What Drivers Have You Played This Year?

[wakit300]

Started the year with TM M1 (original) w/ Evenflow handcrafted shaft - changed to TM M5 w/ HZRDUS Smoke 70 shaft

[lefty1978]

Cobra Fly-z

Ping G

Callaway GBB Epic sz

Callaway Rogue sz (current driver)

[ian-500]

Started with a jBEAM Glorious/Fujikura Motore VT 7x, then a Cobra F9/Tour AD IZ 7x, then a TM Original One/Tensei Pro Blue 80tx and now I have a Ping G410 LST/Aldila Black Mamba 70tx on it's way. Either the TM or the Ping is what I'll end the year with (or both!).

[Sparty4202]

Only 1...Ping G400...haven’t even screwed with the settings!!

 

Now irons....that’s any other story..?‍♂️

[Tooeasy]

TaylorMade aeroburner .....wasn’t for me

Callaway GBB epic....nice driver...long

Ping Gmax 400....best of everything probably gamer for awhile

[flew66]

Started the year with Ping G400 Max with Tour shaft. Switched to Cobra F9 with Atmos Blue. Finally switched shaft to GD Tour AD MJ. Seems best combo for me... for now. :)

[ericft]

I also have a driver journey....started with g400 max 10.5 with tour 65 Stiff, then found a killer combo with tensei pro white 60 TX. loved it but it it high....went on a search for 4 woods and got a 2016 tour issue M2 HL which was amazing so decided to get the 2016 M2 driver as well. was long but not accurate. Then tried tour issue M4 not as accurate. went and purchaed g400 max 9 deg head and still too high. Then tried g400 8.5 LST at the big minus it was hitting amazing distance but not as accurate. Tried then g400 LST 10 degree and it was lower spin and launch but not nearly as accurate as the g400 max. Also tried the g410 still not as accurate.....

so I finally realized the error of my ways and custom ordered a g400 max digitally lofted at 8 degree set at the big minus with tensei pro white 60 TX and all is right in the world again. Way more accurate, hitting nice cuts of the tee that don't go left.....

THE G400 MAX IS AMAZING...ACCURACY IS SO MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAN LENGTH!

[gpleonard]

Started the year with the Epic Flash. Spent to much time in the woods on the right. Got a Srixon Z785 driver ...nice and straight..but just to short.. Now... Titleist TS2.. Took the Tensei Blue 55 shaft out and put in a kuro Kage Black 55 shaft in. A real bomber that stays on the fairway. In my bag for a long time.

[Hougz79]

TS3. Been experimenting with HZRDUS Smoke Yellow, but keep coming back to the EF White T1100.

 

First time since 2014 that I’ve played the same driver all year. Last year played 915D2, ‘17 M1, Rogue, G400, and 917D2.

[Bebsport678]

Started with the new TS, moved to the G410 which I liked a lot better. Still using it now!

[steveoly32]

Started with Rogue SZ then have gone through four different Epic Flashes, three different F9s and two G410s. There honestly may be a couple others, but I can’t remember.

I just sold my last F9 yesterday and have declared the Epic Flash my gamer.

The one constant over the past few years has been my trusty Tour AD DI shaft.

[WIGolf]

Played a gen 1 8.5 deg PXG 0811x w/weights forward and a PX 6.5 t1100 evenflow white all year. Never drove the ball better. Consistently high 200’s for yardage and an absolute fairway finder. Drove a few 310yd par 4’s. Yes the sound is a touch odd at first and takes some getting used to, but when playing 6800yd courses, it leaves a scoring iron or wedge into every green and made golf much more enjoyable.

[Jifmoli]

Two, but my driver journey will come to an end: Titleist 903 D3 and TM M2 '17. Bought the last one this year.

Though it feels great to bomb a drive down the fairway, a good round of driving is actually landing on the fairway more than 4 times a round.. Just not good enough. Much more accurate with a 3 wood and still with good length. However, a similar lofted hybrid again is better from varied lies than a 3w. So my 3w journey eventually will come to an end as well I reckon.

 

I will leave the drivers for those with more talent than me..

[ani5009]

Played until about June with my '17 M2 and Black Tie shaft, found an M4 head for a song so I upgraded to that and its stayed in the bag since then. Interestingly enough, the Black Tie and the M4 don't get a long, so I've been on a bit of a run trying out shafts in the latter half of the year (Pro Blue, HZRDUS Yellow, Fujukura Speeder 661) and might continue that trend into the winter until I find something that feels right.

[AGNI]

Started with ts3 which I liked but didn't love, then onto a m5 which I struggled with. Now playing epic flash sub zero with ad vr 6x and love this combo, sounds not great but can remember perforating my ear drum hitting a cobra sz440 so definitely had worse.

