Geometry ? for tall golfers
 

For taller golfers, is the preferred address taught to bend slightly with the knees and more at hips (increasing the angle of spine in relation to perpendicular, say ~35-40 degrees, or more accurately moving the spine angle _towards_ horizontal) or more at the knees and less at the hips (moving the spine more perpendicular to the ground, say to an vertical angle of 15-20* )? With the former, the arms hang nearly straight down, but probably 9-12 inches from my thigh. The latter has arms much nearer the body but at a slight angle away from the knees.

I can get the clubhead to the ground either way, but am curious as to how you would approach it. The TGM aspects that I am adding to my game has helped immensely, cutting strokes quickly and making the game a bunch more fun. But until I can get these down, there is still much inconsistancy...

Oh, I am 6'8", current clubs are 3* up and 2" long. Was a 20+ HC but now down to a 15.

TIA,
jwh

Dude...you should be playing basketball....Can you still dunk?

fitting
 

I've fit a few NBA players, 2 at 6'11". Just to give you an idea about extremes, one needed 3" long and 6* upright. For the longest time, most manufacturers wouldn't make the club that long. I called one major manufacturer to order a set and they told me they wouldn't make them that long or that upright. They said, "we can add an inch and make them 2* up." I said, "The guy's 6'11"! Here, I'm going to let you tell him that you won't do it." I ended up fitting him in Henry-Griffitts, and he loves them.

The latter example that you gave reminds me of George Archer. I always felt sorry for him, as it looked like he was playing with a junior set of clubs. I'm sure, at the start of his career, "standard" sets were all you could get. I know he suffered from lower back problems for a long time. His back always looked a little too straight, from what I remember.

I find as people get too much knee bend at address, it's harder for them to maintain that precise amount of bend throughout the stroke.

Wow, I feel humbled. 6'11"? I remember reading about David Robinson of the Spurs having clubs with similar specs. Golfsmith did a custom jobs on the clubs. I only heard about it because I was living in Austin at the time, and knew one of the clubmakers out there...

I got lucky on my first set; I started with a custom set from GS that was +2 & +2. Worked ok, but I didn't have the swing for it to matter much. I moved to a set of Cally X-12s with similar specs, but traded them in for a set of BB2002s at 4* up and 2" long (the pre-owned shop did a special order bend, I don't think Cally Corp will bend beyond 2* up).

Along with the changes that I have picked up from the book and this site, I have dropped my HC by 8 strokes, and shot an 84 for the first time ever. I am still plagued by inconsistancy, tho, hence the question.

Thanks for the thoughts on the knee bend, I will do some more testing on it. Sure make sense tho, as I tend to hit fat/thin when swinging from a more verticle stance.

jwh

Oh, I can still dunk on a good day, but my son has overtaken me at hoops. I am tired of getting smoked on the court, so trying to keep ahead of him in at least one sport. :rolleyes: