Decision time titleist 917 d2 vs callaway epic vs taylormade m2 ive been a titleist guy for years. Ive tried a 910 d3 driver with a whole range of shafts, some launched too low, some hooked way left. The aberration of the 907 d1 aside, titleist have never really made an ugly driver. For me it starting back with the 910 drivers, when they added one of the best adjustable hosel systems on. Loft to loft, the d2 should produce a higher peak trajectory with an additional 250 rpm of spin compared to the d3. A new titleist driver launch is sure to get everyone. Like you, i also played the 907d2 for a while before switching to the 910.
Callaway razr fit driver vs titleist 910 d3 driver spy. Its in the top 3 bestselling golf club drivers and has dozens of popular alternatives in the same price range, such as taylormade m1 430 or callaway diablo octane. Longest drive competition taylormade m1 vs titleist. The rbz bonded driver provides the complete taylormade rbz technology which makes the rocketballz driver among the best selling drivers ever, without an adjustable hosel. Titleist say they drew on the popular 910 driver shape for the d3 and having had that club myself i think the 917 looks great.
Arcs spin reducing design is the primary reason why titleist believes the 915 series is a gamechanger. Got some 9 love so im selling my titleist 910 d3 8. A driver with movable weight is almost as common nowadays as a tour player with a logo on the sleeve. For me, the 9 d3 is absolutely the best driver titleist has ever produced. Engineered to provide aggressive styling and powerful performance, the rbz black driver features a large, 460cc titanium head construction for playability and confidence. This driver head has only been used lightly for 2 seasons. Titleist 910 d2 or r11 driver clubs, grips, shafts. Titleist has also added to the stock shaft offerings allowing club fitters and players a wide range of weights and shaft profiles. While titleist is not always the first to jump into a new technology, when they do, they are usually the best at it. Adam scott rocked up to the recent players championship in florida with an eightyearold driver. For me it starting back with the 910 drivers, when they added one of the best adjustable hosel systems on the market. The difference between titleist 9 d2 vs d3 in terms of design is the heads volume and shape. One year later, taylormade upgrades its most popular.
Picked up last years model m2 and im glad i made the change. Titleist 9 d2 is slightly larger and fuller than titleist 9 d3. Titleists wide variety of lofts, two distinct heads and impressive array of premium stock shafts makes fitting easy. The best adjustable hosel on the market while titleist is not always the first to jump into a new technology, when they do, they are usually the best at it. D2 vs d3 forgiveness factor on off centered hits, hard to explain but, 1 being harsh, 10 being ultra forgiving d2 9. This generation features a new, aggressive style and powerful performance. Whats new about these babies is the cg center of gravity adjustability which allows you to control fade bias and draw. So the ts2 is very much a grip it and rip it driver no nonsense, simple and seriously fast off the face. Taylormade rocketballz driver to bond or not to bond. Went to a simulator in advance to hit my current 910 vs a 915 vs the m1, the latter two having masking tape on them. Oct 01, 2014 as is the titleist way dating back several releases, the 915 driver will initially be available in two distinct models. Sometimes it can be hard to decide which driver to go with since they are all getting so much better, dont they.
In player testing, weve seen significant distance gains. Find great deals on ebay for taylormade rbz stage 2 driver and taylormade rbz stage 2 driver 10. Titleist drivers, ping drivers, taylormade drivers, callaway drivers, srixon drivers, mizuno drivers, yonex drivers all now come with adjustable options. If you want to draw a comparison with someone else in the industry. On raw numbers alone the rbz holds up pretty well against a proven tour winner in the m4. They have come pretty close to killing a decades old myth. The guys at titleist have outdone themselves this time. Those who want a bit more finetuning can opt for the ts3 driver. Titleist 910 d3 driver titleist drivers golfbidder.
