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My son just had a driver fitting on Trackman and we learned he’s consistently around 3k spin. His club speed was around 102, AOA -1, LA ~10*, carry 235-240, and total in the 260’s.
We don’t want to change his technique to try and hit more up because he’s successful off the tee as is. In his last tournament he hit 13/13 fairways (one side had 3 par 3’s and 3 par 5’s). Generally, he’s above the tour average percentage of FH.
TL/DR - So, has anyone experienced lowering spin without lowering ball speed too much by a ball change. He’s currently playing the 2019 Pro V1x.
More Details for those interested:
His iron spin is a little on the low end at around 6700-7k with an 8i when he was warming up yesterday. So I don’t think it would be good to loose too much spin off the irons with a ball switch.
I’m hesitant to switch balls because he is otherwise playing well with FH and GIRs. He’s usually 7-10 GIRs per round. But if he can gain some distance without losing control through a spin reduction with a ball change, it might help him hit more GIRs. Most of his lost strokes are from missing greens and not chipping close enough to 1 putt. He usually has one 3 putt per round too, and usually because he hits an iron on a green 30-40 ft from the hole.
He does work on short game and I think it’s just an experience issue that he’s working on. I’m just looking at all the pieces so we can chip away at weaknesses little by little.
I didn’t think to take a picture of his driver results. I did take one early on from one of his warmup shots with an 8i. However, I have some numbers from GC2 a month ago with his driver. Launch and spin was higher then because his driver doesn’t fit as well. His current driver (GC2 numbers) is a TS2 10.5 turned down to 9.75* with HZRDUS Smoke Black 60/6.5 shaft. The final fitting averages I mentioned above were from a TSi3 10 turned down to 9.25* with a Ventus Black 6s.
Thanks ahead for any thoughts.
We don’t want to change his technique to try and hit more up because he’s successful off the tee as is. In his last tournament he hit 13/13 fairways (one side had 3 par 3’s and 3 par 5’s). Generally, he’s above the tour average percentage of FH.
TL/DR - So, has anyone experienced lowering spin without lowering ball speed too much by a ball change. He’s currently playing the 2019 Pro V1x.
More Details for those interested:
His iron spin is a little on the low end at around 6700-7k with an 8i when he was warming up yesterday. So I don’t think it would be good to loose too much spin off the irons with a ball switch.
I’m hesitant to switch balls because he is otherwise playing well with FH and GIRs. He’s usually 7-10 GIRs per round. But if he can gain some distance without losing control through a spin reduction with a ball change, it might help him hit more GIRs. Most of his lost strokes are from missing greens and not chipping close enough to 1 putt. He usually has one 3 putt per round too, and usually because he hits an iron on a green 30-40 ft from the hole.
He does work on short game and I think it’s just an experience issue that he’s working on. I’m just looking at all the pieces so we can chip away at weaknesses little by little.
I didn’t think to take a picture of his driver results. I did take one early on from one of his warmup shots with an 8i. However, I have some numbers from GC2 a month ago with his driver. Launch and spin was higher then because his driver doesn’t fit as well. His current driver (GC2 numbers) is a TS2 10.5 turned down to 9.75* with HZRDUS Smoke Black 60/6.5 shaft. The final fitting averages I mentioned above were from a TSi3 10 turned down to 9.25* with a Ventus Black 6s.
Thanks ahead for any thoughts.