Folks - your thoughts please: I have an exceptionally gifted athlete who has markedly improved over the last 12 months. He is 22, a single digit handicap that can get much lower if we tighten up his short game. He's working with a pro on his swingshape but it is pretty sweet as it is.
Facts: driver swingspeed: 135 mph (I measured it myself, using two independent devices), tempo 1.0 secs (very consistent), extremely high driver trajectory (using his three year old KZG 10* loft/Grafalloy Prolite 35 S shaft), and very high trajectory on his Tommy Armour 845 irons (w/TT Dynamic Gold S200 shafts). My conclusions so far: obviously distance is not a problem, but we've got to get more consistent pattern and would like to reduce the trajectory. He'd also like the "hottest" driver head possible - consistent with durability given his swingspeed. I'm a bit wary of some of the new driver heads. Iron shafts are pretty well thought out - although we've got to get his iron set better configured (he has 9 clubs to take him from 170 yds (7I) to 300 yds (driver) and 4 clubs to cover him from 170 yds down). Any thoughts on durable, low-loft, driver heads?
