| Factors affecting distance
This no doubt has been bandied about but I'm looking for peoples opinion on this slant I've taken. I'm about to have my 45" shaft trimmed down to 43" as I believe this will give me more control and I grip down most of the time anyways. But what I've been trying to prove to myself is that the biggest factor affecting the distance a ball goes is how near to the sweet spot you make contact. ie I've always maintained that a 95mph impact speed out of the sweet spot will go further than 110mph with an off centre hit (Even by just 1cm)
The latter is what I used to swing like and could crush it more than 300 yrds but more often than not I was looking at a 230 yrd power fade. Now with my more relaxed 95 mph I'm hitting he square and getting 200 yrds carry with 50 - 60 yrds roll.
Also is it my imagination but I notice that when I really go at the ball and nail it the extra back spin carries the ball a lot further but I seem to be getting almost no roll while when I look like an old man with a lot slower swing speed I get a lot less carry but a lot more roll. Has any of you folks noticed this? Club is a Jack Nick CD2 with 64g Graffalloy Stiff.
Do you think I would be advised to shorten the shaft? |