"This test might also illustrate that the majority of the distance gains we see on the PGA Tour today are not equipment based, but primarily due to the ball"
/Thanks to reader Jordan for Andrew Rice's thorough and thoughtful Trackman driver test comparison between an old Taylor Made Burner Plus and a recent Titleist driver and the results are, well...shocking and not shocking. The old driver's drives weren't as straight, but they also weren't much shorter.
I was amazed at how small the difference between the two drivers, total distance wise, there was. Going in to the test I would have thought that there would be a 15 yard difference at least. I expected the smaller club to spin the ball less and lower the apex which it did, but I was truly amazed at how little distance I lost with it. I did notice a much greater tendency to hit the ball outside the sweet spot with the smaller club and that led to some fairly aggressive gear effect draws and fades.