Well I did it I broke down and bought a new driver. I have been reading a lot about the Titleist 907 D2. I had demoed one awhile back on a launch monitor and was impressed by how forgiving it was. Off center shots were not that bad usually only 7 to 10 yards off center. Our foursome went on a road trip and I found one and couldn’t pass up the price. It was a demo and they were clearing them out. Sweet! It’s a 907 D2, 9.5*, S flex, UST Proforce V2 75 and it’s very clean, absolutely no marks. Well today I took it and my R7 Quad to the range. After warming up I hit about 25 drives with the Titleist 907 D2, Wow! When I swung at 80% I hit every drive down the middle and at least 285 to 295. When I swung all out I only missed 2 out of 10 drives, 80% is very good and they were deep down the range hitting the net 300 yards out 15 to 20 feet up. Now I had to try my R7, its 4 years old and only 400cc so it’s the first model that was made and I really like it, its 9.5* X-flex, Harrison Mungen. When I swing 80% with it I hit only 6 to 7 out of 10 down the middle and when I went all out I only hit 3 to 4 out of 10 down the middle. I have been averaging 283yds.with it this year. The Titleist is as advertized “very forgiving”. After my little comparison I tried shaping shots with the 907, like I said Wow! I never thought that you would be able to work the ball very well with such a big head I was wrong. I could easily work the ball either way. Move over R7 there’s a new big dog in my bag. I can’t wait to get it out on the course this Friday!
It would have to be a special club indeed to get me to move away from my R7. And to be honest I would never have considered Titleist as a “forgiving” club.
Well Yesterday was the first round of golf where I used the new Titleist driver. I have to say first that not playing for 2 weeks; the layoff definitely caused me a few problems to start, mostly in the short game. I shot 83, 44 on the front and 39 on the back. But of the last 14 holes 2 of which were par 3’s, I went 10 for 12 in fairways hit. The 2 fairways I missed one had OB on the right and I over compensated with a snap hook, and the other fairway I missed I was 10 feet off the short grass on the left. So I have to say the driver preformed exactly as I had hoped it would. Even when I hit slightly on the heel (which happened a couple times) the ball still went 270 yards. It might take me a little time to get used to such a big head. The course we played had lots of dog legs left and right and working the ball either way was a synch. I had no trouble controlling my trajectory either, when I wanted to hit it high with the wind I just teed the ball like I normally do, and into the wind I teed it a little bit lower. I’ve got to give Titleist full marks on this one 10 out of 10. It’s such an easy driver to hit, and very forgiving. My one and only disappointment is not with the driver, it’s that our season is quickly coming to an end so I won’t get to use it much until next year. Oh well it’s going to be great when I do!
