Equipment
Testing the new Full Swing KIT launch monitor
When Tiger Woods posted a swing video to social media on November 21, GolfWRXers eyes were keenly trained on a piece of equipment — and it wasn’t the club in Woods’ hands. Rather, it was the launch monitor positioned behind the 15-time major champion.
The sleek, compact unit bore the logo of Full Swing, with whom Woods has had a partnership since 2015, but we didn’t have much more information about the device.
Fast forward three weeks, and not only are we able to present the backstory and technical details of the Full Swing KIT launch monitor — but GolfWRX’s Brian Knudson had a chance to demo the unit.
You can check out BK’s testing session below with the full story on Full Swing’s new launch monitor after the jump.
CEO Ryan Dotters, SVP of Sales and Marketing, Jason Fierro chatted with GolfWRX about the new KIT launch monitor. We knew “Tiger Woods helped develop it and continues to use it as his launch monitor” is a pretty powerful marketing gambit — and all the more impressive when considering the unit retails for $3,999 — but we were keen to learn more.
Four years ago, the Full Swing team set out to create an easy-to-use radar-based launch monitor that delivered the full complement of data as units that cost four times as much. In addition to being easy to use and set up, Full Swing wanted the KIT to feature a full-color display on the unit.
In terms of what is actually being displayed, the Full Swing KIT features 16 data points: carry distance, total distance, spin rate, spin axis, face angle, face to path, attack angle, launch angle, ball speed, club speed, smash factor, club path, horizontal angle, apex height, side carry distance, side total distance. Four of your choosing can be displayed on the unit itself with the rest visible within the app.
Additionally, users are able to select the data points are shown on the KIT display, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, or even spoken aloud/via headphones. The unit also records 4K video and displays in 1080P on the device of a user’s choosing.
Dotters and Fierro told GolfWRX in 2017, the company saw an opportunity for a UI/UX-focused product at a price point far lower than competitor offerings. It was important for the device to be compact, intuitive, easy to use, and for it to look like a high-tech product — and one that didn’t rely on a secondary device.
After three years of development and being told the sub-$5,000 price wasn’t achievable with the data and display features the team wanted, Full Swing finally arrived at the KIT launch monitor — and the KIT launch monitor arrived on Tiger Woods’ Instagram.
For consumers, the Full Swing KIT offers an easy to set up and use, significantly more affordable, fully loaded radar launch monitor (with an indoor mode coming in Q1 2022). For teachers, it brings down the barrier to entry to be able to offer students comprehensive launch monitor data. And for tour pros, well, let’s just say we expect we’ll see quite a few units on PGA Tour ranges once the West Coast swing is underway.
More product details on the $3,999 ($195/month with financing) Full Swing KIT on the company website.
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Whats in the Bag
Rasmus Højgaard WITB 2024 (April)
- Rasmus Højgaard what’s in the bag accurate as of the Zurich Classic.
Driver: Callaway Ai Smoke Triple Diamond (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei 1K Blue 60 TX
3-wood: Callaway Ai Smoke Triple Diamond Prototype (16.5 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei 1K White 80 TX
Utility: Callaway Apex UW (21 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei AV Raw White 85 TX
Irons: Callaway Apex Pro (3), Callaway X Forged (4-PW)
Shafts: KBS $-Taper 130
Wedges: Callaway Jaws Raw (52-10S, 56-10S, 60-06C)
Shafts: KBS Tour 130 X
Putter: Odyssey Ai One Milled Eight T DB
Grips: Golf Pride MCC
Check out more in-hand photos of Hojgaard in the forums.
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Whats in the Bag
Rory McIlroy WITB 2024 (April)
- Rory McIlroy what’s in the bag accurate as of the Zurich Classic.
Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 (9 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 8 X
5-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (18 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 9 X
Irons: TaylorMade Proto (4), TaylorMade Rors Proto (5-9)
Shaft: Project X 7.0 (4-9)
Wedges: TaylorMade MG4 (46-09SB, 50-09SB, 54-11SB), Titleist Vokey Design WedgeWorks (58-K @59)
Shafts: Project X 6.5 (46-54), Project X 6.5 Wedge (60)
Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour X3
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy Pistol Tour
Ball: 2024 TaylorMade TP5x
Grips: Golf Pride MCC
Check out more in-hand photos of Rory McIlroy’s WITB in the forums.
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Equipment
Spotted: Nate Lashley’s Ping PLD “Wolverine” putter
Ping PLD putters have been a very common site on profesional tours. Pros seem to gravitate toward the PLD line’s custom options and precision milling. We have seen the PLD line expanded over the years, but we haven’t seen too many, if any, large mallets.
This week we spotted a PLD putter in Nate Lashley’s bag that has a similar look to the old Ping Wolverine head shape. This putter is a large mallet with the famous “claws” on the outside and oval center that housed the alignment aid.
Nick’s putter has the PLD logo on the back but also looks like it might have an insert installed on the face. It is hard to tell but at the address picture, it looks like the face is a lighter material than the rest of the putters. The putter is center-shafted and should be face-balanced with a high MOI for stability and forgiveness on mishits. The sole is completely milled and has no markings of name or technologies that might be present in the head. A single white site line is on the top of the putter for alignment.
Nick’s putter is finished off with a chrome steel shaft and a Super Stroke Zenergy Flatso 2.0 grip in black and white.
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Golf WRX is Pay for Play
Jan 26, 2022 at 1:42 pm
“And for tour pros, well, let’s just say we expect we’ll see quite a few units on PGA Tour ranges once the West Coast swing is underway.”
The lie detector test confirmed that was a lie.
Geoff Koch
Dec 15, 2021 at 1:25 pm
Mevo+ accomplished this feat a little more than a year ago….and for cheaper. Full Swing wants to nickel and dime you to death.
A golfer
Dec 17, 2021 at 3:35 pm
I bought the mevo+ and hated it. This may suck too who knows. I would recommend the GC3 for 7.
Brooks Keopka
Dec 15, 2021 at 11:51 am
Fantastic Product!
Hoppman
Dec 14, 2021 at 9:45 pm
No Android or Windows option, no go.
Tom
Dec 15, 2021 at 6:13 am
They still make android products??
Jack
Dec 16, 2021 at 10:21 am
Androids worldwide market share is 70 percent of the market, try getting out occasionally and learning something.
Joey5Picks
Dec 16, 2021 at 1:16 pm
Thumbs up. Tom may be too busy standing in iPhone launch lines to learn.
Brent
Dec 14, 2021 at 1:04 pm
Put it against a Trackman and GCQuad to see how accurate it is. That would be the obvious test. But I imagine Full Swing doesn’t want that out there.
Ts
Dec 15, 2021 at 2:36 am
It’s OK, it’s known quite well in the industry that Trackman and the Quad aren’t that accurate either
Nonsense
Dec 19, 2021 at 11:42 am
If by widely accepted you mean used to track metrics during the pga tour telecasts and trusted by almost every single pga tour player on the range. You either have no clue what you’re talking about or work for fullswing.
Karl
Dec 15, 2021 at 6:17 am
Why do you assume trackman and gc quad are so accurate? My neighbor works for one of the major golf OEMs and we take his trackman and my Mevo and compare them …. The Mevo is almost dead nuts on with the trackman