A couple of questions: Which will tend to lower trajectory in irons, less offset or more offset? Will a higher swingweight contribute to an earlier release and a lower swingweight contribute to a later release? ED ----- Original Message ----- From: "Burgess Howell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 2:28 PM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Irons Too High
> One counter data point... > > I changed from a set of Browning 440-alikes to my current Dynacraft LCG II > set about 2.5 yrs ago and picked up around 25 yds a club. > > They're built way long (1 5/8" over "standard") and way heavy on Balistik > shafts trimmed halfway between the prescribed S and R flex and plugged with > homemade sensicore inserts. Lofts are a few degrees stronger and the heads > are offset ~4mm where the old clubs had no perceptible offset. Spine > (bow?) is at 12:00. > > With a little adrenalin (say, after a 4-putt double bogey) I can get ~210 > yds out of a 5-iron, but usually it's my 195-200 yd club. > > BTW, my accuracy is better with these sticks, and I'm sticking them on the > greens better, too. I've got a few theories for both phenomena, but maybe > later. > > Burgess > > At 12:48 AM 9/12/2002, you wrote: > >I don't believe any equipment change could make up two clubs in length. How > >about accuracy? Has it suffered also? If the problem is reverse pivot, > >accuracy goes out the window. If the problem is a gradual creeping forward > >of ball placement, accuracy will not suffer as much but it is difficult to > >believe you would creep forward two clubs worth. A weakened grip can also be > >the culprit. A strong grip hoods the clubhead somewhat and therefore delofts > >it to whatever degree it is hooded. What about divot? Do you take a good > >divot or pick the ball clean? If picking clean, try hitting down on the ball > >more, so as to take a divot. Though you hit down on the ball to make it go > >up, if hit down upon as it should be, the trajectory will be right, not too > >high. Your problem might be a combination of any of these or other problems. > >I would not rule out instruction, if you can't figure it out yourself. > >Instruction does not necessarily involve a "new swing". Just tell the pro > >the change you've undergone and explain you are not interested in learning > >an entirely new swing. Most pros are willing to help you out with "your > >swing" if that is what you want and it can be helped. > >ED > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Brian Parkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 6:48 PM > >Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Irons Too High > > > > > > > Everyone, > > > > > > About the end of last year (playing on frozen fairways in ID) a strange > > > phenomenon occurred with my irons - I started hitting them sky high. It > > > has also carried to this year. In the old days my 8 iron was my 145-150 > > > club with a very high ball flight. Suddenly it became my 125 club. I > > > have lost two clubs distance across the board. The accuracy is about > > > the same, and I still have the same slight fade. The driver is > > > basically the same at about 240-250 on average. Of course some misses > > > and also crushes. I have never had a lick of instruction (as my 15 > > > handicap would suggest), so I don't know why, and am still leery of > > > seeking instruction as a don't know if I could learn a new swing anyway. > > > > > > So, since I am a knuckle head and want to buy a game, I will try to fix > > > the problem with equipment. I remember an experiment Bernie did with > > > some Catapults, but I was wondering if anyone had any experience with > > > some irons that may meet my two criteria. > > > > > > 1. Lower ball flight > > > 2. Forgiving, specifically reducing slice. > > > > > > I like the look of the Catapult, but I wasn't sure about the flow > > > weighting. It seems to contradict what Tom W. preaches regarding heal > > > weight to help close the face. Bernie, do your long irons have a face > > > bias? > > > > > > Thanks for any input. > > > > > > Brian > > > >
