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If the contact of the ball/ball mark on the face of the iron is higher than the leading edge is that a sign of anything? i.e. flipping, shaft lean etc.

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Hard to tell without seeing the actual ball mark, but here is an example. [IMG]http://i56.tinypic.com/nbbuow.jpg[/IMG] That is an old club Tiger played with, if you are somewhere around that position, it's good. Hitting the ball higher on the face can be an issue caused by the swing bottoming out too far back, but it would be easier to identify with a couple of high speed swing videos.

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Originally Posted by Zeph

Hard to tell without seeing the actual ball mark, but here is an example.

That is an old club Tiger played with, if you are somewhere around that position, it's good. Hitting the ball higher on the face can be an issue caused by the swing bottoming out too far back, but it would be easier to identify with a couple of high speed swing videos.



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Originally Posted by kennay92

If the contact of the ball/ball mark on the face of the iron is higher than the leading edge is that a sign of anything? i.e. flipping, shaft lean etc.



I had this problem once.  It was caused by flipping.  Flipping adds loft allowing the ball to slide higher up on the face.  If you have a new-found high ball flight, check your swing sequencing and shoulder turn.  Those scoring marks look great height-wise for most high-VCOG blades.  The lateral location depends on the horizontal COG.  It was historically more towards the hosel, but with cut muscles, has moved more towards the middle..

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Originally Posted by bunkerputt

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Originally Posted by kennay92

If the contact of the ball/ball mark on the face of the iron is higher than the leading edge is that a sign of anything? i.e. flipping, shaft lean etc.

I had this problem once.  It was caused by flipping.  Flipping adds loft allowing the ball to slide higher up on the face.  If you have a new-found high ball flight, check your swing sequencing and shoulder turn.  Those scoring marks look great height-wise for most high-VCOG blades.  The lateral location depends on the horizontal COG.  It was historically more towards the hosel, but with cut muscles, has moved more towards the middle..

With older blades such as the Wilson Dyna Power that I played with for years.  They added to lead the shaft at the hosel to get the swing weight consistent through the set, thus moving the center of mass progressively towards the hosel as the iron got longer.

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