On my 3 wood i choke up specifically to flatten the lie angle. This is a good question from bob campo that weve discussed before about the benefits of using a shorter driver. The choking down does not effect my wrist from hinging properly. Check out this index for easy access to all of our coverage of golf news, instruction, equipment and courses. Mar 25, 2018 cutting golf shafts and the effect on flex all golf shafts taper. Cutting driver shaft the 19th hole mygolfspy forum. Choking driver crashes into utility poles on avonrandolph. Because im launching so low with lower spin, the ball did not have a chance to rise up as much. Choking down on the golf club is this idea of gripping a little bit lower down on the handle. Gripping down on the golf club an inch or more from the butt of the shaft called choking up or gripping down can greatly improve your accuracy. The speed of your swing will be reduced when you choke down, which means your spin rate should be reduced as well. I just trimmed a g20 i bought, down 1 inch, i had to choke down and i dont like the feeling of choking down, took a while yesterday but i did seem to get the feel of it by the end of the day.
Meaning of choke up and choke down in golf liveabout. Now, knowing you get 10 yards more with shorter driver, it sounds like you are trying to compensate that with harder swing with 46 driver. I tried choking down on my driver shaft, but eventually got tired of it and cut the shaft down. I just didnt know if i really needed to grip the clubs in that top area or not.
When you use less of the club in your swing, you will have a better chance of hitting the sweet spot at impact and hitting the. Im sure you felt what you felt, but it was a psychological response. Stick with the driver but choke down an inch or so. I took a callaway rch shaft that i had pulled out of a club. Simply tilt your spine away from the target until the club head touches the inside of your lead knee. Learning to hit the ball farther is a process that involves many different elements. Talking golf drivers and if you should get them cut down or can you just choke down the grip fro straighter. With the new trend of shortened driver shafts on tour right now, a question came to my mind.
No need to club down how to hit more fairways with your driver. Theoretically, choking down could produce the same result. To hit a more conservative tee ball, i always choke down on the grip a full two inches no. So, if you swing 34 and choke down, you will probably take off about 15% of the distance from a. That means that the grip end is the strongest part of the shaft and the tip end the weakest, which, wishon says, leads trimming to have different effects. Shorten shaft for better driving accuracy golf channel.
When i pull the trigger on a new driver, that is something im going to factor in. Obviously, if you are going to choke down on your club which means moving your hands down the grip at address you need to have a good reason. If you can simply club down go down a club and go after it to get the desired distance then i recommend that. Choking down on the driver instruction and playing tips. May 01, 2015 driver cut it down or choke down with mark crossfield pga professional and steve buzza. Anyway, in the last couple of rounds, ive choked down the grip like anthony kim and the results have been instant. I always thought that is why a lot of golfers can hit their 35 woods more accurately than their driver because they are shorter clubs. At some point in time, at each one, youll probably start hitting the ball more solid, more straight and likely longer. If clubs are shortened and no weight is added back to the clubhead, the chances of the. Another successful, but oftenoverlooked method of being more accurate with your driver is simply choking down on the shaft of the club. Our goal with this article is too educate you on some of the most important factors involved the 4 key elements of a great driver setup for example and some of the common problems you can immediately fix to improve distance.
How to correct inconsistent drives choke down drill video by. If you can simply club down go down a club and go after it to get the desired distance then i recommend that you do that. Several prominent pros, including anthony kim and sergio garcia, choke up on almost every shot, even with the driver. Ive gone through a long series of cobra drivers, and cut them all down to 44. Jan 12, 2012 choking down a half inch changes the effective swingweight by approximately the 3 points you mentioned. When a shot comes up that requires the best of your accuracy, but you still want to hit your driver, consider choking down on the grip of the club. Cutting it down an inch or choking down an inch results in the same playing stiffness. This option is less permanent than cutting a shaft down, and will be cheaper than cutting a shaft down. Witb epic 9 fujikura speeder 64 xr16 3w fujikura speederpro63 epic hw fujikura speederpro63.
Choking down lowered my ball flight by about six feet, but had almost identical spin rates. Worst case is get some lead tape and add 6 grams or so. Night and day difference, can really feel much more control and still drive 230240, which is fine for my course. However, ive recently discovered that when i choke down drastically 23 inches i. Stock 7 iron choked up 2 inches club head speed was 77. When a shot comes up that requires the best of your accuracy, but you still want to hit your driver, consider choking. Imo, if your choking up for accuracy, dont bother getting the shaft cut down, as i am assuming you are trying to get better one day you will be able to hit a full length driver shot. If there wasnt anything to gain by choking down, after all, you would just keep your standard grip and hit a normal shot. Now i am wondering if it is only because of the choking down or is the shaft too flexible. In golf posture place your driver directly down against the front of your body so that the driver head is between your knees.
