All, I'm occasionally playing a Bang SRV II 9° Double Trouble (197 grams) on a discontinued Graman FL-50R with Lamkin Sof-wrap XT Oversize grip at 47" club length. This is a very light shaft (53 grams) that plays on the soft side of an R. Swingweight is a comfortable D8, total weight 300 grams. Hit it very well...almost as long as my 48" Integra S450...since it gets a little more roll with a lower trajectory. Shot a 69 the second time out with it on a par-72 course. (Of course, the new belly putter used with claw grip was also kind that day...only 27 putts.) With that shaft and SRV II head, I have to have a reasonably controlled swing, unlike the Integra IV on the same shaft. When I was playing the 47" Integra IV/FL-50R, I could swing as hard as I liked and somehow the ball always seemed to go high and down the middle. You don't have the same leeway with the SRV II, but good swings produce slightly longer results (5 yards for me). The high polish face shows ball impacts almost as good as tape...you can get a good idea how well your shaft is aligned after a dozen impacts, assuming your swing is reasonably consistent. Head is finished very well.
Bernie Writeto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Rees" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 7:30 PM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: SRVII 12* > On Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 06:42:05PM -0400, Dave Tutelman wrote: > > > > I think you'll like it, if the head is the only variable in the equation. > > But it isn't; you're also looking at different shafts. > > The shafts should be fairly similar, the RSSR readings for the DGS300 and > the Rifle 5.5 are almost the same. I will be building the clubs to the same > length, the headweight of my Integra 400 and SRV-II are both right at > 199.5gms. > > > All this is consistent with Dan Neubecker's report of two months ago. The > > SRV is long and forgiving. So why will it not be in my bag tomorrow? Well, > > as TFlan is fond of reminding us, a good club doesn't make a good golfer. As > > the club gets longer, my swing tends to get more outside-in. A forgiving > > head may mask off-center hits, but there is no way it can mask a glancing > > blow. Too many of my drives with this club are long but in the trees on the > > right (face square to target line = slice) or the left (face square to path > > of clubhead = pull). The other driver is shorter in length. I don't think it > > hits the ball as far, but I'm seldom as far off-line either. (Penick - "The > > woods are full of long hitters.") In this morning range session, I focused > > on clubhead path. I could manage it better with the shorter driver, so I'll > > see how it works on the course. > > > > The difference is not much: 44" vs 45-1/4". That's worth about a dozen grams > > of head weight. If the switch back to the shorter driver works, I may try to > > shorten the SRV and see what happens. I expect I'll like the result. > > Going to a 44" steel shaft over a 45" graphite made a world of difference in > accuracy. I too fight the slice, and a 45" club almost always equaled > OB-right except when I really slowed down my swing and concentrated on the > swing plance or aimed at the rough on the left. Of course then I'd pull the > shot and I'd be in trouble there, too. ;-) I hit the 44" farther than the > 45" graphite on average, but surprisingly I've hit shots just as far on both > setups, most likely because of the added confidence and the fact that I'm > confortable swinging harder on the shorter shaft. > > I expect that you'll like the SRV-II more than the Integra IV after > getting the overall length of the club down the same as the other. I bet > you'll still hit it just as far but keep it in play as well, too. > > If I get the results anything close to what Dan got with his 12* SRV-II > (consistent high, straight down the middle) I'll be very happy and I'll have > one Integra 400 in the closet. > > -Dave > >
