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tembolo381 Member

tembolo381

Hey all,

I'm looking to buy a new driver. The catch is I like my driver to have a slightly open face. My current driver is 2 degrees open and it's the titleist 905T I had specially made (it was an ultra pain and took 3 months because they messed up making it twice). I just wanted to know if anyone knows of any models that have open faces...and are more for working the ball. I can't stand these square heads and elongated faces that give you infinite MOI or whatever. I tried that new XL Hibore that i heard is 3 degrees open and it's nice...but i can't get used to it's look. I rather have a classic look to it...my next step is checking out some of them X Speed Pro D/S drivers by cobra. Other than that I don't know. I guess I will look at the new Titleist heads. Any suggestions/comments will be greatly appreciated!
THE SET

Driver - FT-5 Tour 9.5* w/ Matrix Studio 84g X Flex
3 Wood - X-Tour 15* w/ Matrix Studio 94g X Flex
5 Wood - X 18* w/ Matrix Studio 94g X Flex(3-9) - Forged MB TT Dynamic Gold X100 D4 weighted standard length and liePW - X-Tour Vintage 50* same shaft as aboveSW - X-Tour Vintage 55*...
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I believe all taylormade TP drivers are open faced. I'm pretty sure the 907d2 is atleast square if not a degree or two open. I think the cobra speed pro drivers are open a degree or two as well.
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That's correct all the TP versions have open faces, which is why I love my current driver (R5 Dual TP), for the record I switched from a Titleist 983E. My normal ball flight is a high draw, and my mis-hit an over draw, and the closed faces of the new draw biased drivers only compounded the problem. Plus TaylorMades offer the more conventional look you seem to be after. One thing to be careful of is the weights in the TM's, the R5 I got had draw bias weights in it from the factory, I switched it to neutral with the 2 extra weights it came with and haven't looked back.

My bag:

Driver: Cobra AMP 9.5 degree w/ GD6 stiff flex shaft

3 Wood: Ping Anser 14.5 degree THC-800 stiff flex shaft

Hybrid: Titleist 910H 19 degree Mitsubishi Kiani Blue stiff flex shaft

Irons: Nike Pro Combo Tour 4-PW Dynamic Gold S300 shafts

Wedges: Titleist Bob Vokey 52-8, 56-11 and 60-4

Putter: 2-Ball White Steel, 34" bent 1 degree flat

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elivate Dedicated Member

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FYI, here are a couple I found just by searching for Open Faced Driver in Google:

The Callaway FT-3 Tour Driver has a slightly open face and optimized Center of Gravity (CG) position for a trajectory preferred by more skilled players.

the King Cobra Speed Pro Drivers give the extreme-ball-speed players a real workable advantage from the tee box. Its square-to-open face alignment, large face area, and high MOI offer unique technical performance advantages for accomplished players.

What's in the Bag

Driver: HiBore 10.5* ProLaunch Blue 65s
Hybrid: No Fear 3i
Irons: Launcher LP 4-PW Harmonized 50* GWAmerican Standard 56* SWStriker by Golf Trends 60* LobPutter: Pro Response bladeBall: Tour Fire

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beung Well Established Member

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Most of the drivers that are "tour" are the open/nuetral face versions.
Some make you pay for it like TaylorMade and some do not like Callaway and I believe Ping gives you an open face option as well.
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Fletch09 Established Member

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Callaway's FT-5 Tour and FT-i Tour are .5 degree open.
In the bag

909D3 8.5 Matrix Ozik XCon 7 X
Burner TP 14.5 Fujikura RE*AX SF TP 75 X
Idea Pro 20 RP Project X 6.0 X-Tour (2005) 4-PW RP Project X 6.0 X-Tour Chrome Wedges 50 and 54 RP Project X 5.5 X-Tour Vintage 60 w/ PM grind Teryllium Ten Newport 2 34" ProV1X
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Most of the drivers that are "tour" are the open/nuetral face versions.

To be fair, the TM TP drivers also have much better stock shafts and more weights. You're not paying for JUST the open or square face/neutral weighting.

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asianpsuation Well Established Member

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the tour issue exotixs i think its called proto or tour, thats 2 open and it kills the ball. comes stock w/ aldila vs proto too

Driver: r7 460 TP 10.5 w/Ozik Altus SX
3 Wood: Tour Proto 14.5 w/Ozik Xcon7 SX
Hybrid: Tour Proto. A2TS 19 w/ Matrix Ozik Altus HB SX
Irons: R7tp w/project x 6.0
Wedges: spin milled 56 w/ Proj. x 5.5 XTour60putter: Monza CorzaBall: Pro V1/ whatevers in my bag.

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Well, Callaway and Ping offer the premium shafts at no extra cost for the "Tour" model. I love Taylormade but its just their way to get a few hundred extra out of a player.
Whats in the Bag?

Titleist 907D2 - UST ProForce V2 65S
Callaway X-Tour 15* - Fujikira Tour Platform
Titleist 755 - DG S300TM RAC TP Wedges - 52, 56, 60YES! Tracy IITitliest PRO-V1Current Handicap - 4
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Well, Callaway and Ping offer the premium shafts at no extra cost for the "Tour" model. I love Taylormade but its just their way to get a few hundred extra out of a player.

They don't offer that shaft, no. They offer a few stock shafts, some of which are slightly more costly than others. Let's not get into semantics here.

Erik J. Barzeski — ⛳ I knock a ball. It goes in a gopher hole. 🏌🏼‍♂️
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Golf Digest "Best Young Teachers in America" 2016-17 & "Best in State" 2017-20 • WNY Section PGA Teacher of the Year 2019 :edel: :true_linkswear:

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