I have a question: Should you measure lie angle and adjust the irons and wedges accordingly if the golfer has a tendency to hit straight shots?
The question came as a result of working with my son who got his game to a +1 handicap and a resulting course record '64'. When we invested in a new Mitchell L&L machine we used it to set his lofts weaker (44* 9 iron) and standard lie at 64*. He then played the MP-30's and Vokey's 'balanced and blueprinted' and loved the set, and his ball striking began to soar to a new plateau. His previous irons were 25 year old LH'ed JN Muirfield tour forged blades. I said, 'do you want to hit off the lie board". He said "why bother (no) since I hit them straight". So with a lie board for 10 years he has never hit off of it even once. He has a standard for his irons (length, swt., TT steel shaft model, flex, shaft wt. etc.) which he doesn't deviate from, so the amount of 'toe droop' from one set to the next should be virtually identical. He likes to keep a set until he wears it out. Since he has the set of 14 which he has settled on, he is not one for changing to a new model. His backup set of 14 is identical. I guess if it isn't broken leave good enough alone . with no lie check and adjustment. Kind regards, Harry S www.myGolfDNA.com <http://www.mygolfdna.com/> _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bruce Tunnicliffe Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 3:25 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Measuring Lie This is interesting, I have only used lie boards, and have found for myself and others that we are not consistent enough to notice the effect of small lie variations when playing golf. The vertical mark left on the clubface is dependent on several things: 1. Positioning of the ball (as Dave T said) 2. Twist of the ball up the face from an in to out or out to in swing (as Arnie said) 3. Open or closed face on contact. So should we look at the ball flight and only use results from straight shots? Then is it all relevant for golfers who slice all the time. We started by trying to get the sole parallel with the ground, so maybe a lie board is best of all. Too many things to think about. Bruce _____
