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The Callaway Great Big Bertha driver brings dorsum the adjustable perimeter weight while introducing some new technologies to create one of Callaway'south best drivers to date.

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Introduction

Information technology was awfully exciting when Callaway brought Large Bertha proper name back to golf and, with apologies to the drivers of the by two years, the new Dandy Big Bertha might be the all-time yet.  The Great Big Bertha brings back the adjustable perimeter weight that nosotros starting time saw on the "original new" Big Bertha commuter while introducing Callaway's Next Gen R•MOTO Technology to create a hot and forgiving confront for maximum distance.

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Looks

Something I accept come up to love from Callaway is their power to keep it unproblematic, all the same make it cool and a scrap edgy all at the same time.  When you look at the Great Big Bertha from address, it actually is a cute, plain, and unproblematic club with its matte black crown, circular shape, and deep face.  Note: the deeper face makes the toe sit college at accost and then yous go a trivial fleck of a pear shape illusion.  Typically I'm not crazy about how deep-face clubs sit at address, but the Great Large Bertha looks good to me.

When yous flip the club over, you'll observe the recognizable blackness, silvery, cherry-red, and white branding with plenty of visible technology.  Call me ridiculous, but when I look at the bottom of the Great Big Bertha, it reminds of Walt "making the coach wait mean" in the movie Slapshot.  I think it just looks cool and means business.

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Sound & Feel

What fabricated the biggest impression with the new Callaway Great Big Bertha driver was its audio.  Matt and I rarely do equipment testing together, but we happened to cross paths on this detail evening.  After my very starting time strike, nosotros both paused and just went, "Wow…"  We both agreed that it was i of the best sounds we have e'er heard from a driver.  It'south a muted thwack that really makes information technology audio similar the brawl is absolutely snapping off the face of the golf club.  Shots more than toward the toe and heel are still muted simply become a petty more than hollow.

What Matt couldn't experience on that beginning shot was how practiced the Not bad Big Bertha felt.  Honestly, I was shocked.  The brawl felt like it actually exploded off the face and the feedback from the head was incredible.  I would take to say the Great Big Bertha has to exist one of the best feeling drivers of the year.  Yous definitely know when you miss sugariness spot, merely it doesn't sting or hurt in whatever style.  My only complaint was the I felt the stock Fujikura Speeder Evolution II TS 665 didn't feel as great considering it'southward non a corking fit.  One time I paired the driver with a better shaft for me, I created an virtually perfect feel.

The sound and feel of the Dandy Large Bertha are undoubtedly affected by the Next Gen R•MOTO Technology in the driver.  This technology allows Callaway to create a thinner face but have a solid structure behind it which in turn should lead to higher ball speeds off any location on the confront of the club.

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Performance

My fourth dimension with the Callaway Great Big Bertha commuter has been very interesting.  Frankly, I think the review is ongoing, and there may exist a little magic in this club for me.  Showtime of all, as I'm trying to optimize the feel and functioning of the commuter, I'm finding myself having to make dissimilar adjustments in the hosel and the perimeter weight to become the flying and distances I'1000 looking for.  What I can say is that the Callaway Optifit adapter adjusts and performs just as it has in all of its previous generations of clubs.  Additionally, the perimeter weight certainly does impact the flight of the ball.  An underrated component, however, is agreement that moving the perimeter weight will change the feel of the order and will require some aligning by the player to conform.  That's been a key bespeak for me in deciding on the correct balance betwixt feel and flying.

So far, I tin't tell yous that I've optimized the Groovy Big Bertha driver for me, but I would say it's more a matter of adjusting to the golf club.  Though I've been inconsistent in my handful of sessions with it (I have not had multiple sessions with the same shaft), when I practice get dialed in and put a proficient swing on the brawl, the Great Large Bertha is long .  I will go through spells where I feel like information technology's like shooting fish in a barrel and effortless, and the gild not only does the work for me, merely it really throws the ball a long manner out there and on target.  Furthermore, it seems to exist really forgiving on mishits.

All of the adjusting and shaft swapping that I've washed just reinforces the indicate that Callaway makes in their marketing of this club: fitting matters.  To that end, Callaway is offering 19 dissimilar shafts with no upcharge.   These aren't off brand shafts either, we're talking nigh stuff similar Fujikura Speeders, Aldila Rogues, and shafts from Matrix and Mitsubishi.  This is a great driver, but to #LeaveNoYardsBehind, yous need to work with a knowledgeable fitter.

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Conclusion

From my indicate of view, Callaway has created some of the all-time woods of the past 4 years or so.  While I remember in that location are a lot of dandy drivers that accept come out in 2015, and I'grand sure more than are on the way, Callaway's Great Large Bertha commuter is going to be 1 of the drivers at the tiptop of the lists.  At its core, the Great Large Bertha has enough adaptability without feeling like you need an technology degree to empathise it.  And every bit Callaway is emphasizing, beingness properly fit for this club will be what takes information technology from a skillful driver to an absolutely dandy driver.

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Neb is a true golf gear nerd by definition who loves making custom club creations in his garage with tools like sledge hammers, blow torches, and his bare hands. Past day, Bill is a technology director living in the Chicago suburbs with his wife and kids. Pecker plays Scott Readman Concepts putters and accessories.