Bought this baby a couple weeks ago and I've been hitting it only at the range until yesterday. I played my first round of the year with it and it was spectacular. I've had the 975D, 7.5*, stiff steel shaft cut to 43.5" in my bag for the past 2 years and man what a huge improvement in distance and accuracy the E has made. It's like when I sep up on the tee box with this baby it's gives me a major confidence boost. It just looks so good and forgiving at address. I know the 905's are coming out later this month but unfortunately I don't have money to burn. Besides, I got this at Golftown for $200 because it's getting phased out and I couldn't be happier...nothin like a great buy. I tried both the K and E when I was at GT but the E seemed more like what I'm used to in terms of feel and ball flight since I've been hitting the D for so long. I also didn't like the fact that the K has a draw bias...I have a natural draw anyway so I didn't need the club to make it into a hook. I'm telling you, this club is long. But don't take my word for it. Chckout this review at rankmark where they've rated it top marks for distance (bottom of the page) how sweet is that... http://www.rankmark.com/drivers.asp

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Titleist 975D 7.5*

I tried one of these out of the demo bin today at Golftown. I currently use a 8.5* Stiff 975 FE which I bought for half price at the same store over a year ago. I drive with that club very well, and I have not tried anything that I liked as much as it, including the 983 K, until today. The 983 E is a very solid feeling driver with a much more boring trajectory, and a much better sound than my beloved 975 FE. The distance is not very accurate in the simulators, but I hit it about the same length as my driver. I will put it this way...if I spend more money on golf clubs I will probably get shot...otherwise, I would buy this thing tomorrow.

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I have never had to use it.

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975 FE..kinda. I really just haven't hit anything that feels as solid as this.

A little FYI on me..I'm 5"10" 180lbs, 33 years old with a fairly strong swing. I have better than average distances with all my clubs and my average score is 81-82. I am such an equipment freak!! I have tried everything from every company out there at least once (some more than once), but I have never been much of a Titleist kinda guy (although I shot my best round with a 975D and 962B irons!!). I have always thought they had the best looking equipment around. A weekend partner has had a 983E for about a year and struggled with it the whole time. When I found out he bought a Fusion, I was quick to ask him if I could hit his 983E just to try it out. It is an 8.5* with a Graphite Design YS-6 stiff shaft cut to 44". Let me say that this shaft is NOT the shaft for me, as the swing speed for this in stiff flex is only 85-95mph and mine is 105. Knowing this, I purposely swing this club in that swing speed range to get the proper shaft load to get the proper result. My first 2 drives were 310 and 328...straight down the middle!! I couldn't believe how fast the ball exploded off the face (believe it or not, I still use the original Nike Tour Accuracy)!! It has a strong solid feel, as compared to the 983K with a rubbery feel and a pop sound that tells you it's going a long way!! Needless to say, my buddy has yet to get this driver back!! I immediately bought it from him. With this driver as it is now I get a fairly high ball flight with low spin and plenty of roll. That's highly unusually with the Nike Tour Accuracy (if you ever used that ball you know how much it spins). Sometimes I get a very slight fade but I believe that has to do with the shaft not being right for me. I find that working this club left to right is no problem, but right to left is difficult, however I have never been able to draw any driver I've had. Before this driver I was using a 9* Fusion with a ProForce 65 and a 9.5* Taylor Made 580XD with a Grafalloy Blue. Those drivers are now laid to rest!! I recommend the 983E for those who have a fairly strong swing with a tendancy to pull-hook the ball and want a higher ball flight for longer carry. I can't wait to change the shaft out in it and really lay into one!!

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Haven't had to use it.

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TM Burner 420, 580XD, Callaway Fusion

Great Club. Still have my 975D from back in the day and never made the switch to any of the "filler" clubs such as the 975j,vs,fe. I saw the 983 and had to try it out...eagerly awaiting my shot at the 905. I instantly purchased a 983k, 8.5' loft. I hit my swing analyzer and was right in there for the shaft that I had hoped would work...the Aldila NV-65. This combo has been awesome. I had always been a steel guy. I hated graphite because I couldn't get a shaft that would work with me. That's where the analyzer really helped. With my 975D I was around 290 off the tee. My 983k with the NV-65 cranked me up to 315-320 with a consistent carry of 280-290. I was down in North Carolina and flew one 330 all carry. So what does this mean for you... If you can afford it and have the time. Get your swing analyzed to determine the best shaft for you and if you can fork over the bucks for the proper shaft...do it and reap the HUGE rewards.

