The PRICES Are CRAZY!? The BEST FORGIVING Driver For 2024!?
Imagine a 400 yard Par Four water down the left and Incredibly well bunkered you would want the most forgiving the best forgiving the best driver to keep in play of 2023 that’s exactly what I have here today and it is of course the tailor made burner mini driver I
Absolutely love this driver I have loved Mini drivers in the past all the different generations and for me this is the best forgiving driver money can have bought in 2023 even though it has gone up in price a little bit if you are to go to the secondhand Market guys we are
Giving one of these away today this is the 12 Days of Christmas we are giving away some of the best golf products in the world this week so make sure you do hit that subscribe button to enter throw a like on this video and comment below Merry Christmas also don’t reply to any
Scam replies in the comments because that will I mean just be very very sensible with that and one of the points I want to touch on in this video guys is just how much these drivers are going for secondhand now these drivers were fairly affordable when new more like
Kind of 299 to 329 and now you can see they’re going for almost double that nearly £550 on eBay and secondhand markets there’s not many golf clubs in the world I’ve ever known go up in value and that’s why I also think this could be one of the best drivers moving forward
Into 2024 if you get it at the right price now let’s go back to the video and see if I can save some golf balls but today we’re going to test this out and see just how good it is I have a brand new sleeve of my favorite golf balls there 10
Worth here and anyone who knows my Yorkshire Roots knows I wouldn’t normally be hitting driver on a hole like this but with the most forgiving driver of the year I feel like I can keep all these balls in play and give myself a chance at potentially having a
Decent score on this hole and that’s one of the things that I really really like about this driver I feel like I don’t have to go back down to a 3-wood I’ve tested this for numbers I actually put those on screen now for you it doesn’t
Go as far as a stealth 2 as a paradigm triple diamond purely because you don’t generate the ball speed or the club head speed because it has a three-wood shaft in there but the three-wood shaft is really the reason why you can keep it in play so much that and the smaller head
Now the huge thing that I love about this is the movable weight technology which we’ve never seen in Mini drivers before so you can see that we have a heavy weight at the front here so that’s in the low spin setting 13 G and a light
Weight of 1.5 G in the back so you can move that round if you wanted to make it even more forgiving you could well do that by putting the heavyweight back but we also have twist face technology here we also have but we also have twist face
Technology here you can see just below Dave’s sky mark this might well be the driver that you do win guys if I can’t get hold of another one so you’ve got Dave to thank for that but we also feature the speed pocket as well so if
You do strike it fairly low on the face like a lot of people do with Fairway woods with smaller drivers then generally this does help you maintain that ball speed so it’s a little bit more forgiving right first up I think I’m I’m going to aim just right of that
Big post we are at alzora a beautiful Golf Club here today just outside Dubai the weather’s perfect the golf’s perfect whatever you do James don’t go and ruin it by putting some in the water we’re going to talk Nostalgia and memory lane in a second as
Well but that for me is a great reason why I love this driver that’s just over that left hand bunker a gorgeous shot down the left hand side of the Fairway and that is one for one now that wasn’t my best swing that wasn’t my best strike
That came out of the toe I tell you where it didn’t come out of Dave there but I also love the carbon top on this I’ll show you a closeup of this now on screen and you can really really see just how nice and gleaming that brown
And black carbon top is in this sun and I have this set to lower Loft so it’s 13 1/2 de you could get this in 11 1/ 12° if you wanted to I only managed to get the 13 and 1 half head but I’ve cranked that down to around 12° so some people
Do basically have a 12° drive and for me I feel like this is a perfect potential for me because I can Loft it down I can Loft it up obviously if you wanted to you could Loft it up to 15° and play it as a three-wood loft for me that would
Just go a little bit too high we’ve got one in play can we get another one in play can we go tighter I’m not sure we can but can we play a little draw off the right side towards the water and be safe yes we hand that is another
Gorgeous go down left hand side starting right just shaping back to the left that’s two for two can we get a third and final ball in play with this tailor made burner mini driver guys my reviews are very very subjective it is my opinion and my opinion alone so do me a
Favor as well as getting in the comments if you want to win one of these and commenting Merry Christmas throwing a like on it and obviously subscribing to this channel get in the comments below and let me know what would you think your best forgiving driver would be
Would it be a mini driver would it be a Tor Edge Exotics driver would it be a ping g430 which to be honest would be very very highly up there in my best forgiving driver ranks as well so we’ve played a pretty straight one we’ve played a draw now the hardest shot I
Think here would be start it at the water and fade it off this isn’t a massively workable driver because it is so forgiving so start it left fade it back this is a shot which a lot of amateur golfers would try choose they would try and aim at the trouble and
Work it away from the trouble it’s also a shot that I know Gary Martin would choose aim at the trouble hit the trouble and unfortunately there you go but we’re going to start just at that left hand bunker cut it off a little bit like I said it’s not going to cut massively
But that’s probably the best shot of the lot that felt fantastic I would imagine that’s going to carry around 255 maybe two 60 but into this hole that’s probably a nice yardage because it’s going to leave us around 140 yards in which for 400 yard par for over water
From these back te’s here at alzora is no slouch let’s get down there let’s see where these are and then let’s take it to a slightly longer hole and see just how far we can get this forgiving driver up that Fairway and so guys as you can
See we have three balls in play here we have one that’s just clung onto the roof one that’s nicely in the Fairway and this is very interesting because there’s two golf balls there one of which I hit with the mini driver the one in the middle of the Fairway was the big high
Lovely fade it was a little bit out the top of the club so it’s going to be low spin it’s going to be high ball speed and generally if you swap that over if you got it low out the face you would generally see a high Spin and lower ball
