We recently had a fitting session with a golfer, who couldn’t understand, why guys half his size and strength hit the ball further than him?
Well the body works like a lever, he couldnt hit the ball further becuase his clubs simply wouldnt let him. They were too short, which meant his body wasnt able to stay tall, turn and create enough leverage to harness his potential swing power.
Ex Irish Rugby International and most capped Irish player Malcolm O’Kelly took a trip to ForeGolf recently to get his golf game sorted out. Standing at 6ft 8″ and with the strength of two small towns, the challange for us was to get the club long enough to stand up to the ball but strong enough to deal with his powerful swing.
Malcolm is actually left handed and his previous clubs were far too short and flexible. This meant he developed a V shape to his swing – where he lifted up and hit down on the ball instead of turning. The energy was going straight into the ground, so for a very strong guy he hit it fairly short.
We immediatley called on TaylorMade to come up with a special weighting request from their R11 range of irons and woods. Lighter heads ment we could make them long but still keep the balance in the clubs. We used the Dynamic Gold SuperLight shaft in his irons and Miyazaki in his woods where we had lightweight but strong shafts custom made for him. Taking the size of his hands in to consideration, we used a Golf Pride Jumbo Tour Velvet to help him keep a better grip and also helped with the balance of the clubs.
With the added length, reduction in weight and stiffer flex, Malcolm now stands taller turns better and hits the ball much, much longer and straighter.
Now that Malcolm has retired from rugby, at least he can continue winning out on the fairways with his ForeGolf clubs.
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