Round one of the 2024 driver bracket continues! This week Ian is in the bay putting the 2 seed Callaway Ai Smoke up against 7 seed Mizuno STZ. Could we see another upset like last week???
00:00 Intro
02:10 Mizuno ST-Z Round 1
03:28 Callaway Ai Smoke Round 1
05:06 Mizuno ST-Z Round 2
06:31 Callaway Ai Smoke Round 2
07:49 Conclusions
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Line line drive a little flatter little little better just see where that launch come up a touch yeah 307 and only minus 8 yards pretty good driver when it’s hit well sounds good I think yeah yeah a good drive pretty good the last the last sets really helped its case all right guys
Welcome back round two it’s a day of upsets I know I know that the king is gone that first one stings a little bit you really feeling that congratulations have friends at you have good friends there really upset your friends but Tyler said that that stings we a bit
Okay we’ve got friends here too yep um today one of the favorites now I would say the bookie favorite Vegas has got this as an overwhelming favorite AI smoke Max talk to me about the max because people are going to be asking why not Triple Diamond I thought
You like Triple Diamond I know I know I know you say I hit the max better you do hit the max better that’s why then that’s why okay up against stz the driver of the 2023 season Keith Mitchell number one driver in the PJ tour us this very driver he was the
Number one news to me driver well you don’t read any I don’t data reports that’s quite good so this was the one um they obviously are so bullish about the product as we showed at the PJ show they now have a white crown version I like
The White driver they might have a gold crown version with every Crown right on top after it wins the racket you just never know I was going to say wow golden too quite nice okay let’s see we’re flipping a coin oh I said that J I said
I think you might have done tit list out that last to the non-canadians this is a this a tuni that’s $2 the Queen’s head is Galloway and the we bear is mudo ready let’s go oh jeez worst ever do it again I got nervous still pure what are you talking
About bear IO it is okay all right fr guys hey friend M youo stz or Zed depending where you are located I like a VZ VZ I like a z stz let’s see what it’s got I got a hard time from the people back home if I call it Z decent
Start a low on the head performed quite nicely a slow swing come on now it’s actually coming back which I’m not it’s not a great thing not awful don’t know if I’ve ever hit this driver really don’t think so stand okay shame get this thing stay online bit more carry to that
One cannot get this thing to stay online one more bud how many is that that’s five all right fries so we’re now in AI smoke yep interesting for uh kind of first set with the Munos it’s there’s a couple numbers looking down on here it’s round
Two it might need to step it up but we’ll see we’ll see what the Cali provides we said this last time and it just turned out to be a you know a bit of a just just two drivers that were just you know okay for distance but I was
Spraying them both about a little bit let’s see stick with me kid it’s better right out the snout low snout yeah catch one up the head a we bit likey yeah closer a line line drive a little flatter little little better just see where that launch come up a touch yeah
307 and only minus eight yards pretty good shame I’m hitting him so thin was it four is it three in a row or four in a row that was the fourth this thing on okay for as final five with the mauno okay 118 right off the bot now B are
Driver when it’s hit well sounds good I think yeah yeah it’s a good drive oh I was going to say might not be a bad one in launch conditions that well not horrible better Performance Set from the M here yeah catching up nicely couple flights that have kept it in play it’s a
Shame pretty quick but spinny yeah spinny the better one Y where do you feel like you’re catching those low okay all right that’s 10 pretty good the last the last sets really helped its case is that done yeah great all right FR final five with AI smoke okay see what it’s
Got how do you do it’s going to stay in too not good no Miss hit and crooked stay there two more yeah ugly offline 21 yards this is really close again yeah based on how that second set was with the Muno totally really close n straight
But cuty yeah 2500 NE thin and necky but doesn’t help its caruse okay guys round two in the books a much closer contest than it felt like it was going to be I didn’t start off great with the Muno and then I didn’t start off great with the
Cali felt like round two was much much better with both let’s add them up we’ve got the totals of the distance 31.5 mhm an average of 301 yards .55 uh the average off line was 11.43 29012 29012 okay 29928 minus 13.4 one 28587 okay so a little bit of a wider
Margin what were we what was round one two strick on was 291 so actually strickson would have beat both of those drivers yeah that’s impressive wow bigger bigger margin win for Callaway that mauno when I miss it and I did miss a few um in the first of
