What does it matter? Why would anyone care about this? I had a customer a few years ago who was most succinct as to how he decided which club to use off the tee or for that matter, from the fairway.
He told me: "I can hit my number three driver farther than I can hit my number one driver, and my number 5 driver is best off the deck. So, is there such a thing as a number 2 driver?" Now, if that doesn't clear this up, what the hell could? Discussions like this one have cropped up occasionally on these pages. Last time it was whether a "7 iron" was really a 7 iron if the loft is what used to be a five iron loft. I don't recall the specifics of the discussion other than my recommendation for a solution the the dilemma was to engrave degrees of loft on the heads rather than the traditional numbers. Or, better still, call the clubs what they were called a couple centuries ago . . . e.g., "mashie, mashie iron, niblick, mid-mashie, etc." Come to think of it, why not simply call the longer woods "driver, brassie, spoon, cleek, and baffy?" Then, one could "drive" the ball from a tee with any club. "I drove the ball 220 with my spoon yesterday, but I couldn't hit the damn cleek at all." Oh well. That's golf I suppose. TFlan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Al Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 7:14 AM Subject: RE: ShopTalk: A name is A name. > 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----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >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. > >
