Pro's playing adjustable hosel/weight woods

[grandaddy510]

With many brands making adjustable hosel or weight configured woods now, from TM, Nike, Callaway, ect. many tour pro's have these in their bags now. Do you believe most of these tour pro's are gaming these on neutral settings? I would think that most, if not all, would be able to work the ball left or right without the need to have a draw/fade bias on their club. IMHO I believe these adjustable hosel/weight technology woods are a gimmick and are actually cheating the average player from learning how to swing on the correct plane. I think many amateurs are using these as a "quick fix" to straighten out their ball flight, mainly slicers looking for a draw bias. I love the feel of my R9 fairway wood but I have never moved it from neutral setting. I was debating with someone about this and they believed many tour pros are using this technology to prevent "missing to one side". They also commented that if it was a gimmick, then why would they have it in their bag, which I thought was pretty funny. I believe many tour pro's are using this new technology because they are getting payed to game it and most are using it in neutral settings. I have seen a few of the pro's featured in the "whats in the bag" section of golf digest who are playing these have them on neutral settings, but this is only a small percentage featured that are playing with this technology. What are your thoughts or opinions on this?

[shades9323]

With many brands making adjustable hosel or weight configured woods now, from TM, Nike, Callaway, ect. many tour pro's have these in their bags now. Do you believe most of these tour pro's are gaming these on neutral settings? I would think that most, if not all, would be able to work the ball left or right without the need to have a draw/fade bias on their club. IMHO I believe these adjustable hosel/weight technology woods are a gimmick and are actually cheating the average player from learning how to swing on the correct plane. I think many amateurs are using these as a "quick fix" to straighten out their ball flight, mainly slicers looking for a draw bias. I love the feel of my R9 fairway wood but I have never moved it from neutral setting. I was debating with someone about this and they believed many tour pros are using this technology to prevent "missing to one side". They also commented that if it was a gimmick, then why would they have it in their bag, which I thought was pretty funny. I believe many tour pro's are using this new technology because they are getting payed to game it and most are using it in neutral settings. I have seen a few of the pro's featured in the "whats in the bag" section of golf digest who are playing these have them on neutral settings, but this is only a small percentage featured that are playing with this technology. What are your thoughts or opinions on this?

I would guess they have them on the more open setting as I do. It really does take away the left side.

And as far as you assessment of amatures, most(like me) don't practice. We just like to play. If we can get a club that adjusts to our particular swing it is just a bonus for us. They aren't cheating anybody. If someone wants to work on thier swing they aren't being stopped by these adjustable drivers/woods. Of course the pros are playing them because they get paid to. They can get the same affect with any club through the tour vans however.

[MSchumacher]

I'm really thinking about purchasing the R9 driver. I already have the R9 4wood and love the thing (set to neutral). The reason why I want this adjustability is because my typical miss is a hook or sometimes even a duck hook.

All drivers nowadays are setup with a closed face and I don't feel comfortable looking down at that. So a neutral or maybe even open would be preferred.