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Conference 7.286::golf

Title:	Welcome to the Golf Notes Conference!
Notice:	FOR SALE notes in Note 69 please! Intros in note 863 or 61.
Moderator:	FUNYET::ANDERSON

Created:	Tue Feb 15 1994
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2129
Total number of notes:	21499

140.0. "Laser X2" by TLE::CARLTON () Thu Aug 13 1987 23:09

    
      I have been a relatively leisure golfer the past few summers,
    but this summer I have really hit the course.  I play at the Nashua
    Country Club most of the time.  I played on my high school golf
    team the last three years.  I normally scored in the mid to high
    forties (for nine of course).  This year I got sick of my old clubs
    and started using my father's Powerbuilt irons and metal woods.
    My scores have miraculously dropped to high thirties to low forties.
      A couple of weeks ago I used my old clubs because my dad was playing
    somewhere else.  I played awfully.  I just purchased a set of new
    Golden Ram Laser X2s and the Golden Ram driver-3-5 metal woods.
    I am back to my incredible scores.  I am wondering if any else has
    information on the Laser X2s that they want to pass on.  The irons
    were used once by the golf pro to test them (sure!), so he gave
    me demo price for the set.  I got the woods and irons for $315.
    Is that a good price or did I get ripped off? (Well, I guess I can't
    really get ripped off, since I play great with them.)
    
    Thanks for any comments,
    
    Trevor C.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
140.1	Clubs Can Make A Difference!	COOKIE::CHAVEZ	Dale C. - CXO3 Colo Spgs	`Fri Aug 14 1987 00:32`	22
	In today's world, clubs can indeed make a difference. Perimeter weighting makes a tremendous difference in striking a golf ball. You can mishit a perimeter-weighted club, and the ball still manages to go in the general direction you wanted to. Try that with regular forged irons and you get what you pay for: bad swing produces bad golf shot. Sports Illustrated had an excellent article on golf club design about two weeks ago. Read it if you can. There is a definite faction out on the pro tour regarding club modification nowadays. People like Ray Floyd, Greg Norman, Jack Nicklaus are against modifications that make the game easier for the pro-level player. Square-grooves in irons is a good example of an idea that has gone too far. A professional golfer can hit a down-wind, downhill approach to a green with the pin tucked in the back using square-grooves and the ball will BACK-UP when it hits the green for krisakes! The same pro can hit the same golf shot using forged irons with v-shaped grooves, and the ball rolls off the back of the green. Bottom line: clubs can make a difference in scoring. Dale
140.2	square grooves help....sometimes!	PARITY::JRYAN		`Mon Aug 17 1987 17:39`	13
	RE. -1 The layest info on the square-groove vs. V-groove indicates that from the fairway there is no advantage to using either. The advantage is in hitting the square-grooved irons from the rough. The square-grooves minimize the effect of grass between the ball and club face and thus gives a advantage. See this months Golf Digest (I think it's Golf Digest). They did a good job explaining the governing body's position on the subject. Regards, Jim
140.3	ripped-off? sounds like a deal to me	DIXIE1::KLEIN		`Fri Aug 21 1987 21:03`	6
	Re .0 I wouldn't worry about being 'ripped-off' the $315 you spent on the whole set can easily be spent just on a set of irons. $315 for a complete set, woods/irons, of a pro-line set is a good price!
140.4	A great buy!!!	HEFTY::WELLSPEAK	It's a Boy	`Mon Aug 24 1987 21:05`	15
	I think you got an excellent deal!!! The price listed in Golf Digests 1987 Equipment Preview Buyers Guide, for Ram Laser X-2's was 9 irons - $540 4 woods - $340 Which means you could probably pick up an entire set at say a Nevavda Bobs for about $550 to $600. If you only payed $315, you got a steal. They are described as "Heel-toe weighting. U-shaped grooves/Cambered sole." They also have Frequency matched shafts. Although I've never used them, they sound like very nice clubs. I bought new clubs this past spring, Spaulding XL4's, that are perimeter weighted, and the definately help your game. As said before, off center shots go further and less off line than traditional clubs. Beak