![]() ![]() Not only is the length hard to wield, the lightweight shaft can be somewhat inconsistent if you really go after one. There is a great deal of forgiveness in the head, so it is not impossible to hit numerous great drives, but misses can be all over the place, crown, sole, toe, and heel. With such a long shaft, it can be hard to hit the ball in the center of the face consistently. The distance gains of this driver come at a price. The mid section stiff shaft works best on smooth swings. It didn’t have the feel of a high-end shaft, but it was certainly better than the proprietary shafts of the past. I thought it played very close to flex(stiff flex), maybe just the slightest bit soft. Besides being long, the shaft is light at 49g. Not only is it long off the tee, it is long at address at 46.25” long, it is the longest driver I have ever put in play. It hits the ground running, even on soft fairways, I got decent roll. Initial high launch flattens out about 1/2 way down the fairway. ![]() It produced just about the ideal mid-high trajectory for the 9.5* head. The various technologies in this driver gained me about 8 yards, not quite the full 13 yards TM claims. Yet surprisingly the Burner 09 was longer. My regular driver gives me just about optimal numbers in every category. ![]() I could play a traditional pear shaped driver or the box-on-a-stick shaped driver as long as it works. The Burner 09 leans toward the triangular shape but that doesn’t really matter much to me anymore. I can’t say I am a big fan of the graphics on the top of this driver at address and alignment aid, but those things tend to fade into the background after you hit it a number of times. The colors are from 07 and the shape is from 08. The Burner 09 visually is a combination of the 07 Burner and the Tour Burner 08. ![]()
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