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Date Posted: 17:53:18 12/06/01 Thu
Author: fdb
Subject: Re: driver evaluation
In reply to: Bob L. 's message, "Re: driver evaluation" on 21:41:01 11/22/01 Thu

>>Popular Mechanics tested some high end metal drivers
>>and a twenty year old persimmon club and the results
>>were quite amazing. Although the wood "wood" hit ten
>>yards short of a new brand name "wood" the dispersion
>>pattern was better. All this leads to the questions
>>is ten yards worth an extra $400? Listed below is the
>>internet article.
>>
>>
>>popularmechanics.com/outdoors/outdoors/2001/8/golf_clu
>b
>>_comp_test/ - 101k - Cached - Similar pages
>
>I don't know if an extra 10 yards is worth an extra
>$400 (at least it's not for me), but I do know
>I have been hitting an old persimmon driver with a graphite insert for the last month and have found that my accuracy is better and my distance is not drastically reduced. Bottom line: I would rather be 220-250 in the fairway than 255-270 in the hazard or out of bounds. When you consider that all the new metal heads weigh 200 grams as do the "wood" woods then bascially the difference is in how fast you can move the club. By the way my driver is a steel shaft.






persimmon is the clubhead material of choice for me. I
>have a Hogan Speed-Slot persimmon driver which I
>refinished and reshafted with a Grafalloy ProLite 4.5
>ultralight shaft, all bought on eBay. I had to add
>extra lead powder in the head in order to get some
>head feel. This club hits the ball very solidly with a
>lower trajectory than usual (good in the wind). And
>the feel - like heaven!! Okay, so I lost a few yards -
>big deal!

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