This question is especially for Jim and Britt.
There seems to be disagreement about how to fit for lie angle.
Some use lie angle boards with or without the tape on the sole.
Others use a marker line on the ball.
Either method has weaknesses – lie board requires solid strikes and can still be misleading depending on angle of attack and club path.
Marker line requires it to be set precisely in a vertical position which is impossible to do with the naked eye.
In light of these challenges, how do you reliably test for lie angle without a launch monitor?
Thank you, and keep up your great work!
Michael
Interesting, theblake7!
However, wouldn’t making the clubs shorter make the lie angle greater?
Think in terms of driver lie angle versus wedge lie angle and you’ll see what I mean.
The longer the club, the flatter the lie angle, so it’s interesting that your clubs were bent 3 degrees and then shortened to try to achieve the 4 degrees flatter lie angle you were seeking.
Finally, as Britt would say, the only way to truly check angles on clubs is with a precise club gauge.
Michael
Would highly question the 3 degrees flat and then shortening to achieve the 4 degrees. Shortening a club would generally mean a move to more upright, but that is not always the case. I have fit many many players in my life, from tour pros to professional athletes from just about all sports, of all shapes and sizes, arm lengths, etc. I can count on 2 hands the number of players I have had to adjust irons more than 2-3 degrees either way. Lie board doesn’t lie and I would always rely on it, my judgement and the ball flight I see when doing a fitting.
Britt Lindsey
FWIW. I was fitted to standard lie 10 years ago using line on a ball, plus the nouse of the fitter, plus the results of previous fit by him, he knows me well.
Many years later, a session on GC Quad with my coach demonstrated i required 4 degrees flat, we bent 3 flat and shortened the shafts.
Now i use trackman often and it confirms my lie angles are spot on every time.
Recently I got assessed by a HG guy for fun at my trackman studio. He was old school and wanted to check using the lie board because his eyes were not trusting the trackman and reckoned me irons are too flat.
After testing several irons on the lie board he concludes my lie angles are spot on perfect.
Thus. I would be inclined to use all tools that are available :-)
P.s. thats the Maltby DBM’s i have had for 10 years.