Old Tom RA91 Driver - new company / start-up

Personally I think a lot of the new clubs have plateaued massively in terms of what they can do for the average hitters.

If you are fast and accurate, you can get a bit more out of a low spinning driver (however these are certainly not new any more).

But if you're a handicap golfer with average numbers, a new driver might be a bit more forgiving or help slightly with a draw bias or fade bias (maybe), but lets be honest - no one with a 100mph swing speed is suddenly bombing it with a new driver, compared with one a few generations ago.

As Bxm Foxy says - Rick Shiels looks to be getting very similar numbers for the Ping G and G400, if anything slightly shorter with the G400. These were released in Feb 2016 and 2017 respectively and Ping haven't updated their range since 2017 (albeit may be planning something this year).

This seems to suggest that club development has plateaued and I would question the logic / sanity in spending £450 on a brand new driver if you are looking purely for the tech and expecting to really make substantial gains.

I'm approaching this from the point of having the wrong kind of driver (SLDR) for my game (albeit I can hit it ok) and a Ping G or G400 is going to cost me £230 to £340.

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