This week, I was asked by a member what theshafts were like in his irons. I asked him thefollowing questions:
- What length were they?
- What stiffness were they?
- What they weighed?
- Were they high or low launch shafts?
- Were they tapered or parallel?
- Where was the kick point?
- Were they steel or graphite?
After a very confused look, he simply replied.."I have no idea". To be honest, before I did anytraining about custom clubs and custom fitting,I would have probably replied with the sameanswer.
The importance of having the correct shafts inyour golf clubs are very simple. Each playerproduces a certain amount of Clubhead speeddepending on the club that you are using. If aplayer's shafts are too stiff, the shaft doesn'tkick correctly and the speed will do down. Ifthe shaft is too soft, the kick will come toearly on the downswing and the speed will godown at the optimum point of contact. You willfind up to 25% difference between correct andincorrect shafts for you.
Here are a list of other things that could gowrong with too stiff a shaft:
- Too Low a flight - the ball doesn't reach itspeak height and doesn't carry its furthestpossible distance
- Push or Over fade - The Clubhead won't releasethrough the ball, leaving the club-face open atimpact
- Mishit - The lack of release could cause astrike off the heel of the club
Toosoft a shaft:
- Wild offline shots - The club can release toomuch through the impact zone, causing a duckhook, or a high slice
- Too High - Shots will fly too high, with theball stalling in the air. This is especiallypoor into the wind
- Mishits - The ball will impact more towardsthe toe of the club with the over release of theclubface.
If you want to find out if your shaft is correctfor you, please book a club fitting here.
Shoe Wall
If you are looking to get the right footwear forthe 2016 season, then look no further than hereat Colchester.
With a fine selection from FootJoy, now is thetime to come and get ready for that firsttournament!
New Products are all in for 2016, and we havethese in for you to trial:
New KING Cobra series - Woods and irons in Leftand Right hand
New PING G Series Woods and irons
New Titleist woods, fairways, hybrids, drivingirons and AP1,AP2 irons
New Srixon 355 and 155 irons
All of these are available for you to take outon to the range or the course to trial. We willalways price match golf stores, so please cometo us first and we will always try to pricematch.
If you want a 30 minute club comparison fitting,we are offering this for just £20 this month!
Clothing
The new FootJoy shoe collection has arrived.Please come in to check them out!
New Ashworth clothing range has also arrivedwith the new golf shirts and trousers in readyfor the spring
Our new Puma Collection is here for you to lookat, great value and great quality products. Full2 year waterproof guarantee on their waterproofshoe collection.
Bag
The new PING 2016 Hoofer Golf Bag has arrivedin. This is a really stylish lightweight carrybag which will look great for the season ahead.
Grip promotion offer
We really appreciate your business and to saythank you we are offering you all a free customfitted grip on your 7 iron. No catch! Simplybring your 7 iron in store and let us help youselect one from our huge range of grips, measureyour hand size and let us re-grip it to thecorrect size for your hands.
The correct size grip can make a massivedifference to stopping a slice but alsoincreases in distance can be amazing! Pop intoday and take advantage of our loyalty offer.After all.....what have you got to lose?
If there are any products that we don'tcurrently hold in stock then please come to usfirst.
We can always try and price match, and as aForemost Group member, we can usually get mostproducts in for you!
With the Men's winter League coming to thecrunch point of the knockout first stage, therehas been some very close, high quality matchestaking place. Last year's winners Ben and JoeWilliams are through to the Quarter Finals aftera thrilling 2 Up victory over the strong pair ofBill Eke and Stuart Reed. The Williams twinsrequired 6 gross birdies to fend off theiropponents in a close match.
In the other matches, Kevin Brett and HowardFoster, defeated the in-form pair of JimWilkinson and Ian Devenish. Phil Hayward andKevin Petch defeated Gary Driver and SteveSharman, whilst the hotly fancied pairing of TimMoriarty and Lewis Chambers, came up against theconsistent Mike Withers and John Dornan. Withsome really solid play the Withers/Dornanpairing prevailed.
In the last of the matches played so far, MikeAkin and Richard Watts were defeated by the lowpairing of Dave Chambers and Matt Black. After alast hole victory the Chambers/Black combinationwere delighted to get through, with Mattcomplimenting his opponents play. This leavessome great potential ties in the next round!
