Ed, You're the best "finder" of weird and crazy golf stuff that I've ever known...:-)
I notice that nowhere, in spite of documenting the face angle, club length, etc, did Burrows ever mention a weight. Wonder how much those fitting clubs weigh with the large splined attachments stuck in the shafts? Wonder if when you buy one of their clubs it has the same weights involved. Bet not. Would probably swing with a totally different feel, if not a similar weight. Might get a few more yards out of the lighter club, though. Hope our new pro gets some of those in the shop...like to try them out and see what happens against my 47-incher. Maybe I'm just a Doubting Thomas, but it would take a lot more explantation and a lot of test results to make me believe the Powersphere is anything but a pure marketing gimmick. He never says in his interview just how much energy is transmitted back to the club face...only that it's a "powerful shock energy wave." I would bet it's an insignificant amount (when salesmen start using adjectives like those, it usually is insignificant). I can just imagine playing that head out of a wet trap or off a muddy fairway, and trapping all that sand or mud in the dome. Have to carry a special brush around with you to keep the dome from getting heavier and heavier as you went into the back nine. Now, the pivoting head...from square to closed...is kind of interesting, but is it USGA legal? Thought moving components on a club made it illegal. Or, do they set the face angle permanently on your clubs after you try each setting on the demos? Would be handy for my long drivers to be able to adjust the face angle to the degree it's needed. Bernie Writeto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Reeder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "clubmaker online" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 5:52 PM Subject: ShopTalk: Burrows Golf's fitting system > Ran across a neat fitting system. From what I can tell, it > looks like you could even position the shaft to test different > spine positions. > > Burrows Golf is the new kid on the golf block. <Marketing BS snip> > It's backed by some sound science, though, and an even more intriguing > part is Burrows' remarkable club-fitting system. Company officials have > devised special club-fitting demo models with which you can simply > unscrew the shaft from the clubhead, screw in a different shaft and > lock it in place with a small tool. (That threading technology, Bruce > Burrows told me, comes from Ferrari.) It takes maybe 30 seconds, then > you can go out and play with that club. Don't like the shaft? Come back > to the golf shop and screw in a different one and go back out. > > The system requires no real expertise by the club pro, and gives the > player the chance to easily test a variety of shafts. <Marketing BS snip> > The same gimmick also is used at the club's other end so a player can > try a variety of different grips. Counting grips and shafts and clubheads, > Burrows has 540 combinations. It's really ingenious. And you'll be hearing > more about the Powersphere. (Take a look at burrowsgolf.com.) > > Here is a link to their fitting system http://www.burrowsgolf.com/products_quick.asp > > I also have to include this from their web site. With their club, a > copper bracelet, and a Q-Link I bet you could drop 10 strokes from > your scores and drive the ball 25 yards farther :-) > > As a bonus benefit to those who wear copper bracelets, most harmful > energy is dissipated by the Powersphere™, reducing vibrations outward, > not up the shaft of the club, and thus reducing joint and tendon fatigue. > > /Ed > > >
