I SANDED MY DRIVER FACE TO MAKE IT ILLEGALLY POWERFUL... DID IT WORK!? 

Anybody who wants to see what the effects of a months lock in can do to a normally sane, well relatively, man can be just need to watch this vlog😂🤣 excellent, love it 👊🏻

Awesome video! Get my belt sander out right now!! 😝😝😝 Actually, I like my TS3 too much to do that to it... My baby! Oh well, it was a fun idea regardless. Thanks for the fun video James. The effect on that driver was greater than I expected!

Use a vice bro, and also make sure to polish the face if you're doing this yourself. i've cerakoted a driver before and sand blasted the face. It spins like a wedge if you don't polish it off after. Sanding grooves will kill your distance.

Really interesting! Great idea!

New subscriber here, please keep sanding and see how much more ball speed you can get!!

Wow you just carry on !! Just hit it already

Now I have to check competitors club heads, lol.

Glad you didn't miss the net!

Groove sharpening on wedges. Best way and does it work?

hey, loved the vid. I have an old persimmon ben hogan driver. I wonder how it would perform with a fancy modern shaft.

James, You said. You were going to do a video on all the Titleist t series along with the CB's and MB's together? know would be a good time to do it.

There does come a time in a person's life when they're about 75 years old, driving the ball about 160 yds. and don't want to hit a 3W into a par 4.

The amount of gains from shaving the face down is not enough to ruin the club or make it an illegal driver. It makes a person wonder though, how many times would a person have to hit a driver and in the same spot for it to thin the metal with a goofball.

🤦‍♂️ A little masking tape to cover that white paint edge would have been nice. You were making me nervous. A vice to hold the club might have helped. 😂

Lockdown fever kicking in now mate 🤣 Well interesting though, every day is a school day!!

I would love to see you go further. Step by step until it caves in.

Starved for content so I guess I understand 🧐🤓🤔

Hold the finish just in case the neighbours are watching lol. I can guarantee if my neighbours were watching they'd be ducking for cover what with that tiny net you have there. I'd need to be almost in the net before I'd tee off with my driver.

have you ever thrashed one at your neighbours garden window?

Madman 😂

New video idea!!! Hydraulic press to the old M1 Driver

I did not do it at home. I did it at a friends house.

Try welding 2 more faces on it that you have cut off some old drivers

just drank a bottle of dettol and sanded my driver

You should do the opposite. Drill a hold in the top, smelt some lead, and fill the clubhead with lead. Stick a few mil of rubber, and then some skateboard grip tape on the face.

James: ".....cos you shouldn't be missing the net. It's a big ol' net!!". Liam from Golfmates: "Hold my beer!!".

www.worldshottestdrivers.com will Mill the face down of your driver. OR... you can order one already milled. They offer different levels according to your swing speed.

"Not a metalworker"? Are you sure? You looked right at home in your sunglasses and gardening gloves! 🤣

Here's an idea after lockdown go back to the 80s persimmon woods and old irons with Ballater balls for a round of the top stones see what scores you can get be great video to see the difference from modern day equipment

I'd like to stay and comment but I'm off to the store for sandpaper.

James did your girlfriend want to use the orbital sander to cut your hair? Is that why you said NO? Defo need to do a video this week of your girlfriend cutting your hair, that will get the biggest views of the week I bet!!!!!!!!!

Omg James! When you say dont try this at home....... You built every guys dream driver..... I think we will see alot of shiny face drivers on the tee box now🤷🏻‍♂️

Not a metalworkers... Okay...That explains a lot about your irons and your metal-woods, mate?!👍 Hickory-clubs might be the right step for you, Then?! 😉 Regarding this test: I do want you to take it down more and more until it cracks. (Just to see if you can find an ideal thickness.) By the way - There is instrument who can give you the precise number 👍

Well, it might be illegal for the masses, BUT, never fear, ALL the PGA golfers drivers have faces that thin, and the best part; the golf companies KNEW how to make it look like a regular driver off the rack! So, ALL the time you are THINKING; those guys are SO fit, and have great swings. JUST KNOW --- the COR help they ARE GETTING from the companies while you pay premium prices for NOT EVEN close to what driver -they WERE GIVEN!

