Re: ShopTalk: X flex shafts

2002-11-10 Thread Mark A. Patton
Not to make this thread longer that it should be, but I will take an "Arnie type" view and say: This appears to be solid sales data. Bottom line- sales are being made to satisfied customers. Now if the FitChip is either: A: decreasing your cost of business (the dollar value of time spent on

RE: ShopTalk: X flex shafts

2002-11-09 Thread Harry F. Schiestel
] Subject: Re: ShopTalk: X flex shafts TFlan After hearing all the comments on this subject I find your comment was right on. It sounds like there are a lot of players out there that are not fitted properly by Swing speed as the examples given have suggested. Since Dave seems to be in love with the shaft

Re: ShopTalk: X flex shafts

2002-11-08 Thread Grampa
So Arnie Can you share the details of your handy dandy cleaner/brush gizmo ? Thanks. Bob Sielski On Wed, 6 Nov 2002 20:37:07 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: two and he pops off the old o-ring and bore thru plug, blows off the grip, cleans it in his handy dandy cleaner/brush gizmo, and

Re: ShopTalk: X flex shafts

2002-11-07 Thread Ed Boggess
: ShopTalk: X flex shafts Alberto: It is the old axiom (axiom's, axia?) that I always wonder about...I've mentioned before my favorite book is How We Know What Isn't So. I've always followed the longest/softest theory and never tried shafting up the ol' telephone pole and simply wondered

Re: ShopTalk: X flex shafts

2002-11-07 Thread Burgess Howell
When I was a young bull, I played X100's in my old First Flight irons. Control was excellent and predictable, but the distance was probably not what I could have gotten by going a bit softer. Now that I'm an old(er) fart, I no longer have the desire to crank like hell on every shot. I play

Re: ShopTalk: X flex shafts

2002-11-07 Thread Al Taylor
and their bearing on ball flight. Al At 01:13 PM 11/7/2002, you wrote: Isn't this essentially a rehash of the Lloyd Hackman theory of shaft fitting? TFlan - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 8:27 PM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: X

Re: ShopTalk: X flex shafts

2002-11-07 Thread tflan
, the softer the shaft. TFlan - Original Message - From: Al Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 10:49 AM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: X flex shafts I don't think so. Since no one has come up with an exact and provable theory on shaft fitting, I

Re: ShopTalk: X flex shafts

2002-11-07 Thread Dave Tutelman
At 10:13 AM 11/7/02 -0800, you wrote: Isn't this essentially a rehash of the Lloyd Hackman theory of shaft fitting? TFlan Not at all, though the results are familiar. Lloyd has a much more elegant way to get to even more extreme results. DaveT

Re: ShopTalk: X flex shafts

2002-11-07 Thread Dave Tutelman
At 11:16 AM 11/7/02 -0800, you wrote: Well sure. I agree. As you are no doubt aware, I've complained long and often about the letter designations for shaft flex. I have, over the past 6 years, installed roughly a dozen different flex shafts in a few driver heads, measured them on my freq meter,

Re: ShopTalk: X flex shafts

2002-11-07 Thread Bernie Baymiller
Dave, Good way to describe it...kind of elegance like Weiss' spine finder. :-) Bernie Writeto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Dave Tutelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 6:03 PM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: X flex shafts At 10:13

Re: ShopTalk: X flex shafts

2002-11-06 Thread Al Taylor
John, There is an old axiom in fitting that says put them in the longest softest shaft they can hit properly. First of all, what ball flight are you trying to change? A mandatory part of fitting is that it feels good. Going with XX shafts will have to feel good and the golfer will have to

Re: ShopTalk: X flex shafts

2002-11-06 Thread jhm
Alberto: It is the old axiom (axiom's, axia?) that I always wonder about...I've mentioned before my favorite book is How We Know What Isn't So. I've always followed the longest/softest theory and never tried shafting up the ol' telephone pole and simply wondered if the longer/softer theory was

Re: ShopTalk: X flex shafts

2002-11-06 Thread Al Taylor
Of course there is another axiom that says never test a new club in cold weather. Therefore, you must go south to test the new club. I am available. Al At 11:27 PM 11/6/2002, you wrote: Alberto: It is the old axiom (axiom's, axia?) that I always wonder about...I've mentioned before my

Re: ShopTalk: X flex shafts

2002-11-06 Thread Steve \Cub\ Culbreth
PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 6:27 PM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: X flex shafts Alberto: It is the old axiom (axiom's, axia?) that I always wonder about...I've mentioned before my favorite book is How We Know What Isn't So. I've always followed the longest/softest theory and never