Grass Roots Tour
Oct 7, 2005, 07:38 PM
Kelly Tilghman: It would be understandable if you didn't want or feel compelled to deviate from your current equipment considering how well you are playing with it. Are you testing it, and if you are, what are your thoughts on it?
Tiger Woods: I just went through a session with Rick Nichols not too long ago and we tested it at Newport Beach, right before The Presidents Cup and I tested it. I hit the ball a little bit higher. I was able to turn the ball over, which is exciting. I haven't put one in play yet because I haven't quite got the numbers exactly where I'd like to have them so far. But as everyone knows, I am kind of the last one to switch. I am a little slow on the draw, so until something I see is better than what I am using right now, I won't make the switch. It's really close, just a matter of time before they hit it right on the number and off I go and probably pick up a little bit more distance as well, and also shapeability.
Kelly Tilghman: In your opinion, how will the Sasquatch fare with the consumers out there?
Tiger Woods: Well, I tell you what, I think they hit the ball higher. Geometry certainly helps them. I was testing with John Cooke. Cookie was hitting the Sasquatch and he actually hit mine with the wrong shaft in it. But he was hitting it with a little heavier shaft than he's accustomed to and he was hitting it further. It helped him because he has a tendency to cut the ball a little bit. It cured that. He hit the ball off straighter, turned the ball over, hit the ball flatter, higher but flatter and he was pretty excited about it.
So it certainly can help Tour players and it certainly can help amateurs. Amateurs slice the ball more than we do, unfortunately. I think it certainly will help them a lot.
Kelly Tilghman: What about the Sasquatch Fairway woods, are you testing those as well?
Tiger Woods: I have tested it. It's pretty cool. I can actually hit a 3 wood up in the air. My 3 wood right now, the T60, I am hitting it further and flatter but I would like to hit the ball a little bit higher because I have found that I am driving the ball so much better that I don't really hit a 3 wood off the tee as much. My 3 wood was basically put in play to hit the ball further than my previous 3 wood, Titleist 3 wood, so I can hit the ball off the tee, not into the par 5s. Well now, I am not afraid to pull out a driver on every hole and I know I can put it in the fairway. So the 3 wood I hit a little bit flat I need to get a little bit more hangtime into the par 5s. I think the Sasquatch is going to help me get the ball in the air. The testing I have done so far has shown that. I just need to get one that I can shape the way I want to
Tiger Woods: I just went through a session with Rick Nichols not too long ago and we tested it at Newport Beach, right before The Presidents Cup and I tested it. I hit the ball a little bit higher. I was able to turn the ball over, which is exciting. I haven't put one in play yet because I haven't quite got the numbers exactly where I'd like to have them so far. But as everyone knows, I am kind of the last one to switch. I am a little slow on the draw, so until something I see is better than what I am using right now, I won't make the switch. It's really close, just a matter of time before they hit it right on the number and off I go and probably pick up a little bit more distance as well, and also shapeability.
Kelly Tilghman: In your opinion, how will the Sasquatch fare with the consumers out there?
Tiger Woods: Well, I tell you what, I think they hit the ball higher. Geometry certainly helps them. I was testing with John Cooke. Cookie was hitting the Sasquatch and he actually hit mine with the wrong shaft in it. But he was hitting it with a little heavier shaft than he's accustomed to and he was hitting it further. It helped him because he has a tendency to cut the ball a little bit. It cured that. He hit the ball off straighter, turned the ball over, hit the ball flatter, higher but flatter and he was pretty excited about it.
So it certainly can help Tour players and it certainly can help amateurs. Amateurs slice the ball more than we do, unfortunately. I think it certainly will help them a lot.
Kelly Tilghman: What about the Sasquatch Fairway woods, are you testing those as well?
Tiger Woods: I have tested it. It's pretty cool. I can actually hit a 3 wood up in the air. My 3 wood right now, the T60, I am hitting it further and flatter but I would like to hit the ball a little bit higher because I have found that I am driving the ball so much better that I don't really hit a 3 wood off the tee as much. My 3 wood was basically put in play to hit the ball further than my previous 3 wood, Titleist 3 wood, so I can hit the ball off the tee, not into the par 5s. Well now, I am not afraid to pull out a driver on every hole and I know I can put it in the fairway. So the 3 wood I hit a little bit flat I need to get a little bit more hangtime into the par 5s. I think the Sasquatch is going to help me get the ball in the air. The testing I have done so far has shown that. I just need to get one that I can shape the way I want to