Hello all,
I don't start a ton of threads (anymore?), but reading some stuff, I thought it would be neat to share a couple of thoughts of Tom Wishon's (the guy behind Tom Wishon Golf Technology (
http://www.wishongolf.com/)).
Sweet spot: The sweet spot is a pin-sized point on a club. Sweet spots can't be 'larger' or 'smaller' - they just are what they are. When a club company talks about a larger sweet spot, what they are actually talking about is forgiveness - the ability of the club to produce more distance on an off-center hit.
Offset: For a while, the golf world (and I) thought the purpose of offset was to help slicers square the club a split second faster. It kind of made a convoluted sense (as many things in golf do). However, the purpose of offset is to be able to move the weight of the club further back, helping to get the ball airborne, and get trajectory up. To combat a slice, you want the next point:
Hook or Closed face
clubs: These
clubs set up closed. For a RH golfer, that means that the face should look left of target. While it's tough to setup with a club closed (it doesn't look right - forgive the double enténdre), it sure helps get the face square at impact, if you're prone to an open face.
Driver Length: What gives you more distance: 2" in length, or finding the sweetspot? The latter, of course. So, give up an inch or so (and about 5 yards on your best strikes) and start finding the sweet spot more often. A shorter club is an easier club to control. (But please, just don't grab a hacksaw and chop off an inch or two - there's a few more considerations).
Just a few things that have changed my club purchasing ideas.