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Maltby's Playability Factor
Ralph Maltby is the reigning guru of golf club design. He literally wrote the book on the clubmaking and repair and is now adding to his legend by inventing a way to measure the "playability" of irons. We recommend contacting the Golfworks and requesting a catalog that describes the methodology behind determining the "playability" of golf clubs.

In a nutshell, the Playability Factor measures the vertical center of gravity, the horizontal center of gravity, the front to rear center of gravity and the moment of inertia. A formula and a calculation ensue that basically says that the vertical center of gravity of a club needs to be at or below the center line of a golf ball, the horizontal center of gravity needs to be at or outside the midpoint of the clubface, the front to back center of gravity needs to be rearward and the moment of inertia needs to be greater. Swirl them all together, hit the "calculate" button and you have a way to measure relative differences among various club heads. As you might guess, Maltby's designs come out to be very playable. He also pays homage to Callaway as an engineering leader.

The conclusion we draw from Maltby's playability factor is that they have two club heads that you could consider. One is the Logic Pro Forged, which looks a lot like our "USA Forged" model. Maltby's calculations say that his forged cavity back blade is in the "super game improvement" class. We've tried both his and our "USA Forged" and can discuss the pros and cons, but the interesting conclusion is that a forged, cavity back blade can be a "super game improvement" club. We are Maltby dealers and if you want to try a comparison for yourself, we can arrange that.

The other possibility with Maltby is to think about the next category up, which is the "extreme game improvement" category. He has designed a set of irons that is, to be polite, radical in design. They are called the "Outburst" irons. If you want to try the clubs his formulas say are the easiest to hit, we can arrange that as well.