i totally agree with some of the comments. i recently hit a callaway great big bertha in new condition against an r7 and i hit them the same distance on center hits but when i missed the callaway it was alot shorter i couldnt beleive it because i remeber the callaway being the easiest club to hit back then. that is why the game is how it is today because the guys who are powerful can bomb away and still hit it good in the old days you couldnt do that ball striking mattered more.

Sweet spot is king for sure. These bigger heads are designed not for great players but for those of us out there who need a little help 'around the sweet spot' to minimise the miss of that tiny ggo long spot.

Distance
 

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Chuck Evans can probably hir ANY driver LOOOONG. He IS LONG!!!

It would be interesting to see some testing on this... WOOD vs. METALS.

Persimmon
 

I have yearned to go back to persimmon. I have a Wood Bros., and a couple Joe Powell drivers as well as 3 and 4 woods. They felt so good and seemed to find the fairway much more regularly with the gear effect built into them.
I am wondering though, if I use them, do I have to be mindful of type of golf ball so as not to damage the face? Is there anything out there at all similar to balata?
On the other hand, I am 63 and don't swing it 100 mph anymore.

you'll be ok with using modern balls Jerry.

Persimmon
 

Thank you, Mr. Styles.
I am getting excited about wood and a steel Dynamic shaft. Back to blades, too.

My old favourite is downstairs in the basement, a Tommy Armour GA110, (Canadian made) 1948, reverse sweep back sole plate and a signature on the top that looks like it was hand carved. Bought it for ten bucks and loved it. Then searched high and low for an old Tommy Armour 693 driver like Jack played, finally found one and its downstairs too. I have a bunch of them but the GA 110 was normally in the bag. I should go dust them all off. Nice furniture as we used to say.

Wonder if my trusty Wilson Staffs are still in my Jones bag?

Favorite driver I ever used was a Tommy Armour 693. Man, we used to spend a lot of $$$ on those babies in the '70s. Nobody could make a persimmon driver that solid... I would love to see yours someday!
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Kevin

Blades are the only way to fly! :)

Kevin

MacGregor 693 oil hardened.
 

Here you go Kev. Dug it out of the dirt..... in the basement. Still with his buddy Mr Wilson Staff 1 iron.

My camera phone kind of shanked these, sorry. Oh his Canadian cousin is on his right in the group shot, he saw action, to his left a nice Velocitized and a then a Bryon Nelson that didnt like the fairway much as I recall. All MacGregor's. The 693 was one solid son of a gun even though it had hardly any lead in the bottom.

Remember how you'd feel when someone stepped on them with cleated feet on a tee deck? The Canadian one has more scars than Evil Knievle. Half the face is probably epoxy.

OB


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