Always thought that I’d not get much distance out of a new driver, compared to my old SLDR that’s been in the bag for 5 years. Picked up an off the shelf M6 in the performance centre I go to, which has foresight golf simulators. Decided to hit the M6 a few times to see how it felt. Normally average around 240 carry, 255 total distance with the SLDR on the foresight range. The off the shelf M6 was averaging around 275 total distance on the 10 shots I hit with it. So even on that little, uncontrolled test with a random off the shelf club -I am losing around 20 yards off the tee by not having a new driver in the bag. Assuming numbers would be a little better if I was to get fitted properly as well.
Going to try and tick a few of the top 20 courses in Scotland off the list in the next 18 months, rather than going on a golf holiday, any recommendations would be welcome. At the moment Carnoustie, Kingsbarns and Royal Dornoch are on the list.