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Wilson's had a driver on the hot list
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since we've been doing it for the last 12 years.
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What they do is kinda alternate each year
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between a better player driver
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and a driver that's designed to get the ball
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up in the air for weaker players.
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This is the better player driver,
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it's the Wilson FG Tour F5.
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And why is it a better player driver?
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Because it's focused on lessening spin.
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Reduced spin, if you're an elite player
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who generates a lot of clubhead speed,
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that's gonna be more distance.
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The key to less spin is this little weight port right here.
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Sticking that weight forward is gonna
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lower the center of gravity.
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A low center of gravity means less spin.
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Well, you know, they've been making golf clubs since 1914
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so they've learned a lot over that period of time.
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And one of the things that I think they believe in
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is that aggregating the little things matters.
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And in this case, on this driver,
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the hosel is really noteworthy.
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They've been able to slim it down,
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take some weight out that they've
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been able to use elsewhere,
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and the other cool thing is
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unlike a lot of the other drivers,
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you can adjust this driver without taking the clubhead off.
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That saved weight in that hosel
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allows them to have three different weights
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for this little weight port here.
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You can have three grams, seven grams, 11 grams,
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and that kind of determines how little spin
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you want on your driver,
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but it also helps you match swing weight.
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Those are keys to better players
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who generate a lot of clubhead speed.
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Getting those things dialed in,
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especially low spin is gonna get you more distance.
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Yeah I think a good rule of thumb for
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a lot of people out there to understand is
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if you have a relatively slower swing: launch angle.
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Getting the ball in the air.
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That's gonna maximize your distance.
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If you have a higher swing speed,
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getting the spin right, and in most cases less spin,
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that's gonna help you hit it farther.
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And certainly our players, better players,
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definitely saw long distance with less spin on this driver.