Dave: I understand where your coming from but there are few folks that
I've developed a trust in what they are sayings. Folks like Jeff Lucas
(Aldila) and Robin Arthur (Royal Precision) both of them will give you a
straight answer to your questions.
Don Johnson
Dave Tutelman wrote:
At 10:23 PM 1/16/2006, BTM_Clubs wrote:
Dave: If you talk to any of the shaft manufactures they seem to agree
that profile is important. If you look at enough different shafts
there is a huge difference in profiles and I'm sure its not a random
happening but a detail design effort to get to a specific point.
I would like to believe this. I'm not sure I do. The shaft
manufacturers have a stake in our believing there is no such thing as
a generic shaft. That's what allows them to charge non-generic prices
for them.
We briefly had a rep from a shaft manufacturer on one of the forums.
(Spinetalk? True Temper? Don't remember for sure.) He didn't last
long. Questions about profile difference were met with BS along the
lines of, "Trust us. We understand, but it's too complicated for you."
That attitude has me believing that shaft manufacturers will only tell
us self-serving stuff.
That said...
I too believe that from customer feed back profile makes a
difference in club performance for a given golfer and swing.
And I have myself experienced the difference. So I'm a believer. But
not because of anything the manufacturers tell me.
Cheers!
DaveT
PS - Hey, I AM in curmudgeon mode today. I wonder why. Don't feel
particularly cranky. Had a good day, actually. I guess my training and
life experience has taught me to be skeptical first -- and I've had a
lot to be skeptical about today.
