Kamui Works Ray Driver Install Part 2

I put together the new Kamui Ray last night . I really do like the looks of the driver without the paint fill. I did leave the KAMUI in black but I would even consider leaving that unfilled as well. The Pearl Black head matches well with the ION silver Axiv V shaft and I did finish the club as I had hoped at 45.25″. At this length it came out to just a hair over D1 swing weight and a touch under 302g.  The finished club CPM’ed a little softer than I would have liked at 236cpm on the Vibroscope.  I would have hoped for around 242ish similar to my LY-01 R2 (The Axiv V is an R flex).

The club however feels good in the hands and even with the higher torque of the V-5058, it does not feel whippy at 236cpm. The head at 200g and D1 feel very good and with the shafts mid high kick I can feel the shaft load up and head release on the down swing.  With the club finished its a lot easier to get a good look at address versus when I only have the Kamui head only. It is certainly bigger at address than the 456 model and rightfully so as its shallower face and shallow back design elongate the head and push CG further back. I had requested 0.5* closed for the 10* head and at address it in fact looks very close to that (if not almost square).

I measured loft of the head to be 10.1*  so it was pretty much on with the requested real loft of 10*.  As you can see from the above image, there is not a huge amount of bulge on the face.  While I did order a 60* lie angle the design of the Ray features less heel on the driver which naturally allows you to flatten the the angle if you lay the driver on the ground. The toe area is taller than the heel area which favor misses high towards the toe, a typical miss for an average golfer.

I’ll be comparing the Kamui Ray 10* directly with a Ryoma D-1 10.5* on Wednesday. They actually look very similar at address. I’m very excited to see how this Kamui will do (especially since its Hi-COR) against the Ryoma which is the longest, most forgiving driver I have hit to date. Stay tuned for the comparison!