A few weeks ago anyone requested the query of ?How might you suit Steve Stricker?? Over on the Wishon golf discussion board (www.Wishongolf.Com). While proper clubfitting takes trial and mistakes and making changes to the system and isn't constantly a specific art from, I idea I might provide it a shot.
Currently, here are the shafts that Stricker makes use of:
Driver: UST Mamiya ProForce V2 86 gram shaft
3-wood: UST Mamiya ProForce V2 95 gram shaft
Hybrid: UST Mamiya ProForce V2 104 gram shaft
Irons: KBS Tour C-Taper (stiff) However, let’s look at Stricker’s swing:
When looking at shaft becoming, we generally try to look at few things:
1. Shaft Weight
2. Bend Profile ? Tip Section
three. Bend Profile ? Butt Section
4. Hand/Wrist/Finger Strength
I received?T fear approximately shaft duration due to the fact we don?T understand an awful lot within the way of Stricker?S frame dimensions. But as far because the swing goes, we commonly need to take a look at:
A. Clubhead Speed
B. The Startdown (transition)
C. When they launch the #2 Power Accumulator (lead wrist uncocking) within the downswing.
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The startdown is generally a touch tougher to define as to whether the golfer has what I call a ?Difficult?, ?Gentle? Or ?Common? Stardown. Generally, I like to observe the ?Soft? Startdowns, first. Generally, the softer startdowns are extra of a float loading movement wherein the golfer adds greater wristcock inside the transition. Lucas Glover is a superb instance of a ?Float load.?
Converserly, a completely difficult startdown has more of a ?Cranking down? Movement like a Jamie Sadlowski.
I might don't forget Sadlowski?S to be the hardest of transitions due to the fact he has cocked his wrists on the pinnacle of the swing and much as he can and retains that wristcock well into the downswing. Now, Stricker?S swing?
Stricker is manifestly not a ?Waft loader.? He does now not upload extra wrist cock in transition. However, unlike Sadlowski he does not have a number of wristcock on the top of the swing. He?S now not casting the membership, but he?S not lagging it a lot both.
The wellknown concept is that tougher transitions require the butt phase to be a touch stiffer. If you?Re a drift loader and you go with a very stiff butt section to the shaft, it will feel like those shafts you feel you ?Can?T get round on? Or ?Can?T release the club.? Although part of this is dependent upon hand strength and clubhead velocity. Two players with the same sort of transition, however one with a whole lot more potent palms and generates a good deal greater clubhead pace will probably want a stiffer butt section to the shaft.
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The launch of the #2 power accumulator has lots to do with how the golfer generates their clubhead velocity. The later the #2 PA is released, the extra final 2d acceleration they have of their swing. When looking at Stricker?S swing
He has a fairly early #2 PA launch for a PGA Tour seasoned. The in advance the release, the shafts have to commonly be lighter. And the end phase must be softer. This will get the release a little better and boom the spin charge a touch, which is needed when there is less acceleration.
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Here?S a look at Stricker?S radar metrics from 2012:
Clubhead Speed: 112.2 mph
Launch Angle: 10.89°
Spin Rate: 2,455 rpm
These are pretty solid numbers. And searching at his scores in convey distance, clubhead velocity, max peak and cling time?They're all in step with every other.
With that, it?S safe to mention that Mr. Stricker is healthy pretty nicely first of all. The handiest capability trouble, is that the shafts he's bring are quite heavy. Each of the shafts are heavy with what I would label as S butt sections with X-Stiff Tip Sections. Stricker additionally uses an 8.Five? Lofted driving force and nonetheless receives a terrific amount of height on the ball no matter a reasonably average clubhead pace.
My wondering is that Stricker hits up on the ball together with his driving force and commonly has a shallower attack angle. Thus, he needs a shaft this is greater tip stiff than the average golfer who releases the #2 Power Accumulator as early as he does.
However, the capability trouble is that his modern shafts are a piece too heavy for him and that *might* purpose him to lose a few clubhead pace. Probably 1-2 mph really worth. That does no longer sound like much, but all of the metrics given that they commenced monitoring clubhead pace on Tour in 2008 indicate otherwise.
I seemed up similar shafts on Wishon Golf?S Shaft Bend Profile software. I determined many comparable shafts in bend profile to shafts that Stricker presently makes use of. But, I may want to simplest discover 2 shafts that had comparable profiles and had been lots lighter:
Wishon Golf S2S Black Stiff Flex (65 grams)
Wishon Golf S2S Stepless Steel Shafts (115 grams)
These shafts are a little softer inside the tip segment than Stricker?S modern-day shafts. This may want to theoretically help him improve a few overall performance.
But the hassle is that it's miles tough to argue against the manner Stricker?S contemporary golf equipment carry out. With the lighter shafts, he would must upload greater weight to the clubheads in an effort to get his general membership MOI wherein he could need it. And at the same time as MOI matching is a progressive manner, we still should don't forget that the distribution of the burden of the main additives of the club (grip, shaft and clubhead) are crucial within the producing the most excellent clubfitting for the golfer.
For example, my irons are geared up at a MOI of 2,725 kg/cm^2.
I can hit any iron tons higher at 2,725 kg/cm^2. But, I hit it pleasant with a 50 gram grip, a one hundred ten-118 gram shaft, and a moderately heavier clubhead. A heavier shaft with a lighter clubhead does not function as properly for me. Or a high-quality mild shaft with an extra heavy clubhead.
For Stricker, with the pretty tough transition and in advance than average release, he ought to thoroughly hit it exceptional with a 50 gram grip, heavy shafts, and average clubhead weight.
These are simply the numerous elements one has to take into account with clubfitting optimization. And one cannot just go with what have to work in principle. But, there's constantly the opportunity that even Tour gamers are not pretty optimized with clubfitting. However, I assume Stricker is either optimized along with his becoming or darn close to it.
3JACK
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