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  Callaway FT-iZ Driver  $229.99 at Golf Clubs Sale

Beyond Long

In their never-ending mission to find more distance and accuracy for golfers, Callaway’s engineers used an entirely new design to once again produce a driver that’s longer and straighter than anything they’ve ever made.

Polar Weighting

Utilizes a heavy face and a heavy in-line power source in the rear, localizing weight at the front and back of the driver to provide stability, consistency, incredible feel and increased linear acceleration of the ball.

Chemically Milled Hyperbolic Face

Generates Callaway’s most consistently high ball speeds ever by using a chemical reduction process to selectively remove unwanted material for precision thickness control.

Aerodynamic Body Design

The progressive shape reduces drag in the downswing for higher impact speeds and produces Callaway’s most efficient high inertia clubhead ever.

Fusion Technology

Exploits extreme weight placement by utilizing cast titanium, compression cured carbon fiber, formed aluminum and cast steel for the optimal combination of performance, feel and looks.

This club is well above average in distance, and it’ss off the charts in technological kitsch.  I have a couple of drivers at home that are longer than this one, but they were built specifically for maximum distance, and do not sport anywhere near the forgiveness of this club. The distance owes a lot not only to the super hot face, but also to the excellent choice of shafts. The head and shaft are very well mated for each other, and I will explore that further  in the “BALANCE” category. Let’s just say that the shaft, the new technology, and the proper club weighting and length  play a huge part in netting this club very good distance.

For openers, Callaway was wise enough to keep the club at 45? overall length. Despite the latest trends of clubs coming in at 46-46 1/2?, Callaway realized that the average amateur can’t bring a club of that length back to square at impact with any consistency. Let’s face it. The guys on tour still play theirs’ at 44-44 1/2? for a reason. Overly long clubs have Joe Six Pack “REACHING” for the ball at impact, and usually giving up an easy 20+ yards to a slice.  The Aldila VooDoo shaft doesn’t need that type of help anyways. If the “Proto By You”  were a Shaft w/a BA in Business, this “VooDoo” has an MBA in STRAIGHT AHEAD BUSINESS. The kick points and torquing are well set so that a 90 MPH swing can get a “Stiff” flex to work well. Better yet–the kick point to torque ratio will have the shaft feel like a 100 MPH Swing loaded her on before the rather sweet feeling release at impact.

The face on the club sports what the company likes to call “Chemical Milling.” Basically it’s a new spin on an old trick. Do you remember when we were kids in the 60′s and 70′s? If you wanted that extra MPH out of a GTO or other exceptionally heavy car, you acid dipped the body to get some excess poundage off of that heavy gauge rolled steel that American Cars were once famous for. It removed weight from the dead spots, while adding performance to the dynamic ones. Callaway has engaged in a similar process withthe face of this club. Based upon what my eye could see during field testing we went ahead and put impact tape on the face of one and took it to a launch monitor with radar.The corporate claim that , “a full 12% of the face will get the ball within 2 MPH of it’s maximum speed off of the club’s sweet spot”  is legit. –WOW!–Usually I hate lines like that. They’re more often all about pure -d hyperbole rather than having any basis in fact.

Seems like if you put a half way good swing anywhere on the face of this club–it’s going to launch the ball well. Every shot felt good. That has a double edged sword to it, as even some fairly gnarly casting motions felt good, and provided respectable distance. What this club will not forgive is the deadly inside to inside motion (not to be confused with inside-square-inside.) Pull hooks and Duck Hooks are quite possible. There’s a built in draw bias somewhere. The club, however, looks only ever so slightly draw biased at address. Once again, –all shots felt good, and went more than a respectable distance; thus giving credence to the claim, “a full 12% of the face will launch the ball at speeds within 2 MPH of hitting it on the optimal sweetspot.” It’s amazing what that acid-dipping used to do for those old GTO’s too!

Callaway threw everything they had into this one. It’s a pretty amazing driver too. I’ve got clubs that are longer, but not as forgiving. I’ve got a club or two that are as forgiving, but not as long. This club is well balanced between distance, forgiveness, and actual balance of the club itself.  It comes in 9,10,11, and 13* lofts with the Lefties able to pick up a 10 or 11*. The shaft is a winner and allows for anyone with a 90 MPH+ Swing to hit a “Stiff Flex.” The Regular Flex is 65 grams with 4.2* of Torque. The Stiff moves up to a mere 66 Grams but drops to 3.5* of torque. The Extra Stiff Jumps to 68 Grams, and sports a low—but not boardy–3.2* of torque. This is a lot of club for the price. $399 isn’t cheap, but the fact that they may remain special order for a while tells you right away that a lot of R&D Money was spent on this baby, and that they are still taking  their time geting her from drawing board to production line.

We all know the clubface must be square at impact and the club releases thereafter. Generally speaking a large amount of golf swing mechanics center upon returning the clubface to square at impact. Additionally, the golf swing is a “total body” movement incorporating every joint in the body. In order for the clubface to be square at impact all of these joints must work in coordination to allow this to occur.

In relation to the body, specific muscles are very active in returning the clubface to square. One joint directly involved in the squaring of the clubface at impact with the golf ball is the shoulder joint. The shoulder joint is a “ball and socket” joint allowing for the arms to move through a large range of motion. Review of the biomechanics of the golf swing, it becomes very evident the arms move through a large range of motion.

