by | | Tom Wishon Editorial
The weight of the shaft is the number one most influential part of a golf club for determining the TOTAL WEIGHT of the golf club. While the clubhead and grip weight contribute to the total weight, the shaft is the number one component of a golf club that ordains how...
by | | Golf Shaft Fitting, Tom Wishon Editorial
The most important shaft fitting characteristic is the golfer’s point of wrist cock release on the downswing. This is not to minimize the importance of the golfer’s swing speed, transition and tempo play in the selection of the right shaft for a golfer. But the point...
by | | Club Fitting, Golf Tips, Instruction, Tom Wishon Editorial
The key swing factors which determine the proper shaft flex are the clubhead speed, how forceful the golfer starts the downswing (transition), how much the golfer accelerates the club on the downswing to impact, and when the golfer unhinges the wrist cock angle on the...
by | | Tom Wishon Editorial
There is no question I have been an advocate for driver shaft length to be shorter than the current standard driver shaft lengths as offered by the various golf equipment companies. From the beginning of the 20th century all the way through to the middle 1980s, the...
by | | Club Fitting, Golf Tips, Tom Wishon Editorial
Golfers who are serious about their equipment do tend to split into one of two camps with respect to this question. From my experience, those who feel the driver head is more important believe so because at one point in their golfing life, they have made a change to a...
by | | Golf Tips, Tom Wishon Editorial
There is no question a lot of golfers make the wrong decision for what driver loft is going to generate the greatest possible distance for their swing speed and their swing characteristics. Because it is a technical fact that less loft with the irons hits the ball...