Member Question:
Hi Jaacob,
I have seen and enjoyed some of your articles on distance.
I am in Minnesota and I got an Optishot simulator and am using it for training as well as fun.
I am trying to work on tempo. A general feeling I have is that when I put a driver in my hand I end up swinging harder than without her clubs. The Optishot measures clubhead speed and I tend to read about 92 which is consistent with what a pro has shown for me using a launch monitor.
I was wondering if you have any stats that would show expected clubhead speeds for other clubs if the driver tempo was maintained while swinging the shorter clubs. I would think it would be a number that could be calculated based on the shorter lever being swung.
If I knew a PW should be 77 mph for example, that would help me determine if I was swinging relatively harder or softer compared to speeds realized in other clubs.
I hope this is understandable. Any stats?
Thanks
Steve
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Jaacob’s Answer:
If you swing a driver around 92 mph, I would expect you to be in this vicinity with each of your clubs:
- Driver 92 mph
- 3-Wood 87 mph
- 5-Wood 84 mph
- Hybrid (15-18*) 81 mph
- 3-iron 80 mph
- 4-iron 78 mph
- 5-iron 77 mph
- 6-iron 75 mph
- 7-iron 73 mph
- 8-iron 71 mph
- 9-iron 69 mph
- PW 68 mph
As an alternative, if you have a Sports Sensors Swing Speed Radar, it has a tempo timer function on it. It measures…
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