Alan
At 01:28 AM 4/8/2005 -0400, you wrote:
At 12:33 PM 4/7/2005, Scott Stephens wrote: >--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "tflan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>I just finished examining the new Titleist 905 series driver. >Interesting. They bored out the hosel to what appears to be about .350" >and inserted an aluminum sleeve, with an I.D. of .335". The reasoning is >that by reaming out the old-style hosel they could then redistribute the >weight saved. > >Now, if I did my math correctly, boring the hosel and replacing with an >aluminium sleeve would save a whopping 0.6 grams of mass (using 2" bore >depth). Titelist's explanation sounds like marketing spin to me. Would it >be more likely that they were planning on a .350 shaft, then changed their >minds after they already had a bunch heads cast (or forged)?
Sounds right to me!
I did the math independently and came up with 0.5 grams. Close enough for jazz.
DaveT
