX with a heavier, stiffer shaft because I think with that it would be a real monster for me.
All in all, I love the look, feel and distance I get out of the driver. If I can get the dispersion tightened up it will go in the bag without question. I have a lesson booked for a couple of weeks time once I get my exams out the way and hopefully that will help to correct whatever is causing the dispersion issues, or will highlight that it would beneficial for me to experiment with other shafts.
Thanks for taking the time to read this- if you have any questions I'd be happy to answer them!
As there have been many posts about the club at this point, I won't bore anyone with more photos of the club itself, we all know how sexy it looks...
First impressions of the club were very good, I love the look of it, certainly much nicer looking than my current G20. When I sit it down behind the ball I just feel comfortable with the look of it.
A bit of background on me before I talk about the performance: I'm 19 years old, 5'9" and pretty thin, not exactly built like a bomber, but through years of playing badminton I'm pretty flexible so can build fairly reasonable club head speed. My current driver is the Ping G20 10.5 with the Tour Stiff shaft.
When I first took it out to the range, it was very cold and I hadn't had a swing in a few weeks, so was a bit rusty. None the less, I was hitting it well- I had it set in the 8.5 setting with the weights in 2 and 3 position. The club just feels really solid in this setup. As I say, it was cold, so I was swinging as freely as I usually do. I was hitting it well, still pretty high, but not ballooning like my G20 occasionally does.
Following on from that, I had a couple of trips to the course, playing nine holes here and there where the weather, my work and university schedules would allow. On these trips, I was hitting it alright, but again struggling to swing my best due to the cold.
Today, however, I was able to get on to a GC2 Launch Monitor at Affordable Golf in East Kilbride.
I warmed up with a few 7 irons, then hit 7 shots with my own driver, followed by 7 with the JPX, still in the 8.5 setting with the weights in 2 and 3.
The image below shows the results, my G20 on top and the JPX below. I removed the best and worst hits with each club.
As you can see, the spin with the JPX was much better, and the distance was up significantly.
My issue, however, was with my dispersion. I was all over the place. This could be down to a swing fault and lack of play, or could have something to do with the weight/torque/flex of the shaft.
The 60g Orochi stiff definitely feels softer than my current shaft, and I think that played a part in my dispersion issue. I'd love to be able to try the JPX with a heavier, stiffer shaft because I think with that it would be a real monster for me.
All in all, I love the look, feel and distance I get out of the driver. If I can get the dispersion tightened up it will go in the bag without question. I have a lesson booked for a couple of weeks time once I get my exams out the way and hopefully that will help to correct whatever is causing the dispersion issues, or will highlight that it would beneficial for me to experiment with other shafts.
Thanks for taking the time to read this- if you have any questions I'd be happy to answer them!
