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  • So I have a question for the golfers here. I currently hit a Taylor Made r5 driver. I actually hit it straight most of the time but only hit my drives approx 250 to 260 yards. I like my driver, feel confident with it, but need some more distance. I have a budget of about $300 for some new golf stuff right now. I could go buy the TM Rocketballz driver for $299 or buy a new 3 wood and maybe a new sand wedge. I currently don't have a 3 wood in my bag at all. I haven't had one in approx 3 years. Just don't seem to need it all that often. My sand wedge is an older model Vokey.

    What should I do. Will the new driver give me another 15 to 20 yards? Do I need a 3 wood?

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    Kid A

  • Kid A said...

    So I have a question for the golfers here. I currently hit a Taylor Made r5 driver. I actually hit it straight most of the time but only hit my drives approx 250 to 260 yards. I like my driver, feel confident with it, but need some more distance. I have a budget of about $300 for some new golf stuff right now. I could go buy the TM Rocketballz driver for $299 or buy a new 3 wood and maybe a new sand wedge. I currently don't have a 3 wood in my bag at all. I haven't had one in approx 3 years. Just don't seem to need it all that often. My sand wedge is an older model Vokey.

    What should I do. Will the new driver give me another 15 to 20 yards? Do I need a 3 wood?

    Upgrading drivers will probably not get you 15-30 yards if you already have a modern driver. Buy the 3w if you need something longer than a 5w or whatever your next highest club is. I hit my driver about the same distance as you, and feel like a 3w is definitely needed. Do you only have 13 clubs in your bag right now? If you don't need either, spend the $300 on lessons with the goal of gaining yardage.

    mopete12

  • mopete12 said...

    Upgrading drivers will probably not get you 15-30 yards if you already have a modern driver. Buy the 3w if you need something longer than a 5w or whatever your next highest club is. I hit my driver about the same distance as you, and feel like a 3w is definitely needed. Do you only have 13 clubs in your bag right now? If you don't need either, spend the $300 on lessons with the goal of gaining yardage.

    Rocketballz and Burner Superfast 2.0 are awesome (especially the 3 woods)

    I personally don't care for the R11, but it's just my opinion

    TPain151807 ●

  • Invest in longer flight balls, and work on your swing rotation. I have on older Burner driver and hit it about the same as the r11. Definitely don't waste money on a new sand wedge. Very little has changed over the years. Agree with getting the 3W if you play a lot of longer courses.

    Tupes ●

  • Kid A said...

    So I have a question for the golfers here. I currently hit a Taylor Made r5 driver. I actually hit it straight most of the time but only hit my drives approx 250 to 260 yards. I like my driver, feel confident with it, but need some more distance. I have a budget of about $300 for some new golf stuff right now. I could go buy the TM Rocketballz driver for $299 or buy a new 3 wood and maybe a new sand wedge. I currently don't have a 3 wood in my bag at all. I haven't had one in approx 3 years. Just don't seem to need it all that often. My sand wedge is an older model Vokey.

    What should I do. Will the new driver give me another 15 to 20 yards? Do I need a 3 wood?

    If you truly hit your drive 250-60 you are probably in the top 5% of amateur golfers in terms of distance. Nick O'Hern averages 268 off the tee and the pros play courses that are rock hard and get tons of roll, granted sometimes they don't hit driver on the recorded holes, point is people that tell you they hit it 300 are full of shit. 17 people on the tour average 300+ off the tee. I'm a 2 handicap (arent we all) and probably average 260ish off the tee and I'm almost always the longest in the group I'm playing with. I use to think that I hit it 275-285 most of the time, however I got a skycaddie this year with the "mark" feature and I don't hit it as far as I thought. The other day I crushed a 3 wood on a par 5 and used the "mark" feature and it went 236.

    That said, I have a rocketballz 5 wood and it seems to be longer than previous 5 woods and I have talked to people who say they have picked up yards using the rocketballz clubs, they are pretty awesome. Only way to buy clubs is to go to a place with a range and hit them or better yet, go to a country club when they are having demo days and hit a bunch of different stuff and have them use the "trackman" system to track your ball flight.

    Baber

  • Kid A said...

    So I have a question for the golfers here. I currently hit a Taylor Made r5 driver. I actually hit it straight most of the time but only hit my drives approx 250 to 260 yards. I like my driver, feel confident with it, but need some more distance. I have a budget of about $300 for some new golf stuff right now. I could go buy the TM Rocketballz driver for $299 or buy a new 3 wood and maybe a new sand wedge. I currently don't have a 3 wood in my bag at all. I haven't had one in approx 3 years. Just don't seem to need it all that often. My sand wedge is an older model Vokey.

