400 R.P.M of Driver Spin

[One Planer]

Significant or insignificant amount, be it too little or too much against optimum figures for an amateur golfer?

Got to taking with a few friends at work today on this very subject.

We all play in the works society and got to discussing custom fitting. Two of the boys have had a driver fitting, I haven't.

We got to discussing spin numbers and how they are affected by different things such as shafts, COG placement etc and got to thinking about what the actual difference means to the average Joe.

As per the thread title, is the difference of 400 R.P.M of spin with a driver, be it too little or too much, going to be noticeable for your average club golfer?

 

[Bratty]

Side spin or back spin?

 

[Hacker Khan]

I'd say no as where you hit it on the face will more than override 400 rpm of spin for the average golfer. If you are nutting it out of the middle every time then it will make a difference, but how many average golfers actually do that?

 

[brendy]

Side spin or back spin?

Topspin??

It depends I'd say. A pro could probably keep the majority of sample drives in a fairly tight range of rpm hitting optimum drives every time.
Us mortals would struggle a little more so no it wouldn't matter as one drive could vary by up to 1000 rpm anyway, maybe even more.

 

[hovis]

400 rpm is a noticeable difference. The trouble being not many of us have a swing good enough to get the same spin numbers on every shot. Where the ball strikes the face can cause a difference of around 2000rpm.

 

[Alex1975]

If we are comparing very similar strikes, angle of attack and swing speed then yes, you might even be able to see the flight difference.

Let's say your averaging 2000 rpm. 1600 rpm is going to be trying to drop out of the sky and it will be obvious.

 

[duncan mackie]

If we are comparing very similar strikes, angle of attack and swing speed then yes, you might even be able to see the flight difference.

Let's say your averaging 2000 rpm. 1600 rpm is going to be trying to drop out of the sky and it will be obvious.

spot on

to get to any optimum spin figure you have to consider ball speed and launch angle but, in the context of driving and reasonably average Joe, 400rpm is going to be a very significant percentage.

 

[ScienceBoy]

I am around 2400 and I have been told I have a good ball flight and low spin.

I have no idea what a good number is but I'm very happy with my current driving, it's divots that annoy me as I'm hitting into those areas off the tee now!

 

[Alex1975]

I am around 2400 and I have been told I have a good ball flight and low spin.

I have no idea what a good number is but I'm very happy with my current driving, it's divots that annoy me as I'm hitting into those areas off the tee now!

2500 ish for a driver with low back CG and 2000 ish for a driver with forward CG - depending on your launch angle.