Thomas Oliver Kite Jr. (born December 9, 1949) is an American professional golfer and golf course architect.He spent 175 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking between 1989 and 1994. Mar 04, 2019 Mark O'Meara turned a late-career friendship with Tiger Woods into a newfound confidence that translated into two major championship victories in 1998. But he was a top pro golfer long before that, and his victories include five at Pebble Beach. Mark Francis O'Meara (born January 13, 1957) is an American professional golfer. He was a tournament winner on the PGA Tour and around the world from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s. He spent nearly 200 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking from their debut in 1986 to 2000. Oct 17, 2010 Mark O'Meara was lost. Already stuck in a professional rut, his personal life was even less fulfilling. His marriage of nearly 28 years was in shambles, and there was no chance for reconciliation.
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The Aerotech SteelFiber i110 graphite iron shafts are a nice option for the player looking for the smooth and consistent feel of graphite with a ball flight similar to a steel shaft.
Introduction
After years of hearing the cult of graphite iron shaft players preaching of all the glory to be had if I went over to the Dark Side, it was time for me to finally dip my toes into the pool. I eased my way in by testing the Aerotech SteelFiber i110 shafts, which are used by Fred Couples, Mark O’Meara, and Rocco Mediate. The SteelFiber i110 shaft is popular on the Tours and feature a mix of elements that make both graphite and steel shafts desirable to golfers of all skill levels.
Looks
At first glance, the Aerotech SteelFiber i110 looks like a fairly plain grey iron shaft that doesn’t do much to catch your eye. The graphics and details are simple and do just enough to get the job done when it comes to letting you know which shafts are installed in your clubs. At closer look, you notice the surface of the shaft has an appearance of fine wire wrapped around the shaft. What you are seeing is 59 miles of the SteelFiber, from which these shafts get their name, wrapped around the core of the shaft. It’s a cool look and gives you that “all business” feeling when you’re inspecting it closely.
Feel
When it comes to feel of the Aerotech SteelFiber i110, there are two comparisons worth noting. First is that the i110 feels a lot smoother and dampens vibration much more than a typical steel shaft. Compared to other SteelFiber graphite iron shafts of lighter weights, the i110’s feel is much more solid, stout, and responsive. I was able to feel the club head a little bit better with the extra weight, which made controlling the swing easier for me. To me, the club felt a bit more balanced than it did with lighter SteelFibers, but this makes sense as I’m much more used to playing heavier shafts. According to Aerotech, the i110 is the most popular SteelFiber option on the Champions Tour because the transition in feel from their old steel shafts is much easier.
Performance
If you’re looking for a shaft with better feel characteristics, but still want to maintain similar flights and control of your favorite steel iron shafts, the Aerotech SteelFiber i110 are a really good choice. I found the distances and launches to be pretty similar to my gamer steel shafts and the dispersion was fairly tight. The flight was a nice medium launch with lower spin, so that is something you will want to consider. As always, it is going to be key to get fitted for the right SteelFiber shaft and consider what shot characteristics you want to put the most emphasis on. Personally, the i110 may be low spinning, but I found the SteelFiber i110 to be consistent and predictable which is a bigger advantage for me than spin.
![]() Making the SwitchMark O'meara Witb Williams
I’m adding this section about making the switch from steel iron shafts to SteelFiber iron shafts based on a conversation I had with Chris Jorgensen, Director of Club Fitting Services at Aerotech. The first thing to keep in mind is that you don’t want to make a weight change beyond 20 grams. In fact, only better players should consider a weight change up to 20 grams. So for instance, if you’re playing a 120 gram steel shaft, switching to the SteelFiber i95 is going to be a struggle. What ends up happening to players when they struggle to adjust to the weight is that they end up releasing the club slightly earlier. This will hurt less in the long irons, but the short irons will be more difficult to control the trajectory.
Aerotech recommends keeping the weight reduction in the 10 to 20 gram range. The next step is to keep the swing weight the same. Keeping these things in mind will make the transition to SteelFiber nice and smooth.
Conclusion
As far as an introduction to graphite iron shafts, the Aerotech SteelFiber i110 is a great starting point. Yes, the shaft felt totally different from a steel shaft, but the overall change wasn’t so significant that I wasn’t able to adjust and realize there are some pleasant characteristics that make graphite iron shafts worth considering, most notably the smooth feel. Again, when selecting an Aerotech SteelFiber shaft, I can’t express the importance of getting properly fit enough, because there are a variety of options that are going to perform significantly different for each golfer.
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Bill Bush
Bill is a true golf gear nerd by definition who loves making custom club creations in his garage with tools like sledge hammers, blow torches, and his bare hands. By day, Bill is a technology manager living in the Chicago suburbs with his wife and kids. Bill plays Scott Readman Concepts putters and accessories.
