Hi everyone,
I just found out that my arms are longer than my body by 2-3inches. Was wondering if it’s the right to adjust my lie angle to something slightly flatter.
Can’t afford a full fitting atm. Clubs are mizuno hot metal pros with a 5.5 project x shaft. Always struggle with consistency. Could this be a reason? Photo below is me standing comfortably at address with an 8 iron
Thanks!
by Zealousideal_Size485
8 Comments
What’s your miss and tendency? Yes you should get a fitting at some point in time, today maybe not. If you aren’t consistent then you need to find a tendency and lean into fixing it or keeping. Right now there are too many variables to nail down and say that the lie is wrong.
To add to this, I think if your club is too upright and your swing is too outside to in then you should be seeing consistent pull lefts. I could be wrong but that’s what my lizard brain thinks. If the club goes left and right hooking and slicing then your consistency problem lies in your swing.
It’s not about address it about impact position, how high or low your hands are through impact, you might be able to tell by your divots,
I don’t think it will have much to do with consistency as wrong lie angle would be consistently left or right
Get some impact stickers, put them on the soles and make some swings on a semi-hard surface. You will be able to see whether you need an adjustment.
Do you know if the length is right?
If you Google the sharpie lie angle test you can make balls and hit them at the range to test.
The toe should be up slightly at setup, it depends how you get to impact.
Cannot judge lie angle at address. Two things happen at impact – your hands are higher and the clubshaft droops (serious).
You are inconsistent because you are playing golf. Scottie Sheffler hates being inconsistent!
Thanks for all your replies. Maybe I should find some cash and just go get a fitting. They are worth it right?
For shorter irons and wedges the ball seems to go consistently left (8,9,PW, 54,56) so much so that I tend to change my grip to something more neutral
There’s two schools of thought…
First one, you want a perfectly lie at impact. This is with the toe down flex caused by the swing, so almost always should be slightly toe up at address. Use a dry erase pen to put the line on the ball and hit it (Google how to do it properly).
Second one, like angle matters more as the loft lessens as it has more overall impact on direction. A 4 degree upright (toe up) sand wedge will launch a fair amount left (assuming right handed) and cause you to miss left (probably 12 plus yards). This assumes a perfect swing that would hit it straight if the lie angle was perfect. Then do 4 degrees upright driver and it barely does anything to the launch direction… Unless it causes turf interaction before hitting the ball (typically only toe down ie. flat).
So it matters for the shorter clubs, but if you tend to pull your shots with a perfect lie angle, then going like 2 degrees flat could help straighten it out. Or if you miss everything right, a few degrees upright will bring it back left.
Again, less pronounced into the long irons, so your pulls will still be pulls. That to me makes the argument of getting the lie correct from your 6 iron on, but maybe tweaking 7 iron down through 60 to control launch direction IF you’re consistent… If you’re not consistent better to have it flat to lessen your misdirection on fat hits, especially if the bounce might have saved you. Too much to down would cause the face to rip wide open if you hit the turf first, so either really right or way more loft. Toe up causes the heel to hit first, but it’s not as drastic but it will close the face a bit.