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Another would you topic.

Bumped in to a fellow member yesterday in the car park who was out trying a new (to him) driver. Said it gave him 20 yards over his old one, then said, no sure the 20 yards is worth £200 for the new (to him) one.

Would you for 20 extra yards ??
 

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Not right now.

I’ve only just started hitting my driver, and I’m only getting it about 150 yards. There’s much more to come from me before I start to think about the stick being the limitation.

Having said that, £200 is not much for a driver these days. If I was hitting it, say, 250, and a new driver would get me to 270, then definitely I’d shell out £200.
 

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For an extra 20 yards, £200 sounds a bargain. However, not convinced that there is a club off of the shelf that could achieve that unless I got very lucky.
 

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If it's straighter - take my money..

I failed to mention this guy is one of the straightest players I've ever played with off the tee but he is a short hitter.

It wasn't for me to advice him, it's not my money but if I was as short off the tee as him, like you, take my money.
 
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In his position (short but straight) unless I couldn’t afford it, hell yes!
 

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The M4 I bought gained me 15 yards over the R9 I was playing so it stayed in the bag - cost £249 (used, in perfect condition)

Now I wish I could buy irons that give me an extra 15 yards with the same accuracy:D
 

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Thing is short hitters are usually straight.
Once you start hitting longer that’s when you start leaving it left or right .
A short drive that just stays on the fairway is in the rough or trees if it’s 20yds longer.
 

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Thing is short hitters are usually straight.
Once you start hitting longer that’s when you start leaving it left or right .
A short drive that just stays on the fairway is in the rough or trees if it’s 20yds longer.


there are plenty times when I wished my drive was 20 yards shorter but would I give up 20 overall, never.
 

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If I could pay £1000 to hit the ball into the middle of the fairway with no extra distance gained, I probably would. So if I was a straight hitter and could pay £200 for an extra 20 yards then I'd pay it without question
 

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I'd pay it, with the proviso others are mentioning, that I maintain accuracy. An extra 20yds on my course gets me within range of pretty much all par 4's in 2. At the moment I am annoyingly just short on quite a number.

My son's driver, TM M2, gives me an extra 10-20yds when I get it right but that is a 1 in 5 happening. The other 4 in 5 are all over the shop which is why I don't have one as well.
 
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