Recent content by dronfield

We're going to see Eric Clapton and Eagles at the new Coop arena, Manchester and then AC/DC at Wembley.

A few years ago I played in a foursomes comp at Woodhall Spa and partnered someone I had never met before. On a par 3 it was our honour and I played first, did a fresh air shot and had to step down from the tee to allow my playing partner to now play the ball that was still teed up!

Rick Shields did a similar review of Ping drivers from the G20 through to G400 and came to same conclusions re inc in performance - from memory i think the G20 (oldest on test) performed the best. A couple of months ago i bought a used G25 driver for £90 and have been delighted with it.

Agree with this re Lindrick - Re Leeds in addition to Alwoodley, would look at Moortown and Headingley. Sheffield - Hallamshire is a good choice, and then for East Midlands go for Sherwood Forest, Coxmoor and Worksop (in addition to Holinwell). Plenty of good options here.

Faldo's A Swing For Life is an excellent instruction book, and whilst obviously covering all areas of the game in great detail, the short game sections are very good, explaining the different chipping and pitching techniques. He is a fan of the clockface method re pitching distance control, but...

Taylormade Hi Toe Big Foot wedges have 15 degree bounce - available in 56, 58 & 60 degree lofts. I had the 60 degree which was great out of bunkers - played with a square face (ie, not opened at all). Rich

We received an email advising that the clubhouse/course will be closed all day.

We have several throughout the week, where the ClubV1 booking app has slots ruled out to accomodate. Within a few of the roll ups they have Whatsapp groups where any regulars can advise if they are unable to play that day.

I 3 putt too often and it is damaging half decent rounds - biggest issue for me has been distance control on 1st putt. A couple of years ago i switched to pencil grip, which has improved my putting 10 ft inwards, but is a struggle with longer ones. Last couple of rounds i have used a traditional...

Thanks clubchamp for this generous offer - i'll pm you. Rich

Jason - my HCI is 17.8, so I have always gone with game improvement irons - hence unsure as whether to go with this option re the set matching GW.

Jim what bounce is on your 52 degree - looking at the Ping G series 50 degree U wedge the bounce is 12 degree which seems a bit high? Rich

Thanks Bob - our bunkers are generally harder sand, and the Ping G series SW is 54 deg with 13 deg bounce so may not be right choice here.

Thanks Bob for your advice here - i have seen several people advocating a 3 wedge "clockface" approach, but was wondering if i could get by using just the PW. I'll look at getting a GW that matches my existing Ping set. Re using the SW from the fairway, my current one is a non set blade model...

My current iron set has a 45 deg PW - I also carry a 55 deg blade SW that I only feel confident using in bunkers. A lot of people on forums suggest that due to modern strong lofts, a 50 deg Gap Wedge is invaluable. My home course is quite long off white tees and there are several par 4/5 that I...