In one of the backyard lessons that i recalled, you were addressing seniors and their loss of distance. Didnt notice much difference in weight, and im hitting it better. Choke down an inch when you grip the club and cover the face of your driver with a dry erase marker. Three keys to hitting tight fairways with the driver. About a year ago i had done a fitting at petes golf shop with kirk oguri. Ultimate deepthroat whore nicolette fucks her mouth til gag. May 15, 2019 my dispersion was slightly tighter it both directions while choking down. The quest for a more accurate driver practical golf. Choked unconscience forced deepthroat held down hard tied. Youll hear about how the 2 will effect swing weight, etc. When choking down 1 inch you will see a lower clubhead speed, a flatter launch, a shorter carry and shots will stop on the green almost as quick as your stock shot.
With steel shafts, use a tubing cutter to trim the shaft. You need to keep spin rate down while playing drives into the breeze, so this is the perfect adjustment to make. For a total distance amounting to about 75 inches from shoulder to club face, its hard to see why a two percent shortening of effective swing radius could make a significant difference in performance. Try if choking down on your clubs improves your accuracy. May 01, 2004 to get the distance of a 9iron with the height of a 7, grip down on the handle of the 7 until your right index finger for righthanders touches the shaft itself and make your regular swing.
Make sure to check your distances of your driver when you choke up vs. The harder you hit a shot, the more backspin youll put on the ball, which will drive it up into the airjust the opposite of what you want in the wind. Based on the success i had going with a shorter driver, i was interested to see what kind of results i would get if i choked down a bit on my irons. Apr 01, 2014 and then by choking down as well, you can estimate taking another, maybe 5% off the distance. I find though that i slowly go back to holding the club at full length without realizing it. And thats probably one of the easiest ways of improving your ball striking very, very quickly particularly with your longer golf clubs. Or it might be necessary to choke down due to the golfers stance if the ball is above his feet. Even moving down the grip by just an inch or two can go a long way toward improving your accuracy. On monday they also talked about it in a simulator segment and how you should try choking down on your driver first to see if you like the feel of a shorter shaft before you get fitted for one. Cutting a shaft vs choking down if you choke down you are already playing the swing weight adjustment and the 12 inch is probably mear 3 cycles which is not much. I love watching anthony kim play, but im not a fan of the way he grips down a good two inches on his fullswing shots. Its all about shortening the radius of the swing arc to provide more control. Cutting a shaft vs choking down toronto golf nuts greater.
When you are faced with a narrow tee shot on a par four or par five, think about coming down the grip an inch or two to take a little speed off of the shot and add some control. Its probably something i should spend more time working on. Choking up vs cutting fittervention episode callaway. Go ahead and hold the golf club maintaining this tilt. Frank, i have enjoyed your questions and answers column for some time. Hit a few shots with your normal grip and a few choking down an inch, note where on the face you are hitting the ball and see if you are more consistent at finding the center of the clubface with the shorter length. Im 57, have fingers off the grip touching the steel, i would like to get the shortest shaft possible. John richmans choke down for more distance tip golf channel. You have mentioned choking down on the driver and inch or two for control, a. The downside is that choking down makes the shaft stiffer and you will lose trajectory.
Mar 28, 2016 the current driver i have is a callaway razr fit tour that has a 45. Taking an inch off the shaft has the opposite effect, i would imagine, bringing the balance point closer to the clubhead. My dispersion was slightly tighter it both directions while choking down. If you find it improves your ball striking, then you can get your shaft cut down or just leave it the same and continue to choke down on the club. Choke up on the club for better accuracy and contact.
Another alternative to cutting the shaft down to combat the thin grip when choking down is to regrip your current shaft with added wrap andor thicker grip to thicken it up a bit. I have plenty of distance, but driver accuracy is an issue for me. Yesterday, i choked down on the club and was able to hit it consistently straight with no loss of distance. You can choke up on your driver and fairway woods just like you can your irons, and the results can be equally as impressive. How to be a great driver of the golf ball golf digest. Choking up on your driver may not cost you much, if any, distance. It can give you more control and take distance off of the shot if you need to do so. I choke up on all of my irons too about an inch i guess.
