Callaway figures it out...

[Rockford35]

Perfect....

R35

PS...for those of you that are to dumb to figure this out (Eracer, Doc, etc. ), there's a hosel on that FT-5. Groundbreaking for Cally.

[eclark53520]

ooohhhhhh shiney!

-I am too poor to afford anything graced by the name of Callaway

[BrandonM7]

Does that mean it's fake?

[ualtim]

Maybe they learned something when they did the iMix heads.

[Rockford35]

Originally Posted by BrandonM7

Does that mean it's fake?

Nope, it means they pulled their heads outta their asses and went full hosel.

Interesting to see how the Fusion technology works now....

R35

[SiberianDVM]

You mean they didn't have one before?

[ManchesterGolfer]

Looks good. Is that some Tour prototype or is that gonna hit the retail shops?

EDIT;- R35 that ferrule arrived today thanks mate. My Cally's looking good now.

[BrandonM7]

Originally Posted by SiberianDVM

You mean they didn't have one before?

No - do an image search and look at them, or if you can manage to find the club in MG's avatar you can see it on there. The shaft just goes into this little plastic thing and then sticks down in a hole in the head. All you see is the top of the plastic thing that's about the length of a ferrule and the shaft coming out, no hosel.

[Rockford35]

Originally Posted by SiberianDVM

You mean they didn't have one before?

This is a cutway as shown from the hosel end. See the bulge in the hosel sleeve in the head? That accepts the adaptor. The adaptor is a hosel and shaft sleeve in one.

As this picture sits, there's no hosel. It should be to the left of the head, but she's gonzo.

R35

[Calhoun]

I read about these awhile back. That is the Tour Authentic line. You can tell by the "TH" beside the degree notation. I think it sits closer to the face.

Here you go if you want one. I think I might just grab 3 or 4 to mess around with.
NEW CALLAWAY FT-5 MENS TOUR AUTHENTIC DRIVER 9.5 TH - eBay (item 200234501146 end time Jul-25-08 15:00:57 PDT)

[Rockford35]

Just wait 6 months. It'l be half price and widely available like everything else is.

R35

[MCDavis]

Not being a wisenheimer, but why is this important?

[King Par]

Because before Callaway's didn't have hosels. Which made it harder to install/pull shafts, among other things. I'm sure there's more that I'm missing.

[SiberianDVM]

Originally Posted by Rockford35

This is a cutway as shown from the hosel end. See the bulge in the hosel sleeve in the head? That accepts the adaptor. The adaptor is a hosel and shaft sleeve in one.

As this picture sits, there's no hosel. It should be to the left of the head, but she's gonzo.

R35

So that's what that is! I thought it was some kind of wierd Canadian soup spoon, or maybe something to do with sheep husbandry.

[Rockford35]

Originally Posted by MCDavis

Not being a wisenheimer, but why is this important?

If you've ever had to re-shaft a Cally, this is sweet music to your ears. PITA, bigtime.

Originally Posted by SiberianDVM

So that's what that is! I thought it was some kind of wierd Canadian soup spoon, or maybe something to do with sheep husbandry.

I figured as much. I thought the picture would help as the crayon drawing was somewhat vague.

R35