Ready for a 3x3 experiment to do this?
3 different lofts ex: ( 6, 9, 12*), (or vary impact spot on face?)
3 different attacks (+,-, level) (or vary tee height?)
Same driver make & set up. Same ball. Same consistent swinger for all combinations.
Regards,
Todd
Would love to do it. But lets use some realistic lofts like 9, 11.5, 13.5, 16.
Most professional Long Drivers have been saying this for years actually...hitting up on the ball creates the most distance. Maybe a better way of saying this is that the clubhead is attacking the ball at an upward angle rather than the fact that you are trying to HIT UPWARD on the ball. Two very different things in my opinion.
Is that because of the forward bending of the shaft at impact??
My assumption is that you are hitting the ball in the part of the clubhead arc that is past lowpoint. Again, that is only my assumption and I don't have any type of scientific data to back me up, but I do know for a fact that more loft yields more spin which at a certain point begins to kill my distance (as measured using the same club/shaft combo with different lofts on the monitors at the PGA superstore).
My assumption is that you are hitting the ball in the part of the clubhead arc that is past lowpoint. Again, that is only my assumption and I don't have any type of scientific data to back me up, but I do know for a fact that more loft yields more spin which at a certain point begins to kill my distance (as measured using the same club/shaft combo with different lofts on the monitors at the PGA superstore).
E.
Once again be very careful! I know for a fact that the simulators in the PGA Superstores read spin at about 800 to 1000rpms higher than it actually is. The other thing that you have to be aware of is angle of approach. If your approach angle is somewhere between -3 and +3 then you will probably get the best numbers. To little spin is just as dangerous as to much.
The rule with fitting drivers is use the loft and flex that allows you to achieve the best balance then test on the course. Monitors are only good to a point then it becomes a players prefernece. Many people find that they can produce the same numbers with different drivers yet on the course one goes much farther.
Someone mentioned the LPGA players using very little loft. If they have played that way their whole life why change them. Just like Bubba Watson, I may not change them but I sure won't teach it either.
Once again be very careful! I know for a fact that the simulators in the PGA Superstores read spin at about 800 to 1000rpms higher than it actually is.
Approximately how much difference in driver spin is there between the typical balls at a range/superstore vs. the balls we would play with on the course - say a pro-v 1?
I've heard that the range ball could be around 500rpms higher. That plus a simulator that's off by 800-1000rpms would be a huge difference!
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