2007 Is The Year of Weird Geometry In Golf
Look for square-shaped drivers from Nike (Sumo2) and Callaway (FT-i) and look for most manufacturers, including Titelist, Cobra, Tour Edge and Adams to release drivers that are different than anything you have seen.
The idea is make drivers you will hit better than ever.
“I think there’s some truth behind the technology,” said John Gamble, one of the Carolinas’ most-reknown clubmakers and clubfitters and a regular Charlotte Observer consultant. “These companies have spent a lot of money researching this new geometry. I’m anxious to see if it’ll help the average golfer lower his scores.”
Cobra was the latest company to announce a high MOI driver, in its LD (Limit Dimensions) series.
The LD, the company says, uses the maximum allowed head length and width (promoting a low, back center of gravity and very high 5000 Moment of Inertia).
The new drivers utilize the following technologies:
• The largest face area in golf with milled Dual Rhombus for great forgiveness and high ball speeds across the face.
• Square face set-up for superior alignment and look at address.
• Premium Aldila NV, NVS and Mitsubishi Bassara shafts.
• “Speed tuned” in X Pro, F, and M models for optimal distance and accuracy by player type.
There will also be two new Speed X Pro Models: The Pro S shallow face and the Pro D deep face.
The Pro S has an extended head profile that promotes high MOI (4900). The Pro D has a slightly smaller profile but a deeper, larger face area. Both drivers are one degree open at address for tour performance/alignment and feature a weight adjustment screw (much like Baffler Pro) for custom shafts / swing weight adjustment in our customs manufacturing.
Adams Golf Ink Langer
Adams Golf has signed two-time Masters Champion, Bernhard Langer, who will wear the Adams Golf logo and carrying the Adams Golf tour staff bag, Langer will be playing a full arsenal of the company’s golf clubs throughout the season.
“We’re thrilled to have Bernhard Langer join the Adams Golf family. He’s not only a great player, but he’s also a first-class gentleman and we’re proud that he will represent our company around the world,” said Chip Brewer, Adams Golf CEO and President. “He’s known internationally for his successful and consistent career of winning, something we don’t expect will change anytime soon.”
Langer’s most recent success came in December when he led Team Germany to its second World Golf Championship in Barbados. That win came on the heels of Langer and his son, Stefan, winning their second consecutive Del Webb Father/Son Challenge title on Dec. 2.
Turning pro in 1972, Langer’s career began with three German National Championships before making his entrance on the American stage in 1985 by winning his first of two Green Jackets. Winning two Masters Championships, 70 international tournaments, playing on 9 Ryder Cup teams and serving as captain of another, Langer earned induction into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2002.
Love III To Play UST Shafts
Former North Caroina star Davis Love III has joined the UST Tour Staff, and is now playing Proforce V2 graphite shafts in all of his woods and hybrid clubs.Love III has racked up 19 career PGA Tour victories, including multiple wins at prestigious events like The Players Championship, AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am and the Verizon Heritage. He also won the 1997 PGA Championship, and is firmly established as one of the all-time money leaders on the PGA Tour.
“We’re very excited about Davis Love III joining our staff and playing V2 graphite shafts,” says Gene Simpson, vice president of marketing for UST brands. “The V2’s characteristics and low-torque design delivers a stable and consistent performance that pros demand, and it is specially optimized for today’s 400cc to 460cc clubheads.”
Aerotech SteelFiber Offered as New Custom Option at Srixon
BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Aerotech Golf, the golf industry leader in composite shaft innovation, announces that its SteelFiber iron shafts are now available as custom shaft options for Srixon’s Pro100 irons and the new I-506 irons.
SteelFiber shafts are renowned for their high-performance engineering and their ability to provide the power of a graphite shaft with the stability and control of a steel shaft.
“We’re very excited that SteelFiber shafts are now part of the custom options at Srixon, one of world’s premium golf club manufacturers,” says Chris Hilleary, president of Aerotech Golf. “Srixon is extremely well-known for its commitment to providing golfers with high-performance golf equipment, and we welcome them as a valued supplier of Aerotech Golf shafts.”
SteelFiber shafts feature a high-modulus graphite core and more than 59 miles of steel fiber covering the surface of each shaft, providing golfers with the power of graphite and the stability of steel. While the shaft’s graphite core provides vibration dampening, increased clubhead speed and maximum distance, the steel fibers produce a optimum weighting for a solid feel at impact and add stability and control for pinpoint accuracy. The SteelFiber iron shafts are produced in weights of 75, 85, 95 and 110 grams, plus a 125 gram wedge specific shaft, and are available in a variety of flexes.
Goydos Captures Sony Open in Hawaii Playing New Pro V1 Prototype Golf Ball
Paul Goydos,
relying upon the new Pro V1 prototype for the first time in competition, birdied three of the last four holes, edging fellow Titleist player Luke Donald by one shot to win the Sony Open, the first full-field event of the year. Donald, who tied for second, was one of only two players to shoot
four rounds in the 60’s.
Goydos’ performance comes on the heels of Vijay Singh’s victory with the new Pro V1x prototype at last week’s winners-only Mercedes-Benz Championship, continuing Titleist’s fast start.
Titleist led the golf ball count with 101 players, more than seven times the nearest competitor with 14. Titleist was also the most played brand of irons (36/25%), wedges (120/40%) and putters (52/36%).
Titleist was second in the driver count with 38 players, but finished 1-2 on the leaderboard as the winner relied upon a Pro Titanium 905S model and Luke Donald finished T2 playing a new Titleist 907D2 prototype. In fact, 11 players put a new 907D2 driver in play, while Jason Dufner opted for the 907D1 prototype en route to a T13 finish.
Via: The Charlotte Observer
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Tuesday 16 Jan 2007 | Eric | Golf news
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