Today's golf equipment helps nearly everyone. All drivers today are maxed out at the highest allowable coefficient of restitution. Higher moment of inertia in drivers make them more forgiving on off center hits. Some drivers are being offered with higher lofts to help low ball and slower swinging golfers to achieve more distance. Graphite shafts are lighter allowing slightly higher swing speeds at "normal" swingweights. Golf balls stay in the air much longer with a flatter (= longer), less ballooning trajectory than they used to. Multi layer balls and cover materials have reduced spin that helps higher swing speed golfers. As far as irons are concerned, I personally think that Ping's implementation over 30 years ago of cavity back, perimeter weighting in irons was the last really big improvment in irons.
Whether or not there are proportionately larger improvements for higher swing speeds such as you mentioned is probably just a function of how the ball reacts to the impact and how it then handles the aerodynamics of flight as opposed to how the clubs influence these factors. my two cents Brad ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, June 27, 2011 7:43:59 AM Subject: ShopTalk: Equipment question A friend of mine sent me this question and I thought I'd pass it along to the group, any ideas? John Is there any evidence that a player achieving a certain swing speed (say 116 miles an hour or more) can gain an advantage with today's golf equipment? -- skype: jhmuir AIM: [email protected] 810.923.7396 http://clubmaker-online.com http://gripscience.com http://clubmaker.mobi http://thedriverstudio.com Golf equipment updates at http://twitter.com/golfcast Facebook-- http://www.facebook.com/pages/Clubmaker-Online/181867993392?v=wall&mid=20b6914G6046d421G0G66 sponsored by the new Aldila RIP BETA http://www.clubmaker-online.com/products/aldila.rip.html
