This may actually help someone. I was fit at a big box store. I was fit for irons first and then driver. Yes in the same day. The iron fitting was long. Full hour. Was immediately pushed to Titleist t100. They were not for me. Eventually was put into my current gamer after asking to try the head I am playing. Then came the driver. My hands were full of fresh callouses. I was tired. I was hungry. Worst of all my back was tired and getting stiff. They brought out the Titleist stuff first again. No bueno. Then the Ping and a Taylormade QI10 Max. It was ok. Dispersion seemed ok. Distance shorter but I blamed it on the sore and tired thing. They never offered me the Callaway Ai Smoke. I was hitting a 120 to 111 head speed and a 160 to 150 ball speed before the QI10. I never saw those numbers again with that driver. I struggled mightily. I had my teacher tell me I had the yips. I knew better. After a year I wanted to try a lower spin driver or just a driver with a deeper face and lower kick point shaft. Robert at GG in Orland Park saw me hit a couple things and asked why I wanted to trade in the Qi. I hit it for him and told him the story. He agreed after 3 swings that the Qi wasn’t right for me. He gave me a free fitting right there on the spot. I hit a couple things and then he asked how I hit with the driver I had before the Qi. He excused himself and came back with the Elyte TD. I immediately was doubting. It was awesome after first hit. I hit a lot more balls and fell in love with it. It wasn’t yips, it wasn’t a mental block. It was a bad fitting and the wrong club. I was consistently hitting 260-270 carry with the ability to control my draw and add a baby fade again! When he brought the TD to me I was intimidated. The mystique around the TD made me avoid them over the years. I have missed out on some great golf. 2 days after buying it it went to the course. I get the same baby draw and fade to 270-277 carry on the course. I shot the best I’ve shot in 2 years. A nice easy 71. I’ve been 10 to 15 strokes higher prior due to not hitting fairways and playing from trees and tall grass. That frustration bled into other parts of my game. I’m back now. My worst drive with the TD came in that round on the course. A 236 yard hosel shot that hooked and stayed low but still stayed on the left side of the fairway. A Paradym 7 wood got me by the green no problem. I don’t play a full bag of Callaway. I have played their fairways and drivers off and on for 25 years at least. Might consider their irons again in time. With a great fitting and an honest pro I found my stroke again. At 54 and recently retired I look forward to the first tee again and am not afraid to pull out my Elyte TD. I’m not keeping this club a secret. It is that good. Get fit. Try everything. Do not be turned off by what you hear about this or that being for better players. Your next best round could have a Callaway Elyte TD as part of the story.
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