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This thought has been in my mind for a while now. There’s something about old clubs (or old school clubs) that appeal to me. Anyone still using a persimmon driver? If so, what kind of distances are you getting. (ie, how many percent did you lose in terms of distance)
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This thought has been in my mind for a while now. There’s something about old clubs (or old school clubs) that appeal to me. Anyone still using a persimmon driver? If so, what kind of distances are you getting. (ie, how many percent did you lose in terms of distance)
Don’t use them but I’m hanging on to my old MacGregor Muirfields ’cause I think that one future day the club makers will figure the market can take no more metal and graphite and with the right story (accuracy and style might do it) and the right hot-shot pros using them they’ll bring back persimmon, and golfers being like fishermen with lures the club makers will find an easy market but there’ll be some guy like me who’ll say: I’m going to hang onto this Big Bertha ’cause they’ll likely bring it back ….. – hm
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Louisville Golf still produce persimmon heads. They now have the blanks for Hogan Apex(?)and several other classic persimmon heads and will be producing them on a limited run basis. A friend of mine has a set of the Hogans on order. David RSG Roll Call http://u1.netgate.net/~kirby34/rsg/sneddond.htm
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – This thought has been in my mind for a while now. There’s something about old clubs (or old school clubs) that appeal to me. Anyone still using a persimmon driver? If so, what kind of distances are you getting. (ie, how many percent did you lose in terms of distance) Don’t use them but I’m hanging on to my old MacGregor Muirfields ’cause I think that one future day the club makers will figure the market can take no more metal and graphite and with the right story (accuracy and style might do it) and the right hot-shot pros using them they’ll bring back persimmon, and golfers being like fishermen with lures the club makers will find an easy market but there’ll be some guy like me who’ll say: I’m going to hang onto this Big Bertha ’cause they’ll likely bring it back ….. – hm
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I was recently in the UK and played a couple of rounds with the old hybrid set i have over there. The driver is a Hogan Apex? Speedslot from the middle 80s. When i caught it properly i don’t think it was much shorter than a graphite/steel driver, but the mishits feel bad and don’t go very far. No surprise here – i dont think we’ll ever see steel and persimmon back in a big way. I went to the US Senior Open at Olympia Fields about 3 years ago – the only persimmon driver i saw was wielded by Steve Melnyk. B. J. Wilkinson – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -This thought has been in my mind for a while now. There’s something about old clubs (or old school clubs) that appeal to me. Anyone still using a persimmon driver? If so, what kind of distances are you getting. (ie, how many percent did you lose in terms of distance)
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Yea…. my spouse. I’ve tried letting him hit my C BB, but he prefers the persimmon. -T-
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I still have a set of Hogan speedslots that I hang on to for some reason,and take to the range and use
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This thought has been in my mind for a while now. There’s something about old clubs (or old school clubs) that appeal to me. Anyone still using a persimmon driver? If so, what kind of distances are you getting. (ie, how many percent did you lose in terms of distance)
Me! Well, I hit the driver so badly, I mostly tee off with my 3wood (persimmon) and I carry a 5wood persimmon. I’m not dogmatic about it; my 7wood is metal (how self-contradictory that phrase sounds!). I hit my 3w about 220 these days; I seem to have lost 10-20 yards over the winter. But last year, playing with guys with similar handicaps who were hitting BB’s and TaylorMade’s, I was usually only 5-10 yards back with my 3W than their drivers. So I don’t think you lose that much! OtherKevin
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This thought has been in my mind for a while now. There’s something about old clubs (or old school clubs) that appeal to me. Anyone still using a persimmon driver? If so, what kind of distances are you getting. (ie, how many percent did you lose in terms of distance)
I work as a starter/marshal at my course a couple of days a week, and I don’t see one wood club a week, let alone a good persimmon. Up until a couple of years ago, you could still buy a persimmon head from Golfsmith. I haven’t seen it in the last couple of catalogs. May your next round be your best round. Dave Please: no spam, off topic, or crossposts as explained in the RSG FAQ: at http://ttsoft.com/thor/rsggolf.html
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This thought has been in my mind for a while now. There’s something about old clubs (or old school clubs) that appeal to me. Anyone still using a persimmon driver? If so, what kind of distances are you getting. (ie, how many percent did you lose in terms of distance)
I personally don’t use one, but a golfing buddy of mine does, and he gets great distance off it as long as he hits it sqaure. Mis-hits though suck all his power away (and make for some NASTY hooks). Timothy R. Winters Designing Knights http://www.designingknights.com A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. –Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – you can still buy Powerbilt persimmon heads from MALTBY …and they are *beautiful* heads – I made a set for a friend. Easily as nice looking as any persimmon head I’ve seen. — Joe Cartpath – www.joecartpath.com Basic Golf Clubmaking & Memphis Area Golf Course Guide and….The Memphis MG Page… Joe, I just saw the Hogan Apex heads from Louisville Golf yesterday. They look great - you might be tempted to make yourself a new set!!! — David RSG Roll Call http://u1.netgate.net/~kirby34/rsg/sneddond.htm
