LudaCliff Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Just wanted to know if anyone has any experience with this driver. Hideki Matsuyama won last week, but has been gaming it for last handful of years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daamartin Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Yup. Have watched him play with this thing up close a couple of times. The smallest wear spot on the face of a driver I have ever seen. The guy does not miss the sweet spot very often.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian-500 Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Yes I gamed one last year with a Stinger 70s. Very good considering its age, but a little unforgiving for my game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobmontana Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 (edited) agree with Ian. I did a 8 driver shootout on trackman a couple of years ago and Zr30 combined with a Miyazaki shaft came in 2nd to P-tune pg313 in distance. Other contenders included Titleist 913d2 , yamaha 4.6 rpm, baldo vt511, kamui 456 and Ryoma Maxima type V. It had consistently higher ball speeds off the face. and even though it's an older model , it had already incorporated somewhat of a forward cg design like the TM sldr of more recent years so it was lower spinning. As Ian says, Sweet spot is not huge, but feel, and sound, looks are superb. After Matsuyama came to US PGA tour, market price has gone up on used zr30s. Used to be able to pick these up at very reasonable prices. Edited February 11, 2016 by nobmontana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobmontana Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 (edited) Matsuyama tries all the new Srixon drivers when they come out but seem to go back after a couple of weeks. I also noticed his WITB , iron shafts are now S400 instead of X100. To Srixon: "You need to come out with a new driver that works for Matsuyama soon. He is not gonna stay happy being 20-30 yards behind other players all the time!!" On a side note, Ricky's 340 yard drives were pretty amazing using that new Cobra driver with the see thru cap on the sole. :) He still uses the original Diamana Whiteboard I believe. Edited February 11, 2016 by nobmontana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian-500 Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 The original Whiteboard has to be one of the all time greatest shafts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daamartin Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 .....340 yards into the creek unfortunately for Ricky...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lone Ranger Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 The original Whiteboard has to be one of the all time greatest shafts. .....340 yards into the creek unfortunately for Ricky...... Yep very very Tin cup if you ask me... School boy error ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaman Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 Matsuyama tries all the new Srixon drivers when they come out but seem to go back after a couple of weeks. I also noticed his WITB , iron shafts are now S400 instead of X100. To Srixon: "You need to come out with a new driver that works for Matsuyama soon. He is not gonna stay happy being 20-30 yards behind other players all the time!!" On a side note, Ricky's 340 yard drives were pretty amazing using that new Cobra driver with the see thru cap on the sole. :) He still uses the original Diamana Whiteboard I believe. According to the posts here lack of distance is not an issue with the ZR-30? Rather that it's not exactly forgiving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LudaCliff Posted February 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 (edited) Thanks for the replies guys. Was interested how it compared to other drivers as well as current stuff. Nob-san, you mentioned that it was lower spinning. What is the ZR-30 like in flight and trajectory? .....340 yards into the creek unfortunately for Ricky...... The TV announcers mentioned that in his career Ricky has hit it into the water on that 17th hole 9 times.....9 times!!!! You would think a pro would kind of learn from that stat. Edited February 12, 2016 by LudaCliff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobmontana Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 looking back at the tracman data... the notable performance was actually the ball speed . This head was 2 to 3 mph faster on average. The stats were 103 mph swing speed, 155 mph ball speed , 9deg launch angle , 2800 rpm backspin, 250 yards carry. it was a 8.5deg head combined with a Miyazaki Kusala Black 61 X , so very low launch. in fact , too low. Totally wrong spec for me. If I do it again today, I'd probably go 9.5 deg head, same shaft but 72 S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supo Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 well mr Nobs.............. i just got my hands on a brand new 9.5* with diamana K in it, was custom built for a customer that didnt pick it up! wil be very interested to put this in play this season. andi cudnt give a rats if tis 425cc and 8 yrs old and by all counts now somewehre near 280 yards behind the newest POS taylor made. if u got those numbers with it a few yrs back then thats as a good as it can get. much prefer top quality to US mkting crap. good enough for Hideki kun , good enough to play here. did the same with a YAMAHA v203 10*. that head is just so good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supo Posted March 24 Report Share Posted March 24 wow... this is somehig special Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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