Comments on: Golf club fitting part two and some abstract thoughts

By: Constantine

Constantine — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 17:29:53 +0000

Yea you probably should’ve been in regular flexed shafts this whole time. A let down of club fitting during those days. Long drive guys use regular flex now because the added flex adds speed and thus lets them hit it farther. Back then tho, the idea was that the faster you swung, the better the player you were, and the better you were, the stiffer your shafts needed to be. We know now that’s problematic fitting logic. Often times, guys would just go stiffer because it played into ego.

I’m not a club fitter so I probably said something off here, but hopefully the point is basically clear. Probably should’ve been closer to regular flex than X-stiff during this period of the plan.

By: dan

dan — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 03:11:33 +0000

Thanks Adam!

By: dan

dan — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 03:11:20 +0000

Thank you Brian. There’s only so long the bow can get blamed. Luckily I am enjoying the new one so far.

By: dan

dan — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 03:10:45 +0000

Connor,

It’s never all that bad. Thank you for the comment and for reading along!

By: dan

dan — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 03:08:13 +0000

Chris,

I agree it’s good to experiment and to keep what works in your bag. I’m really enjoying my new driver and 3-wood so am going to stick with them for the foreseeable future.

Cheers,

Dan

By: Chris Mellette

Chris Mellette — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 23:18:00 +0000

Hey Dan, I found your site about two years ago when I first started to get really into golf. I was inspired to put your theory of hours into play which has been a gold mine. Long story short I have hit probably 80,000 golf balls if not more since spring of 2012. When I started 2012 my handicap was 25+ and at the end 2013 of the season it was as low as 5. I have had fittings and for lack of money I could never afford to buy a custom set because they are to expensive. But the key factor that I learned is that fittings are great but I have put more clubs in the bag off the used rack then any other place. I would rather hit a driver that has a great look and feel to it then a driver that is shiny and new that goes 20 yards longer. I have three drivers. I have a 12 degree Cleveland that is 43 inches tipped stiff that is my go to when I start to hit the ball not very pure. My second driver is last years Cobra Cell Driver with adjustable set at 9.5 It has a stock XStiff recoil shaft on it and I think its a 65 weight and is really light. My third driver is a Titleist D3 from three years ago that has Xstiff proforce shaft 75 on it and it is the heaviest.

I was suffering with the driver for a long time wishing it felt as smooth as a nine iron. When I went to watch the RBC Heritage in Hilton head last spring I was most impressed at how pure they where hitting the ball and how it was compressed. My advice would be to geek out over tons of cheep drivers used or clearance drivers that look feel fun to hit. Have them tipped if need be and just enjoy hitting them. Ricky fowlers trick of hitting persimmons woods to better improve accuracy of contact was also very helpfull.

By: Richard Chen

Richard Chen — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 15:22:00 +0000

Stance distance from the ball at address is considered to be a very important factor for accurate and consistent swing. In the book “In Search of the Perfect Swing,” researchers draw the outlines of the feet of top pros, and others on the ground as they setup in addressing the ball. The traced outlines of the pro’s feet are very consistent with their individual feet outlines falling almost exactly on top of each other for a given individual, while the outlines for a given none pro individual do not fall on each other, and these feet outlines are all over the place not overlapping into a single overlapping outline like for a given pro.

If the feet are setup too far from the ball, it becomes harder to swing the clubhead “down the line” after impact, as the body has to lean forward toward the target line to keep the clubhead going down the line for any extent. While tracing the outlines of the feet is not that convenient, it is fairly easy to use the driver club itself to measure the distance of the feet from the ball on the practice ground, or during a practice round before or after taking the swing. The distance of the feet from the ball, or the target line is always shorter than the length of the driver or any other club, so that the club can be put on the ground before or after the swing to measure the distance of the feet from the ball to see whether they are consistent, or whether any differences between swings effect the shot outcome.