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Shanks.

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Well I had 3 today 2 with a 6 iron and 1 with a 7 iron all 3 shanked balls resulted in lost balls. Really feel like giving into them and taking up something else. They alway seem to come about when I have big comps coming up.and can't book a lesson as pro away.
 
Always got it lurking in the back of the game and it comes out every now and then. Fortunately I tend to get them more on the range than the course and hate the saying "a shank is a fraction away from the perfect strike". No good dropping another under penalty as you send one into the knee high stuff.
 
brendy said:
As a horrible sufferer for the past 3 years, it has now been weeks since I hit my last one after a eureka moment.
I was never afraid of the word shank, it was more not being able to stop the inevitable once you didnt feel comfortable over the ball at address.
I have had some of my biggest cuts while going through them too, putting stats were better too strangely.
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LOL Every six weeks or so we here about your new eureka moment then 5 weeks later you are back in the pits of despair :rofl: Any half wedge shots ;)

As someone who rarely suffers them all I can so is :ears:
 
chris661 said:
LOL Every six weeks or so we here about your new eureka moment then 5 weeks later you are back in the pits of despair :rofl: Any half wedge shots ;)

As someone who rarely suffers them all I can so is :ears:
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Just you concentrate on heading back to double figures :D

I have hit one shank in months, the one I did hit was from a hanging off camber lie but still counts ;)
I think I hit a few decent pitches at Shandon a few weeks ago that Steve can attest to, I actually enjoy it now though expecting to hit a decent shot as opposed to backside like a rabbits nose like it always was after short term fixes.
 
brendy said:
Just you concentrate on heading back to double figures :D
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Easy done, doesn't really take much concetration :( Only one more bad round required :(

Anyway it would only be a temporary blip your shanks are always going to rear their ugly head with alarming regularity. :whistle:
 
brendy said:
Just you concentrate on heading back to double figures :D

I have hit one shank in months, the one I did hit was from a hanging off camber lie but still counts ;)
I think I hit a few decent pitches at Shandon a few weeks ago that Steve can attest to, I actually enjoy it now though expecting to hit a decent shot as opposed to backside like a rabbits nose like it always was after short term fixes.
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I can indeed confirm that, no matter how often I mentioned it or tried to convince Brendy he was going to shank it and much to my annoyance, he did actually hit some very good wedge shots.

Still wasnt good enough to stop me taking the cash though :cheers:
 
Aye well don't look for sympathy when you get struck with a doze of the Lucy Lockets :) Anyway - 8 under CSS of day for me yesterday - s****s or nos****s
 
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