Custom Fitting
Lie Detector
Fact 1 - Improper club lies will cause the ball to stray off the intended line of flight.
Fact 2 - Club lies can change with time and use. Fat hits, shots from heavy rough and hard pan or just tossing a club aside can alter the lie angle.
Fact 3 - If you are serious about the game and the quality of your equipment, you should check lie angles periodically and take misaligned clubs to a golf shop for adjustment.
Fact 4 - If you are serious about the game and the quality of your equipment, you should check lie angles periodically and take misaligned clubs to a golf shop for adjustment. Custom fitting is the process for tailoring a golf club to suit your personal swing. As Tom Wishon (Founder of Tom Wishon Golf Technology www.wishongolf.com) says,
We understand the necessity of providing proper club lies.
Lies that are too flat produce shots that fly right of the target or dig the toe of the club into the turf; lies that are too upright will result in shots pulled left as the heel of the club digs into the ground. It only takes a few degrees of error in lie angle to produce these bad shots. If the club lie angle is correct, the clubface will be perfectly parallel to the ground when it strikes the ball and straighter shots will result. The object of the club lie angle measurement is to make sure the angle is correct for your type of swing.
Proper club lies are essential for an accurate short game. Lie angle is probably the most important specification for the more lofted clubs because errors in lie angle are magnified by the loft of the club. For example: A 4 degree error in lie angle will cause a 170 yard 5 iron shot to fly about 18 feet off line; the same error in lie angle will produce a 120 yard wedge shot that is 26 feet off target.
Since the lie angle of a golf club at rest is somewhat different than at impact, it is important to make a dynamic measurement of this parameter as the club contacts the ball during the swing. Centrifugal force of the moving clubhead will flatten the normal lie angle at the point of impact. Up to 2 degrees of change can occur by the downward bowing of the shaft. Another factor that can cause a 1 to 2 degree flatter lie angle is the change to a slightly higher hand position from address to impact. For these reasons, a dynamic measurement at impact is the only accurate way to gather lie angle data.
The most common device currently being used to make lie angle measurements is the “lie board”. A strip of masking tape is attached to the sole of the club and a ball is then placed on the lie board and struck with the club.
If the club makes contact with the lie board, a mark is left on the tape and the location of the mark gives an indication of whether the lie angle at impact is correct, too flat or too upright.
Fact 1 - Improper club lies will cause the ball to stray off the intended line of flight.
Fact 2 - Club lies can change with time and use. Fat hits, shots from heavy rough and hard pan or just tossing a club aside can alter the lie angle.
Fact 3 - If you are serious about the game and the quality of your equipment, you should check lie angles periodically and take misaligned clubs to a golf shop for adjustment.
Fact 4 - If you are serious about the game and the quality of your equipment, you should check lie angles periodically and take misaligned clubs to a golf shop for adjustment. Custom fitting is the process for tailoring a golf club to suit your personal swing. As Tom Wishon (Founder of Tom Wishon Golf Technology www.wishongolf.com) says,
A club lie angle misaligned by 5 degrees can cause a 150 yard shot to miss the target by 40 feet.
We understand the necessity of providing proper club lies.
Lies that are too flat produce shots that fly right of the target or dig the toe of the club into the turf; lies that are too upright will result in shots pulled left as the heel of the club digs into the ground. It only takes a few degrees of error in lie angle to produce these bad shots. If the club lie angle is correct, the clubface will be perfectly parallel to the ground when it strikes the ball and straighter shots will result. The object of the club lie angle measurement is to make sure the angle is correct for your type of swing.
Proper club lies are essential for an accurate short game. Lie angle is probably the most important specification for the more lofted clubs because errors in lie angle are magnified by the loft of the club. For example: A 4 degree error in lie angle will cause a 170 yard 5 iron shot to fly about 18 feet off line; the same error in lie angle will produce a 120 yard wedge shot that is 26 feet off target.
Since the lie angle of a golf club at rest is somewhat different than at impact, it is important to make a dynamic measurement of this parameter as the club contacts the ball during the swing. Centrifugal force of the moving clubhead will flatten the normal lie angle at the point of impact. Up to 2 degrees of change can occur by the downward bowing of the shaft. Another factor that can cause a 1 to 2 degree flatter lie angle is the change to a slightly higher hand position from address to impact. For these reasons, a dynamic measurement at impact is the only accurate way to gather lie angle data.
The most common device currently being used to make lie angle measurements is the “lie board”. A strip of masking tape is attached to the sole of the club and a ball is then placed on the lie board and struck with the club.
If the club makes contact with the lie board, a mark is left on the tape and the location of the mark gives an indication of whether the lie angle at impact is correct, too flat or too upright.
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