TaylorMade/Ashworth Staffer Justin Rose just won the US Open, but you knew that already.įrom the narrow perspective of the golf equipment world, Rose’s big win is as much a win for his equipment sponsor. Now I'm ripping them and can work it either way much easier than with the square drivers ( I know those were not designed to be a workable club - just saying this driver is very versatile.) It also has a very solid sound.TaylorMade had a pretty good week. I was trying too hard ( thinking I needed to swing harder because of the x-flex) instead of letting the shaft react to my normal swing which is how I was fitted. Only have two rounds with it so far but I only had a few OB on the first round because I was not swinging with my normal tempo. Possibly because the shaft in the iQ was way too soft and if my swing got aggressive then it would get ugly fast. I have a 9.5* with a Diamana blueboard 75-X in it and I'm getting a great trajectory and I feel like it is much more accurate than my FT-iQ. This thing sets up open which is great because most of my miss hits are hooks with an occasional push. I had been using square drivers ( NIKE SUMO 5900, Callaway FT-iQ) the last few years but played my old Bridgestone J33 driver one weekend and was hitting the ball very well and decided that I wanted to go back to a traditional style head. It felt way hotter than the Diablo Edge or FT-iZ and for the most part I am getting good separation from my playing partners off the tee. I went down to Callaway for a fitting and tried just about everything. I will have more to say about this club after some extensive outdoor and Flightscope testing. The engineers listened to the input of the great players, and created the driver THEY wanted. This wasn't one of those 'This is our driver this year, and you will play it'. No broken bottle sound with this club.įrom what I can gleen by looking at this 'Tour' club and comparing it to other Callaway Tour clubs from the past is that it seems that the Callaway design department has actually been listening to what players have been asking for. Some players might be put off by the seam on the crown that shows the titanium and carbon parts of the driver joining together, but this reviewer can get used to anything that goes long and straight.Ĭallaway has tuned the sound on this club to appeal to the better player as well. This club has clean, classic lines, and looks a bit smaller than the massive 460cc drivers we have all become accustomed to. It is very difficult to judge ballfight indoors, and I did not have access to a reliable launch monitor to get some accurate ball speed and spin #s. I can't wait to get this thing outside on the range. I had a chance to see and hit the new Callaway FT Tour driver yesterday.

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