Mike Boatright

Again your just using a play on words it's trivial an irrelevant. 5 pound can,bucket etc.. The point being it's large hollow and weighs more than the compact lighter yet dense 2 pound lead ball. Ill take the homer bucket falling on me all day vs that lead ball,but in a way that's irrelevant were talking golf ball x mass and energy transfer just an idea. I'm not saying iv'e tested this or have seen this as absolute. .

Similar comments and such. I said a 5 pound plastic bucket vs a solid 2 pound lead ball yes. I get it it just fine guy i'm just trying to think outside the lines and harness new concepts and new ideas. You guys are stuck in the idea that tech is as good as it's ever going to get syndrome. I remember 15 years ago some Executive from x box quoted that graphics in the original HALO were as real as it's ever going to get bar none! It's that kind of thinking that get's you nowhere and is kinda arrogant. Is it though how much of that extra 30 or 50 grams is actually being utilized

I would love to see some robotic testing hitting a golf ball with a heavier more massive object expanded like this titanium plate vs the more compacted slightly lighter version being the end of this hammer. Just like blades in steel irons direct hits seem to provide more energy to the ball then it's cavity back cousins because of perimeter weighting offer more moi I guess? It adds forgiveness on all around hits on the total face diameter.

The speed would be the same but the direct force would not. The 2 pound ball could kill where the 5 pound homer bucket from the home depot would hurt but bounce off your head. Yes I said this earlier callaways drivers is bad ass they have managed to make the 460 cc driver move as fast as possible within it's structure and weight. I actually have nothing against a 200 gram head my goal here is to find a way to swing something 120 mph without a lot of effort. From testing weight is the most determent factor of clubhead speed not so much aerodynamics. Given the same shaft length and weight with t

Looks like you could work on getting your swing less up and swing and more circular. It's a fine swing that is just off plane a bit. Your set up needs better posture keep that head up a little and make a finish to the target but slightly left. Notice how high your arms are in your follow through? This indicates a very up and down motion vs slightly up around and through.

Yes. If the club head is lighter then you lose kinetic energy, lose in smash factor. CG location just helps determine launch angel, MOI and spin rates. Sweet spot extends a good ways from the center of the club face. CG is where the center of mass is located. The mass is centered horizontally on drivers already. This had been said before. No you will not get optimal ball speeds because the mass lowers the smash factor as said a lot already. I know it's so weird to me though were talking grams not 5 pounds vs 20 pounds dropping fro

I'm in it more for the science and fun. I just cut down one of my drivers to 43.5 inches and hit it 250 carry when i hit it well. I'm not a super long hitter and when I playing well find a decent amount of fairways.

That's very interesting I get all of I'm not saying it's wrong. I made the video because a few people on here said you wouldn't pick up clubhead speed with a lighter head. It feels so good to make a very easy swing and hit 115 mph without trying very hard. My question is it simply weight and that's a fact no matter where the weight is positioned? Will the results always have to be in the 190 to 212 grams range? I for one figure the sweet spot on a driver is the size of a golf ball and the rest of the face is a miss. I just weighed this broken ping tsi tec head I have at 212 grams yet it's

I like a good joke as much as the next guy. I hope your kidding though and not one of those the earth is 1000 years old kinda followers are you?

Well yes and no I'm sure tour guys who swing it 119 mph like to feel the clubhead for control. When my swing is on plane it's in control it's much easier for me to do so when I have less effort. I have a swing plane guide and have found the 155 gram club is easier to stay in balance with. I can slow it down to 99 or so with the standard driver but that loses much yardage.. A pane of glass doesn't really apply to a near spherical clubhead? Your correct though some people wouldn't like it until they see the results. Who knows maybe the end result would be 165 grams either way it couldnt look or

Oh not at all I'm theorizing a smaller lighter overall head at 155 grams with the same face size as the current driver. My test concluded that I could swing the 44.5 inch 60 gram shaft 155 gram driver head 119 mph with ease because of it's head weight vs my 200 gram standard club 110 with measurable effort.. Current drivers are big in the wrong places mostly the body which only provides stability within itself. A smaller body results in less stability needs and with correct engineering more centered mass and the same energy transfer. I'm not sure if companies have done this yet,i'm sure they