Titleists excitement about its new 917 drivers exists on multiple levels and started as engineers discovered upon completion of the new design that they had created a product that compared to its predecessor, the 915 driver, was more forgiving, generated less spin, produced faster ball speeds, and offered enhanced customization features. Oct 11, 2012 it was the longest and most controllable driver and it felt great. Of course not, you are going to trade in your almost new driver for pennies for that brand new one that some say is the longest, hottest driver around. Titleists best driver yet titleist doesnt rush drivers to the market, but has a calculated plan to introduce a better driver every 2 years, they spend that time making improvements over the previous model. I played a 910 d3 for quite some time, and nearly had to have it pried out of my hands to change. The shaft makes a 45 driver 910 which is standard length. Rob strob won a new taylormade rbz driver, 3wood and rescue club. Some will not care for the graphics, and the sound isnt as muted. Jul 23, 2018 adam scott rocked up to the recent players championship in florida with an eightyearold driver.
The driver that adam scott put back in use at the players championship 2018 at. However, their balanced design will actually suit the vast majority of players. Longest drive comp nike covert driver vs taylormade rbz stage 2. This driver goes back to the old, crisp, pleasing sound at impact. With a more traditional approach than the d2, the d3 comes with 440cc. They found that this repositioning of the cg would produce faster ball speeds with less spin, compared to a lower and back cg. The d2 model is the full 460cc and is a little more forgiving, while the d3 model is a little more compact, 445cc with a slightly taller face offering a more workable. Diamana ahina 72 stiff flex driver shaft with titleist 910 adapter 8256.
Titleist has also added to the stock shaft offerings allowing club fitters. It comes with a solid yet muted sound which is highly impacted by the metallic note. It is tough for me not to recommend the new line of titleist drivers. The stage 2 also has an updated adjustability component. Tour edge tour edge exotics xcg5 driver tour edge exotics xcg4 driver. The active recoil channel is a major technical leap in the area of spin reduction. Apr 16, 2012 2012 driver comparisontitleist 910 d2 d3 taylor made rbz r11snike vrsvr pro lecallaway razr fit. Hoped that having my driver in there, would allow me to compare relative to one another, as i have the opposite problem of starting to try to kill balls in the simulator. I have played nearly every titleist driver over about the past 15 years, beginning with the 983k. The titleist 910 d3 driver features the new surefit technology that allows for quick and easy loft and lie adjustments. With the implementation of usga guidelines that regulate the construction of a head, the club companies seem to be finding new and innovative ways to. Theres quite a bit of data on the web highlighting the increased driving distances that can be achieved using a 915 driver vs a 9 and also a 910. We took the new titleist 9 d3 driver and put it through its paces on the simulator in the golfbidder showroom. Obviously there are lots of variables in each players swing but titleist will have huge amounts of data covering a wide range of situations.
Golf drivers released in 2012 are compared on the launch monitor, and ranked based on performance. Jul 11, 2014 the taylormade rbz stage 2 driver is a proven upgrade from the prior rocketballz driver. It offers plenty of power and lift, with additional levels of speed and reduced amounts of spin when compared to a typical driver, to help make your shots really go the distance. Im mainly a titleist guy but i hit the 910 and the rbz and it wasnt close. There are some shafts on the market that titleist does not carry and it sure would be nice to try them out in this driver. An adjustable weighting system and a slightly different internal design changing to the cg. I hit adams, taylormade r11 and rbz, cobra, titleist, and cleveland. I think it was created with a bit of my dna as i have total and complete confidence is this thing.
For some testers, this meant that one or both of the stage 2 drivers performed better than the r1. Hands down, id take the cleveland 310 over the others, with the 910 d3 a close second. Feel and sound is better than any other driver ive tried. The 915 drivers are surprisingly long on mishits, especially the 915d2. Clevland drivers 270 290 310 general equipment talk. It resulted in the lowest cg ever in a titleist driver. Taylormade sldr drivers 3balls golf oct 17, 2014 3546 views 0 comments most hardcore fans of professional golf are familiar with the driver derby. I decided that my past experience with the project x graphite shaft was so positive i would try it again in the 910 d3 driver. With the all black pvd finish and classic pear shaped lines, both the 910 d2 and d3 heads look great from any angle. Taylormades original rbz was one of our favourite alltitanium drivers, ever.
