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Any one hit this driver? Like to know if its worth the money

It's a very very good driver. Unfortunately non-conforming. That means even if you are outside the USGA territory you only have 10 more months before it becomes non-conforming to you as well. Prices are going down now on these. Slightly used ones go for about $350 now here in Asia.

BTW only two moveable weights and the one I used for a round yesterday was dead square as well.

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It's a very very good driver. Unfortunately non-conforming. That means even if you are outside the USGA territory you only have 10 more months before it becomes non-conforming to you as well. Prices are going down now on these. Slightly used ones go for about $350 now here in Asia.

BTW only two moveable weights and the one I used for a round yesterday was dead square as well.

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How is this driver compare to the USA R7 as in forgiveness and distance?

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xxio

How is this driver compare to the USA R7 as in forgiveness and distance?

I only demoed the XR R7 for 18 holes and it had the stock "SR" stiff-regular shaft. The R7 I have is a TP with the stock TP graphics Diamana 73Stiff. The XR is definitely easier to hit longer and straighter than my R7TP. I was losing it a little right which is my miss when a shaft is soft for me. The stock SR was a surprisingly good shaft. Played towards the regular flex side but the guy I was playing with around 92-95SS (his claim, which I think is accurate) was hitting it straight and definitely longer than his R5 N.

Comparing to a Non TP R7 max that I owned for about 2 weeks. The XRR7 also spun less and had a flatter trajectory than the R7 (nonTP) that I tried with a 2-10-10-2 setting. The XRR7 also feels better but sounds almost as loud.

Surprisingly the XR R7 that I tried was not as Game Improvement (closed face, soft shaft, etc.) as I expected. Very similar to the XR03 which preferred the mid handicapper versus the XR05 which seemed to gearted towards the higher handicap.

Why don't I play it? Because it will be non-conforming in 10months. Granted I don't keep a driver that long I don't want to get used to it like I did my R300 Tour/757 which still has been the best driver I have used in the past 4 years.

If you have anymore questions don't hesitate to ask. I have played a ton of TM drivers in the past 5 years Tour and retail. Even though I don't like their marketing philosophy. Their drivers just seem to suit my eye the best.

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