0:00 Intro waffle 
2:55 Srixon ZXi drivers: What are they all about? 
7:04 ZXi driver technology
10:22 ZXi looks
16:30 ZXi drivers summary 
17:22 Srixon ZXi drivers review
23:47 Sirxon ZXi fairways & hybrids review
26:11 Srixon ZXi utility iron review
33:26 Srixon ZXi7 iron review
38:39 Srixon ZXi5 iron review
45:06 Srixon ZXi4 iron review
49:30 Ask The Pod - Best driver set up for slower swing speed golfer...

While the Big Five have announced their driver range for 2025, there is still a big and largely underrated brand we have yet to discuss: Srixon. Its new ZXi range is huge and includes three drivers, a fairway wood, a hybrid, a utility iron and three new irons. We get stuck into the depths of the new range and try to work out why Srixon doesn't pull the weight it should in the golf game. 

There's also a very in-depth Ask The Pod this week focussing on the options for a golfer whose swing speed is sub 90mph, focussing on the shaft and fitting options available. 

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Another big dog has entered the chat. Ping has arrived with its new G440 family of golf clubs. After a two-year wait since G430, has the brand been able to elevate what was one of the most successful and popular club families in its history? We've got our in-depth verdicts on the whole driver family, fairway woods, hybrid and new game improvement irons too. 

In a bid to include some non-new-release content, Ask The Pod is also back this week with a question from a very mysterious listener with two different aliases. They ask, why doesn't every golfer use some form of game-improvement iron to get the most forgiveness possible? 

Get in touch with Dan and Joe and Ask The Pod via our email [email protected]     

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Further Reading:

https://www.golfmonthly.com/reviews/drivers/ping-g440-sft-driver-review    
https://www.golfmonthly.com/reviews/drivers/ping-g440-lst-driver-review    
https://www.golfmonthly.com/reviews/drivers/ping-g440-max-driver-review    
https://www.golfmonthly.com/reviews/irons/ping-g440-iron-review    
https://www.golfmonthly.com/reviews/hybrids/this-new-club-can-hit-all-the-shots-and-is-a-must-try-this-year
https://www.golfmonthly.com/reviews/fairways/ping-g440-max-fairway-wood-review 
https://www.golfmonthly.com/reviews/fairways/ping-g440-lst-fairway-wood-review   

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Back in the autumn, you may remember Joe saying, ' I've seen a new club coming out that I like looks of so much, it is going in my bag no matter what the performance is like.' Well, that club is here, and it's called TaylorMade Qi35. In this episode, we're bringing you our in-depth review and verdict of all five (yes, five) new driver heads, three fairways & the lone new hybrid. We'll go over all the new tech and Joe will give his thoughts on each model as it sits in the new range. Let us know how you're feeling about release season!

Are you interested in all the new clubs coming out, or is it much of a muchness to you? Remember, you can get in touch with us via our email below with any opinions or thoughts on the show - we'd love to hear from you! We'll return to our normal programming by the end of the month!

Get in touch with Dan and Joe and Ask The Pod via our email [email protected]    

We're now on YouTube! Watch full episodes at: https://www.youtube.com/@KickPointGolf      
We're also now on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kickpointgolf/?hl=en 

Further reading:

https://www.golfmonthly.com/reviews/drivers/taylormade-qi35-driver-review 
https://www.golfmonthly.com/reviews/fairways/taylormade-qi35-max-fairway-wood-review 
https://www.golfmonthly.com/reviews/fairways/taylormade-qi35-tour-fairway-wood-review
https://www.golfmonthly.com/reviews/drivers/taylormade-qi35-ls-driver-review 
https://www.golfmonthly.com/reviews/drivers/taylormade-qi35-max-driver-review
https://www.golfmonthly.com/reviews/hybrids/taylormade-qi35-hybrid-review
https://www.golfmonthly.com/reviews/fairways/i-didnt-think-the-perfect-golf-club-existed-until-i-hit-this-one 





    

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Happy New Year! As is customary at the start of a new calendar year, new drivers are launching. The first to go in 2025 is Callaway and in this episode, we take a deep dive into the new Elyte range. You've likely already seen images of them online, and it's fair to say the new range has been taking a bit of heat for the design. But, can Elyte battle back by being one of the best-performing drivers of the year? Joe has been busy testing all three drivers and the new game improvement irons and will give his full, in-depth verdict here. 

