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Square Drivers
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So I've read some of the topics about the the relative merits of square drivers and MOI. I'm surprised it hasn't generated more discussion. The question is who is going to put their money where their mouth is and actually go out and buy one? Is anyone actually considering buying one? I'm in the market for a new driver, but before I go spend some of my hard earned cash I'm going to invest a few dollars first and have my swing ironed out by the club pro and then start the search for a new driver. I have the legitimate reason that my existing driver will be illegal next year so obviously I need a new one.
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i think i'm committed to buying the Callaway... if its crap, you'll see it in the Classifieds probably a day after i get it... have hit it already and it was good, but ugly. Shaft came in at 45.5 which is hardly ideal...so will cut it down when i get it and see...
just got a X-Speed to fiddle with, so there might be a few of my
drivers up for sale soon
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Not me . . . my current one is not broken !
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its a more healthy addiction compared to crack
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Costs about the same...
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[attachment=3878:golfcomp...10733679.jpg][attachment=3879:golfcomp..._4157285.jpg] I'm happy...won't be buying one soon. I notice the clones are out already.
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Driver, The SV3 clone sounds like crap. Made very very poorly.
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And please don't forget, square drivers came out a number of years ago allready. These are nothing new.
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They look like sh!t. I'm never swinging one
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Whats is supposed to be the advantage of them, a more consistant tee shot?
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To make more money for club manufacturers, because everyone will have to have one or they won't be able to hit a drive.
Gawd I'm a cynical so & so
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Going to test drive one this Sunday.
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The more rearward and outward the weight can be placed in the club head (ie: in the corners of the square head), the greater the MOI of the club and the more the club will resist twisting on off centre hits. That is the logic in a nutshell but I don't know whether enough weight is moved to justify having to look at such ugly golf clubs. Mick
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Where? I thought they weren't being released until early March in the US.
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I have already tried the callaway ft-1 and it is a piece of s##t. It is a very incosistant club 2 hit. Sorry bout my language but it is.
woohoo my birthday today!! 14 y/o
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Correct, but Callaway Golf South Pacific has managed to agree to become the test market. Australian stores should recieve delivery of the FT-I in early February.
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You would have to move a LOT of weight to justify it... Ugh...
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had my callaway FT3 fusion about 6 months...love it...I think its an insult to golf designing square drivers... I read in golf digest and other articles that when Nike and Callaway went to the USGA with the "square" idea (and drawings from the initial plans) the USGA was reluctant to say yes...guess who use Callaway and Nike...hello Tiger and Phil...number 1 and 2 in the world that alone adds imense power to the markting of the game and the gear...the usga doesnt care about the equipment but they care about the promotion of the game...which has floundered slightly in the states because one man is dominating the game so much I have read several articles stating this very fact...if one lesser known driver company say sonartec or wilson the USGA would have said NO sorry...cant have that here and you would never have seen it...but because phil and tiger use nike and callaway they said yes...and if you dont think thats true then your kidding yourselves the 2 biggest names use that brand..coincedence..I dont think so...
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You don't have to go square, FT-5 and SUMO achieve almost the same numbers with a more traditional shape.
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How can you say that when there was a square driver on the market a number of years ago allready? There are other things that are very strange from other small companies that have also been approved (the stultz shaft is a great example, Nakashima driver where the Hosel can be removed etc). The USGA is not stupid. They know the physics behind the square won't hold up to the hype and they know that by approving it they are not making the game any easier. The Saso MR2 looks worse than the square, and even strange in shape, but that is also on the approved list.
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I'll use anything that allows me to find the fairway... and I
don't mean a compass or a GPS...
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Waste of money these square drivers in my opinion. You have to have some major problems with driving the ball if you consider getting one of those fugly sticks. Its just pure hype to generate sales and you have to applaude the companies really. I can't quite understand why some people continually change drivers or clubs in general several times a year, when spending your money on lessons and practicing more instead of waiting for equipment to help your game is a better option, but then again some people like equipment and have money to waste in pursuit of the perfect clubs to shoot their perfect score.
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that 600 bucks would be better spent on 10 lessons...
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Exactly right Sven, but if people want to spend their money on these fugly sticks then let them spend and be disapointed. I must be in the minority these days, as i prefer the traditional shape small head driver. I have a 370cc and im just getting used to it. The TM 300, 320 and 360 were great drivers too. Throw in the older titleist too but these massive box on stick i rather not touch.
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G'day all. The passion evoked by this topic reminds me of the brouhaha that accompanied the change from persimmon (wood for the youngies) to metal woods. "I won't ever ... , they'll never take off, blah. blah , blah."
Open the minds, kids! I haven't yet used a "squarie" but they look bloody good to me and I think the science is sound. If anybody has tried one or maybe several, and given them a good go, I'd like to read their dispassionate comments. All the "traditionalists" can go back to their hickory and featheries, if they can't keep up with new ideas.
How about them onions from an old codger
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