Pointless but enjoyable at least it’s something new to watch so fair play .. also a lower grade of sandpaper would speed up the process 👍

Will you be passing on the results of this experiment to the Australian cricket team? They too like tampering with sandpaper.

Broke my heart. That M1 is a year newer than the one I'm playing.

Yes! On my way to Homedepot for some grinding wheels.

Good interesting test and it looks like Chris didn’t find the centre of the face too often 😂😂(sorry Chris)

I have a) Put a ball through my net with a 7 iron. Someone about 140m down the street got a free Srixon Tour Soft and b) Skied one off the top of my driver. Someone got a free Bridgestone Tour B RX. Oh dear :-(

Does it correct if you have a slice?

I did this to the prior year m1. The adjustment slide wasn’t staying in place when hit and the face was in a bad way from many bad shots learning to hit it. It was shiny and new looking but became really loud and hollow sounding. I painted it to stiffen it back up and hot glued the adjustment in place. I also shortened the shat to my 5 wood length and use it regularly. It’s my Frankenstein

Great video James. What happened to the G80 launch monitor. Are you not using it anymore??

So when will you do another hour of sanding and see if you can add another 5 yards or even more? You definitely need to do a followup and keep thinning it until advantage stops or you cave the face

I've seen one of these shave the face videos before. They machined it down. I wonder if you break yours too? Probably not as you wouldn't be able to take much off with a sander.

lol never knew it would affect it

I thought it might have improved on distance . Fun to watch in your Amen garden. Pure fun 👍👍

I actually tried this! However I have a shop with the necessary equipment to make this happen. I carefully shaved the groves off the fave uniformly. Thinking the face might cave in I injected high density foam into the head! It does go farther with a unique sound. So it works!! Thanks James! I have my sand wedge on the bench grinder ready to remove grooves from 5 lines up! Whoa! 😷🏌️‍♂️

Why you did this, please keep your time to do good reviews as usual. Perhaps you can do some basics lessons...we have time to practice at this moment.

What a waste of a fantastic driver, you should of said I could of given you mine as it doesn’t work properly it goes right every time 🧐

James: There is a company in Phoenix, AZ that will shave the face professionally (www.worldshottestdrivers.com) for about $110 American. I know guys who have done it and picked up 25 yards+! It is totally a USGA violation if you use the club for tournaments or even for handicap rounds.

I had my driver shaved by world’s hottest drivers, I am 75 and only swing the club about 80 MPH , I picked up about twenty yards distance. It does make the club non conforming,but who cares?

For better quality control, perhaps placing the head in a vise and then you can use two hands on the grinder. Nice location for the plaque.

Not sure your You Tube 100k plaque is properly central with the master plaque above. You probably lined it up on the left side of the play triangle and not the actual centre of the play triangle. Please fix for the sake of my OCD. Cheers 🤣

I guess we can kiss the Bulge and Roll of the club goodbye. And also...... we hope you are going to have a Video on how to put your yard back into pre-golf condition. Give me your girlfriends email so that I can give her some great ideas on how to ramp you up. Oh..... cool video by the way. My kind of destruction.

Sanding it down may weaken the structure of the face and with metal fatigue it will most certainly break (over a period of time).

Want to see James do housework in those gloves haha

My wife has been threatening to cut my hair for 2 weeks now. Lol Good news, the governor here is opening parks and golf courses on May 5. Woo Hoo!

The more I see of your vids, the more I realise you’re bonkers. My kind of guy. Ha ha. Great stuff.

Good vid as always James! Be interested to see the difference in distance etc. between soft vs forced shots when you're between clubs - particularly inside about 140 yards to the green. Will a controlled PW travel much further than a hard 56?

Just ban the damn metal woods, which courses were never designed for anyway, and go back to real woods. Kind of like how major league baseball has not nor never will allow the use of aluminum softball bats.

The driver face is Titanium, which is hard as a cats head, so it’s not your sander it’s the material.Just keep sanding,just keep sanding.....

Hi. Do you know a company in the UK or Europe doing the shaving? Best regards, Alex

no fore left on this occasion but them people behind the net are boarding their windows up. should have took the head off would have been easier to hold and sand. try a good 80 grit paper that will fetch the face down quicker. keep the vlogs coming

James. Well I learned something new. It was a successful experiment. You also made me laugh.

