Equipment
Forum Thread of the Day: “New Callaway Driver – Epic Flash”
Today’s Forum Thread of the Day comes from tbomb who describes his experience with a new “Epic Flash” driver from Callaway. Despite not being due for release until next February, tbomb claims to have tested Callaway’s new driver, and he has got our forum members more than a little interested, stating how “The sound alone will make you excited. It’s a powerful sound, and the ball flies off the club face.”
Describing in great detail the appearance, from colors to crown, and performance of the new Epic Flash driver, tbomb reveals: “Launch was great, I played the 9* Epic Last year with 1*+, and this launched the same. May have been the shaft. Feel great. I hit 15 balls (straight out of the Pro Shop), and I nutted 12 of them. All on a rope. No more then 15 yards dispersion.”
There may be no photos until December, but tbomb has disclosed plenty of information to get a feel for what the new Epic Flash driver will look like, describing it as “yellow and green” and a “bright club.” His overall impression of the new club from Callaway? “I feel confident saying this will be the driver for 2019.”
Get the full rundown of the new Callaway Epic Flash driver here.
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Whats in the Bag
Russell Henley WITB 2024 (March)
- Russell Henley WITB accurate as of the Cognizant Classic.
Driver: Titleist TSi3 (10 degrees, B1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black 70 6.5 TX
3-wood: Titleist TS3 (16.5 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black 80 TX
Hybrid: Titleist TSi2 (21 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi MMT Hybrid 100 TX
Irons: Titleist T100 (4-9)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold AMT (4-6), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 (7-9)
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (48-10F @47, 50-08F @51, 54-10S, @55, 60-04T)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putter: Scotty Cameron T5 Prototype
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
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Whats in the Bag
Vince Carter WITB 2024 (March)
- The NBA legend was teeing it up in the Arnold Palmer Invitational Pro-Am.
Driver: Ping G430 Max 10K (9 degrees)
3-wood: Ping G430 Max (15 degrees)
7-wood: Ping G430 Max (21 degrees)
Irons: Ping i230 (4-PW)
Wedges: Ping Glide 4.0 (50, 54, 58)
Putter: Ping
Ball: Renegade Mbu
Check out more photos of Vince Carter’s WITB here.
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Equipment
From the Forums: I need more forgiveness in my irons – Looking for recommendations
In our forums, our members have been discussing the most forgiving irons currently on the market. WRXer ‘TheShark1’ is on the hunt for a new set of irons, saying:
“Currently gaming the Mizuno Pro 225’s but think I need more forgiveness in my irons. My well struck shots are real nice, but my mishits are not performing as good as I had hoped anymore. I really like hollow body irons so if I could find something more forgiving in a hollow body iron that would be great.
Open to any and all recommendations other than Ping. Can’t hit Ping irons at all.”
And our members have been sharing their best suggestions in our forum.
Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
- AvidSwampThing66: “Another vote for the super forgiving and fast Paradym irons. They look really good for being a GI iron.”
- bobfoster: “I just went from MP20 MMCs to the new 245s in my scoring irons (just played my first round with them today). If you have a chance to try them, you might find them worth a serious look.”
- vman: “Shoot me down, but spend the money on lessons.”
- J_Tizzle: “i525s are great off the heel in my opinion.”
Entire Thread: “From the Forums: I need more forgiveness in my irons – Looking for recommendations”
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Connor Jones
Nov 21, 2018 at 11:48 am
Callaway is just shooting themselves in the foot with this. They keep releasing their “best driver yet” and sooner or later people are going to stop buying their stuff but we will see
Speedy
Dec 1, 2018 at 4:15 pm
Yep, it didn’t work for sliced bread either.
Kirby
Nov 21, 2018 at 1:39 am
So great to here all the “Amateurs” out there making comments on another club, the day you people are playing on tour I’ll be listening until then keep on amusing each other. The simple reason the club companies release new clubs every year is to make money, simple, honest truth..just as there are $250 up green fees on courses with no tee times available, there are plenty of players with $500 in their golf bag to buy any club they want.
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Nov 7, 2018 at 5:17 am
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Pete O'Tube
Oct 30, 2018 at 2:53 pm
We need a ‘Who gives a d***’ between IDHT and Flop, because really, I don’t give a d***.
Brandon
Oct 11, 2018 at 5:55 pm
I bet I can still hit it past 90% of the people who go buy this with my used 80 dollar BioCell+.
