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Irons have a flat club face. Woods and hybrids have slightly convex faces. Why?
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Re: Convex face. Why?
Woods have bulge to help correct for missing the middle. The gear effect actually helps toe-hits to draw a bit while heelies fade. It has to do with the CoG of the clubhead and the CoG of the ball and the forces applied.
I assume that irons do not have bulge because the CoG is so close to the face (which it isn't in woods), so gear effect really doesn't play a part. Either that, or the increased loft of irons makes it a moot point.
I haven't seen too many higher lofted fairway woods or hybrids with huge amounts of bulge, though. -
Re: Convex face. Why?
and here I thought it was to make the club even more difficult to hit...
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Re: Convex face. Why?
Wonders how do you square a convex face to an imaginary linear target...Comment
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Re: Convex face. Why?
VERY precisely!Originally posted by Scragger63 View Post
There actually exists a training device for putting that is fully spherical the size of a golfball.
Imagine lining up a fully spherical (and thus ultimately convex) putterface to a fully spherical ball and try to roll it to a linear target.
Not easy - but damn good practice for learning how to hit in the sweet spot!Comment
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