That makes a lot of sense, I hadnt thought of ball compression, thanks.
FYI
We are both hitting 9.5 degree, stiff shaft drivers (he inherits my old ones). He is playing Nike slingshot irons with regular flex steel shafts, I am hitting r7 TP’s with stiff steel.
I liked the loft theory so I went looking on the internet but what I found was that my clubs play 1 degree weaker.
So here’s how it goes just to clarify:
Saturday we go out to a local Muni, I was hitting the 907 D2 driver, he was hitting the HiBore XL. On number 5 I hit driver to 272 (measured with sky caddie) he hits 281. The rest of the round he was maybe 5 yards either side of me.
Sunday we go out again but trade drivers (he’s not giving the 907 back he says) and we get the same results, maximum of 5 yards difference. On number 9, dead into a stiff wind I get him by 20 – 25 yards. Its just confusing to me but oh well it has been fun watching him the past few months.
The highlight for me was watching hit a short par 5 (very short – 460ish) in two with driver – 6 iron.
Hey Ben – I’m doing well thanks. I looking forward to following you mini tour play thread this year…. Light it up, that way when I get back down that way I can ask for a crap load of pops