At 08:33 AM 10/13/2005, Childers, Tedd A wrote:
In my experience, I have found that I have to add considerable weight to
most driver heads just to get a D3-D4 swingweight at 45".
I agree. The driver that I described yesterday was 45.7" with no additional
weight. I added just over 10 grams to get it down to 44.5".
...Ideally, one could buy a head at around
210 grams, toss in a 50-60 gram shaft and a 50 gram grip, and you have a
nice 44" driver with a D4 swingweight and a total weight around 310-320
grams.
I would certainly like to see that on the market.
Here's something interesting. If you read Tom Wishon's new book -- or even
read his postings -- there are some things that he would like to see done
about drivers:
* Shorter clubs, implying the high-weight head you mention.
* Higher lofts.
* No roll curvature (or at least "graded" roll).
I also believe he feels that the big heads make the club more forgiving.
I looked at his driver head offerings early this year, before I made my
current driver. Unfortunately, I can't find more than one of these features
on any head.
Currently, you have to go with a ~100 gram shaft and a ~200 gram
head to get anywhere close to D4 at 44", and with a 50 gram grip you are at
350+ grams total weight. The other trend I have found is that some of the
heavier weight graphite shafts are balanced sort of butt heavy, so even
though you expect a higher swingweight at shorter length, you don't actually
get it. In my opinion, that's te worst of both worlds.
I definitely agree. My most successful 44" drivers in the past had steel
shafts. BTW, I liked their balance and overall feel. Even though their
total weight was heavy, I never felt like I was losing distance with them.
Hmmm. Maybe I ought to try building up one of those with a modern, 400+cc
head. Never did that before.
Cheers!
DaveT
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