Where is the sweetspot?
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tongzilla
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From another thread, Jim said:
Would a good ballstriker need to make a deliberate adjustment so he contacts the ball on the "new" sweetspot (the centre of the face rather than more towards the heel)? Or is this not necessary since the good ballstriker is always "swinging the sweetspot" so the contact point will automatically adjust even if he keeps the same swinging procedure?
Would a good ballstriker need to make a deliberate adjustment so he contacts the ball on the "new" sweetspot (the centre of the face rather than more towards the heel)? Or is this not necessary since the good ballstriker is always "swinging the sweetspot" so the contact point will automatically adjust even if he keeps the same swinging procedure?
welshdentist
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Or is it that where it would visually appear to a golfer at address?
Good questions.
Good questions.
Is it really here?
id say maybe one groove lower
detonum
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I was hitting 30m pitches yesterday. and the clubface gets a little greenish in the part that hit the ball. So I start hitting some crisp shots, and I look at the clubface, and see that I'm impacting the ball very close to the hosel. Exactly the same spot that is the sweetspot in Brians picture. So I try to hit the ball more towards the toe, and behold, I stop hitting crisp shots. So it seems like the sweetspot in my Mizuno wedges is quite close to the hosel.
curtisj76
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Same here. I'm smok'n the ball and I'm hitting it there as well. As I mentioned last night in the "shank" thread I thought I needed my lie's adjusted or something. I just assumed that the sweetspot was in the exact middle. Makes me feel a lot better about my swing.
Can anyone tell me difference between sweet spot location, COG location and the centre of the mass location of the clubface 
What hinging motion are you trying to use?? this will affect point of contact location with the clubface. eg, horizontal hinge = more open face = more towards the sweet spot ; angled hinging square face = more towards the centre =
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What hinging motion are you trying to use?? this will affect point of contact location with the clubface. eg, horizontal hinge = more open face = more towards the sweet spot ; angled hinging square face = more towards the centre =
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Having played small forged blades all my life, I had a near-hosel contact spot completely ingrained. Last summer, when I was starting up the game again, I hit a number of irons in a golf store, with impact tape, and every shot was near the heel.
What I wonder/worry about is that some of the new irons are supposed to have the sweetspot in the middle of the club, but given the size of these clubs and their 'forgiveness' I worry that I won't be able to FIND where the sweetspot is. The good thing about a blade is that it tells you clearly if you are on the sweetspot, so you learn to hit it near the heel without trying to hit it near the heel.
What I wonder/worry about is that some of the new irons are supposed to have the sweetspot in the middle of the club, but given the size of these clubs and their 'forgiveness' I worry that I won't be able to FIND where the sweetspot is. The good thing about a blade is that it tells you clearly if you are on the sweetspot, so you learn to hit it near the heel without trying to hit it near the heel.
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