James. you talk too much before you give any information. 90% of your videos you rambling.

You find it mind blowing that someone refinishes golf club faces? Are you alright?

How many times are going to repeat yourself....? Please, get with mate.

James, that was a great video, really enjoyed it. I bet that has got a few people thinking!

I sent my M3 to a business in Arizona, for "guaranteed" improvements. I questioned their cnc milling process due to the twist face. I was re-assured that it wouldn't be a problem. Had the face taken to 890 C.O.R. based upon swing speed. Took 2 weeks, which wasn't too bad. First 5 swings saw the worse duck hooks ever produced by a 6 hcp golfer. The 9th swing destroyed the face of the driver. Inverted the face and became useless. DO NOT ATTEMPT!! Fair to say, I already had a brand new fitted SIM driver, so it was merely an experiment. Costly one at that though. Keep up the great daily content James!! Stay safe as well. Cheers.

The sander was the star of the video. I'm busy thinking of all the things i could rub down to make 'better' with one of those bad boys. Indoors of course. Hopefully not much longer... middle of May possibly. Giveaway on the sander James?....

How about a 47-48 inch driver...I used a 42 gram bassara shaft with a 36 gram grip, used a TM M1 with the weights removed, which put the head at 175 grams with the adapter weighs 260 grams total weight. It's a blast to hit, just don't try to swing it in a 25 mph wind. I have a slow clubhead speed, so I dont think I am maxing it out. Give it a try...

Nice gloves

Smallest RU-vid golfer I have seen. Was that a kids club??

I like your DO try this at home attitude but this could have been a 2 min video… max

u need to emigrate to australia because u would make a great aussie, great video ps next time invest in a vise as well

As the M1 is useless why not take it down further to the limit ? Could be a fun video

dude you must use a finer grit sand paper . then measure depth of groove before and after....

Why are Brits so long winded over a none information article?

is that a dent in the toe ,,thats why its still got paint on the face ...dangerous them high toe shots .

You could have done that with an angle grinder in 5 minutes lol

Oh, I'm definitely doing it! ... Not really....

James is it just the camera but have you put on a few pounds since the pandemic? LOL. I think we all have since we can’t get on the course. Great videos and congrats on your You Tube award.

I have a better orbitibababble sander you can borrow.

Don't get why you aren't traveling to your studio tbh, people are going to work,it's not like you'd have any human contact is it? Pretty sure if my local chippy is open you'd be fine lol

Omg, is he hitting driver In back yard!

You could have at least used a cheap box set driver :(

The shit you find to do in LOCKDOWN....

Get someone mechanically inclined to mill the face down 1 mil! At least after all this stay at home stuff. That would be awesome! Stay safe!

since you destroyed the driver can I have it? LOL

Fun part about golf is hitting that driver 💪

I'd be curious to see if you actually just sanded off a degree or so of loft - to shave it down to increase COR really takes quite a bit and it will for sure make it break faster.

oh and the black paint isnt paint. it a oxide process

Hey James, you should have used a grinder instead of a sander. You would have had a better efficiency and a thinner face.

I dont think it will do alot maby make it worse . the manufacturer spent alot of time and money to get maximum efficiency out of the driver

Ah ok, so the essentially the thinner the face the more flexible it is and the more trampoline effect it creates. Interesting. And yeah, an angle grinder woulda sorted that bad boy out inna couple of mins. But with your superb metal working skills ya prob woulda accidentally cut it in half lol.

Belt sander, i am buying myself a belt sander

a table top belt sander would be better and polish it

i just lost 14 minutes of my life. Seriously this should have only taken five minutes....

Actually very helpful. I bought a used rogue hybrid n callaway preowned. Normally they look like new but this one had a very scratched face from a lot of use. I was concerned it was damaged but now I think I can use a fine grit sanded just to republish the face and should not affect it. Obviously I am an amateur player so if it is slightly thinner it won’t matter. Update: After sanding to make it smoother there was no positive difference, just cosmetic although I can’t test spin and it did go straight.