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Conference 7.286::golf

Title:Welcome to the Golf Notes Conference!
Notice:FOR SALE notes in Note 69 please! Intros in note 863 or 61.
Moderator:FUNYET::ANDERSON
Created:Tue Feb 15 1994
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2129
Total number of notes:21499

1595.0. "Help! - in buying a Big Bertha" by MEOC02::CUMMINGS (TEO - The Eternal Optimist) Mon Sep 21 1992 12:06

    I wish to purchase a Calloway Big Bertha - here in Australia, they cost
    two arms and three legs to buy!
    
    Can someone please help me -  can I buy a Big Bertha in
    
    	Cancun (Mexico)
    	Tampa, Florida or
    	Boston (or within a reasonable car journey of Boston) on a Sunday
    
    Last I heard, they were in short supply - also, what is the current
    price of a Big Bertha.
    
    Regards     John
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1595.1FloridaODIXIE::SIVRETMon Sep 21 1992 13:432
    No problem in Florida, $229 for graphite @ $150 for steel.  Most every
    Golf shop chain carries plenty.  
1595.2MRKTNG::VARLEYMon Sep 21 1992 14:195
    Make sure you get a strong enough shaft, if you get graphite. I hit
    standard "S" flex woods, and the "Firm" Big Bertha felt lousy. The
    "Strong" Big Bertha is better.
    
    --Jack
1595.3too many use stiff shafts and shouldn't..!!TRLIAN::GORDONMon Sep 21 1992 15:026
    re: .2
    
    doesn't that depend on your swing????
    
    someone who swing slow with lots of tempo will be leaving "S"
    shafts right all the time...!!!! IMHO
1595.4Try the clone, you'll like it!UNYEM::HOVERBob Hover, UNY SalesMon Sep 21 1992 17:2413
    Not sure where to purchase a Big Bertha, but you might try a clone. I
    am using a Big Boy with the shaft that Chi Chi is using on the Seniors
    Tour.
    
    I can see no difference in the clubs, as I have used a Big Bertha a
    number of times. The cost is about $130 and the looks are better also.
    Silver head and red and dark grey shaft.
    
    Try Bob Drew 716-377-3573, he ships all over the U.S., not sure if
    outside of U.S.
    
    
    bob
1595.5MRKTNG::VARLEYMon Sep 21 1992 18:318
    I meant that when an individual seeks to match the Bertha with what
    he's using now, be aware that what the manufacturer considers "stiff"
    isn't very stiff. You have to know what you like, then find the
    correlative shaft in the Bertha - whether you use "R," "S," - whatever.
    I'm not telling people what shaft to get, only reminding them that
    Callaway shafts run a little weak...
    
    --Jack