The Big Bertha implementation is the same dual-cog system found on this season’s OptiForce. The rest of Big Bertha’s adjustability comes from the by now familiar OptiFit Hosel. So while I’m not a big fan of all this “ they stole the idea from…” nonsense, if you’re absolutely compelled to make one of those arguments, at least make sure you have your facts correct. We’ve covered it before, but because I’m certain not everybody reads every word I write (I tend to write a lot of words – occasionally I spell one or two of them correctly), it’s worth mentioning again:Īs far as patents from big golf companies are concerned TaylorMade’s patent pre-dates Mizuno’s, and Callaway’s patent pre-dates TaylorMade.
Basically APW is part of the system that enables Callaway to help you control shot shape (draw/fade bias).Īnd yes…more so than SLDR ever did, Bertha’s track-based weighting system most certainly resembles Mizuno’s FastTrack system (first seen on the MP-600 driver). APW is an 8 gram sliding weight (fixed within a 5” track) that can be repositioned along the rear (and side) of the head to help control shot shape and dispersion. In addition to an interchangeable heel weight, Big Bertha features what Callaway is calling Adjustable Perimeter Weighting. I’d have probably gone with “Big Bertha isn’t just long, it’s John Holmes long”…and now you know why I don’t write copy for any of the golf companies. “Big Bertha isn’t just long, it’s Bertha long” – Callaway Golf Regular Big Bertha is being billed as a “ Total Performance Driver” that, of the two Berthas, should fit the broadest range of golfers.īig Bertha’s higher MOI design (compared to Big Bertha Alpha) features Callaway’s Hyper Speed Face which is designed to help maintain maximum ball speed (which means maintaining distance) on those shots that aren’t exactly perfectly centered.Ĭallaway’s research indicates that guys with handicaps of 10 or more don’t always hit the center of the face, and Big Bertha, says Callaway, can help mitigate that particular problem.īig Bertha is for those guys…and everybody else. I don’t have any direct knowledge that Callaway plans to release more Berthas down the road, but given how the X Hot fairway release went down last season (SuperDeep, Phrankenwood, etc.), and that both models announced today are 460cc, anything is possible especially if Phil Mickelson gets the urge to tinker. The first thing you need to know about Bertha is that she’ll initially be available in 2 models. Watch out TaylorMade…and I mean that sincerely. This notion of Bertha being back that’s the company’s oh-so-subtle way of letting you know that Callaway, and everything that made it the dominant force in golf not so long ago, is also back …damn near all the way back, and well-ahead of schedule too. Nobody is ever going to accuse Callaway of being overly-original with their product names.Įverything old is new again, which I guess is a lot like rebirth if you really think about it. Who can keep track? Certainly not Johnny Miller. Unless you go out of your way to avoid Callaway Golf on Facebook, Twitter, and even YouTube, you almost certainly heard days, if not weeks, ago that #BERTHASBACK.įor those of you who don’t keep current on your hashtags (or don’t watch cartoons), what that actually means is that Callaway Golf has resurrected the iconic Big Bertha name for use on its 2014 Premium driver (and fairway) offerings.Īt least it’s not the Bertha X or X2 Bertha, or RAZR Hot Bertha 2 XTREME.
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