The Big Bertha Callaway

One of the greatest thrills in playing golf is toWith the increased club size trend all around, the
drive the ball long and straight down the fairwaycompany introduced the Callaway big bertha 454
and into the greens. Unfortunately, the pleasuredriver and the Callaway Big Bertha 460 driver.
and thrill was not experienced by anyone beforeNew technology and the super big market of
Ely Callaway Jr arrived on the scene. In 1991,women golf drew the manufacturers to introduce
Callaway introduced the Big Bertha Callawaythe Big Bertha 460 driver for women, proving to
driver. The Big Bertha had a revolutionarythe world that women could indeed use and
‘large volume club head’.handle big head clubs. Callaway uses a unique
One could experience that perfect drive with thisFusion technology (patented by him), which as the
190cc steel head golf club. The large head withname suggests fuses titanium and a carbon
the increased sweet spot was what they calledcomposite. This immensely helps to evenly
the secret to it all.distribute the weight of the club head move it a
This Big Bertha Callaway enabled a great drivelittle away from the centre of gravity. This very
even when the contact between the club and theminute change of the position of the centre of
ball was not so perfect.Earlier, this would havemass highly increases the stability of the club. It
been only a dream.The big bertha allowed morethus offers a greater distance and excellent
room for error and gave even the not soaccuracy. Callaway has also designed a shallower
professional and avid golfers a sweet shot downface and a flatter one with the Big Bertha clubs
the fairway.which help improve accuracy and efficiency all the
Since introducing the big head driver, Callaway hasmore.
always tried to improve upon its models andAll the technology that goes into the making of
designs. The improved clubs by the names ofthe drivers is got after detailed and elaborate
‘Great Big Bertha’ and the ‘Biggesttests and many tests on the greens. What is got
Big Bertha’ have been introduced. But still,is a highly advanced club that does not go
Callaway wasn’t too satisfied with theunnoticed by the pros. Phil Mickelson and Gary
performance of the drivers. He wanted a muchPlayer has endorsed Callaway drivers to the hilt.
more lighter and accurate and sleek design. This isAlong with the Big Bertha, Callaway has
when he introduced the Grand Big Berthaintroduced a complete line of golf equipments. It
Hawkeye Titanium driver. Titanium is a very lightalso offers the highly advanced FT-3 driver,
yet very strong metal and thus it considerablyendorsed by the champion Annika Sorenstam.A
reduces weight of the driver without sacrificing oncomplete line of golf irons, golf bags, shoes and
the distance and the strength. The Big berthagolf balls.
Hawkeye was a complete sellout. It completely. The Big Bertha completely, and for the
took over the markets overnight.betterment of the game, changed the way how
This time around the USGA began introducingone played golf.
measures to allow big headed drivers in the game.