BONITA, CA (Feb. 28, 2018) – Attendees of the 12th Annual The Villages Golf Festival March 2-3 will have the opportunity to test Knuth Golf’s one-of-a-kind breakthrough technology, the High Heat 257+ metalwoods.
The Villages Golf Festival will take place between 9 am and 4 pm this Friday and Saturday at The Villages Polo Club in the Central Florida active adult community. There will also be a fitting day by appointment only on Thursday March 1 between 11 am and 5 pm. Appointments can be made by calling 352-259-2080.
Knuth Golf launched its breakthrough product, the High Heat 257+ metalwoods, at this year’s PGA Merchandise Show and the reviews have been off the charts.
“With its novel 3-trampoline technology the ball comes off so hot no matter where you hit it,”” said Gary Van Sickle, President of the Golf Writers Association of America. “It feels like hitting a home run anywhere I hit it on the face.”
The High Heat 257+ technology is a result of a change to the 18-year-old CT Rule. “CT” stands for Characteristic Time, which is a USGA and R&A test that measures the amount of time the ball can stay on the face. This rule change permits a golf face to be much hotter with a CT above 257 and up to 275, but only in the large toe and heel areas.
The new technology, bringing more trampoline effect into the large toe and heel areas, was believed to be impossible to achieve, reflected by the fact that no brand had accomplished it in the two-year span since the rule change occurred. The highest ball speed has always been in the center of the face, and the CTs in the toe and heel areas have been in the low 200s compared to the low 250s in the middle of the face.
But designer Dean Knuth saw the possibilities, and made it happen with his new 3-trampoline technology instead of the traditional variable thickness technology. Now, High Heat is the only company in the market with CT values greater than 257 consistent with the USGA’s 2016 CT Rule.
High Heat 257+’s 3-TrampTech addresses two issues that affect most amateur golfers, both of which happen when golfers miss the center of the clubface. They are sometimes too far from the green to reach in regulation, or their approach shots end up short of the green. With High Heat 257+, amateurs will get more than their current average driving distance, and they will get their intended distance on approach shots even if they hit it on the toe or heel, leading to more greens in regulation.
“The hottest face in golf for the past three years just got hotter, so your mishits will go further,” said Tim Branco, publisher of Northeast Golf Magazine and GolfGearWeekly.com.
Knuth figured out a way to incorporate the now-conforming extra spring-like effect into the toe and heel of the already successful and popular line of High Heat metalwoods. The end result with High Heat’s new technology is that there is a significant increase in ball speed on hits in the large toe and heel areas where the CT can be as high as 275. And it is a known fact that greater ball speed equals more distance.
For more information on Knuth Golf, visit www.knuthgolf.com or call 410-353-0446.
ABOUT KNUTH GOLF
Dean Knuth, a former USGA Senior Director, designed High Heat metalwoods specifically with amateurs in mind. Amateur golfers need clubs that use nearly 50 grams of discretionary weight to optimize their much different performance needs compared to Tour pros with 115+ mph swing speeds who consistently hit on or very near the center of the face. Knuth was awarded Golf Inc. magazine’s “Top Innovator” award for innovation of golf clubs in 2016.
Knuth Golf’s High Heat driver, fairway woods and hybrids have been named the “Best” in their class by several major golf media. The High Heat driver won the International Network of Golf, a 450-media based non-profit, “Conference Best Product” in 2016 and the fairway woods and hybrids were co-winners of that award this past May. Also, the High Heat driver and 3-wood have won the ING Industry Honors award for Product Ingenuity two years running.
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