Lie Angle

[Hallsy]

Had a fitting yesterday and tried the titleist ap3 and Taylor made p790. Both beautiful clubs but the Taylormades edged it in flight and carry and dispersion. I play standard length and lie as off the shelf and the fitting said standard length 1 up. My Srixons are are 1.5 degree less lie angle and my Miss is too right. So my question is will changing my lie angle by just 1.5 degrees straighten my Miss? Sorry for the long post.

 

[jim8flog]

Not all manufacturers use the same lie angle. You can check the manufacturers lie angles on their websites.

It will also depend upon the shaft choice, it has to be remembered that shafts flex towards the body in the swing and different shafts will have more or less bend.

Clubs too flat and the toe of the club will dig in causing the face to open up.
Too upright and the heel digs in which allows the toe to rotate and the club to close.

 

[Hallsy]

Not all manufacturers use the same lie angle. You can check the manufacturers lie angles on their websites.

It will also depend upon the shaft choice, it has to be remembered that shafts flex towards the body in the swing and different shafts will have more or less bend.

Clubs too flat and the toe of the club will dig in causing the face to open up.
Too upright and the heel digs in which allows the toe to rotate and the club to close.

The Taylormade 7iron std lie angle is 62 degrees and the fitter said 1 up suited me. My srixon 7 iron is 61.5 degrees up so i would need 1.5 degrees upright to match. Both clubs are same length but different shafts so dont know if that would affect my shot?

 

[clubchamp98]

The Taylormade 7iron std lie angle is 62 degrees and the fitter said 1 up suited me. My srixon 7 iron is 61.5 degrees up so i would need 1.5 degrees upright to match. Both clubs are same length but different shafts so dont know if that would affect my shot?

It's hard to compare different shafts.
The lie board will confirm your lie which may be different for each shaft head combo.

 

[hovis]

It's hard to compare different shafts.
The lie board will confirm your lie which may be different for each shaft head combo.

lie boards are terrible for getting an accurate lie angle as the club can self adjust when it hits the hard board.

take a driving range ball and using a dry wipe marker put a thick line of about 2 inches on the ball. then put the ball on the matt or turf with the line being as perfect to vertical as you can get. when you strike the ball the ink will transfer onto your clubface.

if the line is sqaure and vertical then your good. if the line points towards the heel then the club is too flat. good club fitters use this method and simply measure how many degrees the line is from vertical

 

[clubchamp98]

lie boards are terrible for getting an accurate lie angle as the club can self adjust when it hits the hard board.

take a driving range ball and using a dry wipe marker put a thick line of about 2 inches on the ball. then put the ball on the matt or turf with the line being as perfect to vertical as you can get. when you strike the ball the ink will transfer onto your clubface.

if the line is sqaure and vertical then your good. if the line points towards the heel then the club is too flat. good club fitters use this method and simply measure how many degrees the line is from vertical

I have had a couple of fittings and never seen that.
Going to try it on my next visit to range.
Great tip.

 

[hovis]

I have had a couple of fittings and never seen that.
Going to try it on my next visit to range.
Great tip.

i mean a two inch long line, not 2 inch thick!!! blimp, it would take up the whole face
😀

 

[clubchamp98]

i mean a two inch long line, not 2 inch thick!!! blimp, it would take up the whole face


ye gathered that as the ball is only 1.68

 

[jim8flog]

I think it is very easy to judge lie correctness just by looking at the bottom of the club after hitting off range mats and looking at all the plastic debris that gets stuck to the club.

 

[jim8flog]

At my last fitting the fitter gave a very good reason why small increments a fairly irrelevant.

His view was "how often do you hit off a perfectly flat lie on the course". He may of course just have been trying to save the maker money.

 

[Hallsy]

lie boards are terrible for getting an accurate lie angle as the club can self adjust when it hits the hard board.

take a driving range ball and using a dry wipe marker put a thick line of about 2 inches on the ball. then put the ball on the matt or turf with the line being as perfect to vertical as you can get. when you strike the ball the ink will transfer onto your clubface.

if the line is sqaure and vertical then your good. if the line points towards the heel then the club is too flat. good club fitters use this method and simply measure how many degrees the line is from vertical

Thanks will try that at the range next time.