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I noticed on your hybrids swings you took virtually no divot. I had learned to try and take a divot with my fairway woods, which serves a player best sweep or shallow swing or skip and shallow divot?
I love the Skipping Stone analogy with hybrids and fairway woods as well as the “peeling the carrot” analogy you will see in the “top 3 tasks” video.
I saw an interesting demonstration using Trackman while hitting hybrids. In one example, the golfer played the hybrid like an iron with the ball back in his stance and the clubhead angle of attack (AoA) descending at contact. Then, he played the ball slightly more forward, like Shawn does in this video, and struck the ball with a more sweeping motion and an AoA of basically 0.
Both methods produced good results, but the more sweeping motion definitely produced a longer shot, presumably due to less spin. Playing the ball back and hitting down on the ball may be more advantageous if you need to produce a higher shot with more spin that can drop more vertically onto the green and not roll off the back.
Your opinion of using a shorter shaft in driver and fairway woods
I put my 3 wood ping 400 shaft in ping driver
Making better contact did not lose distance
That is very cool! I know it has worked for many and the fact you did not lose any distance is a big bonus; I have experimented in my career with up to 52 inch shafts and enjoyed those quite a bit! 48 is the limit now and all the long drive competitors use them to max out distance but if you are not finding solid contact, what is the point?
Thank you for a terrific comment and keep us posted to your developments!
Shawn
Would you still be using Nike instead of PING if they were still making golf equipment?
Good question; but since Ping was always a COMPANY I wanted to be involved with, and that they have been making blades for a while, And now the Blueprint blades! I would say still Ping because of their Drivers, wedges, putters, and all around customer service for everyone I recommend to them. They cannot be matched that way at all. Shawn
Hi Shawn, yesterday at the range I was getting some phenomenal speed with the 3W – around 120 mph (measured by Swing Radar) but substantially less speed with the driver, even though I was striping both of them. Same goes for my wife. From your experience could that be because the driver head is so much larger therefore more wind resistance? Or some other reason?
Hey Thomas!
Seems to me that what you need is a driver fitting; it just does not make sense since you are also hitting your irons that long too!
Shawn
It is interesting that I was fit for the 3W; but I bought the 2 Cobra LTD’s I have on spec. The Rogue was fitted but is not longer. The shafts in my 3W and drivers are all Stiff flex; with the additional power I’m getting from your method, could it be that I need an X shaft to get the proper distance/club head speed? I thought the difference between S and X was mainly about dispersion, but I haven’t been at this for very long.
Definitely possible! I have fit stiff flex drivers for students with regular flex on the irons; and it yielded 15 more yards average for them;
thanks, good to know. I have on occasion hit monster shots with the 3 wood (e.g. 270 carry) and driver (280 carry) with my old swing, but I could not figure out how I did it so couldn’t duplicate it regularly. So I know I have some untapped driver power in me somewhere. Wish there was a TXG branch out here to get properly fitted
Shawn, I’m struggling with hitting my 3 wood and hybrid both off the deck and off the tee. I will toe hook, top or thin it or hit it solidly, but it will be an unplayable block. I’m attributing all this to ball position, but I am keeping the club head in the center of my stance, ball just forward of that. On the range, if I hook it or top it, I move the ball slightly back. However, once I move the ball back I block it. I’m using my intermediate target and swinging over it with both fade and draw set up. I’m at a loss for what to do, and would really appreciate your help.
Time to send in some video!
Down the line and face on please; with both!
Remember that contact and direction is a centering problem!! See “contact and direction shawn clement” on youtube and see the “bolted and centred” video on premium!
Shawn