For 20 these have been the best performing irons for me, that doesnt mean they will perform as well for you. If you hit the sweet spot every time, you dont have to waste all that extra space on a moose head of a club. But it is true that without perfect golf equipment you cant be able to show your real gameplay style on the field. Featuring a tour only spec sticker on the crown and a tour tc stamp next to the serial number on the head. The golfworks xr, big bertha and x2 hot head weights. Bought it last year and couldnt hit it worth a darn.
Apparently it is just built for outrageous speed and the race. Both the callaway x2 hot and x2 hot pro drivers performed well for me. Callaway head weights ideal for customizing the feel and swing weight of your callaway rogue, rogue draw, rogue sub zero, xr pro 16 sub zero, xr pro, big bertha 815, big bertha alpha double black diamond and 2015 great big bertha drivers. I have the pro 62 green in my epic sz and the pro 72 green in my epic fws.
Callaway x hot pro fairways come standard with a lamkin crossline grip and high performance project x velocity shaft pxv in a pearl white that looks great against the grey head and red accents. The x2 hot pro driver has a deeper face and more compact 440cubiccentimeter head than the x2 hot driver, as well as a lower cg made possible by the 7. Callaway x2 hot and x2 hot pro drivers, fairway woods and. In callaways player testing, x2 hot was, on average, 9 yards longer than x hot while x2 hot pro was 4 yards longer than x hot pro. I found the trajectory to be pretty typical of a 9. I took both drivers out to the range yesterday to see which one hit longer. As you may recall, x hot was the overall winner in our most wanted driver competition earlier this season, so if x2 hot is actually longer, and more forgiving like callaway claims, the x hot series could be a. The head weight will be about 194 grams, while the total weight will be about 303 grams. Its a much better head tech wise over the x2 hot with the carbon crown and jailbreak bars but if you hit the x2 hot better then theres no reason you shouldnt play it. Technical specifications of golf club heads, shafts. Just because a pga pro can bomb it 400 yards, doesnt mean the average golfer. The speed frame face feels hot all over the place and the lighter weight of the.
The shafts themselves are 48 inches they have to conform. The light weight of titanium allow building large oversized driver heads featuring perimeter weight distribution, low center of gravity location and high m. The optifit adapter allows for three different face settings, square, open, and close. Tour issue callaway rogue sub zero driver head with spec. The callaway x2 hot pro driver is designed with the same technology as its standard counterpart, making it long and forgiving off the tee. The head weight is about 197 grams, with a total weight hovering around 321 grams. Most golfers dont know what their drivers weigh, but the average driver out on tour. Lack of feedback would like just a little bit more head weight everyone wants to hit them. Accuflex pro ld 50 inch world long drive wood shaft accuflex price. Now the tricky part is that no one can tell you how the club head speed. Moment of inertia to increase forgiveness on offcenter hits.
One of the major pieces of equipment needed for playing golf is the best golf. Geek has designed several of the most successful component heads on the market today. Project x flight shafts control spined grip for consistent grippings predictable more girs. The x hot also uses callaways optifit hosel system. Callaway epic flash sz fairway 15 hazardous smoke xstiff callaway steelhead xr. It is also geared towards slightly better golfers as it has a neutral weight configuration as opposed to the standard verision which is set up to help golfers draw the ball.
The 20 callaway x hot pro driver has a smaller head with a deeper face than the x hot driver, making it a lowerspinning, more workable option to appeal to lower handicaps. The x2 hot pro features the same hyper speed face as the standard model, thinner and faster than the original x hot model. It generates the greatest distance and is only designed for use off the tee box. New hyper speed face produces a 10 percent larger sweet spot for more forgiveness. But the xhot pro isnt for everybody, as weve mentioned, and it doesnt pretend like it is.
The speed frame face is the real tech behind this driver. Whats similar to the x hot is the extreme distance youll get from its lightweight, highperformance engineering. I cant argue with the marketing, but for me it didnt work. On my swingweight scale, it is 5 points heavier with that weight installed, with the shaft being left the same length. This manufacturer continues to create popular driver designs, highlighted by. Sorry to report but only 3 shafts had any sort of identifiable project x sticker. You can expect to have a smooth swing with evenly distributed weight, which always makes hitting the ball easier to control. The x hot pro comes in with a 435cc head, which is slightly smaller than the standard x hot 460 cc. The shaft in the x2 hot pro was a better fit for me and i was able to get a little more aggressive with it and maintain a lower spin. Tour issue callaway gbb epic 9 degree driver head only.
More important than how they look, project x shafts provide spin and launch conditions preferred by strong ball strikers, without requiring a 115 mile. X2 hot driver features a slightly larger, moreforgiving face than the pro version and consequently leads to a higherlaunching ball flight. The x hot pro comes in with a 435cc head, which is slightly smaller than. The difference between a 200 gm clubhead and a 400gm would be about 10%. The x2 hot pro driver has a substantially lower center of gravity than the x2 hot driver which allows for lower spin and optimal workability of the golfball for players with faster swings.
