150 yards is a bad example though because you have markers there. I need mine to tell me the difference between 90 and 110, or 170 and 190. It sounds like you were just dead set against them on the first place and nothing was ever going to change your mind to be honest. Or if you are as good at estimating yardages as you say then I question why you even got one / asked for one.Grim - just unremittingly grim - almost from the off. Excellent tee and second shots on 1st followed by 2 Lucy Lockets and subsequently a blog. And it continued pretty much for the whole round. And so to 18th - utterly depressed. Excellent tee and second shots - and as for the 1st 2 x Lucy Locket - the second one hitting my trolley and i Just picked up my ball. I'd had enough.
Unfortunately my misery was compounded by the confusion I experienced using my Bushnell Laser range finder. Kept getting incorrect distance measurements (even with Pinseeker mode on) - and even when I got one that I guessed was about right from my own estimation - it was kind of meaningless to me. I have gone for so long just with my estimation and feel for swing that having a number in my head just adds a thought that I just can't have at the moment whilst I am hitting multiple LLs...
Yes I have always used the on-course distance measurements - but I don't use them precisely. So for instance If I am around the 150yd marker in my head I will work out if I am a 'long' 150 yds or a 'short' 150yds to where the pin looks to be on the green. Knowing that the flag is say 147yds from me is actually for me confusing (bizarre and counter-intuitive as perhaps that might seem). As I don't actually know what club I hit 147yds. Hard to explain...say I think that 147yds is a 6i. My problem is then I don't know if it is a long 6i or a short 6i - or a middle 6i - as that is how my distance thinking has evolved. If in my head it's a long 6i my golf brain has me making a swing accordingly.
And so I think I am going to leave my laser range finder at home for the time being as distance is at the moment irrelevant - irrelevant as I can (like today) find myself 40yds short of the green in the middle of fairway in regulation, and after next short I am 25yds to the right of it...
my advice would be to lay off the Booze if you hands are shaking so much you can't zap a pinGrim - just unremittingly grim - almost from the off. Excellent tee and second shots on 1st followed by 2 Lucy Lockets and subsequently a blog. And it continued pretty much for the whole round. And so to 18th - utterly depressed. Excellent tee and second shots - and as for the 1st 2 x Lucy Locket - the second one hitting my trolley and i Just picked up my ball. I'd had enough.
Unfortunately my misery was compounded by the confusion I experienced using my Bushnell Laser range finder. Kept getting incorrect distance measurements (even with Pinseeker mode on) - and even when I got one that I guessed was about right from my own estimation - it was kind of meaningless to me. I have gone for so long just with my estimation and feel for swing that having a number in my head just adds a thought that I just can't have at the moment whilst I am hitting multiple LLs...
Yes I have always used the on-course distance measurements - but I don't use them precisely. So for instance If I am around the 150yd marker in my head I will work out if I am a 'long' 150 yds or a 'short' 150yds to where the pin looks to be on the green. Knowing that the flag is say 147yds from me is actually for me confusing (bizarre and counter-intuitive as perhaps that might seem). As I don't actually know what club I hit 147yds. Hard to explain...say I think that 147yds is a 6i. My problem is then I don't know if it is a long 6i or a short 6i - or a middle 6i - as that is how my distance thinking has evolved. If in my head it's a long 6i my golf brain has me making a swing accordingly.
And so I think I am going to leave my laser range finder at home for the time being as distance is at the moment irrelevant - irrelevant as I can (like today) find myself 40yds short of the green in the middle of fairway in regulation, and after next short I am 25yds to the right of it...
We are going on for lunch tomorrow with my daughter and her Beau - the new Head Pro at my club and we shall discuss. And if he doesn't offer a session of lessons to sort me out, then were he ever to think about popping the question and asked me - then the answer would be No...I'll just have to make sure he understands that
Grim - just unremittingly grim - almost from the off. Excellent tee and second shots on 1st followed by 2 Lucy Lockets and subsequently a blog. And it continued pretty much for the whole round. And so to 18th - utterly depressed. Excellent tee and second shots - and as for the 1st 2 x Lucy Locket - the second one hitting my trolley and i Just picked up my ball. I'd had enough.
Unfortunately my misery was compounded by the confusion I experienced using my Bushnell Laser range finder. Kept getting incorrect distance measurements (even with Pinseeker mode on) - and even when I got one that I guessed was about right from my own estimation - it was kind of meaningless to me. I have gone for so long just with my estimation and feel for swing that having a number in my head just adds a thought that I just can't have at the moment whilst I am hitting multiple LLs...
Yes I have always used the on-course distance measurements - but I don't use them precisely. So for instance If I am around the 150yd marker in my head I will work out if I am a 'long' 150 yds or a 'short' 150yds to where the pin looks to be on the green. Knowing that the flag is say 147yds from me is actually for me confusing (bizarre and counter-intuitive as perhaps that might seem). As I don't actually know what club I hit 147yds. Hard to explain...say I think that 147yds is a 6i. My problem is then I don't know if it is a long 6i or a short 6i - or a middle 6i - as that is how my distance thinking has evolved. If in my head it's a long 6i my golf brain has me making a swing accordingly.
And so I think I am going to leave my laser range finder at home for the time being as distance is at the moment irrelevant - irrelevant as I can (like today) find myself 40yds short of the green in the middle of fairway in regulation, and after next short I am 25yds to the right of it...
We are going on for lunch tomorrow with my daughter and her Beau - the new Head Pro at my club and we shall discuss. And if he doesn't offer a session of lessons to sort me out, then were he ever to think about popping the question and asked me - then the answer would be No...I'll just have to make sure he understands that
Unbelievable. Hit a ball into rough on our 7th. Had a tree to go over about 80 yards away. Pulled the 5H and sailed it over to leave a simple pitch and two putts for a net par. No way could I have hit a 5 iron that high from that lie. I am standing on par threes with so much confidence that I can hit target (well more often than not) and the bad ones are still playable. I couldn't say that hitting long irons off the teeGood shooting homer J
These hybrids must be well settled in by now. What's the verdict?
On the plus side I finished 2019 two shots lower at 15-13 and only 0.1 away from my goal for the season of 12 so feel it is definitely moving forwardGreat to hear. I'm sure they will play a part in your QFSF next year.
Onwards and downwards pal.
I don’t drink ?my advice would be to lay off the Booze if you hands are shaking so much you can't zap a pin
Does it give accurate yardages to your trolley?
They'd be easy to check as you can pace it out.
but your hands must be shaking if you can't get a reading on the pin?
