thepete
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Recently I went to TaylorMade and got fit for a new bag of clubs. One of the things that stood out to them was that I apparently deloft the club a lot in impact. A 56 degree SW had about 47 degrees of loft on impact, a 6-iron was almost a 4.5 iron and the driver had almost no increase in loft. When doing launch monitor testing, I struggled to get my 9.5 degree driver to have a launch angle of more than 12-12.5 degrees. I don't use forward press and don't have the ball positioned far back.
I probably should've asked the TM rep about this, but does anyone know what the "ideal" numbers are for the loft on impact? I know this logically should vary a boatload depending on swing speed, clubhead speed, ball speed etc but I can of course provide my numbers for reference and discussion. I will (eventually) take this up for discussion with my coach but he just flew the other side of Europe for about a month, so for the sake of my phonebill that'll have to wait.
Looking at the 3D film of my swing, I see nothing that's out of the ordinary and I'm not really complaining. I've always been very good with the scoring irons because I've had a fairly low ballflight with a lot of spin, which has given me good control. However, I've been struggling with longer irons (low trajectory) and drives but on the other hand I thrive on links courses. We rarely play links golf however, and I obviously want to be good at both.
I'm not really looking to change much, but rather try to understand what I would have to do to deloft the club less on impact. I suspect that me having a slightly bowed leading arm at impact plays a factor, since that means my upper arm is ahead of my lower arm which is ahead of the clubhead.
Understanding this would probably be pretty beneficial, since it would give me a greater understanding about how to control my trajectory. The old saying "you have to hit down to make it go up" rings true in most cases, but it isn't as simple as that.
I probably should've asked the TM rep about this, but does anyone know what the "ideal" numbers are for the loft on impact? I know this logically should vary a boatload depending on swing speed, clubhead speed, ball speed etc but I can of course provide my numbers for reference and discussion. I will (eventually) take this up for discussion with my coach but he just flew the other side of Europe for about a month, so for the sake of my phonebill that'll have to wait.
Looking at the 3D film of my swing, I see nothing that's out of the ordinary and I'm not really complaining. I've always been very good with the scoring irons because I've had a fairly low ballflight with a lot of spin, which has given me good control. However, I've been struggling with longer irons (low trajectory) and drives but on the other hand I thrive on links courses. We rarely play links golf however, and I obviously want to be good at both.
I'm not really looking to change much, but rather try to understand what I would have to do to deloft the club less on impact. I suspect that me having a slightly bowed leading arm at impact plays a factor, since that means my upper arm is ahead of my lower arm which is ahead of the clubhead.
Understanding this would probably be pretty beneficial, since it would give me a greater understanding about how to control my trajectory. The old saying "you have to hit down to make it go up" rings true in most cases, but it isn't as simple as that.