NOTE: This is a review from 2007, For the more up-to-date review of Square golf clubs, please see our 2008 Square Golf Club Review

You've probably heard about the new square golf drivers. They are the new hot clubs for 2007. Since they have been out for a few months now, people have been able to try them in real-life situations. I just received my own custom-made square driver from Gigagolf this week and have had a chance to try it out. See my review of the Ozzy Moto at the end of this article. But for now, here are the facts on the technology behind square golf clubs (specifically golf drivers at this point in time) and what they mean to your game.

	"Many pros are not using them because they say they go too straight."

The idea behind the square club technology is that when you move the weight in the club head away from the club face you create a more stable golf club that won't twist on miss hits. This is called greater Moment of Inertia (MOI). Greater MOI should lead to more stability and theoretically make the ball go further and straighter. I guess you could say manufacturers have gone to extremes with the theory and this new square golf club design.

One reason manufactures have gone this direction is because the USGA has put a limit on head size and the rebound effect of the club face. The head has been limited to 5" by 5". Since golf club manufacturers have already maxed out on the allowed volume (460 cc) that means the last place manufacturers have to tinker with and to move weight to are the corners of the club. The face is already relatively square so the back corners are what's left. Thus the square headed golf drivers.

Both Callaway and Nike have already come out with golf clubs using this concept. Nike has the SasQuatch Sumo Squared Driver and Callaway has the FT-i Square headed Driver . Not many pros are using them although K.J. Choi won with the Sumo in the Fall of 2006. We haven't heard if Tiger, a Nike endorsee, will be using the Sumo Squared, although he has been seen using the Regular Sumo Sasquatch in 2007. One reason many pros are not using the square headed drivers is because they say they go too straight. Thankfully many of us "normal" golfers won't have that problem.

Golf Digest in its recent club test gave the new square drivers high marks. It gave the Callaway an Editors Choice award and also ranked the Sumo highly. One Golf Digest tester said about the Sumo: "It has a nice high ball flight ... Better players would rate it a 6 out of 10, but high-handicappers might like it." What that says to me is it's straight and long but might have too high of a ball flight for a really fast swinging golfer (i.e. "pros"). I think us normal golfers will take straight and long any day.

The Sumo has been reviewed on some golf forums. On GolfMagic.com, Bob Warters and his buddies took the Sumo squared and a Sumo clone version out for a test ride. They said all the clubs were long and straight and might actually live up to the hype. In particular he mentioned..."It's not perhaps what a leading manufacturer like Nike Golf would want to hear, but first impressions comparing the company's latest SasQuatch Sumo 2 (square-headed) drivers and a cheaper copy - the Turbo Power XQ MUTO 460Ti - detected little difference in performance." With the new brand drivers selling for between $400 and $500 dollars and the clone selling for under $100 it makes you wonder if all those endorsement dollars are getting a little out of hand. (That's why I ordered an XQ MUTO from GigaGolf - I want to pay for the technology, not the endorsements).

So it looks like the technology has promise. The only way to know for sure it to give it a try. GigaGolf offers the above XQ MUTO (now called the Ozzy MOTO) for $99 (it's the one I have ordered). Its technology is based on the Nike Sumo Squared so it is an SQ Sumo clone. GigaGolf offers the Ozzy MOTO with a top-of-the-line shaft and grip. It's worth a try, especially since they let you test drive the club for a full 30 days and let you return it if you don't like it. Wow!

So, get ready golfers. The square headed drivers are here and you'll get to see if they are worth the money and the hype.

Ozzy Moto Review

**Just added** Here are my own impressions of the Ozzy MOTO (a Sumo Squared clone) I just received: Awesome! The first thing I should disclose is that I am a former college golfer who hasn't played much since then. I get out maybe 5-10 times a year. I do go to the range more often to try and keep in some golf shape, but my game has deteriorated in the last 15 years due to lack of playing time. Nevertheless I still have a fairly high swing speed, but lose a lot of distance with poor contact and bad swing plane -- usually coming over the top. With my old driver - a generic 4 year old titanium driver - I could hit it 260 yards if I really flushed it, although my average normal drive was about 240 yards.When I didn't hit it solid, however, I would get some really ugly balloon fades or pull hooks that struggled to make 200 yards. With my new Ozzy MOTO I am hitting balls straighter and farther than I ever have in my life at age 45 (even in my prime during college I didn't hit it this far since I was using a tiny persimmon driver back then). The club hasn't cured my swing woes, but I do notice that when I hit it off the heel or toe with this new club I still get very decent results. In fact, most such mis-hits are still going farther than good shots with my old driver. At the driving range, there is a hedge at about 260 yards that shields the maintenance area where they keep the golf course equipment. With my old driver, if I could dribble a ball up to the hedge, that was about as good a drive as I could get. After only a few swings with the XQ MUTO, I was flying balls into the hedge, and even my toe hits, which used to only go about 200 yards, were now still almost making it to the hedge. Wow! I still had a few really bad swings that produced some significant pulls and one big banana slice, but for the most part, it was pretty hard to hit those bad shots. Even the banana slice I hit carried about 270 yards and went rolling out into the first fairway which is adjacent to the driving range. Out of the two buckets of balls I hit, only about 3 of the shots were "bad".

On a recent vacation I finally got the opportunity to try out the club in a real situation. Once again, I was extremely impressed. All my drives were in the fairway or just off the fairway. As for length - every drive was longer than what I was used to. On a particular par 5 that I had never reached in 2 before, I hit a 275 yard drive, then stung a 3 wood from 240 and was on the fringe in two. By the end of the round my brother and brother-inlaw were both borrowing the club on each tee and were hitting it longer and straighter than they ever had. My brother was so impressed he just ordered his own Ozzy MOTO(he's never been able to hit a driver well and has used a 3-wood off the tee for the last 20 years). I can't blame him. Adding 20-40 yards to your drives makes the game a lot more fun!

You can get the Ozzy MOTO nicely configured for only $99 with free shipping from Gigagolf. I had my club mildly customized (a high-end shaft and a golfpride grip, plus 1/2 inch extra on the shaft) so it cost $114. Still a great deal considering most big-name square drivers are going from $300-$500! GigaGolf lets you try their clubs for 30 days and return them if you are not satisfied. I can guarantee that I will not be sending my Ozzy MOTO back. It's staying in my bag. If you are an average golfer looking for help off the tee, the new square golf club technology is definitely worth a try. It has certainly impressed me. The great thing is, if you like your new square driver, which I know you will, Gigagolf has now come up with square Ozzy MOTO Fairway Woods to compliment the Ozzy MOTO square driver. They work great too, and come well equipped at only $49!

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