RE: ShopTalk: 75 yrds with all clubs

[Tom Wishon]

Pat: This will generally be the case with most golfers who have a very slow swing speed.  The answer lies in the fact that the ball has to achieve a certain launch velocity and spin rate to be able to achieve any aerodynamic flight properties.  Very slow ball speeds with very low spin rates means the ball takes on more of a ballistic flight characteristic with very little in the way of aerodynamic flight properties.  Ballistic flight is like throwing a ball – its distance is purely a factor of the speed you can throw the ball with the angle you throw it.  Aerodynamic flight is when the ball itself begins to contribute to the launch speed and angle by having enough spin to generate lift and thus help it to increase the trajectory and hold itself in the air longer, for that given ball speed and launch angle.    Therefore in a golfer with a very slow swing speed, as they change loft and length in their clubs, the increases in loft for higher launch angle and a little greater spin from the increased loft are then offset by the slower ball speed that comes from the shorter length and increase in loft – and the overall distance does not change that much.    From a fitting standpoint this type of golfer is better off with the strongest loft wood being 16-18*, then as many higher lofted woods as you can find to make up the set, and among the irons that are selected, using every other iron such as 6, 8, PW instead of 6, 7, 8, 9, PW.   You don’t sell as many clubs that way, but you do a lot more for the golfer in the long run.   Oh and of course, light, lighter and lightest in total weight too.    TOM W   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 7:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ShopTalk: 75 yrds with all clubs   Hi all,   Would anyone have an answer to why a women golfer with a swing speed of 53 mph would hit each club 75 yrds? The set she has are Maltby's Lady logic heads with Lady logic LL shafts. TIA  Pat McGoldrick On Target Golf