Re: ShopTalk: 15 Deg Driver Interest

[Al Taylor]

I agree with Mac.  If you are talking about the high launch angle / Low spin rate = Longer drives thingy, they are getting that with low c.o.g. with the large heads but the loft is not nearly that high.  OTOH, many golfers could use a higher lofted driver to obtain more distance so your plan may work fine.  It is just that with the huge heads 12 or 13 degrees are already pretty high lofts.
Al

At 10:03 PM 2/17/2003, you wrote:

John:

I'd be a little careful about that 15 degrees. Yes, there is lots of talk now about higher lofted drivers being a much more useful means to longer drives and certainly 15 degrees would help some people. Right now I'm using a High Launch Ruger head (I believe it measured to 11.5 degrees. The ball flight is certainly high enough and if I'm unfortunate enough to hit the ball on the upper part of the face the effective loft is increased. That results in a shorter than desired distance and I'm not talking about the "dummy mark" high on the face either. :-). I'm a big advocate of the higher loft bandwagon so don't get me wrong. 12 or 13 degrees might be more optimal than 15.

Rich "Mac" McHattie
Mac's Golf