Metcalfeclive1975
Newbie
Hello everyone, I'm new here and I have a very frustrating problem...
First a little background... I'm very much a leisure golfer and play maybe 20 rounds per year, normally on weekends away with mates so many different courses followed by lots of beer! I do however goto the range approx once per wee and hit a bucket of balls. Ive been playing for about 8 years, starting out with dunlop sports direct clubs but about 4 or 5 years ago I bought some Cobra S3 max irons, a baffler hybrid and s3.1 woods, although i have had maybe 4 or 5 drivers bought and sold on. I also took about 20 lessons and my scores cut from 120+ to about 95-100 and thats where I have been ever since.
The problem I have is I go through phases of either being able to hit my driver and 3 wood pretty well off the tee, at the expense of every other club being crap, ie lots of topped/pushed irons with no control. This results in decent length and position off the tee but I may as well then pick up the ball and throw it into the trees/water/bunker etc as thats where the 2nd/3rd/4th shot will end up. Or I can hit irons pretty well but have to hit them off the tee and suffer lack of distance as I cant keep any kind of wood in the course!
The latter option is by far the better but it just doesn't feel like golf not hitting a booming tee shot. I have tried many things and have just won a some cheap taylormade RAC HT 3 and 4 irons to try and get more length off the tee with the hope of keeping some accuracy, but i havnt had chance to try this latest theory yet.
I am obviously changing my swing but it doesnt feel any different. I feel as though i have the game the wrong way round as I am 100x more confident of getting a 190yd shot close to the pin with a 5 iron in my hand than I am standing on the tee and hitting the fairway in any way shape or form.
Any ideas? I have one, even though I am 6'4 and built like a tank the woods feel too long, I have toyed with cutting an inch or so off the shaft butt.
CM
First a little background... I'm very much a leisure golfer and play maybe 20 rounds per year, normally on weekends away with mates so many different courses followed by lots of beer! I do however goto the range approx once per wee and hit a bucket of balls. Ive been playing for about 8 years, starting out with dunlop sports direct clubs but about 4 or 5 years ago I bought some Cobra S3 max irons, a baffler hybrid and s3.1 woods, although i have had maybe 4 or 5 drivers bought and sold on. I also took about 20 lessons and my scores cut from 120+ to about 95-100 and thats where I have been ever since.
The problem I have is I go through phases of either being able to hit my driver and 3 wood pretty well off the tee, at the expense of every other club being crap, ie lots of topped/pushed irons with no control. This results in decent length and position off the tee but I may as well then pick up the ball and throw it into the trees/water/bunker etc as thats where the 2nd/3rd/4th shot will end up. Or I can hit irons pretty well but have to hit them off the tee and suffer lack of distance as I cant keep any kind of wood in the course!
The latter option is by far the better but it just doesn't feel like golf not hitting a booming tee shot. I have tried many things and have just won a some cheap taylormade RAC HT 3 and 4 irons to try and get more length off the tee with the hope of keeping some accuracy, but i havnt had chance to try this latest theory yet.
I am obviously changing my swing but it doesnt feel any different. I feel as though i have the game the wrong way round as I am 100x more confident of getting a 190yd shot close to the pin with a 5 iron in my hand than I am standing on the tee and hitting the fairway in any way shape or form.
Any ideas? I have one, even though I am 6'4 and built like a tank the woods feel too long, I have toyed with cutting an inch or so off the shaft butt.
CM
