* There have been no convincing controlled experiments to support the
ideal alignment, if there is one. There is ample anecdotal evidence to
convince me that alignment can make a difference, but nowhere near enough
to quantify things.
This may be the most accurate and succinct summary of the alignment argument to date. I believe alignment makes a difference. How significant seems to vary and thus becomes the basis for the search to better quantify things. Quantifying the phenomenon seems to be a slippery fish for most clubmakers due to the various methods of testing and measuring. Many clubmakers, it would seem, prefer to stay in the realm of the anecdotal reporting. To this end I think I will pull out my old test drivers with the Penley Graphite Light shafts in them and put on some nice heads for retest purposes. Test hitters are often easily swayed from the task at hand by any number of factors and hitting a cheap head daunted more than a couple of them. More on this in the next few months.
Rich "Mac" McHattie
Mac's Golf
