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Ranges bad for clubs?

  • 12-08-2010 8:03pm
    #1
    staker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,677 ✭✭✭


    Quick one regarding something a 7 H/Cer said to me today.
    He reckons the range mats twist the club heads on wayward shots significantly more as opposed to a wayward shot off the lawn.
    I tend to agree but surely club designs are more robust than that(irons anyway).
    Thoughts?


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  • #2
    FlutterinBantam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,575 ✭✭✭✭FlutterinBantam


    Of course he's right, banging clubs off a rubber mat can't be good for them.

    PS ...never take credence from what someone says by their HC.


    In this case he is right.:cool:


  • #3
    stockdam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,472 ✭✭✭stockdam


    I don't think range mats damage clubs. Are you sure he didn't mean that the club twists and the shot flies offline more (not the clubhead twisting relative to the club).


  • #4
    staker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,677 ✭✭✭staker


    FlutterinBantam wrote: »

    PS ...never take credence from what someone says by their HC.

    I'm the proverbial mule, that's why I posted this thread:)
    stockdam wrote: »
    I don't think range mats damage clubs. Are you sure he didn't mean that the club twists and the shot flies offline more (not the clubhead twisting relative to the club).

    That was my initial thought too until he said "yeah it just makes s*** of your irons".
    I play with Mizuno MX-23 5-PW and the club pro had a look at them about 6 months ago, said they needed straightening.
    I asked him why , he reckoned I'd bent them all...
    I've given a lot of time on the range this last year and I'm a bit miffed to think I could've been doing damage.


  • #5
    Aesop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 220 ✭✭Aesop


    If at all possible there is no substitute for hitting off grass anyway. You never get a bad lie hitting off a matt.


  • #6
    Adiaga 2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,063 ✭✭✭Adiaga 2


    I'd heard range mats are not good for forged irons as they bend easier. I thought it would affect the loft more than anything - de-lofting I would imagine. As for twisting(like opening the clubface?) that could be disastrous on your swing. There was a thread on here recently enough about forged irons and recommending to have the lofts checked regularly.


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  • #7
    MisterAnarchy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,954 ✭✭✭✭MisterAnarchy


    Aesop wrote: »
    If at all possible there is no substitute for hitting off grass anyway. You never get a bad lie hitting off a matt.

    Grass or sand are the only two surfaces that a golf ball should be hit off.
    I never go to the range ,not only does it damage your clubs ,it damages your wrists too hitting off a mat.I detest mats.


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