Smiter
Dunce Cap For A Bit
Ok, even with Pebble Beach being as iconic as it is, I hate when there are trees and bunkers in the middle of the FW. Or even trees guarding the green such as the tree to the right at Pebble’s 18th. To me that shouts at tricked up golf. I don’t like that personally. If you hit a good shot it should be rewarded. I know that you need to hit a good shot to avoid that stuff. But hitting the FW shouldn’t be punished. On my day to day courses, one has a center of the fairway bunker (only comes into play into the wind but it’s ALWAYS into the wind) and one has a very tall tree that isn’t in the FW but blocks out the entire right 2/3’s of the FW for most golfers. It’s not a huge issue for me since I hit the ball extremely high, but I’m the only golfer I’ve played with that doesn’t have to worry about it too much. I can elevate over it unless I have a bad lie or get too close to it. I still hate it as it often forces me to hit a shot I don’t want to hit. I’ll have to hit a fade that starts out over water, which is a recipe for disaster.
Next musing, am I wrong about graphite iron shafts? Gary Woodland for sure out guns me, and he’s got at least some of his irons in graphite. Including a short iron or wedge. I’ve always wrote them off. I know there are shafts that are appropriate for me, I just haven’t gone down that road. Seeing GW play them, am I just being obstinate? I haven’t met any that I like, but I’d be willing to give them a go at this point.... If someone was willing to show me their virtue. I’m a fish out of water with them. The only ones I’ve ever swung with were WAY too light (not in flex but weight) for me. Seeing someone on tour that swings hard playing them, I know they build them to specs that would fit. I just don’t know a damn thing about them and it would be hard to self fit myself into them, so I don’t mess with them. I do know that I can play virtually any steel shaft between 105-120 gram. Maybe I need to find a graphite shaft in a similar weight? The ones I’ve tried I think have been way lighter and I just can’t hit them. I’ve got an OG TaylorMade Burner Bubble 9i that in dozens of swings, I’ve yet to hit a ball decently with it. That was my barometer for graphite shafts in irons. It’s an evil club, one I’m not sure how to tame.
Next musing, am I wrong about graphite iron shafts? Gary Woodland for sure out guns me, and he’s got at least some of his irons in graphite. Including a short iron or wedge. I’ve always wrote them off. I know there are shafts that are appropriate for me, I just haven’t gone down that road. Seeing GW play them, am I just being obstinate? I haven’t met any that I like, but I’d be willing to give them a go at this point.... If someone was willing to show me their virtue. I’m a fish out of water with them. The only ones I’ve ever swung with were WAY too light (not in flex but weight) for me. Seeing someone on tour that swings hard playing them, I know they build them to specs that would fit. I just don’t know a damn thing about them and it would be hard to self fit myself into them, so I don’t mess with them. I do know that I can play virtually any steel shaft between 105-120 gram. Maybe I need to find a graphite shaft in a similar weight? The ones I’ve tried I think have been way lighter and I just can’t hit them. I’ve got an OG TaylorMade Burner Bubble 9i that in dozens of swings, I’ve yet to hit a ball decently with it. That was my barometer for graphite shafts in irons. It’s an evil club, one I’m not sure how to tame.