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What is this "good round" of which you speak?
I wouldn’t know. My good rounds usually fall apart around my second shot on the first hole
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What is this "good round" of which you speak?
Don't be flopists!!
Lol! I really don't try them all that often, usually when there's no other choice. I've pulled it off a few times, haven't pulled it off others. Trying to do the best nowadays to give myself no short-siders at all. Stress-free golf, and such.Floppers gonna flop.
Play the way that makes you happy
Dave
Isn't it amazing how that 2nd shot usually is what you wanted the first time.I hit a couple flops yesterday. The first one landed in the bunker I was trying to fly over. Bunkers are GUR right now, so I got to retry it. 2nd attempt made it. You have to power through them and I had the club face a little too flat on the first attempt. But conditions have to be perfect to use them. I won't try them if the ground under is hard or if my back is getting sore.
When the driving range was open to people not warming up to play a round and for practice, I used to practice flop shots off the mat. You never know when you'll have to hit over a bunker and you're short sided.
There has to be some explanation for this phenomenon!!Isn't it amazing how that 2nd shot usually is what you wanted the first time.
Lol. Yeah, that's usually the "Well, here goes nothin'." shot.I hit a couple flops yesterday. The first one landed in the bunker I was trying to fly over. Bunkers are GUR right now, so I got to retry it. 2nd attempt made it. You have to power through them and I had the club face a little too flat on the first attempt. But conditions have to be perfect to use them. I won't try them if the ground under is hard or if my back is getting sore.
When the driving range was open to people not warming up to play a round and for practice, I used to practice flop shots off the mat. You never know when you'll have to hit over a bunker and you're short sided.
There has to be some explanation for this phenomenon!!
That's a big ol' logo, there.
If you have a better tool for the job.....I've taken another step toward making my equipment more forgiving. (Gear geek-out warning: proceed with caution)
I've been playing an older set of "players cavity-back" irons for a few years and since I've finally gotten somewhat serious about my improvement I'm transitioning away from those.
I found a set of JPX EZ Forged clubheads (6i-GW) on eBay a while back and recently added shafts to the PW and GW and put them in play. Took a while to get used to the larger sole and the lightweight T.T. x95 shafts I chose for high trajectory. But they are growing on me. I have noticed that these shafts really don't respond well to a higher swing speed.
i.e - If I need to give it something extra to get it to the green when between clubs, I must club up instead of hitting it harder. No biggie, but maybe this isn't the perfect shaft for me. I'd like to have both options available.
So - with that in mind I'm moving further down the irons and I've ordered a couple of Nippon 8950GH shafts for the 8 and 9 irons.
This shaft is a bit stiffer than the x95 but still very light at 103 grams - and still boasts the high trajectory I prefer in 8 iron down through the wedges.
Anyway, here I go, swallowing my pride and entering the world of the game improvement iron.
Fingers crossed...
Soooooo cloooose. Kudos to you! Keep plugging away and you’ll get there, I am confident.Happy to post a 45/50/95 today. Really hit my irons well and it probably should have been better but I faltered the last 3 holes with a double, triple (the only on all day!), double bogey. I only lost one ball all day (17) and had only two penalty strokes (16 and 17). I was really close to breaking 90 and it was a great feeling.
Thanks, I'm pretty stoked. I've been fighting my irons for a looong time. Generally, I just can't even get them airborne.Soooooo cloooose. Kudos to you! Keep plugging away and you’ll get there, I am confident.
As you should be! A 170 4-iron out of the rough is a damn fine shot!Thanks, I'm pretty stoked. I've been fighting my irons for a looong time. Generally, I just can't even get them airborne.
Today, I hit one really bad iron shot (shanked). The rest were a mix of really good to "almost there". Here are two examples of shots that I never make.
#1 - I've been struggling with my usually reliable driver. I slice my drive on the first hole into the rough and left a pretty long approach of nearly 180 yards. I figured I'd hit the 4i and hopefully get it close. I smoked the damn thing straight and ended up on the green. Of course, I three putted it.
#2 - A fairly short hole on #13 and I again sliced it badly and was 170+ yards out with the ball sitting down in some thick clover. Pulled the 4i again and put it on the front of the green. I got it down in two for the par this time.
Sorry for rambling, but i'm really pumped.
You should be that's what this is all about.Thanks, I'm pretty stoked. I've been fighting my irons for a looong time. Generally, I just can't even get them airborne.
Today, I hit one really bad iron shot (shanked). The rest were a mix of really good to "almost there". Here are two examples of shots that I never make.
#1 - I've been struggling with my usually reliable driver. I slice my drive on the first hole into the rough and left a pretty long approach of nearly 180 yards. I figured I'd hit the 4i and hopefully get it close. I smoked the damn thing straight and ended up on the green. Of course, I three putted it.
#2 - A fairly short hole on #13 and I again sliced it badly and was 170+ yards out with the ball sitting down in some thick clover. Pulled the 4i again and put it on the front of the green. I got it down in two for the par this time.
Sorry for rambling, but i'm really pumped.
Today’s round was 30% brilliant, 30% ok, and 30% abysmal. Pretty standard stuff. The driver is doing well, averaging about 180, according to Shot Scope,with 46% FIR.
The putter, after another shortening, is solid, feeling good about it.
The One Length hybrids are out of the bag for now, back to a 4-SW iron set. Can’t get a feel for them.
Irons are solid. Short, but going where I want them.
I am still super-sexy and irresistible to women.
Don't be flopists!!
Floppers gonna flop.
Play the way that makes you happy
Dave