have had these 690s for a year and hit rain makers. Can you reloft these clubs and will it help me?
I have compared degrees with the Taylor made LTs and are off 2*.
Last edited by Titleist10 : March 23rd, 2005 at 05:32 PM.
Since they are forged clubs I'm sure you can deloft them to lower the flight but I believe you would close the club face by 2 deg as well and so that might enhance hook problems.
I think definitely yes. But usually if I hit it too high it's because I'm adding loft to the club with some type of swing flaw. I think pros in particular are very finicky about their ball trajectories which is why Phil plays his irons strong where as Tiger plays his lofts weak.
have had these 690s for a year and hit rain makers. Can you reloft these clubs and will it help me?
I have compared degrees with the Taylor made LTs and are off 2*.
I know you can change the loft, what I was wondering was how does this affect the bounce of the club. If you lower the loft wouldn't that also lower the bounce and cause you to hit shots a little fat?
If you decrease the loft, you will not have to change the face angle. When we decrease the loft, we decrease the bounce which means it WILL dig more but less bounce doesn't in itself cause one to hit the shot fat.
Yes if you change the loft you will change the bounce by the same amount. If you change a wedge from 56* loft and 12* of bounce and you want a 54* wedge the bounce will change to 10*. And why do you want your irons to roll more? If you hit a 150 yard 8 iron on the green do you want it to roll off or stick on the green? If you can hit a consistent distance with your irons be happy. Roll with an iron is over rated. A wood is another matter. There is nothing like hitting a 3 iron and hitting the green and making it stick with out any roll. It ***** when you hit the green and ball rolls off. If you really want to change the loft of your irons you should be interested in ball flight to fight the wind or because you want a more penetrating ball flight. Not for more roll.
Last edited by ForgedRbest : March 24th, 2005 at 05:44 AM.
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Barring a major swing flaw, if you feel your trajectory is too high, you might want to look at your shafts. Having said that the standard shaft for the Titleist 690's is the DG 300 series, which is a highkick, stiff tip shaft. This type of shaft is already conducive to a lower ball flight. If you have a different type shaft then the DG 300's this may be your part of your problem. Check the specs on your shafts and see if they are a mid or low kickpoint shaft.
Barring a major swing flaw, if you feel your trajectory is too high, you might want to look at your shafts. Having said that the standard shaft for the Titleist 690's is the DG 300 series, which is a highkick, stiff tip shaft. This type of shaft is already conducive to a lower ball flight. If you have a different type shaft then the DG 300's this may be your part of your problem. Check the specs on your shafts and see if they are a mid or low kickpoint shaft.
The shafts are x100. I also thought this might be a factor, so I went to the local Titleist fitting center and hit on the computer thing.
I was swinging 90mph with my 5iron 2* open, and inside out a touch, but it said I was hitting them straight.
The launch angle was 13,14*
Last edited by Titleist10 : March 24th, 2005 at 10:37 AM.
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