Wishon 919thi drivers has more custom options than any name brand driving club. Tom wishon was asked this very question on another site. Alpha golf heads are engineered for the sole purpose of improving your performance on the course. Increased launch angle also means youll get more carry on your drives for more distance. This calculator has been updated to include carry distances and total distances for drivers of different lofts and different club speeds. Putter length is based on a golfers posture and hand position at address. Ryan also shows you how to measure your iron lie angles in a very. The following screen image from the trajectory profiling software shows the distance increase possible from an increase of loft from 10 to 12 for a golfer with a 90mph swing speed and level angle of attack using a driver head with a cor of 0. Id appreciate any advice you or others have to help me increase my distance. Carry distance with the driver varies from 230 to 260 depending on how well im swing on a particula day. Here is what tom wishon, the founder of tom wishon golf technology, has to say there are no industrywide standards for any golf club specification in the golf equipment industry. If you generate slow clubhead speed when you swing, you are at. Best driver for 90 mph swing speed in 2020 golf sidekick. If your swing speed is 90100mph and your driver loft angle is lower than 11 degrees, 90% of you are losing distance by playing the wrong loft.
Optimize your launch angle by getting tested on a launch monitor golf swing speed distance calculator. We are the premier online suppliers of golf club components, including iron heads, driver heads, shafts, grips, clubmaking supplies and other parts for sale. When in doubt, err on the side of shorter length for the driver. Custom lofts, face angles, lie angles and highest quality. Alpha golf components custom golf clubs value golf. Jan 27, 2016 as club equipment guru tom wishon explains, the length, loft, lie of your clubs are critical factors in determining how far and high your shots will fly. As club equipment guru tom wishon explains, the length, loft, lie of your clubs are critical factors in determining how far and high your shots will fly. Where are they at by the way i would rather have one of those than anything. Driver length creep may be why you cant hit your driver. If you are a clubmaker and have not been working with wishon golf for your custom clubmaking component. Have you ever wondered why you sometimes hit your 3wood or even your 5wood as far or even further than you hit your driver.
A player with a 90mph swing speed can expect to hit the ball about 190 yards with a long hybrid. I dont know the actual driver loft other than it is stated at 9. A 43 12inch driver yields 262 yards and a 44inch driver 270 yards. To determine the approximate length of clubs that are right for your height, you need to know how tall you are. Lots are believing nike and cobras marketing speak on this subject. But this chart shows the importance of driver loft. Graphite clubs are slightly longer, with a standard driver at 45 inches, 5iron at 38. My past cobra ss350 driver and my current ti460 cleveland launcher are both 12 loft. That could wreck your golf game tom wishon ricks custom fit. Golf components and custom golf clubs are our specialty at.
Many golfers select the wrong driver loft for their ability and strength. The practical facts about spin and shaft design golfwrx. Professional golfers hit a driver 300 yards or more, but in a less experienced players hands the same driver probably will not produce those results. Amateur champ is the only tour pro who uses a singleplane swing while playing irons that. One of the biggest misconceptions that golfers tend to have is the assumption that the lower the loft on your driver, the farther your ball will go. For maximizing your driver distance is the loft angle on the face of your driver. A similar player should hit a 21degree hybrid about 180 yards, a 24degree hybrid roughly 175 yards and a 27degree hybrid. Hundreds of clubmakers have purchased the twgt trajectory profiler modeling software and found it to be extremely accurate in guiding their selection of the best driver loft to maximize any golfers distance.
Optimizing a drivers launch parameters dave tutelman. In this video pga professional ryan metcalfe shows you some of the problems that can come from a traditional custom fitting. Hybrid golf clubs distance comparison to irons sportsrec. Sure, for golf pros like tiger woods or tom purtzer who have much higher swing speeds than most of. Wishon writes on his website, the most important of these three is club length. No fancy bells and whistles can distract them from this goal. Although the highest loft showed a 20yard benefit in carry distance, the difference in total distance was only a yard because the 9degree driver shots rolled an average of 32 yards because of a. Driver loft is the angle in degrees between a plane that touches the center of the striking face and a vertical plane that is perpendicular to the sole line. The more forceful the transition, the shorter the wooddriver length may need. The wide range of drivers available include everimproving technology and an array of materials and features.
