I will have to leave out Irons as we didn't test any. For 3 days at Winter gardens, FL. PGA school, we tested drivers and balls using there launch monitors.
The drivers results: It takes more than 40 grs to alter the path flo, anything less is between the ears. Jay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bernie Baymiller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 1:24 PM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Anybody out there? > OK, Tom, here's some theory stuff nobody's discussed here yet (to my > knowledge). > > What makes these driver heads with adjustable weights work as advertised? Is > it all hype? And, it is conceivable that they don't work as well as a well > designed driver head without the weights? > > Seems to me they work by moving the center of gravity one way or the other > off the center of the face. Move the weight back and toward the heel and the > bulge is off center. Hitting the ball square in the middle of the face would > actually be a miss-hit outside the cg, so the ball would start out straight > and gear effect would give it a draw. Assuming most golfers slice the ball, > a slight slice spin might result in a straight ball flight. But any > miss-hit loses some distance...so doesn't make much sense to me. Is that how > the adjustable weight stuff works and if not, how does it work? Can't really > see any benefit for a player that isn't achieved better with an offset face. > > Bernie > Write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 11:23 AM > Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Anybody out there? > > > > Lots of us here but there's nothing to discuss. Every conceivable factor > > regarding golf wear, golf ability, golf shafts, heads, fitting etc., has > > been solved on this forum. All we can do now is sulk if we don't get any > > emails, and hope that some company comes up with a radical idea. I'm > > thinking the re-invention of the tee would be a great place to start. MOI, > > flex, how a tee helps a golfer to hit it farther and straighter, or - what > > device is available to the average clubmaker that will show us precisely > > how to determine where to set a shaft tip in a hosel. I'd begin with > > something that would divide a .335" diameter tip into 360 degrees - the > > possibilities are endless. > > > > TFlan :-) > > > > grampa wrote: > >> Haven't had any mail in about a week. Is everybody golfing? > >> > >> Grampa Sielski > >> > >> > > > >
