My son started golf late in life. As some may know, I had a industrial accident in 2009 that ended my golfing, tennis, ping pong and altered my ability to play pool. But I still play pool and hoped my son and daughters would have become
devotees of the game which was one of my reasons for building a small collection. Alas, none of them seems to have
much interest in pool recreationally. Since my son wants to become really good at golf, I just set him up with the best
custom fitting and top name brands in golf clubs 2 months ago. The transition is shocking. His instructors are in awe.
The compliments he gets on how he instantly adjusts to coaching in minutes and the distance he is able to gets from
his clubs is shocking. His driver speed is 116 mph and boy, with the woods and irons he has, the course is now shorter.
Unlike pool, when it comes to golf, equipment does make a difference and when supported with good coaching, the
results can be immediately realized. He was previously playing with my Ping golf clubs that was a misfit because of.
his swing speed. He played for months with those clubs and struggled. Now he is becoming a very talented golfer
almost overnight. If I shared his launch monitor info on how he’s hits his irons and woods, it is almost breath taking.
I wonder if pool cues are like golf equipment? Earlier I wrote that my son struggled playing good golf using my old Pings.
But my highest swing speed was 92 mph and mostly 88-90. His is 116-118” mph. Could someone be playing with a cue they were gifted or inherited but maybe it’s too light or heavy but how could they ever know or be sure?
How does a pool player get fitted for a pool cue? There probably is no such thing. But I found that switching from a 20.3 oz. piloted steel joint Runde Schon to a 18.5 oz. Tim Scruggs flat ivory joint to be like an ephipany. My game immediately became better and my stroke became so more consistent in speed control and delivery.
The Schon cue had too much weight momentum so I had to slow my stroke on soft, severe cut shots whereas with the Scruggs I could stroke easily with follow through & below center. It just became an extension of my arm & feels solid.
I think that is what happened with my son. It just so happens the price of new golf clubs among the top brand names are in the same price vicinity. Pool cues offer a much larger offering and a variety of lower prices than golf clubs. As I posed earlier, where do you go to get fitted for a custom pool cue? I already know where to go for golf equipment.