Written by: Tony Korologos | Tuesday, August 21st, 2007
Categories: Miscellaneous
9:30am
Early this morning I hear the sound of a diesel engine running in the parking lot across the street. It was running all morning. That engine was in the bus in the pic on the left. Who’s buss is it? REO Speedwagon’s road crew. They’re in town to do a gig and the crew apparently golfs. That singer for REO Speedwagon sure had a thing for his R’s. “Forrrreverrrrrr” I still remember…
9:30pm
The pic on the right was taken about 12 hours later in front of #3 tee. It seems some aholes where messing around with carts and apparently drove on a green before driving the cart in the canal. The driver of the cart ran off but his friend was busted by the cops. The maintenance crew had to come down at 9:30pm with a tractor to pull the cart out of the canal.
Written by: Tony Korologos | Tuesday, August 21st, 2007
Categories: Golf Balls • Golf Equipment • Miscellaneous • Site News
The famous Titleist NXT critic Ian MacAllister has accepted my request for an interview:
Tony,
I welcome the opportunity and thank you for your quick response. I look forward to chatting about golf, GDAD, the abolition of the NXT and all things Ian.
Cheers!
Ian
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I plan to give Ian 5-10 questions about technology, golf, NXT’s, living in his mother’s basement or whatever. I’m asking YOU to comment in questions for Ian. I’ll pick the best ones and submit them.
COMMENT IN YOUR QUESTIONS FOR THE HOG/MACALLISTER INTERVIEW BELOW!
Written by: Tony Korologos | Monday, August 20th, 2007
Categories: Champions Tour • Golf Videos • Miscellaneous • PGA Tour
Wow is Mark O’Meara a cool cat. I loved it back in 1998 when he won The Masters AND the British Open Championship. He’s also known for being one of Tiger Woods’ best friends. I met him today, along with a few other famous golfers at the Champions Challenge.
Mark was kind enough to sign my Masters flag and an Augusta National score card I had from my “Masters shrine.” Mark was very nice to talk to and was very cool to my two young kids I had with me. He gave each of them an autographed golf glove.
Mark was playing with the 2nd richest guy in Utah, a billionaire. I guess if I want to play with famous players I need to make a few more bucks off this blog. The billionaire guy bought my kids snickers bars… Hey man, how ’bout a little something for me too?
Below is a video of Mark’s driver swing. He hit his Titleist driver deep down this fairway and shaped the shot perfectly with the curve of the dogleg. I’ve always liked his swing, especially his move down low, right after contact.
When a gallery member said “nice shot” Mark replied, “It’s an easy shot on Monday.”
Written by: Tony Korologos | Monday, August 20th, 2007
Categories: Miscellaneous
I’m spending a good portion of the day today at Thanksgiving Point, a golf course designed by Johnny Miller. The course is insanely long at over 7700 yards. The Champions Challenge golf tournament is today and tomorrow. I’ve attended before and met some big golfers like Jack Nicklaus, Johnny Miller, Mike Weir, Jim Furyk, Craig Stadler, Hale Irwin and many others.
I’m hoping to get a couple more autographs for my Masters autograph flag. The two I’m after are Craig Stadler and Mark O’Meara.
I should have a bunch of photos of players and their gear, and also some player swing videos too.
A report will follow.
Mark O'meara Witb 2017
Written by: Tony Korologos | Friday, August 17th, 2007
Categories: Golf Balls • Golf Equipment • Site News
Ian MacAllister, the man who is singlehandedly leading the crusade against the “wretched NXT golf ball” has been reading Hooked On Golf Blog. He’s apparently been lurking for a while, reading many of my posts about the new high tech equipment which, in his opinion, is ruining the game of golf.
He chimed in with a comment on my recent post about his new site at www.nxtube.com:
Ian’s Comment
Dear Mr. Korologos,
I’d like to thank you very much for publicizing GDAD’s efforts to abolish the vile NXT Tour and NXT Extreme golf balls. However, I must take exception with your insinuation that my NXTube.com interweb site is nothing more than a front for my arch-enemies in the Titleist Marketing department. Forgive my bluntness, Mr. Korologos, but (as long as we’re all making accusations) I noticed that your little hookedongolfblog enterprise has a decidedly pro-technology bent. I’ve noticed that laser putter alignment systems and space-age polymer training aids leave you giddy as a schoolgirl. But you offer nary a single review of a finely-crafted persimmon wood or trusty niblick. For shame! I wouldn’t be at all surprised to hear that the black-hearted hedonists at Titleist are funding your dark hookedongolf endeavors themselves!! How’s the weather down there in the Black Script pocket, Tony? I’ll bet that NXT shrine you’ve erected in your living room is quite lovely. I’s all so marvelous for you isn’t it ? Helping people to attain that which should remain forever out of reach. Having fun destroying golf, are ye? The thought of you makes me physically ill!
Of course, I could be over-reacting in which case I humbly recant. Thanks again for the (mostly) positive feedback (excepting, of course, your heretofore-mentioned libelous inaccuracies). So in closing, allow me to assure you that my quest is real and my intentions pure. Join my crusade! Down with NXT! Ban the yellow and black!
Good day!
Ian MacCallister
President, Founding Member
GDAD
www.nxtube.com
I’ve requested an interview with Mr. MacAllister
Since reading Ian’s comment I’ve contacted him. I’m asking if he’ll be willing to do a small online interview. I’m giving him the opportunity to speak his peace and let the HOG readers come to their own conclusions about Ian’s opinions.
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