Comments on: Golf Club Equipment Trends 2008 http://blog.hirekogolf.com/2007/10/09/golf-club-equipment-trends-2008/ Professional Golf Equipment at Down to Earth Prices! Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:08:46 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Jeff Summitt http://blog.hirekogolf.com/2007/10/09/golf-club-equipment-trends-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Jeff Summitt Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:20:11 +0000 http://blog.hirekogolf.com/?page_id=110#comment-108 Peter: This is the very reason to demo or try as many different types of clubs as possible to find out what works best for YOU. The last thing I want to know is what club fits a robot as the results can be manipulated by how it is set up. Peter:

This is the very reason to demo or try as many different types of clubs as possible to find out what works best for YOU. The last thing I want to know is what club fits a robot as the results can be manipulated by how it is set up.

]]> By: Peter Langan http://blog.hirekogolf.com/2007/10/09/golf-club-equipment-trends-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-112 Peter Langan Sat, 15 Dec 2007 00:06:08 +0000 http://blog.hirekogolf.com/?page_id=110#comment-112 This past golf season I started using irons that have a hybrid look to them. There's no question that the ball striking was noticeably better, in distance and in ball flight. The ball simply left the club face with a lot more authority. They are easier to use, and I feel a lot more confident using them. I play to the low 80's and I'm determined to be in the 70's next season. These irons are, to me, the ticket to better rounds. So next season I'm investing in a full set. The biggest question in my mind is how to differentiate one from another in playability. Every model is advertised the best in one way or another. There's Iron Byron to test the clubs in a very artificial way........a grooved swing.........and I, and my golfing buddies, sure don't have grooved swings. So why can't we have a "Sammy Slasher" that comes from the outside, then the inside, bounces off the turf, etc., then we'd have a testing that represents the real world of us Muni players. Then, and only then, we'd have hard evidence of which really was the best club for us. Thanks This past golf season I started using irons that have a hybrid look to them. There’s no question that the ball striking was noticeably better, in distance and in ball flight. The ball simply left the club face with a lot more authority. They are easier to use, and I feel a lot more confident using them. I play to the low 80’s and I’m determined to be in the 70’s next season. These irons are, to me, the ticket to better rounds.
So next season I’m investing in a full set.
The biggest question in my mind is how to differentiate one from another in playability. Every model is advertised the best in one way or another.
There’s Iron Byron to test the clubs in a very artificial way……..a grooved swing………and I, and my golfing buddies, sure don’t have grooved swings. So why can’t we have a
“Sammy Slasher” that comes from the outside, then the inside, bounces off the turf, etc., then we’d have a testing that represents the real world of us Muni players.
Then, and only then, we’d have hard evidence of which really was the best club for us.
Thanks

]]> By: Chris http://blog.hirekogolf.com/2007/10/09/golf-club-equipment-trends-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Chris Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:46:43 +0000 http://blog.hirekogolf.com/?page_id=110#comment-111 My official guess is that hybrids will not be the end of the traditional 3-PW set, as Jeff predicts, but that the hybrids become part of the new "traditional" 3-PW set. If they are easy enough to hit, as I hope to find out with my next set, the new hybrids might even bring back the 2 "iron" into our "usual" set in the form of a very low lofted hybrid. My official guess is that hybrids will not be the end of the traditional 3-PW set, as Jeff predicts, but that the hybrids become part of the new “traditional” 3-PW set. If they are easy enough to hit, as I hope to find out with my next set, the new hybrids might even bring back the 2 “iron” into our “usual” set in the form of a very low lofted hybrid.

]]> By: Golf Club Equipment Trends 2008 http://blog.hirekogolf.com/2007/10/09/golf-club-equipment-trends-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Golf Club Equipment Trends 2008 Tue, 09 Oct 2007 19:19:38 +0000 http://blog.hirekogolf.com/?page_id=110#comment-109 [...] In recent years, equipment trends have followed a two year cycle before the next one started. Beginning in 2001, we saw the emergence of gigantic titanium driver heads as it was the inaugural year for a 400cc driver and continued developing toward the current 460cc volume (and beyond) by year’s end. While the buzzword in 2003 was certainly the term high C.O.R. (Coefficient of Restitution), the undercut cavity in irons quietly … continued [...] [...] In recent years, equipment trends have followed a two year cycle before the next one started. Beginning in 2001, we saw the emergence of gigantic titanium driver heads as it was the inaugural year for a 400cc driver and continued developing toward the current 460cc volume (and beyond) by year’s end. While the buzzword in 2003 was certainly the term high C.O.R. (Coefficient of Restitution), the undercut cavity in irons quietly … continued [...]

]]> By: Golf Club Equipment Trends 2008 http://blog.hirekogolf.com/2007/10/09/golf-club-equipment-trends-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Golf Club Equipment Trends 2008 Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:30:28 +0000 http://blog.hirekogolf.com/?page_id=110#comment-110 [...] What kind of high tech designs will golf yield in 2008? Jeff Summitt examines this question in his new article “Golf Club Equipment Trends 2008“. [...] [...] What kind of high tech designs will golf yield in 2008? Jeff Summitt examines this question in his new article “Golf Club Equipment Trends 2008“. [...]

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