Lynn also helped me with this also, reference 7-2-4. I am 5'15" (actually 6'3") and play with clubs 1" long, but be careful about checking the swing weight, they can get into the "E" range.
Lynn also helped me with this also, reference 7-2-4. I am 5'15" (actually 6'3") and play with clubs 1" long, but be careful about checking the swing weight, they can get into the "E" range.
Hah plus one inch on a mizuno mp 32 and D 8 for me, but I do like a heavy club. Is that a problem? What would that do theoretically to a swing or ones release? Hogan's clubs were long, heavy and counter balanced to D1.....same with Knudsons (of course).
I stuck a counter balance in the grip end of my 5 iron......not sure about it . I suppose I could get used to it. It brings the swing weight down a few.
Funny you should bring this up Drew, I was just searching the net trying to find out about the implications of a heavy swing weight.
Kev do you have any thoughts on this? If it causes me to release earlier Ill counter balance them I guess. Im a smooth swinger, no big quick loading if that makes a difference. Random sweep release. 88 mph 7 iron. S300, married with two kids, anglo saxon, briefs not boxers.
Hah plus one inch on a mizuno mp 32 and D 8 for me, but I do like a heavy club. Is that a problem? What would that do theoretically to a swing or ones release? Hogan's clubs were long, heavy and counter balanced to D1.....same with Knudsons (of course).
I stuck a counter balance in the grip end of my 5 iron......not sure about it . I suppose I could get used to it. It brings the swing weight down a few.
Funny you should bring this up Drew, I was just searching the net trying to find out about the implications of a heavy swing weight.
Kev do you have any thoughts on this? If it causes me release earlier Ill counter balance them I guess. Im a smooth swinger, no big quick loading if that makes a difference. Random sweep release. 88 mph 7 iron. S300, married with two kids, anglo saxon, briefs not boxers.
I like heavy, but it's just a number. When you lengthen the club 1", it doesn't make the head any heavier, just changes the balance point. The only thing you have to watch out for is that the extra length and extra weight make the shaft play a little softer.
Kevin
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OB, I think those should be perfect.....I wear granny panties and std length (clubs at least) so your inch long/briefs combo should be right on the money ya y'all been served.....
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OB, I think those should be perfect.....I wear granny panties and std length (clubs at least) so your inch long/briefs combo should be right on the money ya y'all been served.....
Thanks JTillery and Kev ........ briefs and shaft softening is just a fact of life maybe as one gets a little older.
Seriously though , Im kinda wondering about D8 or 9. Does it have an effect? Are you guys pooping me here or being serious?
Ya , I was just thinking the same thing, European PGA maybe? A sleeper cell from Scotland, England or Sweden maybe?
Hey JT what's your favorite football team? (If he say Man U or something instead of the Vikings etc its a dead give away, eh Kev, like an acid test sorta). Me I like the Roughriders, Canadian Football League. Hmmm maybe he's a damn Canadian? UH oh.
Thanks JTillery and Kev ........ briefs and shaft softening is just a fact of life maybe as one gets a little older.
Seriously though , Im kinda wondering about D8 or 9. Does it have an effect? Are you guys pooping me here or being serious?
To be serious for a moment, Id say that once you extend a club an inch or more you start getting some issues. Once you've adjusted lie angle, you still have a heavier SW with a weaker shaft. Then your club can really get to looking like the photo Lynn put up of shaft deflection. Ya. Getting into the E range from D2 or 3 is going to have some of these implications.........this isn't really my cup of sweet tea/firefly though
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To be serious for a moment, Id say that once you extend a club an inch or more you start getting some issues. Once you've adjusted lie angle, you still have a heavier SW with a weaker shaft. Then your club can really get to looking like the photo Lynn put up of shaft deflection. Ya. Getting into the E range from D2 or 3 is going to have some of these implications.........this isn't really my cup of sweet tea/firefly though
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Very valid points Pro. IMHO, the changes in shaft flex are exactly what you need to watch out for and be careful with.
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Is your driver, fairway woods and/or hybrids also longer than standard? A 45" driver, IMO, is really made for someone that needs a longer club, but the swingweight is usually in the D0 range and not balanced like the irons.
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Forward spinal tilt varies from player to player depending upon physical attributes: arm length, height, length of torso, width of stance, etc. and according to tour averages is somewhere between 22 degrees (Jeff Sluman) and 45 degrees (Dans Forsman).
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