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DRIVER BRACKET // Semifinals: Ai Smoke MAX vs 0311 Black Ops Tour



Welcome to the semifinals! Today Ian is in the bay putting the Callaway Ai Smoke MAX up against the PXG 0311 Black Ops Tour driver. Does the wildcard seeded Black Ops Tour have what it takes to make it to the finals?

00:00 Intro
02:11 Ai Smoke MAX Round 1
03:58 Black Ops Tour Round 1
05:45 Ai Smoke MAX Round 2
07:11 Black Ops Tour Round 2
08:43 Results

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I’m quite enjoying learning cuz the last time I hit this driver really good today I’m not hitting it as good and I’m kind of learning that it’s a pretty straight driver yeah yeah even when I miss it it’s an impressive driver all right guys welcome back to the channel it is

Semi-final day final four of the bracket we have just finished Cobra has just defeated eliminated dispatched of tailor made close one aggressive well you were Camp cra Cobra yeah yeah I know they did a good job called it early you’re honestly Mystic me over there uh so today we have

Pxg bookie’s favorite definitely the the one that’s shown the most in the first round matches got up against Calla this is big everyone’s talking big things about the pxg I’ve not seen it in person I know I know this is a i Hest feel a little bit too much pressure yeah you

Better perform I had a call with Bob parel last night he said listen I want to see several Kabooms out of you on Monday FR me too I want to see a kaboom baby what’s G to happen Okay so uh we have one formality to go through

You have to try to successfully toost the coin the coin Players cup is Callo okay stream song Good Place nice place got a hole in one there is pxg ready all right don’t don’t embarrass yourself that was quite good first was it C first C’s up first

All right fries round one Callaway good luck to all competitors what’s left Cobra callway pxg shcks on this is the only non low spin head left yeah it’s the only one of the kind of middle of the road lit more forgiven and you can tell

MH like it’s when I sat it down there I notic like what bigger footprint than what we’ve been hitting so far he does have the ability to have weight forward but it’s not as low spin as the rest of them no it’s only two two G up at the

Front it has turned down a little bit it’s turned down to eight so let’s see let’s hit them hard and let’s see it’s a good swing not bad certainly you take it off the first te anywhere you play not the longest but it works okay problems early problems a 290

Yeah this driver just doesn’t it’s not get the the of long ball in it today does it no it’s a shame that better yeah higher launch little lower spin but faster 167 you can see the the averages now of what’s winning the matches it’s like 304

303 so when you can see like one like that that’s a a 306 net you think you’re gaining shots against the other driver you’re up against so so when you start get the 290s you know you’re losing 290s hurt you L not bad there okay fries let’s see this uh pxg

Work its magic let’s have a look what pressure on it now it’s actually a good first round lots of pressure to perform little down the right side but quite a nice flight yeah good speed sounded like a good strike it was better but it’s just hanging a little

Bit it’s a lot quicker this driver isn’t it little Healy one slow the head low mle not awful better yeah that’s better launch got up a bit there I’m quite enjoying learning cuz the last time I hit this driver really good today I’m not hitting it as good and I’m kind

Of learning that it’s a pretty straight driver yeah yeah even when I miss it it’s an impressive driver from what they’ve from what they’ve had previous High launch low spin one yeah it’s a good one for the averages okay Michael back to callway back to callway don’t really know how this match

Is going feel the last couple of drives from pxg were really strong yeah before that wasn’t it feels tight right now between the two yeah okay I just some something about the cway driver today I can’t make it go fast yeah that like a really good one

That’ll have a bit of legs to it come on that one hurts trying Callo that was the better ball speed it’s off you know isn’t it it’s crooked there was a good strike okay all right Michael right round two with PX sheet what we seeing what’s the lat the land uh

Advantage pxg advant feels like for sure feel that feel like a tough second set I’m sweating likewe peg in a rubber suit here those ones are good with this driver like 115 2200 yeah it’s definitely got some speed to it the thing I’m struggling with today

Mikey and that this is this is you know my predicament with driving on the golf course if the draw evades me I have to go to the fade like today I could miss it both ways quite comfortably I can’t of have to go to this swing I’m hitting

Today which is interesting a little bit of a flat fade should be good yeah it’s quick good thing okay bit more of a battle today wasn’t kind of Swing I was fighting my swing there a little bit in that that round Mikey boy what uh what have we got

Numbers wise yeah first uh was what we started with was Callaway um like you said bit of a battle through some of them hard going for me today with not the largest of total numbers but there was a few that were bigger and offline so definitely definitely hurt average of

30841 yards a little bit less than some of the ones we’ve been seeing on distance Y and your average offline is 11.82% pxg um you had high praises for it before we started the video I was excited to see it work definitely a little bit more I would say speed helped with the with the pxg um average 31.78384 Callo 11.47 for pxg but the difference being the three or so yards a lot more distance higher you know 322s 315s 314s um with less offline obviously is what’s going to win the show so yeah 3.31 yards um pxg moves on to the next round to the finale I think

