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You know like Eminem's 8 mile. Well I undertook an interesting experiement the other day. I was down at our practice fairway, only dude there, so had the whole place to myself.
At our place you hit and collect your own balls. I have pretty decent ones, ProVs, HX Tours all a bit played but in decent shape.
Well I dusted down my old 975J 9.5 degree with a Fuji Vista Pro 80 shaft. This club is at least 6 years old. And I took it head to head with my TEE.
So I hit 12 balls with each alternating 3 at a time. I marked them to distinguish them. So my rules for testing were taking the best 8 of each keeping them between the markets (giving me a 30 yard wide fairway).
The was a strong right to left breeze. And I was swing well and consistently.
The 975J hit it lower and had a lot more roll.
I was surprised with the results. The TEE was 5 yards (on average) further. There was less dispersion with the 975J. But my longest drive from the 24 was with the 975J by about 10 yards!!!!
So is 5 yards really worth it? I have no doubt the TEE has a much bigger sweet spot but at the end of the day I think it has a lot to do with confidence. Thoughts?
At our place you hit and collect your own balls. I have pretty decent ones, ProVs, HX Tours all a bit played but in decent shape.
Well I dusted down my old 975J 9.5 degree with a Fuji Vista Pro 80 shaft. This club is at least 6 years old. And I took it head to head with my TEE.
So I hit 12 balls with each alternating 3 at a time. I marked them to distinguish them. So my rules for testing were taking the best 8 of each keeping them between the markets (giving me a 30 yard wide fairway).
The was a strong right to left breeze. And I was swing well and consistently.
The 975J hit it lower and had a lot more roll.
I was surprised with the results. The TEE was 5 yards (on average) further. There was less dispersion with the 975J. But my longest drive from the 24 was with the 975J by about 10 yards!!!!
So is 5 yards really worth it? I have no doubt the TEE has a much bigger sweet spot but at the end of the day I think it has a lot to do with confidence. Thoughts?