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yes. Many try to swing as hard as they can to get the golf ball to go really far. If you look at those people, i can guarantee that, if they do not have the right fundamentals, they either shank it or it goes no where. The COG or sweetspot of the club is right in the middle. If you try bouncing a ball on the face, you will notice that you will get a really nice feel and even sound when it is hit on the center of the face. When hit on the outside of the sweetspot, the ball will not bounce as high, will not sound very pleasing, and wont feel too good on your hands. This is the same with a putter. Some clubs have smaller COG spots then others. What the tour pros use are blades, and have a tiny sweetspot, allowing more workability and less forgiveness. Also, like the dude below me said, the driver’s sweetspot is about half an inch to the left of the center of the face (toward the toe). Swing smooth and try less, the ball will fly farther and to your liking…hope this helps
For irons and wedges, yes. However, most people don’t know this but the sweet spot for the driver and fairway woods is actually just to the left of center and towards the top of the club face. So, the high part of the clubface and about a half inch towards the toe of the club.
For more points, you need to answer open questions. You get 2 points for each answer, bonus points for whenever people vote your answer as good, and 10 extra points if your answer is selected as the best answer. Asking questions, like this one, costs you 2 points.
Yes, with a slight catch (I’ll get to it in a second). Whether it’s a driver, 5 wood, 6 iron, SW, putter… to get the maximum performance, the average golfer has to make contact with the face center.
The catch is, faster swingers (>95mph) should impact the driver just slightly above the center. Doing so enacts the driver’s (and driver only) vertical gear effect. Due to the curvature of the driver’s face there is a point above the centerline that will cause the ball to reduce its spin. Like when two connected gears are rotated, one moves one way, the other moves in the opposite direction. That, in a nutshell, is what happens at impact for a faster swinger. Backspin isn’t eliminated completely, but it is reduced. For the faster swinger, the need to reduce backspin is important- too much spin and you get balloon balls (the pop-fly to left field) off the tee*.
You get points for showing up and answering questions. Just answer as best you can. If you get a Best Answer, cool. If not, oh well… don’t sweat those too much.
Daniel, the way golf clubs are manufactured is that the club blade has several areas on it that affects the ball when hitting it. The toe is when you want an easy flight to the green or flag hole cup. The heel (next to the shaft) when you want a flatter flight and the center for true all out flight. There are also technical ways to affect the ball like slices, hooks, and spins.
As for getting points, just answer as many questions and the odds are that you will get your share of 10 points for good answers.
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My Name is Nick LeBlanc I am a CPGA Professional in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. According to the billions of dollar going into research and development for golf clubs, the resounding answer is yes, the center of the clubface will produce the most distance and accuracy because of the reduced twisting of the clubhead and efficient transfer of enrgy from hitting the sweet spot; Highest MOI is the fancy term for this… Thanks, Nick