Picked up a lightly used 450 model from golfpartner a few weeks ago.
One of the problems with buying a used custom head is that the specs may
not be known. I guess this one to be 0.5 closed and 9.5 loft, white paint.
Web site says special composite titanium, 195-197g. This one was 196.5 grams.
Feel and sound is great. No clang, no hollow feel, no soft thump. Just a
pleasant solid crunch. Advertised as their "straightness" model, and
consistency is my #1 factor. I spent too much time last year experimenting
and was hoping to have my bag set by late spring. But have several drivers
and all seemed about equal overall.
Came with an Attas 5 6S shaft. I had tried the 5S last year and knew this
shaft was too stiff for me at around 271 cpm. Tried it anyway - a couple
of knuckle balls and a couple of decent ones without much drive on them.
Pulled that one and put on a MyAttas Gen I SR flex, about 251cpm. Long and
wild with this one, both right and left.
Put on a Tataki 40 SR flex. At 47g, this one still gives a decent swing weight,
so I only added a 5g tip weight at 45 inches. Plays stiffer than expected,
pushing too many shots to the right, but I could probably adjust to that.
Next up was a FEX 55S, also at 45 inches, 254cpm. First 3 drives were a
big pull hook. After that it played great with a nice draw, hitting 10
of next 11 down the middle, but one more pull hook. I usually hit a fade
so it has been a while since I played right to left.
Next up a Labospec Shinari 60S at 45.2 inches. Web site says 43-49 m/s
for this one and 37-45 m/s for the Tataki 40SR. But this one played great,
hitting 11/14 fairways, mostly straight or slight fade. Just made a couple
bad swings in the 100 degree heat and lost them to the right, which is my
normal miss area. Will be trying this one another round for sure.
Have a couple more shafts I'd like to try though...
http://www.jbeam.co.jp/product-sub-01.data_/driver.data_/product-01-driver-04.html
