Need some advice for a driver

Brolegros · August 31, 2019

Hi im in the market to buy a new driver.

First of all I have a Justin Thomas swing type with a quick transition at the top, I fire my hips very early in my down swing even more than Thomas. I’m kind of a steep player I get about -3 of attack angle on my driver and about -9 with my 7 iron. My path is about 0 to 1.5 degree to the right so my standard shot with a drive is a fade. I’m swinging at about 120-123 mph of club head speed.

So in the last week I got the chance to try some driver with trackman, flight scope and GCquad.

The first one I tried was the Cobra F9 at 9° with the hzrdus smoke black 6.5 70G (i already play this shaft in my 3 wood) I really really like the feeling of the head and the sound of it. I was getting around 315 carry with about 330-335 total with 123mph of club head and about 176-180 of ball speed. The spin was about 2500-2700rpm witch is way to hight. The V lunch was about 9° to 10° did try it with some higher quality range ball (nxt tour kinda)

I also tried that M5 tour (440cc) at 9.5° with a tensei pro orange 70g TX . Didn’t like the feeling of the head but I really liked the shaft. I was getting about 119-120 of club Head and about 173-176 of ball speed for about 300-305 carry and 320-325 total with the V launch about 9° . The spin was about 2200-2300rpm who I find to be pretty good but a little bit to hight. Also the spin might be caused because I was using some normal range ball but it was consistent.

The last one I tried was the titleist TS4 (435cc) with and hzrdus smoke yellow at about 9.5°. The titleist rep said that it was a spin killer and it was really the case. I was getting about 120mph club head speed with about 175-177mph of ball speed for about 1700-1800rpm of spin. I was getting about 300-310 of carry for about 330-335 total. I really liked the feeling of the driver and I was hitting juste straight bomb tbh. That shaft might feel a little bit soft but overall I loved it. Again it was tested with normal range ball.

So after all this I came up with 2 drive the F9 and the TS4. I love bolt of them because of the feeling they gave me and the look at address but the F9 have a big avantage by being a little longer and 150$ cad less than the TS4. The only thing I’m not sure is the shaft. I know I need a low launch low spin shaft but witch one. The smoke black is considered mid-low launch and low spin and I was getting about 2500-2700 with it. So based on this info I was thinking tensei pro white but what would you guys recommend me?