Golf Galaxy Launch Monitor

I found a used set of P790's at Golf Galaxy yesterday so I grabbed a few balls and started hitting. Now I know these clubs are a little lower spinning due to the lofts, but I was getting spin rates in the low 4000's with the 7 iron. I grabbed a mizuno mp18 SC, my current gamer, and hit some shots and found the same result.

I definitely am a higher spin player. When I hit a green, my ball is rarely more than 5 feet from the pitch mark with my irons.

Have any of you seen this with launch monitors at Golf Galaxy? I don't want to say that they are rigging them, but I have a hard time believing they are accurate based on those iron shots.

I started playing golf again last summer after 15 years. I went to golf galaxy to look for some new clubs, on their monitor it said my swing speed was about 110 and I was carrying 280 consistently with the driver. I never saw that on the course. Since then I've been back a few times trying different clubs and all of a sudden my SS is 100 and I'm carrying 245-250 (which is what I'm seeing on the course). Now, last summer I had not swung a club in probably 2 months when I decided to go shopping that day. Still to this day even when I'm swinging out of my shoes I can't hit 110 mph SS. Maybe they needed to recalibrate it...

Was it a GC2? usually indoors most launch monitors need metal stickers or in the case of camera based systems lines to accurately measure spin. Most have settings as well where you set the club or loft degree. This is to give the machine a launch and spin range, kind of a head start for data capture. The Mizuno's and the 790's def. will not spin the same. I gamed the SC in a blade combo set and hit a buddies 790's and honestly the 790's would be an adventure. I was hitting his 7i so far it was comical so I could see the 4000 number being a possibility especially as it seems the lofts are stronger. But the SC should be 5500-6000 at it's lowest range unless someone has a slower ss in which case everything is going to spin too low. The SC's are incredible btw.

I don't trust the launch monitors or staff at GG... Go somewhere that has a trackman and the staff that knows how to use it.

Cant say for sure, different GG's use different monitors. Most use GC2, mine has GC2 and a trackman bay. Either way, two things that throw off spin are the shite balls they use and mat effect. The P790s are also very low spin in general due to the construction and strong lofts. I was hitting 200yard 7is with them

If I could take the 280 yard carry towering draw I hit on the sim at Golf Galaxy to the course I’d be a scratch golfer. Don’t trust ours a bit.

There's another thread over in general golf talk saying that a GG that he went to that uses Trackman has been using the same dead golf balls since the store opened. If it's not the launch monitor setup, it's the balls.

I believe in the past I remember some discussions about golf stores setting up launch monitors to show inaccurate numbers to try to sell golf clubs. I am no expert on launch monitors, but I would definitely be skeptical.

Had a doozy of a experience today. Popped in to check out clearance and ventured back to used clubs and found a G400 Max with a DI/ 6X for 309. The hoe in me immediately came alive and I ran to the hitting bay with it. Loosen up a little, take a swing and it registered 78 mph swing speed. Loosen up more and same thing. Grab an F9 demo with the Atmos 6s and I get up to 79. Go grab an employee to see what is going on, he reboots everything, and it spits out the same number. Employee suggests trying a senior flex shaft. Laughed, shook my head, walked out to my car.

> @lspky_muskie said:

> Had a doozy of a experience today. Popped in to check out clearance and ventured back to used clubs and found a G400 Max with a DI/ 6X for 309. The hoe in me immediately came alive and I ran to the hitting bay with it. Loosen up a little, take a swing and it registered 78 mph swing speed. Loosen up more and same thing. Grab an F9 demo with the Atmos 6s and I get up to 79. Go grab an employee to see what is going on, he reboots everything, and it spits out the same number. Employee suggests trying a senior flex shaft. Laughed, shook my head, walked out to my car.

It's tough to face the truth sometimes.....

I need to get on a trackman to compare. I may also bring a real ball to test with and see how it effects the numbers

The only way to truly know, is by taking your current club (the one you are comparing against) in and getting a baseline. If you know for sure what you hit normally, it should be fairly easy, although it might be a pain in the butt but thats what I have found.

> @lspky_muskie said:

> Had a doozy of a experience today. Popped in to check out clearance and ventured back to used clubs and found a G400 Max with a DI/ 6X for 309. The hoe in me immediately came alive and I ran to the hitting bay with it. Loosen up a little, take a swing and it registered 78 mph swing speed. Loosen up more and same thing. Grab an F9 demo with the Atmos 6s and I get up to 79. Go grab an employee to see what is going on, he reboots everything, and it spits out the same number. Employee suggests trying a senior flex shaft. Laughed, shook my head, walked out to my car.

You've omitted a key fact for your story...

> @"Mr. Hogan" said:

> > @lspky_muskie said:

> > Had a doozy of a experience today. Popped in to check out clearance and ventured back to used clubs and found a G400 Max with a DI/ 6X for 309. The hoe in me immediately came alive and I ran to the hitting bay with it. Loosen up a little, take a swing and it registered 78 mph swing speed. Loosen up more and same thing. Grab an F9 demo with the Atmos 6s and I get up to 79. Go grab an employee to see what is going on, he reboots everything, and it spits out the same number. Employee suggests trying a senior flex shaft. Laughed, shook my head, walked out to my car.

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> You've omitted a key fact for your story...

I sit around 106-108. The place I practice has Top Tracer, and my “flat carry” distance is typically 250 to 260. GPS on course confirms that.

> @KGilma said:

> I started playing golf again last summer after 15 years. I went to golf galaxy to look for some new clubs, on their monitor it said my swing speed was about 110 and I was carrying 280 consistently with the driver. I never saw that on the course. Since then I've been back a few times trying different clubs and all of a sudden my SS is 100 and I'm carrying 245-250 (which is what I'm seeing on the course). Now, last summer I had not swung a club in probably 2 months when I decided to go shopping that day. Still to this day even when I'm swinging out of my shoes I can't hit 110 mph SS. Maybe they needed to recalibrate it...

That's crazy because any/every time I have ever hit balls in their simulator over the years I hit it way LESS far than I do in real life. Maybe it is just the monitors in GR, MI...

> @kcd38 said:

> I found a used set of P790's at Golf Galaxy yesterday so I grabbed a few balls and started hitting. Now I know these clubs are a little lower spinning due to the lofts, but I was getting spin rates in the low 4000's with the 7 iron. I grabbed a mizuno mp18 SC, my current gamer, and hit some shots and found the same result.

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> I definitely am a higher spin player. When I hit a green, my ball is rarely more than 5 feet from the pitch mark with my irons.

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> Have any of you seen this with launch monitors at Golf Galaxy? I don't want to say that they are rigging them, but I have a hard time believing they are accurate based on those iron shots.

Your on course results do not necessarily reflect being a high spin player. You could be a high launch, high peak height, and steep descent angle player but maintain somewhat low spin rates. I worked at a big box store that had GC2 for a LONG time and have now been on a GCQuad regularly and found results like you saw. My launch was high but it always spun <5000 with everything, unless I was using something crazy weak like an MB. When I was on Quad it confirmed why, a peak height about 10-15 feet over my swing speed, a descent angle of 46-47, lots of dynamic loft. It is what it is. There are lots of ways to get the ball to stop and height is the easiest way as spin is unpredictable.