A few vitals.... Im 5'11", 185, clubhead speed about 110mph. What a fantastic club! I picked this up just recently for a bargain price on ebay, and had previously been using a 7.5 degree J for the past 2 years. The J had served me really well so I was reluctant to change. I chose the E over the K as I liked the way it sat much better (prefer a deeper face vs lonf face) The E is quite simply a cannon! Perfect trajectory and dead straight, although I do find it rather difficult to work right to left, but easy to go left to right. Have other found the same? This may take me a while to get use to because I've always played with a natural draw, so all of a sudden i find myself having to aim down the middle everytime instead of right of centre. What a terrible problem! ;) Another top quality product from titleist.

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Never had to use

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Titleist 975J Callaway War Bird King Cobra Deep Face

I never thought I'd be reviewing a Titleist since I always thought it was too prestige, but I feel so good playing with my current set up (983E 8.5° at 48" in a True Temper BiMatrx X-Stiff inserted 1.5" and Golf Pride Tour Velvet grip) that I had to share my experience. Here’s a little background: I'm just a weekend hack that puts in practice 2-3 times a week and only one round come the weekend. Two if it’s during the holidays. I’m self-taught with only two 30-minute lessons from a Pro. One was free and the other paid out of pocket. I also read a lot of golf magazines and watch anything golf-related such as the PGA, Champions Tour and LPGA tournaments and The Golf Channel. I've been playing for about 4 years now with my lowest score being an 86 at my home course. I have the potential to shoot par, but giving strokes away on a few bad holes destroys that potential with an ugly final score. Consistently getting the ball in play off the tee has always been my problem. I played the second to last tee box at Hammock Bay in Naples about 3 weeks ago. I can't remember which one, but on one of their Par 5s, I used my TaylorMade 580XD and hit a high and not very long tee shot. I do remember that once in the fairway, there was a water hazard all along the right side of the hole with a very narrow area surrounding the green. Usually I lay up on short tee shots, especially on Par 5s, but I thought to myself, "What the heck, it's just a golf ball," and viewing through my Bushnell rangefinder, I was about 223 yards from the flag with my ball on a good flat lie in the fairway. I was hitting my refinished Titleist 12.5° 975F really well during my practice sessions the past couple of weekends and in the process was building my confidence more and more should a situation like this ever arise. In the past, I’ve used a TaylorMade R580 15° 3 wood on a stock MAS Stiff shaft, but my ball flight was high opposed to the long boring flight of the 975F. I went through my pre-shot routine and executed with the result I imagined. On my approach, I hit my ball as clean as I could and I reached the center of the green leaving myself a 6-10 foot put for eagle. It was the second time I had ever reached a Par 5 in two. The first was at Lost Lake in Fort Pierce. After the round, my only instinct was to try a Titleist 983. You have to understand that I've never hit a Titleist driver in my life in the few years of playing since their 975Ds through 975Js were "too small", but I knew I had to get one after creating my recent 975F combo. During the time I was learning and working on my game, Titleist was out of my league and now I understand how Titleist got their "Serious Clubs for Serious Golfers" motto. Their small drivers were meant for “Serious Practice” which many of us hackers are unable to do, let alone hit a sweetspot the size of a quarter. That's obviously going to change in years to come even though Titleist is a step behind other OEMs in putting out larger drivers, but the quality of Titleist clubs are top notch. It’s like they play “Follow the Leader” and wait for TaylorMade to test the market with new innovating products before they attempt to create new ground since they have the reputation for Serious golf equipment. That way, Titty’s “Kool-Aid” doesn’t seem so hokey and untraditional to their followers even though TM’s R7 have blown every OEM out of the water.