    What should I do. Will the new driver give me another 15 to 20 yards? Do I need a 3 wood?

    I bought the RBZ tour driver and it's the best golf investment I've ever made. Can't beat the price for the performance. The 15-20 yards it added to my drives was great but what I'm loving even more is the forgiveness of the club. I can hit this thing way off the toe and still hit it 10 yards shorter then one square on the face. I went back to my old driver for a few rounds when I didn't have my RBZ and was shocked at how bad it was when I hit it off the toe.

    I highly recommend the RBZ driver to every golfer that asks about it.

    locd32

  • If you hit your drives that long and are in the fairway and you want to lower your scores, invest in the short game and lessons not a new driver. What is your handicap and how accurately do you hit your irons?

    MSchott

  • If you don't need a 3w, is driver distance really a problem? I love the 3w.

    http://www.silentlapse.com

    Thrillho

  • mopete12 said...

    Upgrading drivers will probably not get you 15-30 yards if you already have a modern driver. Buy the 3w if you need something longer than a 5w or whatever your next highest club is. I hit my driver about the same distance as you, and feel like a 3w is definitely needed. Do you only have 13 clubs in your bag right now? If you don't need either, spend the $300 on lessons with the goal of gaining yardage.

    I had the 2010 model Cobra driver (S9-1) and I'm telling you I hit the RBZ 15-20 yards longer.

    locd32

  • locd32 said...

    I had the 2010 model Cobra driver (S9-1) and I'm telling you I hit the RBZ 15-20 yards longer.

    Don't tell me these things. Please.

    I don't need a new driver.
    I don't need a new driver.

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    Thrillho

  • My current driver is about 7 years old and I still hit it better than anything new on the market today. If you have something you like, put the money toward something you don't have. You'll get as much, if not more, use out of the two clubs you mentioned as you would a new driver.

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  • MSchott said...

    If you hit your drives that long and are in the fairway and you want to lower your scores, invest in the short game and lessons not a new driver. What is your handicap and how accurately do you hit your irons?

    my iron play isnt that good. I use Taylor Made RAC irons. But I dont think for $300 I would be able to improve my set that much even if I went used. I have had lessons before so I dont want to spend my $300 on more of them. I dont really play incredibly long courses. I just think if I invest in the 3 wood I may play it 2-3 times a round but if I invest in a new driver I may play that 10-12 times a round. I just dont know how much more I could get out of a Rocketballz though. I will hit it to see though at some demo days or at Carls golfland.

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    Kid A

  • Baber said...

    If you truly hit your drive 250-60 you are probably in the top 5% of amateur golfers in terms of distance. Nick O'Hern averages 268 off the tee and the pros play courses that are rock hard and get tons of roll, granted sometimes they don't hit driver on the recorded holes, point is people that tell you they hit it 300 are full of shit. 17 people on the tour average 300+ off the tee. I'm a 2 handicap (arent we all) and probably average 260ish off the tee and I'm almost always the longest in the group I'm playing with. I use to think that I hit it 275-285 most of the time, however I got a skycaddie this year with the "mark" feature and I don't hit it as far as I thought. The other day I crushed a 3 wood on a par 5 and used the "mark" feature and it went 236.

    That said, I have a rocketballz 5 wood and it seems to be longer than previous 5 woods and I have talked to people who say they have picked up yards using the rocketballz clubs, they are pretty awesome. Only way to buy clubs is to go to a place with a range and hit them or better yet, go to a country club when they are having demo days and hit a bunch of different stuff and have them use the "trackman" system to track your ball flight.

    Ok, I dont have any sort of skycaddie or GPS or anything like that. I just go by distances on the card. All I know is that whenever I play golf with the group I go out with they outdrive me by enough to where I have to take an extra club as an iron for an approach shot.

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    Kid A

  • TM Superfast 2.0 driver is $170 at Golf Galaxy and the 3 wood is $150. I think you can get the R11 3wood for $150 now too.

    I have the 2.0 driver and I like it a lot. I bet you could get $30-$40 off too if you trade in your old driver.

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    Victory for MSU ●

  • Look at the RBZ Tour Spoon and kill two birds with one stone. The thing is LONG. I was hitting last night and am torn, I was hitting it about 270-280, just about 10 yards shorter than my driver. I think I will probably end up getting the 3 wood and replacing my 2 iron with the RBZ 2 Hybrid. Was thinking last night though of getting the tour spoon, scrapping the driver and adding an extra wedge, I really don't want to lose my R11 but with the distance I don't know. The RBZs really are long and would recommend looking at them.

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    419Spartan08 ●

  • Kid A said...

