So @Jman 's thread with "Fun with data" had me wondering a bit on the importance people place on the land or descent angle of the shot when selecting the right fitting clubs. Before I got fit for my T200's in November, I didn't really consider descent angle as a key fitting metric. Once I started hitting some clubs I started to recognize the impact that would have and since then, have looked at my sim session data with an approach of using stopping power as a combination of spin rate plus the impact of land angle as equally important aspects.
@obedt mentioned in that thread that 'For Titleist, bare minimum descent angle they look for with 6i (at least as of 2 years ago) is 43 degrees. ' which seems low to me but I ask you, THP community the following?
1) How important is descent angle to you?
2) If you had 2 sets of irons that you were fitting to a 6i, one that you flighted lower but had 2000 more rpm's of spin and a 7 degree lower descent angle vs one that flighted higher but had 2000 rpm less spin but 7 degree's more land angle, which would you take?
3) What do you consider an ideal land angle for say a 6i?
@obedt mentioned in that thread that 'For Titleist, bare minimum descent angle they look for with 6i (at least as of 2 years ago) is 43 degrees. ' which seems low to me but I ask you, THP community the following?
1) How important is descent angle to you?
2) If you had 2 sets of irons that you were fitting to a 6i, one that you flighted lower but had 2000 more rpm's of spin and a 7 degree lower descent angle vs one that flighted higher but had 2000 rpm less spin but 7 degree's more land angle, which would you take?
3) What do you consider an ideal land angle for say a 6i?