Hit the new Srixon ZXi RKT driver today and believe this is going to bring their driver reputation up to the exceptional level of their irons.
First thing you see is extremely fast ball speed. Almost freakishly fast. I’m expecting to hear people say they gain 10+ yards over the previous ZXi model.
The feel at impact is the best of any Srixon driver I’ve hit. It’s the most solid, the softest (yet still explosive), and the quietest.
I hit the standard model and not in my usual loft but the face seems bigger and deeper. It’s supposed to be a mid-spin head but I’m positive spin is lower with RKT (than previous gen).
There’s no right or left bias, it starts straight and holds the line. And there’s not a lot of curve on misses with a tight grouping.
Easiest to hit Srixon driver I’ve tried (getting ball up and downrange). And there’s a definite forgiveness aspect on misses that keeps spin and launch in expected range.
I had a couple of hours to kill the other afternoon, so I headed over to my local golf course to play a quick nine.
An older gentleman walked up and asked if he could join me since we were both playing solo.
I figured he might slow things down a bit, but I said sure.
Turns out, he was a great partner.
He wasn’t fast, but he kept a steady pace and never held me up.
Plus, he’d been playing that course for decades and had a helpful tip for just about every hole.
When we got to the ninth, I ran into trouble.
My tee shot sliced off to the side and landed near the edge of the course.
Between me and the green stood a towering oak tree, just a few yards ahead.
I stood there staring at it, trying to figure out my next move.
The old-timer nodded and said, “You know, I was in that exact spot about thirty years ago.
I just hit it right over the top of that tree and landed on the green.”
“Seriously?” I asked. “Seriously,” he said with a confident grin.
So I grabbed my iron, took a big swing, and sent the ball straight up.
It smacked the tree halfway up and dropped right back down—four feet behind me.
He chuckled and said, “Well now… thirty years ago, that tree was only about three feet tall.”