Get in touch with Dan and Joe and Ask The Pod via our email [email protected]   

We're now on YouTube! Watch full episodes at: https://www.youtube.com/@KickPointGolf     
We're also now on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kickpointgolf/?hl=en     

Get three issues of Golf Monthly magazine for just £5 at www.magazinesdirect.com/kickpoint  

Further reading:

https://www.golfmonthly.com/reviews/drivers/callaway-elyte-driver-review
https://www.golfmonthly.com/reviews/drivers/callaway-elyte-triple-diamond-driver-review
https://www.golfmonthly.com/reviews/drivers/callaway-elyte-x-driver-review
https://www.golfmonthly.com/reviews/irons/callaway-elyte-irons-review
https://www.golfmonthly.com/reviews/irons/callaway-elyte-x-irons-review
https://www.golfmonthly.com/reviews/fairways/callaway-elyte-x-fairway-wood-review
https://www.golfmonthly.com/reviews/hybrids/callaway-elyte-hybrid-review

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We're on the road this week, bringing you a special episode from inside the Precision Golf Fitting Centre in Surrey. Joe has mentioned the studio several times in previous episodes (he used to work at Precision Golf too!) so we thought it was time we took a deep dive into what an independent fitting centre is and why Precision Golf is so revered in the fitting industry. We'll chat about how the studio works, what advantages you might get from being fitted at an independent studio, and just what makes them so different from any other fitting centres. 

We're also joined by Precision Golf owner Simon Cooper who takes charge of this week's explainer, looking at shaft frequency and shaft analysers. There's also time for an Ask The Pod and this week we're asked how to go about building the perfect half-set and if it's possible to be fit for just half a set of clubs. Thanks for downloading and Happy New Year from Dan, Joe and the whole Kick Point team! 

Get in touch with Dan and Joe and Ask The Pod via our email [email protected]  

We're now on YouTube! Watch full episodes at: https://www.youtube.com/@KickPointGolf    
We're also now on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kickpointgolf/?hl=en    

Get three issues of Golf Monthly magazine for just £5 at www.magazinesdirect.com/kickpoint   

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It's the last Friday before Christmas and we were feeling the perfect mixture of festive and silly to bring you the first annual Pointy Awards (see what we did there?) to commemorate the year in equipment. Awards handed out include: Most Innovative/Disruptive Release, Best Equipment Change, Most Innovative Use Of A Golf-Specific Product Off The Golf Course, Best Costume Design & The Rising Star. Enjoy the episode and Merry Christmas from Dan, Joe and the whole Kick Point team! 

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We're now on YouTube! Watch full episodes at: https://www.youtube.com/@KickPointGolf   
We're also now on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kickpointgolf/?hl=en   

Get three issues of Golf Monthly magazine for just £5 at www.magazinesdirect.com/kickpoint  

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Cobra's newest family of drivers, fairways, hybrids and irons are here, and we're here to break down everything you need to know about DS-Adapt! From all the new tech to the results of Joe's extensive testing, it's all here this week. We've dedicated the whole episode to the new range as Dan and Joe dive into all of the technical details and their opinions on the performance of the new clubs as we herald the start of driver launch season. 

We're now on YouTube! Watch full episodes at: https://www.youtube.com/@KickPointGolf  
We're also now on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kickpointgolf/?hl=en  

Get three issues of Golf Monthly magazine for just £5 at www.magazinesdirect.com/kickpoint 

