Finding the Center of the Clubface

[iacas]

Very short one today. That's @NatalieB's clubface.

So here's what I'd like people to do.

1. Mark five balls.
2. Hit them with your 6-iron. Don't wipe them off between hits.
3. Upload a small image* here to this topic.

Let's see 'em!

* You may have to crop or resize the image - uploads directly from your phone are going to be very large.

P.S. Be honest. There's no shame in contact that's not on the sweet spot. Mine will probably be toward the toe…

[David in FL]

Is that 5 of hers?!   

PLEASE say no!

[kpaulhus]

Ill have to do this tomorrow on the range. 

[iacas]

8 minutes ago, David in FL said:

Is that 5 of hers?!   

Just one.

4 minutes ago, kpaulhus said:

Ill have to do this tomorrow on the range. 

On mats. Dirt/grass would wipe the mark(s) away.

[Jeremie Boop]

This will probably have to wait for a bit as I'm not hardcore enough to go out in 18 degree weather, but I am pretty interested in doing this.

[Club Rat]

52 minutes ago, iacas said:

On mats.

What about hitting off a tee?

[dennyjones]

I did this last week with foot powder.   Great thread.

[bm85]

What if you hit a lot out of the center, but didn't hit with a predictable pattern? Would you glean that path is an issue, or are things not so simple?

I imagine most golfers don't hit the center very often, and if they do, they probably swing too steep.

 

[iacas]

51 minutes ago, Club Rat said:

What about hitting off a tee?

If you're still hitting off the ground (even with a little tee), you're still going to get mud and dirt and grass on the face. If you're teeing it up so high you're not getting any turf, that's not how you hit your 6-iron.

12 minutes ago, bm85 said:

What if you hit a lot out of the center, but didn't hit with a predictable pattern? Would you glean that path is an issue, or are things not so simple?

I imagine most golfers don't hit the center very often, and if they do, they probably swing too steep.

Probably. But this is just to see where you strike the ball on the clubface. Nothing more.

[Club Rat]

First swing was damn near a Hosel Rocket ... Lol

[Wanzo]

I got a little lucky and hit these 5 ok. I actually think the second mark didn't show up too well, think it's a few grooves lower than the rest  I thought it would be interesting to put some flightscope numbers to these strikes so I attached a table for these 5 swings, hope that works.  The spot on the club seems a little higher than it should, maybe just how I positioned the the ball. i think I'll try this again and upload to show that these 5 were a lucky anomaly .  Using dr scholls is a little easier but less exact I guess and harder to keep track of multiple hits  

 

[Golfingdad]

2 hours ago, Wanzo said:

I got a little lucky and hit these 5 ok. I actually think the second mark didn't show up too well, think it's a few grooves lower than the rest  I thought it would be interesting to put some flightscope numbers to these strikes so I attached a table for these 5 swings, hope that works.  The spot on the club seems a little higher than it should, maybe just how I positioned the the ball. i think I'll try this again and upload to show that these 5 were a lucky anomaly .  Using dr scholls is a little easier but less exact I guess and harder to keep track of multiple hits  

 

Cool!  You have a flightscope?

Did you skull the 4th one?  Curious because it looks like you were coming up a couple of degrees at impact.

[Wanzo]

10 hours ago, Wanzo said:

 i think I'll try this again and upload to show that these 5 were a lucky anomaly

Round two this morning.  4 decent ones and one on the toe.

 

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16 hours ago, iacas said:

Mark five balls.

I used a dry erase marker this time and seemed to transfer better than a sharpie for me. 

 

8 hours ago, Golfingdad said:

Did you skull the 4th one?  Curious because it looks like you were coming up a couple of degrees at impact.

I saw that too on the aoa. You know it felt ok when I hit it so not sure what changed. Maybe it was low on the face and just didn't show up. I'm still working on my swing quite a bit so must have just put a little different move on it. 

[kpaulhus]

19 hours ago, iacas said:

Just one.

On mats. Dirt/grass would wipe the mark(s) away.

Maybe I can put a shoe insole on the grass and that will keep the swing clean but still able to get a normal descending blow on the ball. Ill play around with it. 

13 hours ago, Wanzo said:

I want a flight scope and nice indoor hitting bay when I grow up. 

[DaveP043]

7 minutes ago, kpaulhus said:

I want a flight scope and nice indoor hitting bay when I grow up. 

Face it, you're never going to grow up.

[Club Rat]

17 minutes ago, DaveP043 said:

Face it, you're never going to grow up.

 There you go, Picking on a West team member again.
God bless him, I hope he never grows up also. Growing old sucks.... Right partner...

[DaveP043]

1 minute ago, Club Rat said:

 There you go, Picking on a West team member again.
God bless him, I hope he never grows up also. Growing old sucks.... Right partner...

The only thing worse than growing old is NOT growing old.  There's only one way to avoid aging, and its not one I'd choose.

[Hacker James]

tried it.  It did not work with a Blue Sharpie. Left no mark whatsoever.