Comments on: Coming Soon – Rife Drivers?

By: Spanky

Spanky — Sun, 17 May 2009 23:29:25 +0000

I thought the idea of drivers and fairway woods was to lower the CG as much as possible?These designs remind me of those walmart brand ” power sphere” drivers, but if they are the same quality as the putters Rife makes I might try one.

By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 17 May 2009 05:12:10 +0000

Well if they have some tech thats anything like their putters who knows we might see something inovating once again! Tim

By: Parker

Parker — Sun, 17 May 2009 04:45:09 +0000

The more I look at the drawings, the more it looks like the scooped area at the bottom of the club could actually dig into the ground, which is pretty much the opposite of what the design is supposed to do. Does anyone else think this could be an issue?

By: CJ Bush

CJ Bush — Sat, 16 May 2009 19:22:29 +0000

I would have to see a prototype to give afair estimate about the club, but the drawings don’t give me anything to make it think it would be bounds better than any other driver.

By: Parker

Parker — Sat, 16 May 2009 17:49:48 +0000

I agree with Rob. The driver market is brutally competitive, and I just couldn’t see Rife making a driver that would break through. Callaway can barely get their FT series off the shelf for goodness sake.

By: Berger

Berger — Sat, 16 May 2009 15:30:43 +0000

You got that right!

By: Kiwi

Kiwi — Sat, 16 May 2009 09:14:03 +0000

Looks like a MAC Burrows

By: rob

rob — Sat, 16 May 2009 00:10:02 +0000

Dave Dawsey’s site – Golf Patents can keep you ahead of the OEM curve if you’re looking to have your golfing friends ask – “how the hell did you know that”. In addition no other site really provided as much info in the Acushnet/Cally ball battles. Nice guy who actually answers emails.
As to the Rife driver patent – big mistake – stick to what makes you money. The driver market is already overcrowded and if Nickent is finding it an uphill battle then Rife is not going to find it any easier to crack it.
rob

By: Golfer Burnz

Golfer Burnz — Fri, 15 May 2009 22:06:23 +0000

Oh… I get it. These are fairway woods, NOT drivers as the title insinuates. At least I hope they are fairway woods.

By: Golfer Burnz

Golfer Burnz — Fri, 15 May 2009 22:03:07 +0000

“The rear section of the bottom sole is a reduced friction surface and is recessed upwardly into the club head.” This is confusing to me… Reduced friction surface? Are people still making contact with turf with their drivers, even though the ball is being teed up 2 1/2″ to 3″ high? A reduced friction surface would make more sense on a putter to me.