Good morning everyone from a slightly colder, Sandgate. We have had a wonderful Easter weekend weather wise, it’s typical that just when we get a wonderful weekend, we can’t enjoy it!! But hey ho. I hope you are all staying safe and keeping yoursel
 
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Well, I have been busying myself with PGA courses over the last week and topping up some knowledge with the huge amount of online courses out there. It has been interesting doing some of the required courses and how things have changed in just a year. As a PGA professional we have to keep on top of our knowledge to keep ourselves current and it really is interesting what is coming up in certain areas of the game.
I have always been fascinated by coaching and club technology, some of the new equipment that is on the market really has changed the game in recent years. Last week I took part in a seminar held by Kim Braly of KBS golf shafts in the USA. He was explaining how technology in shaft manufacture has changed over the last few years and how he believes we will all go towards graphite or composite shafts going forward. That begged the question, why didn’t we beforehand?

That in itself is quite an easy question to answer. Graphite in its very nature can be very brittle and unpredictable, until now. Graphene technology which is incredibly strong as well as very light has been increasingly used by manufacturers because of those two attributes. They are looking to create a piece of equipment that gives the extra clubhead speed that any golfer desires. To make a graphite golf shaft in the past you used to have sheets of graphite that were folded with resins to create tubes. In the early days these tubes were very brittle, I personally remember snapping my beloved Ping Eye two wood on the 11th at Ormskirk, trying to drive the green. It was just the clubhead speed and the flex of the shaft that couldn’t cope with the pressures it created and crack, it just went. Nowadays the technology is very different. We still fold graphite but the tolerances are a lot higher and the accuracy of the cylinder is far more precise. Many of you may have heard of pureing golf shafts. It is something every golfer should consider with all their equipment. When you fold graphite or for that matter, steel, you are creating a cylinder. That cylinder will never be a perfect circle, it will be minutely oval and it will have a seam somewhere along its length. Pureing essentially stabilises and regulates the oval nature of the shaft, in the direction of the strike.  Tour players, and for that matter high-end club builders, will always pure the shaft and line it up with every club in the bag. What this does it makes the shaft react the same way with every club in the bag. I am sure you have all had that club in the bag, that you just feel like you know where the club is throughout the swing. That is probably because it is lined up and the rest of the clubs in the bag aren’t. For me, whenever I get a new set I ask for them to be sent to me in component form so I can build and balance them. You would be amazed how easy it is to do, if not a little time-consuming.

Click here to see a video of the process of pureing. The difference is quite simply amazing. So why don’t all manufacturers do it?

Honestly, it’s all about the profitability and the turnover each club builder can do on any given day. Pureing and centring shafts takes a significant amount of time and skill and just doesn’t fit in with manufacturers required turnover. If anyone would like a demonstration of shaft alignment in a golf club, we will be doing some club building demonstrations/seminars when we return to the club. Any of you interested in such events please get in touch so I can put you on the list of interested parties.

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I would like to at this stage in our lockdown, ask for your help with something. As a proshop team we obviously try to keep everything we do as relevant to the members and club as possible. I want to get better at giving you what you want as a member or guest of Littlestone. The lockdown has made me very aware of how much I miss golf and how much I actually play with the members and in general for that matter. When I return, that will change. I will be playing a lot more with you all, I have a plan to do it and a new diary to ensure I stick to it. Some of it will be advertised for people to take part in (pro vs member challenges) and some of it will be me or one of the boys dropping in for a game in one of the many swindles we have a both courses. So, this is one part of how we can improve ourselves as a team but what else is there? I would like you all to give me some ideas as what you would like to see on our return. This may be group sessions on short game or a particular brand instore or whatever you think maybe relevant. I look forward to reading your ideas. Just drop me an email I would love to hear your thoughts.

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How similar are we as golfers? Give this video a watch and count how many of these you say on a regular basis. We bet you say a lot more than you might think!

European Tour: 45 things golfers say
 
 
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