Golf Pros Praise Performance of DivnickGolf's Big Dick Drivers

ORLANDO, Fla. (January 30, 2004) - While browsing the seemingly endless aisles of golf equipment on display at the PGA Golf Show, Dick Johnson looks with skeptical eyes. A professional instructor at three courses in Wisconsin, he is keenly aware that many clubs are not as effective as their manufacturers claim. All it took was a few swings of the Big Dick high-loft titanium driver for Johnson to realize that DivnickGolf's description of its recently introduced product was pinpoint accurate.

"This is the perfect driver for many golfers - especially those who have slow swings - because it is easy to hit with, provides high trajectory without the backspin and allows you to hit the ball straighter and farther," said Johnson, who decided to replace his Titleist with the Big Dick after testing it at the PGA Show's Outdoor Demo Day on Wednesday. "It's exciting that a company is finally making drivers with high-loft, low-spin technology. It's long overdue."

Golf enthusiasts and PGA pros alike have been captivated by DivnickGolf's new driver with a memorable name. Some, like Johnson, are so amazed with the performance of the Big Dick that they volunteered to give their impressions at DivnickGolf's press conference today at the PGA Golf Show Media Center.

Specifically designed for amateur golfers, who often struggle to get trajectory on their tee shots, the Big Dick and Big Jane drivers feature Steve Divnick's patented high-loft and low- spin technology that has been perfected over the last decade.

Essentially, Divnick says, the Big Dick and Big Jane provide the distance of a driver with "the consistency, confidence and loft" of a 3-wood.

"It is the size of a driver - it has the same large sweet spot - and it is the length and weight of a driver, but it has the higher lofts," Divnick explained. "Many golfers drive with a 3-wood because it has higher loft and is more forgiving. I felt it was logical to combine loft of a 3-wood with the other elements of a driver."

A golf instructor at the Links at Pointe West in Vero Beach, Andrew Fitzgerald also offered his views of the Big Dick at today's press conference. He tested the driver at the PGA Show's indoor driving range on Thursday and reported that it gave him "about 30 yards additional distance" compared to the Titleist 975D.

"It's the type of driver that you don't want to put down because you're astonished at how well you're hitting the ball," Fitzgerald said. "It's forgiving, so shots are more accurate, and the ball charges off the club head. The trajectory and carry off every drive is extremely consistent."

Spurred by the success of the telescopic and adjustable clubs that he invented in the early 1990s, Divnick developed the technology to eliminate the backspin after listening to customers who liked the telescopic driver but wanted him to create a high-end titanium driver.

Compared to traditional drivers, which offer lofts of 9 and 10 degrees, the Big Dick boasts lofts of 11, 13 and 15 degrees while the Big Jane offers 13 and 15 degree lofts.

A retired high school physical education teacher whose other inventions include a fundraising device found in Wal-Marts and McDonalds and called the Spiral Wishing Well played his first round of golf in 1988 and thought it was cumbersome to carry a heavy set of clubs. Curious, he cut open a traditional club and started tinkering, trying to determine a way to perfect one club that can feature the lofts of every club in his bag.

After four years of development and testing, he patented the DIVNICK(TM), which allows golfers to play 18 holes with one club. Lofts can be adjusted to replicate every club in a bag, even drivers and putters.

Not long after introducing the adjustable club, he started making telescopic drivers for players who wanted to hit the ball with greater distance than the shorter adjustable club was capable of, and putters that had the feel of a conventional putter. The result was a telescopic club and a telescopic putter that compose the portable three-club set. The success of the adjustable club and the telescopic driver led Divnick to create the Big Dick and Big Jane drivers.

"Customers told me they hit the ball farther with our telescopic driver than they did with their $400 major brand name titanium graphites. They did so because of the high loft and weight distribution," Divnick said. "These customers encouraged me to create a high-end titanium driver with the same elements, and the result is the Big Dick and Big Jane."

Designed to accompany the Big Dick and Big Jane, Divnick also debuted the Little Dick and Little Jane at the PGA Show this month. A fairway wood designed to help golfers hit long shots off the fairway or rough, the Little Dick and Little Jane boast the size, length and weight of a 3-wood but have the loft of a 5-wood. The 17 and 20 degree lofts set the clubs apart from those of major manufacturers.

"Fairway woods are typically very difficult for the average golfer to use because the ball is resting on the grass, and sometimes buried deep within it, so the fairway shot requires a near-perfect contact to get it airborne," Divnick said. "Just like traditional drivers, fairway woods are designed for pros who have perfect swings and timing.

"The Little Dick and Little Jane make it much easier to launch the ball into the air. The ball flies far and has a tighter shot pattern," he added. "Greater accuracy is very important for a fairway wood because you want to land the ball on the green or in the best spot for your approach shot."

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