De un Golf Punk atrasado que ha aparecido debajo de un sillón rescato de una entrevista al clubmaker de Olazábal, la parte que habla del español. Me sorprendió lo del offset...
José María Olazábal's clubs are the strangest golf clubs you will ever see.
A tiny little head with a top line, but more offset that a Big Bertha. But he hits them great. Anyone good enough to strike them properly would hit a hook while anyone who needs help fighting a slice wouldn't be able to hit them at all.
Whit a cavity back you can't influence the trajectory of the shot.
With a bladed club you can get the ball high inte the air or you can punch the ball flight down low. When making blades I can distribute the weight to affect the shape of the abll flight. José's clubs have more weight towards the toe to stop him turning de clubface over, but Jose is the one of the only guys left out there who can still hit a 2-iron out of a fairway bunker. A lot of that is to do with the golf ball. With the old Tour Balatas you could generate much more spin so it ws easier to get the ball up and out, but today with the Titleist Pro-V1x you need the center of gravity of the club as low as possible.
Normally, it takes three to four days to produce a custom set for someone.
Olazabal's clubs will take nearer seven days because the offset is difficult to bend in. You can blame the Japanese manufacturer he used for his strange taste in clubs.