[Logan159]

TM M3 with Kuro Kage XD

Cobra f9 with Accra tz5

Titleist TS3 with Diamana DF

Ping G410LST with Tensei pro white (this will be in the bag for a while)

The sad part is I felt like I had done pretty well on equipment changes until I just wrote out this list. Thanks OP for reminding me of my problems..

[3_Jack_Par]

Started the year with Epic SubZero, which I'd played for the previous two seasons. I don't think I actually played any rounds with it, as I picked up a Epic Flash SubZero and put it in play from the first round of the year with the same shaft (Rogue Silver 125MSI 70TX) I'd used in the OG Epic SZ. The Flash Subzero turned out to be a huge mistake, I finally admitted after about 20 rounds and experiments with a few different shafts (Tensei Pro Orange 70x, Atmos Black 80x).

 

After that, I switched to my current Ping G410 LST. I started with the 125MSI Rogue Silver 70TX in that, but after getting a 130 MSI Rogue 80TX to put in my 3 wood (basically because I couldn't find the 125 MSI anywhere), I really liked that profile, so I switched to the 70TX version of that in the driver.

 

Now that the season is basically over, I'm getting an early start on the winter boredom ho'ing, and I'm going to try out a couple of Aldila Synergy Tour Prototype shafts (Black & Green), just to see if I like either one a little better. I like my current setup a lot, but there's been a couple of days where I just seem to struggle with it a little directionally, so I'm looking for something that might help me gain a little more consistency (what I should do is try to get better at golf, but that's less fun).

[llamont]

Still rocking an old Ping G30 w/ black ProjectX 6.0 shaft. I played it through most of 2018 (including summer league play). Went on detail for work from October 2018 through August 2019 and only played a handful of rounds with it. Just completed the detail/I've had a few lessons/range sessions/and been on the course and I'm still bagging it. I tried a 2017 TM M2 440 for several range sessions but I couldn't find a groove with it all. I'm going to play the G30 until I'm not playing it anymore.

[CRAFTYLEFTY20]

Rogue subzero. First time I’ve played the same driver all year in a long time.

[Shrinkwr4p]

My G400 which I love has made way, periodically, to a Ping i15. The 400 is more forgiving but the i15 is beautiful and more rewarding in every way when well struck.

[johnnythunders]

Started with same driver as the year before Callaway fusion 10.5 weight to 206 grams, with fuji Evo 3 661 stiff at 46 inches. The hamer.

At the same time I bought and compared it to mizuno 10.5 hL st190, st190g, Ping g400 max, Ping g400, Callaway epic flash 10.5 and 10.5 flash subzero. Various shafts the only one that has stated up with the fusion dispersion wise and length has been the ping g400 so it has stayed. Love the st190 hL looks, feel, length but a little less forgiving than the fusion and g400 max. I was hoping the flash was it but I don’t get why people like the club, sounds hollow, way to light head weight and the top line is ugly. Doesn’t go as far as the fusion either.

 

Done with drivers, fusion and ping g400 max are good enough.

[cardoustie]

G400lst w oban revenge 65x and tx

G410lst w AD BB 7s

Rapture v1 w AD MJ 6s

M5 w Blueboard 73x

'16m2 w Blueboard 63x

GBB w Blueboard 53x

[leftylama]

From start 2019

 

Rogue

2017 M2

M5

F9

 

Went back to last year's superior setup, Ping G400 with tour shaft

[JMT8345]

Rang in the new year with G400 Max, been in F9 since March with no plans to change.

[golfinrig24]

Stuck with g400 lst last seaso with PX hazards yellow 76g 6.5 . Did have a chance to try a TS3 with a PX even flow T1100 white 76g 6.5. Saw minimal gains on trackman compared to my ping. But was a great driver and made me think.

[Hotdocta]

I have used pxg gen2 0811x 10.5 all year. Best sounding driver I have ever used. Average in distance. Started with tz6 and now using tour ad bb.

 

I feel the m6 pulling me away though....

[BadGolfer1989]

G400 Max

G400 LST

Epic Flash SZ

Cobra F9

G410 LST (Best by far)

[kjfato05]

Been using my Taylormade SLDR 430 12*. Still keeps up with the latest and greatest of today!

[1Mordrid1]

Started the year with a Callaway Rogue, switched to the PXG 0811x until the shaft broke. Was back to the Rogue for a month and hated the horrible dispersion. Was glad when I got the PXG back.

[ErnieMcCracken]

G400 Max all year. It's not going anywhere soon. Just picked up the 3W too.