Callaway X Hot Driver and Titleist 913 D2 Driver
After Alan Hocknell and his team had finished the design on the new Callaway X Hot driver, they showed it to officials. The driver was finished, and we were looking for the best way in which to present it to consumers.
There is no mistaking what Callaway wanted to do when it made the 46-inch X Hot driver: maximize distance. The 460-cc head is all titanium, and according to the company, it's the lightest all-titanium driver Callaway has ever made. While it does not have adjustable weights, the X Hot does have an adjustable hosel that allows players to set the clubface into three address positions: open, neutral or closed.
Classic shapes have made a comeback, which is good news for traditionalists who want to see a pear shape at address. Although the USGA size limit of 460cc remains, several smaller driver heads are available in the 430cc-to-445cc range.
The lower the loft, the more neutrally located the CG; higher lofted drivers have a CG that creates more of a draw bias because Callaway research showed that most players who need more loft fight a slice. The face is slightly thicker in the center and thinner around the edges to expand the sweet spot in all directions and help golfers maintain ball speed on shots struck off-center. To help golfers achieve the ideal ball flight, Callaway adjusted the center of gravity (CG) of the callaway x hot driver [http://www.shop60golf.co.uk/Callaway-X-Hot-Driver-105-162.html] based on the loft of each head.
Reduced spin is at the heart of Titleist drivers as well. The 913D2 and 913D3 models feature less spin, with the Titleist 913 D2 Driver undergoing a major spin reduction. In the past the two models exhibited different personalities. Now they are similar in launch and spin. The difference is that the D2 has a slightly larger head (460cc vs. the D3's 445cc), with more forgiveness and a slight amount of draw bias. Workability is the calling card of the D3.
"With the Titleist 913 D2 Driver [http://www.shop60golf.co.uk/Titleist-913-D2-Driver-105-83.html], we felt we had a chance to optimize performance with more speed (across the face) and less spin," McGinley said. "We used to view the D2 and D3 as filling two performance niches. Now we don't need to do that so much. Golfers have learned to personalize their drivers through all the adjustability that we build into them. So we have put both mods on the table for consideration for a lot of players."
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There is no mistaking what Callaway wanted to do when it made the 46-inch X Hot driver: maximize distance. The 460-cc head is all titanium, and according to the company, it's the lightest all-titanium driver Callaway has ever made. While it does not have adjustable weights, the X Hot does have an adjustable hosel that allows players to set the clubface into three address positions: open, neutral or closed.
Classic shapes have made a comeback, which is good news for traditionalists who want to see a pear shape at address. Although the USGA size limit of 460cc remains, several smaller driver heads are available in the 430cc-to-445cc range.
The lower the loft, the more neutrally located the CG; higher lofted drivers have a CG that creates more of a draw bias because Callaway research showed that most players who need more loft fight a slice. The face is slightly thicker in the center and thinner around the edges to expand the sweet spot in all directions and help golfers maintain ball speed on shots struck off-center. To help golfers achieve the ideal ball flight, Callaway adjusted the center of gravity (CG) of the callaway x hot driver [http://www.shop60golf.co.uk/Callaway-X-Hot-Driver-105-162.html] based on the loft of each head.
Reduced spin is at the heart of Titleist drivers as well. The 913D2 and 913D3 models feature less spin, with the Titleist 913 D2 Driver undergoing a major spin reduction. In the past the two models exhibited different personalities. Now they are similar in launch and spin. The difference is that the D2 has a slightly larger head (460cc vs. the D3's 445cc), with more forgiveness and a slight amount of draw bias. Workability is the calling card of the D3.
"With the Titleist 913 D2 Driver [http://www.shop60golf.co.uk/Titleist-913-D2-Driver-105-83.html], we felt we had a chance to optimize performance with more speed (across the face) and less spin," McGinley said. "We used to view the D2 and D3 as filling two performance niches. Now we don't need to do that so much. Golfers have learned to personalize their drivers through all the adjustability that we build into them. So we have put both mods on the table for consideration for a lot of players."
See more at: http://www.shop60golf.co.uk/
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