I see "that" terminology used often on Ebay these days, where someone perhaps new to golf says they have a set of 3 or 4 drivers for sale (1,3,4,5). It just ain't so. Those four clubs are not drivers.
It's somewhat like calling your bicycle a car (a bit of a stretch, I know) because you might use either of them to get you to the grocery store. It just ain't the same thing.
Best,
Jim
Tom and Donna Mason wrote:
Jim, I am going to say that you are probably correct in what you say. However, everyday I see more and more people teeing up a ball and using a 3W, 7W, and even a 9W on the Tee Box. True they are FAIRWAY WOODS but they also are being use as drivers, especially on long Par3 with more accuracy and better control than what a long iron provides. As a senior player, one that does not "crunch" or "vaporize" a ball off the Tee with an iron, using a fairway wood off the tee is as much a part of my game as your 250 plus drive, something I will never accomplish.
When I am facing a Par 3 that is 165 yard I use the 9W and drop the ball in the middle of the green. The same is true of a 180 to 190 yard where I use the 7W. I am not sure there is a code or rule that says you have to use only "Drivers" off the tee box, if there is please let me know. No one ask you how you play the game, just how did you score. You know it is possible to win a tournament with a round of 72 using only a #1 driver, 7I, and a SW. A putter? Driver does a very good job.
Thanks for the reply!
jim wrote:
Wait a second! This is a general question and not a direct response to Tom's question, but Tom has said something that I see more and more people saying these days, in reference to "three drivers", then he goes on to mention the #1 Wood, #3 wood, and the # 5 or #7 wood. Up until recently, (I think) there was only ONE driver in a set of golf clubs (for most anyway). The #1 wood is the one and only driver, the 3,5,7,9, (woods) etc. are FAIRWAY WOODS, NOT DRIVERS are they not??
If the terminology has indeed changed with the times, someone please tell me.
Thanks!
Jim
Tom and Donna Mason wrote:
Several years ago I purchased a set of clubs from a local club maker that are (I am told and they do look similar) Callaway Promotional Clubs built by a company named Bridges or WGGC, not sure which is the Brand name and which might be a club series name. Anyway these were made for an automobile dealer's golf tournament, I am assuming to be one of the winners prizes. In the set are three drivers, 1W 9.5° loft, 3W 16° loft, and what I thought until yesterday was a 5W until I realized that the loft is 22°, the same as my 7W. I am in the process of, as part of my learning to fit, make, and repairing clubs, to properly fit this set of clubs to my own specifications.
I have two questions I need help with on this set of drivers. I have a wrist to floor measurement of 33", what should be the proper length of the shaft? Second, what is the proper method of measuring the shaft length with a Callaway head which has three different surfaces angles? Do I use the narrow, approximately 1/2" middle section to measure from or the flat portion of the heal or the toe?
As for as the proper shaft length where can I find a chart that extends beyond the lengths of a 5W. If there is none then what is a good rule of thumb to follow in the progression of length verses club number?
I appreciate anyone's help on this.
Tom Mason
