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The Spornia SPG-7 costs $239.99, and their newly-released compact edition is $179.99. When you’ve tried as many of the budget golf nets (to be clear, Spornia is not a budget net) as I have, you notice a common theme – The Spornia SPG-7 target screen is much thicker than what I’ve seen before. I am going to recommend, I’m going to tell them it’s the Spornia SPG-7

Gained analysis, it was a revelation about how golfers separate themselves from one another in each part of golf (tee shots, approach shots, wedge play, putting). I asked Shot Scope to run some numbers for me with all this new data and see where golfers at various handicap levels are losing strokes to tour players. In other words, shots outside of 100 yards (tee shots and approach shots) are the biggest determining factor in why one golfer scores better than another. Overall, when you combine tee shots and approach shots and divide them by the total strokes lost, Broadie’s ratios hold up – even more than the 2/3 he spoke about at certain handicap levels.

That’s not to say it’s a concept that golfers shouldn’t pursue, but you do have to test properly and weigh your gains in distance versus any potential loss in accuracy and how you deliver the golf club at impact. When you go with a shorter driver shaft, you typically have to add weight to the head so the club’s overall weight isn’t too light. When you remove weight from the driver head, which is almost always necessary with a longer driver shaft, a few things happen: So while you are swinging faster, the drop in driver head weight will reduce some of your potential distance gains (golf ball speed plays the most important in driver distance).

We finally have something that gives golfers crystal clear feedback on one of the most important fundamentals in the golf swing – ground contact. In my 25 years playing golf, I would say 95%+ of my range sessions are on hitting mats, and I believe it’s had a somewhat negative influence on my ground interaction on the course. While I don’t have issues with hitting heavy iron shots on the course, I still do brush the grass lightly before impact, and if I’m going to make a mistake, it’s usually a thin shot. When I’ve had opportunities to practice on grass driving ranges for weeks at a time, I’ve noticed huge strides in my ability to get a more optimal “ball first, then ground.