Finding the Center of the Clubface

[mvmac]

24 minutes ago, cutchemist42 said:

That my club is extending too early so Im hitting the bottom instead of higher up?

Could be. It just identifies that you aren't hitting the center. It doesn't specifically identify a swing fault per se. You can hit a shank coming too far over the top or from swinging too far out.

[colin007]

Actually, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that most of the pics here show contact that is a little high on the face. I could be, and prolly am, wrong. But I seem to remember seeing the wear marks on pros irons being much lower. Like between the second and third groove.

Example

 

[boogielicious]

13 hours ago, colin007 said:

Actually, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that most of the pics here show contact that is a little high on the face. I could be, and prolly am, wrong. But I seem to remember seeing the wear marks on pros irons being much lower. Like between the second and third groove.

Example

 

Could it be from hitting off mats? If I hit it a bit fat, the ball will bounce up a bit and my contact will be higher I believe.

[cutchemist42]

18 hours ago, colin007 said:

Actually, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that most of the pics here show contact that is a little high on the face. I could be, and prolly am, wrong. But I seem to remember seeing the wear marks on pros irons being much lower. Like between the second and third groove.

Example

 

Interesting thing to bring up. Is the clubface center actually designed to be lower??

[colin007]

1 hour ago, cutchemist42 said:

Interesting thing to bring up. Is the clubface center actually designed to be lower??

Actually, when I look at my clubs, most of the mass is low on the back of the club head, pretty much on the other side of where that third groove would be.

 

6 hours ago, boogielicious said:

Could it be from hitting off mats? If I hit it a bit fat, the ball will bounce up a bit and my contact will be higher I believe.

Hmm....not sure? I don't think the ball would pop up that quickly. If anything I would think it's from the club head descending at too steep a rate.

Edited April 20, 2017 by colin007
Forgot something

[roamin]

Here's my 6-iron attempt after 7 or 8 shots. The first shot was the closest one to the center, and they started moving towards the toe after that.

[roamin]

Updated results from my range session today, after a month of working on tempo and swinging "easier" (and my priority piece). Much tighter pattern but still drifting towards the toe...

Edited May 26, 2017 by roamin

[Jack Watson]

Today I was playing around with a diff club.  Steel project x 6.0.  This club was pristine before it hit maybe 20 balls while switching to my normal gamer Pings.  Looks a bit towards the toe.  One was heel side but doesn't show up.  Not my normal club and my Pings are dirty right now but I circled the pattern that was formed.  

 

[billchao]

Updated shot. My practice 7i. This explains why I've been hitting my irons well lately.