Driver loft must be matched in combination to the golfers swing speed and their angle of attack into the ball. This wishon driver head with s choice of fitted shaftscan not be beat. The longer the length and the lower the loft, the harder the club will be to hit for any golfer. Nov 06, 2014 cor is actually a measurement of the energy transfer in a collision of two objects. Identify the flex ratings you should try, given the analysis of your drive loft. A brand new ultrahigh cor driver design to meet the demands of the many golfers who requested such a design from twgt. Face angle is crucial for a proper fitting golfwrx. Professional golfers hit a driver 300 yards or more, but in a less experienced players hands the same driver probably will not produce those results.
Tom currently heads his own company, tom wishon golf technology, which. Jan 12, 2012 if youve ever read anything tom wishon has written about driver length, or spoken to your local fitter about the topic, theres a curious statistic that youve probably encountered. Variable thickness face with high moi delivers the best off center hit performance in the game. Twgt hand select and bending services can deliver the 919fd in lofts from. From the very first moment you have the choice, and we have the ability to truely. The wide range of drivers available include everimproving technology and an array of materials and features. Jul 27, 2018 tom wishon, a veteran golf club designer and founder of tom wishon golf technology, defines offset this way. Im all about supporting tom and his products if they will give me better peformance. Oct 25, 2005 your tom wishon exclusive driver loft vs. To compliment his driver head, tom wishon golf technology has a 929hs fairway head selection in the unconventional r. Long irons have longer shafts and less loft than short irons. How to choose the correct flex shaft driver for loft. Tom wishon golf technology is the leader in professional custom club fitting design and technology. Tom wishon golf clubs, custom fitted by golf club, are some of the.
Since the mid 2000s, the average driver length on the pga tour has held steady at 44. Offset is a design condition in clubheads in which the neck or hosel of the head is positioned in front of the face of the clubhead, so that the clubface appears to be set back a little from the neck of the club. The term component clubs is most typically taken to mean any golf club which has been assembled by an independent clubmaker who purchased the clubhead, shaft and grip from supply companies that specialize in offering the separate pieces components of the golf club for sale to the clubmaker, explained tom wishon of tom wishon golf technology. You also mentioned an article or book by tom wishon on the subject and i wonder if you could let me know the title of the bookarticle and where i can find it. Tom wishon is a 40year veteran of the golf equipment industry specializing in club head design, shaft performance analysis and club fitting research and development. Founder, tom wishon is considered among many in the golf industry to be the guru in regards to innovative club design and his record speaks for itself.
New triple variable thickness face design for incredible off center hit performance. One of the components of launch angle, is the degree of loft in the driver. Wishon claims that it is because it is the driver that they tested that came out with the best results, particularly in smash factor and ball speeds on offcenter hits. I play maltby golfworks irons, but wishon has a couple different iron heads that i want to try in the future. The universal golf club flex ratings are named, in order from most flexible to the stiffest, ladies, senior, regular, stiff and extra stiff. In the march hotlinks, club expert tom wishon wrote that one key to real improvement with the driver comes from a shorter length. Id appreciate any advice you or others have to help me increase my distance. A lot of you are undoubtedly familiar with wishon golf. Titleists 909 f2 out in november and the 949 mc from tom wishon are good examples. It is very important to note the above chart offers the optimum driver loft for maximum carry distance.
Using tom wishons methods and information, we can ensure that the clubs we custom fit and the models we suggest are specifically and accurately tailored to the enquiring golfer. The first is by tom wishon, who is considered by many to be one of the. Tom wishon is considered among many in the golf industry to be. Then what does it do to the swing wt, shaft flex, club wt. Sep 14, 2016 bryson dechambeau thinks outside the tee box. This video is about wrist to floor measurements for golf shaft length. Radtech, can you compare the stock wishon shaft with the pl red. Proper loft fitting involves more than just the loft of the driver.
If youre using a driver that is too flexible or too stiff for the speed of your swing, your loft may be way off in either direction. Tom wishon design technology has gone one step beyond any oem and. Driver distance secrets what manufacturers wont tell you isnt it always on your mind that, maybe, if i pay more, i might get a better produced, more structured, and worthy product. From what ive read here though, the 919thi could be an even better driver if i can get the right loft. Wishon golf your fit matters premium designs for golf. Feb 29, 2016 ping research has shown that in general, a 1degree increase in loft for a driver will result in a 0. Driver distance secrets what manufacturers wont tell you. If youre looking for ways to correct the loft of your drive, its worth examining the flex rating of your driver. I will bookmark your site for a future visit, and should you ever need it, there is plenty of information on this site about golf tips.