Over the next few months, as we lead up to a new golf season for everyone, the topic of my newsletter will be how new driver technology provides greater distance to us all. That brings with it a little higher spin than i crave. Callaway to release xr drivers, fairway woods and hybrids. The stock project x lz pro shaft is slightly heavier 63 to 66 grams depending on flex and is half an inch shorter than its standard counterpart. Even with these changes xr pro driver still comes in at a d3 swing weight, much like the standard model. It was close, but the added weight increased my distance by about 1020 yards. While the x hot is the less technical model in the callaway driver lineup, it still offers many great features. Id put my callaway xhot against any driver in a head to head show down. Driver golf club heads for sale monark golf golf is getting so much popular that everyone is now started playing this game. Youll notice that most pro or tour clubs have smaller heads. Consistency with drivers is key and this shaft delivers. I first took the x2 hot driver out for a test drive from our club pro shop on a tournament day.
The obvious fix was to add a little weight to the head, which i did. It is an all titanium head with callaways optifit hosel. Took my r9, r11 and x hot to the driving range and hit hundreds of balls over 3 days and the x hot was by far the best driver for this 63 year old hacker. The x2 hot pro driver is available in only one loft, 8. X hot pro fairway 3balls golf dec 18, 20 3542 views 0 comments it seems like every time you turn around theres a new driver with a bunch of amazing features making waves in the pro shop, but its not every day that the buzz is about fairway woods. It originally had a 5 gram weight installed, but callaways customer service was nice enough to send me a 12 gram weight for it. Callaway golf 2019 epic flash driver, right hand, project x even flow green, 50g, regular flex, 9.
Get the best deal for callaway golf club heads from the largest online selection at. Callaway was one of the first manufacturers to create the oversized driver club head. Geek golf dot com this 551 the hot version too hot for the usga. Titanium is the most expensive material used in building golf clubs heads and combines light weight and excellent strength. M1 driver m1 fairway m1 rescue m2 driver m2 fairway m2 irons m2 tour irons psi irons psi tour irons kalea ef wedges phenom. I have read several analysis of this driver where golfers report substantially better performance with a d. Model, availability, standard length, lie, cc, swing weight. There is also a screw, weighing seven grams, located in the back center of the club head that can be swapped out to dial in the preferred feel of the club. Its a much better head tech wise over the x2 hot with the carbon crown and jailbreak bars but if. In addition to the thinner and lighter alltitanium hyper speed face, the pro version gives you a deeper face and the ability to work the ball effectively with a more compact head at 440 cc. My xr16 ld head doesnt sound the same as my xr16 pro driver head did.
Callaway created their fastest face for this driver and it shows. The callaway xr driver replaces the very successful x2 hot driver and it has a lot to live up to as the previous model was one of the best selling drivers in the market unlike the last few drivers callaway has released, the xr has no gravity core, no moveable weights or any other centre of gravity cg moving technology. I was curious to see how the added weight effected my distance. Beyond producing faster ball speeds, callaway are able to save weight by making the face thinner and use that weight to improve the overall forgiveness of the x2 hot drivers. X2hot driver head vs gbb epic head specs callaway community. The x2 hot pro driver has a 7gram adjustable weight screw in the rear portion of the sole. Like last years x hot, the x2 hot drivers come in two different options, a pro version with a slightly smaller head, lower launch and spin, and a standard version with more forgiveness and an easier launch. How much lighter are you making drivers, and what specfically is the impact on club head speed.
The pro version has a beautifully clean crown, but some players might wish they had kept a. This allows for an easy of interchanging shafts from head to head throughout the callaway lineup if necessary razr fit, x hot pro, and razr fit xtreme rather than requiring a unique shaft adapter. Brand new callaway epic star 12 degree driver head shaft pulled 192. The standard issue callaway adaptor torque wrench or similar oem torque wrench will fit each head weight. To be fair, the driver did take a few rounds for me to get used to primarily because it has a lighter head than ive been using a d3 swing weight at 460ccs compared to d4, along with a project x stiff shaft, at 46 inches which is touch longer than i have been using. Old irons had stiff flex borongraphite shafts and custom heads and grips. The stock shaft in the x2 hot is a bit more tip soft and the stock shaft in the x2 hot pro was more tip stiff. Pro series golf custom built golf clubs, components. Callaway claims this to be their hottest driver and with the x hot line their. The lessened spin and the longer ball flight make the fujikura vista pro 60 an ideal upgrade for any driver. The balls go 10 yards further and are defiantly straighter. If there is any topic you would liked explained and presented in my upcoming newsletters, just email me.
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