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Club Fitting
Shaft upgrade delivers penetrating ball fight and consistency
Apr 25th
Last week I had the shafts in my irons upgraded. The reason that I had it done was because my swing had changed and the shafts were too weak in my irons. I noticed this on especially well struck shots where the spin put on the ball would make the balloon so much that it lost a lot of distance for me. The other reason was that the trajectories and carries were all over the place.
After being fitted by the Mizuno fitting system, it was determined that I should be using Dynamic Gold X100 shafts, but that the heads I have (Mizuno MP52) were fine for my swing. This was a big change, as I was being switched from Project X 5.0. I could have stayed with Project X, according to the Mizuno fitting system if I had gone to a 6.5 flex, but according to them it was my third choice. The choice that fit my swing best was DG X100.
I’m happy to report that the change is going well. What I like best about the new shafts is that the they are much more predictable. My distances are no longer all over the place, the ballooning has been eliminated, and the shots really fly much more true.
I have had to make some changes in the way I swing. I’m not really changing my technique, I’m just adjusting to a new tempo. With these shafts I can’t go after it the way I did. In fact, I find that with these, if the swing feels about 80%, the results are amazing and consistent. The ball flight is much straighter and consistent than anything I have had before. The ball explodes off the face with a very different feeling from what I had before. It just seems much more solid and the flight is penetrating, even into some significant wind. Even though I’m changing my tempo a bit, the change feels excellent, and I believe it will help make me a better golfer.
Review: Trackman: The Game
Feb 5th
On tour, PGA Tour players get to test equipment and practice with a trackman setup that gives them their launch conditions like club head speed, angle of attack, ballspeed etc. Imagine being able to practice like a tour pro at your local range. That and more is the promise of Trackman: The Game.
I feel that calling it Trackman: The Game, is a bit of a misnomer. It is simply a great practice tool, although one of its best applications is the multiplayer games. Above you can see my actual stats, ball flight and score for one short session of Trackman: The Game. Click on each thumbnail to open a larger image.
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TrackMan: A valuable teaching tool
Jan 23rd
I had an opportunity to get on TrackMan today. If you have not had the opportunity to try it I highly recommend it. Sterling Farms, in Stamford CT will let you get on the TrackMan launch monitor for $110/hr.
What a great experience! Trackman is much more advanced than I had thought based on what I’ve seen on the Golf Channel. It is so much more than just getting your launch numbers.
I was really surprised at the amount of information that it generates, especially when you see the teaching modules for it. Along with tracking the golf ball, it also tracks the clubhead through the impact zone. The 3D club view is awesome and it was truly eye opening to see what the club was doing through impact in a way that video analysis just can’t do.
You don’t need to reshaft to lower your spin rate
Oct 26th
So an interesting thing happened the other day. I popped into my local club builder because I had been thinking of switching out a shaft in a driver and I needed to a pick up a three wood that was going to go into Adams for repair.
We started talking about why I wanted to change the shaft in the driver and before I knew it I was on the launch monitor hitting some balls.
He looks at my swing and starts making some suggestions about releasing the club. Lo and behold my spin rate drops from a high of 5000 (the average was closer to mid 3k), down to an all time low for me of 1758. Same club and same shaft. Wow!
On the launch monitor that equated to a baby draw (from a fade) and about 60 yards more distance.
