Perks
The Hammer's design, which is essentially a traditional clubhead with its face turned upside-down, is a fairly comfortable driver on shots coming off the center of the face. The club is also extremely light, which some players might prefer.
Sacrifices
While the Hammer has comfortable sweet-spot impact, its big claim of adding 50 yards to the average tee-shot--there is not a tremendous amount of performance to back it up. Under normal conditions, the club has the tendency to produce sprayed shots and rattling the hands on mis-hits. It is also extremely light, which, for some players, can impede the comfort and control of a properly mechanized golf swing.
Bottom Line
While Jack Hamm can hit the ball a ton off the tee, his success came before the invention of this novelty club, which is a mere prop in a pitchman's fallacious bag of tricks. The $99 Hamm wants for the Hammer is likely better spent on a lesson or two.
About The Author
Jim Hagerty is a freelance writer and journalist. In addition to the hundreds of Web-based articles to his credit, he's a staff writer for "The Rock River Times," where he covers arts and entertainment, outdoors and human interest news events. Hagerty holds a Bachelor of Science in public relations and journalism from Northern Michigan University in Marquette.