TM BRNR Mini Custon Driver

[duffer_mcmulligan]

Playing with a buddy at a group 4 day golf week and he was playing a mini-driver.

The TM BRNR comes in 13.5 degrees and claims to have decent turf interaction.

Is this a potential 3w replacement? I have a FW fitting going in 3 weeeks, I might want this in the mix?

[Mr22putt]

Playing with a buddy at a group 4 day golf week and he was playing a mini-driver.

The TM BRNR comes in 13.5 degrees and claims to have decent turf interaction.

Is this a potential 3w replacement? I have a FW fitting going in 3 weeeks, I might want this in the mix?

I've hit a TM Mini Driver in a sim at GT on a very short tee....it felt great..why?...because it was a nice club...it had loft and a shorter shaft for better head control leading to good ball speed
BUT
In your thread about your MG fitting....you described yourself as a 18-20 cap struggling with some inconsistency.
IMO.....I don't think you have the swing mechanics to hit a mini driver consistently well off the deck/FW.
Hitting a mini driver off a mat at MG or GT will hide some inconsistent ball striking vs. hitting it off real grass.
Again IMO....I think a 18-20 cap golfer should be playing a 5W...maybe a 4W.....off the deck....loft is our friend.

[TourIQ]

Again IMO....I think a 18-20 cap golfer should be playing a 5W...maybe a 4W.....off the deck....loft is our friend.

Solid advice given to the OP

[ARL67]

The Titleist TSR2+ is another over-sized 13* 3W option to consider, though not a "mini-driver"

[duffer_mcmulligan]

I've hit a TM Mini Driver in a sim at GT on a very short tee....it felt great..why?...because it was a nice club...it had loft and a shorter shaft for better head control leading to good ball speed
BUT
In your thread about your MG fitting....you described yourself as a 18-20 cap struggling with some inconsistency.
IMO.....I don't think you have the swing mechanics to hit a mini driver consistently well off the deck/FW.
Hitting a mini driver off a mat at MG or GT will hide some inconsistent ball striking vs. hitting it off real grass.
Again IMO....I think a 18-20 cap golfer should be playing a 5W...maybe a 4W.....off the deck....loft is our friend.

Hitting my 15* 3w off the deck has never really been an issue. My 20 index stems from not being able to get off the tee box and onto the fairway. It is odd, I know, that consistently being in the trees costs me 12 - 14 strokes a round, but it is the case.

But yeah, I was only proposing it as a thought. Big difference between 15* and 13.5*….

[sunshiNee]

Hi

i have taylormade stage 2 fairway tour spoon. 13* Degree and 16.5*. Hitting off the deck between the two I don't really notice much difference in terms of difficulty and forgiveness. So I experimented

I dialed the 13* to 12 * and noticed a huge difference off the deck. Much more difficult to elevate and shots were two way miss low left or right. I bumped it to 12.5* and it was on par with the 16.5 * HL 3 wood. Since it's the tour version I just put a 46* inch driver shaft in the 12.5* degree fairway wood and use it as my off the tee club. Definitely higher dispersion than the driver, and essentially I only have one swing. My fairway wood and iron swing are the same. However when I throw my driver into the mix I consciensly have more spine tilt on my setup to try to hit up on the ball. I find sometimes if I'm not playing as often screws my swing up all the way through my bag.

Thus I don't bag a driver, just fairway woods and irons. ONE swing.

For yourself I would suggest not buying any new club for the time being and take the driver out of the bag. Use your 3w off the tee even if it is 15*. You may be 15-20 yards shorter but that's not the point. The point is to test your hypothesis if you are actually losing less balls when not using the driver. Sometime it's not always the case. You can hit any club OB off the tee!!! Ever went OB on a par 3? i'm pretty sure every one has!


If your hypothesis holds true than try out that mini driver or a 2WOOD which is usually at 12-13*.

Hitting my 15* 3w off the deck has never really been an issue. My 20 index stems from not being able to get off the tee box and onto the fairway. It is odd, I know, that consistently being in the trees costs me 12 - 14 strokes a round, but it is the case.

But yeah, I was only proposing it as a thought. Big difference between 15* and 13.5*….

[Jeffc]

Hitting my 15* 3w off the deck has never really been an issue. My 20 index stems from not being able to get off the tee box and onto the fairway. It is odd, I know, that consistently being in the trees costs me 12 - 14 strokes a round, but it is the case.

But yeah, I was only proposing it as a thought. Big difference between 15* and 13.5*….

If you are getting fitted give it a go and see what the launch monitor says. I'm not sure you will see a ton of difference. If you hit the ball high the lower loft could help.

Here's a clip - it didn't work for this guy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pU2zKrczfg

[Mr22putt]

For yourself I would suggest not buying any new club for the time being and take the driver out of the bag.

If I read it correctly, in the OP's MG fitting thread....seems like he ordered the newest Ping 430 driver.

[duffer_mcmulligan]

If I read it correctly, in the OP's MG fitting thread....seems like he ordered the newest Ping 430 driver.

Yup. Dispersion way tighter, as mentioned, inside the bounds of the first cut for the most part.

@siunshiNee, I have fired the driver several times, most recently in March in Palm Springs. After 9 holes. 3 wood off the tee was far more consistent, but I also hadn’t hit a club in 5 months, so skills were way off.

I was thinking about the mini-driver only because the two TM mentions (There was a 300 mini driver I think a while ago which a fried uses) both had soles specifically designed for turf interaction.

[TheBaconator]

I have the 300 Mini Driver and mainly use it off the tee on tight par fours. I think I’ve only tried it off the deck once, but feel much more comfortable using my 5-wood.

[dmcdam]

I have the 300 Mini Driver and mainly use it off the tee on tight par fours. I think I’ve only tried it off the deck once, but feel much more comfortable using my 5-wood.

How much distance to you think you lose compared to your driver?

[TheBaconator]

How much distance to you think you lose compared to your driver?

It’s about 15 to 20 yards shorter than my driver. My driver is 10.5° that I play at 11.5° and 44.5” long. The 300 is 11.5° that I play at 13.5° and standard length of 43.75”.

[dmcdam]

It’s about 15 to 20 yards shorter than my driver. My driver is 10.5° that I play at 11.5° and 44.5” long. The 300 is 11.5° that I play at 13.5° and standard length of 43.75”.

Good to know - thx

[rgk5]

Several years ago Callaway had some "Deep" models of their fairway woods at 13*, and 14*. Excellent for this purpose and can probably be bought in mint shape for $50. One of the stock shafts was the Aldila ATX Green which Jon Rahm currently uses in his driver.

[hbomb]

I bought the BRNR, only played 2 rounds with it so far - hit about 10 shots total - but it feels great, and is now my fairway finder. 20-30 yards shorter than my driver - but way more accurate. Perfect for shorter and narrower holes.

I've not tried it off the deck.