A Guide to Golf
A Guide To Golf
By: Phil Porter
Equipment Fitting
There are 4 basic things to recognize when fitting into the correct clubs. These are shaft flex, shaft length, lie angle, and loft. Having the correct combination of these will ensure that your has the best chance of hitting it’s desired target. These factors will be determined by how tall you are, your arm length, swing speed, and general swing.
To start lets take a look at the shaft flex, the flex is determined by how fast your club head speed is in your swing. The faster the swing of the club head, then the stiffer the flex of club you will need. Adversely the slower your club head speed the more flexible of a shaft you should have. Therefore seniors and ladies tend to have softer shafts then younger stronger men, due to the nature of quick club head speeds. Knowing how fast you swing the club will be key in finding the right stiffness of shaft.
The next factor is the length of the club shaft, the longer the club shaft then the farther away you will be standing form the ball. You can see how a general rule of how tall you are will dictate the length of club you will need to fit comfortably into your swing. A good example of this would be to not use junior clubs if you are 6 feet tall as you will be too close to the ball to hit it effectively.
Lie angle is the angle at which your club face will be resting on the ground in your stance as well as how it will be in coming through in your swing. If your club angle is off it can affect the direction of the ball, and your desired target may be either left or right of where you are actually aiming. This generally comes down to a matter of how tall you are and where you keep the ball in your stance.
The final step to take into account is the loft; this is only for your driver as it is the one with that you adjust to your club head speed. A typical driver is usually between 10.5 and 9.5 degrees however if you find that this impairs your skill and
By: Phil Porter
Equipment Fitting
There are 4 basic things to recognize when fitting into the correct clubs. These are shaft flex, shaft length, lie angle, and loft. Having the correct combination of these will ensure that your has the best chance of hitting it’s desired target. These factors will be determined by how tall you are, your arm length, swing speed, and general swing.
To start lets take a look at the shaft flex, the flex is determined by how fast your club head speed is in your swing. The faster the swing of the club head, then the stiffer the flex of club you will need. Adversely the slower your club head speed the more flexible of a shaft you should have. Therefore seniors and ladies tend to have softer shafts then younger stronger men, due to the nature of quick club head speeds. Knowing how fast you swing the club will be key in finding the right stiffness of shaft.
The next factor is the length of the club shaft, the longer the club shaft then the farther away you will be standing form the ball. You can see how a general rule of how tall you are will dictate the length of club you will need to fit comfortably into your swing. A good example of this would be to not use junior clubs if you are 6 feet tall as you will be too close to the ball to hit it effectively.
Lie angle is the angle at which your club face will be resting on the ground in your stance as well as how it will be in coming through in your swing. If your club angle is off it can affect the direction of the ball, and your desired target may be either left or right of where you are actually aiming. This generally comes down to a matter of how tall you are and where you keep the ball in your stance.
The final step to take into account is the loft; this is only for your driver as it is the one with that you adjust to your club head speed. A typical driver is usually between 10.5 and 9.5 degrees however if you find that this impairs your skill and