The actual quality of the wood used on drivers was something people cared about, which is hard to believe considering today’s equipment. He first started building clubs in the 1980s and since then has seen massive changes in technology and club design.īack in the early 80s when Woody first started in the industry, there were no means of measuring club performance – it was mostly about how the equipment looked.
His custom fitting business is considered one of the best in the entire industry by Golf Digest and almost every major OEM. I have spoken at length about the advancements in equipment with Woody Lashen, the co-owner of Pete’s Golf. The results were interesting, and shed some light on what modern golf clubs are capable of.
I purchased a persimmon driver, blade iron, and some older golf balls off Ebay just to see what kind of numbers each would produce compared with my current equipment. While it’s almost impossible to quantify exactly how much performance has changed, I decided to do a fun little test with my SkyTrak launch monitor. Compared with the persimmon drivers and blade irons of old, there is now a real opportunity to get clubs that are completely dialed in for your particular golf swing. Manufacturers have hired top engineering talent and invested massively in research and development in an effort to win over consumers. Golf equipment has changed dramatically over the past several decades.
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