Sneak peek 2017 TM M2 Driver
Get this, strip the head with aircraft stripper and buff the face with a wheel and it will be the longest 3W you will ever hit. It has a .335 hosel, The head is cast with a face insert of the Liquidmetal alloy. I have a tour issue one of these. Deeper face, but not hard to hit from the FW, I won't even tell you what I did with one of these once, because it may sound too much like bragging or you wouldn't believe me.
sdandrea1 I still have mine, and I wish I could have paid less than $25 with shipping. The head has a stainless, matte finish when stripped. The material of the face is unreal. It's repulsion rate is way higher than Ti. When these were made there was no COR testing. Also, the metal has a high frequency dampening property that gives a solid feel without the sting. Top secret flechette projectiles for the Mach 7 rail gun are made of this material. Also, this material is replacing depleted uranium rounds for the A-10/ Vulcan cannon. The professor that was a co-creator of the material was an avid golfer which is why these clubs even exist.
Hey brsmith, - can the same be said for the driver, or is it just the 3 wood that is uber long?
I put a ball on the front collar of a green on a par 5 after I had driven the ball through the fairway of a dog leg left into a deep cut. We used my drive because it still was by far the best. I had a flyer lie from about 280 by the crow, but I needed to slice/fade the ball about 40 additional yards to clear a row of evergreens and send the ball straight from there. I was in a scramble that you could use 2 consecutive shots from 1 person only once per 9 holes.We took a shot because I was hitting everything long that day. I set up to cut across the ball and swung as hard as I could, but didn't move my head to look up and I picked it clean. Ball curved hard right after about 40 yards and just screamed down the center of the FW . and then started bounding on the very firm mid-September course, in Oswego, IL. The ball headed right at the flag and came to rest about 30' from the pin on the front collar. The most gratifying thing was the other 3 players said they weren't even going to try a shot.
I also won the longest drive in that scramble receiving my first ever trophy for golf. 314 yards with a 10* SMT DB 455 with a HTD CBS shaft that I bought from the swap shop on FGI and had received FedEx on Saturday 30 minutes before having to leave for the scramble.
Yes, I was lucky, but it happened and it was a large part due to the LM club. It was at least a 320 yard shot with 260+ yards of carry, again from the rough with a good lie.
It was a good day for me.
I hit 2 drives over 380 yards with a 10* Professor Johnson 330 cc with a Grafalloy Pro- Lite 35 in X flex, 46".
The 11* head of the PJ is on the non-conforming list.
They have the LM material coated over the Ti face and not a pure LM105 material like the other drivers and FW woods. The other woods have the LM105 insert, but I really never tried them as they were maybe 250cc.
Is this Glfwrx?
sdandrea1 Nope Steve, that is why I didn't want to say anything. That was several years ago when I had a 116-120 SS.
My point of everything was these clubs were truly an innovation but originally they were pricey. A set of irons was over $2500 and the drivers and woods were $3 and 4 hundred dollars in the late 90's.
I still have my 13 3W that originally belonged to Paul Azinger and is still the longest 3W I have ever hit. There are more forgiving and easier to hit models, but that is longer. I have a Nike T-60 13 3W in my bag that isn't as long, but is super easy to hit with it's 60 gram Tungsten plug inside to promote a high launch.
That is why I contend I haven't hit a wood made since 2006 that is truly longer.
Either way I was just trying to point out something cheap you might try.