The company was established in 2003 with the sole purpose of helping golf professionals understand more about this critical moment in time. Trackman is used by over 100 pga tour professionals including 3 of the 4 major winners in 20 as well as tiger woods and rory mcilroy, all major manufactures to test their equipment and fit their players, and the pga tour to produce the majority of their statistics. Optimal driver numbers august 24, 2015 andrew rice. Miles of golf feels one of the very important parts of fitting a customer for a driver is the length of the driver. Our guide to maximizing driver distance goes over every single way you can add distance to your drives.
At the professional long driver level, trackman shows us the following average. This paper will describe why shaft length is critically important in fitting a driver. The driver s loft should be chosen so that it complements the golfers attack angle. And i suppose they hit it relatively far, but nearly the distances that the public thinks. Practical intelligence is the knowledge acquired doing everyday activities through various means mainly through observation of others behavior. Its fairly common for folks to get basic input numbers from a visit to a fitter or retail store and then use the online tool to validate the distance numbers from the store lms which are not always accurate and also to go through some whatifs to see how variations in increasingdecreasing the loft and spin will really effect the distances and help then choose. Anders hansen is using trackman to find the optimal driver for him during the volvo masters 2007 at valderrama. My only issue is ceiling height and while i believe i have read others having no issues with 9 foot ceilings i did want to ask for input to see what your experience might be. It requires 3m of ball flight to take measurements. For now, my recommendation is to avoid fitting with trackman indoor, especially for a driver. Also, the space has a full kitchen and bathroom and so could fit a group of people more comfortably. If you play with a long driver, please let me know if you find it beneficial to your game. Optimal spin depends on club speed and attack angle. Trackman takes a radar signature 40,000 times per second and provides 26 detailed data points that allow us to clearly see performance differences between equipment.
I was also fit outdoors at the kingdom for the sldr. That is why the cluboratory, our fitting center, has drivers of varying length. With this in mind i created with the help of trackman a chart that i like to use to show golfers how far they are capable of hitting the golf ball with their current club speed. By stretch, may 21, 2011 in clubs, grips, shafts, fitting. Paul jenner goes though all the parameters that need to be dialed in during a driver fitting. The main number that i advise looking at when it comes to iron launch conditions has very little to do with launch and everything to do with landing angle, a number that trackman calculates. From howto tutorials and frequently asked questions, to subscription renewals and system requirements. Trajectory optimizer launch monitor, golf ball tracking. Trackman educational series driver fitting and the. Getting a shaft flex and weight is also critical, but those topics warrant a completely separate article to cover them indepth. Make sure you get the best trackman experience, by keeping an eye on the certification level status.
It is the ability to shape, select, and adapt to everyday around them to best fit between themselves and the demands of the environment. This is the art of club fitting, the science is using the trackman radar to track the ball and see if it is the optimal flight for your swing. I think the average student that i ask tells me that a tour player hits a 6 iron 220 yards. Here is chart of optimal numbers for driver fittings depending on club speed. I went on a launch monitor the other day with my titleist driver, and had numbers like 104 club speed, 150mph ball speed 1415 launch angle and. Ball speed mph attack angle deg dynamic loft deg spin rate rpm launch angle deg carry yards club speed mph total yards driver fitting chart. Specifically how is the launch spin determined to be optimal. Golfers today are much more aware of what ideal launch conditions should be on a driver. Each golfer hit seven shots with a 6iron set at each of the following lie angles. Royal ashburn golf club club fitting centre trackman.
Foresight sports performance fitting app delivers the ball launch, ball flight and club head analysis data explained in this tutorial to your ipad or android tablet in real time. Anyone who knows anything about fitting knows that hitting the middle of the club face yields the best ball speed. Optimal driver numbers on trackman andrew rice golf. The 3 trajectories are average pga tour trajectories as determined by trackman. Based on scientific algorithms, flightscopes trajectory optimizer will help you find your optimal ball flight trajectory to add distance. Having a positive attack angle does not guarantee maximum distance. We use trackman4 for all our custom fit sessions, the ball flight data helps us work out what way our customers hit the ball. However, it is important to state that the key objective of the new guidelines is to promote and prolong safe driving. To maximize distance with your driver, hitting up on the ball positive attack angle is a must. The program will plot the flight of the ball in real time after the users input of the initial launch conditions of the golf ball. Heres an interesting thought however if you look at the ubiquitous trackman optimal numbers, then not one of them has an optimal smash factor of 1.
