Bravo
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- Aug 27, 2004
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OK - I did it. I took my r7 down (as well as my old R540) to Golfsmith today. Hit quite a few balls on their launch monitor and I am getting a Grafalloy ProLaunch 65 put in the club. I am picking it up Friday and will play it over the weekend. (Results to be posted early next week...).
I found that the ball direction on the launch monitor was uncannily accurate. I played 36 holes on Saturday and drove the ball pretty darn well, with quite a few fairways hit. When I am swinging well I hit a pretty good draw. Poor swings result in a snaphook or a block. But for the most part, I hit the ball well during my rounds on Saturday from the tee. (terrible short game arrrrggghh)
I would say that my average 'decently hit' drive was around 255 and I had several which I recall (since I was pacing them off the sprinklerheads for my next shot) which ran into the 270-280 range. On one short par 4 (315 yards) I was 20 yards off the front fringe so I figured this one around 280. No problem...I know I can't blast it like I used to anyway and I wanted the new driver to hit more balls in the shortgrass.
So I am hitting on the launch monitor. Hit the ball and look at the screen. Repeat. The "shot paths/shapes" look very similar to my last round and the club fitter said it well - "when you miss, you miss left". But I had quite a few that were within 10-15 yards of center which would have left me in the fairway. This was similar to Saturday...pretty solid.
Then, I looked at the yardage. It was estimating my drives at 215 yards, often times with a carry of 185. I had not a single drive over 223 yards. While I couldn't care less about what the machine said, I thought it kind of strange since I was getting much more than that on the course and the machine was very very accurate on simulating my ball angle...(I carried a 4 iron 190 on a par 3 Saturday....)
BTW, my swing speed was only 88 mph. I never mentioned anything about regular shaft vs. stiff and after about 15 swings the guy said, "Even though you don't have a very fast swing, you load it up pretty well so I am going to recommend a stiff shaft for you". So here we go - let's see if I like it. This is weird because all of my other fairway wood shafts are regular. I could care less one way or the other - I just want to hit them as straight as I can...
So - what is your experience with launch monitors? Do you find them to be accurate??
I found that the ball direction on the launch monitor was uncannily accurate. I played 36 holes on Saturday and drove the ball pretty darn well, with quite a few fairways hit. When I am swinging well I hit a pretty good draw. Poor swings result in a snaphook or a block. But for the most part, I hit the ball well during my rounds on Saturday from the tee. (terrible short game arrrrggghh)
I would say that my average 'decently hit' drive was around 255 and I had several which I recall (since I was pacing them off the sprinklerheads for my next shot) which ran into the 270-280 range. On one short par 4 (315 yards) I was 20 yards off the front fringe so I figured this one around 280. No problem...I know I can't blast it like I used to anyway and I wanted the new driver to hit more balls in the shortgrass.
So I am hitting on the launch monitor. Hit the ball and look at the screen. Repeat. The "shot paths/shapes" look very similar to my last round and the club fitter said it well - "when you miss, you miss left". But I had quite a few that were within 10-15 yards of center which would have left me in the fairway. This was similar to Saturday...pretty solid.
Then, I looked at the yardage. It was estimating my drives at 215 yards, often times with a carry of 185. I had not a single drive over 223 yards. While I couldn't care less about what the machine said, I thought it kind of strange since I was getting much more than that on the course and the machine was very very accurate on simulating my ball angle...(I carried a 4 iron 190 on a par 3 Saturday....)
BTW, my swing speed was only 88 mph. I never mentioned anything about regular shaft vs. stiff and after about 15 swings the guy said, "Even though you don't have a very fast swing, you load it up pretty well so I am going to recommend a stiff shaft for you". So here we go - let's see if I like it. This is weird because all of my other fairway wood shafts are regular. I could care less one way or the other - I just want to hit them as straight as I can...
So - what is your experience with launch monitors? Do you find them to be accurate??