drivers with small heads?

[mirv]

are there any drivers out there that are kind of like a modern persimmon driver? by "modern persimmon" i mean it has roughly the same size head that a persimmon did, but employs modern construction materials like graphite, titanium, whatever. i have just never been a fan of the gigantic heads on drivers - i currently have a big bertha 9 degree, which gets the job done, but i'd like to at least try swinging something that's essentially a larger version of my 3-wood. anyone know if such a thing exists?

[cigarnut81]

You can still get some 400CC driverheads but that is twice the size of most persimmon heads I think I still have a 320CC Taylormade if your interested I will look to see if I still have it.

[mirv]

i appreciate the offer, but i was hoping that there was a line currently in production with specs relatively similar to what i mentioned earlier. my dad has a titleist driver from the early to mid 80s that has a head about the same size as a persimmon, but the head being made from completely different material than current clubs and having a steel shaft, the feel of it just isn't quite right. it's got the right size dimensions, but the wrong feel.

[cigarnut81]

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[denver_nuggs_15]

Why not buy like a 3+ or 2 wood. It will be like 13* but I would imagine that it is about the same size.

[st0wgolf08]

Why not buy like a 3+ or 2 wood. It will be like 13* but I would imagine that it is about the same size.

Probably because it won't go much farther then a normal 3 wood off the tee. If he wanted to do that, he would just hit 3 wood.

[Magnus]

I would look into a Titleist 975 or 983 or 905s. They aren't the newest, but since the 'newest' usually means 460cc, they are still legit and some of us still swear by them - the largest of all of them is the 905s and it's 400cc.

[Timothy D Watson]

Wooden drivers range in volume from around 175cc to 285cc, but much of that is in the traditional tapered hosel. Comparatively sized drivers with modern hosels run at around 130cc to 250cc. From 130cc to 225cc, the clubhead would have to be steel or beryllium copper. All titanium drivers started around 230cc. Graphite drivers come in sizes from 130cc all the way to 460cc. That is almost the full spectrum of legal head volumes for graphite.

The problem is that when modern materials like 6-4 titanium, carbon composite, and others are used in a smaller clubhead, the head's feel will be much more solid. Modern driver materials have very high strength to weight ratios. Large headed drivers feel more "hot" because they demand more from these materials to keep the clubhead together through impact and the head is thus less "solid." It sounds like you do not want the older, "solid" feel.

My best bet for a persimmon like driver with oversized titanium like feel would be a clubhead that is as big as durably possible within the range of 130cc to 250cc, but definitely with a strong but NOT lightweight body material and a face with a springlike effect equal or greater than 6-4 titanium. The exact reasons for all of that are complex. The closest existing thing I know of to this would be a driver with a titanium face, steel body, and volume around 230cc.

Just a club does exist new with graphite shafts available (you can take other old heads and reshaft them too). Look up www.raven•••••••••••••• , select USA, go to titanium, and finally drag down and select "Extreme Distance." I would recommend the 220cc head.

[obsessedgolfer]

are there any drivers out there that are kind of like a modern persimmon driver? by "modern persimmon" i mean it has roughly the same size head that a persimmon did, but employs modern construction materials like graphite, titanium, whatever. i have just never been a fan of the gigantic heads on drivers - i currently have a big bertha 9 degree, which gets the job done, but i'd like to at least try swinging something that's essentially a larger version of my 3-wood. anyone know if such a thing exists?

If money is not an object, you can pick up a r7 cgb limited (interchangeable shaft technology, Movable weight technology,and a high Moi) used on ebay for about $400 including the 3 interchangeable shafts, the head is 400ccs and it incorporates the most modern technology out there, here is a link to the website

http://www.taylormadegolf.com/produc...il.asp?pID=218

[mirv]

Wooden drivers range in volume from around 175cc to 285cc, but much of that is in the traditional tapered hosel. Comparatively sized drivers with modern hosels run at around 130cc to 250cc. From 130cc to 225cc, the clubhead would have to be steel or beryllium copper. All titanium drivers started around 230cc. Graphite drivers come in sizes from 130cc all the way to 460cc. That is almost the full spectrum of legal head volumes for graphite.

thank you very much, very informative and helpful!

thanks to everyone else for their input as well, i appreciate it!