How to hit more fairways with your driver golficity. Michael breed, host of the golf fix, shows how to grip down on your driver to hit more fairways. Blonde milf deepthroat with glasses cum in mouth i date her at easysex com. Golf channel academy lead coach john richman shows how to increase your ball speed to gain more distance off the tee. So i really dont feel this will cause you all that much harm. Choking up on your driver may not cost you much, if any, distance, simply because having better control of the club can help you to hit the ball on the clubs sweet spot. I then hit some balls with the driver holding the club as usual, and i got the same clubhead speed i was getting with my 5 wood and with the drive when choking down. Gripping down with my 4iron reduced the amount of height i could get on the ball, which is why i lost so much distance. The benefits of this are greater distance and a lower, piercing trajectory. How much distance does choking down in your golf swing cost.
Avon cbs a driver choking on food said he lost consciousness and crashed near the avonrandolph town, bringing down two utility poles and knocking out power in the area. The shaft flex technically speaking drops just a bit for every inch you cut down so dont be surprised if its about a half a flex weaker than it was before you had it cut down. A number of posters in other forums have claimed that they hit straighter and often farther when they choke down about 1. Jack nicklaus recommends literally choking up on the club to avoid choking. This exaggerates the hook shot when golfers swing from the inside because less loft is harder to control. You can learn the basics of the fundamentals that go into a choked down shot, but you also need to simply practice and develop your own ability one swing at a time. How will choking down help me improve my golf ball strike. Reinstall a grip on the newly shortened shaft and, most importantly, wishon says, add weight to the clubhead in some manner to restore the swingweight feel of the club. I ran the idea by him of shortening my shaft to make a more accurate driver, but he didnt think it was a good idea to cut it down because it would affect the weight too much. The difference choking down makes obviously, if you are going to choke down on your club which means moving your hands down the grip at address you need to have a good reason. A golfer might choke down on a driver to increase his control during the swing, hoping to improve accuracy. Bygolly, i will have my driver cut down if its better than choking up.
Or, as an experiment, you can simply choke down on your current driver an inch or two. Golf writer steve newell recommends golfers try choking up 1. A driver will actually not get stiffer by any significantly measurable amount by taking an inch off it. Thinking about cutting my driver shaft down an inch. Choking down brings the balance point closer to the hands and makes the clubhead feel lighter and more under control. When, where, and why to choke down on the golf club. Choking down will make the effective grip smaller, making you more handsy. Sep 02, 2014 when choking down 1 inch you will see a lower clubhead speed, a flatter launch, a shorter carry and shots will stop on the green almost as quick as your stock shot. In all reality, unless youre cutting down several inches, it wont matter much, and youll be more accurate with a shorter driver drivers today come too long stock for anyone to hit consistently.
Sep 27, 2008 after watching anthony kim choke down on this clubs and just crush the ball, i decided to play my next round choking down on all my clubs, even the driver. Driver cut it down or choke down with mark crossfield pga professional and steve buzza. However, bob adds a twist here by asking if he can also accomplish the same thing by choking down on the shaft. Does choking up on the golf club cause you to lose distance. You will lose a little distance, but your ball will have a better chance of hitting the middle of the fairway. Lpga golfer brooke henderson, known for her aggressive driver swing, usually chokes up on her driver for this reason. I would butt trim and it will have impact on swing weight to 45, and choke down 12. See the effects on contact, strike location, spin rate, launch angle and more to see if gripping down on the club may be a good option for you in certain situations on the golf course. While gripping down limited my distance a little bit, i felt that it produced a more consistent, slightly lower ball flight. Talking golf drivers and if you should get them cut.
The only time i choke down on a club is if the ball is above my feet or i need to hit a low line drive underneath a tree. Choking down on your driver is also a good method when you need to play a tee shot into the wind. The first way to start for kr to try to figure out if maybe his driver is too long is to start choking up on it, stop at a half inch, then maybe to an inch. Choke up on the club for better accuracy and contact golf tip. A 3wood generally is easier to hit than a driver provided the 3wood has more loft but tougher to hit than many irons and wedges.
Trying simple things like this gives you a new experience and lets you see your own swing in a new light. If you choked down so it plays like a 44 inch shaft, would it go further, the same, or shorter than if you had a shaft cut down to 44 inches and didnt choke down at all. Ive tried choking down for control, but ive never been comfortable doing it its a mental thing. Dirty teen deepthroat face fuck cum in mouth cocksucker throated. When i measured my clubhead speed with the driver choking down this much it was within a mph or 2 of what i normally get with my driver. I dont have a problem with choking down at all, since that is how i have been doing it since my first lesson 3 years ago.