Recommendations for a New Driver???

[NYStateOfMind]

My personal opinion. (Like everyone else..LOL)

Buy a used original R11. It is a great driver. It is workable and long.

All my hybrids, and irons (minus SW and LW) are Adams Pro A12's so I am an Adams guy to but that R11 is great.

I am in the minority but I tried the RBZ and I just didn't like it. To light for my taste.

[Mr. Desmond]

Originally Posted by Tyson Sloan

Thanks everyone for the suggestions!

Accuracy - Titleist 910/913

Choice of stock shafts, swingweight, and adjustability, 45 inches.

[Golfingdad]

Originally Posted by saevel25

1) Find a driver that You can stand to look at, at address (i hate white driver :p)

2) Get fitted with the correct shaft and launch to match your swing

Yeah, this one.

Did you notice anything common in all of the rest of the posts?  I did ... everybody had a different opinion, and they're all right.  You got a bunch of suggestions for just about every different club out there.  I didn't see anybody promoting Bridgestone or Cleveland, but otherwise, they're all there. R1, R9, R11, Cally, 910, 913, Cobra Amp, Nike.  These are all good drivers!  (Not the Hammer though, He's just fooling around ;))

I have a 910 and it's nice, but I don't use it because I was PROPERLY fitted for a RazrFit earlier this year and it is much more accurate.

I strongly believe that it has nothing to do with the fact it's a Callaway, but EVERYTHING to do with the fact that it's fitted for me.

So, if you don't have the money to get fitted, then I guess your best bet is to just go to Roger Dunn or Golfsmith or wherever and hit everything you can afford and pick the best one.  They're all good.

[WalkTheCourse]

Further to my last comment. I just saw a Taylor R580 (Top of the line for its time) used for $30 freakin' dollars at the secondhand shop today. Relatively modern club, playable shape, can't argue with the price. I almost bought it for my beginner friend who needs one to complete his bag.

[Pblock45]

Titliest 910 go get fitted if a shop has any left or the 913 if have the moola. I love my driver and I would say if I had to go to another company I would look at the ping g line 10.5 mid launching shaft.

[saevel25]

I probably played the polar opposites in back to back years, i was with an original Ping G10 driver, had it reshafted with a ProForce V2 x-stiff golf shaft 77 grams. That driver rocked, it was basically aim and fire all day long. Slight curve, miss hits were good, lots of carry, it was honestly a very good driver. but i reshafted it because the light golf shaft, i couldn't feel in my swing.

But there was one problem, i like to hit cuts and fades, and i wanted more feel in the golf club. That's why i went to a Titliest 910D2. Also because i had a 910Fd fairway wood, and needed the adjustment tool ;). I went with the stock Mitsubishi Dia shaft, pretty heavy shaft, Stiff flex. It's just a monster driver, i gained a bit of distance on center hits, lost a bit on off hits, but i can curve the driver. I can hit a 5 yard draw, up to a 30 yard draw. This one hole on my local course, OB left, and i just pound the driver over the trees on the right, and draw it back to the fairway, its about a 15 yard draw. My ping made that hole a lot scarier, because i had to aim closer to the middle of the fairway and hope i didn't pull it.

But when i look for a golf club its this order,

1) appearance, i could probably get use to a white driver, but i like a more classic shape golf head, not huge tear drop, or square

2) stock shaft options, i rather just not have to spend the money to reshaft the golf club or upcharge. Titliest always had the best options for me to fit my swing. But my 2nd most importance is getting the right shaft to fit the swing. Really, all clubheads are very similar, some will be able to work the ball more, other's not, but they are all near 460cc's with a near legal limit on COR's. New materials have been allowed to lower clubhead mass, look at Nike, they basically took nearly half the clubhead mass off the back of the club. But the biggest thing now is adjustability and fitting. Even ping is offering adjustable options, that's saying a lot, ping is usually no fuss, blue collar driver that just works.

3) Loft, basically this you want to match to your approach angle, and the kick point of the shaft to get the spin in the right area. For me, i took my 9.5 driver down to a 8.75 driver, it cut a good chunk off the backspin, really added a bit more distance and workability as well.

Apperance -> find the right shaft -> tune in the loft to maximize launch conditions