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U.S. Women’s Open Winner Minjee Lee Shaft Weight, Flex and Profile

US Women’s Open winner Minjee Lee’s equipment has some interesting shaft flex’s and weights which the recreational golfer could learn from.

Minjee Lee’s What’s in the Bag-WITB

Driver: Srixon ZX7 (Mitsubishi Diamana DF50-R 45.5″ shaft) 10.5 degrees

3-Wood: Srixon ZXF #3 (Fujikura Ventus Red 6-R 42 7/8″ shaft), 16 degrees

5-Wood: Srixon ZXF #5, (Fujikura Ventus Red 6-R, 42.5″ shaft), 18 degrees

Hybrid: Srixon ZXH #4 (Graphite Design Hyb 85-R 39.5″ shaft)

Irons: Srixon ZX7 (5-P; SteelFiber i80-Stiff shafts)

Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore (50, 54-Mid, 58-low Nippon NS Pro 950 shafts)

Minjee’s metal woods and hybrid ALL have graphite in them in Regular flex and go up in weight from 50 gram in driver to 60 gram in 3 wood, 60 gram in 5 wood and 85 gram in hybrid. Her irons go up in flex to Stiff and are constant weight in 80 gram graphite and her wedges constant weight steel in 95 gram.

As there are no industry standards for flex the shaft profile in these shafts is of primary importance it shows how knowing what shaft weight, flex and shaft profile you fit is so important for good performance if you have some what of a repeatable golf swing. Add to that having well fit clubs with good heft match is a primary fitting factor.

Something to think about.

Swing Science Best Kept Secret

FGCC’s product representative from Swing Science Justin Shaw shows in this video the full Swing Science FC-One product lines from drivers, fairways woods, hybrids, irons, wedges and putters.

FGCC carries all Swing Science test heads with various graphite and steel shafts to custom “fit” the golfer per their needs for best performance. Contact FGCC for a great custom “fitting” experience with the best kept secret in golf.

Swing Science FC-One Plus line for golfers that can use some help on “fat” shots with ultra game improvement irons, more speed with lighter graphite but still stay on plane with correct heft match (not to light). Higher loft driver, fairway wood and hybrid that match the 5i – SW irons. Two FC-One Plus putters are offered, heel/toe weighted blade putter or mid-size mallet both with plumbers neck design. FC-One Plus line won’t break the bank.
Swing Science original FC-One line for golfers that are low hdcp. to mid hdcp. skill level. A line of clubs from “A” adjustable driver, “A” fairway, “A” hybrid and “A” putter to a set of cavity back cast irons with the use of “Vertical CG Weighting” makes long irons easier to get airborne while the ball flight gets progressively lower as you move into the short irons.
Swing Science FC-One Pro Forged irons 4i – PW for the low to mid hdcp. golfer that is looking for a high performance narrow sole iron for maximum work ability made out of 1025 carbon steel forging. Also three GW, SW and LW 8620 carbon steel wedges are offered.

All Swing Science FC-One lines are designed by Jeff Sheets and backed with a long term track record of Swing Science and FORE Golf Custom Clubs.

NEW Silver Diamond Iron Introduced

A new game improvement iron from Alpha/Silver Diamond is being introduced this week to the custom fit and built market. Named the Silver Diamond LX Tour iron. It is designed for the player that needs offset, modern stronger lofts and a medium-wide sole. One of the great factors that are not easily available to the golfing public is that the LX Tour are manufactured with 304 stainless steel and easily adjusted up to 5 degree lie angles. Most cast irons and manufactured with 431 stainless steel and only 2 degree lie adjustments can be made without risk of breakage. Available in both right hand and left hand from 4i thru SW. These LX Tour irons can be custom built with various steel and graphite shafts and various types of grips per the needs of the golfer and NOT break the bank. With the LX Tour irons softer 304SS and the ability of FGCC custom fitting and custom build out these new LX Tour irons will surpass any performance of an off the rack set.

E-mail today for a custom fitting.

FGCC Is Now an Alpha Golf Professional Club Fitter

I am happy to announce, I have begun a new affiliation with Alpha Golf. FORE Golf Custom Clubs is now an authorized Alpha Golf dealer for Wisconsin and the surrounding areas.

I will have a number of Alpha heads with Club Conex Fuse-Fit connectors for interchangeable head/shaft professional fittings.

Alpha and FGCC offer golfers in the Madison and surrounding Wisconsin area both premium Alpha components of heads, shaft and grips along with a great value line of Silver Diamond clubs.

Please contact me if interested in either Alpha or Silver Diamond lines.

Scott

Club Head Speed and Equivalent Loft Gaps

Most golfers know that general golf industry iron loft gaps are 90% of the time in 4 degree loft spacing which may or may not be correct for the distance gap between clubs for you specifically. Clubs are designed and built off the rack and industry wide to fit an average player but that does not take into account what you may need for correct fit and performance. As you can see below if you are a slower to slow-medium club head mid iron swing speed golfer you need different than 4 degree loft gaps in your set. You also maybe able to carry fewer clubs and get better performance with larger loft gap and corresponding distance gaps. All clubs should be fit and lofts adjusted for best performance. There are a few designs also like the Wishon 730CL with 6 degree loft gaps and specially designed high lofted driver, long and high fairway woods, hybrid in 6/7 and 8/9 plus wedges.

These are the mid iron club head speeds…..

mid iron speed over 72 mph – 4* increments (average player)

mid iron speed 60-72 – 5* increments (some seniors and some ladies)

mid iron speed under 60mph – 6* increments (seniors and ladies) Wishon 730CL work perfectly for these club head speeds with skill and ability.

