I've found that if the sole of the club is too flat, it tends to dig in when the ground is soft. A sole with more heel to toe curvature tends to pass through the soft turf without digging up a massive divot.
Royce -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Doug Clark Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003 7:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ShopTalk: Fall and Spring clubs ----- Original Message ----- From: Carl McKinley To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003 6:46 PM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Expensive vs inexpensive components [These are my fall and spring clubs(time to get them out here in the midwest). Go for it and don't worry about the name.] Carl, Why are they your fall & spring clubs? Does it have something to do with the sole design & harder turf? I have been fighting my irons this year since joining a well-watered country club. The soles are fairly flat from heel to toe, and any kind of a fat hit results in disaster on the soft moist turf. A big early divot and a lot of distance lost. If I play another set of mine, that I otherwise don't like as much, but has more rocker, I don't suffer anywhere near as much from slightly fat hits. Then again, maybe the different bounce grind is making a difference instead. Guesses, anyone? Since I figured it out, I have noticed that "players" clubs are flattish, but "hackers" clubs have more rocker. OK, I can see that more rocker helps out hackers like me who might hit fat. But what does a flatter rocker do for better players? Or maybe I'm just all wet. Doug Clark
