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41 minutes ago, Nickygolf said:
I don't see the big deal. As golfers we pay a lot of money to play, only to be told how to dress? If someone wants to be in a t-shirt and play 18, does that really matter? does old Tom spin in his grave? I once played a round for a bachelor party, the groom wore a collared shirt with the nipples cut out. It was both hilarious and within the dress code.
Do you wear ripped jeans and a tee shirt with graphics when you go to a nicer restaurant or somewhere other than the mall, a movie theater?
Dress for the occasion
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1 hour ago, Marshmac said:
I cracked the m1 first year and had it replaced, then both 3 woods were 2.5 years old neither of them replaced. The cobra was just under 2 years but found out cobra only warranty’s one year.
Most manufactures only warranty at 1 or 2 years usually from manufacturers date.
Faces thin over time from use and get hotter. So the time plus the speed can contribute to the cracking.
I’ve seen others report issues with different heads on other forums but it’s not something I recall happening a lot with the brands you mention
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2 hours ago, EnderinAZ said:
Cool. As long as he knows where the problem is. The drills and videos will help as long as he can feel it. If you cannot overwrite the habit, it will not change. That is what makes changing a golf swing so hard.
I am not being facetious or flippant in asking this. Do you have a method that would allow you to feel and know you have turned your hips too soon other than watching the ball go the wrong way? I don't, and I would like to.
It will take time to change the movement. They may or may not work but they are a starting point and we can see how he’s getting along with his practice sessions. We can assess what he’s doing. What he feels he’s doing (feel isn’t real) and if what he thinks he doing if it’s actually doing it via video. As mentioned the change will come from slower swings and lot of repetitions.
if he doesn’t get along with the drills then we find another drill or feel to see what works. We can assess his practice routine as well and see if we have to make adjustments.
the upper body turns the lower body, but there also has to be some use of the ground. Porzak’s teaching is that the upper body turning is what causes the pressure shift to trail side and helps the hips turn.
Another feel is to do a drill where the arms to the swinging. Feel the arms back to around hip height and set the wrist late in this case would be when then hands reach hip height and don’t bend the elbow. The hips will have no choice but to turn and the feel the arms do the downswing and again hip turn will happen automatically.
another feel is to push the hands to 7 o’clock. This is taught in monte scheinblum’s no turn cast.
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How to use them depends on what you are working on. They can aid in alignment and ball position. Th is is what many pros use them for at all their range sessions.
they can be used for drills with them inserted in the club. They can be put thru belt loops and in the ground to work on proper movement patterns.
they can be stick in the ground to work on proper takeaway and downswing positoning in the swing
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6 hours ago, Marshmac said:
I’m wondering if anyone else has this problem? Over the last 6 years I’ve cracked the face on 4 clubs. 2 drivers and 2 3-woods. Taylormade M1 driver, M6 3 wood and M2 3 wood. I swore I would never buy another taylormade and then sure enough the worst one yet is my Cobra LTDX LS driver.
I’m a higher swing swing speed player, able to get up to 125mph but generally play between 110-115. Is this just the cost of doing business at those higher swing speeds or am I an outlier?How old were the clubs when they cracked. Yes higher swing speeds can lead to more cracking. It why callway makes thicker faces for the tour heads
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2 hours ago, EnderinAZ said:
Lots of good responses here, but I have to ask. Have you had your shafts checked to make sure they match the power you are putting into your swing? Trying to fix what could be an equipment miss match problem with a swing change could have terrible repercussions down the line. If your shafts are good try:
Set up your phone to video your swing. Make several videos and be sure to note if it was a good one or not. If you can do it so it films in slow motion. Make videos from all the compass points, N,S,E,W.
I have said it before, but here it is again. A golf swing is a series of habits stacked one on top of the other. The human brain cannot consciously focus on all the parts of the swing at the same time so it stores the swing as a series of habits in an entirely different part of the brain than where conscious thought occurs. This means there is a very good chance you are making a subtle change in your swing that you cannot feel. By that I mean the change is a habit, so when the habit is accomplished with no issues it feels right.
So watch your swing, then target that one point that maybe doesn't look right and feel for it in your swing. If it is wrong you will know it if not immediately within a swing or two.
