Our Srixon Z785 driver review took place at the brand’s launch event at Fairmont St Andrews followed by some testing at Rudding Park.
Srixon Z785 driver review: First impressions
Srixon have been making fantastic irons over the past few years.
They have been making some very tidy drivers too. The look, sound and feel in particular have all been very impressive.
But the ball speeds perhaps just fell a little bit behind the Callaway, TaylorMade and Ping drivers we have tested.
Now it seems the brand have pulled out all the stops in a bit to build a driver that is fast and forgiving.
There’s a much different look to the Z785 driver compared to what we saw with the Z765 driver which had a black and silver design.
We’ve not got a stylish red and black look which has plenty of retro style.
It seems to be pulling on the brand’s Japanese heritage and looks like it would go very nicely with one of Hideki Matsuyama’s outfits.
I jest, but what has been interesting to note with the Z785 driver is that it has gone down very well with tour players.
We’ve already seen Graeme McDowell put the driver into play. Srixon staffers like McDowell, Matsuyama, Russell Knox and Hideki Matsuyama use Srixon irons, ball and Cleveland wedges but more often than not don’t use a Srixon driver.
