Hey Steve, If your workmate has a club he hits best and one that he hits worst, it is a simple matter to pull the specs as starting point references, then test him further. This assumes that you have a frequency machine and other equipment, including test clubs, and the experience to do this. Clubhead speed has always been a good merchandising tool, if you are sure you are comparing apples with apples. If I give you a D-7 driver 44" long you will have a different speed than with a 46" C-9 driver. As you know, there are no flex standards across the industry and different golfers can impart forces on a shaft differently, so I have always referred to "shaft behavior" in defining a suite of appropriate variables in shaft fitting. While transition can influence shaft behavior, as Tom referenced, muscle orientation is what I have always looked for. People are either big-muscle oriented or small-muscle oriented, depending on genetics and lifestyle. Genetics are what they are. However, if you are a piano mover you will have a big-muscle lifestyle, whereas, a concert pianist will have a small-muscle lifestyle orientation. Smooth transitions with small-muscle orientations and vice versa, can defy presumption. The only non-variable is that, nothing can be taken for granted. Tom is one of the most knowledgeable clubhead designers around and has been for many years, so why not order enough drivers from him to be able to test properly? Best,-Davy. PS - Bad backs can be caused or aggravated in golf by cupping the lower spine at address, as opposed to ensuring the spine runs straight from the skull to the tailbone. Having a cup or swayback at the lower end stresses the spine with curvature and causes binding with reduced range of motion.
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2015 15:30:04 -0400 Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Favorite 50-60 shaft From: slong...@gmail.com To: ShopTalk@mail.msen.com Thanks Tom! About 98-102 with the driver Transition is smooth Tempo is pretty smooth. Midway release He has a bad back, and likes the lighter feeling end of the spectrum, so everything we've fit him for has been an R tipped a bit or a stiff from one of the premium manufacturers. Appreciate the help, -S On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 3:04 PM, Tom Wishon <t...@wishongolf.com> wrote: STEVE: There are 50-60g shafts that run the gamut in terms of their stiffness design from very flexible to quite stiff, so I would need to have a little more information about what player type you are looking to fit into a very light shaft. Can you qualify this by answering the following questions? 1. What is the player’s clubhead speed with the driver 2. Can you describe their transition move to start the downswing as being either, forceful/aggressive, smooth and almost passive as they gradually start to accelerate the club, somewhere in between these two. 3. Can you describe their swing tempo as either, fast/quick, smooth/rhythmic, or in between those two 4. Can you tell me when in the downswing they unhinge their wrist cock angle from, early, midway, somewhat late, very late 5. Can you tell me names and flexes of other shafts the player has used and liked the stiffness feel of Get back to me with this and I can narrow the field to offer some help. TOM WISHON From: owner-shopt...@mail.msen.com [mailto:owner-shopt...@mail.msen.com] On Behalf Of Steve Longeway Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 10:31 AM To: ShopTalk@mail.msen.com Subject: ShopTalk: Favorite 50-60 shaft What's everyone's go to 50 to 60 gram shaft these days that's on the stiffer side of the spectrum? A friend at work asked me for a recommendation and I was overwhelmed with all the choices available these days. Thanks in advance, Steve
