I started taking interest in golf way back in 2000, took lesson to get the basics right. Took 2 years to break 100, accomplished this when I learned how to use the Driver. It took another 4 years before I broke 90 and I usually do this courtesy of good chipping and putting. I am a decent driver but I was never a good iron player, I would probably hit one good iron shot in a game and this is where my game got stuck. I have taken lessons, change equipment and custom fit my irons nothing helps. Obviously never even consider blades as the best I can do is a 5i cavity back on a regular graphite shaft.
I would not know the difference between good and bad iron swing as all of them feels the same to me. Then I played with a friend of mine who 5 years ago I have to wait for him for about 5 mins to reach my driving distance. This time he was the one waiting for me. He felt so sad to see the state of my iron play that after a third hole he never use his driver for me to catch up with his distance. Officially I hold an 18 handicap but now I can barely break 100.
In the quest to improve, I decided to try players irons, my head keep telling me “it’s not the clubs but your swing, you can’t even hit cavity back properly and you want to try blades? Have you gone mad?”, my heart is telling me “how can you improve if you your clubs are not telling you what wrong with your swing?”
Heart prevailed, got the taylormade tour prepared MB, TT S300. Wife complains she is also a golfer “what the @#$% is wrong with you, you think a small clubhead and a stiff shaft is going to save you some strokes? Did you even bother checking your swing speed before you got those stiff shafted clubs?”
Wife and I went to the range, first club PW. Top it!, I look at my wife and I said “warming up”. Second try PW, went straight…right of the target. Told wife “the club just told me I was standing too far from the ball, see the mark on the clubhead it’s on the toe”. Wife said “that’s a pitching wedge and you can’t even hit it”.
Adjusted and stand closer to the ball by about half an inch, took my swing and heard a very soft “tuck”. What did the club told you this time asked the wife, I said “Nothing, what ball I was using? Why it felt so soft like I did not hit anything?” wife reply “range ball dear”. I ask where did the ball go and how far?, wife has no reaction. Swing again, same soft feeling same sound. This time I saw where the ball went, straight to the target line 120 yards. Lucky shot wife replied, now try a 4 iron wife insisted, “Dear one step at a time”. No get that 4 iron and hit it. Pressure as the last time I hit 4 iron correctly was...can’t remember.
So 4 iron of we go, fade ball flight and landed on the green marked as 170 yards, 3 foot short from the flag. Wife said “just a lucky shot, if those things really help to swing better, hit another shot…but draw ball flight same target”. Dear your pushing it I replied. Out of curiosity I tried anyway set up for a draw..this time I did manage to draw the ball but overshoot the target green. Wife stands up and said “you missed the green, Im going to get something to eat”
Wife comes back after her snack and ask “Do they have those on lady flex?” …..PRICELESS
I would not know the difference between good and bad iron swing as all of them feels the same to me. Then I played with a friend of mine who 5 years ago I have to wait for him for about 5 mins to reach my driving distance. This time he was the one waiting for me. He felt so sad to see the state of my iron play that after a third hole he never use his driver for me to catch up with his distance. Officially I hold an 18 handicap but now I can barely break 100.
In the quest to improve, I decided to try players irons, my head keep telling me “it’s not the clubs but your swing, you can’t even hit cavity back properly and you want to try blades? Have you gone mad?”, my heart is telling me “how can you improve if you your clubs are not telling you what wrong with your swing?”
Heart prevailed, got the taylormade tour prepared MB, TT S300. Wife complains she is also a golfer “what the @#$% is wrong with you, you think a small clubhead and a stiff shaft is going to save you some strokes? Did you even bother checking your swing speed before you got those stiff shafted clubs?”
Wife and I went to the range, first club PW. Top it!, I look at my wife and I said “warming up”. Second try PW, went straight…right of the target. Told wife “the club just told me I was standing too far from the ball, see the mark on the clubhead it’s on the toe”. Wife said “that’s a pitching wedge and you can’t even hit it”.
Adjusted and stand closer to the ball by about half an inch, took my swing and heard a very soft “tuck”. What did the club told you this time asked the wife, I said “Nothing, what ball I was using? Why it felt so soft like I did not hit anything?” wife reply “range ball dear”. I ask where did the ball go and how far?, wife has no reaction. Swing again, same soft feeling same sound. This time I saw where the ball went, straight to the target line 120 yards. Lucky shot wife replied, now try a 4 iron wife insisted, “Dear one step at a time”. No get that 4 iron and hit it. Pressure as the last time I hit 4 iron correctly was...can’t remember.
So 4 iron of we go, fade ball flight and landed on the green marked as 170 yards, 3 foot short from the flag. Wife said “just a lucky shot, if those things really help to swing better, hit another shot…but draw ball flight same target”. Dear your pushing it I replied. Out of curiosity I tried anyway set up for a draw..this time I did manage to draw the ball but overshoot the target green. Wife stands up and said “you missed the green, Im going to get something to eat”
Wife comes back after her snack and ask “Do they have those on lady flex?” …..PRICELESS
