New Big Dog

I've been thinking about a driver change since late last year. I've been running a R9 460. I swapped from a stiff shaft down to a reg as I slowed my swing down to get a bit more control and consistency off the tee.

I tried the R11 the first week it launched and tbh hit it about the same as my R9. But then again I was having real swing issues back then. So I decided to wait until my swing settled down before looking again.

So after a few weeks of some solid golf I decided to start looking again. Obviously the R11 was on the list, but I'd been reading a lot of good things about the Titliest 910D range (D2 & D3).

Fully adjustable, like the R11, which I like.

I had a quiet day yesterday so finished a bit early and popped up to AG in Biggleswade to try out the R11, 910D2, and took my R9 along to compare.

Took the 910D2 with Stiif and Reg, R11 with a Reg and my R9 with reg shafts out to try on the range. All 10.5 loft.The wind was pretty strong and right in my face, so this will be a real good test. Anything not well hit is going to show up.

Warned up with my R9, hit it pretty well, couple of minor pulls, couple of big high slices. but in general ok.

Put the R11 up next. Pretty much the same results as my R9 which kind of confirmed my earlier thoughts that it wasn't a big step forward over what I currently was using.

So hit a few with the 910D2 with a stiff shaft. Distance wise it was about the same as the taylormade drivers, but the accuracy was a marked improvement. Bad ones were well, not actually bad. Maybe a slight loss in distance, but would still be on, or near, the fairway.

The sales guy suggested I should try the reg shaft in the D2 as well. Which I did. Similar results as the stiff really.

I carried on hitting for a while swapping drivers every 4-5 balls until I went though about 60 balls.

The more I hit the more it became apparent that the D2 was the club to go for. The bad ones with the R9 and R11 would be high slices, with the D2 it was more a gentle fade.

So reg or stiff ? I decided to go reg, I've been using reg shaft in mine for the past month as i've slowed down my swing and that's been working well, so I saw no need to go for a stiff shaft.

So, got them to match Online Golfs price of £239, less my £100 AG vouchers from Chrsitmass, so I'm now the proud owner of a Titliest 910D2 10.5 Reg Shaft for a small som of £139. Bargin.

Took it back to my club and went on the range, normal practice session, not really focussing on the driver. But got the same results when I did hit it. Just so darn forgivving.

I read the adjustment guide last night and the standard setting gives a slight fade, which is what I was hitting, so I might swap it to a slight draw and try it out.

I'm going to try and get 9 holes in tomorrow after work to use it in anger before the first comp of the year on Saturday.