Inaccessible clubhead speed

[Lihu]

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Originally Posted by Lihu

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Originally Posted by Oz Max

Also is your wedges swing speed really relevant? I can understand driver SS... but on wedges? I hardly ever hit those with distance in mind, more to do with sticking it as close as possible to the pin. The ball doesn't care whether it got hit with a 145mph SW or a 85mph PW, as long as it's where you want it to land! that's just the way I see golf.

If you can swing a higher lofted club faster, then your chances of sticking a green are a lot higher. The landing trajectory is a lot steeper and the spin numbers are a lot higher.

Yeah but the pros aren't swinging their wedges 100mph and they can stop the ball on just about anything. Too much spin can also hurt accuracy

There is a definitive advantage to being able to do what the OP stated. If someone could swing that fast, they could use half or quarter swings. It would be more controlled.

Just imagine your pitches going 100 yards or more with the same controlled swing you or I use for pitching 40-80 yards?

[SavvySwede]

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Originally Posted by Lihu

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Originally Posted by Oz Max

Also is your wedges swing speed really relevant? I can understand driver SS... but on wedges? I hardly ever hit those with distance in mind, more to do with sticking it as close as possible to the pin. The ball doesn't care whether it got hit with a 145mph SW or a 85mph PW, as long as it's where you want it to land! that's just the way I see golf.

If you can swing a higher lofted club faster, then your chances of sticking a green are a lot higher. The landing trajectory is a lot steeper and the spin numbers are a lot higher.

Yeah but the pros aren't swinging their wedges 100mph and they can stop the ball on just about anything. Too much spin can also hurt accuracy

There is a definitive advantage to being able to do what the OP stated. If someone could swing that fast, they could use half or quarter swings. It would be more controlled.

Just imagine your pitches going 100 yards or more with the same controlled swing you or I use for pitching 40-80 yards?

Maybe. But I think with that kind of speed it would be tougher to control the ss of a half swing and therefore the yardage. You could be trying to throttle down to 85mph but easily end up with 92mph because of the level of acceleration.

[Lihu]

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Originally Posted by Lihu

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Originally Posted by SavvySwede

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Originally Posted by Lihu

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Originally Posted by Oz Max

Also is your wedges swing speed really relevant? I can understand driver SS... but on wedges? I hardly ever hit those with distance in mind, more to do with sticking it as close as possible to the pin. The ball doesn't care whether it got hit with a 145mph SW or a 85mph PW, as long as it's where you want it to land! that's just the way I see golf.

If you can swing a higher lofted club faster, then your chances of sticking a green are a lot higher. The landing trajectory is a lot steeper and the spin numbers are a lot higher.

Yeah but the pros aren't swinging their wedges 100mph and they can stop the ball on just about anything. Too much spin can also hurt accuracy

There is a definitive advantage to being able to do what the OP stated. If someone could swing that fast, they could use half or quarter swings. It would be more controlled.

Just imagine your pitches going 100 yards or more with the same controlled swing you or I use for pitching 40-80 yards?

Maybe. But I think with that kind of speed it would be tougher to control the ss of a half swing and therefore the yardage. You could be trying to throttle down to 85mph but easily end up with 92mph because of the level of acceleration.

The only point I was making is that with that kind of swing speed you can hit your "controlled feel" swings a lot farther (twice) than the average golfer using the same relative effort. IDK if I agree that it could be 7mph difference, especially if you have the mechanics to swing this fast in the first place?

[Oz Max]

Oh you are absolutely right, a higher SS is always helpful, however the wedges game, is more about precision than pure distance. I don't tend to hammer those shots, thinking "rip it!!!!", like I'd do with my driver where I really want to crush that ball as far I can.

I agree though that being able to hit a higher lofted club is undeniably advantageous.

[00dannyboy]

I'm playing mp-14 irons. They are old traditional lofts. Probably 2 degrees weaker than any newer clubs.

[Lihu]

I'm playing mp-14 irons. They are old traditional lofts. Probably 2 degrees weaker than any newer clubs.

Possibly 4 degrees.

http://www.golfclubspec.com/iron_results.php?id=145