Titleist Japan 2010 VG3 Driver
专门为日本普通高尔夫球友研制的一号木杆。有9、10、11度杆面倾角，并配合了FUJIKURA MOTORE 5.0和三菱VG50、60杆身。整支球杆的特点依然是重量轻，杆身长；杆身硬度有R/SR/S（相对都比比美规的软，SR也是美规里没有的标示。它们其实对应的就是美规 L/A/R)。有意思的是这款杆头的重心设计，它的配种位置于杆面角度对应，角度越大，重心越靠近中间偏后；角度越小，重心位置越靠近杆头跟部。价格约7000元
VG3
Titleist has long been known as a brand made for the better golfer and professional player. Titleist however wants the golfing world to know that it not only makes the best clubs for the better player but also for any golfer who demands the highest in quality and performance. To help support this point, Titleist Japan and Titleist America joined forces to develop a new concept driver specifically designed with the Japanese market golfer in mind, and the idea of hitting it long and straight.
For many years, Titleist has been accumulating data about golfers head speed, age, distance etc. They came to the conclusion for this new design that this driver should provide the best performance at an average club head speed (40 - 43 m/s), unlike previous Titleist Drivers which were made for faster swinging and better players. Tileist Japan’s development team with joint cooperation from Titleist America sought to create a high performance Titleist driver with a focus on flying distance.
The VG3 was actually in development for almost a year and, through constant testing, and trial and error, Titleist created a driver with a Variable Gravity and CG position based on loft that would maximize the ability for the driver to grab the ball with clean impact creating maximum distance. The new Variable Gravity 3 or VG3 was born.
Without changing the head shape or size, Titleist alters the center of gravity on each loft (9, 10 and 11*) using two weight plates towards the back heel of the driver. The weight plates on the sole were designed to look like the tips of two Japanese swords pointing at one another. As you can see from the different positioning of the weights, the 9* is towards the heel but more forward creating a smaller gravity angle and a shallower CG point. While heel weight typically promotes a draw in this case it actually aids to battle the left side as the shorter gravity angle does not rotate square as fast as a larger one. The 10* places more weight further back to increase the gravity angle and push CG back but not as far as the 11* which is the high launch max carry model of the 3 with the CG back and big gravity angle that squares the face quickly for those slicers or those looking for a draw ball.
The sweet spot was also designed to match the typical strike pattern of the average Japanese golfer. Using the date Titleist Japan collected over years from hundreds of average golfers, they determined that by widening the sweet spot towards the heel lower, this increased the smash factor of the balls hit off center. The weighting coupled with the sweet spot allow average golfers to maximize distance, in other words, straight with optimal spin and carry.
Titleist did not stop there as they know as well as anyone that a good shaft contributes to a good club so they worked to creat 3 stock shaft offers that will suit players looking for different kinds of trajectories and styles of ball flight. The Yellow line in the chart represents the Motore 5.0 which is made for a draw ball and a distance focus. The red line represents the VG50 shaft made for high launch and max carry for those who have trouble getting the ball in the air or simply want to carry it as far as possible. The blue line is the VG60 which is the heaviest and lowest torque stock shaft and produces a lower more penetrating flight with a focus on control.
Without changing the head shape or size, Titleist alters the center of gravity on each loft (9, 10 and 11*) using two weight plates towards the back heel of the driver. The weight plates were designed to look like the tips of two Japanese swords pointing at one another.
The sweet spot was also designed to match the typical strike pattern of the average Japanese golfer. Using the date Titleist Japan collected over years from hundreds of average golfers, they determined that by widening the sweet spot towards the heel lower, this increased the smash factor of the balls hit off center.
The Titleist VG3 features a premium forged titanium multi piece head with cup face and square face angle.
The VG3 begins shipping mid to late March 2010 so any orders before then are pre orders.
