Should You Blame Your Bad Shots On Your Clubs?
We've all seen guys bang clubs on the ground or even throw them after a bad shots. The truth is most of the time your bad shots are caused by
swing faults not your golf clubs. However sometimes bad shots can actually be caused (or aggravated) by your golf club.
Harry Lundberg, AccuSwing.com's master club fitter had an interesting case recently. I've reproduced Harry's letter (see below) to me regarding
this golfer. I think we can all learn something from this letter.
Harry is professional engineer who has consulted in the golf industry for many years. He holds numerous golf patents and has designed many top
golf clubs including probably the best selling golf club of all time. He has worked with tour pro's from the PGA, LPGA and Senior PGA. Harry's
contact information can be found on our SimpleGolf.com's instructors page. http://www.simplegolf.com/coachespro.htm
Harry is located on the scenic shoreline of Eastern Connecticut. If you are ever vacationing in the Groton, Mystic, or New London areas of
Connecticut, a stop to see Harry would likely be a highlight of your trip. At the range (right off I-95) where Harry teaches, he always has a
full rack of clubs there for you to try out. Harry is a master Symple Swing instructor as well having been involved in the early development of
Symple Swing.
If you do need any clubs take a look at what we have to offer at www.AccuSwing.com . Harry personally puts together every club to the golfers specific needs. If you are looking for any
clubs (drivers, woods or irons) you can fill our club fitting form and get a personalized club fitting recommendation from Harry. Using the
club fitting form Harry can personally fit your no matter where you're located.
Joe Davidson
Simple Golf
quote:
Dear Joe,
Yesterday I had David W, a Symple Swinger from Foxboro, MA come to me for a hands on lesson. He had started with the DVD's, did all right
initially, and then had fallen apart. He was ready to give up the game and was desperate.
1- He is well coordinated so natural ability was not the problem.
2- It soon became apparent that he could not tilt his upper body back such that his nose was over his right thigh. His visual optic was all
off. So we had him stand a little more erect with the right eye over the inside of his right thigh.
3- On the irons his ball position was way too far forward. This was not easily corrected - the eye perspective kept getting in the way. But
he finally came around after hitting a couple of dozen balls.
The grip was "too strong" at 3 o'clock. His irons went low right and his woods went low left in a huge hook. We moved his left thumb to about
1:30 and bingo, he hit the irons crisply, long and straight. In fact, he hit a 3 iron for the first time in his life. His scooping
disappeared and he was able to pinch the ball against the turf with a proper divot. By the way his irons are Ping with a stiff graphite shaft
and they fit him well.
4- He has Adams fairway clubs with a firm steel shaft (these clubs not quite as stiff as his irons). Here we left the left thumb at 1;30 but
we rotated the right hand to a much weaker position - just about noon. That did the trick. The ball went high, long and straight. As you can
see the equipment had much influence over what we did. When there is a poor fit in any of the clubs, in this case the woods, you simply have
to change things to suit.
5- The driver was impossible. It is a Ping knock off with an R shaft. I had in stock our large Magnum XL 550 460 cc driver with a stiff Rapid
Fire shaft and a Lamkin 3/32" over grip. When he hit that club the same way as the Adams woods he transformed his shots completely - long,
good launch angle and straight. He bought my club on the spot and went home happy. So happy indeed that his father is coming s down on
Saturday for lessons and a fitting.
The point of this story is that when clubs are ill fitting it is very difficult to get the player to properly swing. I'm lucky, having a
large inventory at the range. You will want to watch for this - I run into it quite frequently.
Harry Lundberg
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