You can make an argument to say that over 85mph you could go with 3* increments but you never do because that will leave you with a very odd set makeup. So over 72mph you stay with 4* and just live with the fact the distance gaps will increase to 15 yds or more as speed keeps going up from 85 with the mid iron.

Think about all these factors when you play golf and possibly why your distance gaps are off and you wonder why.

Scott

Swing Science FC-One Plus Adds Driver, Fairway, Hybrid and Putters

Swing Science has added to their FC-One Plus line a new driver, fairway, hybrid and putter. This completes the FC-One Plus line! A golfer can be custom fit from driver all the way to putter at a very attractive price.

The new FC-One Plus Driver comes with a 14 deg. 460cc head to help entry level and mid to high hdcp. golfers launch the ball high enough for better carry along with taking off side spin with more loft. The new FC-One Plus Fairway head is 20 deg. and 185cc again not a huge head but large enough for slight off center impact and able to be hit off tight lies on the turf. The FC-One Plus Hybrid is 24 deg. and 130cc for the same reason as the fairway head and blends right into the FC-One Plus royal blue or light blue irons and wedges. All the new heads have the same graphics as the other FC-One Plus line and look very smart. FC-One Plus M Putter is a goose-neck offset mallet head design slightly heavier 375 gram head that golfers prefer. FC-One Plus B model heel/toe Anser style also a 375 gram head for slightly head heavy feel. Both Swing Science FC-One Plus putters come in black PVD color and CNC milled face.

The new driver, fairway and hybrid can all be custom fit with the various Swing Science Legacy shafts for the correct fit for the specific player profile.

NEW Swing Science FC-One Plus Driver, Frwy and Hybrid

I will have these available spring 2018 in various custom fitting options.

Scott~FGCC Contact me.

Available Wishon 318RS Hybrid

The Wishon 318RS hybrid in #3 hybrid at 22 deg., #4 hybrid at 25 deg., and #5 hybrid at 28 deg. Available fitted with Wishon S2S .335 graphite Blue 55 gram, White 70 gram, Black 75 gram and Red 80 gram hybrid shafts. The .335 diameter hosel gets the ball airborne easier and carries for better distance and performance.

Custom Fit/Built Swing Science FC-One Pro Forged Irons

A local client Albert H. from Madison, WI took delivery 7/13/17 on his custom fit and custom built Swing Science FC-One Pro Forged satin finish irons 4 – PW shafted with True Temper Dynamic Gold S300 .355 taper and PURE Pro Birdie Blue grips. The Pro Forged irons were custom fit to Series #5 True Length Technology and swing weight heft matched for Albert.

Albert had played Mizuno MP-32 blades in standard length and lie and commented that the new Pro Forged irons were…..“more forgiving on slight miss hits and more solid.” Albert’s general miss was a heavy draw and the new shafts with corrected lie and heft match cut down on his draw and made them more playable.

Here are a few pics. Enjoy Albert!!!

Swing Science FC-One Pro Forged satin finish 4-PW sole view

Swing Science FC-One Pro Forged satin finish 4-PW cavity view

Swing Science FC-One Plus Fairway and Hybrid Going Into Production!

Swing Science FC-One Plus Fairway and Hybrid heads going into production. These should be available end of August. Designed for the mid to high handicap player. These heads will mate well with the many Swing Science models of shafts especially the Series 200 and 400 graphite shafts. The Plus series follows the FC-One Plus irons and offers a full set up for various player skill levels.

FC-ONE PLUS model going into production!

Posted by Swing Science on Friday, July 7, 2017

Swing Science FC-One A Fairway Wood

Swing Science has a new adjustable hosel fairway wood that can be fitted and perform well from 13* to 17* lofts with open +3.5* to closed-3.5* face angles and in between. The adjust ability allows various shafts of various shaft profiles and shaft weights to be tested and fit to perform great for the individual golfer.

The black matte finish on the honeycomb crown with a black polished sole are beautiful to use and look at. Swing Science designed this head with a lower CG to get the ball airborne easily and it’s 170cc volume size is easy to hit off tight lies in the fairway or for those players that like a smaller shorter playing length club off the tee.

There is also a matching adjustable hosel Swing Science FC-One A driver.

Call or e-mail for your fitting today!

Golf Club Iron Fitting – Lie Angle

The top video explains what the correct way to dynamically test your lie angle on your irons and wedges. The bottom video explains why lie boards – LIE. Are your clubs fit this way? If not this is one of the factors you may have in ill fit golf clubs.

One of the reasons, I use True Length Technology or TLT is for the best performing playing length/lie angle correlation. Based on a math model there are 16 Series for adults and 10 Series for juniors. Every golfer fits in one of these TLT Series correctly.

Lie boards – LIE.

Swing Science FC-One Plus Irons

The Swing Science Plus iron is a great alternative for the recreational golfer that needs a bit of help on off center impacts along with sole forgiveness help on “fat” shots. These irons are a great ultra game improvement iron. It comes 5i to PW and the regular FC-One iron can be used from the PW, GW and SW or you can go with the FC-One wedges. Above the 5i one can go with hybrids or for those that are fit best with a matching same iron shaft as in their irons one can choose the FC-One Utility Iron in 3UI, 4UI and 5UI. A number of possibilities exist for the best performance for the individual golfer along with various weight steel and graphite FC-One shafts. These come in 2 colors of blue.

Fitting is done with the same head and various shafts of correct playing length and lie adjustments. Don’t be put off by enormous costs of off the rack irons when you can start with a well fit set of irons for the recreational golfer. (Example a FC-One Plus iron with FC-One 1150i steel and a Swing Science matching Dual Density grip is $45/iron.) Other shafts and grip combinations come at various pricing. Fitting cost extra.

See Jeff Sheets Swing Science technical director video below for a good description.