Offset clubs

[Jaydog]

can anyone explain to me what offset clubs are? i have a friend who has a set and says it helps with his slice. the only difference i really saw was the placement of the head in relation to the shaft.

[Shadow]

can anyone explain to me what offset clubs are? i have a friend who has a set and says it helps with his slice. the only difference i really saw was the placement of the head in relation to the shaft.

Exactly. If you look at the leading edge of the face of the club, it is behind or to the right of the centre line of the shaft.

In many sets of irons, there is an increasing amount of offset as you move from the wedges to the long irons. As the longer irons are more difficult to hit and as most golfers slice, the club face will be more likely to be square at impact, than if there was no offset.

If the centreline of the club shaft is opposite the trail or back edge of the ball, as you come through, the leading edge has not yet made contact with the ball because it is offset. As the club face is rotating through impact, there is just a little more time for the club face to square up, resulting in a straighter shot.

My tendency is to hook the ball, so my forged irons have minimal offset. If they were offset, my hooks would be duck hooks.:mad:

Like cavity back irons, offset heads is another "game improvement" characteristic.

[Special_K]

Exactly. If you look at the leading edge of the face of the club, it is behind or to the right of the centre line of the shaft.

In many sets of irons, there is an increasing amount of offset as you move from the wedges to the long irons. As the longer irons are more difficult to hit and as most golfers slice, the club face will be more likely to be square at impact, than if there was no offset.

If the centreline of the club shaft is opposite the trail or back edge of the ball, as you come through, the leading edge has not yet made contact with the ball because it is offset. As the club face is rotating through impact, there is just a little more time for the club face to square up, resulting in a straighter shot.

My tendency is to hook the ball, so my forged irons have minimal offset. If they were offset, my hooks would be duck hooks.:mad:

Like cavity back irons, offset heads is another "game improvement" characteristic.
Yep.. Shadow hit it on the nail. When you pick up a set of "game improvement" irons you tend to see similar characteristics such as oversize, weight located near the sole to help high handicappers get the ball in the air, large cavities, and yes, tons of offset.

I play with a draw tendency as well and thus, staring down at a club with lot's of offset is kinda scary!

[Jaydog]

so that little bit of extra time can make that much difference? it basically sounds like a "fix the result" rather than "fix the swing" approach.

[Ego Woods]

so that little bit of extra time can make that much difference? it basically sounds like a "fix the result" rather than "fix the swing" approach.
isn't that where golf equipment technology is heading anyways? :rolleyes:

[Jaydog]

isn't that where golf equipment technology is heading anyways? :rolleyes:

true. that's what happened in tennis too. you can get away with bad form bc the racquets are so powerful. it doesn't help for tennis elbow tho. ;)