Recent content by albatross2

The AP1 716 defy convention. Check this out: 3-19*, 4-22*, 5-25*, 6-28*, 7-31*, 8-35*, 9-39*, PW-43*, W1-47*, W2-52* With today's clubs, it's all about choosing your gaps. If you play 3 wedges, you'll have a gap at the short end or a gap between wedges - but you should be able to control your...

Manufacturers have been touting increased length for years now, while they steadily decrease lofts. As technology has advanced (center of gravity, MOI, shaft tuning, etc.) and can provide better player assistance, it has become possible for them to strengthen lofts and increase distances. Your...

I thought this might be a thread about whether one plays better on or off the anti-psychotics. Nope. Just batteries. Too bad, lord knows there are plenty of insane golfers...

Hit, find, repeat until holed.

My amateurism shines. Indeed, I never meant to suggest to ignore the lower back. In fact, I did glute bridges and three sets of hip thrusters today (along with dead bugs, spiderman, inverted bench rows, bench presses, 1/2 kneeling landmine presses...). While I could still be totally wrong, I...

Great thought with Tathata. I'll definitely consider ponying up for that. I get that weights aren't for everyone. For me, I recognized that my body could substantively improve. Notably, I really lacked developed muscle mass (was never a big guy). Like Wolf said above, working the big muscles...

Thanks for the kudos. Wasn't looking for them but I'll totally take it. I think you're dead on. That said, while I would take flexibility over strength, I drastically prefer both. The power drop from age comes from both declining strength and declining flexibility. One of the keys I've...

Great stuff. As a professional you did a better job explaining than I did. What you just identified is exactly what we do. Ground up focus is fundamental. I think most golfers don't understand the role the big muscles play. Most notably, if you study good players at impact you see that they have...

I'm a 48 year old male and currently carry a .4 index. I started playing at ~18 and caught the bug in a big way. I've long been a student of the swing, but I always relied on my natural athleticism (and youth) to allow me to get my body to perform. I typically run +1 to 1 here in Wisconsin at my...

Look forward to being able to chime in on courses in your part of the world. Stateside, the most disappointing course I’ve played, by far, is Whistling Straits. It’s Pete Dye being too clever by half. It LOOKS beautiful. And like it wants to play as a links. But it’s not a links. No ground...

I've played with him and he's a terrific guy. I also show up (very briefly) in his episode about the Longest Day in Golf (the Bandon Dunes Summer Solstice event). I'm the gent who plays with his father... Erik is absolutely down to earth and loves golf. In the Longest Day episode he's playing...

I totally agree about bogey being your friend. Along the lines of your recommendation I would add that getting into the habit of intentionally hitting to a consistent distance from the green can be incredibly powerful. For example, I am extremely comfortable at 85 yards. Any time I am laying up...

Quick background: I am a .4 index and have played Titleist AP2 714 irons with Vokey wedges for the past many years. I am totally intrigued by the one length concept, and did a ton of research to find out how/why they might be good for me. I put the Cobra Forged One irons in my bag about 6...

I think it also depends about the level of play. Often, mid- to high- handicappers don't have accurate and consistent gaps between their clubs due to the inconsistent quality of contact. Removing clubs from the bag shouldn't have too outsized an impact in those cases. At the other end of the...

More than one thing I wish I'd been told. Par is a largely irrelevant number. Golf is about getting the ball in the hole in as few strokes as you are able. The correlation between score and distance is to be expected. Indeed, a par 3 is typically quite a bit shorter than a par 5. If you can...