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Journal

Written Between Sessions

Six pieces on the questions golfers ask halfway through a fitting, when the numbers on the screen stop making intuitive sense.

01
Gapping

Turning Launch Data Into a Carry Map

Ten shots per club is not the same as a yardage. Here is how to get from a page of raw output to a ladder you can trust standing over a shot, including which number to keep and which to throw away.

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02
Distance

Carry Versus Total: Which Number Is Yours

Total distance is the bigger figure and the one people quote. It is also modelled rather than measured, and it changes with every fairway you play. Why every gapping decision here is made on carry alone.

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03
Conditions

Altitude, Air Density and Your Yardages

What actually happens when you take a Columbia bag to a course three thousand feet up, why the gain is not uniform across the set, and how to adjust without rewriting the whole map.

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04
Strike

Smash Factor, and What It Cannot Tell You

The number this studio is named after is a useful strike gauge and a terrible fitting target. What it measures, what it hides, and why chasing it can make your bag worse.

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05
Flight

Descent Angle and Why the Green Will Not Hold

If your approaches keep releasing over the back, the problem is usually the angle the ball arrives at rather than the distance it travelled. How we read it and what fixes it.

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06
Seasons

Temperature, Humidity and Seasonal Yardage Drift

Your April numbers and your August numbers are not the same numbers, and in the Midlands the gap is bigger than most golfers assume. What genuinely moves the ball and what is folklore.

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Reading Is Not Measuring

All of this makes far more sense with your own numbers on the screen in front of you.

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