Sixteen highly trained morton golf professionals and clubfitters will have the absolute latest and finest technology available. Anders hansen driver fitting with trackman trackman. Trajectory height same for all clubs errant golf ball. The driver is typically one of the most fitted and often replaced clubs, and is usually the mostexpensive club in ones bag. Our software can tell any player what their optimal numbers are. Which begs the question, are they really as optimal as they could be. How to achieve optimal ball spin with the driver using a flightscope or trackman launch monitor. With this information, we can recommend the right equipment to help you play better golf by optimising your launch angle, swing speed, smash. I know that people rarely getting fitted for distance for irons. Learn how club speed and attack angle dictate a golfers optimal launch numbers in this trackman university video. We appreciate that you found this thread instead of starting a new one, but if you.
A trackman fitting could help add yards to your drives. A properly fit driver can have a dramatic effect on distance, accuracy, consistency and confidence. This is because they do not hit down on their drives as much as pga tour players and their launch conditions are more optimal for their individual club head speed we get in to this more in the member area of swing man golf. The big stick is about power, but also needs to be controlled. But in my case, i need more distance with my 2 iron. Flightscopes trajectory optimizer is a golf ball flight trajectory program. Trackman has a long history of working with golf radar technology. The key to maximising driver distance is achieving the optimal launch angle and spin rate. Long game fitting driver, fairways, hybrids combine your driver, fairway woods and hybrids in this value based fitting that will increase your distance, get your spin rate and trajectory where it needs to be, and help you keep the ball in play. The player performance studio is a threebay indoor studio with sixteenfoot high doors that open onto the haggin oaks range, voted one of golf range magazines top 100 driving ranges. Each golfer was also fit for lie angle on a lie board. Interestingly hitting the ball exactly on the low point of the arc is not optimal for any shots regardless of which club is being used. This will produce higher ball speeds, long carry distances and an optimal landing angle for. Connected to your gc2a via bluetooth, the performance fitting app.
The pros might be bombing the ball with their drivers, but recreational golfers are still lagging far behind. Club data is measured in exactly the same way as it is outdoors. Like theo the whole fitting was done by sight and feel, once we found the combo we took it over to the monitor just to verify the numbers. There is a chart aimed toward carry distance and another for total distance. These particular numbers are very close to optimal and should be something we should all be working towards regardless of what our club speed might be. I was hitting my driver on a launch monitor in golfsmith not trackman yesterday, and it said my spin was around 2800. The trackman system is able to show with realtime data the optimal loft for drivers to maximize distance well, what about experienced golfers. Most golfers think that the guys on the pga tour hit the ball incredibly long. Golf world magazine asked us to write an ultimate clubfitting guide to the main numbers that are produced by trackman and other launch monitors. The various values such as maximum height, carry distance, launch angle, etc are consistent with the trackman data above. Understanding trackman data wiz golf performance centre. Callaway club fitting with trackman numbers youtube. Trackman educational series driver fitting and the numbers duration. Anders hansen driver fitting with trackman youtube.
Maximizing driver distance using a trackman or flightscope. A recent test by trackman, whose launch monitor is used on the pga tour, found that a swing speed of 90. Drive golf performance longer drives and lower scores. While an overall improvement strategy often incorporates both, swing analysis focuses primarily on identifying opportunities for skill development while considering club fitting principles in a general sense. To optimise driver distance and to help produce preferred high launch and low spin ball flight it is optimal to hit the ball on the upswing, measured on trackman as a positive attack angle. As i said, ball flight indoor is not accurate until hopefully april. Got some amazing content for you all to enjoy including competitive course vlogs around some of the best golf courses in europe. Trackman master gary nicol analyzing the worlds no. With so many choices for todays golf consumer, a fitting with trackman can provide immediate feedback to find the proper club and shaft that performs best for your particular swing. Guide to understanding the numbers on trackman foregolf. Understanding that dynamic loft is 85 percent of your balls launch angle and angle of attack is 15 percent of your balls launch angle, we now see that the dynamic loft of this shot hit was a touch too low.
Launch conditions for irons often get overlooked however. For irons, i would recommend focusing more on ball speed, launch angle, spin with the dots on the ball and measuring and not calculating with italic numbers and carry distance. Do you need to talk to a specialist, or do you just want to know how to setup your new trackman unit. Dynamic loft, angle of attack and your launch angle golfwrx. I played that driver for 2 years and had great results with it. We use trackman and the latest fitting technology and clubs from mizuno, titleist, taylor made, ping, miura and edel golf to. We gathered seven golfers of varying handicaps for this test at club champion. Use the search field in the upper left corner or zoom in on the locator map to show the facility list. Optimal driver numbers on trackman may 30, 2012 andrew rice. What is ideal for a golfer is going to vary from player. Trackman data can be split broadly into two categories. The trackman golf radar not only helps map these key data parameters ball speed, attack angle, club path, face angle, etc. What is there for them to gain from a trackman fitting if they already have clubs they play well with.