Launch Monitor Data testing by Hot Stix Golf

WHAT WE DID
Our 12 testers hit
hundreds of balls
from fairway lies
with the 3-wood of
each model. While
hooked up to a
launch monitor,
the testers hit
clubs in varying
order. Well-struck
shots were
recorded, and we
averaged their
totals. You can see the results in the graph on the right.

The size and location of each
bubble on the left is the
average of the standard deviation
for each player for a given club.

WHAT WE LEARNED
• Trajectory: Callaway FT Tour delivers the lowest, most piercing flight in
the test. By contrast, the Nickent 4DX has the highest overall ball flight.
• Distance: Callaway FT Tour and TaylorMade Burner TP travel five yards
farther than the clubs from Nickent and Titleist.
• Accuracy: TaylorMade Burner TP and Titleist 906F4 hit the ball, on
average, closest to the target line.
• Forgiveness: Nickent 4DX delivers the tightest side-to-side shot
dispersion (six yards left or right of its mean shot).

Hot Stix Golf collected data using the Trackman launch monitor. Look for more launch-monitor testing in future issues of GOLF Magazine.

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