Broken Driver

[pumaAttack]

2 minutes ago, iacas said:

No. Not really.

You fade the ball because the clubface (or gear effect) produce a tilted spin axis.

Can you elaborate on this?  Not sure what you mean exactly.  Thanks!

[iacas]

3 minutes ago, pumaAttack said:

Can you elaborate on this?  Not sure what you mean exactly.  Thanks!

I'm not sure what you want me to elaborate on.

Your impact conditions are different. Unless the CG moved dramatically toward the toe (so a centered contact would act more like a heel hit), that's the answer: you're presenting different impact conditions than you were before.

[pumaAttack]

3 minutes ago, iacas said:

I'm not sure what you want me to elaborate on.

Your impact conditions are different. Unless the CG moved dramatically toward the toe (so a centered contact would act more like a heel hit), that's the answer: you're presenting different impact conditions than you were before.

So you think it's more my swing than the driver being altered?  I guess I am just curious because I can't get any other club to fade like this driver does now.

I am working on changing my swing with @sk golf so maybe the changes are getting rid of my dramatic overdraw and I am just noticing it more on the driver than any other club.

Edited April 11, 2016 by pumaAttack

[iacas]

13 minutes ago, pumaAttack said:

So you think it's more my swing than the driver being altered?  I guess I am just curious because I can't get any other club to fade like this driver does now.

I am working on changing my swing with @sk golf so maybe the changes are getting rid of my dramatic overdraw and I am just noticing it more on the driver than any other club.

A golf ball hit on the center of the clubface with a path right of the face will draw.

If you're fading, you're either looking at gear effect or impact conditions. A club does not just "fade" on its own. Something is leaving the face right of the path or leading to heel-like gear effect.

[pumaAttack]

6 minutes ago, iacas said:

A golf ball hit on the center of the clubface with a path right of the face will draw.

If you're fading, you're either looking at gear effect or impact conditions. A club does not just "fade" on its own. Something is leaving the face right of the path or leading to heel-like gear effect.

Gotcha.

I need to get it out of my head that an inside to outside swing path will automatically create a draw. I know thats not right.  

I will look at the face at impact and see if I can change that.  It's an adjustable driver so maybe it was replaced wrong and I need to fix that.  I noticed it was difficult to get the head to go back into the marked settings on the club. They all seemed to be about 15 degrees off.

Thanks for the replies!

[Lihu]

2 minutes ago, pumaAttack said:

Gotcha.

I need to get it out of my head that an inside to outside swing path will automatically create a draw. I know thats not right.  

I will look at the face at impact and see if I can change that.  It's an adjustable driver so maybe it was replaced wrong and I need to fix that.  I noticed it was difficult to get the head to go back into the marked settings on the club. They all seemed to be about 15 degrees off.

Thanks for the replies!

Maybe you could just re-grip the club with the markings pointed where you like them?

[pumaAttack]

2 minutes ago, Lihu said:

Maybe you could just re-grip the club with the markings pointed where you like them?

 

I basically have shot patterns H and I right now.  Where it is normally G.

Yeah, I am gonna go to the range and check my impact position, maybe get some foot spray to apply to the club face, and make sure it's not causing the problem.  If am hitting it in the center or toe and still producing a fade I will know its a face right of the path problem.

If it's a face path problem, then I will change the settings to get it back to my normal draw pattern.  
If that requires a re-grip I will do that next.  

[Lihu]

3 minutes ago, pumaAttack said:

 

I basically have shot patterns H and I right now.  Where it is normally G.

Yeah, I am gonna go to the range and check my impact position, maybe get some foot spray to apply to the club face, and make sure it's not causing the problem.  If am hitting it in the center or toe and still producing a fade I will know its a face right of the path problem.

If it's a face path problem, then I will change the settings to get it back to my normal draw pattern.  
If that requires a re-grip I will do that next.  

Usually, a heel hit is more prone to fade and toe is more of a draw.

For clarity, I'm posting the ball flight laws. . .

 

[pumaAttack]

19 minutes ago, Lihu said:

Usually, a heel hit is more prone to fade and toe is more of a draw.

 

 

 

Exactly, which is why if I am hitting one off the toe and still getting a fade I will know something is up.

My normal ball flight starts out right and draws back.  The blue lines. But with the repaired driver I either hit a huge block or fade.  Since the ball isn't starting out left and then fading back right I don't think its gear effect.

Edited April 11, 2016 by pumaAttack

[DrvFrShow]

The only thing I can think of is that they didn't put the head on the shaft correctly. If you're hitting your old driver with your draw, and now this one is suddenly slicing maybe the shaft isn't straight into the club head? It's the only thing I can think of. 

[pumaAttack]

49 minutes ago, DrvFrShow said:

The only thing I can think of is that they didn't put the head on the shaft correctly. If you're hitting your old driver with your draw, and now this one is suddenly slicing maybe the shaft isn't straight into the club head? It's the only thing I can think of. 

Yeah I think they didn't put it on correctly.  Almost wonder if they put it on backwards. 

I tweaked the settings and got it closer again, but still not perfect. 

I used some food powder and was still fading some shots with a center impact.  

Edited April 13, 2016 by pumaAttack