Custom-Fitting Manual - Taylor Made Golf

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Wedges Because wedges are used to hit a wide variety of shots from a wide variety of lies, fi tting wedges is arguably the most diffi cult part of custom fi tting. We have broken down wedge-fi tting into a simple but effective process. Choosing Head Design STATIC Suggest a head design based on the player’s response to the following questions. In most cases, the choice of wedge design will be consistent with the design chosen for their irons. 1. Which circle do you most often put the ball on a typical wedge shot? 2. Which head design features are most important to you? Clubhead Design SECTION 7 Player Type Distance / Forgiveness Improving Forgiveness / Spin Skilled Spin / Versatility Tour-Caliber – 32 –
Wedge features benefi cial to Improving players: > Larger head size > Wider Sole > Lower CG > Perimeter Weighting > Offset > Minimum to Moderate Bounce Wedge features benefi cial to Skilled players: > Moderate Head Size > Moderate Sole Width > Slight Perimeter Weighting > Slight Offset > Moderate Bounce Wedge features benefi cial to Tour-Caliber players: > Smaller Head Size > Narrow Sole > Softened Leading and/or Trailing Edges > Raised CG > Little to No Offset > Increased Loft Options > Moderate Bounce Effective Bounce Effective Bounce is a combination of the following design elements: > Bounce > Sole Width > Sole Camber > Leading and Trailing Edge Grinds Sole Camber: Camber is an important feature. The more camber a wedge has, the more effective bounce the wedge will have in the standard address position. The opposite is true when you open the wedge for a lofted shot. A cambered wedge will prevent the leading edge from sitting high off the ground when the face is opened. – 33 –
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Page 3 and 4: TaylorMade Golf Custom-Fitting Guid
Page 5 and 6: Impact Location Defi nition: The pr
Page 7 and 8: Defi ning the Player Studying the s
Page 9 and 10: Skilled Compared to the Improving p
Page 11 and 12: A Tour-Caliber player’s down-path
Page 13 and 14: Preference Forgiveness Improving Co
Page 15 and 16: Ball speed can help you determine a
Page 17 and 18: DYNAMIC It’s vital that the playe
Page 19 and 20: Grip Selection STATIC The grip has
Page 21 and 22: Loft Players with lower swing speed
Page 23 and 24: Irons When fi tting a player into i
Page 25 and 26: If the shot is too far left: > swit
Page 27 and 28: How far does your average 6-iron ca
Page 29 and 30: Final step in choosing length: Keep
Page 31: HEEL TOE HEEL The traditional metho
Page 35 and 36: Shaft Flex: Generally, the wedges
Page 37 and 38: High MOI High MOI putters come in a
Page 39 and 40: Face Angle at Impact One of the mos
Page 41 and 42: SECTION 9 Fitting Protocol Summary
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