Does Anyone Out There Still Use Persimmon Clubs?

[PersimmonUnchained]

Hello all. I've been playing Callaway Big Bertha woods from the 90's for the last few years.   A lot of people tell me that I need to upgrade, but I've always felt if it works, don't replace it. My game is fair for what I use it for, so I'm not worried. Anyway, more recently I came into possession of a set of persimmon woods, namely 3 different drivers, a five wood, and a 4 wood. It came with a three too, but the head's coming off the shaft so i'm not using that.  In the past, I haven't  been too impressed with persimmons, but this set is actually decent. Namely the 5 and 4 woods. I can get better distance with those two clubs than my Bertha 3 wood. And my Bertha's are probably my favorite set, and I've used like 4 other sets. My question is, has anyone else used  persimmons recently? I know the tour stopped using them for the most part by '96-'97. I know people say they don't get as good of yardage, but honestly, I don't see much difference. You just need to hit a bit harder. 

[David in FL]

Even your Big Berthas are 20 years behind current technology.  

I grew up playing persimmons, and other than maybe taking a few swings out of idle curiosity to goof around, you couldn’t pay me to play them again.

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