While we're on the topic of rescue clubs, I just put together the 23* Dynacraft Jackaroo II we were talking about a little while back. Note that the J II doesn't look like the old Jackaroo, this is a traditional looking club.
I used a DGS300 trimmed the tip 2.25" and then butt-trimmed to get the swingweight to about D3, total length ended up being a bit over 40". I spent a bit of time at the range and on the course a bit and found it very easy to hit straight shots with, both off the grass and off the tee. Trajectory and distance are about what you'd expect, nice and high and I was getting about 215yards out of it off the tee, about 10 yards less off the grass. This club is exactly what I was looking for, a log COG fairway wood with a semi-deep face, something that would be great for both the tee and off the deck. I will probably pick up the 18* and see if it works as well as the 23*. -Dave On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 10:42:01PM -0500, Dave Tutelman wrote: > Tom > Very similar to my story. The differences, which are less significant than > the similarities: > > * I have an 18* club, not 23*. > * I got it with a Rifle shaft, not a Bubble. The Rifle turned out to be > WAY too stiff. (I wasn't sure I believed my own frequency meter when I saw > the super-XX frequency, so I took it over to Charlie B who confirmed it.) > * I replaced it with my favorite Balistik, not a Rifle. > * I cut it to swingweight and let the length fall where it may. I knew in > advance the head was heavy for the length I wanted, so I didn't use any tip > weight. So I saved a couple of steps from your process -- removing the tip > weight and shortening the club -- but wound up with pretty much the same > thing you did. > > Glad you were finally able to make something worth hitting with that head. > It's a real nice piece of engineering; it seemed a shame to let it remain > in the grab bag. > > Cheers! > DaveT