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Cont'd Now that the news of the Titleist 905's are coming out next year, I was able to win a 983E 8.5° in "8 out of 10" condition off ebay at a great price. It came with a Graphite Design YS7 Stiff at 44.5", but I soon reshafted it with a True Temper BiMatrx X-Stiff to 48" at my local E. Watts. While searching for a 983, I chose the E model because I personally like deeper-faced drivers rather than longer heel to toe ones like their K model. I like to experiment with different lengths and brands of shafts when funds allow, but I wasn't too familiar with BiMatrx shafts until I put a Stiff Fairway model in my current 975F at 45" and I was finally able to feel what a clubhead "felt" like. Not necessarily a sledgehammer, but along that same line of thinking. After hitting the 983 alongside an XD and SMT 455 at my local driving range, the 983 felt and sounded so much more pure than the hollow feedback I got from the other two. I reviewed a TaylorMade R580XD previously on this board, but I have to say that this Titty takes the cake and has kicked my TM out of the bag. I'm not a Golfsmith so I can't weigh the 983 head, but it feels heavier and more solid than any other driver I've swung. I don't know if it's the shaft that makes the 983 head feel this way, but it's a great feeling. On the course, my average drives with my XD were 230-250 yards. Believe me or not, they’re now 250-280 with the 983. I’m a true follower of the “slow and low” advice John Daly preaches and it works. It's ironic that I bought the XD and SMT for more forgiveness, but I hit the 983 just as consistent, but further. It could be the 48" shaft as opposed to the 45" XD or the 46.5" SMT. At address, I'm getting use to the smaller 983 360cc head instead of the jumbo looks of my other 450cc drivers and I have just as much confidence with the 983 as with the much bigger heads. Unless you're a PGA Tour Pro or a good Clubmaker, you really can't reap the benefits of trying different shaft and head combos because it would be so much more economical rather than buying blind. To conclude, no one can "buy a game" and the saying "It's the Indian and not the arrow," holds some truth. The shaft being the engine of the driver, on the other hand, is very true. The search for the "Holy Grail" of drivers though, will go on for many, as long as OEMs continue to pump new products out, but I've found my go-to club. For now, I'm giving the 983 a 5-Star rating. If you've got a decent swing, this is a must try, but remember that your shaft choice is VERY important. Perfect practice makes perfect.

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Hit this club alongside it's sibling, the 983K. After using 400cc drivers (R580), I found the 983E much more difficult to consistently hit, even in comparison to the 983K @ 365 cc. I preferred the 983K. I'm slowly moving back up to 400cc in size, by building a Dynacraft 380L which is a dead ringer for the Titleist 983 series, only it's 380cc as it's name implies. Getting the components in the next week and will have it built and review it later this month thru this review board/forum: http://www.golfreview.com/drivers/Dynacraft/PRD_303347_2948crx.aspx

Reviewd this model before , on a Grafalloy Prolite shaft. But at 9.5' just found that it was a bit low in flight. Just installed the Grfafalloy Blue Stiff shaft in it. The flight is highr ie 10.5' equivalent, and the roll has increased...dramatically. What a combination !!!!!! Makes a perfect match with the Pro-v1x Not a distance freak, but I'm not complaining.

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Good when needed, here in Uk.

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Titleist 975J, 975 J-VS, 983K Hcr.

I have been hampered most of my golfing life by a lack of accuracy off the tee. I have tried many drivers in my 14 years of life and now I have finally found the one I want. I got it second hand for 500 dollars australian. It has a stiff Proforce 75 gold shaft in it which is tip stiff. This helps me control my trajectory better. It now just feels like an extention of my arm when I swing it. I just have to think where or how I want to hit it and it does as I ask. Most of the time. I think I'd be a bit better if I fixed my alinement. I have only used it in wet conditions and have been carrying it past my previous drives so I can't wait till I can use it in dry conditions.

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all SMT, Taylormades, 510 Tp was wonderful, 983K hooked it, Precept, PING g2 very good, Callaway hooked it, Cleveland 400 loved it.