Im pretty athletic and my swing speed with my driver is around 100 mph. If your swing speed is 8085 mph, the average driver swing speed of a male golfer today, youre giving up real. While he has been offered the chance to head up golf club design for some of the largest golf club companies in the world, he has chosen to remain within the lesserknown segment of the golf equipment industry that focuses on fitting golfers one at a time and building their golf clubs from highquality clubhead, shaft and grip component designs. This section is designed as a resource for clubmakers and clubfitters, along with educating golfers about the many benefits of full specifications and professional clubfitting. Virtually no women golfers should try to use a driver length longer than 43 inches, most women should use a driver length shorter than 43 inches. Yes, i realize that goes against your rationale for buying golf clubs. A golfer whose technique adds loft at impact, so creating even more dynamic loft, wont necessarily benefit from a higherlofted driver. For the testing, everybody hit the titleist 910 driver in the head d2 or d3 with the loft, face setting, and shaft of their choice. Tom wishon has been called the most prolific golf club designer in the 500 year history of the game. Loft deg spin rate rpm launch angle deg carry yards club speed mph 75 80 85 90 95 166 178 187 176 187 197 199 211 223 215 228 239 243 244 256 total yards driver fitting chart.
Jun 17, 2017 in this video pga professional ryan metcalfe shows you some of the problems that can come from a traditional custom fitting. Since loft is the main factor of shot distance, trajectory and backspin for each club in the bag, the clubfitter has to consider several factors for each golfer when making the recommendation for the best lofts for each club. Wishon please show and tell me the beneifit of this high ball shot of any kind. No gimmicks with these premium quality heads, just performance and understated great looks. Best driver test tesults i ever had were with a miura driver fitted with an.
Most average male golfers should consider a driver length of 43 inches to 43. Shelling out big bucks for the same brand of sticks that tiger woods plays could hurt rather than enhance your game. Optimize driver loft for more distance true fit clubs. Amateur champ is the only tour pro who uses a singleplane swing while playing irons that are all one length nearly identical to a. Comparatively, if a golfer hits down on the ball five degrees and presents 15 degrees of dynamic loft so 20 degrees apart in total, they wont get the lowspin numbers they desire. Tour experience golf custom golf fitting studio toronto, canada. Golf ball trajectory software probablegolf instruction. Ferrule in very good used condition please ask any questions before auction ends paypal preferred ships next day thanks for. Jan 07, 2015 most average male golfers should consider a driver length of 43 inches to 43. I dunno, but if anyone wants to change the loft independently of the face angle, it has to be done by making. I used to generate the numbers, tom wishon trajectory profiler 2. Loft is the amount that the face of the club slopes back. This means with every launch monitor, a math calculation has to be incorporated with. At one time in the golf equipment industry, there existed a series of loft angles that were considered to be standard.
One of my earliest encounters with golf technologybeyond just owning and using standard golf clubswas the time a childhood friend added strips of lead tape to the clubhead of his driver. Since loft is the main factor of shot distance, trajectory and backspin for each club in the bag, the clubfitter has to consider several factors for each golfer when making the recommendation for the best lofts for. Can i stop my slice by having more loft on my golf driver. When it comes to selecting a golf driver, the pertinent question is how to determine the driver you can hit for the longest distance. In general, the slower the swing or club speed, the higher the loft of the driver to optimize both carry and roll. Custom fitting measure your lie angles correctly youtube. Hitting the ball 20 yards farther especially if it comes to rest in the fairway is a significant advantage, allowing you to hit, for example, a 7iron instead of a 5iron to the green. With more than 50 clubhead engineering firsts, over 350 different clubhead designs, ten books, numerous videos and hundreds of articles to his name, its safe to say that no other person in the game of golf knows more about the design, production and fitting of golf clubs than tom wishon. As above, wishon drivers can be bent to specific lies.