He is a former member of the pga of america who chose to pursue a career in golf equipment design and clubfitting research. This relationship can be used to guide the use of adjustable loft when tuning trajectory during a fitting where launchmonitor data is available. I compared the performance of the 519shpr head to a wishon 919thi 10. Golfer driver3 wood clubhead speed enter speed from 50 120mph mph golfer 5 6iron clubhead speed enter speed from 40 90mph mph golfer downswing transition rating. After a comprehensive overview of my stats last year i came to the conclusion that if i want to get to the next level as a golfer, i am going to have to hit more greens, and that all starts with how i position myself off the tee. Tom wishon golf technologies s2s shaft fitting system. He has been responsible for more than 50 different club head design firsts in his design career, including the first adjustable hosel device, as well as the first 0. He suggests that opening and closing the face to suit your personal preference on how the club sits will not change the loft. I play a wishon driver and 4 wood with wishon shafts. He has been responsible for more than 50 different club head design firsts in his design career, including the first adjustable hosel device. If i buy a new driver should i get it cut down by an inch or two.
The highest possible cor driver design for golfers who play purely for enjoyment. One driver sku with an adj sleeve is a whole lot easier to manage inventory for than 4 skus, each with a different static loft. When it comes to selecting a golf driver, the pertinent question is how to determine the driver you can hit for the longest distance. For the past few months, ive knowingly been flouting the 14club rule by carrying two drivers. For example, the problems par4 and scott have identified arent with the clubdesign or the need for it, but rather with the poor, often uneducated, selection process many people use when buying clubs. Tom currently heads his own company, tom wishon golf.
Find out if you could be losing distance on the golf course from using the wrong loft in your driver. While he has been offered the chance to head up golf club design for some of the largest golf club companies in the world, he has chosen to remain within the lesser known. Driver loft must be matched in combination to the golfers swing speed. Alternatively, the average amateur golfer will have a swing speed somewhere between 60 and 100 mph depending on. Thanks for all the info but you neglected to include the main thing i want to know which is the real loft of your driver. The main idea is that the head has the highest moi on the market, between 5,000 5,025 kgcm2, depending on what model head you get. This is why shaft selection for these golfers is so easy to do and not as important as a later release golfer. If youve heard that many of the tour pros have credited their increases in distance off the tee in the past three years to a new driver with more loft, youre not crazy.
The lower the loft on my driver, the farther i will hit the ball. Thoughts on kzg and wishon golf clubs clubs, grips, shafts. Tom wishon has been called the most prolific golf club designer in the 500 year history of the game. How to choose the correct flex shaft driver for loft golfweek. Launch angle is the angle that the ball flies at from initial contact with the driver club face. Tom wishon is a 40year veteran of the golf equipment industry specializing. Aug 07, 2015 this video is about wrist to floor measurements for golf shaft length. I just sold my g15 9 with a prolaunch red and im regretting it.
Search for the perfect driver, which were selected as backtoback winners of the. Many golfers do not know their optimum driver loft for maximum distance has to be chosen on the basis of the. They are carrying the ball slightly farther than with the others but seeing a significant amount of rollout. I also really like the grt gradual roll technology of the woods. The search for the perfect driver, which were selected as backtoback winners of. Firstly we trialed a graphite design tour ad di 6s shaft and then a wishon blue 55s shaft. This rating is usually printed or engraved somewhere on the shaft or club head of each driver.
So i noticed you said swing speeds between 90 and 100 should be using 11 of loft. Amateur champ is the only tour pro who uses a singleplane swing while playing irons that are all one length nearly identical to a. To put your shaft fitting needs in the hands of a custom clubmaker who works with tom wishon golf technologys proprietary shaft bend profile software. If youve ever read anything tom wishon has written about driver length, or spoken to your local fitter about the topic, theres a curious statistic that youve probably encountered. The quest for a more accurate driver practical golf. Mar 28, 2016 the quest for a more accurate driver everyone wants to find out how to have a more accurate driver including me. Amateur champ is the only tour pro who uses a singleplane swing while playing irons that. Wishon golf s most popular driver design in a wide variety of custom fitting options features.
Everyone wants to find out how to have a more accurate driver including me. We have hundreds of thousands of possible headshaftgrip combinations, which allows us to extensively test and fine tune a combination that performs and feels best for you. Answers to frequently asked questions about golf clubs. Tom wishons keys to set makeup the professional club fitter knows that the set makeup part of the fitting recommendation can be one of the most effective ways to offer measurable improvement to the player, especially for the many millions of averagetolessskilled golfers. While the pros do have a much later release, where the shaft has not yet bent. High loft driver vs low loft driver with different shaft. Aug 17, 2012 wishon claims that it is because it is the driver that they tested that came out with the best results, particularly in smash factor and ball speeds on offcenter hits.
