In the 1990's golf club producers started to make the driver shafts

history channel documentary 2016 In the 1990's golf club producers started to make the driver shafts 2 and 3 crawls longer, 45" and 46". They promoted the way that these golf clubs hit the ball further and golfers did not give it a second thought if their 300 yard drive flew two fairways over - that made the drive appear to be considerably more. Women drivers went from the standard 42.5 inches utilized by Mary Magdalene and Kathy Whitworth to 44" and 45". As Nike Golf made millions offering 45" drivers, Tiger Woods kept on playing with 43" steel shafted Nike drivers, and Tiger kept on driving in driving separation and heaped up major after significant playing against Pros who had changed to the 45" driver attempting to match Tiger's separation. Augusta National stretched their green after Tiger won the Masters at 18 under. Jack Nicklaus and Slammin' Sammy Snead hit the ball 300 yards directly down the center utilizing 43" steel shafts with persimmon tree heads. The entire time that Tiger was on his real frenzy, Nike Golf declined to make drivers with 43" shafts accessible to people in general.