Diagnose w/ D-plane

[bcoak]

First round of the year and old nemesis is still there - a block cut. Starts right and cuts. Why does this happen in D-plane terms?

 

[zarro]

First round of the year and old nemesis is still there - a block cut. Starts right and cuts. Why does this happen in D-plane terms?

First question in diagnosis:

Did you achieve center contact?

 

[mjstrong]

First round of the year and old nemesis is still there - a block cut. Starts right and cuts. Why does this happen in D-plane terms?

Assuming centre contact - your clubface is open. Your path may be relatively square, or your path may be a little left - depending on how severe the cut is. But the face is definitely open to both its path and the target.

If you describe the ball flight in a little more detail (ie starts directly at the target and fades 30 yards right) we could add more detail to the explanations.

 

[bcoak]

Center contact. Solid contact. Ball flight higher than usual. Starts 20yds right - immediately-and cuts hard.

 

[spktho]

Assuming centre contact - your clubface is open. your path may be a little left - depending on how severe the cut is. But the face is definitely open to both its path and the target.

This^^.

In general to describe ball flight using the D-plane, the ball starts close to where the face is pointing and curves away from the path.

So, with your ball flight, the face is impacting the ball pointing about 20 yrds. right and your path is going left which makes the ball curve right. Higher ball flight from open face, too.

 

[bcoak]

This^^.

In general to describe ball flight using the D-plane, the ball starts close to where the face is pointing and curves away from the path.

So, with your ball flight, the face is impacting the ball pointing about 20 yrds. right and your path is going left which makes the ball curve right. Higher ball flight from open face, too.

Not following "This^^. "

 

[spktho]

Not following "This^^. "

It's pointing at mjstrong's post.