Further reading:

https://www.golfmonthly.com/reviews/drivers/cobra-ds-adapt-ls-driver-review
https://www.golfmonthly.com/reviews/drivers/cobra-ds-adapt-max-k-driver-review
https://www.golfmonthly.com/reviews/drivers/cobra-ds-adapt-max-d-driver-review
https://www.golfmonthly.com/reviews/drivers/cobra-ds-adapt-x-driver-review
https://www.golfmonthly.com/reviews/fairways/cobra-ds-adapt-x-fairway-wood-review
https://www.golfmonthly.com/reviews/fairways/cobra-ds-adapt-ls-titanium-fairway-wood-review
https://www.golfmonthly.com/reviews/fairways/cobra-ds-adapt-max-fairway-wood-review
https://www.golfmonthly.com/reviews/irons/cobra-ds-adapt-iron-review 

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We're now on YouTube! Watch full episodes at: https://www.youtube.com/@KickPointGolf 
We're also now on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kickpointgolf/?hl=en 

Brace yourselves for the biggest (and best?) episode of Kick Point to date. It's a bumper episode, so settle in for the ride. Building on last week's head-to-head versus old and new driver generations, we've put three different brands head-to-head in the ultra-competitive compact distance iron category. It's an epic three-way pitting the TaylorMade P770, Callaway Apex Pro and Mizuno Pro 245 against each other. Joe has tested all of them and gives his verdict on each iron across multiple categories and Dan comes up with a new scoring system that we'll politely call 'ad-hoc' for now. 

This week's Ask The Pod is likely the most philosophical question we've received as a listener enquires whether he should buy a set of blades despite his 18 handicap ability - what do we buy golf clubs for if not to enjoy them? Then, YouTuber James Robinson joins us for a What's In The Bag special. As a content creator who reviews pretty much every club there is to be reviewed, what does a man with the ultimate choice decide put into his bag? He joins Joe for a conversation about his equipment and spends some time discussing wider equipment topics. 

Thanks to James for joining us! You can find him on: 
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JamesRobinsonGolf 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamesrobbogolf/?hl=en 

Further reading: 

https://www.golfmonthly.com/reviews/irons/taylormade-2024-p770-iron-review
https://www.golfmonthly.com/reviews/irons/mizuno-pro-245-iron-review 
https://www.golfmonthly.com/reviews/irons/callaway-2024-apex-pro-iron-review 

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With the Titleist GT range being the newest driver family currently on the market (more to come on this in January...) we thought it would be a good time to compare it to its older sibling, the TSR. How much, if any, gains were made in Titleist's newest driver offering and what changes were made in the new design? 

The Ask The Pod wanted to know what our favourite clubs we've ever used are. While Dan only has one club he's got much affinity for, Joe has used so many in his long career that he runs us through a whole bag of his favourites - stick around for a particular story about a trip to Orlando... Finally, we get stuck into another retro What's In The Bag and dive into the clubs Sir Nick Faldo used to win the 1996 Masters. 

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While we remain in the equipment Twilight Zone, Joe has decided once again to get all philosophical about golf equipment. He's questioning everything about how the golf bag is set up. Why don't we carry two drivers? Why do we use so many irons?  This week, he gives some out-of-the-box suggestions for how we should think about making the most of all 14 clubs in the bag. 

This week's Ask The Pod is seeking buying advice. As a 10 handicapper looking to get down into single figures, what are the best irons on the market right now? Joe offers up some options to help whittle down the search. Finally, though we're in equipment purgatory, we're confident that Billy Horschel's clubs will be locked in place for at least the next few months, so we thought it would be a good time to investigate the goings-on in his equipment. Broadly a Titleist man, he switched to the new GT driver at the end of the summer - but what else lurks in the former Florida Gator's bag? 

Get in touch with Dan and Joe and Ask The Pod via our email [email protected]   
You can also WATCH every episode in full at www.golfmonthly.com/features/kick-point-the-golf-gear-show-every-single-episode  

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Further reading: 
https://www.golfmonthly.com/reviews/irons/ping-i530-iron-review 
https://www.golfmonthly.com/reviews/irons/mizuno-pro-245-iron-review 
https://www.golfmonthly.com/reviews/irons/titleist-t150-iron-review 
https://www.golfmonthly.com/reviews/irons/callaway-2024-apex-pro-iron-review 
https://www.golfmonthly.com/best-golf-deals/mid-handicap-irons-96139 
https://www.golfmonthly.com/best-golf-deals/best-irons-for-low-handicappers-213078 

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