Understanding how views of a golf club influencing how a player swings is a big part of fit, but some traits are more noticeable than others.
While you may not think to give more loft for a player who adds a lot of impactful lofts – like this writer – the ability to see the attic it can actually cause the player to tilt the shaft more at impact to compensate.
But on this week’s episode of GOLF’s Fully Equipped, co-hosts Johnny Wunder and Jake Morrow explained how head shape can also affect how a player swings.
“So when I was testing the driver with Charles Howell III, for example, from the TaylorMade LS to the Callaway Triple Diamond, the deeper the face gets, the steeper it gets, which is a little counterintuitive,” Wunder said. “It stays off the ground, instinctively, he wants to beat it, and his angle of attack starts to drop, and for him, his launch numbers go all over the place.”
LS heads are typically deeper-faced, so they can be shorter heel-to-toe and front-to-back to move the CG closer to the face, thus reducing spin.
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But if someone reacts to that like Howell did and gets more slanted, then it will have the opposite effect and players will spin the ball more. It also swings more slowly.
“It’s really, really in the weeds, but again, it’s things that matter to every player,” Wunder said. “It’s not just the guys who have hit it well, it’s every single player, because the only thing a 35-year-old handicapper and a tour player can do, they have relatively the same action.
“If you slide it through, you slide it too far.”
For more from Wunder and Morrow, take a listen Full episode of GOLF’s Fully Equipped hereor see below.
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