That being said, there are specific muscles involved in the rotation of the arms. Again, these are not the only muscles involved in squaring the clubface, but from an anatomical perspective, these muscles are active in the internal and external rotation of the arms during the golf swing.

Going back to squaring the clubface, internal and external rotation of the arms is required. To get a sense of internal and external rotation, simply stand up with your arms hanging at your sides. Rotate your hands inward and outward. This is a simple description of internal and external rotation of the arms. Now if you relate this movement to the golf swing you can see how the arms internally and externally rotate during the backswing, downswing, and follow through.

Certain muscles within the shoulder complex have a direct effect on internal rotation, external rotation, and stabilization of the shoulder complex in the golf swing. The muscles we are talking about are the rotator cuff muscles. Yes, the rotator cuff.

Not necessarily a group of muscles that go “hand-in-hand” with the golf swing and probably more thought of when we talk about baseball and pitching. Nevertheless, these muscles are an active in the golf swing. The rotator cuff is a reference to four muscles in the shoulder complex. For those of you that love the science behind this stuff, the four muscles that comprise the rotator cuff are; supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, and subscapularis.

The rotator cuff has a couple primary functions when it comes to the shoulder complex. First off, they act to stabilize the shoulder capsule. The skeletal structure comprising the shoulder is a ball and socket joint. The “socket” part of this joint is very shallow. As a result the muscles of the rotator cuff in addition to muscles in the “back-side” of the shoulder assist in stabilizing the shoulder during movement. An over simplification would state these muscles assist in keeping the arm in the socket. If the rotator cuff muscles did not assist in stabilizing the shoulder, the arm would literally come out of the socket every time you swing a golf club.

Secondly, these four muscles are actively involved in elevating, internally, and externally rotating the arms. All of which are movements involved in the golf swing. Beginning in the take-away and completing with the follow through, the muscles of the rotator cuff are active in every phase of the golf swing. That being said, we know the muscles of the rotator cuff are under stress each every golf swing.

It is important to understand the muscles of the rotator cuff are very small. They are not big muscles such as your quadriceps or deltoids. They are very small muscles asked to perform a myriad of activities. As a result of the size and workloads placed upon these muscles. They can become fatigued quite easily. Once muscles become fatigued they begin to falter in performing their required activities. In addition once muscles are fatigued, they can easily become injured.

During my years on tour, I have never seen someone injure a cuff muscle from swinging a golf club. I have seen rotator cuff injuries impede a golf swing, and if you have ever injured a rotator cuff muscle you know how debilitating an injury it can be. The point being this: The rotator cuff muscles are actively involved in the golf swing. Injury to a rotator cuff muscle can be very debilitating to your golf swing or any activity for that case.

Knowing what we know about the mechanics of the golf swing, the rotator cuff, functions of the rotator cuff, and how they affect the golf swing. This information invariably indicates to us it is necessary to keep the rotator cuff healthy and strong. How can one achieve this goal? Simply by adding a golf fitness program incorporating rotator cuff exercises.

Rotator cuff exercises will focus on these four muscles. These types of exercises will develop higher levels of strength and endurance within these muscles. This will assist in these muscles handling the workloads placed upon them during the golf swing or any athletic activity. So I strongly suggest if you are an avid golfer or a weekend warrior. Add some golf fitness and rotator cuff exercises to your training program. This will help keep you in the game and off the sidelines.

Sean Cochran

For one to start golfing he must choose the club he is to use while playing. A set of fourteen golf clubs in three categories; iron, wood and putters exist for a golf player. For a beginner just half the number of the set is required. The cost of buying new golf clubs is expensive hence while introducing yourself to the art of golfing it is advisable to buy used golf clubs to cut down the cost as you get introduced the game.

Having made this decision you now start choosing the used-golf clubs to start with. One can pay a visit to the professional golf players who have been acquiring golf clubs constantly to suit their desire. Alternatively there are rental stores where you can hire golf clubs. Having made that decision, it is still important to try out the golf clubs before buying them in order to find a golf club set that suits your swing, body and game. Most importantly, makes you feel confident when you use it. Thereafter you can now buy old clubs or hire.

Still used golf clubs are available online at discounted prices whereby you can visit different sites for a choice to your golf club.

You have decided a buy used golf clubs, how do you know which used golf club sets is right for you? Choosing a used golf club sets can be as simple as going to the nearest golf store and buy a set of clubs off the shelf with the golf brand that you want. However, the chances of choosing a used golf club sets that is right for you with the correct loft, shaft stiffness, and grip size and etc are very slim.

Therefore, choosing a right used golf club sets is very important. This is especially true for the poorer and physically weaker players because finding the right golf clubs can help these players more than anything. So, the more you know about golf equipment, the better chance of finding a golf club sets that fits you. It’s advisable to bring along a friend who is good in golfing while choosing used golf clubs to start with so as to get the best golf club and required price for that club or get advice from the internet or from store attendants

You may look for other venues of used-golf clubs if you feel that you don’t get the god gift of being lucky. Several golf clubs basically stores used clubs under their belt at a very high discount rate. But sometime this may prove to be a costly affair than all other alternatives available. But its also possible to look for golf clubs that are yard sales in several listings, classified or on craigslist.com over the internet. It is good to review all these places before taking a decision of a purchase of golf clubs. It is possible that you may find it at very low rate at some place than other. In this way you may save hundreds of dollars.