Chris, its good to see some analysis on the offset. At our company golf tournamet, I borrowed a 10.5 Impex II and rather liked it with no slices and the occasional hook. My old black cat throws them all right. I just got my 9* bang Maxwell curve with a 43.75" dynalite tip trimmed to rrs or almost stiff, and am dying to try it out, perhaps I should have opted for the 10 or 10.5, time will tell. I cant see this as a hard to sell item however. Amazinly with the steel shaft it feels lighter than my graphite 270cc BLACK CATi.
kevin Chris Burns wrote: > Mark: > > I couldn't agree with you more on the high-lofted driver. My swingspeed is > only 85-90 mph with a very smooth tempo and this year I've been playing > around with various drivers. > > My usual driver length is 47"-48" but this year I've put together a few > science experiments. First I made a Bang offset (Maxwell Curve) 9º at 51" > and just loved it. Believe it or not, it was the straightest driver I've > hit in a long time. The only problem was overswinging which usually > introduced a bit of a hook. Then I made an exact duplicate in a 12º model. > It's every bit as long as the 9º but much straighter! I'm now hitting up > there with my longer driving buddies and absolutely splitting the fairway > time after time. It's put a lot of enjoyment into the part of my game that > I've always struggled with. I'm now hitting 250-270 yards with no worry > about how deep in the woods the ball might be. > > I've also got a Bang 450 12º that I tried at 51" but my slight fade starts > to sneak in with this head at this length. I shortened it to 48" and it > works OK but not as well as the longer club with the offset head. You might > laugh but the 48" drivers now feel too short for me. Last week I made a > Mellow Yellow 12º on a Harrison Classic Light A/R flex at 48". The first > round was great but I just couldn't stay in a steady groove with the shorter > club. The 51" driver really helps to keep my tempo in line. Besides, my > buddies won't let me use the Mellow Yellow now unless I shave my legs before > the game. :-) > > The whole loft issue is such a macho thing. It's funny to see my friends > look at my driver and say "Wow, that's even a 12º model. Imagine how far > you would hit it if it was a 9º!" I just smile. > > Chris Burns > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark A. Patton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 5:48 PM > Subject: ShopTalk:Now Traj was SRV-II Update > > > Thanks for the review. Some of your comments as well as others from other > > threads leads me to this: > > > > I see many references to people wanting to keep trajectory down (for the > > driver). I know this is desired as while I play, I know I hear it enough. > My > > question is, has anyone done any testing/demos regarding this? > > > > Most any customer I solicit has this desire, but many times what they want > is > > their own destruction (I guess). For my feeble game right now, my best > "driver" > > is a 15* 3 wood with a 45" shaft. While certainly no monster on the > swingspeed, > > last weekend it allowed me to out drive my competitor 4X, but also hit 7X > more > > fairways. On average we are talking 250 yds on the fly. Before I racked my > spine > > (snap crackle pop for those of the ST Open) I had a 7 hcp (with 32 putts > avg :( > > ) and a avg driver distance of 275. > > > > In a nutshell, there are advantages of a higher lofted club when accuracy > is > > needed (please review earlier post regarding tests on distance vs accuracy > off > > the tee as well as any major book regarding loft and fitting). How many > have > > tested a longer and higher lofted "driver". I know as time/money allows, a > 12* > > Bang may become a test subject. > > > > Sad part is, evidently testosterone wins occasionally. I had a customer a > couple > > months ago who wanted a driver. I observed and demoed him. Though not > needing a > > lower trajectory driver, he wanted one. I built it for him cash on the > barrel) > > as well as allowed him to demo a higher lofted driver. Even though he > posted a 5 > > stroke lower score with the "high" lofted driver, the "lower" was it. He > > accredited this to, "bad swing" (hmm only with the lower driver) as well > as > > other astronomical anomalies. My practical "test"did not succeed here as > > planned. > > > > Fact of the matter is: We as club fitters CAN build a better club. We CAN > (at > > times) build a better game. We CAN build what the customer needs. We CAN > build > > what the customer wants. We CAN have a satisfied customer, it just takes > us > > realizing that w/o the help of a shrink, these items will not always > align. > > > > Mark
