While I am not much for hitting draws, the low lofted tour version was nearly impossible for me to turn over, I tried and wasn’t too successful. It is overall one of the most pleasant sounding drivers around right now. This one blends solid metal sounds with the muting of composite. For years Callaway has made a composite driver, which almost sounded too muted, and the metal ones had a tinny sound from time to time. It is that perfect blend between metal and composite. The sound of this new material is excellent. While I still wasn’t getting great elevation, I was getting tons of roll and was finding the middle of the fairway. And just like that I went from less than stellar drives to pounding it down the middle. But after almost giving up on the club, I decided to swing easy and see what happens, (this is always a good swing thought). So when I arrived at the first tee, I had some of those thoughts in mind and tried to elevate the ball with my swing rather than letting the club do the work. While I was getting great swing speeds, excellent ball speeds, and low spin my launch angle was on the low side. I learned that the combination of head and shaft kept me from getting a high launch angle. I had a little time on a launch monitor before I took it to the course, this might not have been a good thing. I received the Tour Diablo Octane 8.5* loft with the made for Project X 6.0 shaft. The tour also offers a full-length hosel, while the regular driver is the traditional Callaway short hosel. The head shapes are also different the regular being wider in all directions while the tour is more compact and deeper faced. The regulars tend to be a degree or two closed while the tours are about a degree open. The Diablo Octane is offered in a couple of different styles, the regular Diablo Octane comes in even degree lofts and the Tour Octane comes in. So is it true? Did the new material add 8 yards to my drives? You’ll have to read down to the end to find out. Their claim is that the new material is hotter and lighter meaning 8 yards of added length to the driver. So when you put the two together in the lab, you get a new material used in the 2011 Callaway Diablo Octane Driver and the Callaway Razr Hawk Drivers. Callaway has always been a leader in driver research and development. Lamborghini has always pushed the design envelope with its iconic cars and space age materials.
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