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#883

You had a “no rain” Saturday? I remember those fondly lol. I have had hardly any time to play the last couple of months and when I do have time on the weekend it rains…and not just rain, but usually a deluge.

We finally had no rain last Sunday so I went out. No rain, but 30-40 mph gusting winds. I blistered a low bullet (semi-lucky accident) drive on #9 and got to the 150 marker which is about my usual spot given the tee box. I went up 2 clubs to a 6i and I still couldn’t get it there lol. Tough day, but no rain was nice.

I definitely have not gotten my money’s worth out of the club this year. Not enough time due to work and family issues and rain pretty much every weekend. If I had a crystal ball I would have saved my money.

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#884

So friggin’ true. You feel like you’re going to launch it 100 yds, and you kind of do, but 60 of them are in the air, Lol.

16° long iron? Go you, @okiwiz, if it works. This 17-19° hybrid is giving me fits, trying to get it dialed in. I don’t want to go buy yet another club weight and start slathering lead tape on the head, but I will.

#885

I think I can hit it because it is an iron. I have tried hitting my playing partners hybrids and they don’t work with my swing.


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#886

In my youth, I used to take about 20 balls drop them in front of a bush like 2ft away and just try and hit a ball over the bush and have it drop on the other side, distance wise maybe 10ft… why? I don’t know, I’m stupid!!! That’s when I took my R-90 and ground the hell out of the bottom so I could open it WAY-UP. You could swing as hard as you wanted, almost full speed, I could open the face upwards of 80* Ball would just go like 15-20ft straight up and just drop anchor 10-15ft from where I hit it. I practiced that shot alot, just to mess around. Like hitting backwards shots, left handed shots with an upside down wedge… I use a Ping Anser putter, I would practice hitting the ball dead off the toe when the ball was up against a collar on the green, having seen Freddy Couples do that once. Those shots actually come in handy every now and then!

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#887

Nah, it’s a fun shot to play with. With my 52 or 56, I can’t be too far off with my low point, but it’s not too hard to slide the leading edge right underneath the ball and pop it. Makes a heck of a mess.

Definitely a tester of a shot. I’ll take it back to left arm parallel, with wrist action, and it still will only go 40 yards forward. But I can nearly clear a tree in the way…

#888

The newer hybrid design are larger in size, more like a small fairway wood.
Find a hybrid head, designed more like the Adams Pro. Which was the number one hybrid used in professional torunaments.
The smaller heads work like an iron but more forgiving. It gets the golf ball airborne easier with a higher trajectory.

#889

I have decided to hit my 1 iron without a tee. My ball shape has a tighter dispersion and I am good enough to hit it clean off the ground. I don’t want to gamble buying a hybrid that I may still be not able to hit.

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#890

That is fine if hitting off the turf is your preference. I have known golfers who will hit their irons off the turf on the tee.
A.K.A. Dame Laura Jane Davies who will bump a piece of turf up the ground to use as improvised tee for her iron tee shots.
Use your iron and bump a piece of grass in the opposite direction to the shot, just high enough to elevate the golf ball slightly, like a mini ramp.
I used to do that when I was younger, just to be different. It adds margin for error.

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#891

Quick question on your driving iron? Is it a standard length? Usually they are about 39-40" (101cm). Have you ever experimented with adding a 1/2 inch to an inch in length? If you did, did you pick up a tad more distance? It might bring about a lower trajectory with overspin. Maybe 9-10 more meters

I went to a 7W (23*) years ago, I also have a 16* hybrid similar in loft to your Driving iron, I don’t use it much (only very windy days) and I don’t know my distance with that, but I can hit the 7W on a nice high trajectory, and depending on how far I choke down, 180yds to 200yds (180m) with a draw…

#892

I have compared it with my 3i and it looks half an inch at most longer or it could be the same length. My 3i is 39.25. I play on a 5500m course and as such don’t need anymore distance. My 3i goes 170m and the 1 iron 180 -190m

#893

:+1: Our track is like 5600m, I only use a Driver on 10 holes. The rest are irons off the tee for position. I only use a tee for the Driver, The rest I’m like you… right off the deck, I might lose a couple meters, but they stay in play! I can lengthen out to a 5900-6000m track, but then I’m stretched out. Too many long irons and metals into greens…

#894

I am the same. I only use driver on 10 holes. 5 par threes, 1 short par 4(have hit the green with wedge wedge there before) and 2 doglegs at 180m.

