Golf Things That Gladden The Heart

[Crow]

In a lesson - being told that I am hitting my 5i fine - that my shots with it look poor and don’t go any further than when using my 7i is simply down to my not having sufficient clubhead speed to make the club work for me. I am hitting it fine. But if I want to hit a 5i the distance and carry I’d expect I have to significantly increase clubhead speed - and that isn’t going to be easy for me. It’s both an age thing and a ‘what do I want to get out of my golf’ thing.

Now that’s an irritation…but actually on reflection it’s a good thing as I can stop trying to hit my 5i thinking I’ll be able to carry 160yds and hit it maybe 175yds. I can still carry it to use it in different ways.

That understanding and reaching acceptance over it means I can look at a 5 or 6 hybrid that will give me that carry and distance without having to increase my clubhead speed. And that gladdens the heart.

You're 5 iron is probably the equivalent of an old 3 iron.

All the stars have to be aligned and I have to be wearing my lucky socks for me to get enough clubhead speed for a decent 3 iron shot, but I still carry them (and 2 irons if they're in the set) as I enjoy having a go.

The pleasure of the occasional fine shot gives me more satisfaction than an index number.

 

[Orikoru]

Getting out of one of our deepest greenside bunkers at the first attempt yesterday. Might finally be getting the hang of it!

 

[Neilds]

Getting out of one of our deepest greenside bunkers at the first attempt yesterday. Might finally be getting the hang of it!

Stupid, stupid, stupid! When will golfers ever learn?

 

[Orikoru]

Stupid, stupid, stupid! When will golfers ever learn?

You think that's bad, while warming up before my round yesterday I uttered the words to my mate "You and I rarely top one these days.." Can you guess what happened on the very first tee?

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Chipping in. Finally think I have found something on my short game

 

[Mel Smooth]

Whenever Jamie posts a good round he refuses to look at his score differences to work out what his new handicap will be - I always do the calcs but don't tell him so he can turn on his phone in the morning and see what he's got down to.

He'll be delighted this morning, knocked 1.7 off his H.I overnight, and taken himself into the top 10% across club, county and country.

In addition - he was out with one of the other juniors, aged 10 - he shot an 80 - his lowest round to date and his first single figure over par round.
Superb to see both lads absolutely beaming as they came up the last.

 

[Neilds]

Chipping in. Finally think I have found something on my short game

I refer you to my earlier post - #1283

 

[Orikoru]

When you do a driver fitting and the best performing driver is actually one of the slightly cheaper ones.

 

[MACM85]

When you do a driver fitting and the best performing driver is actually one of the slightly cheaper ones.

Driver doesn't know its own price. Which one worked best for you?

 

[Orikoru]

Driver doesn't know its own price. Which one worked best for you?

It was the G430 SFT - it has been out a little while I guess hence it's a little lower in price. Strangely we had the best results at 9°, against the 10.5° my current one is in.

 

[MACM85]

It was the G430 SFT - it has been out a little while I guess hence it's a little lower in price. Strangely we had the best results at 9°, against the 10.5° my current one is in.

Did you notice if it straightened up your shot compared to the Max?

Will the order for a new driver be going in?

 

[Orikoru]

Did you notice if it straightened up your shot compared to the Max?

Will the order for a new driver be going in?

Yeah, I kinda thought we'd be looking at the Max 10k since everyone raves about it, but since that isn't actually a draw-biased driver it wouldn't do much for me. I tested the draw-biased models from Callaway, TaylorMade and Cobra but Ping came out on top (as they usually do for me). I even hit a couple of small draws off the centre line with that one. Generally I'm a fader who's been more of a slicer of late. We went to the Hazrdus RDX 50 shaft too, which I'm not sure of the benefit for to be honest, but it is a tad lighter so gave me more speed I believe.

I'm just waiting a couple of weeks until my birthday when I've got a bit of cash and then I will take the plunge, yeah.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Short game still in and out but definitely on the up. Still grinding it and coming together on the course.

 

[Beezerk]

As of today I’m officially a single figure handicap golfer, given I only usually play once a week and never practice I didn’t think it would happen.
Let’s see how long it lasts

 

[IanM]

Played with the Seniors today. It's a roll up and folk convene in the bar after.

One bloke in the bar had a lettuce with him!

I blooming hope one of his mates brought it from their garden for him!

 

[Rlburnside]

Playing an open and parring all the 5 par 3s plus 2 others. Not bad for 20h/c

Pity about the 10 I had on a par 4 though

 

[Crow]

Played with the Seniors today. It's a roll up and folk convene in the bar after.

One bloke in the bar had a lettuce with him!

I blooming hope one of his mates brought it from their garden for him!

No politics on the forum please.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

My Mrs has agreed to me spending my first ten days of state pension on a new 5 or 6 hybrid.

 

[IanM]

Finding out all my golf in Ayrshire next month is at member's guest rate.

Today's lesson unblocking some incorrect understanding of what I should be doing.

Ecco biom shoes!

 

[rudebhoy]

It was the G430 SFT - it has been out a little while I guess hence it's a little lower in price. Strangely we had the best results at 9°, against the 10.5° my current one is in.

I’ve got a G425 SFT and am toying with tuning it down from 10.5 to 9. I drive well generally however they can go pretty high and slightly right to left, I’m hoping that taking it down to 9 will take a little bit of height off as well being a bit straighter - was that your experience?