May 02, 2012 i play a wishon driver and 4 wood with wishon shafts. The 919thi driver meets all the criteria that makes up a true custom fit titanium driver. May 24, 2019 wishon says custom clubfitters have a saying. A shorter driver, he said, encourages center contact on the clubface, which leads to longer, straighter drives. With more than 50 clubhead engineering firsts, over 350 different clubhead designs, ten books, numerous videos and hundreds of articles to his name, its safe to say that no other person in the game of golf knows more about the design, production and fitting of golf clubs than tom wishon.
Cor is actually a measurement of the energy transfer in a collision of two objects. Extended 1mm face to back dimension positions mass. It used to be that golfers would buy a driver, 3 wood, 5 wood and a set of irons, 3pw. This fact led noted golf club designer tom wishon to ask. Tom wishon, a veteran golf club designer and founder of tom wishon golf technology, defines offset this way. In fact, i think this is a really interesting, really great addition to wishons offerings. Its become a well known fact on the tour that when it comes to loft, less is not more. Proving to golfers what true custom fitting combined with outstanding performing designs can do for. Tom wishon golf clubs, custom fitted by golf club, are some of. Interesting video on youtube of tom wishon basically dismissing the theory of adjusting lofts on drivers. The main idea is that the head has the highest moi on the market, between 5,000 5,025 kgcm2. Im all for wishon as a guy, as a clubmaker, and especially as a great source for equipment.
My past cobra ss350 driver and my current ti460 cleveland launcher are both 12 loft. Tom wishon golf technology click twgt designs on the left to view the offerings, then talk to your local fitter about what he recommends. About a year an half ago my average ss was 94 i used a stiff shaft with head loft of 10. Clubmaker tom wishon has lost 60 percent of his hearing, at least a portion of the damage attributable to the time he spent laying down the drum tracks on the steve miller bands 1973 album the. Extended 1mm face to back dimension positions mass farther from the cg to increase the moi to 5,000 gcm2. They both kicked name brand clubs out of the bag because they simply out performed the others.
While he has been offered the chance to head up golf club design for some of the largest golf club companies in the world, he has chosen to remain within the lesser known segment of the golf equipment industry that. The slower the swing speed and the more downward the angle of attack, the higher the loft of the driver has to be for maximum distance and vice versa. Golf proprietary titanium driver design, golfers can be custom fit into lofts from 8 to. On many web sites i have seen they are all recommending 43 44 driver length yet all the driver companies sell 45,46 and some approaching 47 drivers. Hi tom, i am demoing a 919 thi driver right now in lh at 11 degrees. Wishon golf original, high performance designs are only available custom fit to each individual golfer, through professional custom club makers world wide. High loft driver vs low loft driver with different shaft combos feb 8, 2008, 10. That could wreck your golf game tom wishon ricks custom fit. Not me but there are a number of people at my club that have moved from taylormade and titleist drivers to wishons 919 or 949 driver and swear its the hottest club theyve ever hit.
Tom serves on the technical advisory board for golf digest, writes a monthly column for, has authored 5 books and created numerous. Thoughts on kzg and wishon golf clubs clubs, grips. How to choose woods and hybrids this is the loop golf digest. Golfer driver 3 wood clubhead speed enter speed from 50 120mph mph golfer 5 6iron clubhead speed enter speed from 40 90mph mph golfer downswing transition rating. Something you want to consider is offset, as well as, of course, forgiveness.
Distance shows that i ended up a little off base, but i am certainly glad i stopped by. The degree of launch angle that you want with a swing speed less than 110 mph, is a lot. Geoff built a 11 degree head with standard lie and loft and fitted with two different shafts. Proper loft can be achieved with drivers of any flex ratingthe key is finding the best flex rating for your unique swing. High loft driver vs low loft driver with different shaft combos. Tom wishon he has been responsible for more than 50 different club head design firsts in his design career, including the first adjustable hosel device, as well as the first 0. May 14, 2011 interesting video on youtube of tom wishon basically dismissing the theory of adjusting lofts on drivers. Knowing the face angle of the golfers current driverwoodshybrids and. Wishon on equipment in the adjacent video, tom wishon cuts through the hype and marketing and explains the true facts at the heart of the golf equipment market. With our substantial selection of fitting equipment we will determine the right ingredients to make up your perfect golf club recipe. Is there any way i can tweak that loft down to about 9. How to choose woods and hybrids this is the loop golf.