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Get a club that fits you, the superstar says. In this Q&A, he explains exactly what that means -- and how it works for him

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May 31, 2004 at 4:00 AM UTC

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Prodigious talent has a lot to do with the golfing success Tiger Woods has experienced. But his sticks count for something. Here are the specs on Tiger's driving tool of choice: A Nike Ignite with a 340-cc clubhead with 9 degrees of loft, a 1-degree upright lie angle, and a steel 43.5-inch shaft with Golf Pride Tour Velvet chord grips. The club face's CT, or characteristic time, is 229. That's the projected measurement of "face rebound time," which predicts the spring effect of a club face on a golf ball.

A higher CT number predicts a faster face or spring effect in its tests. The PGA Tour doesn't allow drivers to exceed a 257 CT. "There's no way that the majority of the public can hit my driver," Tiger says. "They're not going to hit it as high or as far as they would their driver."