Custom-Fitting Manual - Taylor Made Golf
Custom-Fitting Manual - Taylor Made Golf Custom-Fitting Manual - Taylor Made Golf
Face-Balanced vs. Toe-Down A putter is either “Face-Balanced” or “Toe-Down.” You can tell by balancing the putter on its shaft at its CG, then checking the orientation of the putterface. If the face is parallel to the ground, the putter is Face- Balanced. If the toe droops below the heel, the putter is Toe-Down. The hosel, depending on its shape, size and position, often affects whether the putter is face-balanced or toe-down. In general, the longer the hosel, the closer to balanced the face will be. As the hosel length increases, the shaft’s axis moves closer to the putterhead’s CG. Performance of Face-Balanced vs. Toe-Down > It’s easier to open and close the face of a Face-Balanced putter during the stroke because the shaft axis is closer to the center, or CG, of the putterhead. That’s an advantage for players who try to keep the putterface square to the target as they swing back and through. Conversely, it’s a disadvantage to players who open the putterface going back and release the putterface going through. > The farther the shaft axis is away from the CG of the putterhead, the more Toe-Down the putter will be. Toe-Down putters are harder to rotate open and closed during the stroke. That’s an advantage to players who open and close the putterface as they swing, and a disadvantage to players who keep the face square. – 38 –
Face Angle at Impact One of the most important goals of putter-fi tting is to help the player choose a putter with which he can consistently achieve a square face at impact. Rossa ® research indicates that face angle at impact plays a bigger role in determining the direction the putt rolls than swing path does. Players who leave the putterface open at impact (more then one degree) should try a Face-Balanced putter, the dynamics of which will help them rotate the face back to square. NOTE: Some players won’t be sensitive to whether the putter is Face-Balanced or Toe-Down. Swing Path The most important variable of putting is that the clubface must be square at impact. That’s more important than path. Path can be fl awed, but it’s critical that the putter you fi t the player into is one that he can square to the ball at impact consistently. Lie Angle The objective of fi tting for the proper lie angle is to get the putter’s sole into a fl ush position in relation to the ground, so that neither the toe nor the heel is raised off the ground. > Toe Up — If the toe of the putter points up at address, the lie angle is too upright, which can promote missing to the left. > Toe Down — If the heel is off the ground at address, the lie angle is too fl at, which can promote missing to the right. Loft The putter’s shaft angle at impact is critical to achieving favorable loft at impact. The more that a player forward presses with his hands (moves his hands ahead of the ball before starting the backswing), the more the putter is de-lofted at impact. Conversely, the farther a player positions his hands behind the ball (backward press), the more loft is added before impact. Both situations affect the way the ball comes off the putterface. The player who forward presses may require more loft. Conversely, the farther behind the ball the player’s hands are at impact, the less putter-loft he may require. – 39 –
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Face-Balanced vs. Toe-Down<br />
A putter is either “Face-Balanced” or “Toe-Down.” You can tell by balancing the putter on its shaft at its<br />
CG, then checking the orientation of the putterface. If the face is parallel to the ground, the putter is Face-<br />
Balanced. If the toe droops below the heel, the putter is Toe-Down. The hosel, depending on its shape, size<br />
and position, often affects whether the putter is face-balanced or toe-down. In general, the longer the<br />
hosel, the closer to balanced the face will be. As the hosel length increases, the shaft’s axis moves closer to<br />
the putterhead’s CG.<br />
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Performance of Face-Balanced vs. Toe-Down<br />
> It’s easier to open and close the face of a Face-Balanced putter during the stroke because the shaft<br />
axis is closer to the center, or CG, of the putterhead. That’s an advantage for players who try to keep<br />
the putterface square to the target as they swing back and through. Conversely, it’s a disadvantage to<br />
players who open the putterface going back and release the putterface going through.<br />
> The farther the shaft axis is away from the CG of the putterhead, the more Toe-Down the putter will<br />
be. Toe-Down putters are harder to rotate open and closed during the stroke. That’s an advantage to<br />
players who open and close the putterface as they swing, and a disadvantage to players who keep the<br />
face square.<br />
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