That pxg driver is really one that suits me quite a lot uh I do think that the the style you know in that black ops tour it is one manages to miss it really quite nicely doesn’t spin up um and I think the more I hit it and I said it

While I was hitting it the more I’m hitting it the more I’m enjoying seeing the result from the Miss it’s quite good yeah it was performed well out of that like you did have that little low strike today that low heel or maybe that high

Toe when it changed quite a bit on the Callaway yeah it put you in trouble with the pxg and what we saw with the Cobra earlier in the other video I mean it really really protected on the Miss I really got to work in that strike uh

Location it’s Liv too low the head um you know from the drivers I’ve been hitting I think last time what I really liked and even from the Ping 10y I was able to get the launch up in the 14 15 degree territory and it was carrying a

Long long way today they were launching much much lower yeah so whether it was in Middle or whether it was the low part of the head you both seem to be delivering less Dynamic Loft a little bit of work to be done obviously just get back from

Last night so the difference I think with the last round was I had done quite a bit of work on on you know the driver swing before the last round it really does make a difference was a little bit trickier today filming it just fresh off

Of a little bit of a break but we’ll be fresh for the next round for the final that’s for sure so two matches to go yeah one more uh one more semi final cobra versus strion big one big one and the finale mhm why you laughing it’ll be

Uh it’ll be good who’s your who’s your favorite as of right now I’m go for the next semi-final I’m going to go C on interesting I know it’s weird well I was going to say over but I was like no stck on Underdog you like the Underdog

Story yeah we will see we will see I tell you what if if it’s pxg and STX on in the final that is two drivers from the Wild Card round that would be something else it really really would be okay guys let us know who you think is going to win at this

Point there’s h a finalist in pxg Black Ops congratulations to them and we have one more match to determine who will be in that final it should be good that’ll be good excellent all right stay tuned for more guys we’ll see you again Soon

20 Comments

  1. Wish I could hit 315 yards and still say it wasn’t that great. Like what you guys do but the “mere” mortals aren’t like you. If I could hit 300 I would be ecstatic. Then again I’m 56 and only have really been playing for 15 yrs.

  2. I just ordered a Black OPS the other day. During the challenge, I gained 50 yards (my best drive) over the Taylormade Sim2 Max.

  3. I really like Cally fairways and irons but haven’t gotten along with any of their drivers in years for whatever reason.

  4. I think based on spin nunbers alone, there should have been some fitting process to see if changing launch back to stock or a different shaft option could make it more comparable. If you have already done that then fair enough but as fitters i would expect a bit more tweaking. I know this is almost a like for like comparison but clear to see the spin is higher so why not fit the player and swing a bit more?

  5. This just shows it has nothing to do with the club but the swing you have on a specific day. This is why I hate fittings that are done in a one day or one hour session. None of us are pros and none of us have repeatable swings like a pro. Give me a TM, Callaway, PXG, whatever and I guarantee you there will be days I hit one better than the other. And this will be true for most of us. Personally, unless you are an extremely short driver, the best driver to get is the one you hit lower dispersion with over and over when testing (not just one day)

    For the PXG specifically, it is nice to see them finally getting the driver right. I have a Gen 4 which is a POS and I tried the Gen 5 which was no better. I still use my original Stealth and still love it. But for PXG to finally make a competitive driver after all their BS hype from past ones is good. You know what they say about blind squirrels…… 😉 For me, I will sit this year out from buying anything new. Manufacturers need to stop with annual releases and start focusing on bringing costs down as they are pricing more people to go to DTC companies that offer much better value/performance.

  6. I would love to see a driver bracket featuring someone with a 85-95 mph swing. We old pharts need good information before parting with the $ but there isn't much testing aimed at our bracket. I'm 76 and swing at 90-95 with my driver. The clubs that would work for me aren't necessarily the same ones that Ian hammers at 110-115 mph.

  7. Pxg ….gotta be the favorite. NOTHING BETTER than seeing you guys give what I think is the most honest review ever. Seeing you guys give props to a dtc brand…..to me , it gives you the ultimate legitimacy in reviews. Love it. You guys are the best and this just proves it.❤

  8. You know as a Callaway guy I really looked forward to this bracket but I feel like this was definitely not an accurate representation, you guys used every low spin driver on the market except the best driver on the market by going with the max instead. Very disappointing as I’ve always been a big supporter of you guys. Do better

  9. Why is it showing on the screen in the bottom left corner as 3W? Shouldn't it be D for the algorithms?

  10. Good Session Boys… Looks like we have a candidate for Ian's first Swap/change of the year for WITBag ….LOL who would have "Thunk" it, PXG Eh?

  11. Friend of mine went for the PXG driver fitting. Ordered a £799 driver (KBS shaft upgrade). Played with him recently, he couldn't keep the shots down. Sooo high! Not great when we play on a links course 🙁 Iy's certainly put me off.

  12. I'll be honest, it looks like he gave better effort with the PXG. His swings were much more aggressive. You could see him trying to turn it over

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