I played golf in middle school and am now a Junior in college getting back into it. I've been playing with my dad's clubs when I can (2009 Taylormade Burners, Full set SW-Driver) and have been playing well and am looking to pick up a used set. So right now my dilemma is between a Diablo Edge Tour Driver, 3, 5 for $150 or a Diablo Octane Driver for $90 and some xcg-v fairway woods for $50ish. Any advice between these two choices would be greatly appreciated. All are stiff flex which I prefer and the drivers are both 10.5. Okay, so I ended up contacting the company via facebook. They IM'ed back and forth with me for a few minutes.
They asked for my address to send me new golf balls. They also asked for my golf size. Anyway, yesterday I got 15 new golf balls in the mail, along with 3 golf gloves, and a golf towel. So, I give them credit. They are trying to make it right. I hit the balls yesterday and they do seem to be okay. (Although, they are not going to make it as my 'winter ball', I like the Cut Brand balls better.) Over-all, all is well that ends well.
Callaway Diablo Octane Driver
Quite a lot are heading that way, Cleveland HB (all hybrids), Ping G700 (all larger hollow heads), Wilson D350 (lots of hybrids), Tour Edge Iron Woods (all hybrids). I don’t think anybody probably needs a full set of hybrids.
The real question is why have you got 3,4 & 5 irons in your bag when 7,9 and 11 woods might give you a better result most of the time? Most guys will say I can hit a 3 iron no problem!
However, when you watch them play you typically see: 1) They strike them ok but they come out low and roll a long way; 2) They strike them well some of the time, but have a high proportion of poor shots; 3) They never get used and sit in the bag gleaming. The situation might improve a little with their 4 and 5 irons, but not massively. One factor is the increasingly strong lofts on irons.
Many new 5 irons have a loft of around 23 degrees and some are even 21 degrees. What that means in reality is that the 3-5 irons in a modern set are more or less at least equivalent to 2-4 irons in traditional set. If a golfer can’t consistently hit his long irons to achieve a peak apex of 90-100 foot (25-30m) then he can’t stop the ball on a green and maybe woods or hybrids might be a better option.
Ping G30 Driver (and tool) with brand new ALTA Shaft and brand new DRI-TAC grip. Nike SQ MachSpeed 3 wood with UST Mamiya AXIV Pro Force shaft. Nike T60 7 wood (probably my favorite club in my bag besides my driver) with Fujikura Ignite shaft. TaylorMade RBZ Tour S 5 wood with RBZ RUL70 shaft.
Taylormade R7 4,6,7,9,PW. TaylorMade Tour Burner 5 iron. Ping Tour-W SW. Wilson Ultra 8 iron. Ray Cook SilverRay SR500 putter.
Nike Xtreme Sport IV bag. I’ll also throw in about 50 Nike balls. I will listen to reasonable offers.
Swing on the left was after a few weeks of playing a lot so earlier this week had to clean up some laziness with my pivot. Green line was drawn just outside my right hip at 1. Can see the trail hip was swaying a bit into the line. Same feels as what I've been doing, just more conscious of the right hip working back AND around. Little flow right, then use that momentum to 'throw' the right side back and around. Also important for me when I flow right that I don't lower my head.
Now I can 'fall' forward with more pressure forward early. Which then helps me stretch out the left side more into impact. Left side is being 'pulled' up rather than slide with super saggy knees and an under-flip release. Can really see the effects of the better pressure sequence with the driver below, left leg and left foot. Also, forgot to post this, lesson review from October. I should have pointed out the pic was posed, not his 'play swing', mostly shared for the caption. Molinari does things a little differently, he stands more upright at address and gets a little taller during his backswing.
This leads him to not release a lot of flex in the trail knee or to add much in the lead knee (not as much you'd see from players who turn more in their 'tilt'). He does turn close to 90 degrees to his address inclination (little flatter), gains good depth with the trail hip and certainly doesn't 'restrict' his lower body on the backswing, allows his left heel to raise. Can see how his hips are turning freely from the clip below. To answer your question @Vinsk, the more upright lead arm is a combo of the pivot and the longer club.
He has less forward bend than most pros, gets a bit taller on the backswing so it would make sense the lead arm would need to be a bit higher than the shoulder angle. TST Blog Entries.