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• 37fen 27 Posts

  Tue, Oct 18 2016 5:14 AM

  Anyone notice if you use less then 100% of the club the result is maddeningly inconsistent? For example - your 8 iron is listed at full capacity for 150 yards, but you have only 140 yards to the hole, so you shorten up a little & end up way short of the cup. SUX!   

• SimonTheBeetle 3,645 Posts

  Tue, Oct 18 2016 12:42 PM

  37fen:

  but you have only 140 yards to the hole, so you shorten up a little & end up way short of the cup.

  More so if FBS is applied according to what I've experienced.

  I, therefore, use a bit more power and less backspin in that situation and I get satisfactory results most of times.

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Tue, Oct 18 2016 2:40 PM

  Keep in mind your swing is not linear. For instance,  a 90% swing doesn't get a 90% result. This is where knowing what your club's carry  (air time) really helps.

• garyk49 2,331 Posts

  Tue, Oct 18 2016 3:54 PM

  Most of my irons, full distance is based on about 1/2 bs.  Fbs will knock about 5 yards off of the shot.

  About 93/94% 1/2 bs would be about 140 of my 150, 95% is 141.  FBS about 97% for 140(145-5). See right there I shot harder to shoot shorter, depends on spin you use and what ball. That is with not having to calculate for wind or elevation/drop.

• K7JBQ 1,468 Posts

  Tue, Oct 18 2016 6:39 PM

  Clubs are reasonably linear down to about 90% power. Below that, it's all about feel and experience.

  And, as others have said, spin changes everything.

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Wed, Oct 19 2016 5:05 AM

  K7JBQ:

  reasonably linear

   Stephen Hawkin just fell out of his wheel chair. 

• K7JBQ 1,468 Posts

  Wed, Oct 19 2016 11:25 AM

  Damn it Jim, just don't stand there. Help the poor guy get back in.