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What club (Yardage) that would get you over the “hump”

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scottmti

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I’ve been analyzing my game today and there is a certain club (me 5i) which is about 170 yds. There are times multiple times I encounter that distance and I have no confidence that I could hit that shot. I tried to use choke 4H to hit the shot but I rarely hit it correctly. 5H didn’t do any better.
I drive well, anything under 160 I am all golden. Under 100yds I am decent enough to score well. Even on par 3 with that yardage I am so lost I don’t know what da heck I am doing.
Is there any yardage that you wish you are better at so you can get over that “hump”

Seriously my driver is straighter than my 5i.


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180 is my achilles...Little too far to carry my 4Hy and my 3Hy carries it but won't stop. Have thought about reinvigorating a 5W.....
 
Would prefer to eliminate the 175-190 yard distance. Not that it is terrible, just lower confidence in it than even a longer yardage.
 
Hitting a driver straight for 250 would shave a few thousand strokes off my score...
 
It’s my 5i slot too. I am as confident with my 6i as any below it, but hit a wall with the 5I. My 4H if hit well created a gap from the 6I at 175 to the 4H at 200. So I need a 185-190 club. But I hit my 5I same distance as 6 but no launch.
 
If you are talking distance to the green then I would say then 170-190 is a crap shoot for me, 5 iron maybe make it 4 iron or hybrid not enough angle of decent to possibly hold the green. I would be better off going gw,gw .:(
 
3 yards (~10 feet).

Seriously, I need putting help.
 
That 200+ or so range, I wish I was confident enough to pull a fairway wood, hybrid or say 3, 4 or 5 iron, sometimes even the 6, that I feel like I know I could hit a good shot consistently and even just pound a 2nd shot on a par 5. If I have a longer approach on a par 4 or 5, I'm usually hoping and praying or hitting a 7i confidently, but knowing I'm probably not going to be putting next!
 
180-215 (6 iron-4 iron). That's why I am giving one length a try, I am good with 7 iron and down, and am confident in my hybrids above 215. Mid to long irons.. I suck
 
200-225 range is the big gap in my bag right now. I can hit to 185 with 5 iron, then 3 wood and 5 wood are both right at 200 yards. :dohanim:

On the flip side of that, anything under 50 yards is a dumpster fire right now with my wedges. :ROFLMAO:
 
180-190 for sure. I don't end up there often, but when I do, 8/10 times ends up being an extra stroke seeing as the accuracy from that point is shoddy at best.
 
Snickerdog said:
Would prefer to eliminate the 175-190 yard distance. Not that it is terrible, just lower confidence in it than even a longer yardage.
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Same, with a bit of an amendment. Off the tee only. 175-200 from the fairway, quite good. 175-200 from the tee, my worst percentage shot. Not terrible, but noticeably worse, and it baffles me.
 
210-225 for me. my utility iron wont get there for me and 3W is just inconsistent
 
Snickerdog said:
Would prefer to eliminate the 175-190 yard distance. Not that it is terrible, just lower confidence in it than even a longer yardage.
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this is me too. This is a distance that is a 50/50 proposition at best for me right now and it's what I am fixing leading into this year.
 
Worse for me really for the most part. I get to 6i and I lose my mind. The dumb thing is I was killing my 6i yesterday at my fitting and that never happens on the course. I honestly think confidence, for me anyway, is the issue. I have been intentionally focusing my practice on the clubs most uncomfortable to me and I have been seeing improvements. My plan for now is to continue that trend of practice to work out the nerves, lack of confidence, and downright being a timid sissy at times with some of them. For me that basically means 6i and up is my focus right now.
 
Other than wishing all my clubs went further, I don't have a bad yardage. I did have to replace the 5 iron from my current set with something more useful though. It just didn't gap well for some reason? My set 4 Iron averages 180 and my set 6 iron averages 166, so a 170 yard 5 Iron didn't provide enough to waste one of those 12 valuable slots between driver and putter.
 
80 yd out i always leave short my u i hit to far and my 58 to short

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185-205 which is the top end of my bag any ways. I have a 23* and 20* hybrid I just don't get along with and looking forward to trying out some new FW's to see how they set up for me.
 
scottmti said:
I’ve been analyzing my game today and there is a certain club (me 5i) which is about 170 yds. There are times multiple times I encounter that distance and I have no confidence that I could hit that shot. I tried to use choke 4H to hit the shot but I rarely hit it correctly. 5H didn’t do any better.
I drive well, anything under 160 I am all golden. Under 100yds I am decent enough to score well. Even on par 3 with that yardage I am so lost I don’t know what da heck I am doing.
Is there any yardage that you wish you are better at so you can get over that “hump”

Seriously my driver is straighter than my 5i.


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I wish I could hit ANYTHING 170! My 5 iron goes 150 at best. That 165-180 range is one I need a solution for. I can't hit hybrids at all, and my 3 and 4 ironwoods - which I consider irons, not hybrids - are iffy at best. Off the tee not so much. But my ball could go anywhere if hitting them off the deck.

If I could find ONE club to get me to around 170 consistently my handicap would drop over night.
 
IceyShanks said:
That 200+ or so range, I wish I was confident enough to pull a fairway wood, hybrid or say 3, 4 or 5 iron, sometimes even the 6, that I feel like I know I could hit a good shot consistently and even just pound a 2nd shot on a par 5. If I have a longer approach on a par 4 or 5, I'm usually hoping and praying or hitting a 7i confidently, but knowing I'm probably not going to be putting next!
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So I'm not the only one? That's good to know. :cool:
 
4-8 feet. I’m determined to get better at those this year and have found a putting guru I’ll be working with. If that doesn’t work I’ll find a Sports psychologist. :)
 
20-50yds

Actual conversation at my fitting when we got to wedges -

Fitter -OK, go ahead and make your 30 yard swing
Me- I ain’t got no 30 yard swing
Fitter - what do you do when you are 30 yards out?
Me - I don’t leave myself that yardage
Fitter - no, seriously
Me - I am serious. If I leave myself that yardage it’s on accident
Fitter - so what do you do if you accidentally have a 30 yard shot?
Me - usually blade it 100 yards and then have a partial LW coming back
Fitter - (shakes his head) are you happy with your current wedges?
Me - Yeah
Fitter - Ok, let’s move to woods
 
140 yards. Just between an 8 and a 7
 
230-240. I don’t know what it is, but that window always messes with me. Luckily I’m rarely at that distance into a hole.

Also, virtually ANYWHERE on the green. God my putting is horrible...
 
180 yds.

There's a 170 yd par 3 on the course. I can get on. I can even sometimes get on a green from 175. But 180? That's a 5H and I'm not accurate with it. That's my get me close 185 + roll club. I can't hit a 5 iron. I might want to think about giving up a wedge and getting 6H to fit between my 6i and 5H.
 
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