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Played a round yesterday and had one of my better days with the V2's. Thought I'd run down the different types of holes and how I did on them. Didn't hit a large GIR's like is usual for me, but my misses were close and seem to be getting closer all the time. That's promising to see.
It was crazy wet on the course. Lots of standing water and my tee distance suffered for that. Aside for it just not being that great to begin with haha. The point of that is to say I didn't hit as many iron shots as I would have liked. Had a hybrid in my had way too often it seemed.
Par 3's
Used the V2's on 3 of the 4 and missed left on all three. 7 iron twice and 5 iron once. Two misses were on the fringe and one was in a bunker about 15 feet off the left side of the green. All balls were solidly hit and had the distance I was looking for, but with a bit of a pull swing. That's been my prevailing miss with everything lately it seems.
Par 4's
Used the V2's on five par 4's and hit 2/5 greens with them. Here is the rundown:
9 - Pushed a drive way right and had to hit from a big hill over some trees. Blind shot to the green. Took a nine iron and promptly chunked the hell out of it.
10 - 170 yards and I was on a side hill lie with the ball way above my feet. Last thought before I swung was "I should take a hybrid'. HaHa. Turns out I was correct. Fat shot that was short, but did clear the water hazard I needed to carry.
12 - Blind shot with a 7 iron that hit 3 feet from the pin and rolled out a little bit. GIR. One of the best shots of my day.
14 - Fairway bunker shot with 9 iron that was hit poorly and went right on me.
18 - Big uphill shot to yet another blind green with the 7 iron. Hit the shot and was left with a 20 foot birdie putt. GIR.
Par 5's
Used the V2's on three par 5's and came away with par on each one. Hit one green and barely missed two more. One of the misses was not with the V2's.
2 - Hit my layup with a hybrid and nicked a tree, which caused me to be in the fairway of the next hole over. Had a pretty scary shot of 170 yards that had to carry a couple bunkers that typically kill me. Slight uphill shot. I hit a great 5 iron and it landed about 15 feet over the pin for a GIR.
11 - 7 iron layup from a fairway bunker. Nice and high and left me a good approach.
15 - PW to the green. Hoser pin way up front on the narrowest part of the green. Only was about 15 feet left of the pin, but still on the fringe. Up and down for par.
So, only had what I'd consider three bad shots. Two were fatties and the other was a horrible fairway bunker swing. My distances were still very good even though it was pretty cold. I'm playing a real soft ball, so I'm sure that helps.
I played 5 extra holes, hitting a variety of shots for some fun/practice and my last iron shots of the day was pretty interesting. I was set up at a 170 yard flag from some light rough/pine straw. I took the 5 iron and just rocketed the ball past the flag with two shots. Both were off the back of the green and carried around 180 yards. That's long for me with these irons. Then I took the 7 iron and was hitting the front of the green at 155-160 yards. Again, really long, though I was feeling really smooth in my swing at the time. Shows me there's some more potential out there if I can keep improving my swing.
I'm going to miss being out on the course with these guys, but it was nice to go out strong with them.
It was crazy wet on the course. Lots of standing water and my tee distance suffered for that. Aside for it just not being that great to begin with haha. The point of that is to say I didn't hit as many iron shots as I would have liked. Had a hybrid in my had way too often it seemed.
Par 3's
Used the V2's on 3 of the 4 and missed left on all three. 7 iron twice and 5 iron once. Two misses were on the fringe and one was in a bunker about 15 feet off the left side of the green. All balls were solidly hit and had the distance I was looking for, but with a bit of a pull swing. That's been my prevailing miss with everything lately it seems.
Par 4's
Used the V2's on five par 4's and hit 2/5 greens with them. Here is the rundown:
9 - Pushed a drive way right and had to hit from a big hill over some trees. Blind shot to the green. Took a nine iron and promptly chunked the hell out of it.
10 - 170 yards and I was on a side hill lie with the ball way above my feet. Last thought before I swung was "I should take a hybrid'. HaHa. Turns out I was correct. Fat shot that was short, but did clear the water hazard I needed to carry.
12 - Blind shot with a 7 iron that hit 3 feet from the pin and rolled out a little bit. GIR. One of the best shots of my day.
14 - Fairway bunker shot with 9 iron that was hit poorly and went right on me.
18 - Big uphill shot to yet another blind green with the 7 iron. Hit the shot and was left with a 20 foot birdie putt. GIR.
Par 5's
Used the V2's on three par 5's and came away with par on each one. Hit one green and barely missed two more. One of the misses was not with the V2's.
2 - Hit my layup with a hybrid and nicked a tree, which caused me to be in the fairway of the next hole over. Had a pretty scary shot of 170 yards that had to carry a couple bunkers that typically kill me. Slight uphill shot. I hit a great 5 iron and it landed about 15 feet over the pin for a GIR.
11 - 7 iron layup from a fairway bunker. Nice and high and left me a good approach.
15 - PW to the green. Hoser pin way up front on the narrowest part of the green. Only was about 15 feet left of the pin, but still on the fringe. Up and down for par.
So, only had what I'd consider three bad shots. Two were fatties and the other was a horrible fairway bunker swing. My distances were still very good even though it was pretty cold. I'm playing a real soft ball, so I'm sure that helps.
I played 5 extra holes, hitting a variety of shots for some fun/practice and my last iron shots of the day was pretty interesting. I was set up at a 170 yard flag from some light rough/pine straw. I took the 5 iron and just rocketed the ball past the flag with two shots. Both were off the back of the green and carried around 180 yards. That's long for me with these irons. Then I took the 7 iron and was hitting the front of the green at 155-160 yards. Again, really long, though I was feeling really smooth in my swing at the time. Shows me there's some more potential out there if I can keep improving my swing.
I'm going to miss being out on the course with these guys, but it was nice to go out strong with them.
