Drives struck one or two grooves below the center of the clubface will have too much spin and a trajectory that starts low and then climbs. If a driver has a more closed face, it actually has more effective loft at impact. Aug 03, 2012 however, according to tom wishons booklet 12 myths that could wreck your game, the average length of a driver on tour for each of the last 5 years has only been 4412 long. His pcf micro tour and wide sole wedges with their traditional sole design, milled faces and microgroove scorelines, available in platinum and satin chrome finish, are all that you need to fill in the scoring section of your golf game. Since i have engaged in serious shaft research since 199 0. Tom wishon is a 40year veteran of the golf equipment industry specializing in club head design, shaft performance analysis and club fitting research and development. Can be hand picked to desired loft between 9 and 12 degree. Im all for wishon as a guy, as a clubmaker, and especially as a great source for equipment.
With the driver adjusted to 11 degrees of loft, my shot had 3415 rpm of spin. Hi tom, ive had your fitting and bought your irons and wedges but held off the driver, being nervous about your suggested loft and shaft length. Higher than desired spin on the driver typically comes more from the golfer. Finished in all black oxide with cool matte black crown. Tom wishon talks about the technology behind the 919thi, our most versatile driver design. As with all wishon drivers, fairway woods, and hybrids, this head can also be bent for face angle up to 4 open or closedexample. Hi tom ive just read your book in search of the perfect club which i found fascinating,so much so that i wet to the local range and got them to build me a driver with 12 degree loft and a softer lighter shaft for me to try against my ping 10 12 regular shafted driver. Adjustable driver hosel explained by tom wishon duration. Im pretty athletic and my swing speed with my driver is around 100 mph. For people who arent going through a fitter, they have to understand what this driver is and where it fits. Im convinced that finetuning the spin and launch angle is mostly a waste of time. How adjusting your driver loft changes your ball flight.
Tom wishon golf technology is the leader in professional custom clubfitting design, research and technology. Amateur champ is the only tour pro who uses a singleplane swing while playing irons that are all one length nearly identical to a. Something only tom wishon designs builds into there heads with integrity, the ability to truely customize the head to you. Fair warning to long driver guys out there, if 350 yards into a 20mph wind was obtained using a 9. What is the spining of golf shafts and should you care. In general, this will be a spot that is slightly towards the toe and just above the center of the clubface. Tom wishon golf technology is pleased to announce our new adjustable weight driver head design for 2012. Wishons report on adjustable hosels club makingfitting. It also increases a golfers chances of making contact with the clubface in the center or slightly above. The optimum launch parameters for your driver are probably a higher launch angle and lower spin than you would guess.
Amateur champ is the only tour pro who uses a singleplane swing while playing irons that. Optimizing a drivers launch parameters dave tutelman. As explains, too much loft will launch the ball high with too much spin, and it will tend to plummet to the fairway more quickly. At the end of the day, a golfer is much better off making the effort to get rid of the higher spinhigher launch by taking lessons to improve his angle of attack or his. For the past few months, ive knowingly been flouting the 14club rule by carrying two drivers. We turned to golf equipment guru and custom clubmaker tom wishon, founder of tom wishon golf technology, for a more indepth explanation of spining. However, according to tom wishons booklet 12 myths that could wreck your game, the average length of a driver on tour for each of the last 5 years has only been 4412 long. Will a couple more degrees of loft on a driver stop a slice. Wishon 730cl driver an incredibly popular driver design expressly for players with a driver swing speed of 80 mph or less. I am not sure about you but i am positive that the sole of my driver is not sitting flush on the ground at impact. It is almost impossible to manufacture golf shafts that have precisely the same stiffness in all possible directions of bending, wishon said. However as more drivers were created to produce low spin.
