taipanli Posted December 22, 2005 Report Share Posted December 22, 2005 Weekly Pargolf magazine introduced a new ranking for conforming driver (even Japan will abolish HiCor drivers by 2008) and the Srixon W505 achieved first place :tsg_smilie_cool: http://www.worldlingo.com/SH0gfCf2o9dNuCnI...A&wl_trglang=en Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruinduke Posted December 22, 2005 Report Share Posted December 22, 2005 Have you hit this Taipanli? Looks pretty nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acrazygolfer Posted December 22, 2005 Report Share Posted December 22, 2005 Great driver, even with the stock shaft. BruinDuke, when we play after the holidays, I'll bring it along for you to hit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sniperjoe Posted December 22, 2005 Report Share Posted December 22, 2005 Drivers are a strange thing in golf. There are a lot of good drivers, but nobody seems to overly excited about there driver. Chris can't decide which one he likes the best, acrazygolfer doesn't sound too excited about this Srixon either. Everybody just says that they have a good driver. LOL. Taylor made has the largest following probably for drivers, but still, you don't really hear anyone rant and rave about their drivers, no matter what brand it is. People get much more attatched to their irons and putters. Why is this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acrazygolfer Posted December 22, 2005 Report Share Posted December 22, 2005 I'm just not the type to go crazy over golf clubs. However, the W-505 is the first driver I bought in over 2 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruinduke Posted December 22, 2005 Report Share Posted December 22, 2005 Great driver, even with the stock shaft. BruinDuke, when we play after the holidays, I'll bring it along for you to hit. ACG, thanks and looking forward to it. Please don't hand it to me though with a trojan headcover on it...I might leave a nasty sky mark. I've seen the W505 at a local shop. Might have to swing by and check it out. I thought it was there at a reasonable price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
03trdblack Posted December 22, 2005 Report Share Posted December 22, 2005 Drivers are a strange thing in golf. There are a lot of good drivers, but nobody seems to overly excited about there driver. Chris can't decide which one he likes the best, acrazygolfer doesn't sound too excited about this Srixon either. Everybody just says that they have a good driver. LOL. Taylor made has the largest following probably for drivers, but still, you don't really hear anyone rant and rave about their drivers, no matter what brand it is. People get much more attatched to their irons and putters. Why is this? Search the web for some reviews on the AGT Aurora driver and you will find more than a few that are very excited about their driver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taipanli Posted December 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2005 (edited) Have you hit this Taipanli? Looks pretty nice. See my signature? :tsg_smilie_cool: I do like mine a lot. Ordered square faced and the club just looks pure at address. Nothing fussy and I know where my line is pointing when i set up for the drive. The feel is exactly as I want it - similar to an X-Drive I think. Versatile trajectory, very good distance for a conforming face, easy to launch with a smooth swing and forgiving enough. Not sure whether this can be attributed to the driver itself but I had gone through a phase where I was struggling out of the box. I had always been the straightest shooter with well above average distance. Then went through a phase about 2 years ago where I was probably hitting only 50% of the fairways. When you play money games, there's no hope in hell of coming out ahead with those stats. Once I got the W505, the straight drives started coming back and now I tee it up full of confidence again and my days on the golf course are profitable once again :tsg_smiley_yes: I would attribute the turn around to having a driver that suits my eye at address. The head being square and not too deep is obviously what I need. With the Diamana Red, this driver is pure class! Referring to the other comment about how people never seem to love their driver but love their irons or putter, I think it's simply the fact that you hit the driver fewer times than your irons and putter. Unless you regulary practice your drives at the range, you just never get a complete grasp of how to handle your driver. Assuming an average par round, you'll putt 36 times (2 putts per green), hit your irons 18 times, but drive a maximum of 14 times (assuming you take driver off every par 4 and 5). Take a round of 80 and those additional 8 strokes would most likely be iron shots so that would give 36 putts, 26 iron shots, and still a maximum of 14 drives. Am I making any sense?? :tsg_smilie_tired: Edited December 22, 2005 by taipanli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acrazygolfer Posted December 22, 2005 Report Share Posted December 22, 2005 ACG, thanks and looking forward to it. Please don't hand it to me though with a trojan headcover on it...I might leave a nasty sky mark. I've seen the W505 at a local shop. Might have to swing by and check it out. I thought it was there at a reasonable price. No problem ... I'll also not bring along the 'SC golf bag, towel, marker, hat, etc. :tsg_smilie_whistle: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennie Posted December 22, 2005 Report Share Posted December 22, 2005 Weekly Pargolf magazine introduced a new ranking for conforming driver (even Japan will abolish HiCor drivers by 2008) and the Srixon W505 achieved first place :tsg_smilie_cool: http://www.worldlingo.com/SH0gfCf2o9dNuCnI...A&wl_trglang=en I have one for sale in the BST section for a very reasonable price. Leonard P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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