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Dee 8ch

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  1. 3 hours ago, Tom the Golf Nut said:

    You need to make consistent contact with the center of the club face. It you need lessons to get there, then that's what you need to start with. Then you need to be fit to the proper shaft and loft of the driver.  I am a classic example of what make no sense on paper.  I play a 12 degree driver with a soft regular flex shaft on a Ping G400. My driver swing speed is in the mid 90's. This was the best combination for me during a fitting. Made no sense, but it was due to my angle of attack, tempo, and achieving the correct launch angle, ball speed, spin and carry distance. The numbers don't lie. So what was I going to lose by going with it. If it worked great if not maybe it would be a shaft swap or a head exchange. But the results on the course proved out. I hit about 230 and split almost every fairway. Also being in my 60's I'm pretty happy with this. I have realistic expectations. I know I'm never going to bomb a 300 yard drive. But you know the old saying. "The woods are full of long hitters!"

    Now my fairway woods are regular flex and my irons are stiff flex. All fit to me, and that's the combination that gave me the best results.  There isn't a rule that says you are this age and swing this fast you need this!  But there is a rough guide line that a fitter can use to get you started. The magic is in getting the correct combination for your particulars. 

    Again as stated previously there isn't a straight forward answer.   

    Yes!!  Lessons should be integrated with fitting and, moreover should not be enslaved to the launch monitor and related technology (are you listening, GolfTec?).  One good metric for an effective learning/improvement experience is the commitment of your teacher to your improvement and his/her courage to intuition.   Trial and error shaft/club tinkering and online tips can lead one down a primrose path of loss and abandonment. 

  2. On 4/29/2021 at 5:31 PM, NC Golfer said:

    I am a Sr golfer and thought with a slow swing speed, I needed a Sr Shaft. Well, two times, Driver and  3 wood, I went with a Sr shaft and it's been a disaster. I can hardly hit the ball. It made me think, how many lessons are given and not a thought is given to a proper shaft. It might be a bad matching shaft, not a bad swing. 

    At 69 yo, my swing speed is not what it once was either.  I have tried Sr. shafts occasionally over the years, and have not had great results with them.  The late Emeritus Pro at my club (Skagit GCC, Washington State) was a fan of everyone hitting stiff shafts even as they got older and slower!  That is a bit extreme, imo.  But his larger point was that distance is less important than accurate and consistent ball striking and that the latter will yield more of the former.   Another comment that I recently heard from a teacher of teaching pros is as we age we lose our sense of balance as much or more than we do our strength.  If the brain senses a loss of balance during the swing sequence, it will signal the body to slow down or even distort the rhythm of the golf swing.   Try stiff or regular shafts while spending some time working on balance with simple exercises such as standing on one leg while brushing your teeth. 

  3. Professional club fitting has grown in allure and mystique.  Obviously it's very important to have clubs that fit you.  But, as I learned at another well known national chain of lesson/fitting providers, club fitting, even in the context of an array of technology is as much art as science, once the basics are understood.  

    The best driver shaft fitting that I ever had was trial and error through eBay with about five different shafts on my 2010 Taylor Made RBZ head (the stock shaft for that driver sucked for me).   The standout and 7 season gamer was a Project X Blue 5.0.  I am a 20 handicapper who hits it about 220 in the summer.  I don't struggle much with direction. 

    Since then, I am gaming a Ping 410, 12 deg, adjusted to 10.5 flat.  Straight as a string and a bit longer than the old RBZ set-up.  

    Am I inclined to tweak around with another batch of aftermarket shafts?  Maybe.  But not feeling a great sense of urgency, as my game and swing are improving, even as my old body continues to deteriorate.   #findingitinthedirt

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