If you get the loft right for the golfers swing, the finetuning barely. A shorter driver, he said, encourages center contact on the clubface, which leads to longer, straighter drives. On many web sites i have seen they are all recommending 43 44 driver length yet all the driver companies sell 45,46 and some approaching 47 drivers. Find out if you could be losing distance on the golf course from using the wrong loft in your driver. Clubmaker tom wishon has lost 60 percent of his hearing, at least a portion of the damage attributable to the time he spent laying down the drum tracks on the steve miller bands 1973 album the.
The best driver with a swing speed of 100 mph sportsrec. Is it correct to say that you can obtain the same launch angle by different loft and shaft flexes. For good players this driver can be played off the. Dustin johnsons driver is a reminder that optimal launch. Tom, i have your hybrid, e wood and 4 wood and you mentioned sand. A lower loft on the driver head most definitely is the number one place to look to reduce spin, flatten out the trajectory and lower the angle of descent of your drives. By the 2008 deutsche bank championship it was all the way up to 9. Wishon golfs most popular driver design in a wide variety of custom fitting options. I bought the xhot driver with a regular flex and a 9. Tom wishon golf technology is pleased to offer an array of different custom titanium driver head designs to offer golfers the very best in high cor, high moi and superb forgiving variable face thickness. Equipment wise, higher spin can only come from a higher loft on the face and. A downward angle of attack into the ball with the driver which requires the golfer to use more loft to achieve their optimum launch angle, which in turn increases spin. Rarely will you find a 6degree or 5degree loft driver.
The absolute best driver choice for men or women with an 80 mph or less swing speed is the 730cl titanium driver. Subsequent investigation showed that the program i used to generate the numbers, tom wishon trajectory. What is a low launchlow spin or high launchhigh spin shaft. May 17, 2012 tom wishon golf technology is pleased to announce our new adjustable weight driver head design for 2012. The second reason is to try to change the launch angle and trajectory of the shot or to reduce or increase spin. May 01, 2012 a lower loft on the driver head most definitely is the number one place to look to reduce spin, flatten out the trajectory and lower the angle of descent of your drives. In the march hotlinks, club expert tom wishon wrote that one key to real improvement with the driver comes from a shorter length. Its true that one of the reasons golfers slice or hook their driver is because drivers dont have much lof. Conversely, if the driver has a more open face, itll have less effective loft at impact. The idea behind the longer driver shafts is that the longer the shaft will equate to more clubhead speed which will allow the golfer to hit it longer. In the previous segment of this blog, we discussed hitting the ball on the sweet spot in order to optimize your smash factor or efficiency. Tom wishon 730cl 8 piece set for slower swinging golfers. I used to generate the numbers, tom wishon trajectory profiler 2.
Tom wishon golf technology click twgt designs on the left to view the offerings, then talk to your local fitter about what he recommends. This driver has a place in wishon s lineup, which enables the fitter to introduce it where it will be beneficial. Comparatively, if a golfer hits down on the ball five degrees and presents 15 degrees of dynamic loft so 20 degrees apart in total, they wont get the lowspin numbers they desire. I live in melbourne, australia and am fortunate to have met geoff waldon, an exquisite clubmaker of wishon equipment and a great friend and teacher. Then what does it do to the swing wt, shaft flex, club wt. May 28, 2018 adjustable driver hosel explained by tom wishon duration. This will help promote an upward strike on the ball, too. Tom is one of the games more forward thinkers who thinks as far outside the box as possible. Wishon is in essence bolting this to the table and measuring different loft and lie and face angle. The new wishon 739 ccg titanium driver is designed to offer a wide range of specific custom fitting options. Hi tom, id like to offer some feedback regarding my trial of the new 519shpr driver. Wishon golfs most popular driver design in a wide variety of custom fitting options features. Tour edge cbx 18 mitsubishi c6 hybrid 80 stiff irons.
