Re: club trim and length

Hmmm... headweight like a 1 iron or 7 wood...

3.5" of PTS on the XPC FW shaft (and high torque, too).

Hosel depth is 1.25"...

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Tipping Parameter

This combo is going to feel virtually the same no matter what tip trim you use due to the high torque.

**WARNING**

Do not tip more than 2.25".

Tip trim is used to alter ballflight - tip more to lower more. Tip 0" to retain maximum trajectory for this shaft.

Length Parameter

For a standard length that will complement your set please choose one of the following:

Cut this club 1" longer than your 3 iron, 2" longer than your 5 iron, 3" longer than your 7 iron, and so forth.

OR

Cut this club 1" shorter than your 5 wood, 2" shorter than your 3 wood, 3" shorter than your driver.

To simply create a 'standard' length cut this club to 42".


To custom fit this fairway wood to yourself:

Get into your 'golf stance'. Have a friend hand you the shafted head. Grip it without moving your body - simply let the shaft slide up and down through your hands until the club is soled properly. Mark where the shaft exits your grip, an cut it there.

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Re: club trim and length

There is no way I'm going to contest any of the above.

But I DO have a question that is triggered by the above ...

Wood- and hybrid clubheads arent all that easy to adjust in loft and lie (if possible at all), and lie is heavily influenced by your stance and distance to the ball.
As a result, the ideal lie on a hybrid club would mean that the shaft angle is fixed, and I would SUPPOSE, that the lenght of the shaft would then have to be fit to the natural handposition compared to that shaft angle?

Is that a completely wrong assumption?

Re: club trim and length

OR - I could read ALL of LowPost's reply, and avoid looking like a complete IDIOT ! *sigh*

Apparently, my mind shut down after reading all the numbers. Sorry!

Re: club trim and length

I can understand why this club fitting floats your boat Ben, it is a very interesting technology and you do bring a lot of information and help to the site with your knowledge, thanks for that.

Now another question or observation that may be incorrect? If you sole the club and pack up the toe a little for the lie, then taking your stance while letting your arms hang naturally from the shoulders grip the shaft, you should be able to see how long or short the shaft is for you. Correct?

If so, what about the effect of shaft flex and kick point in relation to the correct lie angle, will that have any effect on shaft length or will it only be a matter of bending the head to correct?

Re: club trim and length

Yes, the toe up position helps to combat toe droop (what you're referencing in your third paragraph), and so fitting in this position gives you very close to proper length for the given lie.

What I understand to be true is that a stiffer shaft will have less droop while a more flexible shaft has more - what I don't know is if we're talking centimeters, millimeters or micrometers - in other words, does overall shaft flex make a playable difference (versus a scientifically measureable difference). I don't fit based on possible toe droop - as it's not a concrete thing that I can say 'every golfer will have 3° of droop', some golfers have little to no droop (very low swingspeed), while others have quite a bit. But this will not effect length - this becomes a final lie adjustment thing.