| hodgepodge - noun: a heterogeneous mixture: | | | | have completely different specifications from top to |
| JUMBLE (a hodgepodge of styles) | | | | bottom! Talk about hodgepodge! |
| I know, a very funny word, but not at all funny when it | | | | Golf Grips: |
| comes to your golf equipment. This is the main | | | | You would think this one would be common sense to |
| problem that leads to variances in lengths, flexes and | | | | any fellow golfer, but this is ironically almost always |
| golf grips in your golf bag. | | | | overlooked and just taken for granted? Bottom line - if |
| After ten plus years of custom fitting thousands of | | | | all your golf grips do not match ie: brand, model and |
| golfers for new golf clubs or tweaking the golf clubs | | | | grip size (outside diameter) you are losing the |
| they already own, I have come the conclusion that | | | | consistency throughout your golf club set and thus |
| these three most common issues or combination of | | | | creating a hodgepodge effect. |
| these problems are preventing most golfers from | | | | The Hodgepodge Solution - What to do now? |
| playing their best golf. I will explain each in more detail | | | | While this is not rocket science, you do need to figure |
| and also give you the solution. | | | | out what you have in your golf bag to ensure that any |
| Golf Club Lengths: | | | | kind of hodgepodge has not set in. |
| Golf club lengths are meant to be congruent with each | | | | First, line up all your golf clubs flush against a wall from |
| other from the driver down to the pitching wedge. | | | | driver down through your wedges and look for any |
| Meaning, all these clubs are meant to feel the same, | | | | major length differences between them. Make note of |
| so that you can simply swing them all with the same | | | | any inconsistencies and write them down on paper. |
| feeling of swing weight or balance from the grip down | | | | Second, inspect all the shafts and look for different |
| to the head. When one or more clubs are too long or | | | | flex indication on the shafts ie: stiff (S), regular (R)or |
| too short, making the set incongruent, you lose the | | | | senior (A). These all need to match for best results. |
| consistent feel throughout the set. This is the most | | | | Make note of any inconsistencies and write them |
| common way to get your golf club set into | | | | down on paper. |
| hodgepodge mode. | | | | Third, If the 2 steps above checkout okay, now look |
| Note - the gap/approach wedge, sand wedge and lob | | | | over all your grips. If they are not all the same you |
| wedge(s) can be and usually have a little bit heavier | | | | need to have them re-gripped to match as soon as |
| swing weight feel to them. | | | | possible and your set should be good to go. |
| (Bonus Information - Putters are / can be any swing | | | | Finally, if steps one and two have issues, these need |
| weight / feel that is the most comfortable and most | | | | to be resolved first by going to a certified golf club |
| importantly work for you.) | | | | technician that knows what he is doing. These are |
| Golf Shaft Flexes: | | | | three very simple things for him to detect and either fix |
| This is where so many people get into a lot of trouble! | | | | or let you know "how off they really are", so you |
| Because all the different golf club manufacturers use | | | | know where you stand. |
| various shafts, (not to mention have their own | | | | It could be as simple as a little cut here, an addition of |
| specification for each individual flex per product or | | | | weight there, a new set of golf grips or a few |
| model) there is no set standard in the industry to | | | | re-shafts. Worst case or maybe the best case |
| match apples-to-apples. To be blunt - it is all a crap | | | | scenario, you need to get a new set of golf clubs |
| shoot and even the biggest brands in golf do not pay | | | | custom built just for you that match from top to |
| attention to this in their product lines. Most brands that | | | | bottom right out of the gate. This may be the best |
| have the same model name on the driver, fairway | | | | choice especially if your golf clubs are getting outdated. |
| woods, hybrids and even their matching iron sets all | | | | |