    Ok, I dont have any sort of skycaddie or GPS or anything like that. I just go by distances on the card. All I know is that whenever I play golf with the group I go out with they outdrive me by enough to where I have to take an extra club as an iron for an approach shot.

    So the reason you want a new driver is to drive as far as your friends not improve your golf game. I suppose hitting shorter irons should lead to better scores but you say you don't hit your irons that well. I think the answer is clear. Improve your iron play.

    MSchott

  • Baber said...

    If you truly hit your drive 250-60 you are probably in the top 5% of amateur golfers in terms of distance. Nick O'Hern averages 268 off the tee and the pros play courses that are rock hard and get tons of roll, granted sometimes they don't hit driver on the recorded holes, point is people that tell you they hit it 300 are full of shit. 17 people on the tour average 300+ off the tee. I'm a 2 handicap (arent we all) and probably average 260ish off the tee and I'm almost always the longest in the group I'm playing with. I use to think that I hit it 275-285 most of the time, however I got a skycaddie this year with the "mark" feature and I don't hit it as far as I thought. The other day I crushed a 3 wood on a par 5 and used the "mark" feature and it went 236.

    That said, I have a rocketballz 5 wood and it seems to be longer than previous 5 woods and I have talked to people who say they have picked up yards using the rocketballz clubs, they are pretty awesome. Only way to buy clubs is to go to a place with a range and hit them or better yet, go to a country club when they are having demo days and hit a bunch of different stuff and have them use the "trackman" system to track your ball flight.

    You do realize that the average driving numbers you see on tour account for all clubs hit off the tee right? Pros hit a lot of long irons, hybrids and woods off the tee because the rough is so tough. Dustin Johnson (one of the logest hitters on tour) averaged 278 yards driving distance yesterday. Do you really think he just started driving the ball 30 yards less then his average and 60 yards shorter then he can actually hit his driver?

    If you think there are really only 17 people on tour that can regularly hit the ball 300+ off the tee you are crazy.

    This post was edited by locd32 on 6/1/2012 at 1:48 PM

    locd32

  • Baber said...

    If you truly hit your drive 250-60 you are probably in the top 5% of amateur golfers in terms of distance. Nick O'Hern averages 268 off the tee and the pros play courses that are rock hard and get tons of roll, granted sometimes they don't hit driver on the recorded holes, point is people that tell you they hit it 300 are full of shit. 17 people on the tour average 300+ off the tee. I'm a 2 handicap (arent we all) and probably average 260ish off the tee and I'm almost always the longest in the group I'm playing with. I use to think that I hit it 275-285 most of the time, however I got a skycaddie this year with the "mark" feature and I don't hit it as far as I thought. The other day I crushed a 3 wood on a par 5 and used the "mark" feature and it went 236.

    That said, I have a rocketballz 5 wood and it seems to be longer than previous 5 woods and I have talked to people who say they have picked up yards using the rocketballz clubs, they are pretty awesome. Only way to buy clubs is to go to a place with a range and hit them or better yet, go to a country club when they are having demo days and hit a bunch of different stuff and have them use the "trackman" system to track your ball flight.

    PGA driving stats are measured on two holes per round, while the stats give you an idea, many tour players drive it much longer than 300 regularly. I was at the Memorial practice on Wednesday and the guys on tour kill it off the tee, the ball flight and how easily they can shape different shots is amazing.

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    419Spartan08 ●

  • locd32 said...

    You do realize that the average driving numbers you see on tour account for all clubs hit off the tee right? Pros hit a lot of long irons, hybrids and woods off the tee because the rough is so tough. Dustin Johnson (one of the logest hitters on tour) averaged 278 yards driving distance yesterday. Do you really think he just started driving the ball 30 yards less then his average and 60 yards shorter then he can actually hit his driver?

    If you think there are really only 17 people on tour that can regularly hit the ball 300+ off the tee you are crazy.

    If only I had said something in my post like "granted, sometimes they don't hit driver on the recorded holes".

    Most of the guys out there can hit it 300, however tour average is 287 on the recorded holes. Don't you think that the majority of the time the PGA tries to select holes that a driver will be hit on? Hell, one of their marketing campaigns is "chicks dig the long ball" don't you think they would do everything they can to have the guys avg as much off the tee as possible?

    My only point is, how many times have you heard an amateur golfer say "I can hit my driver 300 yards"? I hear it all the time and I'm betting the majority of people who golf don't hit 10 drives per year that go over 250.

    Baber

  • Kid A said...

    Ok, I dont have any sort of skycaddie or GPS or anything like that. I just go by distances on the card. All I know is that whenever I play golf with the group I go out with they outdrive me by enough to where I have to take an extra club as an iron for an approach shot.

