Face breaker
Q-School Graduate
One shot, demoed an 'SLDR mini driver' from our pro-shop once, took it to the first tee, hit it worse than I hit my driver, turned around a took it straight back to the pro-shop... :thup:
If you can hit it brilliant on the range then you can hit it brilliant on the course. Why dump what is clearly a good club for you just because your golf course swing doesn't match your range swing? Why not persevere - it's as if you expect the club to hit the shot despite your swing. Why not work at it until you can hit it on the course as well as you hit it on the range - because when you can then you yourself will have clearly improved your game.
As you might expect from the above I have never dumped a club because it didn't work for me straight away. There have been some that I have struggled with but I have persevered and found that in all cases the problem was my swing - the club was just highlighting the swing issue. A bit of tweaking here and there - and hey presto.
If you can hit it brilliant on the range then you can hit it brilliant on the course. Why dump what is clearly a good club for you just because your golf course swing doesn't match your range swing? Why not persevere - it's as if you expect the club to hit the shot despite your swing. Why not work at it until you can hit it on the course as well as you hit it on the range - because when you can then you yourself will have clearly improved your game.
As you might expect from the above I have never dumped a club because it didn't work for me straight away. There have been some that I have struggled with but I have persevered and found that in all cases the problem was my swing - the club was just highlighting the swing issue. A bit of tweaking here and there - and hey presto.
I've got a great example of this happening to me. I brought an M2 for Christmas last year (2016 model - widely regarded at the time as the best driver on the market) and when I tried it out in AG I was hitting it ok. Not amazing but good enough for me to think yes I could get used to it, especially since I knew it was such a good driver. However, in the months that followed it went in the complete opposite direction and it was absolutely killing me. I was suffering with a huge slice and could not hit a fairway to save my life.
As a little experiment I tried my old driver again and rather frustratingly I hit it really well so I put back in the bag. I was absolutely gutted that I'd spent all this money on a fancy driver and it was useless. I started to contemplate selling it and I knew a few people that were interested but at the last minute I said no, I'm just going to give it a few more weeks, have a lesson and see if I can get it to work.
So I did just that and granted, it took more than a few weeks to sort out, but sort it out I did and boy oh boy am I glad that I did. I'm now in a position where it is the best club in my bag and hit it much much further than my old driver! It was definitely my swing that was causing the issues, I just needed to make some tweaks to get the best out of the M2.
Good that you persevered - unfortunately it seems that many golfers give at with this thought - that somehow it was the golf club that was useless and not the golfers swing
I really think it depends on whether the club is fitted and how well it is fitted. If it's not fitted well, yes you may get some good striked with the club but in general the club is fighting against your natural swing, and so you are trying to adapt your swing to the club. If it's a properly fitted club then I agree with 100%.
I beg to disagree - a bit... I have never had a golf club fitted and I have always been able - through not very hard work - to get to the point where I can hit it well. And I have never had to significantly change my natural swing to reach that point. I have found that where I have at first struggled with a club the hard work I have had to do was between the ears. But I admit to being a 100% techno-sceptic when it comes to a lot of stuff associated with golf clubs.
Odyssey tank #1. Holed a fifteen footer first try on the demo day. Lasted round and a half. Available for sale
Dropped you a message re this club if it is still available?
Seen the PM and the last one so will sort pics over the weekend and get them over to you
Homer - not sure whether you got my PM but still interested!
Sorry pal. Got the PM but been busy and so haven't had time to do pics. I've not forgotten and will try and get something uploaded asap for you