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Old 12-01-2005, 05:50 PM
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Re: 3 wood & driver advice??!

I forgot to mention, they are comng out with a new driver head for 2006, but prices won't be as easy on the pocket book due to the process. Here is a copy of the email I was sent:

Yes, the rumours are true. We're working on a new driver for 2006. We'll be debuting it at the Orlando show in January.

Here's a little bit of info on it...
Black, like our other drivers and fairway woods
X-1 Score lines
MS-5 shape but deeper
460cc
Moly Ti double satin face
3 intersecting eliptical sweetspots behind the face for max forgiveness
Max COR along a larger area of the face.
Brand new headcover

Here's the kicker. We're working on the tolerance of the head to be +/-0.
In other words, every head will be absolutely identical, loft wise, lie wise, weight wise and the COR of each head will be exactly the same. This is in response to customers who buy a driver, lend it to a friend, the friend loves it and buys what he thinks is the same head but it doesn't perform the same. Probably because one of the loft/lie, weight or COR is not the same. With the new E3, the performance will be exactly the same from every head, in the same loft.

Something new for us too. We've now got the opportunity to work with some PGA Tour players. They're going to test prototypes for us over the next 2 months to give us feedback. We might even be able to get one of them to endorse the product too.

I really do think this head will stand out not only in the component industry but in the golf industry in general.
As far as price goes, we won't be able to settle on the price until our testing is complete. All I can say at this time is it won't be cheap.

I'll keep you posted.

Thanks,
Cliff

Ashton Golf
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