Ryan tests out 4 of the new 2025 golf drivers in a new swing speed series looking at how swing speed impacts the performance of golf clubs hopefully helping to find the best one for you.
Head to head in the video we feature the PING G440 Max, TaylorMade Qi35 Max, Wilson Dynapower Max and Callaway Elyte X – 4 of the most forgiving drivers of 2025 aimed a golfers with a slower swing speed and looking for maximum forgiveness.
Dropping down the club head speed to 85 mph club to provide insights for higher handicapper golfers and golfers aged 50+ who are more likely to swing at this speed and who are most suited to each of these drivers.range.
All the drivers have been adjusted to maximise the performance at the slower swing speed to help provide insights into the most forgiving.
00:25 Driver overview
02:30 Indoor Testing
03:40 Trackman Data Analysis
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22 Comments
Nice comparison, Ryan. It's very tough to deliver the club that consistently when taking off that much speed off from your normal swing, especially with driver, so kudos.
Wish you would have included the cobra
Nice review im 51 yrs old now and gone to regular shaft I used to use stiff when I was younger in a 9.5 degree head I use a 10.5 head now and best move I made 😊well done on the review 👍
Evening Ryan, great review. As a 63 year old golfer, playing with a 22 handicap, you've given me a realistic insight into what I can expect to acheive in terms of distance. No more beating myself up because I've only hit my Taylormade Qi10 max 10.5° 200 yds 😃
Thank you for reviewing for seniors. Think HL, Max Fast etc & XXIO range
Thank you Ryan!! You’re one of the absolute best at reviewing all the clubs. I wanting to know if you could do a comparison between the Sim2 Max, Qi10, and Qi35? I have a Qi10, but I loved my Sim2 Max and I think it’s better.
Standard deviation on the Ping and Callaway was good
This is a great way to see what the results are when struck with a consistent moderate speed and proper manner. This helps those with little or no easy access to a professional fitting facility with information that we can use. Good job 👍
Thanks Ryan,
It would be great if you could do more reviews based around the slower swing speeds
as it represents more of your average golfers
Any reviews on , for instance 45 to 48 g light shafts , eg PING ALTA QUICK 45, UST HELIUM , OBAN PURPLE 40 series , Red Denali, for example would be really interesting.. Thanks !
Looks like if you swing 85 mph don’t really need to be playing golf. Going to hit driver 3 wood , 5 wood on second shot on every par 4. No way to get better or shot a better score
5 handicap and 64 years old and swing at 86 mph… so not always high handicap swing speed.
Appreciate the reviews!
Interested to see what the dispersion and groupings looked like. Am gaming a 917D3 and looked at the Dynapower 2023 Driver when it came out. Didnt outperform the 917 on off centre hits so am curious to try the updated version!
i ended up ordering a Qi10 Max driver cause i got it brand new for 480 Canadian which is about 338 US so couldn't pass the deal up i usually purchase my drivers one year behind and save the 300 – 400 canadian but i still have trouble not wanting the new shiny drivers when they first come out but I am learning LOL great review by the way I am 60 years old with an 8 handicap cheers all from Canada
Thanks for doing a driver review for lower swing speeds!
14° loft is pretty high. Like to see this at 10° loft
Excellent video. Love that you don’t show hitting multiple shots with each club. 😊
Thanks for this video. I'm 72 and I swing my driver at 85 mph. Most of the other driver comparison videos show people swinging at 105+, so they aren't very relevant for me. I was recently fitted for a new driver, and guess which one worked best for me. Yes, it was the Qi35 max. I can verify that my average numbers are almost identical to what you found for the Taylormade, except for my backspin, which is down around 1800. Also, a loft of 10 degrees works best for me with a senior flex shaft.
Great review, very informative. I appreciate you did this for us, slow speed golfers that are a big amount of players everywhere.
You should have had Cobra adapt drive not wilson😢
This is interesting but there is considerable uncertainty in the numbers presented. Some of the differences are due to the (relatively small) differences in clubhead speed. Variation from centre of fairway is important but also needs to take acount of face angle at path at impact.
Distance and clubhead speed are interesting, but accuracy and dispersion are the important numbers, aren't they?