RE: ShopTalk: How to pick torque?

[Greg Zachmann]

Hi Mike,   One of the problems with a scientific approach to golf is it doesn't take into account that it is a human being playing the game and not a robot. Torque is one of the major components of how a club feels when it strikes a ball. Regardless of what the equations say torque should do to ball flight if the club doesn't feel good to the player none of it really matters. I'm sure that Lloyd is close to being right and DaveT is probably closer. If you build clubs for enough people your going to run across a player who uses all the wrong specifications and plays great. For these people (and I believe there are more than many will admit) no amount of science is going to get them to play something that doesn't feel good and those clients will put a clubmaker/fitter's talent to the test.   Take care,   Greg -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 2:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ShopTalk: How to pick torque? When choosing shafts for a customer is their a rule of thumb to look at for shaft torque? There are many shafts that have similar swing speed ratings but very different torque. Rather than simply trial and error there must be something to work from. It seems easy to say that a low torque shaft is better but there must be something that falls under the "no free lunch" rule or a time when a higher torque shaft is the correct choice. Thanks, Mike Licht