Subj: ShopTalk: Closed clubface question
Date: 11/29/2004 8:31:58 AM Pacific Standard Time
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent from the Internet
This was sent to me by a guy that visited my web site, wonder if anyone can help him with this??
John
Thanks so much for replying to a previous query. If you don't mind, I have another question for you.
I recently had my swing tested. My driver swing speed is 105, 2 degrees out-to-in, avg swing temp 1.3 sec.
According the clubmaker, because of my out-to-in swingpath, the more closed the clubface angle is, the more it will accentuate my slice/fade tendencies, and he insisted I should have a square face angle, or even slightly open. This seems counter-intuitive (I would have assumed a closed clubface would result in a draw). He tried to explain it to me--it had to do with the gear effect caused by the manufactured horizontal bulge in the clubhead. I'm having a heck of time trying to comprehend it--it's beyond me.
I don't expect you to try to explain it to me in any detail. But I am looking simply to find confirmation, or refutation, of his claim that a closed clubface alignment, paired with my out-to-in swing path tendency, would actually accentuate my slice/fade tendencies.
If correct, since most driver heads are closed to some degree, I wonder how much of a closed face angle could still be acceptable?
Really appreciate it.
- Jack Zylla
--
Thanks!
John Muir
http://clubmaker-online.com
http://gripscience.com
http://elevongolf.com
810.923.7396
Hi Jack,
I haven't read the other responses yet but in my opinion club face angle at impact has twice as much to do with shot shape as does swing path, so if you are outside in by 2� and your face angle is -1 or 1� closed your net result will be a straight ball.
David
