ShopTalk: Top Clubmakers / GD / Dr. Loft

2003-10-14 Thread Harry F. Schiestel
Hi Tom   My son and I cancelled our 3 year subscription to GD, due to the conflicting instructional coverage, and some teachers are mere hacks. I do intend to purchase the Nov. 2003 issue, just to read your published article, unless its posted in full on the internet.   Regarding the Top Cl

Re: ShopTalk: Golf Digest Higher loft articles

2003-10-14 Thread Bernie Baymiller
Tom,   >Now my next project with GD is to convince them they need to publish a booklet and side article on top clubmakers just like they do for top teachers of the golf swing every year.  The initial response on this idea from Mike is positive, but now it has to go to the higher ups, which

RE: ShopTalk: Residual Bend N plane - Steel Shafts

2003-10-14 Thread Lloyd Hackman
Richard  Please go to www.matweb.com and get your facts on any material.   Looking up 1010 and 1080  carbon steel and the 4140 (a different grade of steel since it contains Chrome)  are still all listed with a Youngs Modulus of Elasticity of 2970 PSI.     - Original Message - From

ShopTalk: 2004 Ryder Cup - Detroit

2003-10-14 Thread Jeff Stephens
Wahoo!! Just received my letter from the USGA. I am getting 2 season grounds passes. Well worth the price! Jeff Whole-in-One

Re: ShopTalk: 2004 Ryder Cup - Detroit

2003-10-14 Thread Jeff Stephens
Oops, not the USGA, the PGA. Jeff Jeff Stephens wrote: Wahoo!! Just received my letter from the USGA. I am getting 2 season grounds passes. Well worth the price! Jeff Whole-in-One

RE: ShopTalk: Golf Digest Higher loft articles

2003-10-14 Thread Tom Byers
Title: Message Tom/Arnie, What month is this article in, I would like to purchase it for myself.   Thanks, Tom Byers

Re: ShopTalk: Golf Digest Higher loft articles

2003-10-14 Thread Bernie Baymiller
Dave, > BTW, the best-marketing OEM around has been following your prescription for > years. Much softer shafts at any given designation (their "R" was everybody > else's "L") and more loft than the number stamped on the sole. Reminds me of an amusing story from a senior friend for whom I reshaft

Re: ShopTalk: Golf Digest Higher loft articles

2003-10-14 Thread Arniesclubs
In a message dated 10/14/03 5:52:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I got so confused about what tips work and which ones don't that it's probably hopeless.  All the tips work. You just have to know which ones will correct the fault you have! You DO know what your swing

RE: ShopTalk: Golf Digest Higher loft articles

2003-10-14 Thread Royce Engler
I pretty much gave up on reading instruction pieces in the magazinesI got so confused about what tips work and which ones don't that it's probably hopeless.  My only salvation is that I can build a set of clubs that will overcome most of my many swing flaws   Royce -Original Mess

RE: ShopTalk: Golf Digest Higher loft articles

2003-10-14 Thread Tom Wishon
Arnie:   Well since you asked for opinions, you probably know my opinion on this already!!  This was a pretty interesting project to create and produce for GD. I have to say that their equipment editor, Mike Stachura, fights tooth and nail to get decent coverage in GD for equipment orient

Re: ShopTalk: Golf Digest Higher loft articles

2003-10-14 Thread Arniesclubs
In a message dated 10/14/03 3:23:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Looks like you followed the Golf Digest article, and put the item with the most truth last. Dave, I certainly did follow the article to the very end and the choice of order was not mine but the publisher's!

Re: ShopTalk: Golf Digest Higher loft articles

2003-10-14 Thread Dave Tutelman
At 01:11 PM 10/14/03 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Most interesting part of this subject article is the contribution by Tom Wishon which discusses the angle of attach. This part was unfortunately the LAST page of the entire article and had the most truth in it My conclusion is to fit "macho

Re: ShopTalk: Golf Digest Higher loft articles

2003-10-14 Thread Bernie Baymiller
Well, Arrnie, for me with an 85-90 mph speed when healthy, an 8° Chicago 966SD plays as high as some 12° heads and an SRV II 12° plays as low as many 9° heads.  COG a factor to consider? Carry with my 48", 10° Integra S450 is about 230 yards on my better hits. Since a longer club will hit th

Re: ShopTalk: Golf Digest Higher loft articles

2003-10-14 Thread Fjbold1
http://purefitgolf.com/ have no degree markings.

Re: ShopTalk: Golf Digest Higher loft articles

2003-10-14 Thread BBIRDNYPD
I am a believer.  My old driver was a 260cc, 9.5 degree lofted driver with a regular flex Maltby graphite shaft, 44 inches in length.  (I have been swinging that length for twenty plus years.) I switched to a Wishon 915, 360cc Driver with a 10* loft.  Same regular flex (only a few frequency point

ShopTalk: Golf Digest Higher loft articles

2003-10-14 Thread Arniesclubs
I read these articles with great interest since this advice will be followed by many customers. Interesting that in the charts an 11* driver with 115 MPH clubhead speed showed a carry of 259 yards. Of all my customers that have been fitted I have only found 3 who could acheive this kind of clubhead

Re: ShopTalk: NBP-COG

2003-10-14 Thread John Kaufman
Hi Guys, At the risk of raising the spine issue for the umpteenth time I thought I might mention one lttle alignment technique I tried which worked pretty well. There seem to be some concern as to just how closely a particlar point (sorry, plane) on the shaft could be aligned. I'm and NBP at 3:00/9

Re: ShopTalk: NBP-COG

2003-10-14 Thread Bill Douglas
Dave T. First, thanks much for taking the time and expending the energy to respond so completely to my sophomoric question! There clearly appears to be some strongly held divergent opinions and theories, regarding residual bends, placement of spines, COG, etc! Thanks to you and al

Re: ShopTalk: N-S Plane vs. Severe Wobbler

2003-10-14 Thread Dean Symonds
Very interesting! I was looking at a similar setup a couple of years back to see if I could find a relationship between shaft butt torque and tip displacement. I used a three bearing spine finder I rigged up at home. There were two bearing about 6" apart at the butt. A small bearing at the tip was

RE: ShopTalk: Residual Bend N plane - Steel Shafts

2003-10-14 Thread Tom Wishon
Dave: First trip over there was 1989 because Apollo and their then head of R&D, Graeme Horwood, who now heads up R&D for TT, had agreed to let me use what at that time was state-of-the-art shaft testing equipment for doing the beginning of the work that resulted in that shaft book which was finishe

RE: ShopTalk: NBP-COG

2003-10-14 Thread Thomson, Jim
I can honestly say that this is the first time I have ever seen a noticeable difference in performance from a change in shaft. I'm a swinger, not a hitter, with a swing speed of about 105-mph with a 45-inch driver. I had previous good luck with the YS-6 and Purple Ice and was a bit hesitant

Re: ShopTalk: Happy

2003-10-14 Thread Jeremy Ingle
THANK YOU Jeremy Canada Don Flatgard wrote: Happy Thanksgiving week end to all our Canadian friends!!!