Notes We Keep Between Sittings
The season file is where a golfer's spec card lives. This page is the other half of it — the notes Roland and Deirdre write up when something on the bench or on the turf panel is worth explaining properly instead of summarising on a card.
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Why We Judge A Fitting By Keep Rate, Not By The Best Swing Of The Day
Fourteen swings, face tape on every one, and the number that matters is the gap between the middle of the group and the top of it — not the loudest single strike.
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What The Leading Edge Tells Your Eye Before The Swing Starts
Offset gets all the attention in this conversation. The leading edge is doing quieter, earlier work, and most golfers have never had it pointed out to them directly.
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Where The Sightline Changes Mid-Set, And Why The 8-Iron Always Gets Blamed
“My 8-iron feels different” is the sentence we hear more than any other on this floor. It is rarely about the 8-iron.
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What Pittsburgh Clay Loam Actually Does To A Sole
Cool-season grass over heavy clay behaves like four different surfaces across a season. Here is what each one demands from a sole and why one setting cannot serve all four.
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The April Spec And The August Spec Are Not The Same Wedge
Effective bounce moves by several degrees between a soft spring and a baked August. What we do about it instead of building two full sets of wedges.
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Cold Mornings, Honest Carry, And The Shaft That Did Nothing Wrong
A shaft gets blamed every November for a problem that is almost always grip pressure and a faster transition. What actually changes when the temperature drops, and what does not.
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Reading About A Number Is Not The Same As Seeing Your Own
Every note above traces back to something measured on this floor. If you want to see where your own clubs land against it, that is what a sitting is for.