Morikawa Back in SIM

[kjmtthws]

Whats up with this??

 

Any reason that you guys can see??

[Jamie_Tee]

They prefer them.  Newer doesn't mean better.

[philly2kuk]

Sim series for what? Rory is missing his old stealth driver, no mention of the Sim and same for Morikawa.

[toastinato]

Yeah im interested to see where this is. I haven't seen anything. 

[mat562]

[toastinato]

1 minute ago, mat562 said:

Ooooo wow! That's a surprise. The OG Sim was my favorite from them. If my Ping g430 Max doesn't work out it's back to the Sim! 

[Grubs13]

 

Highlighted line was from the tweet, not me.

Edited March 9, 2023 by Grubs13
Clarification of content.

[jomatty]

Interesting.  Reminds me of high level slow pitch softball.  

[Liveonce]

Not enough Fargivness with the Stealth I guess

[BagofToast]

Rory using SIM driver or 3w? He’s used the 3w recently but can’t imagine he went back to the driver. 

[btyh]

Swear I saw a article on him switching to stealth 2 to "keep up with tiger" lol 

[Phabs]

2 hours ago, btyh said:

Swear I saw a article on him switching to stealth 2 to "keep up with tiger" lol 

He did. Believe he switched back at the players then drove it like 💩 there too 

Edited March 10, 2023 by Phabs

[Jeff58]

Wise boys. 👍

[Cwebb]

Maybe they don't like looking at a red face.  Wouldn't be surprising

[puresurfr]

Forgiveness is better than Fargiveness......but whatever.................

[black bnr32]

So basically the face gets hotter over time and won’t pass the usga test?  That’s what I’m interpreting.

[iNeedMoreGolf]

Whats intresting is they switched to og sim not sim2.

[Pomps]

Looks like Collin is back in his SIM that he won the the PGA and Open with (maybe not the exact same head, who knows, but it's a SIM). He hasn't been bad off the tee, top 15ish strokes gained off the tee. Wonder what he's not liking with Stealth+. Not a bad day with SIM...

[lookylookitzadam]

1 hour ago, black bnr32 said:

So basically the face gets hotter over time and won’t pass the usga test?  That’s what I’m interpreting.

Correct. 

[dubbelbogey]

Rory basically confirmed what I've been wondering since the very first day this new generation of carbon faced drivers came out - that they can get "hotter" as they break in and more used.

 

As mentioned above, this was definitely a thing in youth baseball a decade or more back with composite bats and all the services out there offering to accelerate the break-in period via "rolling" or shaving. Sounds like it was/is a thing in adult softball, too, though unlike baseball, I have no experience there.

 

I wonder if there will ultimately be a phase where using an older composite faced driver will be looked at suspiciously even when there is no testing going on.  

 

The conspiracy generating side of my mind is also wondering if the mfrs already know this would be the case and are ultimately putting what might eventually becoming "non conforming" drivers into the marketplace for us amateur golfers knowing that they will actually perform better as they age. "Why is Bob out driving all of us now even though his driver is 4 years old????"  (Haha - I don't personally care about this, in all honesty, but it is an amusing line of thought...)

Edited March 10, 2023 by dubbelbogey

[CLEVELAND59]

1 hour ago, black bnr32 said:

So basically the face gets hotter over time and won’t pass the usga test?  That’s what I’m interpreting.

Bingo.  The same material that comprises the face material of the stealth and stealth 2 is also used in composite baseball bats in amateur baseball.  There are people in that sport that specialize in "rolling" or compressing the bat barrel from the mfg to increase COR.  It's commonplace.  Sounds like the same thing happens with continued use of the Stealth driver and if the PGA was testing at Riv, then they must be on to it too.

[third-times-a-charm]

4 minutes ago, dubbelbogey said:

Rory basically confirmed what I've been wondering since the very first day this new generation of carbon faced drivers came out - that they can get "hotter" as they break in and more used.

 

Every driver does that, hence why Callaway puts thicker faces on woods with TC serials. Now if TM's carbon material does it faster or differently is a different story.

Edited March 10, 2023 by third-times-a-charm

[Cirta69]

I guess he likes his SIMgiveness. 😀

[BagofToast]

 

[nikegolfer93]

38 minutes ago, third-times-a-charm said:

 

Every driver does that, hence why Callaway puts thicker faces on woods with TC serials. Now if TM's carbon material does it faster or differently is a different story.

How would an OG SIM driver get hotter?  That's very interesting to me. 
 

[third-times-a-charm]

Just now, nikegolfer93 said:

How would an OG SIM driver get hotter?  That's very interesting to me. 
 

Metal faces wear down when you pound balls at 100+MPH daily. Any driver ever made will get hotter in a CT test after you hit it with 100's or 1000's of golf balls at high speed over 6 months.

[AC168]

My personal experience is the SIM is more versatile.  Stealth 2 Plus is great for me as it hits straighter.

[QuigleyDU]

5 hours ago, Liveonce said:

Not enough Fargivness with the Stealth I guess

It could actually be that. Meaning. The new driver does move the way the want so the start blocking or pulling balls they expect to draw or cut back into the fairway.

[joj]

3 minutes ago, QuigleyDU said:

It could actually be that. Meaning. The new driver does move the way the want so the start blocking or pulling balls they expect to draw or cut back into the fairway.

That’s basically what he said in his post-round interview today. He was talking about how good it is to see the ball fall right again. He said he’s starting to count on it, instead of hoping. He didn’t specify the driver, but we all know what he meant. 

[grm24]

1 hour ago, third-times-a-charm said:

Metal faces wear down when you pound balls at 100+MPH daily. Any driver ever made will get hotter in a CT test after you hit it with 100's or 1000's of golf balls at high speed over 6 months.

Guess some people never heard of faces geting hotter over time or forgot about certain drivers failing on-site CT testing a few years back at the Open Championship.

Edited March 10, 2023 by grm24