You bet. I have a couple of 5' senior ladies playing 47" drivers with D5 swingweights and total weights in the 280s. Very slow swingers, but straight and picked up at least 20 yards distance beyond their old standard ladies' drivers. Time it right to get the face square at impact and that's what a long driver can do for you. With the swingweight of a 50-incher, though, he probably couldn't take it back any farther or swing down any faster to get the face back to square...probably about an F6. I can't make a whole round at E6...get tired and wrists start flopping. A 48-incher at E0 is OK, though...can handle that all day. Slow tempo swing is a very repeatable swing, once you get the hang of it...better feel of the head at higher swingweight and longer lengths, IMO. My 48" driver has been, and usually still is, the most accurate club in my bag, in terms of directional error.
Bernie Writeto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom and Donna Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ST" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 5:59 PM Subject: ShopTalk: Long Shafts > Yesterday at the local driving range I watched a guy hit a drive, not > once but twenty plus time, using a Biggest Big Bertha with a 50" shaft. > His swing was slow going back to a 3/4 position, then a moments stop, > and a down swing as slow as his back swing. Repeatedly the ball hit on > a line straight in front of him, 240 yards away. No fancy weight shift > or body twisting, no power driving with the arms and hands, only a > gentle sweep up and then down and through. Most guys put more power > into their putt that he did his drive. > > Question: Do any of you know someone that has a simular swing and results? > > > >