Use the chart below to determine the proper shaft length. Its a frequently asked question and one that will vary from person to person and depend on a number of factors that could get very technical and indepth. You cant adjust loft and face angle independently general. Generally speaking, a higherlofted club is going to launch the ball higher into the air than a lowerlofted club, all other things being equal.
Its true that one of the reasons golfers slice or hook their driver is because drivers dont have much lof. Sep 14, 2016 bryson dechambeau thinks outside the tee box. I dunno, but if anyone wants to change the loft independently of the face angle, it. What is the correct driver loft for the average senior golfer. Clubs other than drivers gradually get shorter if a 44inch steel shaft driver is indicated by the chart, your 5iron will measure 38 inches and sand wedge 35. Brent kelley is an awardwinning sports journalist and golf expert with over 30 years in print and online journalism. I bought the xhot driver with a regular flex and a 9. Mar 01, 2018 find out if you could be losing distance on the golf course from using the wrong loft in your driver. Dustin johnsons driver is a reminder that optimal launch. Here you can order complete assembled acer golf clubs. A hybrid can be longer than an iron of the same loft when the.
Length of shafts according to height in golf sportsrec. Driver is a callaway xr16 pro with a stiff fujikara fuel tour spec 70 shaft. Will a couple more degrees of loft on a driver stop a slice. Proper loft fitting involves more than just the loft of the driver. Early in the same year the average driver loft on tour was around 8 degrees. The additional loft makes the club much more forgiving and far more accurate. Back in the day, better players tended to favor very lowlofted drivers, often in the 7. The optimum launch parameters for your driver are probably a higher. According to usga the length of a golf club should not exceed 48 inches. It is the only way to obtain the best launch angle for maximum distance. The wristtofloor measurement gives us only a starting point for what lengths will be comfortable for the golfer to prevent himher from bending over too much, crouching down too much, standing too straight and otherwise putting the golfer into a position that is less than optimal for their stance, posture and swing from a comfort standpoint. Shot misdirection from the lie of your head being tilted at impact is directly proportionate to.
The amount of loft you choose to use on your driver is important because that number is going to influence the launch angle you achieve on your shots. Long drive competitors have drivers that have only 4 to 7. A 44 12inch driver can send the ball 275 yards and a 45inch driver 275 to 280 yards. Alphas reputation and premium quality is unparalleled in the golf component industry. By the 2008 deutsche bank championship it was all the way up to 9. Measure golf club length in 2 proven methods nifty golf. Driver lie angle is not a huge factor to worry about in fitting because. Alpha golf components are truly performancebased designs. Driver lofts have increased significantly in recent years. We had 10 players from around the shop ranging in swing speed from 78. Guess how long your 3 wood that you hit much better is.
Wishon golfs most popular driver design in a wide variety of custom fitting options features. A shorter driver may increase distance for a player who has difficulty making solid contact. While each golfer has to be individually analyzed to know which loft brings the most distance, here is a basic chart to use as a guideline. If you know your club speed, you can determine what loft driver optimizes distance for your swing. Everyone who plays golf knows that the driver hits the ball the farthest of any club. The very best players in the world, guys who hit the sweet spot on their driver as easily as most of us would hit water after falling from a cruise ship, guys who routinely drive the ball to distances that some reading this would need two swings to achieve are playing drivers upwards of 1. The titleist driver was chosen for the testing because. Find out if you could be losing distance on the golf course from using the wrong loft in your driver. One of my earliest encounters with golf technologybeyond just owning and using standard golf clubswas the time a childhood friend. If you get the loft right for the golfers swing, the finetuning barely amounts to a hill of beans. Wishon golf your fit matters premium designs for golf.
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