Comments on: Hireko Wants You To Help Design Our Next Driver From The Ground Up!

By: Jeff Summitt

Jeff Summitt — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:15:59 +0000

Ruger:

If we were to add a port for weighting, it will consume additional weight and force us to make the club smaller or resort to a much more expensive manufacturing method to allow for a 200g head.

By: Ruger Thomas

Ruger Thomas — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:38:43 +0000

I’d like to see in addition to the current ICT hosel/insert, an integral customizable weight to change the feel of the clubhead. No need for TM R7/9 weight ports because the ICT hosel controls ball flight. I never liked it when I would play my Mizuno MP32’s where you can feel where the head is throughout the swing and then I’d pick up my driver and the feel is opposite of my irons. For guys like me that aren’t overly concerned about swing weights rather than just playing what feels good, I would like to see an integral weight plug/insert added to the ICT hosel configuration. I think the savvy club makers who are knowledgeable about swing weight would get into that as well even though they have been using plug weights or other methods for years. What do y’all think about that?

By: R J Stoltz

R J Stoltz — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:23:26 +0000

460cc pear shaped or deep back – adjustable weigts 2 center front & rear & 2 heel & toe for maximum center of gravity change on both axis – square, face foward, ‘hot’ face with appropriate bulge but with no roll for more consistant launch – 57 degree lie bendable or w/ adjustable hosel inserts to adjust lie by 1 & 2 degrees & hosel inserts to adjust face angle 1 & 2 degrees for each lie – 8,9,10 & 12,13,14 degree lofts And… matching 4 wt. fairway woods 14 & 17 degree same lie & wt., 18 & 21 degree same lie & wt. & 22 & 25 degree same lie & wt. all marked w/ degrees not #’s And… matching 3 wt. hybrids 18 & 20 degrees same lie & wt., 21 & 23 degrees same lie & wt. & 23 & 25 degree same lie & wt. also w/ no #’s – both fairway & hybrids w/ hot faces no roll & bendable hosels. In other words a completely matched set for varied swings & abilities.

By: JUST SAY NO USGA

JUST SAY NO USGA — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:46:17 +0000

Pretty much what they all say above…

Although, I would like to see a 480-500CC head, with huge MOI, COR around 87,88.. super high but not breakable high. Very very areodynamic to make up for the extra large face. Not too light, I want enough weight (over the limit) so the club squares it’s self. I want a club, my mom can swing and hit 250 yards, (with a 6o mph swing speed) A club, I can just swing about 60-70% power and not worry about hurting my bad back, and still get great distance and extreeeeeeem forgiveness. Something so non conforming, it will make all the club makers in the business cry that they did not have the guts to make it first! We all know it can be done. You can add a “rubber” behind the face to increase COR and spring face effect, while adding protection. Maybe even a spring, that you wind up, and is released when you swing that pushes the face forward after inpact, giving you a higher COR than would be possible just by a solid face. OF course you will get players using it to hit 400 yard drives, but that it ok, because it will make you millions!!!! But there are a ton of older players who will love you for this. And those are the golfers with money, who want to keep playing!

By: George Christie

George Christie — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:16:42 +0000

I’ve been evaluating Customizing the Driver Crown on my assembled Drivers by using Pinstripping for visual directional appearance.
By accident when hitting these Customized Drivers at a local Driving Range I noticed that taking back the Driver generated an
alignment characteristic similar to my Mallet Putter. This improved hitting the Driver’s Sweet Spot with more consistency which gave
me added distance and straightness control.
Today, many OEM Driver Designs are using Weight Screws, CG/MOI Improvements and Head Geometry to improve distance & straightness flight..
However, they have overlooked the Driver take-back alignment problem.

The shape and sound of the Geek Fail Safe 3 Driver is Great.

By: ricky

ricky — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:27:53 +0000

i think that options should be available with the shaft closer to the center of the face, allowing for an easier to release (open to shut) motion. think of a center shafted putter. i don’t know if the extreme of a center shafted driver would work, but i do think that getting the sweet spot of the club closer to the axis of the shaft could be interesting.

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By: Vern

Vern — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:42:18 +0000

I would like to see new drivers with smaller heads. I went back to a 350cc driver and my driving distance and accuracy both improved. The smaller head makes me focus on making good contact, like if I was using a 3 wood off a tee. I like a good solid sound that lets you know when you struck the sweet spot on the clubface, but not so loud that it draws alot of attention. A square clubface and a small mark on the crown for alignment gives me confidence during setup.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:46:59 +0000

I am a traditionalist. Enough with all the gimmicks and hype.
What I like is a driver no bigger than 340cc with good balance through the hitting area.
Something Tiger or Phil would use too.

By: Bill Smith

Bill Smith — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:26:34 +0000

Distance, distance, distance, what about feel and accuracy? Everthing is geared toward hitting the long ball. 50 gram shafts and 190 gram driver heads combined with 45″ or 46″ lengths. One slight hiccup in your swing and you can kiss that ball goodbye. There is not a box on the score card where you write down your drive distances but there is a box for score. I’d rather be 240 down the middle than 260 into the bushes. Let’s get back to heavier total weights, shorted lengths and higher lofts. Offer more fairway woods in higher lofts so you can launch the ball off the deck with greater accuracy. This trend is also in iron sets. Offer some iron sets where you don’t have to fill in between the PW and SW with a gap wedge. This is the hardest game in the World, so why are manufacturers making it harder by producing clubs that are harder to hit(longer with stronger lofts). You know everything in life is circular motion so lets get back to playing this game by making shots.