December 2, 2013 – The Big Bertha driver is back, and according to Callaway Golf, “she’s meaner than ever”. The new Callaway Big Bertha is a Total Performance Driver that debuts with the company’s Adjustable Perimeter Weighting – an innovative sliding weight that can be moved around the perimeter of the driver head to help to produce longer, straighter drives.

The Adjustable Perimeter Weighting (APW) allows golfers to precisely locate an 8g sliding weight at any location on an approximately 5-inch track to help optimise shot shape and control dispersion. The placement of the APW along the perimeter of the head is critical in giving Big Bertha its high MOI, which helps retain ball speed and accuracy on off-centre impacts, an essential element of a Total Performance Driver.

Hyper Speed Face technology is predicated on a deep understanding of the probability of where players’ impact locations will be across a driver face, and uses an optimisation code based on huge amounts of impact data to help determine the thickness profile of the face. The result is an extremely lightweight and robust face that helps deliver more ball speed where players need it most.

The new Big Bertha enables golfers to independently adjust loft and lie angle with the Advanced Adjustable Hosel to help translate the added ball speed into more distance. Golfers can chose from four different lofts (from -1 to +2) to optimise launch angle and backspin and two different lies, denoted by ‘D’ for Draw and ‘N’ for Neutral, to optimise the directional bias. Together, these provide eight unique combinations that help golfers optimise their distance and dispersion. Callaway’s proprietary hosel technology is also the only adjustable hosel to achieve changes in loft and/or lie without having to rotate the shaft (and graphics) on its axis between settings.

A critical competitive advantage for Callaway, Big Bertha’s crown is made of Forged Composite, a high strength, lightweight composite material. This enables Callaway to offer multiple forms of adjustability while keeping the head weight under 200g and the swing weight at D2, which makes the Big Bertha driver extremely easy to swing.

What is a Total Performance Driver?

A Total Performance Driver provides a balance of speed and control and is designed for the broadest segment of the player population, including highly skilled amateurs as well as golfers that are new to the game. Callaway drivers designed for this segment put a great emphasis on forgiveness and performance on off centre impacts while also providing advanced adjustability to help optimise trajectory and shot shape for a wide range of abilities.

• Technical features: 9º, 10.5º and 13.5º lofts; Fubuki Z stock shaft; with Udesign colour options.
• Availability: February 14th 2014.
• PVP aprox.: 429 €.

Por REDACCIÓN