Tom: You’ve been reported to my shameless plug department. I have 3 full time employees scouring shoptalk for just this sort of thing. I hit a Taylormade SLDR mini driver today at the range and it is an appealing design but no custom options like yours. I love the idea of a bendable hosel and the weight bores to build a 42”-44" mini, nice job on the new design. Now for your punishment. My buddy Bernie Baymiller will build a 48” 919/fd long driver for you and you will write a “myths” article and finally admit the long drivers are longer and straighter than the shorties.
John shoptalk On May 23, 2014, at 4:03 PM, Tom Wishon <[email protected]> wrote: > Oops, sorry I did not see that Leo’s email came in through Shop Talk – I did > not mean to make this any type of shameless plug for our product as I just > thought it was a private email from Leo and responded that way. Again, > sorry about that because I respect the fact that Shop Talk messages shouldn’t > consist of shameless commercial plugs for products. I’ll watch the FROM a > little more closely in the future. > > TOM > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Tom Wishon > Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 1:37 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Smaller size driver head > > LEO > > Thanks for your email. I did smile when I read your comment to say that your > friend gets “unwell” when he sees the large size driver heads !! > > To be honest with you, I do not know of any companies that are making a > smaller actual driver model, one that would be in the area of 350-400cc or > smaller. At present the vast majority of golfers seem to still believe that > “bigger is better” and so the golf companies are not yet ready to make > smaller size driver heads to see if there could be any sort of significant > demand. > > My only suggestion would be for you to look at our new model 919F/D heads > that are just becoming available. This is a different clubhead which I > designed for golfers to use as a club off the tee for control on very tight > par 4 and par 5 holes. You can think of it as a very large 3-wood or as a > very small driver head. We offer it in both an 11* and 14* loft, it has a > bendable hosel so it can be adjusted to a wide range of lie angle and face > angle fitting options and it has two weight bores so it can be built to a > wide range of length from as long as 44” down to as short as 42”, depending > on the weight of the shaft and grip. > > Size wise, in cc volume measurement, the 919F/D is a 240cc volume head. So > compared to a typical 3 wood at 160cc or a typical 450-460cc driver, you can > get a better feeling for its size. More information about the 919F/D can be > seen through this link on our website - > http://wishongolf.com/designs/drivers/new-919fd/ > > Thank you very much and I hope we could help to make your friend feel more > “well” !!! > > TOM ;>) > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Leo Noordhuizen > Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 12:55 PM > To: ShopTalk > Subject: ShopTalk: Smaller size driver head > > I have a friend who gets 'unwell' from looking at the huge driverheads which > are sold nowadays and he asked me whether I could find a good driverhead with > a smaller size. > I would be quite happy if some of you could point me to a supplier of those. > I assume they are still being made ? > > Thanks in advance, > > Leo Noordhizen - The Netherlands By the way, I send out weekly information on new golf equipment called The Clubmaker Report. Would you like me to add your email to it? Send me a quick note if yes. Thanks! John Muir clubmaker-online.com 810.923.7396
