Ping g400 is a very popular option at the top of the price range. It is an all titanium head with callaway s optifit hosel. The x2 hot pro driver is available in only one loft, 8. I switched from the ping g25 was that the g felt less harsh off the face. More ball speed and distance on shots hit not only in the center of the face, but on offcenter hits as well. The x2 hot driver offers a new hyper speed face, an improved head shape and construction, and new advanced adjustable hosel technology. You can add or subtract onehalf degree of loft on the standard 8. The pro version has a beautifully clean crown, but some players might wish they had kept a. Today the head shape, with its soft edges, is a far cry from a sleek modern driver, but our numbers show how evenly matched callaway s prejailbreak drivers were. Unfollow callaway x hot to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. X2 hot driver features a slightly larger, moreforgiving face than the pro version and consequently leads to a higherlaunching ball flight. The sole weight on the g30 is also larger compared to the g25, resulting in a lower center of gravity. Thinnest all titanium driver face ever gives the callaway x2 hot driver faster ball speeds, a 10% larger sweet spot, and more forgiveness.
I swing a 18 g25 fairway wood and love the feel of it but have never swung a big bertha before. Compared to a couple other hybrids out right now it feels much livelier. After keeping the ping g20 driver in the bag for the majority of the season last year, i was certainly excited to take a look at the new ping g25 driver. X2 hot iron, what makes the callaway gbb epic sub zero driver so cool.
Callaway xr speed driver vs xr16 national club golfer. The sound and feel of the g25 hybrid are as pleasing as any hybrid you will ever hit. The g25 has a new look, added adjustability, and also features a larger face. Callaway x18 irons having just purchased a set of g5s, and having hit a lot of balls with the x18 as well while deciding upon an iron set to. Features and benefits of the callaway x2 hot pro driver. These clubs simply feel a lot more responsive in my hands, while being extremely forgiving. Like pings g25, the 9d2 driver was released more than one. Callaway big bertha vs ping g25 fw challenge duration. For many others, the ping g25 should prove to be an outstanding blend of distance and forgiveness. Callaway created their fastest face for this driver and it shows. That brings with it a little higher spin than i crave. The callaway x2 hot s are awesome at address, probably the best looking hybrid at address ive seen in a while. Driver and pro 4w on the way with hybrids likely to make the bag as well. It offers a solid thwack yet just enough pop to really feel hot off the face.
At address, the x2 hot driver definitely looks all of 460cc and gives you the feeling that you cant possibly miss the sweet spot on the face. Ping has really dialed in their sensory feedback in all their clubs as of late. Callaway x2 hot driver callaway drivers golfbidder. I was actually playing g25s with graphite shafts up until about a month ago. Bought my son a set of the ping g25 irons for his upcoming birthday but he called today and told me he just hit the x2 hot irons and likes those clubs. Both drivers have callaways advanced optifit hosel, first available on. While the g25 is the updated version of the g20 and the sixth release in the gseries of drivers, it feels different enough from the prior model. The callaway x2 hot driver is designed to be even longer and more forgiving off the tee than its x hot predecessor. Apparently it is just built for outrageous speed and the race. Callaway drivers are engineered with supreme stability. Callaway has five different drivers on the market for 2014 the. Adam scott rocked up to the recent players championship in florida with an eightyearold driver.
Taylormade m1 v callaway epic v ping g400 v titleist 917 how we did the test each driver was set into a 9. While not as complex or as adjustable as other drivers, it does help. One year later, pings g25 remains one of the best drivers on the market. That being said, the xr standard driver has more draw bias than the pro, and with the opticfit hosel, you can add a lot more left if you need it. While the x hot is the less technical model in the callaway driver lineup, it still offers many great features. I hit both the g25 and the 815, and i got similiar results but the g25 felt better for me to. The callaway x2 hots are awesome at address, probably the best looking hybrid at address ive seen in a while. Callaway x2 hot vs cobra bio cell fw challenge youtube. The speed frame face is the real tech behind this driver. Titleist 915, ping g30 or callaway x2 hot drivers golf. The range of lofts and the fact that more tour players use the g25 than any other ping driver prove that the formula of forgiveness and. While the xhot is the less technical model in the callaway driver lineup, it still offers many great features. Callaway driver lefthanded golf clubs for sale ebay.
