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It all depends on the offset. [Archive, Standard]

Today the issue is a golf club’s offset. A unique fact about golf is that it is one sport where for the best performance, the equipment and the player must marry into one, a relationship that is close and very specific.

Golf is not like soccer or volleyball, where everybody plays the same ball. It is closer to tennis and squash, where although the same ball is played by both players, each player uses a racket that is customized to their specifications, by grip size, tension in the strings and overall weight.

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