Howson Graphite Shafted Driving Iron

Advantages: Good Read
Disadvantages: None

...Mandasue Heller - Shafted If you like Martina Cole then you'll love Mandasue Heller. With gritty stories relating to the seedy comings and goings of some fictional underworld characters what is not to love. Shafted is Mandasue Heller's latest novel and it brings us into a world of celebrity faces and names with a good healthy dash of the lowlife criminal to boot! Larry Logan, star of popular Saturday night TV game show, is hitting the bottle, and hard. His good looks and charismatic personality are all that is keeping his bosses at the television studio from kicking him out on the curb. For all his downfalls the public seem to love him. The higher Larry has got as a celebrity the more he has drunk and the final straw comes when he hosts a live charity phone in which all goes horribly wrong. After this Larry is out on his... Read review

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Advantages: Distance
Disadvantages: None

...The clubs I am talking about are regular steel shafted. The marketing line when I bought these clubs two years ago was that the fat shaft reduced the "twist" of the clubhead on mishit shots and so resulted in a straighter shot. Good marketing line. As I'm sure you all know there is no miracle cure in golf and so you can still hit bad shots with these clubs. Having said that, I would recommend these clubs. The main difference I found with the FS irons against my previous set (Maxfli VHL) was the distance I hit the mid and especially short irons. There was really no difference up to 5 iron, after that I found a considerable increase e.g wedge now flies 140 yards as opposed to 125 yards. All golf clubs have to suit the individual personally. By this I mean they have to look and feel right to you before you've hit the shot. These irons do... Read review

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Advantages: feel, accuracy, distance
Disadvantages: none yet

...technology has the right idea for these clubs. With club head sizes increasing over the years, it makes sense to increase the shaft diameter producing less torque which means less twisting which means greater accuracy. A fatter shaft results in significanlty larger tip diameter, depending on the type of clubs. Wilson Fat Shaft iron's tip diameter is, .500", Hyper Carbon Graphites .535" (compared to the standard .370")and with the woods, .480" (compared to standard .335") Wilson states - "The ultimate Club head stability producing ultimate accuracy, new cavity balanced head extends and expands the sweetspot in a uniform way towards the toe where 85% of all shots are hit, the result being ultimate forgiveness and accuracy" There are 3 types of irons available on the market just now, Steel Shaft retailing at about £400 for 9 irons, Hyper... Read review

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