7/7/2023 0 Comments Longest drive golf rival![]() ![]() It’s also a lovely looking and great sounding driver too. We can’t take anything away from the LTDx LS because its numbers are very good (tied 3 rd longest). ![]() It seems a reasonable bet that Cobra tried to hit a sweetspot with the LTDx LS and that lays somewhere between what most low spin driver players want and what DeChambeau needs. Of-course you’d always want DeChambeau playing this year’s new driver model (unfortunately DeChambeau very publicly let the brand know that he thought the previous RadSpeed driver was ‘junk’), but by making a model so tailored to his super quick speeds you end up creating a driver that’s almost unplayable for anyone else. Having the long hitting Bryson DeChambeau on staff at Cobra must present some major issues for anyone who happens to be one of the brand’s driver engineers. But if you’re considering buying a new driver this year, the Stealth drivers have to be on your shortlist.īall Speed: 165.6mph Spin: 2,061rpm Carry Distance: 274yds RRP £399 | VIEW OFFER But be under no illusion, for the majority of club golfers that won’t be the case. The standard Stealth will offer a better combination of ball speed and backspin which will optimise carry distance, and thanks to the extra 15% MOI it will be more forgiving and easy to live with on the golf course.įor the standard Stealth’s extra forgiveness, our test pro gave up 1.8mph of ball speed (versus Stealth Plus, but back weighted forgiving drivers never generate the fastest ball speeds) and 14 yards of carry, yet it still produced the fourth fastest ball speed in this category.īy including the Stealth amongst our five best forgiving drivers of 2022 we’re saying we love and can see benefit in the better energy transfer concept of a carbon fibre face, but we’re not saying everyone needs to go buy one. The ST-Z was our 3 rd longest forgiving driver of 2022 (tied with the Ping G425 Max and Titleist TSi2), its ball speed, backspin, shot height and drop-offs were all really solid right across the board, and don’t forget the Z costs a fair chunk less than most of it competitors.īecause the Stealth Plus suited him so well, the standard Stealth looks an inferior choice. Sitting next to the Stealth the Z has a very different head shape – bigger and wider with a real stretched body footprint, and yet the driver manages to sound fantastic at impact. Like its predecessors the ST-Z 220 is a cracking looking driver and our test pro was a fan of the flatter look at address, which gave the impression of the driver sittng more squarely on its sole rather than the heel. It’s a big move by Mizuno – we’ve often discussed their big sticks offering offering less forgiveness in the past. Whilst previous ST drivers have focused on optimising ball speed and spin, it’s great to hear Mizuno talk about the new ST 220 family being the final piece of the jigsaw, and going after ultimate forgiveness on off-centre strikes. Mizuno drivers have been fast, long and powerful for a few years now, but it’s worth remembering all that performance comes from their stock shaft length which tends to be 3/4” shorter (which improves confidence) than lots of the competition. In anybody’s book that’s an outstanding across-the-board performance.īall Speed: 163.1mph Spin: 2,515rpm Carry Distance: 279yds RRP £399 | VIEW OFFER ![]() The Plus was flat-out No.1 at protecting ball speed loss on off-centre hits and second best at minimising carry distance drop-offs (only beaten by PXG’s 0811 Gen4 X by two yards). By 12 yards, it was the longest driver within the category (it was also our longest overall driver by three yards). To put the Stealth’s performance into context, the model produced a ball speed 1.1mph faster than any low-spin driver we hit. The difference in part at least can be explained in switching Neil Wain out of a recommended shaft (that to him felt hard work) and into the stock (low flight) Mitsubishi Kai’Li… and are we glad we did. But those numbers were blitzed in our 2022 driver test. We’d tested the model before (in creating our YouTube video) when it outperformed Callaway and Ping models, with tidy but not ground-breaking ball speed and carry distance gains (2.8mph of ball speed and four yards of carry distance gain over the longest). We’ll admit to being pretty shocked by Stealth Plus putting in such a strong performance. ![]()
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