Srixon ZXi 7 Wood vs Cleveland Launcher XL Halo 7 Wood

Golf Club Head Size Matters – Let’s Have a FACE OFF Between These Two Cheat Code Fairway Woods

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Srixon ZXi 7 Wood vs Cleveland Launcher XL Halo 7 Wood

Srixon ZXi 7 Wood
Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 7R (Non Velocore)
The “TR” Version being that little bit stiffer than the normal Ventus Blue

Cleveland Launcher XL Halo 7 Wood
Tensei Blue 55R
A lighter shaft to encourage more speed and release of the clubhead

How good is the Cleveland Halo XL7wood compared to the Shrixen [Music] ZXi? So, the first differences I’m seeing are that the Halo XL is a bigger head. We definitely have more surface area on the bottom. We definitely have more surface area on the face. The Shrixen is a little bit more rounded in the sole and a bit pin more pinched in the toe and the heel. And then the Cleveland is a bit squarer on this toe. square on this heel. There is more surface area on there. We’ve got a bit more to look at behind the ball here as well. The Shrixen just looks a little bit cleaner maybe to the sort of well depends on the golfer that’s looking at it really. That’s way more inspiring for ease. We’ve got slightly different grooves. So you got grooves across the whole face there. Here it’s a smooth face in the middle with a couple of little tiny grooves on the outside. I’ve got both of these in their stock regular shaft. So in the Shrixen I’ve got the Ventus TR6R and it’s not a Velcore it’s the stock one and in the Cleveland I’ve got a Tensai blue 55 regular which is a lighter shaft standard length between the two we’ve got about/4 of an inch extra on the Cleveland and one of the things with Cleveland is that they are counterbalance golf clubs so if we take this grip off there is like a plug of weight like an 8 g plug inside the grip which changes how you might swing the club with more weight at this end of the club. It makes it a little bit easier for that club to overtake. When we don’t have that weight in there, you’ve got to do a bit more work to get that club face into the golf ball. So, generally with the Cleveland stuff, I do find that it’s a bit easier to draw or a bit easier to reduce your slice. Now, this glider rail technology is on here. It’s basically these two little marks down here, these two little bits down here that stick out. The theory is that that kind of like corrects the club as you get through, but I don’t think that actually happens. I think it’s more of a marketing thing than anything. There is a bit of like influence on there, but it’s not I don’t think it’s doing as much as uh you might think. In the Shrixen, we’ve got an adjustable huzzle. We can change that loft up and down 1/2°. So, from 21, we can go up to 22 1/2 and we can go down to 19 1/2. But I’ve got it here just on standard. Oh, you can also go flatter. So flatter. If you hit the ball left a lot, the Shrixen might be a bit more helpful on that flatter setting. The ball flight goes that way. As it gets flatter, it gets more to the right hand side. As it gets upright, it goes left. But we’ve got a setting on here to just move the ball that way. Also, when you go lower in loft, it tends to open the face a bit more. And when you go higher in loft, it tends to close the face a bit more. So, we’ve got a little bit of manipulation there available to us. The Cleveland, it’s a different price point, and we don’t have any adjustability. It is what it is and we just stand there and whack it. So if I get a couple of shots with this 7wood, I am expecting a draw. There we go. Little bit of draw just but on the green dropping and stopping. Sevenwoods and nine woods if you saw my last video are so much easier in my opinion. High draw 222 carry on the green landed and stopped. One downside is if you hit it that high at 130 ft, the wind’s going to affect it a little bit more. If you hit the ball really low already, it’s going to be a really good tool to get the ball up. But I’m pretty much going to stand there all day long and repeat that same sort of shot, he says as he spoons one. Right. I got too complacent there because I was relying on the club doing all the work. I do still need to hit the ball. There we go. Stop messing around. So, as long as you don’t fall asleep, they’re really good. But if I just get three half decent shots from this one. Going to see what the Cleveland does differently in height and shape and spin and all that fun stuff. Is it like much hotter off the face and goes further? Does it do the same thing in a slightly different way? How much easier might it be? But I find that sevenwood delightful. And most places won’t have a sevenwood in demo for you to try, but I do because I think they’re a good idea. And then Cleveland, same golf ball. Ooh, it sits a little bit more in. So, as it presents itself behind the ball, it just wants to tow in a little bit more, which might help you if you move move the ball to the right. The Shrixen definitely sits much squarer. Oh, that was so easy off the face. It’s gone straight left, but I’m not going to fight that at all. That is what the club is designed to do. Again, if you hit the ball low, if you hit the ball right, get one of these in there. So much easier. I hit that slightly thin. I didn’t strike that good at all. And I’m on the green. Just need to make sure I don’t go to sleep and try and let the club do all the work. I still need to hit the ball. Much much easier to draw. Big old draw in it. Same spot as the first one. Oh, that was horrible and necky and out the heel and I nearly fell over. Is that a problem? That’s not a problem. We could all be missing a trick here and making life so much easier than it otherwise is. If you move the ball to the right, this moves the ball to the left. Yeah, easy. And while there’s a lot more tour players using seven woods and nine woods routinely, I think it’s getting a little bit more acceptable to kind of like stick one in the bag and not feel so out of place. Now, I had a couple of lazy strikes in there that just didn’t quite get going, but I’m going to leave them all in. We had a 205 there, but look at this. Like 222. Okay, the 205, 227, 222. If I take that one out, I’ve got two yards of variance. If I take the worst one out of this lot, uh, which is kind of both of these. is even if I take both them out. So I’ve got three on three. I’ve got 223 against 223. So I’m hitting the same distance. The peak height is 134. So the Shrixen went higher. The Cleveland went lower. That’s possibly because I hit more draw. The ball went lower because of that. Draw spin was 323 against 772. So I’ve got more draw spin on the Cleveland. More spin on the Cleveland. Lower launch on the Cleveland. Okay. But I’m 0.7 yards left on average with the Shrixen. and 18.4 yds left with the Cleveland. So, the Cleveland is a nice anti-right club. Angle of descent is 49.4 coming in with a Shrixen and I’m a little bit flatter at 48.4 with the Cleveland. So, it isn’t coming in as steep as stopy. It’s got a little bit more roll on it, which is why we’ve got 235 instead of 231. Then the dispersion rings there. Very, very tight with the Shrixen. I’ve got a little bit more left bias with the Cleveland. But why aren’t more people using seven woods? because they work. They do a job. Have you tried one before? Would you entertain one? Because I was absolutely personally against sevenwoods altogether for myself. I would never have thought about it. Did my fitting with Shrixen and they put a sevenwood in my hands and I just kept doing that. Like where I’ve got 222 repeatedly, I just kept getting the same number come out and it’s almost as consistent as a wedge from much further back which I put a lot of value in. But the big downside is on a windy day, you’re going to get affected more. If you try and hit a sevenwood into wind and you’ve got a high ball flight, you’re going to get affected a bit more. If you hit the ball really low already and we’re going up into a window of efficiency that’s not too high for the wind, still going to work. Be struggling with a hybrid.