 Optimum Club Assembly Kuykendall Golf assembles clubs optimized by applying physics equations. This is the only way clubs can be scientifically correct. A patent by Vance Elkins, Jr. issued in 1978 explains all the formulas in detail. The patent has reached its 20 year limit and now clubs can be assembled using science. There are three ways to match clubs --
2. Every club feels the same when you hold it out horizontally. In this case the balance points on the shaft from the butt end are equal for all clubs. The first moment of inertia is equal for all clubs. 1st MOI = S li * mi 3. Every club requires the same amount of torque to achieve a specified club head speed. In this case 2nd moment of inertial is equal for all clubs. 2nd MOI = S l2i * mi The Reasons scientifically optimum clubs have never been offered to you --
2. You purchase hype for big dollars so manufacturers have no reason to offer you optimum. 3. It takes several hours to assemble one club. Every component must be optimized to within one gram. Big manufacturers could never afford this. Why is Kuykendall Golf offering optimized clubs? There is a demonstrable difference from the very first swing of the superiority of optimized clubs. You hit the ball farther, and higher with greater consistently. My pride and reputation are assembled into every club made. Everyone gets optimum. How can you tell if a club is scientifically optimized? Does it have the physics-optimized-weight-energy-ring (Power) installed on the shaft? If the answer is YES, you have optimized club. If the answer is no, you do not. Using copyrighted formulas, head, grip ,shaft, and power ring weight are all optimized. There is a bigger gram weight spread between heads than conventionally used. The formulas then specify the shaft length and the amount of weight to be placed in the grip and on the shaft (The Power Ring). If your clubs do not have the power ring, they cannot be scientifically optimized. It takes about 2 hours to make a single club. Every component must have the correct weight to within one gram. Both the head weight and the difference between head weight is different from traditional. This is proprietary techonolgy developed over the last three years. Most shafts, after cutting, must have weight adjustments made to them. All grips must have a specific amount of weight placed under the grip. The final assembly is the adding of weight to the shaft for The Power Ring. This is the correct way to assembly clubs. Two assembly methods are used -- Optimum Feel and Optimum Distance:
Optimum Feel:
Optimum Distance: By optimizing the 2nd moment of inertia, I can allow you to hit clubs specific distances and up to around 7% longer. This means that I can give you exact distance between clubs and allow you to hit long irons up to 15 yards longer with the same swing feel.
Because the assembly is labor intensive, the prices charged must reflect the
labor cost. The cost of the clubs are:
If you are a long hitter, you should consider both methods. If you are a short hitter, I would recommend the Optimum Distance method. Shaft Lengths: There are two shaft lengths used in assembly. One is for golfers who use the traditional overlapping finger grip and the second is for the ten finger hammer-palm grip. When assembled for the ten finger hammer-palm grip, the clubs will be between 1 and 2 inches longer. When you separate your hands, if you move your hand down on the shaft you lose between 1 and 2 inches of shaft length. The upper hand must be moved up in order to have the same effective shaft length from the head of the club to the right hand. The following heads are used:
Irons:
The woods are the latest low profile maraging metal face technology. (See Scigolf woods page for photos)
Traditional Club Design: Traditional club designs work. However, they are not scientifically optimum. This means that your equipment is causing you loss of total distance, loss of exact distances and poor control of ball flight height. There are four major problems. The four major problems are: 1. Head Weight: Clubs have been assembled for over a hundred years with the same head weights and head weight difference between clubs -- typically 7 grams between club heads.
2. Swing Weighting:
Swing weighting is the ratio of the head weight to the grip weight measured
14 inches from the butt of the club. It was started in the 1920's. It has
no scientific relationship to a golf swing. It completely mismatches
clubs. From the torque calculated above, you can see that longer clubs
feel and swing different from shorter clubs. Golfers just got use to this
feel and believed in it.
3. Frequency Matching:
Frequency matching is just an indication of shaft stiffness. If you get
the "S" curve frequency, all the shafts have a different stiffness. The
only thing stiffness affects is the height of ball flight. Stiff shaft
have a low trajectory. Flexible shafts have a higher trajectory. Getting
a set that has the right characteristics for you is virtually impossible
using frequency matching. The only advantage of frequency matching is for
quality control. The shafts are more closely matched.
4. Oversized Heads:
Scientific studies show that there are four major disadvantages to oversized
heads--
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