It’s not a shaft issue. He has a movement pattern problem that starts with his takeaway. If he had better positioning at the top of his swing and then was having issues in transition then maybe it could be a shaft issue. If he released the club later then it could potentially be fixed by a different profile. The earlier one releases the less impact the shaft has on the delivery
yes it’s a movement pattern issue and yes his mind is used to a certain movement. The problem he has is that because of there the club is in the backwing and top of the swing it requires more time to get into a proper position which because he rotates the hips and shoulders at the same time he doesn’t have enough time for things to sync up so he has to stall the hips and then time the arms and hands. When he can he has a good driving day, when he can’t he has an okay day. He has to fix wrist hinge and hips not going as early in the swing. The drills and videos I posted from Porzak will help him work on the new movement patterns
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What is your spin?
what’s your launch angle, apex/peak height and land/descent angle?
what is your ball flight with the driver?
where on the face are you making contact with driver?
What are you trying to achieve with the fairway?
- cksurfdude and HikingMike
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8 minutes ago, TJ Hall said:
Not a coach here and don’t know your swing overall, but near the top of your backswing it looks like your chest/upper body starts moving up. Maybe it is a timing thing getting back into the same position where you can do it sometimes and not others???
Again, not a coach or instructor, just the first thing I noticed.
It’s part of the arm run off and slight overswing due to the wrist set issues
- William P, Rob Person and cksurfdude
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Who did you get checked out by?
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25 minutes ago, Jim Shaw said:
Wow, everything looks great to me, if you want to try one thing you may want to tighten up your follow through, although Arnold Palmer did pretty good with that helicopter finish. When you are hitting it great are there any "feels" that you could repeat when it starts to go sideways? Cause and affect kind of thing?
The follow thru is a result of what happens at and after impact which is a caused by what happens in the downswing which comes as a result of what happened in the backswing.
The downswing is .25 seconds which makes it hard to do much to find an issue that occurs in the downswing during an actual golf swing and one has to think about what they want to much sooner in the swing. So to fix anything in the follow thru the problems have to be addressed much sooner in the swing. In this swing one issue to fix is how the wrists are working. If he sets them at a 45° angle just after p2 with a driver it will help shorten his swing which will help him in transition and sync up better and not have to stall the hips. He knows the issues because as he said his other instructors have pointed out the samething. It’s now a matter of finding the right drill and feel for him to work on fixing the problems. As well as getting the right practice approach to implement the correct moves.
Getting a face on will help to see if he’s shifting properly which if he’s not is also going to have to be worked on to help with how his right side is working
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28 minutes ago, cnosil said:
Kind of says the same thing the same MGS lab test showed. I think the key is that if your stock swing is not full out then the full out will be better. If you are full out with stock, you will start to get out of sync/balance. I was part of the MGS test and full out was best for me.
Full out is best for most people. But as the guy behind the center said the 90-95% is where the best stay and turn it on when they need it. Slow is going to be relative but guys on tour are taking a lot of speed off. I don’t recall what brysons all out speed is bs what he dials down to but his all out is up there with the long drive guys. Finau is around 20mph less on the course than he is capable of.
to me what it shows is the mindset of “I’ll take less distance for more accuracy” isn’t all that great for scoring which is also highlighted in strokes gained about being closer is better even in the rough vs fairway
- Rob Person, William P, jbern and 3 others
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9 minutes ago, JStapp said:
Love this response man! Appreciate it. My misses are almost always toe side with the big dog. I agree that it comes down to club face control. My question is, how do I fix these issues you brought up? Most coaches have identified those things you mentioned. What drills/feels etc can I use or practice to fix any of those things?
I'm willing to put in all the practice time to work on whatever I need to. I wasn't able to see the pictures you hinted at, but I do know exactly what you are talking about on each metric.
I'll get a face on video today.
I had to step away let me post the photos.
I know the miss well it’s my miss with most clubs for similar reasons as you have. When we have to slow down rotation for the arms to catchup we end up with higher hands which presents the toe and usually some degree of an open face. We them rely on our hands and athleticism to square up the face.
Doing the drills in slower speed and some slower speed swings will help engrain the movement patterns. Practice should be broken down into movement pattern practice and ball striking practice. Dont combine the two. Movement pattern changes should not focus on the result. You are making a change and the results will come as the movement improves.
ball striking practice is to get better at ball striking and if a bad shot happens don’t think about the bad movement that may have happened. Just try to execute on the next shot
I think Porzak has some good videos that will help. His checkpoint one and two will be the biggest help.
- William P, Josh Parker, JStapp and 4 others
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10 hours ago, JStapp said:
Hold on tight, and buckle up… I’m in need of HELP. DRIVER ISSUES
Background: + Handicap, competing in high level amateur events. I’ve ALWAYS struggled with driver. I’ve taken multiple lessons in person, some online lessons with McCormicks/Yarwoods of the world, tried different methods of practice/drills etc. and I just can’t be consistent. I have rounds where it’s great, and rounds where it’s average.
