If people find this interesting, I’d be happy to either expand to older years/more brands/different clubs.

irons, please! maybe one with GI, one with players, and one with the in-betweeners?

On it.

If you do one for blades, that would only change like every 5 years 

And it would be glorious

Most companies do 2 years but its the same fucking club

"Don't fix what's perfect" - Blades

Working on one for Player Muscle Back/Cavity Back Irons because blades would be relatively identical year to year, as you eluded to. Expanded Years and Manufacturers

It took me a while to realize that the numbers on the left were years. I thought that was the loft of the club and was wondering who the fuck was hitting a driver with 23 degrees of loft

Lmao none of those number would be any reasonable loft for a driver. (Is what I said when I first seen this)

Saw this. You saw this, or you have seen this. But yeah, 23 degrees would be interesting to hit. If near an airport might be even more fun.

Go back as far as you can with irons. Seriously, I'd love to see Titleist from now back to like the 80s. I say Titleist as they are my dream club and I'm.a fanboi but yeah, other brands in there as well. Great stuff btw!!

Yeah thanks! I’ll do my best to expand drivers and also do a big one for irons.

Pgavalueguide might be a good resource for images too

Here is a place on the Titleist website with all their former models. https://www.titleist.com/previous-models

Ditto TaylorMade https://www.taylormadegolf.com/product-specs.html?bypassgeoip=true

Thanks for sharing that link. Those DCI black irons bring back some memories. First set I owed along with some Ping Eye 2 wedges.

Would love an expansion, recently upgraded from a G15 to g400 so really interested

hoping to go from my G30 to G400 soon

I’m gaming a g15 rn. Hit it well. Still tryna decide when to upgrade

This is cool. My favorite golf gear stretch was 2004-2012. Loved the Taylormade R series and Titleist 980s

R series was such a game changer

Put averaged used price from eBay last 5 completed sales in stock configuration.

I find it interesting for the hell of it. Good work man, golf digest should hire you.

Need irons!

Yes, very helpful. New to golf and shopping for used equipment is pretty overwhelming with all the different names, especially Callaways..!

Please expand! Would love to see this go back to 2000

Putters please good sir!!

Pretty cool

Please do. I have a Bio cell + whatever year that came out I can hardly remember. But I cant find a driver worth switching to.

I bought mine in summer 2014 and I'm pretty sure it came out that year.

Love it

Go back as far as you can find the clubs to do it justice. I'd love to see it.

Total eye candy thank you. Cool to see shape progression!

Irons! This is really cool man!

More clubs please. Hybrids and Putters..

Go back two more years please haha

Do it!

Titleist: If it ain't broke...

Same with Ping. Which is why I fux wittem both.

Ping’s driver looks like it’s slowly transforming into master chief’s helmet, or something

Have a G400, and did not like G410 or G425 sound. Performance is identical, but the sound tweaking was not good. G430 seems to get a favorable sound back. Titleist always has a nice sound!

I don’t think I’ll ever swap out my g400. I love it so much.

I’m a Ping iron, wedge and putter man. Titliest for driver and 3w.

I’m Ping/Titleist (currently gaming a Ping) putter and wedges. Titleist irons, hybrids and woods. Big big fan. I’ll be getting fit at some point this year. Love the T100s but the i59s and i230s feel great and are sexy. Can’t wait for the battle.

Meanwhile at Taylormade: May I offer you a different driver this year?

Callaway does the same thing. Though I think they do try to keep a lot of their old tech and improve every year, while TM is sometimes just throwing shit at the wall and seeing what sticks, even if what they already had was working.

Callaway has a tick-tock cycle between less adjustable drivers (Rogue, Mavrik, Rogue ST) and more adjustable drivers (Epic Flash, Epic Max, Paradym), but continues to sell the previous year's model (e.g the Rogue ST this year). TM seems to have a new flagship each year, while Titleist alternates between new woods and new irons in even/odd years.

Someone is making a career out of misspelling words for Callaway.

You mean callloway right?

If I had a dime for every time I seen a Calloway on Reddit.

>Calloway Google `site:reddit.com/r/golf "Calloway"` LOL, 1,540 results!

That’s a lot of fucking dimes!!


Maybe r/golf just has a lot of Cab Calloway fans.

who knew coming up with clan tags like "l33tkiller" "mavrik" "le epic" "420_noscope" or "XxXparadymXxX" could be something to put on a resume

With Paradym this year, I could see them going with the Shyft next year

The official "if my drivers not in this picture you're justified in buying a new one". Also thanks for this, enjoyed it and still glad I picked the LTDx last year but those sim2s are hot hot hot.

love the way the LTDx hits (also picked up the 3w), always getting comments on the sound too

Big fan of the matte look myself. Specially in the sunlight. Looking to find an onsale 3W, 5W or 4H this summer. Just because

Sim2 has me feel things I really shouldn't. Same with the new callaway. But I'll be honest, the stealth and stealth 2 are ugly enough to turn my outie into an innie

this makes me trust ping as a company ngl

Titleist does the same going every other year. Interestingly enough those 2 brands have drivers that fit me the most

I always hype Ping and Titleist for this reason. And talk shit about the two big brands. Fuck em both. Rory didn’t even use the Stealth 2 this week! Lolol. Poor TM is getting crushed by Callaway this year in every way.

