Re: ShopTalk: Golf Digest Higher loft articles

[Bernie Baymiller]

Well, Arrnie, for me with an 85-90 mph speed when healthy, an 8° Chicago 966SD plays as high as some 12° heads and an SRV II 12° plays as low as many 9° heads.  COG a factor to consider? Carry with my 48", 10° Integra S450 is about 230 yards on my better hits. Since a longer club will hit the ball higher, as well as farther, maybe club length should be another factor to consider?   Bernie Writeto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 1:11 PM Subject: ShopTalk: Golf Digest Higher loft articles I read these articles with great interest since this advice will be followed by many customers. Interesting that in the charts an 11* driver with 115 MPH clubhead speed showed a carry of 259 yards. Of all my customers that have been fitted I have only found 3 who could acheive this kind of clubhead speed and they all claim at least 280 yard carry!  Most have clubhead speeds in the 75-85 MPH range and claim carry distances of 190-200 yards!  I guess everyone is lying! Most interesting part of this subject article is the contribution by Tom Wishon which discusses the angle of attach. This part was unfortunately the LAST page of the entire article and had the most truth in it. This information will be (IMHO) the most overlooked because no 90 MPH clubhead speed player would fess up to needing a higher loft to acheive greater distance And a player with this clubhead speed "certainly" gets way more than 208 to 212 yards carry! My conclusion is to fit "macho" players with "wuss" drivers...........now I need to find 11-12* loft drivers with just the number "1" on the soles! This head combination with shafts that do not have designations of L,A,R,S,XS will be future of successful selling! Your opions please?