Tiger switching to Titleist driver from the Nike driver

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Someone here posted a topic a week or so ago about the poor Nike driver Tiger was using - apparently, at least for now, Tiger agrees ...


Woods will tee off Thursday morning (in the Buick Open) with his Titleist driver, a 1997 model that he replaced with a Nike driver 18 months ago. He said his old driver felt good on Monday at the ``Battle at the Bridges'' and during Wednesday's pro-am -- even though he's not driving the ball as far as he was.

``I don't hit it as far as my Nike driver, that's for sure,'' Woods said, declining to reveal how much distance off the tee he is sacrificing. ``But it's nice to go back to something that I've had some success with.

``It's interesting because we've come so far in technology since '97, it's amazing. When I rip this thing, it not going quite as far. I thought I hit some pretty good drives out there. They are not quite as far as I thought they would be, but the shape is back to what I'm familiar to seeing again, which is good.''
 

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This is a true story.... about 3 years ago, at Augusta, Tiger was walking by Mark Calcavecchia on the driving range. Calc was hitting a Ping Tec driver with a graphite shaft. Tiger asked to hit it and Calc said no prob. Tiger hit it over the driving range net, over Washington Ave and into the parking lot of the strip center. They estimated it carried about 350 yds. If he went to one of the hotter heads on the market, got a decent shaft and didn't care where it went he'd lead the Tour in driving distance with no problem.
 

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Yeah that was me that started that thread. I guess Tiger read it and decided to take my advice
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He went back to the one that he was using from 97 to 00 which is over 6 years old.



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What I can't figure out is why Tiger is insisting on trying to work the ball. With these new drivers just aim down the middle and bust it. Els has gained almost 40 yds over the last 5 years in ave driving distance due to new drivers, shafts and balls.
 

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