AdamMH Love a good persimmon

I did too. Loved the feel of a top quality persimmon with a high compression balata ball. The closest I’ve liked since was Titleist 975D or 983K drivers with a high quality ball. 🏌️‍♂️

    The video of Dechambeau pounding balls on #1 with his persimmon is pretty cool. It's on his Instagram page and will eventually get to it by going through the photos/vids.

    scotts33

        Scott and Steve,

        I have a set of steel shafted Eye 2 woods. Can graphite be installed? Is it risky to the club? I think I read that wooden hosels are usually cracked and that makes it problematic to reshaft.

        @scotts33
        @sdandrea1

          DonM

          Not hard at all. Remove the whipping,, then use a red hot heated steel rod to insert down the shaft. After a couple tries, the shaft should come right out.

          Just make sure you get'm cleaned out before reshafting.

          You'll have to re whip them once the new shaft is cured. That is a talent in itself.

              CallMeAl Ok that makes sense. I’ve had to do that on a Ping ISI or whatever model used the big chunky hosel thing.

              The whipping seems intimidating.

                  DonM

                  Not hard to whip. It just takes a little bit to make the finish look nice.

                  Whipping ferrules will make it easier, but typically you don't use those on PINGS.

                    DonM The whipping seems intimidating

                    What Al said. Whipping is easy. Just get the tool in the video and follow this video. I got the hang of it quickly. Building the whipping station helps.

                        Don measure the BBGM before deciding on shaft and tipping resulting flex. The deal with using smaller heads even the Ping Zing's which were larger than most persimmon heads of their day is tee height and AofA most don't factor that in. It fits my game but for many that have changed their driver swing to an upwards AofA with 460cc heads it's an issue. On average I am about 5 -10 yards shorter with a 43.50" shaft vs a 45" shaft on 460cc at 86 mph driver SS. The older guys with lower driver SS won't see the appreciable gain that modern metal wood heads perform at unless they are over 100 mph from my experience. All 460cc heads do is allow more miss room and lazy golfers. LOL

                        To do whipping correctly it take experience if you want to have a great looking end result.

                        I’ll give the stock shafts a good try.

                        Maybe, instead of the ball roll back, the USGA could have outlawed all hollow-body head construction (irons &/or woods - whether filled with goo or not). 🤪

                          Stu1961

                          It's coming. They're already reviewing the driver limit again...

                            CallMeAl Anybody want Ping laminated woods?? Call Whirlaway in Methuen or maybe Haverhill MA… they are the biggest outlet for crap you’ve ever seen. I call it “The Golf Museum”. So they have a one of those Al Czervick golf bags FULL of them. This is the place that still has original sets of Ping Eye 2 irons.

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