Speed that’s not what you want to hit longer drives that’s why I feel like this driver is the most forgiving you don’t have to hit out the middle and if you do hit it out the middle even a little bit High it can be up there with
What I think is the longest driver of 2023 spoiler alert the Callaway Paradigm Triple Diamond that is an exception drive for a driver which really has no business going that far on a hole like this and I would never ever ever think about hting those shots with a card in
My hand and so what the tailor made mini driver represents for me is not just a forgiving driver is not just a driver but someone might well buy to keep the ball in play every so often and every so often catch up with their friends and go
You know what mate I hit a mini driver there and you hit a paradigm so therefore I hit it a long way further than you but it certainly presents a driver that is steeped in history and also when you go down memory lane with the tail made burner range might just
Kind of bring back a few nice memories which golfers do want I’m a huge fan of this size driver head and I actually tested this against an old school tailor made R7 which is funny enough a same size head with a slightly longer shaft the R7 went a little bit further because
We did develop a little bit more Club head speed which resulted in ball speed as you can imagine that resulted in distance but it didn’t have the charm it did didn’t have the certain whatever it has that I absolutely love about this mini driver that is absolutely pummeled in the middle let’s
Get up there and see where that’s finished because there’s another little party trick to this driver that I’ve not yet mentioned in this video and it’s a doozy and that is another Fairway split with the mini driver this hole measured 560 yards off the te we have 290 1 Ys
Left in now the little secret that I was telling you about is actually this driver even lofted down could be a fantastic 3-wood replacement instead of a driver replacement then I think the only problem you have is you have the devil on your shoulder and the angel on
The other shoulder saying go for it go for it no just at your mini driver it might well potentially go the same distance we’re off the deck here it’s measuring 11 1 half degrees this mini driver and the head size looks a little bit big to be hitting off the deck but
To be honest if that’s a shot you can hit towards that flag from 290 get front bunker get front bunker you’re going to take that all day long guys that for me is the best forgiving driver of 2023 little bit of a ball out of left field there with
It being the mini driver I hope you’ve enjoyed that video hope you’ve enjoyed my reviews of this club this year I have spoken about it a lot but that’s because I believe it would help most golfers like myself like yourself and if you do want the chance to win one make sure you
Hit that subscribe button comment below Merry Christmas throw a like on this video And subscribe to the channel do not reply to any spam comments and apart from that I’ll see you all tomorrow with another fantastic Club what is one of the best of 2023 and could be finding its way to you
44 Comments
Great review. 🎉
Merry Christmas! Most golfers would score much better with a driver that keeps them in the fairway and more importantly in bounds!
Merry Christmas 🎄 James and Family !!!
Love your videos Sir. Keep them coming? Cheers to a new year!
I had a mini driver made from my old Titleist J and it certainly works when the big stick is a tad bit off. Would love to upgrade to an adjustable mini no doubt. Good luck and well wishes to all!
Merry Christmas.
Great content James. My driver performance has deserted me, i can't keep control of it at the moment. I've been thinking of moving to a mini driver for a bit more consistency. I'd love to get one a go. All the very best for 2024, I'm lookin forward to another year of top viewing. 👍
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. From, Iowa, USA
Merry Christmas, love from Indonesia. You inspired me to play better every play, right now I’m using an old Taylormade Burner from my dad hoping to upgrade it to BRNR Mini it would be awesome if I got it. Anyway goodluck everyone and Merry Christmas 🎉
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Merry Christmas….cobra ltdx half in longer than 3 standard 3 wood ….for me with rdx smoke carbon fiber black stiff 60 shaft mcc plus 4 align for me ….not going buy new model anymore when you can most of the time especially in head only you can still get one in the plastic a year later for less than half what it cost when it came out …but if thats what makes you happy ….i say go for it …
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Meet Christmas James. You always have great content and look forward to watching more next year.
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Merry Christmas James, and a successful 2024. Keep up the great vids.😎👍
Merry Christmas! 😊
Merry Christmas to all
Merry Christmas James, from snowing Sweden
Merry Christmas ,all I want from Santa are some dry playable courses.
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MERRY CHRISTMAS James & family, I had the original burner mini driver & loved it. Keep making great content for your viewers!!!
Merry Christmas! Love the retro headcover and the nostalagia!
Merry Christmas. I’m Dave, not the one who left a sky mark but I could carry on with the mini driver. 😅 I have not tested any of the new drivers so I cannot add my opinion to the most forgiving of 2023. However I am much more confident with my 3 wood at the moment.
Merry Christmas James! I'm looking for another driver, but will probably look towards Ping. The Taylormade mini is pretty much a ghost. Not visible or attainable, or affordable!
Merry Christmas It's mad that the price has gone up!
Merry Christmas. I can live with a slight sky mark that you or Chris put on it James 😂😂😂
Merry Christmas James!
Merry Xmas.if you are raving about it ,well that's good enough for me.
Merry Christmas! The only driver I have is a Big Bertha so I guess it has to be my most forgiving
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Most forgiving still in my mind is the Ping G430. At least with testing. Still haven’t pulled the trigger on one quiet yet.
Merry Christmas James and family. I always love to watch all your reviews. It gives you a real view of all new or used equipment, that's in play now. Thanks for a great channel.
I think it's just a three plus, but whatever, I definitely would not pay that high price, I am playing a ping g 15 right now very forgiving driver.
Merry Christmas from Australia. When are you coming to the land down under? Be a blast 👍👍👍
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Merry Christmas. Great driver
Merry Christmas. Would absolutely love this
I've watched a few reviews and fell in love with it, but my wife keeps track of what is in my bag. Merry Christmas!
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Merry Christmas. Another quality video. Do like the look of the mini driver.
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