Angle of Attack: Its Role in Fitting

in Club Fitting and Repair | by Tom Wishon | comments | 28 Apr 2008

Over the past several years, the golf industry has said in countless magazine articles that the ideal conditions for maximising driver distance is to fit the golfer into a driver that generates a high launch angle with a low amount of backspin. Let’s take a look at that using TrackMan launch monitor data from two of the members of the PGA Tour, Bubba Watson and Charles Howell III. We need to first state that both players ...
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The Cast Iron Manufacturing Process

in Club Fitting and Repair | by Brad Lindenberg | comments | 28 Apr 2008

As a golf club manufacturer I have had the privilege of visiting many of the top club making facilities in China. The manufacturing method of a golf club depends on
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Ball Flight Science for All

in Club Fitting and Repair | by Todd Kos | comments | 10 Dec 2007

There is much focused writing and conversation about gaining the maximum distance via a high launch angle and a low spin rate and the use and accuracy of Launch Monitors
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Is the Shaft the Engine of the Golf Club?

in Club Fitting and Repair | by Tom Wishon | comments | 05 Nov 2007

If I’ve heard it once, I’ve heard it a hundred times that the shaft is the “engine” of the golf club. While I’ve been working to understand the real performance
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Shafts: What's Right For You?

in Club Fitting and Repair | by Tom Wishon | comments | 20 Apr 2007

"It seems many moons ago since I first met Tom in Texas working out which end of the club needed how much lead and how many papers made a grip
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Self Help Fitting: Driver

in Club Fitting and Repair | by Paul Smith | comments | 26 Feb 2007

In the club fitting article, we talked about the club fitting interview process and looked at a general shot profile a player might employ when trying to make the best
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The Making of Grips

in Club Fitting and Repair | by Paul Smith | comments | 19 Aug 2006

Grips are often overlooked by golfers as just a bit of rubber to hang on to, yet they are the only part of the club that we are connected to
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The Making of a Forged Club

in Club Fitting and Repair | by Paul Smith | comments | 29 May 2006

I have always been intrigued by the Japanese Samurai sword. Throughout history they have been seen as the highest quality swords ever produced, and the craftsman who made them also
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Ken Starr Interview: Zelocity Launch Monitors

in Club Fitting and Repair | by Paul Smith | comments | 13 Mar 2006

Ken Starr is the co-owner and CEO of US-based Zelocity Corporation who manufacture the Pure Launch Golf MonitorQ: Launch Monitors are not widely used or well known downunder. What has
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Chris Hilleary Interview: Aerotech Shafts

in Club Fitting and Repair | by Paul Smith | comments | 06 Sep 2005

There are times when you find something different as a clubmaker that really lives up to the marketing hype. I decided to go and find some of the guys responsible
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Swing-Weights, Counter Balancing & MOI: Part 2

in Club Fitting and Repair | by Paul Smith | comments | 10 Aug 2005

Following on from the brief look at Swing Weight and Counter Balancing in Part One we will now have a look at the basics of Moment of Inertial (MOI) fitting.
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The Evolution of Clubfitting Technology

in Club Fitting and Repair | by Paul Smith | comments | 14 Jun 2005

I started to write this article on fitting players using a Launch Monitor. Whilst contemplating the subject I realised just how far the fitting tools of the trade have evolved
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Swing-Weights, Counter Balancing & MOI: Part 1

in Club Fitting and Repair | by Paul Smith | comments | 26 Apr 2005

There are three hot topics of conversation at this moment in time when it comes to how to build a golf club. Swing Weights, Counterbalancing and MOI (Moment of Inertia).In
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Golf Equipment Myths Exposed

in Club Fitting and Repair | by Paul Smith | comments | 29 Mar 2005

I see clients from all golfing walks of life and while working in the studio with them various golfing equipment myths inevitably pop up - all heard from a very
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Clubfitting - Part 1

in Club Fitting and Repair | by Paul Smith | comments | 19 Jan 2005

We take a break from the Reshafting articles this week as I have had many enquiries for information on club-fitting and what is involved.A fitting session is broken down into
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Reshafting Golf Clubs - Part Two

in Club Fitting and Repair | by Paul Smith | comments | 21 Dec 2004

Part one explained the finer points of removing the head from a golf club in order to reshaft it. This article will explore the rebuilding process, that is, reconnecting the
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Reshafting Golf Clubs - Part One

in Club Fitting and Repair | by Paul Smith | comments | 07 Dec 2004

There are many reasons a golf club will need reshafting – some amusing, like the argument a club had with a tree, the garage drive over or the knee-shaped club.
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Changing Grips - Part Two

in Club Fitting and Repair | by Paul Smith | comments | 23 Nov 2004

In the last article we chose our grip style, sized our grip and prepared the shaft to accept the grip. This week we learn how to get the grip on
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Changing Grips - Part One

in Club Fitting and Repair | by Paul Smith | comments | 09 Nov 2004

The life of a professional club maker can be rewarding. Custom fitting a golfer for a new set of irons, specialist wedges, woods and a driver, then seeing the client
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