    Yeah going by distances on the card doesn't always work

    Lots of variables to account for

    TPain151807 ●

  • Thrillho said...

    Don't tell me these things. Please.

    I don't need a new driver. I don't need a new driver.

    Let me tell you this then:

    It's all about how well the shaft flex and kick point match your swing. You could just as easily lose yards with a new driver as well, if you buy one based on someone else's experience with it.

    TheAxMan

  • Kid A said...

    So I have a question for the golfers here. I currently hit a Taylor Made r5 driver. I actually hit it straight most of the time but only hit my drives approx 250 to 260 yards. I like my driver, feel confident with it, but need some more distance. I have a budget of about $300 for some new golf stuff right now. I could go buy the TM Rocketballz driver for $299 or buy a new 3 wood and maybe a new sand wedge. I currently don't have a 3 wood in my bag at all. I haven't had one in approx 3 years. Just don't seem to need it all that often. My sand wedge is an older model Vokey.

    What should I do. Will the new driver give me another 15 to 20 yards? Do I need a 3 wood?

    I dunno about the new driver / 3-wood -- but I would definitely stick with the old Vokey. It's not like SW's have been evolving at a rapid pace. I don't know if the groove changes applied to SW's or just lob wedges, but if they did then having old wedge with non-conforming grooves is an advantage and you'd be giving that up by getting a new SW. You can probably use it for 10 or 20 years if you just put a fresh grip on it each time the grip wears out.

    TheAxMan

  • In all honestly, driver tech has not changed much since the R5. Most of the stuff is complete gimics. The PGA limited the coefficient of restitution (or a driver's spring like effect) in 2004. Since then makers have played with making drivers more streamlined and certainly played a ton with forgiveness/playability. Yet for the most part distance has been very similar for the last 8 years. In fact, you can find many older drivers that absolutely blow away todays current drivers yet don't conform to the current PGA rules.

    In my opinion, if you hit your R5 straight then you are good to go (it came out in 2005 IIRC). If you really need distance look into different golf balls and your shaft (well, the driver's shaft not "your" shaft). Of course those have ramifications too. Anyway, my point is if you find a driver you like play that thing until it breaks. Golf today is no longer like the 90's where you had to get a new driver every year or so to keep up.

    This post was edited by scott91575 on 6/1/2012 at 3:13 PM

    scott91575 ●

  • scott91575 said...

    In all honestly, driver tech has not changed much since the R5. Most of the stuff is complete gimics. The PGA limited the coefficient of restitution (or a driver's spring like effect) in 2004. Since then makers have played with making drivers more streamlined and certainly played a ton with forgiveness/playability. Yet for the most part distance has been very similar for the last 8 years. In fact, you can find many older drivers that absolutely blow away todays current drivers yet don't conform to the current PGA rules.

    In my opinion, if you hit your R5 straight then you are good to go (it came out in 2005 IIRC). If you really need distance look into different golf balls and your shaft (well, the driver's shaft not "your" shaft). Of course those have ramifications too. Anyway, my point is if you find a driver you like play that thing until it breaks. Golf today is no longer like the 90's where you had to get a new driver every year or so to keep up.

    This. I've read numerous articles about the stagnation in driver technology the past 4-5 years because of the USGA rules. If the R5 is 260cc in size, it's about as forgiving as you can get. Distance differences should be negligible.

    As for a 3-wood, if you don't need one you don't need one. No two golfers are the same. Don't buy one just because other people carry one. Invest your $300 in your short game where it really counts. Make sure you have wedges that make you deadly from 100 yards and in and you'll routinely beat the guys sporting the newest drivers.

    Fletch

  • scott91575 said...

    In all honestly, driver tech has not changed much since the R5. Most of the stuff is complete gimics. The PGA limited the coefficient of restitution (or a driver's spring like effect) in 2004. Since then makers have played with making drivers more streamlined and certainly played a ton with forgiveness/playability. Yet for the most part distance has been very similar for the last 8 years. In fact, you can find many older drivers that absolutely blow away todays current drivers yet don't conform to the current PGA rules.

    In my opinion, if you hit your R5 straight then you are good to go (it came out in 2005 IIRC). If you really need distance look into different golf balls and your shaft (well, the driver's shaft not "your" shaft). Of course those have ramifications too. Anyway, my point is if you find a driver you like play that thing until it breaks. Golf today is no longer like the 90's where you had to get a new driver every year or so to keep up.

    thx, thats just the kind of advice I was looking for. I didnt know about some of those rules. Maybe I can invest some $$ in a new shaft. I just have the stock shaft from my original driver still on the damn thing. Looks like a new 3 wood is in my future. Appreciate it.

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