This week’s Impact Show features special guest and 2018 Sentry Tournament of Champions winner, Dustin Johnson. In this video, DJ discusses how to swing the golf club. Enjoy!
Related: See the clubs DJ used to win the 2018 Sentry TOC
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You hear that one all the time; I wish I could put my practice swing on the ball! We explain the huge importance of what to focus on to allow the ball to be perfectly in the way of your practice swing. Enjoy!
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Earlier this week, Mitsubishi announced the return of its iconic Whiteboard profile with the new Diamana WB shaft.
In our launch story, we offered a rundown of the key technology in the new WB — 80-ton Dialead pitch fiber, Aerospace-grade MR70 carbon fiber, Consistent Feel Design, and the Xlink Tech Resin System. To go deeper, however, we enlisted our Resident Club Junkie and bona fide shaft nut, Brian Knudson, to track down someone from Mitsubishi at the PGA Show. Fortunately, Mitsubishi’s Director of Global Aftermarket Sales, Jonathan Alongi, was on hand to answer all of BK’s questions.
Check out their discussion about the new WB, as well as the 20th anniversary of the original design, in the video above — time stamps of key points below, including a definitive answer as to how the surfboard graphic ended up on the original Whiteboard in 2004!
- :40 – Mitsubishi Japan expands to the U.S. in 2004
- :50 – “The shaft that set the standard”
- 1:12 – “The ‘board is back”
- 1:45 – WB or Whiteboard? Or both?
- 1:55 – The first iteration of the sixth generation of Diamana
- 2:10 – Incorporating key technology from a 20-year journey
- 3:10 – Modifying the tip section for more ball speed
- 3:50 – Delivering ball speed in a low-launch, low-spin shaft
- 4:20 – Drilling down on the shaft profile compared to the original Whiteboard
- 5:00 – The most impressive element of the new WB
- 5:30 – Butt, mid, tip specifications
- 6:00 – WB’s iconic graphics and the Diamana legacy — flowers, surfboard, numbering system
- 8:15 – An abundance of available weights and flexes
- 8:55 – More players going lightweight
Check out more photos and see what GolfWRXers are saying about Mitsubishi WB in the forums.
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Our Resident Club Junkie, Brian Knudson, goes through a wedge fitting with Chris Baingo, Titleist’s Club Fitting Analyst.
Get the full story on new SM10 wedges in our launch piece.
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SK
Jan 8, 2018 at 3:52 pm
Notes on video:
• M3 – 10.5º – weights forward (and CG forward) for lower spin
• Twist Face – tighter spin rate cluster between toe and heel hits
• “I don’t hit in the middle of the face!”. “CLINK” – 123/186mph 2100rpm!
• “Right miss is okay, left miss no!”
• “Lifty” to outside in backswing… try to keep it low back and wide thru.
• “Subtle differences in golf swing.”
• Arched left wrist at top for closed/square clubface at impact.
• Speed & Control. No full out swing -85-90% of max speed.
• Cutting ball last 2 years… before drawing ball!
• Can’t overdo it… open chest to cover ball especially with irons.
• Swing at 8:40 — 121/180/2108 … smash factor = 1.48 wow!!!
• Swing at 12:07 with vicious left knee flexing up through impact!!!
• Swing at 14:00 – Augusta 18th hole… 120/179/2725rpm for a big fade and likely an open face high toe hit too … 🙂
SK
Jan 8, 2018 at 8:23 pm
Ooops… got the last point wrong where I said “… a big fade and likely an open face high toe hit…”.
Here’s the correction taken from a previous WRX/JD/TM article:
““Twist Face” is TaylorMade’s new design that makes the high-toe area of the face more open and more lofted, and the low heel portion more shut and lower lofted. The goal here is to reduce the slice off the low heel and reduce the hook off the high toe. For Dustin, he seemed most excited to get relief on his high-toe miss.”
So it was a “slice off the low heel” that we saw on the video.