National Club Golfer - GForce 7 Iron & Wedge Review - January 2023
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How Can GForce improve your Game?
Jack Backhouse, equipment tester for National Club Golfer was seriously impressed when he testing out the GForce Golf 7 Iron Nxt-Gen swing training aid. Below is the overview of his review in National Club Golfer, December 2022
National Club Golfer Verdict:
"What I really love about these clubs is the ability to take them out and use them on the course like any other club in your bag. Being able to get out into the competitive environment and be forced to use the correct technique on shots by the GForce Nxt-Gen will speed up any golfers learning process."
NCG SUMMARY
"I really like this training aid. It ticks a lot of boxes for correcting the common faults that I see day to day teaching amateur golfers.
This is perfect for players who need some help with their tempo, sequencing, release and fixing shots that go too far right. It’s even legal for tournament play if it helps your game."
PROS
- Immediate feedback from the strike and ball flight tells you if you have made the right swing or not
- Addresses many swing faults
- Available in different clubs to help with all areas of the game
- Great demonstration videos on YouTube
REVIEW
"As a coach, I love training aids. Anything that can be used to help a golfer achieve the desired feel or help develop their swing with less thought is brilliant. It’s even better if you can actually hit a ball whilst using it, and to go one step further, take it on the course and use it.
The GForce Nxt-Gen 7 iron is a regular iron head with a super whippy shaft with a mid-sized grip on it. The idea is you hit shots with it and if you are swinging incorrectly, the ball goes out to the right, or you miss hit it. The ball will fly high and straight when you get your sequencing correct.
What I first noticed when hitting full shots with the 7 iron was how drastically the club bends in my takeaway – this would suggest I have a first move that is too aggressive."
"The result of the extreme bend is that when I get down to impact, the club head hasn’t caught up to where it needs to be, so is wide open and sends the ball way off line. Once I made my first move smoother the ball flight straightened out and I was able to hit the ball fairly high and straight.
I gave this club to an 18-handicap player in a lesson, and initially, the shots were incredibly erratic to start. They were a natural slicer of the ball, and the Nxt-Gen 7 iron really exposed the player’s release issues. Once this issue was outlined and they performed a few half shots to get a feel for what should happen at impact, we improved their sequencing and fixed the ball flight.
The GForce sand wedge is also brilliant for helping fix golfers’ short games. The same theory applies in that a swing that’s too jerky or out of sequence will produce poor shots.
This is the club that was seen in Rory McIlroy’s bag at the US Open at Torrey Pines. Legendary coach Pete Cowen and his coaches are known to be using this training aid.
What I really love about these clubs is the ability to take them out and use them on the course like any other club in your bag. Being able to get out into the competitive environment and be forced to use the correct technique on shots by the GForce Nxt-Gen will speed up any golfers learning process."