Club Fitting Series With Doc Griffin: Clubheads

This is probably something I missed along the way, but I discovered that, when swinging with my driver or woods, my spine tilt was all wrong. I was dropping my right shoulder, which caused my spine to curve to the right instead of tilting to the right. This caused high fades and slices. When I realized what I was doing and concentrated on keeping my spine straight but tilting at the waist, my shots became straight to a slight draw. This may be something that could help other Surgites who are having trouble with the long clubs going right (for a right-hander).

PMG AS!

As Robert stated, normally going from a mid size grip to a standard size grip will lower the overall static weight of the club but will give you a higher swing weight even though the club weighs less.  This will give you more "feel" at the head end of the club.  This could be good or bad.  5 grams of weight at the grip end equates to approximately 1 swing weight.  How much difference there is in weight in grip size also depends largely on the grip model.  A dual durometer mid size weighs 56 grams for example.  A standard weighs about 50.  A midsize Lamkin weighs in at roughly 62 grams and a standard around 50.  So, you can see that this is a more significant change.  Also, if you are playing clubs that are longer than standard, the swing weight will be higher as well as the static weight.  There are so many factors that go into weight and swing weight and feel that it's a rather difficult puzzle to put together by yourself.  I wish you much success in trying to get the "feel" that you are looking for.  If you have other questions, please feel free to ask.

comment please on uniform shaft length for all clubs

Doc, I agree with the smaller club head. As you know I was very skeptical on this subject. You asked me to try a muscle backed iron during my fitting. Although I’m still fairly strong at age 57 you proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that it took far less effort and my shot dispersion was tighter with a muscle back iron versus my national brand mid-size irons. I hit my current irons very well but as you said I really need to stay focused and fight them on every swing. To be honest it scared me how easy it was to hit your muscle back irons.
“A good golf swing is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present."
 
By using both the proper clubs and swing techniques
 
Thanks for all of your help

Randy W.
 

PLEASE do something about the audio quality of Doc's lessons. It sounds like he's in a tin can. No, the problem is not on my end.

Steve:  Seems like a very quiet nite tonite.  Hopefully the Surgites out there will tune in and watch this segment - it is great!  Not much golfing around here - still snowing, cold and very wintery :-((   I appreciate your comments on the 9/ PW/high-lofted  hybrids.  Something to think about.  I keep one in my bag and the more I think about it, I am more consistent with it than my normal irons.  When I face a tough chip, it is my go-to club.  I'm getting better with my normal wedges, but I need to practice with them a lot more. Take care, R2

Russty,

With Doc's last video, some complained that the lighting was too dark and the volume too low. With this video's corrections, I'll bet Doc is saying to himself.

"I can't win for loosing, what ever I do someone is going to complain"

From my perspective, everything was fine Doc. I would keep things the same for future videos, for those with vision and hearing problems. We are all getting older and wearing out.

EDIT:
Russty: Just pretend this was a staged skit for those who need it.

That is true. The failure to scroll can bite you in the butt!

But bring your snowshoes LOL.  Use to live in Houghton in '68-70 and in Marquette '77-83.

 If it is not on your end, please explain why I and others have good quality video and audio reception. I do not know why you audio is so poor, but if it is just you, or a very few others, then it is more likely that it is your system causing the problems.