I received a neutral bias driver. I hit a relativly straight ball and didn't want the added complications of a closed face set up. Me, personnally I play to an 8, but can get to 5 when playing a decent short game. I never buy a new driver, obsene cost so I'm always 1 year behind. Irons are a different story, I'm obsessed. First off, I'm not a Callaway fan. I had a 460 a few years ago and hated it. My son has it now and hits the crap out of it. I had the chance to hit a friend's and hit it well. I took a chance on this. Sets up very well and it has a decent look to it. Standing over the ball I feel a sense of confidence. The ball wants to fit the short grass all the time. Setting up left or right is easy because of the neutral bias. Fading the ball is not difficult. Draw, heck I can only do that when I don't want to. This is not the longest driver I've hit, but it is accurate. I'm still debating if this will be my full time driver this year or will it be the Exotics CB3. But getting this far in the process says alot for the driver. A well made driver.Read full review
The I-Mix FT-9 head is for medium swing speeds, I wanted to try a composite head to see if there was much difference in feel and distance. It has a loud ping when hit on the sweet spot and flies a medium to high trajectory. It doesn't seem to help to swing it faster because the if off the sweet spot I didn't get much more distance. It priced low and you can get into a new driver with a used shaft for under $100.00. Reminder most heads do not come with the sleeve adapter. The adapter can be found on E-bay. Make sure you get the metal one and not plastic ones out there. You will like this driver head.
The FT-9 driver is reasonably long off of the tee and somewhat forgiving but you do need to make a good swing and hit the ball very close to the center of the club face to get maximum distance. Because I am tall and swing from a rather erect position, I purchased my driver with stiff shaft rather than the regular shaft I used for demo - that was a mistake. I hit the regular shafted club considerably further with no loss in accuracy. The regular shaft (60 ounce) appears to offer better results with less effort. Nevertheless, the driver I purchased is an excellent unit with good balance and better than average results. The club was delivered on the third day following the close of auction and in excellent condition. I was pleased with the purchase price and value of the club.
Grip needed replaced, scars on top of club, still not bad for the price, I guess, but it doesn't hit near as well as the old XR-16's. I thought I'd try it. I like to keep a 12 degree AND a 10.5 degree in bag, thought this would work as my 10.5. Not as easy to hit and doesn't go as far as the XR-16 or the Epic.
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I saw other golfers using the FT-9 and they had such good results that I tried it. I have used three Taylor Made drivers with draw weighting to help take the right side of the course out of play. This Callaway is a good, quality club; has a solid feel and good balance. The right side of the course is now out of play....but so is the middle. I bought the wrench and the senior shaft as an alternative and the results are pretty much the same. I'm sure the club is good, but I hook it. I'd buy the FT-9 again but without the draw. Maybe I'll shop for the Imix FT-9 clubhead.