If they sold the heads as components, you might be right. AFAIK Lousville Golf has only sold commplete clubs until now – and top quality ones. I’d sure like to try out one of those John Ryan Dogwood woods – but at $315 for the driver, I probably won’t be hitting one anytime soon. — Joe Cartpath – www.joecartpath.com Basic Golf Clubmaking & Memphis Area Golf Course Guide and….The Memphis MG Page…
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: This thought has been in my mind for a while now. There’s something about : old clubs (or old school clubs) that appeal to me. : : Anyone still using a persimmon driver? If so, what kind of distances are : you getting. (ie, how many percent did you lose in terms of distance)
It’s not persimmon, but I use a Ping Eye laminated 3-wood…and still own a matching driver…. Andy Andrew Maier AJMaier at Mindspring Dot Com
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Joe, I just saw the Hogan Apex heads from Louisville Golf yesterday. They look great - you might be tempted to make yourself a new set!!! — David RSG Roll Call http://u1.netgate.net/~kirby34/rsg/sneddond.htm If they sold the heads as components, you might be right. AFAIK Lousville Golf has only sold commplete clubs until now – and top quality ones. I’d sure like to try out one of those John Ryan Dogwood woods – but at $315 for the driver, I probably won’t be hitting one anytime soon. — Joe Cartpath – www.joecartpath.com
They were component heads, Joe. I’ll find out tomorrow what the ordering procedure is and drop you an email. — David RSG Roll Call http://u1.netgate.net/~kirby34/rsg/sneddond.htm
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you can still buy Powerbilt persimmon heads from MALTBY …and they are *beautiful* heads – I made a set for a friend. Easily as nice looking as any persimmon head I’ve seen. — Joe Cartpath – www.joecartpath.com Basic Golf Clubmaking & Memphis Area Golf Course Guide and….The Memphis MG Page…
Joe, I just saw the Hogan Apex heads from Louisville Golf yesterday. They look great - you might be tempted to make yourself a new set!!! — David RSG Roll Call http://u1.netgate.net/~kirby34/rsg/sneddond.htm
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you can still buy Powerbilt persimmon heads from MALTBY
…and they are *beautiful* heads – I made a set for a friend. Easily as nice looking as any persimmon head I’ve seen. — Joe Cartpath – www.joecartpath.com Basic Golf Clubmaking & Memphis Area Golf Course Guide and….The Memphis MG Page…
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I have the same driver, but have gone on to the GBB and the Integra 400cc. They make the Kool Cat look, and feel, like a 5 wood. Incidentally, the Kool Cat isn’t just a regular old persimmon head…it’s cork filled.
Bobby, You played with a "corked" bat? 
May your next round be your best round. Dave Please: no spam, off topic, or crossposts as explained in the RSG FAQ: at http://ttsoft.com/thor/rsggolf.html
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Don’t go there – I only gave up my persimmon driver about a year ago and bought a Great Big Bertha. Improved length by about 30 yards and much straighter. Clean strikes are so much better. I wouldn’t go back.
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I still have a Wood Bros. Kool Cat persimmon 3.5 wood and driver in the bag and they are the most consistent clubs off the tee that I have ever hit. Maybe not as long or forgiving as some of the new technology, but better feel and more consistent.
I have the same driver, but have gone on to the GBB and the Integra 400cc. They make the Kool Cat look, and feel, like a 5 wood. Incidentally, the Kool Cat isn’t just a regular old persimmon head…it’s cork filled. "Someone likes every shot" bk RSG FAQ:http://ttsoft.com/thor/rsggolf.html
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I still use persimmon sometimes – that’s what I’ve used the last three or four rounds (1988 Hogan Apex w/ Apex 3 steel shafts – 1,3 & 5 woods – 43" driver). When I’m swinging well, I don’t lose any distance over my other driver (Golfsmith Ti260, Prolite 45 Reg flex shaft, 44"). When I’m *not* swinging well, as occasionally happens, I lose more yardage on the mishits – but not as much as you might think. My absolute best hit with the metal driver *is* a little longer than my absoulte best hit with the Hogan – but only by maybe 10 yards or so. I’m about 10 yards shorter with the fairway woods, but that’s to be expected since my metal fairway woods are strong lofted. When the metal woods are in my bag, I include a 7 wood. With the Hogans, I just carry the 3 and 5 (my 3 iron and 7 wood are the same distance for me anyway). I find that playing a few rounds with the Hogans forces me to work more on making a good swing to get a good hit. Then I’ll put the metalwoods in the bag, and I can really swing with confidence – since the larger heads seem almost impossible to miss with. — Joe Cartpath – www.joecartpath.com Basic Golf Clubmaking & Memphis Area Golf Course Guide and….The Memphis MG Page…
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I still have a Wood Bros. Kool Cat persimmon 3.5 wood and driver in the bag and they are the most consistent clubs off the tee that I have ever hit. Maybe not as long or forgiving as some of the new technology, but better feel and more consistent.
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