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According to the track man simulator tonight, I backed up an 8 iron...I think maybe I’m putting too much spin on it
According to the track man simulator tonight, I backed up an 8 iron...I think maybe I’m putting too much spin on it
What was the spin number and decent angle? Come on, details!
Rule of thumb I go by is...take the iron, multiply it by 1k...should be at or below that for spin. Anything more and you risk losing distance.
so 8 iron should spin at or below 8k
height should be 90
land angle 45°
dphatt it obviously wasn’t one of my better shots of the evening and for some reason it wasn’t spitting out the attack angle numbers for all of the 8i shots. (I only brought an 8i and 5i)
But from what I can tell, when it did show attack angle for the 8i, it was around 2.0+, ball speed for that shot in particular was probably 101-103. Carry was 133 and “total” was 132.something. It was definitely an outlier although I don’t hit it very far.
I’m an idiot and didn’t just snag a picture of the data from all of the shots, just a few of them. And recorded some of the swings.
My “best” 8i shot of the night was:
Ball speed 108.3
Smash 1.31
Carry 142.5
Launch 27.1
Spin 6364
But that dispersion though.
I’ll probably regret this but here’s an 8i and 5i swing:
Yeah, plenty of speed there, what I see, especially with a positive AoA on some shots is a little bit of delivering more club loft into the ball than "optimal", which will lead to high launch angles and a good amount of spin. I have fought that for years, and now deliver too little loft to the ball, so go figure haha.
Swing looks good, would just work on how you get to impact with loft and your carry numbers should jump.
Seems like a decent place to ask this but does anyone have the B. Draddy mask? My current face mask is hotter than all get out and theirs seems like it would be more comfortable, given that it's made out of their inventory fabric.
Any other suggestions also welcome.
CLTGamecock I have a few
1) the wires used to shape over nose all broke within first two wearings
2) comfortable but warmer than you’d want
I’d look elsewhere
I played 9 this evening and was joined for a few holes by a kid who just graduated. He played at a D1 school and is trying to go pro.
Lets just say, him and I play a completely different game.
Was going through my closet where I have all of my golf stuff and came across this. My wife’s company was a sponsor and the PGA rep had made this for me as a new father gift.