Your driver loft is not a number, it is a window
Why two golfers with the same 10.5-degree head produce launch conditions that have nothing in common, and how attack angle quietly does most of the work.
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Bench Journal
Notes we keep for ourselves and publish anyway
Written between sessions, mostly about the clubs in the middle of the bag. No product reviews, no sponsored anything.
The gap between loft and attack angle explains your tee shot
Spin loft is the single most useful concept a golfer can borrow from a fitting bench, and it takes about four minutes to understand.
Read the noteReading a turf entry mark like a fitter does
A scuff on a marked board tells you more about a fairway wood than an hour of launch monitor data. Here is how to read one.
Read the noteWhy your 3-wood works in May and quits in September
East Tennessee fairways change character across a season. Sole camber that suits soft spring turf will bounce into the ball on a firm September lie.
Read the noteFinding the loft where a hybrid finally wins
Every golfer has a crossover point. Above it the hybrid beats the iron; below it the iron still wins. Here is how we locate yours in twenty minutes.
Read the noteSix tests before you retire a long iron
Sentiment is not evidence. Run these six checks and the decision usually makes itself before the session is half over.
Read the noteWho Writes These
Wes and Priya, usually on a Monday while a build cures. Nothing here is written by a marketing agency and nothing is placed by a manufacturer.
Subjects Covered
- Driver
- Fairway Wood
- Hybrid
- Turf
- Gapping
Have a Question
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Reading is cheaper than fitting, and less useful
Everything above is general. Your bag is specific. Ninety minutes on the bench settles it.