#895

Played yesterday arvo after a massive thunderstorm crossed over in the morning with 40mm of rain. Big winds and lots of branches down along with half a big tree. Played 2 balls side by side Had a crappy front nine of 23 over. Then on the back nine I shot 7 over to finish with a 13 over and a 17 over. Highlights were 2 birdies on the 406m par 5 14th. First ball a great drive up the hill to 171 to the front. Hit a 3i that just landed on the front and ran up to the back tier and through the back. My second ball was a hook that finished in the middle. 200m out I hit my 1 iron and hooked it down a massive back to another fairway. My third shot was back up the bank over a bunker to the flag. Hit a great pitch to 8 foot and made the putt. The other ball I chipped on and made that putt as well. All up 13 pars 2 birdies 10 bogies and 11 doubles. Need to stop making so many doubles.

#896

Had a day out today. 5 gir. 7 pars and 2 birdies. On the 13 greens I missed I got up and down 9 times. A few streaky long putts and one over a bunker. 11 one putts for 25 putts and 8 over. Not much wind and a beautiful sunny day. Lots of good luck.

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#897

Going out tomorrow. 1030 am. Gonna be 60*. I set a number for myself of 77. Gonna play the course at 6000 yds spot on. Gonna give myself a full 90 minute warm up. No frost predicted. My wedges have been dialed in. It’s all about the putting. I gotta convert a few of these 6-15 footers I’ve been leaving myself. I’ll edit the post when I finish play!

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#898

I’m excited for you! Really.

Mainly because I’m kind of in the same mood myself. Been putting a lot of work in. Really trying to work on weight shifts, full shoulder turns, and good action on the right arm.

Plus clearing out a lot of obstacles at work and home so I can actually get to play.

Trying for Sunday and, like you, I’ll let everyone know how it goes.

Good luck! Hit 'em straight!

Ooh, almost forgot: get your putting speed dialed in the 90 minutes of warm up. Uphill, downhill, sidehill left, sidehill right. No surprises.

#899

Good luck, That sounds like you are going to put a lot of pressure on yourself.

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#900

Absolutely true, oki, but think of how satisfying it’ll be when he walks off the 18th green, knowing he’s kicked its ass, and it’s because he put the work in and had faith in himself and his process?

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#901

OK, just got home. It was a beautiful day for December. Got up to almost 65*. So I was slightly miffed at myself, but I’m really not good enough to be miffed and you’ll hear why. 5 GIR going out. Nothing exciting, but did not convert 3 makable birdie putts that were under 12 ft. Out in 39. 6 GIR coming in. I converted nothing. I made one par save on a missed green. So here’s why I got miffed. Nice Drive on 18, hit it like 235 ish, had 170 to a back pin, took plenty of club to make up for a mishit, which I did but the worm burner I hit went 150 ish and reached the front of the green. Hit my 60 ft putt to 3 ft. I’m standing over a par putt for 37. I left it short!!!:rofl::rage::face_with_symbols_over_mouth::hot_face: Inward 9 at 38 for a 77! So I cannot be mad! Now we did another 9. Started with 2 bogies. The par 5 I hit Driver into the rough with a crappy lie, 7W to 80yds, Hit a wedge to 1 ft. Birdie, Then went Par, Par, Par, Tried to step on my Drive on #7 and hit into the FW bunker, went bunker to green side bunker, HOLED OUT for Birdie, Back to even, Hit an 8 iron on the 148yd par 3, 20 ft 2 putted, Standing on 9 tee even par. Driver 8 iron to 6 ft. Holed it for 3rd birdie going out. 34 (-1). So 39-38-34. Not bad for the old guys! I walked the first 18, I rode with my partner on the final 9. Riding is such a pleasure! We were the last group out and caught a single on the 4th hole, We played the last 9 in 80 minutes. My partner can play too, He shot an 82 and a 39 on the last 9. So when everyone is playing well you can motor through….

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#902

Played what may be my last round until Spring. Shot an 85 (44 + 41) on a cold-ish day with poorly aerated greens…on which I will blame my 4 3-putts. Definitely one of my better ballstriking days in quite a while. I hit the ball well enough to shoot high 70’s, but the short game was rusty.

Even though it was in the 40’s and I was playing a ball that’s usually a bit shorter hitting for me (Oncore Elixr) I drove it farther than usual. I hit quite a few really solid irons too. I was just trying to take the club back a bit slower with a square face and then start the downswing with my body and not my arms. Of course even if I remember this feeling in the Spring it will likely not work again. Still if this was it then it was a good finish.

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