Can todays metal woods be bent?
Even though a lot of people will immediately say no, the correct answer is “yes” with certain requirements. While there are limitations, many of today’s metal woods are indeed bendable, especially stainless steel heads. Forged titanium models are bendable as well. Their softer titanium structure allows bending. Provided the hosel of the wood is long enough to allow the bending bar to fit over its length, metal woods can be bent to custom fit a player. This applies to both face angle and lie. What about bending the loft of a metal wood? When you bend the hosel toward or away from the face plane you open or close the club’s face angle. This will change the playing loft of the club by changing the trajectory of the ball but it will potentially cause misdirected shots. Don’t be misled that tour professionals de-loft their drivers and get more distance.
