Jeremy, Ha! Another one of those miracle golfing breakthroughs that didn't pan out in the long run. About 1995, big butts were big and everybody was trying them in every kind of club, even putters. A few players, really liked them and still do, but as time went on most players found them to be slice machines. I tried several and used a bunch in clubs for friends who also wanted to try them. My experience with big butts was that the balance point was too low for my higher trajectories and the butt end was so light, my hands just flew through the shot, the head lagged behind and I had little feeling for control. I had a really difficult time getting the head square...even though I had my timing tuned to longer drivers with high swingweights. The best big butt I tried was a Mars CVP-865. (Incidentally, I still consider Mars' $15, normal butt, 74 gram, 49" CVP-150 S long driver shaft, the best feeling and performing long driver shaft I've ever played when I could handle a swingweight of E6 on a 48" driver...much better than the Penleys and Aldilas of the time, though the Longwood 50/50 which came out a couple of years later was almost as good.) I have a senior friend who still has CVP-865 big butts on his fairway woods and hits them OK for a 72 year-old. They proved as durable as he is. :-) I still have a GS Carbonstick OVB-86 I used back then and keep in my pull-outs for grins (if anybody needs one).
Bernie Writeto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeremy Ingle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 3:21 PM Subject: ShopTalk: .860"Butt Shafts > Hi everyone at last we've got above freezing up here for a few days > I have several customers who loved the drivers i built for them using > Big Butt shafts I got very light weights with swing weights up to E -0 > But they (the shafts) did not seem to catch on generally and nobody > seems to make them any more , > Any comments and experience would be helpful > Jeremy > > > >
