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Moment Of Inertia

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And what doess this mean?

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MOI is the resistance of the club to turning when struck off-center. The higher the MOI, the more it resists turning.

MOI is also applied in the reference of how difficult it is to swing a club - again, the resistance to twisting when you strike the ball. When a set of clubs is MOI matched, they all feel the same to swing.

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Thanks Lowpost. In my set of irons titleist DCI's gold original version (bought them in 1994), I find that I hit my 7 and 8 irons very well. Can I have my other irons MOI'd to these?

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Yessir. You'd have the 7 and 8 spec'd, then the other clubs would be measured, and adjusted accordingly.

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How are they adjusted. Would they make my 3 iron the same length as my 7 iron etc.

Will this help me with my distance. For example on Saturday I crashed a 1 iron about 230 yards, yet with my 3 iron I struggled for 170 yards on one hole (both T shots). My 1 iron is a Ping Eye +2 with a regular shaft, whereas my DCI 3 iron has a stiff shaft?

Sorry for all the questions, I am new to this club fitting game, but I am finding your help very useful. Thanks

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You can manipulate MOI by both weight and length. The usual method is to manipulate weight.

It may help with distance, it may not. Distance is primarily a function of loft and sweetspot contact. For any given loft, you lose distance if you miss the sweetspot. The whole point of perimeter weighted cavity back irons is to minimize the distance loss on shots that miss the sweetspot. Believe it or not, the sweetspot on ANY clubhead is the size of a pin. Don't believe the hype.

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hi lowpost
just played my first 18 holes with the new clubs
having custom fitted clubs is the only way to go!
confidence sky high accuracy spot on once i dial in the extra distance im now getting the handicap is coming down!

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Good to hear Slater. Did you score well with the clubs as well? Did the new clubs also help your short game, or do you not need a short game now you are lasering your irons!

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hi rackster
i didnt score tonight didnt have a card and i thought first time on course with clubs might be a bit iffy.but i was wrong there are 6 par3's on my course and i scored 17 shots on those holes! my only problem is working out my new distances as im getting tons more distance with the new ones. the feel and sound at impact is awesome!
love em already

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Great to hear slats! Nice to be 1 under across 6 holes!

I love airmailing greens by surprise. It means something in the swing is working!

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thanks ben
these clubs are the dogs bo****ks
made me think maybe im a better player than i thought thanks to proper clubs!

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There was quite a response by Tom Wishon on one of the other forums I frequent. He makes a helluva point:

Go to your local sporting goods store. How many types of baseball bat can you buy? How many lengths? Weights? Materials? Grip types? All off the shelf?

Go into a high end tennis store. They sell un-strung raquets. Why? Because they know that better tennis players have their own string preferences.

But go into a golf shop, and what do you get? One length (give or take 1/2", depending on the manufacturer), one grip size, maybe a half dozen grip material choices (maybe), and two shaft material options, but 80% of available clubs are only 1 of those options.

I've really paraphrased it here, but it makes a great point.

Baseball players buy equipment to fit their game - even at the recreational level. Tennis players (even semi-serious), buy equipment to fit their game. Bowlers buy balls that fit their game.

And golfers? We buy what the TV hypes - in one size to fit all. Is it no wonder why golf is hard?

Slats - you've found the path to playing to your potential. You're finally using tools designed to help you get there, not ones that are ill fitted for the job. Sheeeeeit... if you're playing with ill fitting clubs, why not play the other hand, too?

Tom mentioned a huge demo day he was at, while working for GolfSmith. He watched a driver go over to an OEM tent and say 'It's a nice driver, but I couldn't hit it. My swing must be off today.' He then went to Tom's tent, grabbed a driver (SnakeEyes, I believe), proceeded to spray balls, then came back and said 'boy, that must be a real shitty driver. I couldn't hit it worth a lick'.

Can you say - neither driver fitted to his swing?

Keep playing well - and get those lofts and lies checked once a year!

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Cheers lowpost
im going to play 3 0r 4 rounds then have them checked
and fitter got my details for future checks

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Slater are you playing the tour or professional version of the Acer XP's. The Tours are like the Callway Tour irons and look awesome on the net.