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Picked a 8.5* i20 with a RIP 70x the other day at Golf Galaxy for $60. I've been on a driver search for a while and this will do just fine in the meantime. I have no need for anything else really based off of my last two rounds with it,but I guess I just feel better playing slightly newer equipment. It's stupid I know, but if the i20 doesn't stay in the bag permanently, it will remain the back up. It's a bit lower launching, but I'm carrying it about 265 and when summer hits I'll get plenty of roll. Right now, my drives are going.... 265 :)

16' M1 Fuji Pro TS 60x
915f 15* D+ 80x
915h 19* D+ 90x
Pro Black CB1 4-PW PX 6.0
RTX 3 50* S400
SM6 54*. 58* C Taper 120
Works Limited #7

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I am playing one, I guess? My Wishon 919thi is newer but I don't think the design has changed all that much since '07 or whenever it was originally released. It just barely beat out the Nickent SuperMag I had been gaming.

 

Off-center hit forgiveness on the Wishon is really spectacular. I feel like I barely lose distance on subpar strikes. Couple that with it's mid-low spin and super high MOI in a shape that's pleasing and ya got a winner.

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I just bought a Titleist 983E for $40. I had one back in the day and I swear that it is the longest driver I've ever played. I also just got an M1 that I like so I can't wait to test them against each other. MY money is on the 983E.

 

The 983e was low/forward CG with a deep face before that was in vogue. I still have one that I intend to refinish in black. There is something about the bore through heads

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1. Titleist 983e 350cc with Graphite Design YS-6 Stiff

2. Original Nike 400cc with Factory Stiff

3. Callaway GBB VFT 300cc with Factory Stiff

4. Titleist 975D 260cc with Graphalloy ProLite Stiff

5. Titleist 975D 260cc with Graphalloy ProLite Stiff

 

These are the only drivers I would actually put in my bag for a round of golf. Listed in order of greatest likelihood of use. I don't own any newer drivers either.

 

We have similar taste. I played the same 983e for nearly a decade until I started reading how "poorly" that YS-6 stiff fit me. So, I pulled it before I had a new shaft ready to go. I still have every intention of refinishing that thing in black with a proper shaft but in the meantime I may have found a better stick. Tourstage X-Drive 340. It sets up better and feels more balanced. The difference between these clubs and today's drivers is incredibly similar to the difference between a proper blade and today's "player irons."

 

Check out this beauty

 

 

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I have tried every new driver out there over the years. Only one I have actually liked the performance is a Nike Vapor Pro and I am not usually a Nike fan at all. That being said, my gamer is my McHenry Metals Tour Pure II 365cc driver. None of the 460cc clubs outdrives it in terms of distance. The 460s might be a bit more forgiving but I don't really have too much trouble hitting the center of the club face. Love this McHenry driver, long and straight for me.

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just switched to a new driver after playing ping k15 for years. Still have sasquatch 5 wood in my bag, I can find anything as forgiving and long for me than that ugly 5 wood. But it works

DRIVER --Rogue sub zero

FW- Rogue 3 wood
M2--5hl

IRONS--- jpx 900 forged 5-pw

WEDGES--T7-49-53-56-59

PUTTER-- scotty cameron buttonback

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Cally Diablo Octane Tour. Much longer than the Anser I was gaming previously and similarly low spin. Saw the head in a club-building buddy's garage and had him toss in the RIP alpha S I had sitting around, he tipped it .5" and it is a beast.

CALLAWAY GBB - 9* Aldila Rogue I/O 60 X
TEE E8 Beta - 13* Aldila Rogue Silver 70 S
TEE CBX hybrid - 16* HZRDUS 6.0
TEE EX9 Tour hybrid - 18* Recoil 780 ES S
WILSON FG Tour V4 - 4-P DG Pro S
TITLEIST Vokey SM6 - 52.12 F
Indi Golf Stingray TT 58*
EXOTICS DG-v 1.2

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Callaway X460 Tour 8.5 Degree head with an Aldila NV-65 Stiff. Had to get it reshafted and was hitting the S well so I stuck with it, though I should've went with the X.