Derek
Oct 21, 2018 at 6:04 pm
I have a picture of it. How do i post it?
Josh Babbit
Oct 30, 2018 at 1:05 pm
Congrats big guy!
Tom
Oct 10, 2018 at 11:48 pm
Epic Flush is more like it……
JP
Oct 10, 2018 at 10:55 pm
Yet none of the top ten PGA Pros that hit the driver the farthest this year used a Callaway. TM and Ping. So much for being the longest / hottest driver.
Michael
Oct 10, 2018 at 9:35 pm
What? Removed the thread?
Johnny Penso
Oct 10, 2018 at 9:04 pm
….and the OP of the thread is gone…
bill
Oct 10, 2018 at 6:59 pm
seriously pissed off at callaway and am going with another vendor in my shop next season. how many times do they tell us 2 year product cycle and then come out with a new driver every year. WE HAVE ROGUE. WE DONT NEED ANOTHER DRIVER LET US SELL THE ONES WE HAVE. Then no net down all year and they expect you to sell the previous model driver at full price. No thanks callaway. No flash for my course.
Paul
Oct 11, 2018 at 1:55 pm
No one is forcing you to upgrade every year. Callaway knows if they produce it, people will buy it, which they will.
Thomas A
Nov 13, 2018 at 11:07 am
Honda comes out with a new Accord every year. Do you feel pressured to buy the upgrade?
Brian McGranahan
Oct 10, 2018 at 6:28 pm
That name though, terrible.
Ardbeggar
Oct 10, 2018 at 6:22 pm
I can hardly wait to get it. An additional 2 yards is worth every dollar.
joro
Oct 10, 2018 at 5:06 pm
Oh boy, another 500 Dollar plus Driver.
Think Golf
Oct 10, 2018 at 4:38 pm
Had the driver in my hands today, I can’t share any details however it will be another successful Driver that I promise.
ogo
Oct 10, 2018 at 2:40 pm
Color… size… sound… shape… wicked name… fancy exotic shaft… gearhead’s delight… soooo stoooopid … 😛
Tom
Oct 10, 2018 at 2:34 pm
If this club conforms to the equipment standards, it will perform no better than anything else released over the past 7-8 years…..nutt’n new except another attempt to take the consumers’ money.
dave
Oct 10, 2018 at 3:08 pm
so wrong…the epic an rogue were much better all over the face along with great sound and feel….much longer than 917 line…not longer than my new ts3 but id rather have my epic back same shaft. hits toward the toe stay in the air longer with less dispersion. epic was first driver that reduce slight toe hooks to playable if not bombs….the m3 addressed this by opening the toe more but if you happen to push off the toe it was much much worse….different technology better result for callaway…i will say i never got along with my rogue..long as hell but not the control i had with the epic same shafts of course…
Tom
Oct 10, 2018 at 6:39 pm
What department do you work in at Callaway Dave?…..all BEE S lol!All heads are at the limits of the rules- ALL HEADS – even “open models” from China factories….
smo3131
Oct 16, 2018 at 8:10 am
Which shaft did you have in your epic and rogue drivers?
Baz
Oct 10, 2018 at 1:23 pm
What a load of b*llocks
Hurricane Michael
Oct 10, 2018 at 12:52 pm
“No more then…” It’s bad enough you trust a guy that doesn’t know simple grammar. But to repost it is truly dumb.
Benny
Nov 22, 2018 at 8:16 pm
Isn’t there a couple billionairs who don’t have high school diploma’s? I know a guy who cannot even spell let alone worry about his grammar worth about $90mil. If trolling someone over their grammer is all you have than you are in trouple man…
Dtrain
Oct 10, 2018 at 12:16 pm
I always love how people describe a “powerful sound” “the ball flies off the face” “it sounds hot” “the ball is just exploding off the face”
Please, this is just acoustics, nothing to do with actual performance, but then again we all like listening to different kinds of music….so….
I do agree that a driver than sounds pleasing is more enjoyable to hit, but it really has nothing to do with actual performance.
ogo
Oct 12, 2018 at 11:55 am
FYI… A loud impact sound means you are losing energy… which means you are losing distance…. believe it because that’s the science.
2putttom
Oct 10, 2018 at 11:09 am
…” he new Epic Flash driver will look like, describing it as “yellow and green”
Oregon Duck colors I like
JP
Oct 10, 2018 at 9:11 pm
Does one of the brothers work for the post office?