the farthest forward cg's were in the first metal woods, like the original TM Burners, because the faces were very thick. The farthest back have generally been the oversize titanium woods with thin faces. The original persimmon woods are somewhere in between, but they have very low MOI because they are solid, not hollow. Catch it even a little high on the face equals sky ball, low on the face equals grounder, toe ball equals duck hook, etc.
So wulsy, even despite your healthy cynicism, we have made progress.