wirehair
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I was thinking, when we have a problem with drivers or have a tight hole, we reach for a 3 wood. The problem is new 3 woods tend to have a shallow face, sorta tough on a tee and they tend to get the ball pretty high sorta balloons.
What if I had a deep face 3 wood at about 11 degrees, would that be good to drive with? Well as it turns out I had a 11 degree Callaway Big Bertha in the garage. I cut off the shaft to 43" & bada-bing, control driver.
I hit it during todays round, most solid controlled drives I ever hit. I had to figure out a few things & then 5 of the best drives I ever hit in my life. Short tee height, about 1/2" to 3/4" off the grass, slightly inside left heel, gives a mid trajectory, dead center, 230-240.
On the downside, 190 cc, you don't have a big sweet spot, mishits are punished. I wish it had a warbird soleplate, it would be good off the deck.
If I were to go find a 12degree warbird in a bargain bin or garage sale & put something like a Grafalloy Pro-Light in it, would that be club ho'ing, or would that be a scientific experiment?
Edit: Just went to E-Bay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=47330&item=7163908934&rd=1 ends in an hour & a half...hmmmm?
What if I had a deep face 3 wood at about 11 degrees, would that be good to drive with? Well as it turns out I had a 11 degree Callaway Big Bertha in the garage. I cut off the shaft to 43" & bada-bing, control driver.
I hit it during todays round, most solid controlled drives I ever hit. I had to figure out a few things & then 5 of the best drives I ever hit in my life. Short tee height, about 1/2" to 3/4" off the grass, slightly inside left heel, gives a mid trajectory, dead center, 230-240.
On the downside, 190 cc, you don't have a big sweet spot, mishits are punished. I wish it had a warbird soleplate, it would be good off the deck.
If I were to go find a 12degree warbird in a bargain bin or garage sale & put something like a Grafalloy Pro-Light in it, would that be club ho'ing, or would that be a scientific experiment?
Edit: Just went to E-Bay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=47330&item=7163908934&rd=1 ends in an hour & a half...hmmmm?