Maybe your just working hard in the wrong area of your game? Even it out try to hit more greens and less pressure will mount up on your short game. take a 5 from 150 yards if you have to and just hit the green. great golf is great golf but even scrappy golf can make par's all day if you just mange to make greens 2 putt and move on. Forget your previous high scores and focus on straight. You would be surprised how satisfying it is to shoot one or two over for 9 holes from just hitting it in play and striking it poorly. Face it as a 7.7 handicap you could shoot 4 under when your on fire and puri

I think another cool thing about that video is how it shows so much wasted material is used. The face it literally very small in relation the the rest of the club which of course is designed to be stable and flex at impact. I think it works very well in stability but is slowing you down in terms of 12 to 15 mph. How can mass that far and wide away from the ball have an effect on smash factor ask your self this? Reduce the total grams to 155.922 as I have tested and get that 460 cc down to 300 cc of more compacted,yet lighter material and you could have the same hit factor if not more and be pe

Irrelevance Why nit pick on the hollow thing it's irrelevant the the topic and isn't what I meant cool video though :)

Perhaps check out the video and see the results I'm thinking more centered mass less wasted weight and about 155.922 grams if applicable to hitting the golf ball with the same force as a 200 gram driver.

This is very un scientific, but will show to some extent the difference between swinging a standard 200 gram driver head vs a 155 gram version of the same shaft length. Iv'e seen these results over and over again and would assume the same results with different users over hundreds of trials. Please forgive the poor quality I used windows movie maker and a cheap 12 megapixel camera. specs: Cobra s speed 200 gram head 70 gram s fujikura shaft 44.5 inches Prototype Callaway 5.5 ounces 155.922 grams head with a 60 gram shaft 44.5 inches Callaway razr x reg flex motore 50

It's in the process of formatting will be about 15 minutes give or take. I used a scale the callaway cut head weighs 155.92 grams and the cobra in the 200 gram range with the same length shaft and about the same weight plus or minus 10 grams.

Any way that's kinda harsh again! I have made a video showing my results enjoy.

sorry boss 1.62 ounces =46 grams who cares I have tested it hundreds of times it's factual Yes you would see that much increase in speed and for some maybe even more I have gotten into the 138 mph rang going hard that's a 25 mph increase. That's weird that some of those cavity type drivers are non conforming why? It wouldn't have an effect on cor so that's kinda odd?

Then don't read it or respond it's plain as day. The maximum weight for a ball is 1.62 ounces, and balls are not permitted to exceed this and still be used in tournament play. Most balls are manufactured to be ... source golf smith. I have tested it myself by taking a titleist titanium d driver by sawing the head in half. I'd did the same with a callaway ft tour driver. I have a legitimate swing speed radar the results are plain to see from my testing. The callaway with a standard 45 inch shaft get's into the 128 mph range and the titleist being a littler heavier and short

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I have this driver and might test it's head in weight. I't feels far lighter than 200 grams and was high tec for it's day. I get all that being that it's very scientific and all. The golf ball weighs 1.68 ounces i'm only talking 100 grams less it makes a huge difference in club head speed. If a 200 gram driver bar none goes 250 yards at 100 mph and 250 yards with a 100 gram driver head at 130 mph no matter the circumstances then it's just a dream. Testing needs to be done. It could potentially work and be legal. A solid putter like that could weigh 325 grams though

''A hole or depression in something definition of hollow'' Most drivers are empty inside being internally hollow vs the definition of hollow as an external empty space vs a solid exterior object and empty interior.

To keep it simple for you guys yes internally hollow. Nike has taken the bottom out of it and re positioned the weight as I have explained. The idea is to re position the weight with a 100 gram head to maximize smash factor to the same as a heavier head that's it. Possible maybe maybe not? I think so you guys are getting lost in trivial matters again are not getting this at all!!. You think I'm stupid when you guys are not getting what I'm saying it's humorous. It may be possible and could be done one day. It's like im talking to 12 year old's about car mechanics and gas mileage and you spout

See they are already starting to do as I say optimizing weight and removing unnecessary weight.