First: Here’s a recent video from this winter/spring. Anything stand out? (I’ll read anybody and everybody’s opinion I don’t care)
Second: Playing the Callaway TD w/ Ventus Blue TR 6X at 120-125 mph clubhead. I’ll try some other things: anything to keep it in play with decent spin. Most “forgiving” or max models spin to the moon.
sincerely: desperate person
Have you sprayed your face to see contact point? If you having good and bad rounds and having spin issues the chances are you are aren’t consistent with your face control contact.
What stands out to me and it’s nowhere as bad as most swings which I’m not surprised at due to the handicap level is
1) just a little inside on the takeaway and wrist set could be a little more vertical(I’ll hit on why shortly). The slight inside is from the hips moving a little to early plus the wrist set. Hips should be the last thing to go in the backswing, yours go pretty early
2) at the top you get long with the arms and club because of a late load or relaxing the wrists. Pic 1 is really all you need as far as backswing length. Pic 2 shows your wrists hinge more and the club disappear behind you. It takes time to recover from this. Touching more on it in next point
3) your transition and downswing have a pretty unison movement of the lower and upper body so you don’t have as much time for the club to catch up, back to the target longer will help this. if you watch your right foot the heel comes off the ground pretty early and the knee moves toward the target(pic 3). You have to slow down the rotation to let things catch up which is why you see the extension of the arms (pic 4)and the rolling of the arms which is your mechanism to square the face. The days that you can time this up are the days you have great driving days and the days where you can’t you dont get as good of a result. These on these days is probably some added dynamic loft and lower than usually face contact which will increase spin. You can see how much you are standing up and on your toes post impact rather than rotating thru the ball(pic 5)
Do yo have a face on video?
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2 hours ago, paul6057 said:
I could book a fitting at a range that use Z Stars and GC4, but most of my local places are either on the range with range balls, or in indoor simulators.
Depending on the condition of the range balls and assuming they aren’t limited flight balls there’s about a 10% difference between range balls and a prov1 type ball. If the fitter is using a trackman they can set it to optimize al which translates the data as if a prov1 was being used
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9 hours ago, jbsap said:
All in all, is club champion expensive? Yes.
It’s only expensive if the customer don’t state their budget constraints. CC will fit to no upcharge offerings if the customer states they don’t want aftermarket or upgraded options.
Also can cut costs by not having CC order and build the clubs.
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14 minutes ago, Golf2Much said:
@RickyBobby_PR in a perfect world, I agree 100% with everything you said above.
Unfortunately, living at the southern end of US1 I'm 150 or more miles away from any access to swinging both shafts at the same time and under the same conditions. If I get to the mainland four or five times a year that's a lot. Throw in my physical limitations and I'm probably even more unique segment of the golfing population. I was just looking for opinions and/or insights that people might have had. At my level, there's always some level of risk associated with any club purchase I make. Even with professional fittings, some clubs ultimately work out in the long run and some don't. I was hoping that any insight (whether I accept it or not) might be more valuable than none at all.
If 4 people came in and said the kbs shaft didn’t work for them and they had the same swing speed as you how does that help when in your fitting the kbs worked for you.
When it comes to shafts unless or has a late release they won’t notice much difference in shafts outside of possibly feel
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16 minutes ago, Golf2Much said:
With either shaft (even with the KBS shaft upcharge), I'll be paying significantly less than what's listed on the Srixon website. So, the cost portion of the overall value equation is less of an issue. Since I didn't have the chance of hitting each shaft side by side under the same conditions, I was hoping some other MGS forum member with a similar swing speed may have tried them both in one fitting and would share their experiences with both shafts.
The issue with the bolded is that someone with you same swing speed doesn’t swing like you. Therefore their experience with a shaft is just that their experience and there’s no way to say that you will have the same experience as them. I know people want to hear others experience but it’s not providing any value. Posting below some reading about this
You have hit both shafts in a relatively short period of time between each other so you should be able to tell which one is better for you.
Myth #5 – How a shaft plays and performs for one golfer or group of golfers is important for other golfers to know to be able to make a proper shaft selection
Only if the golfers involved all happen to have EXACTLY, and I mean exactly, the same swing characteristics is someone else’s experience with a particular shaft of any importance. And how often do two or more golfers swing exactly the same way?
