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Callaway Epic Flash Sub Zero Driver Review However this was not the optimum setting for me, as I will reveal below with the Sub Zero version. This means that you get more forgiveness from the deeper head and more ball speed from the straighter face, so it's a bit of a win-win if you can do this. Like the Rogue, I was able to go down in loft compared to the Epic, as the deeper head gave good launch with less spin. However with a deeper CG than the Epic, I was able to get a higher launch with the Epic Flash for a gain of a couple of yards. In this set up I was getting similar ball speed to the Epic with the Epic Flash.

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I took the Epic Flash, Rogue and original Epic drivers on GC2 with Titleist Pro V1x balls and the Project X HZRDUS shaft that I was fitted for with Epic.

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You can keep this in the correct place when you adjust the loft as both the OptiFit rings are free to rotate independently. The OptiFit hosel provides the usual adjustment of -1° to +2° and using it to get to around 10°, I prefer going up from 9° rather than down from 10.5° to keep the face angle squarer.Įach of the three stock shafts come with a Golf Pride Align grip that has a raised ridge on the back to help with hand alignment. If the line is replacing the Speed Step, then it is being very subtle about it, as you can just feel something as you run your finger over it. This reminds me of previous FT drivers, but it is not my favourite look for alignment. It sits well at address and has the classic Callaway curved line set back from the leading edge. The sound is a little more solid than the Epic, but still with a hint of Callaway carbon in there. With the Epic Flash I think they have managed to take the best bits of both and then add a faster face. The Rogue solved that issue for a lot of people, but I wasn't a fan of the drawn back shape and in terms of performance I was not getting any big increase in distance. The Epic was renowned for speed, but it could have been more forgiving if you weren't hitting it right. So as you can see, there is a lot going on in a head that sits in between the Epic and the Rogue for size and depth. It now weighs more at 16g and moves across a shorter track than in the Epic, so that the weight does not start to creep too far forward and raise the CG location. Thereafter the tech includes the now familiar Jailbreak bars to stiffen the chassis by connecting the sole to the crown to maximise ball speed.įinally, the sliding weight that was in the Epic, but left out of the Rogue, is now back. It weighs just 9.7g and helps to save weight and lower the CG. There is also a new T2C Triaxial Carbon in the crown that is lighter and uses a tighter carbon weave. This means that when the club is at address you can see two lines of white dots framing the ball for alignment, which is a nice touch. The laser etched lines give a pretty cool look and the five larger rectangles at the end of the lines around the sweet spot are actually etched grooves. The face is forged on the inside then milled on the front in order to get the thickness down from 5/1000 to 2/1000 of an inch so that it is consistently closer to the limit. The extra ball speed requires a stronger face to cope with it and the Epic Flash Face is made from 595C Super Aged Forged Titanium, which is tempered for strength and then laser welded on to the head. Like the computer, Callaway is still learning how the Flash Face works to increase ball speed, but all you need to know is that it does. It is very different to the human designed X face, which has a more uniform shape with a thicker section behind the middle to keep it legal.

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It fails quite a lot, but then learns from its mistakes and 15,000 iterations later you have the Flash Face.Īs you can see from the reverse side below, the Flash Face is a series of thick and thin swirls that looks a bit like an ear. What it came up with had even their R&D guys scratching their heads at first.īasically, you put in the legal parameters and a few other rules into the computer and let it go and work out the optimum design. This is because Callaway has spent around $5m on a super computer to design the face for the Epic Flash driver. Whilst we all might be concerned about how Artificial Intelligence is going to take over our lives, if the Callaway Epic Flash driver is the future of golf club design, then I am all for it.