Forgiving Callaway Big Bertha Alpha Driver Review by jessica delia


Forgiving Callaway Big Bertha Alpha Driver Review by JESSICA DELIA
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Forgiving Callaway Big Bertha Alpha Driver Review

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The Callaway company started with the Callaway Apex pro irons, and now, Callaway is bringing back the name of the driver that is responsible for ushering in the modern era of metal woods: Big Bertha Alpha. It is Callaway’s most adjustable drivers to date.

Callaway has been working for a long time on a sliding perimeter weight track and they decided to finally launch a production driver with the technology. The Big Bertha driver uses an 8-gram weight on a 5-inch sliding track positioned around the perimeter of the head allowing golfers to fine-tune their CG bias while also increasing the club’s MOI making it more forgiving.

The Callaway Big Bertha, Callaway’s lowest-spinning driver, is designed for the better player looking for several adjustable features to fine-tune launch conditions by adjusting vertical center of gravity, loft, lie and directional bias. While golf clubs themselves don’t win tournaments, they certainly help, and the Big Bertha Alpha has already been in a winning bag on both the PGA and European tours.

The Big Bertha Alpha driver is available in one loft, 9 degrees. However, a 10.5-degree Big Bertha Alpha has been spotted on the professional tours and at the 2014 PGA Merchandise Show, making the release of the higher-lofted head a near certainty. I also hit my current gamer during the same session to use as a baseline. My goal was to simply see if the ball flight matched Callaway’s claims.

Here I must say, this Big Bertha more expensive than the recently launched Callaway X2 Hot driver. You can also set the drivers to neutral or draw, which makes the lie angle more upright and encourages a more leftward starting trajectory. Changing the driver’s loft will change the face angle slightly, but most golfers will not notice a difference at address.

Frankly, I started with the Big Bertha in the stock loft and neutral perimeter weighting position. My first few shots with the most forgiving driver had a really nice, effortless launch, with good carry and a straight to slight cut ball flight.

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