@dubiousnoob@AndrewRiceGolf You'd also be surprised at how much the head twists. We're not talking just a couple of degrees. I've seen hits rotate the club 45* open or closed. Also note that the shaft is essentially not "there" when this happens.
Here's some good video
https://t.co/l9vhGB14Un
A tennis racket effectively has no "depth" to it. The rotation point on a driver is somewhere in the middle of the head because the head has depth.
A tennis racket would be more like an iron, and while some gear effect happens on an iron, it's not nearly the same.
I'm also not sure on what effect the deformation of the racket strings would have on this.
@AndrewRiceGolf And just note that this representation, while showing a 2d view, occurs in 3 dimensions, from heel to toe and from bottom of the face to the top, and everything in between.
It's quite interesting how much a driver will rotate open on a toe hit when viewed in slow motion!
@dubiousnoob@AndrewRiceGolf On a toe shot, the clubhead rotates clockwise, thus the ball rotates counter clockwise (hence "gear effect"), causing it to spin left. It's as if the clubhead and ball are actual gears which are meshing together.
Clubhead doesn't shut back down until the ball is long gone.
@Richie3Jack Looks like it would be a very playable, fun course for a regular round.
I just don't see the risk/reward on any holes. Any big decision making that had to be made?