I can’t tell you how many times I have scanned posts on golf equipment internet forums from golfers who ask a question such as, “has anyone tried the XYZ shaft and what do you think of it?” Invariably, almost every golfer’s response comes back citing this or that personal opinion or playing result without ever saying one thing about any of their specific swing characteristics.
In addition, numerous times I have heard a golfer comment about a shaft to say something like, “that XYZ shaft is really a bad shaft. If golfers knew that shaft performance is so tied to specific golf swing characteristics they would say instead, “that shaft is probably a good shaft for some other golfer, but it is a bad shaft FOR ME AND MY SPECIFIC SWING CHARACTERISTICS.”
There is no such thing as a good shaft or a bad shaft in this game. There are only shafts that fit their owners and shafts that do not fit their owners. More than any other component, the performance of the shaft is completely related to a series of finite, specific swing and playing characteristics – your clubhead speed, your transition move to start the downswing, your downswing aggressiveness/tempo, the point during the downswing when you unhinge your wrist-**** angle to release the club to impact and whether you as a golfer do or do not have a specific, preferred sense for the bending feel of the shaft during the swing.
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57 minutes ago, Golf2Much said:
I was curious if those who've tried both shafts felt the $25 per shaft upcharge was worth it?
This isn’t anyone can decide. We all place value on things differently. But at least on the Srixon website there isn’t a price difference. Between he helium and KBS shafts.
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If you are happy with your setup then spend money on lessons and see what your true potential in the course can be
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8 minutes ago, Dan1993 said:
Thanks a bunch! Question for you! How do you like your PXG set? Saw that they have a "hero" discount and they have a fitter near me out in Suffolk.
The USNA course is great, and was tons of fun to learn to play on, but man are there some challenging approaches. Lots of elevated greens.
I haven’t updated my bag or any of my info on here in awhile.
I am a recovering club ho lol. I loved my pxg and have had them twice now. The hero discount is nice and was part of the factor into buying them.
Yeah the course has some tough greens and some tough hole layouts. Last time I played the female golf team was out just in front of us and they were fun to watch when I could catch their shots
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Whenever purchasing new clubs you should get fit. There are small changes that happen with weighting, cg location, face thickness. How those changes affect the ball flight will vary for each person.
Getting fit gives the golfer clubs that work with their swing rather than the golfer having to manipulate things to get the club to hit the shot they want to hit.
There are different level of fittings and different experience level of fitters. Find a reputable fitter to do the fitting.
On a side note I’ve had the chance to play USNA course a few times. I like the course
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13 minutes ago, FightingScot82 said:
My fitting was great. I was worried about judgment from the fitter because I don't play or practice nearly enough to get consistent ball striking, but was quickly eradicated.
I was fit for the 0311 XP but was told with practice the 0311 P would suit me long term. The sticker price is more than I want to spend so I may hold out for a sale or see if I can take these measurements to a well-versed fitter for something more in line with my budget.
I did enjoy the PXG clubs - if I had the money I would have pulled the trigger on the spot. Take advantage of the $25 fitting deal if you can.
If you are looking at the big OEMs you are going to find that clubs are going to be around the same price per irons as these or more. Most fitters are only going to have the big brand irons. Also because of different designs in face thickness, cg location, weight and how that can affect swing and ball flight, just saying to a fitter here is what pxg fit me to what will work for me in brands X,y, or Z is going to be hard to give a definitive answer. The fitter will probably have you try to hit some of the clubs with same shaft to see wha the ball flight is. If he/she just says “go with those combo from brand X” I would walk away.
I can tell you between p790,i5xx from ping and the pxg irons I have been before into different shafts and have had different lm numbers using the same shaft in each.
If price is a factor then you are probably better off looking at a dtc brand like sub 70. Contact them and give them your specs and let them get you on the closest thing possible.
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That’s not what I’m saying. In golf there are feels people have but it’s not what tent are actually doing and that can be shown on video. It’s not just me who says that feel isn’t real but every good instructor. You can read posts all over the internet where someone says they feel x,y,z and when you look at their video they aren’t doing any of what they feel.
Theres a couple recent epic threads on wrx that have had this exact discussion.
I believe it was amg who had talked about Sergio and how he says he feels like he pulls on a chain in transition but their analysis shows that his movement is akin to that.
There are feels that people have to help them achieve something on the golf swing but what they are actually doing isn’t what the feel is.
Or we can create an exaggerated feel to accomplish a change in what the body is doing.
The Justin rose drill is one. Over external rotate the lead shoulder at p3 to teach how the lead shoulder should move in the swing, even though the lead arm would never externally rotate alot.