I sold them after i played the callaways for 2 weeks. Find great deals on ebay for callaway x2 hot and callaway x2 hot 3 wood. The anser was pings first adjustable driver, now that same hosel is used in the g25 driver. New hyper speed face produces a 10 percent larger sweet spot for more forgiveness. More ball speed and distance on shots hit not only in the center of the face, but on off.
Look at a player like charl schwartzel who won on tour yesterday while playing an 11. Got the package from callaway and was very impressed. Thanks to the new head shape and construction, the sweet spot is located where youre more likely to hit it while ball speed and distance are maintained if you dont. Lowerdeeper cg over the g2 and g5, which meant improved forgiveness. I love the g25 and the g30 from ping i wish the g30 would come down a little bit beause thats the club i want to get rid of my nike covert for. Easy to adjust watch the youtube video where the callaway pro shows how to adjust the big bertha and itll work for the x2 hot.
I have always loved callaway products esp their irons. As you may recall, x hot was the overall winner in our most wanted driver competition earlier this season, so if x2 hot is actually longer, and more forgiving like callaway claims, the x hot series could be a. The most notable thing about the new g410 driver is that its the companys first adjustable driver model. The dark matte grey crowns are a nice contrast to the black, orange, and white paint scheme seen on the sole of the clubs. Our annual drivers test is always keenly anticipated but we cant remember one quite as exciting as this years. The cobras were also very nice, sit square at address and have the feature of adjustability in loft, a real plus i think. Callaway driver lefthanded golf clubs are designed for hitting from the beginning tee of each hole, although they lend themselves to other uses too. The xr16 was the first driver callaway created in conjunction with boeing with a speed step crown to improve aerodynamics weve got similar technologies in the xr. The x2 hot does not get the same attention as the companies flashier, more expensive models. Control is a distance comparison to the unnamed reference. The larger footprint may be an issue for some as well.
Bb overshadowed x2 hot but the latter is better for me. Personally i hated the xrs and i told the callaway rep that straight up. Following in the steps of last years callaway x hot which i own and love, the x2 hot is a topnotch driver if you are looking for added distance with a swing speed slower than 100mph. Like last years x hot, the x2 hot drivers come in two different options, a pro version with a slightly smaller head, lower launch and spin, and a standard version with more forgiveness and an easier launch. Best golf drivers for golfers over 50 and senior golfers. Pick up a callaway driver, a highperformance club that makes shooting balls down the fairway easy. Callaway x2 hot vs cobra bio cell fw challenge subscribe. The ping g25 driver was developed for a wide array of players, suited to both the beginner and the pga tour player. Callway xr vs x2hot irons i can get the x2 hots with 34 hybrid and 5pw for less than i can get a 5pw of the xrs.
Callaway has pushed the limits of artificial intelligence to find a driver design that could not have been conceived by any human. These lefthanded golf drivers are available with many different degrees of loft, ranging from around 9 to 16 degrees, allowing you to select the complete golf club from callaway that fits your game. Its in the top 3 bestselling golf club drivers and has dozens of popular alternatives in the same price range. To do that, they had to start fresh and change everything, and the results were not incremental.
A lot of variables but i have the g25 and wouldnt think its progressed too much. They still make great balls, apparel, and i still like a few of their woods but i havnt liked a set of callaway irons since the x 18s. It is an all titanium head with callaways optifit hosel. This makes the g30 driver a little more forgiving and producing a launch slightly higher than the g25 driver. For me, i was just a lot more accurate with the x2 hots and noticeably longer too. In callaways player testing, x2 hot was, on average, 9 yards longer than x hot while x2 hot pro was 4 yards longer than x hot pro. Rick shiels senior pga golf coach at trafford golf centre tests the callaway x2 hot fairway wood against the cobra bio cell fairway wood on gc2. Callaway x2 hot driver callaway set out to create a driver better than the one played by the longest hitters in golf.
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