RE: ShopTalk: Roll from drives - wisdom needed

2007-06-08 Thread Todd Kos
Hunter & Terry, High Launch, low spin is beneficial if you have the ball speed to go with it. It's not for everyone because there are golfers with sub 145-150 mph ball speed who can benefit from spin to keep the ball in the air. As an aid, OptimalFlight offers a landing angle profile feedbac

RE: ShopTalk: Roll from drives - wisdom needed

2007-06-08 Thread Kevil, L H.
thanks, Tedd. In fact her drives were higher than mine and rolled further, despite the fact that my drives are always relatively low. Hunter From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Childers, Tedd A Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 12:05 PM To: Sh

RE: ShopTalk: Roll from drives - wisdom needed

2007-06-08 Thread Tom Wishon
HUNTER The key is in finding the loft + shaft for YOUR swing that will generate the lowest ANGLE OF DESCENT of the ball to the ground while still carrying within 5-8 yds of your maximum carry distance. Until the Trackman launch monitor came along, there was no way to measure the angle of desce

Re: ShopTalk: Roll from drives - wisdom needed

2007-06-08 Thread Ed Reeder
Hunter, Check out the Angle of Descent discussion here http://wishongolf.com/etechreport/2006/september/ For a probable explanation of what is happening. /Ed On Fri, 8 Jun 2007 11:25:52 -0500, "L. Hunter Kevil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Hi all, > > I haven't been doing much clubmaking the las

RE: ShopTalk: Roll from drives - wisdom needed

2007-06-08 Thread Childers, Tedd A
High launch, low spin is the key to long drives that roll out. Most modern drivers (since around 2003) are designed for this, as are a lot of newer balls. Tedd From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of L. Hunter Kevil Sen

ShopTalk: Roll from drives - wisdom needed

2007-06-08 Thread L. Hunter Kevil
Hi all, I haven't been doing much clubmaking the last few years - too much teaching - and have failed to keep up with the current state of the art. Yesterday I played with a former member of the University of Missouri golf team, a petite person with an excellent game. What struck me was not that