The Year isn't Over Yet....but What A Great Year!

Being the "prolific blogger" :), I feel compelled to squeeze in one more entry for this year!  I''ll do it with pictures.

HALO for Freedom Golf Tournament

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Camp Joint Adventure for Juvenile Arthritis

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Greater Oklahoma Disabled Sports Association Expo, Oklahoma City

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Tee up for Teaching Seminar, Scottish Rite Hospital for Children

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Other Stuff, Wood and Stone Work

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Various Award and Trophy Display Cases, All Custom Built

Just like Custom Built Golf Clubs

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Adaptive Golf Pictures

This is just fun! So turn up the volume and go. It never plays the same sequence or lay out.

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

Adventure SCUBA Charity Golf Classic

Adventure SCUBA's 3rd Annual Charity Golf Classic will benefit RISE Adventures.

Save the date: Monday, September 13th, El Dorado Country Club in McKinney, 11:00 a.m. sign in, lunch and warm up on the range, 1:00 p.m. Shot Gun start, dinner and awards banquet afterwards.

Registration, sponsor and contact information can be found on Adventure SCUBA web site. Contact Richard Dean, owner of Adventure SCUBA and tournament coordinator, directly for more information. richard@adventurescubaonline.com.

RISE Adventures - Adaptive Golf Program

Great weather today or What??? It's going to be a fantastic year for the RISE golf program. Five, new, first time participants today at the North Texas Golf Center. Lots of interest from folks new to RISE, increasing interest from the "regular" RISE constituency, 18 hole regulation golf courses are interested in hosting our program and the RISE in-service programs conducted on-site at the Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation have been successful in getting people back to the golf course. Lots of quality volunteers from therapy students at UNT and TWU. A representative from Solo Rider, a single rider golf cart manufacturer in Plano, got a first hand look at the RISE mission in action today. If we need additional carts, they have volunteered to make them available during our golf events.

Check the calendar carefully. For the present, RISE golf is from 12:00 to 3:00 on Saturday's but will change during the year. RSVP is required.

Mark your calendar now for September 13th. Adventure Scuba in Plano will be sponsoring a golf tournament to benefit RISE Adventures. I'll post details as they develop.

Teaching the Teacher ..... Hosted by Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children

Another great day at the Scottish Rite Hospital. This annual seminar is for golf instructors, golf coaches, physical therapists, occupational therapists, recreational therapists, etc., anyone wanting to learn more about teaching golf to individuals with disabilities. The key "take aways" from the seminar include: resources, community contacts, outreach programs, the "how to's" of teaching disabilities and information on adaptive playing aids and mobility devices.

In one demonstration segment, participants experienced first hand the huge differences between swinging from a wheel chair and swinging from a single rider golf cart. Swinging from a wheel chair has its swing restrictions and mobility limitations but swing from a single rider cart......that's the equivalent of having legs! The swing is free and the player is mobile from tee to green.

Which brings us to another topic: Intentional Marketing to Individuals with Disabilities. For golf facilities looking for that "untapped market", i.e., new golfers to fill the tee sheet, more mouths to feed in the restaurant, more people who want to buy "stuff" from the pro shop, etc., here's a gold mine! Put it this way, "What does your facility and instructional staff do to solicit golfers with disabilities?"

Anyone interested in more "hands on" experience with disabled golfers, adaptive equipment and instruction methods; I'm always looking for volunteers to assist with the RISE Adventures golf program. RISE golf schedule is on the RISE web site. RSVP required.

Clubmaker Stuff - Moment of Inertia

MATT MOHI
TOM WISHON GOLF TECHNOLOGY
FITTING AND BUILDING MOI MATCHED GOLF CLUBS
©2009

Reprinted with Permission from TWGT

What is MOI?
• MOI is a measurement of how much force it takes to put an object into a rotational motion about a defined axis of rotation.

How does MOI relate to Golf?
• Many might be familiar with a “high MOI” driver head. This is the MOI of the head about it’s center of gravity.
• The MOI we are addressing here is the MOI of the entire golf club over its full length, as it is set in motion to rotate about the axis of the wrist cock release in the golf swing. (The shaft.)

What are we trying to achieve in an MOI Matched set?
• Consistency of the “weight to length feel” from club to club throughout the set.
• Clubs that require the same amount of force to swing resulting in a higher level of swing consistency. Good swings produce good shots.

Why is MOI Superior to Swingweight?
• MOI is a dynamic measurement of the “load” the golf club puts on the golfer. Swingweight is simply a ratio of the weight of a golf club based on a fulcrum point on a scale.
• Any weight added to a club will raise the MOI and put more load on the golfer. With swingweight measurements, any weight added to the grip side of the fulcrum point will LOWER the swingweight, but will not lower the amount of effort it takes to swing the club.

How does MOI compare to Swingweight?
• If we take an MOI matched set and measure all the clubs on a swingweight scale, as the clubs become shorter, the swingweight will increase slightly.
• For instance, if our MOI matched 6 iron is at a D1 swingweight, we will likely see a swingweight measurement of around D3 on the PW.

Is MOI a replacement for Frequency Matching?
• No, it is a replacement for swingweight matching.
• Frequency matching and MOI matching can be done side by side, just as frequency matching can also be done in a swingweight matched set.

Who benefits from MOI matching?
• Golfers of all skill levels have shown a preference for MOI matched sets – from beginners to elite golfers.
• For the less skilled golfer, the golf swing will be easier to learn and when all golf clubs in the set require the same amount of effort to swing.
• Elite golfers have noted the “sameness” of the swing feel from club to club throughout the set.

Who doesn’t benefit from MOI matching?
• The vast majority of golfers custom fit with MOI matched clubs, express a significant preference for their MOI matched clubs over traditional swingweight clubs.
• In very rare situations, golfers who have a keen sense of feel and advanced technique built around a swingweight matched set of irons prefer swingweight matching.

Can MOI matching be done on existing clubs?
• Yes, but if the set is already swingweight matched, the only option will be to match to the longest club’s MOI.
• This will require a significant amount of weight to be added to the short irons and will likely result in a MOI that is too high and does not fit.
• On an existing set of clubs, particularly if they were purchased “off the shelf”, it will probably be incorrect to assume that all the other fitting specifications are correct.

Why don’t the big, assembled club companies build their clubs MOI matched?
• MOI matching works best when a unique MOI is chosen, though custom fitting, that matches each individual golfer’s swing. Given the wide variety of swings, MOI matching can only be done when each club is built specifically for an individual golfer and not mass produced to “standard” specifications.

Reprinted with Permission from TWGT

How to Modify Golf Clubs

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