Interesting chart Roy, I'll have to compare it to what I see over time. Thanks!
-Don M ________________________________ From: Roy Nix - AGCP Director <r...@agcpgolf.com> To: ShopTalk@mail.msen.com Sent: Sat, October 30, 2010 8:35:21 AM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Trackman Newsletter Don I agree. The ball doesn't know if you are a right hander hitting a draw or a left hander hitting a fade. The only thing the ball reacts to is the effective loft and spin. I've been fitting for straight shots for years and worked up this chart a good while back. http://www.agcpgolf.com/Ball_Flight_and_Club_Weight_for_fitting.pdf By adjusting the total weight and head weight to get what I call the right balance between the two I try to fit to get my golfers as close as possible to swinging right down the target line and getting the clubface square. If the best I can get is 3 of 4 degrees inside out or outside in so be it, change your alignment and hit straight shots. I fit one guy some time back and everything he hit with his 5 iron was about 10 or 15 feet to the right of the pin on my Golf Achiever. Shot after shot. I was happy and he was not. Finally he asked: "Are you going to fix the club so it goes at the pin"? So I walked up to him and took a silver sharpie and drew a line where his feet were pointing about 10 or 15 feet to the left of the pin and said: "Stand on the line and try it". He did and then laughed out loud and said: "I wonder how long it would have taken me to figure that out"? He dropped his handicap 4 or 5 shots. Everyone seems to be brainwashed into believing the right to left tour draw is the best shot. In spite of Trevino, Nicklaus, Miller Barber, Furyk and many others who won a lot of tour events with a fade or a fairly straight ball. Lots of happy customers tell me straight works. Roy ----- Original Message ----- >From: Don M >To: ShopTalk@mail.msen.com >Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2010 8:56 AM >Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Trackman Newsletter > > >There is a lot of interesting stuff in there. I do not understand #6. > Anyone? > > >Also, a question I've had for a long time is, <all else being equal>, does >a >straight ball go farther than a curving ball? We have been conditioned to >"know" that draws go farther. Because they fly lower and/or run out more. > But, if a person is fitted so that his draw starts with the same launch >angle and other launch numbers as a straight hit, wouldn't the straight hit >actually go farther? > > >In other words, the only reason a draw or pull goes farther and a push or >fade goes shorter than a straight ball is because of the change in effective > >loft at impact? And if you make that effective loft equal across all >cases, >the straight ball HAS to go the farthest. This is what I think I've seen >in >a seat of the pants way. > > >-Don M > > > ________________________________ From: Ed Reeder <e_ree...@mailup.net> >To: clubmaker online <ShopTalk@mail.msen.com> >Sent: Fri, October 29, 2010 2:57:08 PM >Subject: ShopTalk: Trackman Newsletter > >Here is a newsletter from Trackman. It has many good articles > http://www.trackman.dk/download/newsletter/newsletter7.pdf > >Their 10 Fundamentals of Ball Flight is very interesting. One surprising > >factor is that your angle of attack (hitting up or down on the ball) has an >effect on creating a "zero club path". Lot of good stuff here. > >Also interesting to read is their "Trackman Combine", which is a way to >measure a golfer's accuracy and distance control (they say shot making, but >I >have to disagree). > >/Ed >-- Shoptalk ** Sponsored by the new Aldila Voodoo. Learn more at >http://aldilavoodoo.com/ >
