Time to get back to reviewing golf clubs! I’ve received many emails thanking me for my quick to the point observations of golf equipment and I have dozens more to write in the New Year! From new clubs to some older Retro Reviews, stay tuned for many updates in the weeks and months to come! For more golf news and information visit MikeBabjak.Com or my Blog! Now on with the first review of 2009!
The Titleist 909 D Comp driver is really the most high tech driver that Titleist has ever created. It’s multi material design and multi piece construction provides maximum forgiveness and distance while maintaining a please shape at address. For drivers of this nature without the pleasing shape, there will be reviews of the new Cobra drivers later down the line!
The Titleist 909 D Comp features a high launch and low spin driver with a very high MOI. This is achieved by 3 key components to the driver:
The first is it’s composite crown, saving weight at the mid-rear of the driver’s head allows for more perimeter weighting along with more back weighting that will allow for more forgiving, higher launching drives. The second is a new, permanent, weight screw installed at the rear of the club to further lower the center of gravity and allow for proper club weight depending on the shaft model you choose. The third is a traditional spring face with a new twist. Thicker walls for stability surround a CNC Milled face insert that has milled into it, trapezoid shaped rings in the middle of the face to allow for a little more pop at impact.
The shaft is an upgrade from traditional Titleist stock shafts. A Matrix Ozik XCon-5 shaft assembled at 45″ makes this club a good looking canon to hit the ball high and far!
My first impressions when I heard of the new driver was that it was going to be an ugly, bulky looking thing like their last game improvement driver the 907 D1. What I saw is a very pleasing shape and while it does not have a small, compact footprint by any means, it is defiantly a look the purists can get over once they get a chance to hit a few balls with it! Added the fact that it is at 45″ and not longer as many companies are making their drivers theses days makes it easy to control which is another bonus.
The ball flight of this driver is what I thought it would be. I tested the 9.5* model and it took off like a rocket right off the club face. The rear weighting and slightly longer club head are to thank for this. The ball flight was very, very stable on shot to shot, even on hits I set up on the toe and heal. For what it’s worth, this is the longest Titleist driver I have ever hit and while the ability to work the ball was limited, (especially a fade) the simple fact is that given the right loft/ball/shaft combination you can just bomb it over most trouble in your way!
Overall this is a great new driver from Titleist and will help the 10+ handicap crowed out by hitting the ball higher, farther and straighter than ever before! Given the traditional shape, this club might be able to steal some game improvement driver users away from the likes of Ping, TaylorMade, etc.
I’d give this club a try if you are a Titleist fan looking for a club that will help you hit some more fairways, or for those who only thought Titleist made clubs for low handicap players and golf pros!
Stay tuned for my reviews of the other 2 new drivers from Titleist in 2009, as well as their new Fairway Woods and Hybrids!
