Two accomplished were recently fit for new Tour Edge fairway woods at Novogolf in Tappan, N.Y. The company has a six-step method for matching the ideal club with each golfer.
1 The fitter interviews you to gather club info and to learn about your typical miss, physical ailments, etc.
2 The fitter measures your clubs to determine lie, length, loft, etc.
3 You hit shots with your clubs. The Trackman launch monitor records ball speed, launch angle, spin and flight.
4 You try five or six models with manufacturers' "stock" shafts and "custom upgrade" options.
5 Fitter makes a recommendation based on your test session.
6 Novogolf builds clubs on-site. It tries to make each club swing and feel the same by weight-sorting heads, determining the dynamic "MOI" of your preferred club, and more.
Mark Cohen
Age: 52
Handicap: 10 Height: 5'7"
Weight: 170 lbs.
Occupation: Manufacturer
Residence: New York, NY
Old fairway wood: Steel head with shallow face, 13�, proprietary Fujikura 65-gram graphite shaft, regular flex
New fairway wood: Tour Edge Exotics XCG-3, 15�, Fujikura Motore Exotics 75 graphite shaft, stiff flex
Player Background: Mark's backswing is quite flat, which leads to an outside-in motion on the downswing. His club path is shut, the clubface is closed a bit at impact and his typical shot is a cut.
Player feedback "I hit my 3-wood both off the tee and from the ground. I cut it too much, so I'm trying to get a straighter ball flight."
William Cho President, Novogolf: "Mark produces lots of backspin and shots come down steeply. XCG-3 has a low center of gravity, which gives him more lift. The stock shaft (Fujikura Motore Exotics 75) decreases spin, too. This combo enables him to carry it longer and capture more roll.
During testing, he hit the CB3 Tour with a Mitsubishi Diamana White Board 73 shaft the farthest. Mark is opting for the XCG-3 since he likes it more visually (the shallow face gives him confidence), prefers the solid impact feel and it costs less."
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