Jefka
New member
I'm excited, I'm really really excited....I have just hit a "real" fairway wood for the very first time in my life.
All I can say is just wow, what an absolute joy to hit these clubs. I bought a practice set of Ben Hogan Blades for 25 bucks (percussion slazenger/hogans) and it came with Ben Hogan speedslot 2, 4 and 5 persimmon fairway woods (At least I think they are persimmon). They were a sort of bonus for me and I didn't expect much of them when I picked them up for the first time. Five swings later I was in love, these things are soft, really soft probably softer then the pillow I sleep on. That soft feeling probably has to do with the sound aswell which is just awesome, a real pleasing soft sound instead of a metal ping.
I see no reason why I wouldn't play the Speedslot instead of my Callaway Diablo 3 wood. The Speedslot feels much better, sounds much better and is much much easier to hit off the deck then the Diablo. The only thing I couldn't really compare yet is distance, I was playing the Speedslot into a very strong wind so distance was difficult to judge but looked similar to the Diablo. I actually loved the fairway woods so much I'm already hunting ebay for a driver. The driver has always been my weakness, judging how easy these fairway woods are to hit compared to the Diablo I'm hoping a persimmon driver might be equally "easy" for me.
It's been a short relationship sofar but I'm in love with these "wood" woods. Searching the forum I only see a few very old threads regarding persimmon woods/drivers, are there more fans out there or am I just weird that way?
All I can say is just wow, what an absolute joy to hit these clubs. I bought a practice set of Ben Hogan Blades for 25 bucks (percussion slazenger/hogans) and it came with Ben Hogan speedslot 2, 4 and 5 persimmon fairway woods (At least I think they are persimmon). They were a sort of bonus for me and I didn't expect much of them when I picked them up for the first time. Five swings later I was in love, these things are soft, really soft probably softer then the pillow I sleep on. That soft feeling probably has to do with the sound aswell which is just awesome, a real pleasing soft sound instead of a metal ping.
I see no reason why I wouldn't play the Speedslot instead of my Callaway Diablo 3 wood. The Speedslot feels much better, sounds much better and is much much easier to hit off the deck then the Diablo. The only thing I couldn't really compare yet is distance, I was playing the Speedslot into a very strong wind so distance was difficult to judge but looked similar to the Diablo. I actually loved the fairway woods so much I'm already hunting ebay for a driver. The driver has always been my weakness, judging how easy these fairway woods are to hit compared to the Diablo I'm hoping a persimmon driver might be equally "easy" for me.
It's been a short relationship sofar but I'm in love with these "wood" woods. Searching the forum I only see a few very old threads regarding persimmon woods/drivers, are there more fans out there or am I just weird that way?