Golf News for Wednesday, March 2, 2005 | Equipment

The CalderaZ 440 from Vulcan Golf explodes into the market

ST. CHARLES, IL. – Feb. 28, 2005 – When a volcano explodes, it forms a caldera in its crater. When the golf ball explodes off the tee at Vulcan Golf, it's called the CalderaZ 440.

"Our CalderaZ 440 driver has been one of the most popular clubs in our line," offered Vulcan Golf president Gary Hansberger. "Actually, it's pretty easy to like because it's built to be easy to hit and that's an important criteria in any club designed and built at Vulcan Golf."

The rage of the day is to have moveable weights in the head of the driver so you can change the flight pattern (draw or fade) of the drive without making a swing adjustment while others have the face so closed to promote a draw that it looks like it's aimed at your knee. The CalderaZ 440 has none of that. What it does have is the ability to launch the ball farther than you've ever hit it while looking good at the same time.

"The CalderaZ 440 club head has a neutral bias in the face," explained Hansberger, "but what we did was weight the club head more towards the heel and this promotes a draw without distorting the look of the club by shutting the face. We also have a well placed center of gravity and a very strong MOI (moment of inertia)."

There are driver manufacturers who have their stock shafts and if the customer wants to have a different shaft installed that's up to them. While they do have a stock shaft produced by Aldila, your CalderaZ 440 comes with 40 shaft options.

"Aldila produced the V-Tech shaft for us and it's as good as any shaft on the market," said Hansberger, "but we're able to marry the right shaft technology to the club to maximize the golfers swing. We offer 40 shaft options with varying degrees of torque and a variety of tip strengths. We build a club that will provide the optimum launch angle, ball speed and spin rate. It is the longest, most forgiving driver you've ever hit."

The CalderaZ 440 has a thin beta-titanium face with an exceptionally large sweet spot that provides a higher C.O.R. (coefficient of restitution) and higher ball speed. The 440cc head gives the club a very high MOI.

The CalderaZ 440 carries a MSRP of $300 with the Aldila V-Tech graphite shaft. Add $75 for an exotic graphite shaft.

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Holly Geoghegan
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