The first round has a spinny one in it for me yeah just doesn’t doesn’t quite manage that spinny one we did the right way of giving it both a second turn because we’ve always found doing it the first time maybe you’re fighting something but even the second time there
Were some some spinny ones in there there was but there was there was some you know really really good ones um and some not so good ones with both but uh I think the right driver won in the end AI smoke moves on to the semifinal it will
Face off again so they in the same side of the bracket no opposite side no so there yeah so that’s that was the top seed mhm Cal was second cor seed right so that advances so I think the bottom left was Taylor Made and Cobra mhm so
That the winner that will go to face um ston and then pxg and ping ping yeah all right two down already starting to take shape already so uh AI smoke looking pretty good who’s your money on right now uh Z x 5 is tough to be flat low
Spinning but stayed online I’m just curious how the tailem shows up that’s the bit of the unknown in in this whole thing cuz we’ve tested lots and multiple times with all the others we really haven’t doubled back and done anything yet with Tade the battle of the 10K ones
Will be interesting to see 0311 versus 10K Max see how they can perform it will it will well it just depends which one we end up choosing obviously from the pxg lineup I think if we go with the tour I think the tour could be another
Sleeper fast T the tour could go all the way it could yeah we’ll just wait and see especially on a grid that seems to like that low spin one it kind of chases on a little bit if it gets a few straight ones it should be pretty darn
Good okay today’s um winners Callaway Srixon through to the semi-finals two more matches to go yeah and then we’re in the final four all right stay tuned for more we’ll see you again soon N
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AI smoke trackman set to 3 Wood???
Alrighty then….one that was expected to perform and move forward made "the cut." Ian would it be fair to say, that was your B+ driving day?
The way Ian was spinning it today maybe the triple diamond would have been the way to go.
Like this comment so the first comment won’t spoil the results
Haven’t hit the Smoke yet, from what I’ve heard it’s a heavier head meaning less ball speed and club speed. Could be why the distances are down.
Personally I would be happy with the results from the Smoke.
I presently game the Paradym.
My pick is the Cobra. I hit it and it’s a weapon. Didn’t have my Paradym with me to compare it to but think the Cobra would eat it.
StZ is last years model, why didn’t you play the StZ Max which is the new Mizuno driver
Once again I'll say, I'm disappointed the Mizuno ST-Max was not in the bracket. You missed the mark for the first time since I've been a subscriber by not including one of the new High Forgiving Drivers. Very Disappointed !!!
Am I correct in seeing that you compared a "max" AI (forgiving version)vs a Mizuno driver that gets used on tour (less forgiving)? I've been really hoping to hear good things from the mizuno Max version.
Doesn’t surprise me. Mizuno drivers are still lacking a little forgiveness than other brands. At least those have been my findings for my swing
why did you have the club set as 3 wood?
Should have hit the STX or Max. Little spinny cuts on STZ. And Mikey. Come on with knowing PGA driving champ Keith Mitchell.
Why are LS models in there? I would have thought the Darkspeed X being the standard cobra model would be a better fit to compare against the other models in the test.
Why are some the Ls models? They will obviously go further
If I recall, the TSR3 would have beat both the Ai Max and STZ
Where is the ST230 Max??
I wonder if the first hit driver is the loser holds up.
Just skip ahead to the semi finals
Thanks for clarifying on the Ai Smoke MAX vs Triple Diamond! It's helpful to us veiwers why that decision was made
Excellent content gentlemen. However, I have a recommendation for “next time.” Allow for an offline tolerance, say 7 or 10 yards before you start to penalize the distance… logic being that as long as it’s in the fairway we’d rather have further distance. Either way, interesting content! Keep ‘em coming
Why are you not testing the Mizuno ST Max ? Feels like comparing eggs to oranges
You were not swing well with mizuno first round. Disservice to mizuno
Ventus blue seems to be a much better shaft for u.
Daily upload on these I'm begging 😭
Seriously need an expanded bracket. Not like people wouldn’t watch. If LS models get eliminated, then let’s see it. Triple D? Q10 LS?, Mizzy STG? TSR4?
Shame you can't do blind tests to remove any biases.
I’m gonna continue to say this until we get a response from Ian or they implement the changes I am recommending.
They’re only 8 drivers in this lineup therefore they have the resources and the ability to fit in specifically grip shaft loft adjustment to his needs for every club to make it as fair as possible to really determine which driver is the best and remove as many variables as possible
I enjoy Ian a great deal. However, these tests really do require a more consistent ball striker.
The difference might have those first 2 or 3 slow swings with the mizuno.