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WRX Spotlight: Daiwa GIII Signature Driver
Product: Daiwa GIII Signature Driver
Pitch: From Daiwa: “Using their own GIII Neo Titanium Face allows GIII Signature Driver to achieve the Highest COR rating in their history. The new face combined with Double Power Trenches (Toe and Heel sides) create a “Double Repulsion Area”, an expanded sweet spot with more powerful spring effect and more forgiveness. DAIWA’s carbon technology fill the new SVF EX III shaft, creating a lightweight, strength, feel and maximum performance.”
Our take on the Daiwa GIII Signature Driver
Admittedly, this is a different kind of feature. We don’t expect many of our readers out there to bag this club, but when you see a beauty like this in the wild, you have to talk about it. This club is for the person that not only has everything but wants everything. This high-COR, Japan-inspired design and some amazing attention to detail that will perhaps get you to ignore the price tag.
Oh, and did we mention it’s made with real gold accents?
There’s an old saying attributed to American Financier J.P. Morgan: “If you have to ask, then you can’t afford it.” Most of us are in that boat. But if you view your driver as not only as an extra-hot performer but a symbol of status, look no further than the Daiwa GIII Signature. Features…
- Proprietary GIII neo-titanium face
- Super hot face with a COR of 0.875, which exceeds the USGA limit of 0.830
- Power Trenches for increased rebound effect
- Head shape inspired by an intricate, 12-layer kimono
- Intricate Edo Kuriko (traditional drinking glasses) etching on the sole and face
- Proprietary GIII shaft
- Envy of all your playing partners
In person, the face etching looks amazing and really stands out. Gold accents can be considered gaudy to some, so it’s really personal preference. Knowing it’s real gold and not simply colorized definitely helps in our eyes. The club is lighter weight overall and feels solid in your hands. We’d love to one day put its high-COR face through the paces on a FlightScope X3, but that’s for another day.
The Daiwa GIII Signature Driver is perhaps the ultimate form of club excess. Is it worth the $2,400 price tag? As the saying goes, “if you have to ask…”
Neal Shipley was the first to admit that he enjoyed his food while in college. But since his days at Ohio State, he’s slimmed down and earned a PGA Tour Card.
That hasn’t stopped him from having fun with his wedge stampings, though it’s led to some misunderstandings.
On the 54 (degree), we have ‘Big Fudge,'” Shipley told GolfWRX. “It was supposed to be ‘Big Fridge,’ so this happened a little while ago. ‘Big Fridge’ was a nickname between my college teammates and I, with ‘fridge’ meaning stomach, a big stomach.
“We told the Ping guys to put … ‘Big Fridge’ on it, and I think maybe some bad cell service or something, and they thought I said ‘fudge,’ so they put fudge on it.”
On Shipley’s 50-degree he also continues the food theme, this time with his go-to order at the “Golden Arches,” and his stamping “DONS 7.”
“The number 7 meal, the two cheeseburger meal, that was my McDonald’s order, back when I would have McDonald’s frequently,” Shipley shared.
At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals who all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.
It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.
Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, @raw10628 has a L.A.B. DF3 putter and Masters putter cover up for grabs.
From the listing: “Some great items here today, time to thin out and make room for next set of gear. All prices include shipping.
LAB DF3 Purple 33.5” 68° lie with TPT – $725. LAB Masters release DF3 cover – $150.”
To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link. If you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum, you can learn more here: GolfWRX BST Rules
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John sh
May 3, 2024 at 6:02 am
Does it come with a senior flex shaft
Linc
Mar 30, 2019 at 10:10 am
They say this is the highest COR they have made while Wishon has got a driver close to 0.89 COR couple years ago. Have seen someone hit the older version G III before on Flightscope, did not really see any gain in ball speed.
JP
Mar 29, 2019 at 10:46 am
That would be a nice face milling pattern for a putter. The driver itself, not for me.
Jon
Mar 28, 2019 at 10:51 am
Finally a company with the balls to market a high COR driver. Now market one under a different brand name that would retail for under $300 and watch it fly off the shelves.
Ryan Michael
Mar 28, 2019 at 12:23 am
Thanos must have a golf scene in the upcoming Avengers Endgame!
Russ Dechambeauner
Mar 27, 2019 at 11:28 pm
Stop, I can onry get so erect.
Moses
Mar 28, 2019 at 8:20 am
The idea of the driver makes me ornery.
Mower
Mar 27, 2019 at 11:21 pm
I’m guessing all those Saudi rich kids are buying these.
BB
Mar 28, 2019 at 10:32 am
With their best bud Trump
doug
Mar 29, 2019 at 5:38 pm
Ah yeah..The Donald. The guy who put his own name on the 2018 Club C/ship-even though he didn’t play in the event.
Believe me, right now the USA has bigger issues that the price of a gold-etched big dog.
Brandon
Mar 27, 2019 at 10:40 pm
Lots of these JDM metal woods look like they were designed by the same lady who does the interior design on all the Persian palaces here in the Bay area.
dat
Mar 27, 2019 at 9:42 pm
Only $2,400? Pshhhh
Jamie
Mar 27, 2019 at 8:00 pm
Hollyweird prop for the insecure trust fund baby. No wonder the game is dying.