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Forgiveness vs. Precision

• JaLaBar 1,254 Posts

  Mon, May 23 2011 9:51 AM

  OK, I have reached the point where I have decided that my Rapture irons aren't going to cut it any more.  I am a player that prefers a slower meter, though, so I am looking at the G10s and the Tour Preferred.

  Now, as I understand it, precision is how true the club flies to where it is aimed, provided you hit a good (meter) shot.  And forgiveness is how close to where you aimed the ball will go if you miss on the meter a bit?

  If this is correct, then how does this gibe with a player that uses the meter for breaks?  I tend to use the meter to make smaller corrections for wind, etc.  Say I have a tailwind that is almost directly behind me, but veers a touch right.  I will play a touch of hook (or pull if you prefer) to compensate.  If I play off a bit, I want it to go off a bit, not for the forgiveness to straighten it out.

  Or do forgiveness and precision tend to only come into play on shots that are fairly badly mishit?  Trying to make the right upgrade choice, and a better understanding of how these two stats will affect that would be greatly appreciated.

• JaLaBar 1,254 Posts

  Mon, May 23 2011 10:10 AM

  So it would seem to me that a player that plays to the ding more would want more forgiveness, and a player that plays curves would want more precision.

• danohi50 1,020 Posts

  Mon, May 23 2011 10:13 AM

  Hi there..

  This is my perception..If its accurate or not we will find out as people respond to this thread.

  Im currently using the Taylor v2 irons.

  Precision far out ways forgiveness at this stage in the game.

  You get used to any meter speed after time. I think the most important issue regarding meter speed. is to have the same meter speed with as many of your clubs as possible, especially  your woods to irons. Not as much with your wedges and putter but your short wedges should be the same. This will help with your consistence.

  My Taylors.have a high rate of precision.

  1. The variable, or beast as we call it comes up much less.

  2. Slight mis-hits when using back-spin we still fly a lot closer to the prescribed than clubs that don't have good precision ratings. My old G-10 irons could come up as short as 20-25 yards when missing the meter by around 1/8th inch or so.

  Anyway.. precision out weighs forgiveness as you improve by a big margin..  

• mohuyu 891 Posts

  Mon, May 23 2011 10:50 AM

  JaLaBar:

  Now, as I understand it, precision is how true the club flies to where it is aimed, provided you hit a good (meter) shot.  And forgiveness is how close to where you aimed the ball will go if you miss on the meter a bit?

  Your understanding of these variables is spot on. Any given club has a circle of precision and dinged shots will end up at a random point within the circumference of that circle. Missing the ding generally moves the circle either to the left or right and closer to you.Higher precision clubs have smaller 'circles of precision' and so can be hit more consistently.

  Higher precision clubs tend to have low forgiveness ratings as default. This means that miss hits are exaggerated as a result. Faster meter speeds also make them much easier to miss hit. I personally don't miss hit on purpose unless it is to straighten the path of the ball in heavy crosswinds or to deliberately reduce the yardage of a full shot.

  I would definitely recommend the G10 iron's over the tour preferred irons because of the superior precision of the G10's and because the higher loft of the G10's means they hold greens much better.

   

• seveking 983 Posts

  Mon, May 23 2011 10:55 AM

  I also use the meter to make small adjustments and I have used th G10s for some time now, I would reccommend them.