Field Notes
Notes from the studio floor — plain explanations of the numbers that actually shape how a club performs, written by the people running the monitors.
What Smash Factor Actually Tells You About a Strike
A single ratio that grades contact quality more honestly than watching where the ball flies.
Read entry →Why Two Launch Monitors Read the Same Swing Differently
Radar and camera systems measure a swing in fundamentally different ways — here's where each one is more likely to miss.
Read entry →Spin Axis Vs. Spin Loft: Two Numbers Golfers Mix Up
One number describes curvature, the other describes how spin got created in the first place — and they're not interchangeable.
Read entry →Reading a Dispersion Ellipse Instead of Chasing One Great Shot
Why the shape of your miss pattern matters more for club selection than your single longest shot of the session.
Read entry →Why Two Balls With the Same Carry Land Differently
Carry distance is only half the landing story — descent angle decides what happens the moment the ball touches down.
Read entry →Attack Angle Isn't Just a Driver Number
Every club has an ideal attack angle window, and most golfers have only ever heard the term applied to one of them.
Read entry →Put This on Your Own Swing
Reading about launch data is a start — watching your own numbers agree across two monitors is where it actually clicks.