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Originally Posted by mrmarky
I went to golf galaxy today to get my clubs bent more upright. I jumped on the driver machine. Unfortunately it was locked so i couldnt see my swing speed to be able to calculate smash factor.
I am currently hitting an RBZ 9.5 lowered all the way (so i believe the face is also pretty open) with an Xflex Pro launch red standard length (to fit a 910 D3 that I put a RBZ tip on so maybe it is a bit long?) and my typical good shot is a push that falls left. My miss is the high right cut.
the only stats I could get are as follows.
Ball Speed :174.7
v angle 11.0
H angle 3.5*
side spin (minus) 567
back spin 2372
carry: 311
Roll: 24 yds
distance 335
I saw a trackman where poulter was having a smash of like 1.49 I think...does the only thiing where smash matters is hitting the club in the center?
I took a lesson with a very good senior player (monday qualifies for some senior events and tries to for some PGA events) and he recommended lowering the driver after I asked him about the covert. He recommended i just try delofting the RBZ...ever since that day I have added at least 40 yards to my drives. Before a great one was in the 290 neighborhood with 0 roll and a bad one would be around 250 to 270 now the good ones are 315 to 340 with two bombs yesterday one at 370 and one 387 (both were slightly downhill/downwind).
1) my numbers seem pretty good in terms of backspin, is my launch pretty good as well?
2) How much farther would I need to hit a normal length driver before I could be competitive for long drive competitions?
thanks!
First off these #s seem off to me. Given your ball speed and the the max smash factor of ~1.50, your clubhead speed appears to be around ~116. A 311 carry off that speed seemed crazy to me so I threw your numbers into "trajectory optimizer" over at flightscope.com
http://flightscope.com/index.php/Tec...optimizer.html
With your ballspeed, launch angle(11*), and spin rate, flightscope says that ball should carry 298 yards. Now I've heard of quite a few simulators at big stores like that being set to have a decent tailwind so the simulator says you hit it further than you actually do.
Overall, the numbers look pretty good. Regarding long drive, if your swing speed is around 116 mph with a normal driver I have to assume you are nowhere close to long drive competitors. A 116 average wouldnt even crack the top 40 on Tour much less the ReMax guys.