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I before E,excpt Titleist
So I had my chat with Mr Boccieri Yesterday.
I know I sound like a broken record but what a COOL guy!
We talked for 1.5 hours and we talked about a whole bunch of different stuff. Some of it not even golf related. He mentioned a little frustration about his workers trying to take vacation around this time of year. I told him I know the feeling because at my job I'm at the bottome end of the totem pole and EVERYONE is taking vaction during the summer and leaving me with all the work.
We talked about shaft technology. His current focus and he enjoys it because one of his original jobs was to study stress on metal pipes which he says is very similar to studying golf shafts.
When we talked about the Heavy Driver it was an eye opener to hear it from him. The counterweighting and higher balance point was intriguing to me and I was curious as to why they went that route. The example he gave me made a lot of sense: Think of an ice skater spinning in place. With her arms out she spins fine, but when she pulls her arms in she spins faster. This has to do with the Center of gravity being closer to her center. The heavy driver's CG is much closer to the body compared to other drivers. Thus allowing you to turn your core quicker and easier. It makes sense (to me that is). Another point he mentioned was the Driver was almost named the BAlance driver. A name that actually to me makes more sense, but they already have the "heavy" brand name going.
Very gracious guy, he made a point to remind me that his company aren't the pioneers in counterweighting either. Pointing to Jack Nicklaus did it throughout his career.
*Teaser*
He mentioned the possibility of doing the same thing with THP but with their new Irons in the next coming months.
And he also mentioned the possibility of doing launch monitor testing with real Golfers at his home course in Scottsdale Arizona.
Both things he mentioned casually as if they were ideas that had just popped into his head. But I was jumping up and down like a little kid at the possibility
Great guy, and its awesome to shoot the breeze with someone who shares a similar passion. I wish I could remember more about what we talked about. Ever shoot the breeze with a buddy and then an hour later can't remember what your were talking about? Same thing.
oh BTW. The driver is very different to my current and previsou drivers. I'm still getting the hang of it, but I've been very impressed with the results so far.
I know I sound like a broken record but what a COOL guy!
We talked for 1.5 hours and we talked about a whole bunch of different stuff. Some of it not even golf related. He mentioned a little frustration about his workers trying to take vacation around this time of year. I told him I know the feeling because at my job I'm at the bottome end of the totem pole and EVERYONE is taking vaction during the summer and leaving me with all the work.
We talked about shaft technology. His current focus and he enjoys it because one of his original jobs was to study stress on metal pipes which he says is very similar to studying golf shafts.
When we talked about the Heavy Driver it was an eye opener to hear it from him. The counterweighting and higher balance point was intriguing to me and I was curious as to why they went that route. The example he gave me made a lot of sense: Think of an ice skater spinning in place. With her arms out she spins fine, but when she pulls her arms in she spins faster. This has to do with the Center of gravity being closer to her center. The heavy driver's CG is much closer to the body compared to other drivers. Thus allowing you to turn your core quicker and easier. It makes sense (to me that is). Another point he mentioned was the Driver was almost named the BAlance driver. A name that actually to me makes more sense, but they already have the "heavy" brand name going.
Very gracious guy, he made a point to remind me that his company aren't the pioneers in counterweighting either. Pointing to Jack Nicklaus did it throughout his career.
*Teaser*
He mentioned the possibility of doing the same thing with THP but with their new Irons in the next coming months.
And he also mentioned the possibility of doing launch monitor testing with real Golfers at his home course in Scottsdale Arizona.
Both things he mentioned casually as if they were ideas that had just popped into his head. But I was jumping up and down like a little kid at the possibility
Great guy, and its awesome to shoot the breeze with someone who shares a similar passion. I wish I could remember more about what we talked about. Ever shoot the breeze with a buddy and then an hour later can't remember what your were talking about? Same thing.
oh BTW. The driver is very different to my current and previsou drivers. I'm still getting the hang of it, but I've been very impressed with the results so far.
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