Revolution of the golf industry???

[+TourSpecGolfer]

I have been reading that there is a revolution in the super alloy industry and some call it liquid metal others call it metallic glass. In some cases its 300% more elastic than Titanium is and I have seen tests on video where they drop ball bearings against steel vs titanium vs metallic glass and the results are amazing. The National Institute of Science technologies is now working on building these into multiple applications. Some steels even have memory where they will bend back to its original form no matter what. Other metals have been built into fenders on cars then dented but when you dump hot water on the fender the metal returns to its original form. wouldnt that be nice! :surprize:

I also found an article in popular mechanics about liquid metal aka metallic glass:

The chart at left shows that Liquidmetal is as strong as steel while less dense. At right, Liquidmetal outstrips both steel and titanium in elasticity

My question is: Who is using this? It cant be the brand liquid metal golf because their products are pretty much :poop:

Is this technology for real or is it old news that couldnt be implemented into golf clubs correctly?

Anyone got info on this technology?

Wouldnt this increase the core if its so elastic?

[jboy]

This has been around for a while,

Taking advantage of a revolutionary class of next generation super alloys originally launched in golf clubs in 1998, Liquidmetal® Technologies is expanding its presence in the sporting goods arena. With premier PGA TOUR players, like Paul Azinger, touting the materials' performance as a major technology breakthrough, the prolific launch of Liquidmetal® Golf allowed scientists and engineers to better understand the properties of the alloys as they relate to a variety of sporting/leisure industry equipment needs.

Sports and leisure industries are quick to adopt and exploit new materials, notably titanium. These industries usually also require lighter and stronger products. Some of the characteristics making Liquidmetal® alloys ideal for high-performance sporting goods are:

Not sure the technology ever matched the performance on the course.

I guess that reading the charts they could make even larger drivers because it's less dense but even stronger than Titanium but the elasticity wouldn't matter, COR rules means any change there couldn't push the 0.8 limit, what it could mean is hot legal driver faces with better feel and feed back than the current bean can range.

Sandvik have a range of nanoflex steel alloys which can make club shafts thinner than titanium but just as strong

Driver technology is about to hit the buffers like iron technology, the changes only add minute improvements, not big changes that mean club ho's don;t need to change every six months.

[tei3rn]

Chris,

Sorry for the bad news :sad:, but it is LiquidMetal Golf. They use to use that ballbearing tape in their infomercials.

[xxio]

Whatever happened to the Liquid Metal tech being licensed by Cleveland Golf? This was news a little under the radar around a year ago.

[lightrider]

I believe carbon composites, particularly fiber, has been the revolution in golf. Bigger, lighter, more forgiving heads and incredible shafts.

[DemolitionMan]

I believe carbon composites, particularly fiber, has been the revolution in golf.  Bigger, lighter, more forgiving heads and incredible shafts.

In shafts maybe, if we are going back 20 years. But in driver heads? I would hardly call the lackluster performance on the course and in sales revolutionary. Cally is 0 for 2 with their big money expense on this revolution.

[lightrider]

Some combo of CF and Metal will be the future in driver head technology. How else can you get bigger heads and sweetspots?