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Why is this important to the golfer?
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To better understand
its significance, let us tell you about one of our
typical research subjects. He was a 14 handicapper
who has played for many years; he gets out about 2
-3 times a month. He had good distance but had a tendency
to leak shots out to the right, but generally they
sprayed the left and right rough with some fairways
in-between. As for GIR, that was fairly low but his
tendency was to not miss the green by that much. Thus,
he became very good with his wedge at scrambling to
save par or bogey from errant tee or approach shots.
As most golfers, his standard "fix-it"
was to aim a little bit to the left on certain clubs,
figuring the ball generally leaks out to the right.
As for his long irons of 3 and 4, he got o.k. distance
in relation to his other clubs, but the ball always
leaked right. Therefore, he always avoided that
club for a good 5 iron unless he had to have the
distance. As for his brand new driver, it remained
in the bag for his old faithful because he just
couldn't keep it on the fairway more than 20% of
the time. Irons: Cobra "Gravity Backs",
True Temper Frequency Matched Shafts - Driver: Infiniti
425 Head, SK Fiber Golf "Big T" Shaft
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Club |
ONFP |
Club |
ONFP |
| New D |
+5 |
6 |
-160 |
| Old D |
85 |
7 |
-90 |
| 3 |
-80 |
8 |
+120 |
| 4 |
-70 |
9 |
-40 |
| 5 |
+170 |
PW |
-15 |
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We
took apart his clubs, identified each shafts
"Neutral Flex Point" marked it, and
orientated the shaft to the "Neutral position
mark" of the head. Immediately, there were
noticeable differences in his play. His Tee
Shots hit the fairway more often, his irons
go straighter and actually landing on the green.
Best of all, he was now confident with his 3
and 4 iron off the fairway. The same two clubs
he did not use he was actually thinking about
cutting down ½ inch.
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A quick look at his
"Neutral Flex Point" alignment revealed
some amazing similarities between his prior club performance
and his club performance now. Before his clubs were
"Neutralized" the shafts of his New Driver
was aligned towards the heel of the golf club, this
yielded a greater inconsistency in striking the ball
since the shaft would bend out of its swing plane
during the swing. His 5 iron and his old driver were
his old faithful clubs because the alignment was orientated
along the 0° - 180° Neutral plane. Now, when
the clubs have been "neutralized", he noticed
that the ball is going straighter and achieving better
Greens In Regulation and Fairways In Regulation with
5 - 10 extra yards on each club |
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Why?
Because he was hitting a squared clubface more consistently
due to the "neutral position mark" of the
golf club head and the shaft's "Neutral Flex
Point Mark" alignment. In addition, best of all,
he noticed his handicap drop by 5 strokes so far.
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