Booooooooooom!

[G_Mulligan]

I have always been a big believer that the short game is what counts and this is what I practice accordingly. I have always sliced with the driver and so now just carry it for show really using it twice per round at the most laying up on long par 4s and all par 5s and relying on my pitching to save par or bogey.

I had a lesson yesterday and we worked on driver setup, shoulders open, legs closed, swing round my body but hold it straight through impact and BOOM! ripped one. I must have looked a little mental gawping and smiling at the same time. We finished the lesson soon after but I stayed to finish the basket and it was just one after the other smashing them straight and long.

I still think, all being equal, the short game is more important scoring wise but wedging it close or chipping in has never made my balls tingle

I can't wait to get back to the range tomorrow.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Nothing beats cracking one for miles (or 240 tops if you are me) and if you can do it regularly on the course then so much the better. Glad the lesson worked but don't try and rip it too often when you get out there and overswing or thrash at it

 

[bobmac]

It is fun isn't it

 

[Imurg]

It is fun isn't it

I wouldn't know.......

 

[kid2]

I have always been a big believer that the short game is what counts and this is what I practice accordingly. I have always sliced with the driver and so now just carry it for show really using it twice per round at the most laying up on long par 4s and all par 5s and relying on my pitching to save par or bogey.

I had a lesson yesterday and we worked on driver setup, shoulders open, legs closed, swing round my body but hold it straight through impact and BOOM! ripped one. I must have looked a little mental gawping and smiling at the same time. We finished the lesson soon after but I stayed to finish the basket and it was just one after the other smashing them straight and long.

I still think, all being equal, the short game is more important scoring wise but wedging it close or chipping in has never made my balls tingle

I can't wait to get back to the range tomorrow.

I use dto be in the same position as you....

What i thought was square to the ball was really just my legs with open shoulders and an out to in path things were not good....

A change to my shoulder line and now a better swing path has be grinning when i belt one out there...

I still hit a few wobbly ones but heh so do the Pro's......

 

[Region3]

Short game is where your score is made yes, but it takes a lot of pressure off the short game when your approaches are with 8/9/W rather than 5/6/7 irons.

 

[G_Mulligan]

yeah good advice homer, I am at risk of thinking I can just start unleashing them on a full round now so will need to reign myself in a bit.

Yeah Bob it is an unbelievable amount of fun doing it at the range and if I can get a steady 250 on the course for now I will be very happy.

 

[Mark_Aged_42]

Thought this was going to be a Blackadder thread!

And where is Timgolfy when we need him most!

 

[need_my_wedge]

At the risk of sounding all Timgolfy, I hit my first ever 300 yd drive at the weekend. First tee - 420yds, surprisingly smooth strike, ball took off straight up the middle. We have a rise across the fairway about 190yds, saw the ball come down and bounce just past as usual, but couldn't see where it stopped. Walked up, over the rise, couldn't see the ball, kept walking past the 150yd marker to find it in a dip further up. Have never hit that far before, out with the GPS to find 120 yds to the pin. Hit a pitching wedge pin high into the greenside bunker. Pitched out and missed the hole by 6 inches before missing the par putt back. Disappointed with the bogey but I'll side with you, was quite exhilarating walking up to my boomed drive, especially when I couldn't see it after walking over the rise.

 

[Khamelion]

It is indeed a good feeling when you smack the living daylights out of the ball and it flies off straight.

Playing on Sunday myself and my mate lined up on the 18th with another two ball watching. The hole a slight dog leg left required the negotiation of a very large mature oak tree at about halfway.

My mate hit a blinding drive with draw around the tree and myself went straight over the top of the tree, as we walked past the two guys waiting, we politely said thank you for waiting to which their replies nice drives, which does indeed give you a good feeling.

 

[egerst]

Nothing beats knocking the ball miles and straight off the tee but i would give my nuts to be able to knock a wedge close or take less than 30 putts a round ( or even less than 40 would do at the mo )

 

[CaptainStue]

Here Here the old adage "Drive for Show put for Dough" springs to mind, never a truer word spoken.

 

[Crawfy]

Sorry guys, I get a bigger tingle down below when I see a wedge or iron dropping near the pin.

I'd swap the post-boom march up the fairway, for the swagger onto the green when your ball is in 1-putt territory.

I've been known to tip my hat on rare ocassions to the (imaginary) gallery....haha!

 

[One Planer]

Sorry guys, I get a bigger tingle down below when I see a wedge or iron dropping near the pin.

I'd swap the post-boom march up the fairway, for the swagger onto the green when your ball is in 1-putt territory.

I've been known to tip my hat on rare ocassions to the (imaginary) gallery....haha!

This is me also.

As Greg Norman once said:

"Happiness is a long walk with a putter"