First Metal Golf Drivers

Swinging a hollow metal headed driver meant the overall weight of the club could be lower which would instantly increase swing speed.

First metal golf drivers.

Fact is metal even one as strong as titanium suffers fatigue especially when thinned to the level of. The 1 wood or driver is the lowest lofted longest and often lightest club in a player s bag and is meant to launch the ball the longest distance of any club. In caddyshack rodney dangerfield s character stocks his bag with a driver that dispenses beer. In 1981 ron streck became the first pro to win with the taylor made pittsburgh persimmon paving the way for future club designs and professionals all around the world.

Explore discount golf drivers from the biggest names in the industry at the lowest price guaranteed. Even as metal clubs became available they were used sparingly as they could easily damage the early feathery golf balls see golf ball history. In fact champ busted his driver right before he won the 2018 sanderson farms championship. The first and most important was the weight savings that were achieved.

Originally the driver was only slightly larger than any other wood and was designed to be used from the tee or the fairway but with the advent of hollow metal clubhead construction the driver has become highly specialized. We put more than 100 drivers woods hybrids and irons through rigorous robotic and player testing to create golf s biggest and best gear review ever. Streck was the first golfer to win carrying a taylormade metal wood in 1981 and taylormade quickly grew into one of the powerhouses in the golf manufacturing industry. 14 gx 7 x metal driver distance fairway wood accuracy mens womens models includes head cover long accurate tee shots legal for tournament play by autopilot 199 00 199.

With our help and a little research on. Nicknamed the pittsburgh persimmon adams steel driver featured 12 degrees of loft and was the first metal driver used by professional golfers on the pga tour. Pga tour players ron streck and jim simons put the metal driver into play at the 1979 mony tournament of champions although both used it as a 3 wood off the fairways. As early as 1750 some club makers used forged metal heads for niblicks wedges.

There were a number of undeniable advantages to playing golf with a metal driver however.