Tom Wishon Discusses Adjustable Driver Technology
This report originated because of claims being made on behalf of the modern adjustable hosel drivers that these adjustable devices allow the loft, lie and face angle to be customized for golfers. In 1995, I de-signed the first commercially available adjustable hosel device to allow a metal wood to be altered for lie and face angle. From my work to create this device, as well as from my experience in having made wooden woods early in my career, I believe that it is simply not possible to change the loft through a hosel device which operates on the principle of changing the angle of the shaft into the clubhead.
Based on my experience, I find it difficult to believe the claims for specification adjustment being made on behalf of these modern adjustable hosel devices. Therefore, this report came about because I wanted to learn for myself if the modern versions of adjust-able hosel devices really could achieve the loft, lie and face angle specifications that the companies offering drivers say they can do.
A technical report about the modern versions of adjustable hosel drivers has to begin with a discussion of three very important, related issues.
• The manner in which a driver head is positioned in a clubhead specifications measurement machine for the correct static specifications measurement of loft, lie and face angle.
• The importance of the static measurements of driver loft, lie and face angle to the goal of achiev-ing the optimum shot result for each individual golfer.
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