Six pieces, all of them started because the same question kept coming up at the bench and it got faster to write it down than to explain it again.
Static loft is what the club is stamped with. Launch angle is what happens after your attack angle, shaft lean and strike height have had their say. Confusing the two is the most expensive mistake in the driver aisle.
Read itTwo players at identical clubhead speed can differ by thirty carry yards purely on the direction the club is travelling at impact. Here is how we measure it and what can be done about it with equipment.
Read itSole width, camber and leading edge radius change character completely between lush July grass and dormant February fairways. A club fitted in one condition can be unusable in the other.
Read itWhy the sole geometry that works beautifully on soft northern turf betrays you on thin winter Bermuda with sand an inch underneath, and what to do about it without buying anything.
Read itThe comparison usually gets argued on looks and self-image. The measurements that should actually settle it are low point variance, descent angle and how each club survives Bermuda rough.
Read itStrong iron lofts and unchanged wood lofts have opened a hole near the top of most amateur sets. It is usually thirty yards wide and almost nobody has measured it.
Read itCall the studio. If the answer turns out to be long enough, it usually becomes the next note on this page.