Entries by 2nd Swing Staff
Golf Club Components: Clubhead Cavity Back/Pad/Insert
Golf Club Components: Clubhead Cavity Back/Pad/Insert Depending on whether the iron is designed as a blade or a cavity back, the portion of the clubhead directly behind the face will contain a hollowed out area — possibly filled in with a cavity badge or vibration-dampening polymer — or solid metal, often referred to as an […]
Golf Club Specs: Tapered Shaft Tip
Golf Club Specs: Tapered Shaft Tip This is a configuration where the outside diameter of a shaft through the insertion area decreases. Unfortunately, tapered shafts cannot be shortened as easily as parallel shafts since they and require adjustable attachments to connect shaft, hosel and clubhead after a cut. Otherwise, the resulting bottom outside diameter would […]
Golf Club Specs: Why Swingweight Matters
Why Swingweight Matters How swingweight works and putting proper golf club weighting to use. So I was visiting the Twin Cities friendly neighborhood 2nd Swing store in Minnetonka, Minn., this past Monday. I had reached my breaking point with the current set of irons I was using. I had gotten them late last summer and for […]
Golf Club Specs: Iron Offset and Face Progression
Golf Club Specs: Iron Offset and Face Progression What they are and why the difference matters for your golf irons. Many of you may have heard the term “offset” when discussing iron design.There is another part of iron design that goes along with offset and truly measures the actual relationship between the shaft centerline axis (its […]
Golf Club Specs: Torque
Golf Club Specs: Torque Here’s one for the folks who fiddle with their clubs in the garage, the home-schooled golf engineers. One of the facts about golf shafts that you should understand is that of “torque.” This, however, is a slight misnomer since what the shaft manufacturers are really telling you is the shaft’s torque […]
Golf Club Specs: Swingweight
Golf Club Specs: Swingweight Club length and its relation to swingweight and then distance or power striking. Many times a golfer will hear that the longer a club’s shaft is the farther he will hit the ball. This makes sense when you consider that the club acts like a lever, and we all know that you can more easily […]
Golf Club Specs: Bounce
Golf Club Specs: Bounce What is Bounce? The meaning of bounce in golf. Bounce: The angle that is formed between the leading edge of the golf club and the trailing edge of the sole. Clubs with high bounce angles tend not to dig into the turf, while clubs with low bounce angles do have a tendency […]
Golf Club Specs: Loft Angles
Golf Club Specs: Loft Angles A golf club’s loft is the angle of the clubface plane to a line perpendicular with the ground. Hence, if the club’s face is parallel to the ground, the club’s loft is 90 degrees, while a clubface that is straight up and down, perpendicular to the ground, has no loft, […]
Greater Enjoyment Of The Game Is Just A Club Fitting Away
Custom club fitting can benefit players at all levels. We work with 20+ handicap players every day. These players are avid golfers with a passion for the game and see some of the best results custom fitting can offer. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet […]