Foot spray and impact screen

[Kebabbster]

Has anyone used athlete foot sprays on clubs to check on strike and does it mark impact screen?

[GungHoGolf]

Many of us use foot spray powder (I wouldn't use any for "athletes foot" as that would have anti-fungal medicine in it) for club face impact checking - it does not affect the screen. Use a light coat, can usually see 8-10 strikes with one coating. An added benefit with irons is that you can check your lie angle by looking at the bottom area that's wiped clean by the turf - should be an even stripe across the bottom of the club face.

[Kebabbster]

Thanks Ron I’ll get some powder

[Ronsc1985]

A less messy solution is face impact stickers.

[mrm3]

Face impact stickers leave a mark on the ball. So therefore the screen?

[vrpunk]

Baby Talc works👍

[Ronsc1985]

Face impact stickers leave a mark on the ball. So therefore the screen?

They don't leave a mark on the ball or club face. They simply compress the sticker you put on the club face to make a mark on the sticker.

[mrm3]

They don't leave a mark on the ball or club face. They simply compress the sticker you put on the club face to make a mark on the sticker.

I may have bad stickers but they leave marks on the ball.

[Ronsc1985]

I may have bad stickers but they leave marks on the ball.

Mine do not but I don't hit a ton of balls with the same sticker. On the other hand using powder makes a real mess on the hitting mat. To each his own.

[GutterSnipe]

My problem with impact stickers is they change the launch of the ball (dramatically so with wedges). I had no idea how much grooves grip and launch balls lower until I put impact tape on my clubs.

[Ronsc1985]

My problem with impact stickers is they change the launch of the ball (dramatically so with wedges). I had no idea how much grooves grip and launch balls lower until I put impact tape on my clubs.

Grooves add nothing to the friction with a dry clubface and ball. They serve the same function as grooves in your car tires. i.e.channel moisture and other crap from the tire to road contact patch. This was demonstrated many years ago by Ralph Maltby who actually made a set of irons without grooves and tested them against an identical set of clubheads with grooves. Anything you put on the clubface usually decreases the coefficient of friction between ball and clubface. The idea is to use face stickers, foot powder etc. to find the impact spot on a few shots. From there you should learn what off center hits feel like and after awhile not need contact indicators of any kind.

Apparently, according to a teaching pro I know, a lot of people have no idea what an off center shot feels like. He constantly talks about some of his students who come in complaining of loss of distance who are simply hitting the ball a few grooves low on the clubface. He changes their setup slightly and immediately they stop thinning the ball. As a bonus they think he is a genius teacher and recommend him to their buddies. He usually gives them few face stickers so they can diagnose themselves if they lose distance again.

[simmb]

I may have bad stickers but they leave marks on the ball.

The stickers I have leave a purple splodge on the ball. Need to clean the ball after each hit as it does mark. Maybe we have the same stickers