RE: ShopTalk: A name is A name.

[Burgess Howell]

Most sources I've seen indicate that the driver, brassie, spoon, and baffy 
correlate directly with the modern 1w, 2w, 3w, and 4w, respectively.  A 
driver would fairly accurately be characterized as having the largest head, 
lowest loft, and longest shaft of any club in a particular set.  As Al has 
mentioned, its design makes it best suited for striking a ball raised on a 
tee, and makes it less efficient and significantly more difficult to play 
from grass than other woods (metals) in the set.

You may, of course, call your clubs anything you like (I have some 
particularly choice names for my clubs, reserved mostly for days when they 
refuse to let me play my usual game), but, when communicating with others, 
it causes confusion and hinders clear transfer of information to use 
irregular, uncommon nomenclature.

That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet -- but 
you won't sell many roses if you advertise them as long-stemmed turds.

See also: http://sundials.org/about/humpty.htm

Burgess

At 09:14 AM 9/29/2003, you wrote:
Tom,
I referenced the difference in a previous post but let's be a bit more 
critical.  A driver is meant to hit the ball off of a tee.  It is 
relatively large, compared to the other "woods", and designed for maximum 
distance along with forgiveness and other neat things.  Fairway woods are 
designed to hit balls off of grass, dirt and cart paths.  They are 
generally smaller and have lower center's of gravity.

You can build either with about any loft you want.   A wood ceases to be a 
driver when it is designed to hit balls off of the deck.  (Forgive me T 
Wishon if I have abused any design terminology).

This is all pretty basic and no pots will boil over it.  Now a good 
question to ask is, and here you can get the ire of the purists,:  Is a 
wood made of metal still a wood?

Al

At 08:59 AM 9/29/2003, you wrote:
Just to keep the pot boiling.  Is a 13 degree wood a driver or a fairway
wood?  How about a 6 degree or whatever.  When does a wood cease to be a
driver and become a fairway wood?
Tom

-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of Tom and Donna Mason
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 6:18 AM
To: ST
Subject: ShopTalk: A name is A name.
I would like to thank the gentleman that answered my question and for
his assistance.  Since the question did not relate to the NAME or
TERMINOLOGY of what the club was called, I was able to complete my
project.
I also would like to apologize to the purest for the lesson in learning
to direct question properly.  Hey, if you don't ask you never learn.
With that I will take my 22� DRIVER and go play a round of golf.