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Originally Posted by fatrats i am looking at buying new irons but i went in to get some information on my swing. and i was given clubhead speed, angle, path, rotation, and inpact. an example of the info i got is as follows: 3 iron, clubhead speed-99mph, angle-4 degrees open, path-10 degrees in-out, rotation-1 degree open, impact-2 heel. i am unsure what info here i need to give my clubmaker to get the best irons for me. any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks |
Give it all to your clubmaker.
Please realize that, unless you were on a Trackman, all those numbers are based on being square to the launch monitor.
That said, clubhead speed is self explanatory.
Your face angle is 4° open to target.
Your path is 10° inside out to target.
This gives you a face angle that is 6° closed in relation to your swing path. In other words, you must be playing a small push with a draw/hook. The other thing to keep in mind is that if your face angle and swing path matched up at 10°, you'd be hitting a straight push.
Rotation is an interesting stat - I'm assuming it's face angle at impact vs either pre or post impact; post being best guess. It indicates that you're not closing the face through impact - or at least you didn't on the swing that generated the numbers.
Finally, it seems that you hit on the heel side of the face.
Now, how does this relate to what you should be doing for equipment?
Assuming that your swing won't change (in other words, these numbers represent the majority of your swings, and a typical ball flight), then I would suggest that you don't need much offset as you're closing the face down (so you don't need more time to do it). The other thing that less offset will do is bring your ball flight down a little. That's the other thing that you haven't mentioned: Your current trajectory. Are you looking to hit the ball higher? Lower? These are things you need to mention to your clubmaker so that s/he can suggest an appropriate head.
Carnoustiegolf brings up a good point as well: If you're not going to keep these
irons very long, you may want to look into buying some OEM stuff. It holds its resale better than components and infinitely better than clones.
However, if you're going to play these for a while, it would be wiser, IMO, to go the component route and save yourself some money. Don't be fooled - the same amount of R&D goes into components as much as OEMs. The difference is that component companies don't pay pros to play their gear. When you see component stuff being played, it's because it works.
Like cmays has indicated, it's one thing to have the numbers, but they're useless if you can't interpret them. I guess that's what a good clubmaker is for.