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16 hours ago, nitram said:

Be careful in your decision. Can you imagine your legions after you've decided on a 6-year old driver????

 

haha i'm not that important.  Just a guy sharing his thoughts on shiny toys.  

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Loving all the mini love. My mini (13.5, up one notch) has been a solid 3W replacement. I hate 3Ws, always have, I try a million a year. But the mini off the tee is just SO easy to hit. I can choke all the way down the grip and work it in either direction. I took my 2UDI out of the bag because the mini is just so much easier to hit.

 

Its a trade off though, its bigger/easier (IMO) to hit off the tee than a 3W but not as easy off the deck.

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On 8/23/2021 at 12:33 PM, J13 said:


I’ve toyed with shorter drivers in the past but always got lured back to the dark side. At a point now where my ego has been checked with age and kids lol.  
 

Like many I’ve struggled on tee boxes. I can hit it a long ways but it’s not fun having no idea where the ball is going.  Hitting 30% of fairways isn’t fun even if it’s 300+yds.  The mini and really the Ventus black has made driving fun again.  I feel like I have control and can actually work the ball.  The sldr I’m toying with at the same length is also amazing.  At 45+“ the sldr 430 was a waste of time for me but now it’s hitting bullets that land in the short grass.  I’m honesty loving it. 

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On 8/2/2021 at 11:23 AM, J13 said:

Round in the rain is complete. Soft conditions were ideal for testing carry.  Obviously I can control weather but I think I’m going to do my best in the future at including it in my testing.  Rundown this week as I want one more round before committing to an opinion.  
 

 

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The Mini looks soo good.

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10 hours ago, dcmidnight said:

Loving all the mini love. My mini (13.5, up one notch) has been a solid 3W replacement. I hate 3Ws, always have, I try a million a year. But the mini off the tee is just SO easy to hit. I can choke all the way down the grip and work it in either direction. I took my 2UDI out of the bag because the mini is just so much easier to hit.

 

Its a trade off though, its bigger/easier (IMO) to hit off the tee than a 3W but not as easy off the deck.

 

I haven't hit the 13.5 but I know the 11.5 is not a great deck club.  If you can hit the mini consistently off the deck it's a no brainer to replace a 3 wood.

 

10 hours ago, Golfingfanatic said:

What headweight do you play the SLDR at? I am asking because I just picked up a 14 deg SLDR 460 that I intent to play as a 2 Wood at 43.5".

 

Headweight of the sldr 430 is 210g (without adapter)

 

 

 

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18 hours ago, El Kabong2 said:

i've only used mine off the deck twice...first time was in light rough...not so good...second time was off the fairway...and it was magical.  i still prefer to play my 3W off the deck but i'm open to giving the mini a go off a clean fairway lie

 

Yeah for me it would be hard to use a club that size off the deck.  Maybe the 13.5 would be easier who knows.  But I have no issues with my 3 wood so it's doesn't have a target on it's back like the driver did.

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8 minutes ago, J13 said:

 

Yeah for me it would be hard to use a club that size off the deck.  Maybe the 13.5 would be easier who knows.  But I have no issues with my 3 wood so it's doesn't have a target on it's back like the driver did.

 

Truth is there is only one hole on my home course where I would even need it off the deck and it requires a huge drive for me - so its just not something i'm going to encounter that much. I do think that if I spent an hour at the range just hitting this thing off the deck that I would figure it out. Am I going to do that? Probably not lol.

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11 minutes ago, dcmidnight said:

 

Truth is there is only one hole on my home course where I would even need it off the deck and it requires a huge drive for me - so its just not something i'm going to encounter that much. I do think that if I spent an hour at the range just hitting this thing off the deck that I would figure it out. Am I going to do that? Probably not lol.

 

 

If 3 wood is simply a tee club then I completely get it but then maybe you should be experimenting like i am 😉

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The absolute LAST thing I need to do is experiment with more 3Ws LOL. 

 

In fact, it would probably be impossible for me to experiment with more than I already have.

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4 minutes ago, dcmidnight said:

The absolute LAST thing I need to do is experiment with more 3Ws LOL. 

 

In fact, it would probably be impossible for me to experiment with more than I already have.

hahaha don't ignore your inner ho.  Embrace it

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54 minutes ago, El Kabong2 said:

i do like the look of the sldr at address...why'd you have to show me that? 🤣


 

be honest, you ran an eBay search didn’t you? 🤣

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Oh Baby, you've compelled me to give my JDM SLDR 430 another shot. In fact I slapped a tip on a Ventus Red 6X yesterday and will see what happens this afternoon.

 

Quick note, it doesn't appear as if you've done the "Bobcat" fix to this head. I know he was abusively over the top about it but in all honesty it helped me take the left side out of play. I know you can do the same with hotmelt but just throwing that out there.

 

PM sent about another subject... 🍻

 

 

The answer to better golf is hit it better, farther, and make more putts.

 

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Hahaha gotcha.  
 

 

 

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I had a SLDR 430 way back in 2014 but it was a black shiny head?  Didn’t know the made the grey 430? 

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12 hours ago, Lemonde said:

I had a SLDR 430 way back in 2014 but it was a black shiny head?  Didn’t know the made the grey 430? 

 

 

They didn't for retail.  This is a rare tour issue 430 head painted in the "S" color scheme.  I don't mind gloss heads at all but if i can get something in a matte finish I prefer it.  

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Quick update:

 

Been messing with settings on the SLDR 430 and i'm settling in on 11.25* of loft with sliding weight in the toe.  It's giving me Mid flight 5-8yd draws on a VERY consistent basis.    Also had another friend hit my creation (former mini tour player) and he looked at me like "what the hell just happened".  He loved it and now wants to cut his driver down to 44" 🤣

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Played in an evening 9 hole money game:

 

Results of the SLDR / VB

Fairways 4 / 5

Greens hit 9/9

Score -5 (31)

 

The confidence in the driver has infected (in a good way) the rest of my game.  I'm having a ton of fun right now on the golf course and I have to give credit to the short driver and to the changes that i've been working on with @iteachgolf finally clicking.  Literally been about 7 months of working on the swing changes and the last month or so it's feeling like my new normal.

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55 minutes ago, manxytag said:

was there any other driver heads you were considering or looking at instead of the Sldr

 

For this experiment I chose the SLDR 430 for very specific reasons.  If it was successful (which it is) I might grab another head that's similar to push the length to see where the tipping point is.  Whatever head I choose it will be a low spin head with loft somewhere around 10-10.5*

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41 minutes ago, manxytag said:

is the Sldr is working?

 

SLDR is working great.  Essentially what I built was a Mini'ish driver that's twice as forgiving as the TM Mini.  Slightly lower lower.  

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2 hours ago, manxytag said:

what do you reckon about a 12° Sldr? 

 

I think for many people it would be unreal in this type of build.  The trick is adding enough weight and not just slamming a super heavy weight in the front.  Fortunately, I have my own shop with a tour van hotmelt setup so it's pretty easy for me to tinker.  I would not recommend buying a super heavy weight and just adding to the front track.  Again depends on shaft and length ect..

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51 minutes ago, manxytag said:

have you tried an even shorter shaft, maybe stick a 5 wood shaft in?

 

No.  I wouldn't go shorter than where i'm at, especially at my height and the lie angle of modern drivers.

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