Driver: Cobra LTD Pro 7.5o - Kuro Kage DC XT 70 TX - Tipped 1"

UDI: 2019 TaylorMade P790 2i

Irons: 3-PW: Srixon z745 with Modus 130x

Wedges: 52o/56o/60o - Cleveland RTX4s

Putter: Ping Kushin 4

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I love my FT-9 Tour. If only i can get more imix shafts readily without trying to track down the adapter as well as getting lower than 8.5 loft somehow

[color=#0000cd][b]Taylormade M1 460 8.5* (2016) Tensei Pro Orange 70TX[/b][/color]
[color=#0000ff][b]TEE E8 Beta 13* 3 Wood Aldila Rogue Silver 70X[/b][/color]
[color=#0000ff][b]Callaway Razr X MB H Stamp 3-PW [/b][/color][color=#0000ff][b]DGX100[/b][/color]
[color=#0000ff][b]Titleist Vokey SM6 50* | SM5 54* | 58*[/b][/color]
[color=#b22222][b]Scotty Cameron Select Newport 2 34" Super Stroke Slim 3.0 CounterCore[/b][/color]

[color=#0000cd][b]Callaway FT-9 Tour 8.5* iMix Fubuki Tour 63X[/b][/color]
[color=#0000ff][b]Titleist 681T 2-PW DGS400[/b][/color]
[b]Odyssey Protype ix #1 34" Super Stroke Slim 3.0[/b]

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Only driver is still my Cally X460 tour with fujikura tour platform X 26.3 that I bought at the Callaway shop at the little par 3 course on the Vegas strip in I think the summer of 2005.

 

I think the club outlasted that shop as I think it's a taylor-made shop last I heard now.

 

Haven't hit another driver since I got it except maybe at a golf show or demo day or a bay at golf galaxy. Don't know why, I guess I hit it far enough and I know when I miss it's my swing and not the club.

 

Much more of a putter and 3 wood tinkerer.

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Mid way through 2015 I put a 10* Callaway FTiz I ix in the bag and never took it back out.

Callaway Epic MAX 10.5*
Callaway Mavrik MAX 15*
Taylor Made M4 19* & 22* hybrids
PING G410 5-U w/DG 105s 
Cleveland RTX 54* & 58*
Odyssey Stroke Lab Big Seven Toe Up vs MEZZ1 vs Seemore
Precision Pro Nx7 Pro, Garmin S60 (watch)


https://forums.golfwrx.com/discussion/1580770/recaps-the-taylormade-twistfaceexperience-7-golfwrx-members-visit-the-kingdom-for-an-exclusive-m3/p1

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FT5 Tour 9.5° stock X Fuji...

This driver is something... I was bombing it in the sim and the results were justified on the courses.

A bit too loud but otherwise good $15 spent...I just don't have the fitness to swing an X day in day out.

All LH :

Driver : TM SLDR430 10.5° Fujikura Speeder 65
3-Wood : Callaway FT 15° Neutral Fujikura FitOn 160
3-Hybrid : Adams XTD Dry Proto 21° Aldila RIP Tour HYB80
4-Hybrid : Adams XTD DHy Proto 24° Aldila RIP Tour HYB80
5-PW : Adams XTD Forged Aldila RIP Tour SLT115
Wedges : Titleist Vokey SM4 52° & 258.08 58° TT Dynamic Gold
Putter : Odyssey White Hot 2-Ball Blade

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Just played with my step brothers clubs which I let him have quite a while ago. Pretty old setup lol

Titleist DCI 990 irons

Titleist 905r driver

Horrible wedges

Calloway warbird 5 wood (mind as well of been a persimmon...)

Ping B60 putter

 

Ended up shooting 78 with 3 three putts and two doubles.

 

 

I have the Titleist DCI 990 Irons with the DG S300 Shafts! I think they are great Irons. I like the sound from a solid shot off them. I bust em out of the Closet once or twice a year.

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