With the taylormade rocketballz stage 2 driver, distance is king. Jan 14, 2016 longest drive competition taylormade m1 vs titleist 915 d3 the format is very simple. The shaft has the titleist surefit tipadapter and white golf pride tour wrap 2g grip. The 910 d2 460 cc head provides slightly higher launch and spin over the 910 d3 445 cc. They were not the first to do a 460cc head, but when they did, it turned out really well. New grafalloy prolaunch red 64 gram driver shaft stiff 335 tip low launch oem. The point is that everybody in the industry has their own version of the ideal cg and moi story. Wilson wilson staff dxi driver wilson staff dxi superlight driver. I have been less than impressed with the rbz driver. Previously, the shaft sleeve only allowed you an upright and standard lie setting, and then club face positions. I recently decided to get a titleist 910 d3 to see if i could hit that better or more consistantly than my taylormade r11s. The titleist 910 d3 was probably equally as controllable and felt great as well, but the cleveland was a little longer. Oct 05, 20 the biggest difference between the stage 2 and the original rbz seems to be the improved aerodynamics which reduced drag to increase club speed, resulting in more distance.
The head is deeper and looks like it has been stretched back to front, which moves the centre of. The rbz stage 2 driver also allows you to choose a more upright lie setting where the loft can also be changed in the same fashion. The rocketballz stage 2 driver does exactly what you would expect from its name. It is just a matter of picking the right club for you. The rbz stage 2 driver was one of the first drivers where taylormade moved the cg lower and closer to the clubface. Meet the 915 the most compelling titleist driver release in. Taylormade rbz black is a very popular and one of the most expensive options. The large titanium club head is 460cc for maximum playability and confidence at address. I have been extremely fortunate to have been playing with the new rbz tour for the last 4 months.
I went to golf mart and compared it against my current tour burner and was getting similar results. Features and benefits of the titleist 910 d3 driver. A rbz stage 2 tour model, which features a lower and more forward cg than the rbz stage. The difference between the titleist 915 d2 and its predecessors such as the 9 driver is that the 915 d2 is larger and displaying a 460cc pearshaped head that allows for an easier draw whilst it also features a 16position surefit tour hosel system. You are standing on the first tee and your opponent pulls out a. Longest drive comp nike covert driver vs taylormade rbz. Going through a full bag fitting at the end of the month. According to taylormade, the rbz bonded driver comes with taylormades inverted cone milled into the back of the face. The titleist 915 cg position and moi is just right.
As the effect, the sweet spot of this driver is larger. The rbz stage 2 drivers have larger faces and different center of gravity positions than taylormades pricer, more adjustable r1 driver. If im being honest about my own excitement level about the spring 20 products from taylormade, the rbz stage 2 driver is the one spot where im not feeling it. Longest drive titleist 915 vs taylormade m1 youtube. Shaft flex cant really be determined just by a letter because each shaft has different frequencies, so certain frequencies fit the r, s, x flex shaft, sometimes even xx or xxx shafts long drivers. Titleist 9 d3 driver compared against 910, 909, 907 and 905.
Longest drive competition taylormade m1 vs titleist 915 d3. Although the 9 and 915 series were solid, they simply could not kick my 910 out of the bag. I play titleist clubs and recently bought a new 910 d2 driver to keep up with the. Joe saenz won a new titleist 910 d3 driver and titleist 910f 3wood. Titleist 910 d3 hold its own against new crop of drivers. Soundfeel is incredible and its so much more forgiving. One year later, taylormade upgrades its most popular metalwoods ever. If we look back at titleist drivers we can see the drivers were not forgiving and high spinning at times. Ust competition 65 series 335 tip pulled driver shaft. While these drivers are very similar, titleist has made a few subtle changes to upgrade the 9 d3 and heres what youll notice vs. Its in the top 3 bestselling golf club drivers and has dozens. Longest drive titleist 915 vs taylormade m1 in the chigwell performance centre. Titleist 910 d2 or r11 driver sign in to follow this. Taylormade mens rbz black driversa new rbz driver with aggressive styling and powerful performancerbz is back with the taylormade rbz black driver.
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