In The Weeds Golf Podcast

In this episode, the In The Weeds Podcast welcomes back Jeff Greenswag!  Jeff and I follow up on our Masters picks, our thoughts on the tournament and a few more cool business questions and ideas.  It was a great conversation!  Check it out!

In this episode, the In The Weeds Podcast welcomes its first-ever guest, Jeff Greenswag.  In addition to being a super cool dude, Jeff is also starting his own golf business, Sauce Golf Co.  We talk about Sauce golf, his product, The Cooler Towel, and what it's like to start a business.  In the second segment, we talk The Masters.  Who do we like, who do we think is going to win, some bets, and even some fun tier picks for the week.  Check it out!

In the previous episode, we covered all of the benefits of custom-fitted golf equipment and this episode only builds on that.  When should you get custom fitted for equipment.  The quick answer is as fast as you can but if you need more convincing you'll have to check out this episode.

The benefits of club fitting are too numerous to fathom.  Check out the episode to learn all of the reasons why the only club you should ever buy is a fitted golf club.  Once you've been fit, you'll never go back.

Check out the corresponding blog post at https://vanquishgolfworks.com/blogcast/ 

Butt

Middle

Tip

Weight

Flex

Torque

Kickpoint

Flighted shafts

Tip sizes

Parallel tip vs. taper tip shafts

Tip trimming 

Butt trimming

Raw length and cut length

Swing weight

Counterbalanced

Materials

Shaft PUREING

Made-For / OEM shafts vs. Aftermarket

Step vs. Stepless shafts

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The latest episode is part 2 of a 2 part series on launch monitors and the numbers they spit out.  This episode focused on the numbers relative to the golf club and what the club is doing.  Obviously, what the club is doing determines what the ball is doing so it is important to know what those factors are and how they influence how the ball flies!  Check it out!

Ball speed

Launch Angle

Side Angle

Spin rate

Tilt Axis

Carry Distance

Total Distance

Landing Angle

Peak Height

Butt cap

Different grip sizes

Ribbed grips

Grip weights

Putter grips

Grip materials

Grip texture

Grip taper

Grip tape

Counterbalanced grips

Grip Core size

In this episode, we get into the weeds on golf club heads!  Listed below are the names and brief explanations of each of the different components and features of golf club heads that were covered in the episode

Face

- The face is the part of the club that is meant to strike the golf ball.  The heel is the side of the face nearest the connection to the club shaft while the toe is the opposite or outside of the clubface.  The high and low parts of the face are simply called high and low.  These words can be combined and are often used together to help more accurately describe which part of the face you are referencing.  High toe, low heel, high heel, and low heel are some examples.

Crown

- The crown is the name for the top of the clubhead on all woods, including hybrids, fairway woods, and drivers.

Sole

- The sole is the name of the bottom part of every clubhead.  Regardless of the club, the bottom is called the sole.

Leading and trailing edge

- The leading edge is the curved surface the transitions the sole to the face.  The trailing edge is the transitional edge between the sole and the back of the club.

Topline

- The top line is the name of the thin strip of metal on top of all irons, wedges, and driving irons.  Metal woods do not have toplines and instead have crowns.

Offset

- Offset is the transition from the hosel of the club to the face.  A club is said to have offset if the face is set backward and behind the most forward part of the hosel

Hosel

- The hosel is the name for the circular part of all club heads that accepts the shaft of the golf club and hold it in place

Loft

- Loft is the angle of the face.  A club is said to have a lot of loft if the face points more towards the sky and a minimal amount of loft if the face points towards the target.  All golf clubs have loft and loft is a major determining factor in the distance a golf ball will travel off of any club.  Drivers will have the least amount of loft and wedges will have the most.

Lie Angle

- Lie angle is the angle that is created between the hosel and the ground.  Generally, longer clubs will have smaller lie angles (57*) and shorter clubs will have larger lie angles (64*).

Face angle

- Face angle is where ever the center of the clubface is pointed.  If used dynamically, face angle is a major factor in determining where the ball starts off the clubhead.  When used when describing equipment, face angle is the angle that the face points when the club is resting on the ground without influence from the player.

FP Face progression

- Face progression is generally only found on metal woods and is when the leading edge of the club lies in front of the leading edge of the hosel.

Volume and CC's

- CC's is a measure of the displacement of a clubhead.  While every club has a CC measurement drivers and fairway woods are often the only clubs mentioned with volume.  The rule for maximum CC's is 460 CC which you will often see in advertisements.

MOI

- Moment of inertia or MOI is a measurement of the forgiveness level of a golf club.  MOI is related to CC's because as a club gets bigger its MOI will increase.

Camber

- Camber is the curvature of the sole of the club.  It can be both from heel to toe and also from front to back of the sole.

Bounce

- Bounce is the angle created between the lower trailing edge and the leading edge of the sole.  The more the leading edge sits in the air the more bounce it is said to have.

CG

Welcome to the In The Weeds Podcast!

This is Episode 1 - Golf Club Anatomy

I cover what the different parts of each club is called and answer the following questions:

Why are there so many different types of golf clubs?

-  There are many different types of golf clubs in order to make the game easier to play and so that there is less specialization that is required.  If you only had 3 different golf clubs you would have to hit those 3 clubs from a much wider variety of situations and locations compared to 14 clubs.  With 14 clubs, a standard swing will be your best option much more often which makes the game easier.  In addition to making the game easier there are many different types of clubs that specialize in certain conditions and situations.  A driver, for example, is made to almost exclusively be hit off of the tee and on a tee box.  Because the situation is so specialized designers have been able to make drivers accomplish the goal of hitting the ball as far as possible and have been able to pull more levers in doing so.  Since you don't have to worry about hitting a driver out of sand or deep grass, certain design features can be implemented that help the ball go really far from a specific situation.  Other clubs are made for a wider variety of situations and as a result look much different.  A wedge, for example, is made to be hit from any type of grass or sand and is most often the club with the most flexibility.  The design of the wedge has evolved over time and because of these conditions it looks and is required to be much different from a driver.

What does each golf club do?

- Generally, each golf club is made to go a specific distance.  The length and loft of each golf club vary in order to make each club go a different distance.  While other factors and conditions influence the design and intent of each club the most important thing is altering distance.  Each club is made with the purpose of slotting into a specific distance gap and while that exact distance will be different for every golfer the gap that it fills will always be the same.  A 7 iron will almost always go short than a 6 iron and a 6 iron will almost always go shorter than a 5 iron.  In order to get that to happen clubs graduate in length and in loft.  The length of the club is simply how long it is from one end to the other with the shaft being that part that lengthens the most.  As the shaft gets longer, it becomes a longer lever and it allows you to multiply the speed and force that your hands are applying to the golf club.  The loft is the angle of the face.  A club with a small amount of loft, like a driver, has a very vertical face that points towards the target more.  A club with a lot of loft, like a sand wedge, has a face that points much more towards the sky.  The loft does numerous things but the biggest factor it controls is distance.  The more vertical the face the more of the force you apply to the ball gets converted to forward motion.  The less vertical the face, or the more loft, the more the force applied gets converted into vertical or skyward motion.  Each club has a varied length and loft so that it fits into the desired distance gap and allows a player to hit that club a specific distance.

What are the names of each club?

- Driver

- Fairway wood

- Hybrid

- Irons

- Wedges

- Putter

- Driving iron