Went for a fitting at Modern Golf, and I have to say the Trackman technology is REALLY cool. I was intending on doing a fitting for a complete new bag of Titleist or Callaway clubs, and at the end of the session was encouraged to keep the clubs I have, re-grip them and keep playing them. I was impressed with their honesty, really.
Really neat though, I was wondering why I was pulling the ball so badly, and it turns out I have a negative face angle and negative swing path (both about -2 degrees). This meant a square club face, but swinging outside-in and directly to the left at contact. My driver attack angle was also negative, meaning I am swinging down on the ball not up, which means mis-hits on the top of the face and the occasional pop fly. I was swinging around 105+mph and hitting driver about 200 yards (all carry), so it made sense.
Those 2 things (straight pull on the irons, pop fly driver) add about 10 strokes to my game, so if I can correct them (in theory) I should be breaking 80 this year.
Of course, I look forward to now forgetting how to putt or use my wedges lol.
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