Spin wise, the 919s of course will offer different spin based on all these loft options. The twin bottom and rear weight screws allows you to adjust launch angle, trajectory, and spin options, allowing optimal fitting for all golfers. Tom wishon wedges are a step above from your ordinary heads that are available in that big box store. If you compare the 919 to other drivers of the same loft, the 919 is designed as traditional to slightly lower than traditional for spin per loft and per clubhead speed. Maybe the best fitting article ive ever read along with a couple by tom wishon. Dustin johnsons driver is a reminder that optimal launch conditions. Sep 14, 2016 bryson dechambeau thinks outside the tee box. The spin about backspin with the driver wtom wishon in tom wishons updated etech newsletter, i thought he had a great article on how golfers overvalue spin rate and how to determine the best driver for you based upon certain launch conditions. As figures 2,3 and 4 show, that is only true for the high ball speed players. Other single length sets may generate too much distance with the high loft.
We will let you know when it becomes available again. Last week we profiled tom wishon, the esteemed golf club designer and clubfitting research expert who has been crafting innovative clubhead and shaft designs for more than 30 years in part two of our excusive interview, we dig a little deeper and ask the durangobased golf club engineer to talk more about the importance of professionally fitted custom clubs and why golfers should think. A paraphrased quote from tom wishon master club make r the main reason for soft or hard stepping is to change the feel of the shaft for golfers who really want their shafts to feel just right. If i buy a new driver should i get it cut down by an inch or two. Optimize driver loft for more distance true fit clubs.
Increase distance and reduce spin off the tee for the. This driver has a place in wishons lineup, which enables the fitter to introduce it where it will be beneficial. Tom it was a no brainer my swing speed is around 80 these days at age. This video looks at whether different driver lofts actually make a difference to performance. The twin bottom and rear weight screws allows you to adjust launch angle, trajectory, and spin options, allowing optimal fitting for. More loft will not always lead to more spin, due to things such as impact points, spin lofts, facetopath relationships, and the ball you play but it is a good general rule of thumb.
It clearly dispels the major launch condition myth that is heard so often on tv and around the courseyou must lower your driver spin rate to maximize distance. The result higher cor and higher ball speed for offcenter hits for more offcenter shot distance. At the end of the day, a golfer is much better off making the effort to get rid of the higher spin higher launch by taking lessons to improve his angle of attack or his handtoclubhead position at impact. Wishon golf 919thi driver clubhead only spargo golf.
The 919thi drivers are now designed with a unique, pure titanium bendable hosel to allow you to fit any golfer for lie and face angle. Other weighty matters according to wishon, the best driver for a particularly strong and aggressive 100mph swinger is a heavier club with a higher total swing weight. Geoff built a 11 degree head with standard lie and loft and fitted with two different shafts. So unusual is wishons outside the box paradigm that 10 years ago, the greeley, colo. For a 100mph clubhead speed golfer, a 1 decrease in driver loft will typically drop the launch angle by 0. A downward angle of attack into the ball with the driver which requires the golfer to use more loft to achieve their optimum launch angle, which in. Something you want to consider is offset, as well as, of course, forgiveness. Our original, high performance designs are available only custom fit to each individual golfer, through professional custom clubmakers world wide. Feb 29, 2016 maybe the best fitting article ive ever read along with a couple by tom wishon. All wishon clubs are assembled to your size, strength, tempo and skill level. The practical facts about spin and shaft design golfwrx.
The optimum launch parameters for your driver are probably a higher launch. Wishon golf invented cup face driver construction in the mid 1990s variable face thickness to allow offcenter areas of the face to flex inward more than possible with a single face thickness. Although many amateurs remain reluctant to loft up, tom wishon, owner of tom. The spin about backspin with the driver wtom wishon. Apr 09, 20 wishon is in essence bolting this to the table and measuring different loft and lie and face angle. He has been responsible for more than 50 different club head design firsts in his design career, including the first adjustable hosel device, as well as the first 0. Jan 12, 2012 fair warning to long driver guys out there, if 350 yards into a 20mph wind was obtained using a 9. So, for the last 6 mths ive left the driver in the garage and teed off with with a no3 fairway wood. Pa begaran har vi bytt till oss fairwayklubba 950hc och dessa finns i alla loft.
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