“Monthly Golf Digest March Issue” published on January 19, 2024. Introducing important pages to each other once a week! This time, on the day of release, it is the focus of the book, and the editorial team calls it “Project Center”, and it is a version with removable media “2024 Latest Driver Great Research!”. In this project, 11 professionals and amateurs “hit, hit, hit” and create test impressions.
8 models tested this time (photographed by Tomoya Nomura)
Compare the latest models of Callaway’s 4 models and Taylor’s 3 models with XXIO X!
The latest drivers tested were 8 models, including “Ai Smoke MAX”, “Ai Smoke MAX-D”, “Ai Smoke♦♦♦” and “Ai Smoke MAX” from Callaway’s “Paradigm” Ai Smoke” series announced on January 5th FAST”. “Qi10”, “Qi10 MAX” and “Qi10LS” from TaylorMade “Qi10” series announced on January 10th. And then there’s the ever-popular “XXIO-X.” The loft of all clubs is 10.5 degrees and the shafts are the same as the original Flex S.
Next, we invited a total of 11 test hitters to compare their shots to a wide range of golfers, including age, gender, swing type, head speed, ball hold and tendency to make errors. Tournament player Momoko Kishibe, professional coaches Eiji Yokota, Takaya Suzuki, Yoshiatsu Horiguchi, driver Kento Hasegawa, club fitter Hitoshi Yoshikawa, equipment writer Yoshiaki Takanashi, club analyst Mark Kanai, passionate fashion designer of golf Morioka Hiroshi, Toshiaki Yoshii as amateur representative and Makoto Igarashi, editor in chief of Monthly Golf Digest.
10 people besides Monthly editor-in-chief GD Igarashi (photographed by Tadashi Anezaki)
The testing environment was an indoor studio to avoid being influenced by the situation, the ball was the “Pro V1”, which is the most used ball on every tour including the PGA Tour, and the measuring device was the “Trackman 4”, popular among tour pros. . The total number of balls hit by the 11 players is more than 2,000, so that’s about 200 balls per person and 25 balls per club, and the numbers listed are the average of the five best balls.
The trajectory measuring device is “Trackman 4” and the test ball is “Pro V1” (Photographer/Tadashi Anezaki)
How did the editor-in-chief of Monthly GD feel after hitting about 200 balls?
Editor-in-chief Igarashi said that in “Mingol”, he has a HS of 44 m/s, and his balls tend to be drawn and his errors tend to go hard to the right.
Makoto Igarashi, editor-in-chief of Monthly Golf Digest. The former Koshien baseball player is a left-handed hitter, but plays golf right-handed (Photo/Tadashi Anezaki)
The carryover and initial speed of each club according to Editor-in-Chief Igarashi published in the March issue of the “Monthly Golf Digest” are as follows.
Club Name Initial Ball Carry Speed TaylorMade Qi10 MAX59.6m/s236.2Y TaylorMade Qi1058.1m/s231.8Y TaylorMade Qi10 LS57.7m/s223.4Y Callaway Paradigm Ai Smoke MAX FAST59.7m/s234.1Y Callaway Paradigm Ai Smoke MAX- D60 .1m/s237.9Y Callaway Paradigm Ai Smoke MAX59.5m/s237.9Y Callaway Paradigm Ai Smoke ♦♦♦57.5m/s228.6Y Dunlop XXIO X59.5m/s233.9Y Data from GD’s monthly editor-in-chief Igarashi .The numbers listed are the average values of the best 5 balls.
When I spoke to Editor-in-Chief Igarashi after the test drive, he said, “As a golfer in the ’90s, I was presumptuous to try the 8-motor Series 3. Honestly, I don’t have the skill or common sense to feel the differences between drivers.That’s why I didn’t know what to do when I was nominated by the editor-in-chief.However, when I tried it, I was surprised to see that the 3 series, and more specifically, that each model had its own characteristics. Series TaylorMade’s “Qi10”, the amount of spin is assured and it is clearly easier to swing, and Callaway’s “Ai Smoke” series is a “heel hitter” like me, so I can benefit considerably from the AI face.” XXIO X” is easier to use. That seemed like a pretty big statement.”
Including the test results of each hitter other than Editor-in-Chief Igarashi, the results of comparisons between rivals in each series such as “Standard Model”, “Draw Bias Model” and “Tour Model”, and the data when hitting with toe and heel Based on the comments from 11 people, the latest 8 trajectory matrix models are now published in the March issue of Monthly Golf Digest. It can also be viewed on “My Golf Digest”.
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PHOTO／Tadashi Anezaki (person), Tomoya Nomura (club)
Collaboration: CLUB HOUSE, PGST, 4PLUS, Trackman Japan
*Excerpt from the binding editorial project of the March issue of the Monthly Golf Digest GD Library “Recent Driver’s True Skill Revealed!”
2024-01-18 22:33:14
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