The Hammer

[iacas]

Laugh as much as you like, guys - then look through the posts on these boards about the latest "technology" and well known manufacturers making baseless claims and people believing them. Wow GSS !!!! High MOI putter!!!! Double muscle back!!! Triangular/square driver!!!! MWT!!!!! Composite driver head!!!!! Titanium this and "grain flow forged" that.

Yeah, except each of those have some merit as technologies. So... No, not quite the same (at all) as something like The Hammer.

[Lemay427]

Laugh as much as you like, guys - then look through the posts on these boards about the latest "technology" and well known manufacturers making baseless claims and people believing them. Wow GSS !!!! High MOI putter!!!! Double muscle back!!! Triangular/square driver!!!! MWT!!!!! Composite driver head!!!!! Titanium this and "grain flow forged" that. In the seventies it was all investment cast this and multistepped shafts. Thumb through any golf magazine and look at the number of ads which say that this and that club or ball helps you hit it longer and straighter - not as OTT as The Hammer, but it's just the same old advertising BS that we can choose to ignore or believe. No one's going to drool over your Hammer 3 wood, but they will look enviously at OEM gear that is expensively promoted but in a more stylish way.

No. this club is definitely the worst. at least when the big boy companies (nike, titleist, callaway, etc) make claims they have some sort of science/research to back it up. The Hammer has a shaft that cuts through the wind faster!! lol. ok, then back it up with some research. The hammer club(s) is a bunch of junk.

[erniebanks]

Have or has anyone played The "Hammer" Driver from the infomercial on the golf channel? If so how did you like it, and dit it feel nice at impact? Because

Just move up to the ladies tee. Save $100.

[tjy355]

Laugh as much as you like, guys - then look through the posts on these boards about the latest "technology" and well known manufacturers making baseless claims and people believing them. Wow GSS !!!! High MOI putter!!!! Double muscle back!!! Triangular/square driver!!!! MWT!!!!! Composite driver head!!!!! Titanium this and "grain flow forged" that. In the seventies it was all investment cast this and multistepped shafts. Thumb through any golf magazine and look at the number of ads which say that this and that club or ball helps you hit it longer and straighter - not as OTT as The Hammer, but it's just the same old advertising BS that we can choose to ignore or believe. No one's going to drool over your Hammer 3 wood, but they will look enviously at OEM gear that is expensively promoted but in a more stylish way.

You are pretty much on target. If Scotty Cameron putters sold for only $59, NOBODY would buy them!!!

[BASHERBAKER69]

Technology is not that helpful- you should spend the money on tuition and practise- that will help you hit the ball further and more consistently.

[joshtpa]

So i suppose you are using persimmon woods and an old Top FLite from the 80's.

[Lemay427]

You are pretty much on target. If Scotty Cameron putters sold for only $59, NOBODY would buy them!!!

I doubt that. Considering its one of the most popular putters on tour, I bet they would be sold out everywhere for $59. Remember, the pros arent using certain equipment because of the cost. If the pros use them, the general idea is that its the best equipment.

[Lemay427]

I like this video the best. Its bad quality though. Real Funny

[Fraser]

Real Funny

'WARNING, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR FOURSOME ***GRUNT/POW***'

*Sorry, but that voiceover guy speaks in upper case

[immts007]

There is one of these fugly things sitting in a rack for $15 right now at my local Play it Again Sports. They have a 10 day no-questions asked return policy. I'm tempted to 'borrow' it just so I can see if it hits as ugly as it looks.

[mev]

MSRP $299, WAS $99, Now buy it for $29!!!!!

http://www.heartlandamerica.com/brow...roduct_reviews

I love the review, 'the best club you can buy for this price'. It's all about marketing, and these guys are selling clubs, and making money.

[Lefty731PM]

So i suppose you are using persimmon woods and an old Top FLite from the 80's.

Not quite sure who this was directed to, but the I was making was that the Top Flite D2 ads from 2007/8 are in their own way just as ridiculous. Man up.....as if a ball will enable you to cut the dogleg and hit it futher.

[Lefty731PM]

Yeah, except each of those have some merit as technologies. So... No, not quite the same (at all) as something like The Hammer.

So you're using the Top Flite D2, Iacas and no longer laying up on those doglegs? My point was about promotion rather than technology - I even said that it wasn't all BS, but the notion that it can transform a game is.

[Lefty731PM]

I doubt that. Considering its one of the most popular putters on tour, I bet they would be sold out everywhere for $59. Remember, the pros arent using certain equipment because of the cost. If the pros use them, the general idea is that its the best equipment.

Not the best. It works for them and in many cases they are paid a fortune to use certain clubs which is why many amateurs covet the clubs they see the pros with.

If Scotty Cameron released a $59 model it would sell very well, but there would be outrage from the Cameron Cultists because their special object was available to everyone and if they mentioned that they owned one, they would be terrified and angry that the person they're speaking to thought they might have the cheap onehey would no longer feel special and discerning. Someone said they would be upset recently if Ping started selling at a chain sports store for this very reason. A Cameron putter does not make you a good putter. But for many, it's a nice thing to own and I have nothing against pride of owneship. We would all be playing 10 year old clubs otherwise. And many people with 10 year old clubs have a great game.

[joshtpa]

Not quite sure who this was directed to, but the I was making was that the Top Flite D2 ads from 2007/8 are in their own way just as ridiculous. Man up.....as if a ball will enable you to cut the dogleg and hit it futher.

It was directed to the person right above where I wrote it, that said technology means nothing.

[Lemay427]

Not the best. It works for them and in many cases they are paid a fortune to use certain clubs which is why many amateurs covet the clubs they see the pros with.

your not worth an argument.

[joshtpa]

your not worth an argument.

That seems pretty cold. I dont know if there is history between you two or something, but I thought his post was well written and fairly objective.

[Fraser]

MSRP $299, WAS $99, Now buy it for $29!!!!!

Maybe I'm being an idiot but at $29 it might not be a bad price!