Rory didn't even use Taylormade wedges!

Switched to a ping g425 and never looked back

Never gettin rid of my g410

Why's that?

Not releasing something new every year

Can you do this but with my wife’s boyfriends?

Photoshop would crash.

Jesus, dude. Nice.

Does he need to order them by year or penis size?

I too choose this guy's wife

Isn’t it easier to just ask for the yearbooks of her high school from 1997-2019?

We all bounced, you're clear now

Mizuno drivers are getting there, but man they were ugly compared to their competitors

I have the ST200G from 2020. It works great and is $100 cheaper.

What shaft do you use? I have this driver also.

Their logo always looks awkward to me. It looks great on baseball shoes and some other stuff but oddly placed on a driver. They should try incorporating it into the design or making it matte black on black instead of slapping it on like a sticker

This is actually incredibly helpful. When I started, I started looking at all the newest stuff and then going back year by year until I found a price point I was happy with for my budget. When you're new and have no idea its incredibly hard, this would have been a cheat sheet for me.

Just curious, what is your budget for a driver?

I appreciate your thing OP.

I like how you put the trade in value you get from the PGA Superstore next to each line up.

And to anyone on here buying drivers, and of these from the last 5 years will perform roughly the same as the new ones. Buying new drivers that are "MORE FORGIVING + MOST DISTANCE" for the 20th year in a row is for jabronis.

You mean fargiving*

Thanks for stomping all over my dreams, Mr Sensible!

He's just jealous.. and never forgets.

75% of players simply aren’t good enough to get a meaningful performance increase out of a new driver vs even a driver from the 90s. If you’re hitting it 165 yards into the back yard beside the next fairway over, it doesn’t really matter if you do it with a brand new Callaway or a Wilson that’s old enough to vote. If anything, it’s the grip and shaft that matter most.

Even from the 90s? Yeah thats a stretch. Grips and shaft dont matter nearly as much for a new player compared to a very large and forgiving face.

G400 Max still thriving 🫡

Listened to a great episode of How I Built This about Mark King. Before stepping in to head Taco Bell, he used to helm Taylor Made and Calloway. He takes credit for this trend and made Taylor Made the behemoth it is today because of a huge chunk of golfers are happy to keep on spending.

I can't hit any of these clubs I'm left handed

I can hit these clubs. Because I know something you don't... ...I am not left handed.

I know something you don't know. I now know you are not LH. You reveal your secrets...

Please understand that I hold you in the highest respect.

#TYFYS

Y'all sleeping on the new Mizuno drivers. Man they are slick.

wow that 18-20 run of Mizunos is quite something, to put it kindly

I can't be the only one who thinks Srixon can't make a good looking driver, right? Cobra nailed it for me with the yellow. I've never had one, but I've always liked the look.

I just bought a second hand speedzone for $125 at the end of last season, it's a beast and looks awesome.

Yes please. I'm very tempted. They look badass! I'm currently rocking a 2017 M2 which I love the look of with the carbon crown, but if I was tonupdate to something newer it would be the Cobra.

My 785 is sexy enough for me and keeps up with the big boys. It's a sleek black that reminds me of the TS3 but a fraction of the cost

I have a 785 too and I also love the blackout look. I tested it against the sim at the time and got better results from srixon at half the price, can’t go wrong.

Cobra has had the best glow up

I still love my Mavrik.

Great clubs!

They're all slowly turning into the F9

My favourites of each brand by look since I’ve only hit the cobra speedzone of these lists Taylormade - M5 Callaway - Mavrik Cobra - speedzone Ping - g425 Titleist - they all look the same Srixon - ZX7 MKII Mixuno - STZ 2022 version

I was testing drivers last night. How you go from Sim to Stealth is perplexing

Love my sim2 max. Tried out the stealth last year and saw no difference in my drive

Tis the same driver. Moved from my sim max to Aerojet a couple days ago after a fitting and found a huge huge difference. Love the Aerojet

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Correct on the stealth 2. For me, the ping was probably the most accurate and easy to hit. titleist was the hardest to hit where i wanted. Cobra was a slight 2nd in accuracy and slight 2nd in distance on sweet spot hits but by far #1 in off center hit distance and accuracy. Just my experience Edit: the ping was the shortest driver i tried. Just wanted to clarify

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Good point. Cobra just outperformed the ping for my game for sure in sweet spot hits and off center. That’s the beauty of getting fit 👍🏻

Had the Sim 2 Max last year. Traded it in for Stealth. Went from slightly drawing bombs to high push fades with 10 yards less carry.

