Driver sweet spot

[radcochran]

My Titliest 909D Comp is a great, long driver for me. But there is hardly any difference feel wise, when you hit the sweet spot or not. I like the feeling of hitting a pure shot. Any of your drivers have that sweet feeling when you catch it?? I guess you are giving up something with all the added forgiveness in todays drivers. Any ideas on some clubs I can try with maybe, god forbid, a smaller sweet spot??

[snofrog]

My Titliest 909D Comp is a great, long driver for me. But there is hardly any difference feel wise, when you hit the sweet spot or not. I like the feeling of hitting a pure shot. Any of your drivers have that sweet feeling when you catch it?? I guess you are giving up something with all the added forgiveness in todays drivers. Any ideas on some clubs I can try with maybe, god forbid, a smaller sweet spot??

I see you have a tour edge 3 wood . I had a tour edge 320 j bazooka driver that had a sweetspot about 1/2" in diameter . it worked great for me . I broke 3 of them right in the sweetspot and a large crack developed hence the reason I switched lol . they are garanteed for life but after a while it becomes a pain to send them back

[SeanMcFarlin]

My sumo 5000 is pretty good. When I hit the ball near the toe it make a louder sound and twists a bit in my hands. Same as when I hit the ball off the heel. It's sweetspot is about an inch across.

[CrazyXGolfer]

I play the Titliest 909D3 and love it, great feel and you know when you hit the sweet spot.

[Gerald]

It is just what you call the sweetspot, the actual sweetspot is less than a squarre mm, but the area providing a good shot might be well about a circular inch ......

That said ..... is it really interesting to feel you were on or just beside, all what counts is the result. Are you at hc 11 really that good, that you would be able to correct a few mm or 1/16 - 1/8 inch ..... I doubt it.

The 909 Comp is the most forgiving 909 driver, D2 and D3 demand more from the golfer and also provide more feedback.

[andef]

I play the Titleist 909 D2 and feel it's quite easy to tell whether a shot was hit on the sweetspot on sound. Not as much from the feedback (which is nonetheless significant) but from the more muted sound of the ball at impact. I wouldn't expect there to be a great different between the 909D Comp and my 909 D2. Simply for the reason that all clubs Titleist designes are destined for tour pros and low handicap amatuers (apart from the AP1s). Some pros play the 909D Comp and I doubt they would if they didn't receive enough feedback from the clubs.

[radcochran]

Thanks to all. I think I want to try a D3. I also want to bring my ball flight down a little. Any suggestions for a lower launching shaft other than a V2. Would like to hear about some that you all have tried.

[WUTiger]

Interesting thing about the "sweet spot" for today's jumbo drivers: It is located at center face, for slightly above center.

I found a slow-motion shot of driver impact on the Callaway site a few months ago. Big drives definitely came from top half of clubface.

[Gerald]

I play the Titleist 909 D2 and feel it's quite easy to tell whether a shot was hit on the sweetspot on sound. Not as much from the feedback (which is nonetheless significant) but from the more muted sound of the ball at impact. I wouldn't expect there to be a great different between the 909D Comp and my 909 D2. Simply for the reason that all clubs Titleist designes are destined for tour pros and low handicap amatuers (apart from the AP1s). Some pros play the 909D Comp and I doubt they would if they didn't receive enough feedback from the clubs.

At the 909D Comp it is not "competition" but "composite" and it is the most forgiving of the 3 versions, it is intended more for the weekend golfer and the D2/D3 more for the low cappers (I am about sure the Pro's will play D2/D3 lookalikes with the latest input from next years models, or not to the public available lofts and options). The composite will dampen the feedback and the mostly sold Matrix Ozik shaft will provide a higher ballflight.

What the tour pro's use is marketing-driven, hoping the amateurs will buy the "same" next week.

[ohiolefty]

Interesting thing about the "sweet spot" for today's jumbo drivers: It is located at center face, for slightly above center.

I agree. Slightly-above center is the real hot spot on most big drivers today. I've known this before I aquiesced to it, though. I play a windy home course...and really was focused on keeping the ball down and working it more. But, since I've made some swing changes I'm working it less, being less 'cute'. As a result, I'm playing a big-assed, high power-fade - that goes 20-30 yards further than what I was doing before. 290-300 is more fun than 260-270

[radcochran]

You are totally right Gerald. The Composite crown takes all the feel out of the driver. It performs well, but I must say it's the worst feeling Titleist driver I've hit. Anybody want it for $200 free shipping????

[Gerald]

There are only a very few drivers around that will ask for "something" more today ........ the 909D3 is one of those and it sure provides a good feedback, the 909D2 is maybe a little bit easier (not forgiving). It all depends if you want to really work the ball of the tee. Problem with the 909D3 is that if you are not really into working the ball with your drives, it might work against you and you would better go for the 909D2. If so I think you should also look for the 907D2 ...... so many review say the 907D1 and 907D2 weren't the best series from Titleist, but the 907D2 was workable easier than the 909D3.

If you don't mind to invest some quality time into your driving you might also opt for the Ping i15 !

I personally went the other way and bought my first bean can in 25 yrs ..... Callaway FT-iZ Tour ...... is it workable ..... yes but not much, is it long .... absolutely !!!, but you can walk up a tee, tee the ball up high, concentrate on aiming down the middle of the fairway, use a firm grip, try to hit it slightly above the center and it will fly a mile and it is a surprise if it doesn't find the fairway...... it is just what you feel is important, but a solid center fairway shot of at least 260-275 is all I need. Some are supernatural and go well over 300 yds.