Word . . . consider the old weight on a string deal . . . weight is spinning round and round . . . then it flys off. Physics has it flying off at 90 degrees to the radius. So imagine if you tilted the axis of the whirling string so it was spinning around on an inclined plane. It still would leave at 90 degrees to the radius which would be OUT TO THE RIGHT.
The concept is the same in golf. The clubhead is the weight on the string. The force that you are generating would be at right angles to the radius. So anything back of lowpoint the force is OUT TO THE RIGHT. So design hook face into the club to DIVERT the force so you can hit the ball down the target line and not out to right field. Notice the longer the iron the less hook face . . the are designed to be played closer to low point.
Hope that makes sense . . . any correction would be good from any of the HEAVIES lurking.
OK Maybe this wont be a quickie after all. Sorry.
I am with you on the shorter irons being played further back of low point. I can see how being further back of low point they therefore have more out and down after impact. I get how the weight that flies off the string prior to low point flies to the right of low point, but dont get the relevance to a golf shot.
I've been looking at my irons for years now and dont see a hooked face. Where is it? Is it something to do with progressive shaft lean?
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