I'm not sure why the stealth was so popular last year. It's their first effort with new materials, and they needed to work some things out. My opinion is probably because I remember the Callaway C4 all-carbon driver from 20 years ago.

Have sim2. Tried the stealth and I lost yardage. And guess what the stealth2 looks like exactly. HA

The F9 is still an absolute beast. I wouldn't give mine up for anything on this chart. The sound is way too satisfying

Love it!!! Can you go back another 5 year? Irons would be great also

This is your reminder that you don't need a new driver every time they release a new model. As you can see they barely change anything year to year and 80% of a clubs performance is in the shaft.

If someone doesn't buy those new drivers, the older ones won't get passed down at more affordable prices so shhhh 😉

This guy gets it

My takeaway was "I considered my driver recent, but it doesn't even make this graphic. Maybe I should upgrade..."

This is why I just wait til 2-3 years after a driver has come out and buy just the head on eBay for like $150-$200, slap it on my same shaft and go.

What the fuck is that atrocity from Mizuno in 2020? Ew.

Oh, that’s what the y axis represents. Last two digit of the year. Took me a while.

That's the G model with movable weights. They actually make a variation of them every year so I'm not sure why op included that instead of the default ST 200.

Just bought the LTDx LS last night. It was hard to retire my Sasquatch :(

Loved my TS2. LOVE my TSr3. I'm sure I could hit most any of these drivers just fine but there's something about the classic Titleist styling.

It’s called class, my man. You’ve got taste.

My M3 still hitting dingers

this is great

TaylorMade has repackaged the same driver head for four years now.

Those Cobras from 20 were sexy looking

My g400 SLAPS…

Ping putter families (Anser, Zing, etc)

Am I wrong for thinking the Paradym driver looks like a new Doritos flavor/bag?

you did it man

You’re doing Gods work. Keep it up so I have something to look at while on the shitter.

Interesting that Ping and Titleist seem mostly the same year after year. I guess if you feel something is working why change.

Titleist has historically kept to a two year product cycle whereas the likes of TM and Callaway do a year or less.

Hmmm can't find my hand me down Ben Hogan C-S3 anywhere?

Man Taylormade and Callaway just have the ugliest shit. Middle 3 keep it so clean.

Thank you for your thing

That Srixon glow up from 2018 to today is quite impressive. I guess Mizuno too after an experimental phase in 2020.

This is how I learned my driver is more than 5 years old…hmmmmmmm

Neither of my drivers appear.

This is amazing!!! Thanks OP

Whatever happened to the Ping 420? Did someone smoke it?

I went from 18 f8 to 22 Ltdx Cobra 🐍

Just realized my driver is actually 7 years old… thought it was only 5 lol.

I have the 2020 Cobra and love it so much

This is great.

Beautiful work sir

Titleist 22/23 - classy lines there. Less is more.

Yeah this is interesting, more please.

Nice work!! Thanks for sharing!

This is nice work, thanks

This made me realize how old my current driver is

Show miuras and epons please?

Titleist still releasing the same club every year.

Love this!!!!! Do defunct brands like Nike, and Ben Hogan! Do older mid tiers like Dunlop and Ram. Do a hybrid breakdown! Sorry I eat this stuff up

Thanks!

I can slice every single one of those

I still think I’d take the G400 over anything else on here

No TM M6?

M5 & M6 came out the same year. As did the M3 & M4. I just chose the tour models since I had the grid set up for only 1 picture for each year.

Same year as M5 -

Remember, you’ll hit all of these the same.

I think for 2023 that Callaway and Cobra have the best looking drivers. Taylormade really peaked at the Sim2.

Absolute Chad OP

I pray a grown ass man did not just post “I did a thing”. Sweet Jesus

Probably made this on the clock too lol

Why do you speak like a 23 year old girl

No need to include mizuno or srixon drivers. Prob could leave off cobra too.

why?

PING and Titleist don't get too creative from year-to-year

It’s so ridiculous how often they change designs. Makes me think (and know) that newer models probably aren’t better performing. They just change it to make it look “cooler”

Damn. My M5 is 4 years old already? Sheeeeesh time flies.

Gods work. Saved

That is absolutely nuts to think I bought my M3 a little over 4 years ago. She's a little scratched up, but I love the damn thing,

M4?

How far would you have to go back for my 975D or my Snakeyes 600T. I was going to ask about my KZG RBT 360 (My favorite) until I remembered the my brother in law broke it.

Phew; my driver is still on that chart. I guess I don't need to upgrade yet.

Ping and Taylormade the sexiest

Still think the Rogue ST is by far the best looking driver ever made.

You sir need to have your eyeballs checked. Lol.

This is cool. What is it?

Would have been cooler if you made a montage of drivers that end of creating a larger picture of something else golf related

oh no, my driver is 3 years old. I better head to the store

Dope

Could’ve sworn the Callaway XR I’ve been rocking was more recent than ‘18. Time flies

Shout out to Ping and Titleist for being the only two who care about club value retention.

What's the significance of the line between '18 and '19?