darthweasel
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This year I elected to get "serious" about golf...or at least get to where I do not humiliate myself on company outings with legit golfers. To that goal I went to the local golf center to get custom fitted clubs (Redtail Golf Center in Portland, OR). The gentleman who fitted me took a lot of time with me, including essentially giving a mini-free lesson, pointing out issues with my aiming point, swing path, etc. He also pointed out the clubs I was using are too short, lofted incorrectly, have much too flexy a shaft for my swing speed, and the grips are too small.
The clubs will not be here for a couple weeks. I am considering going to the driving range to work on the aiming portion and completely revamping my swing path. However, since the clubs I will be using in two weeks are longer, steel shaft, different loft and lie...is that time going to be counter-productive in teaching me habits with clubs that do not work? Once the clubs come I intend to get a series of lessons to reshape my entire game.
The real question: Should I go to the driving range with "incorrect" clubs?
Information possibly of value, possibly not; Local par 34 course, 62.6/101 rating and slope, prior to that lesson/fitting I was routinely between a 43 and a 48 for 9 (I do not take mulligans, do count OB penalties usually but will occasionally not realize I went OB and instead of properly taking distance and penalty just take penalty, so those scores are slightly cheat scores about once every 3 rounds) and since then I have been 48-56. Nevertheless, I am determined to learn a correct, legit swing and am willing to have inflated scores in the short term to achieve long-term improvement.
Hopefully I got this in the right section and thanks in advance
The clubs will not be here for a couple weeks. I am considering going to the driving range to work on the aiming portion and completely revamping my swing path. However, since the clubs I will be using in two weeks are longer, steel shaft, different loft and lie...is that time going to be counter-productive in teaching me habits with clubs that do not work? Once the clubs come I intend to get a series of lessons to reshape my entire game.
The real question: Should I go to the driving range with "incorrect" clubs?
Information possibly of value, possibly not; Local par 34 course, 62.6/101 rating and slope, prior to that lesson/fitting I was routinely between a 43 and a 48 for 9 (I do not take mulligans, do count OB penalties usually but will occasionally not realize I went OB and instead of properly taking distance and penalty just take penalty, so those scores are slightly cheat scores about once every 3 rounds) and since then I have been 48-56. Nevertheless, I am determined to learn a correct, legit swing and am willing to have inflated scores in the short term to achieve long-term improvement.
Hopefully I got this in the right section and thanks in advance
And thanks for the PM, tequila, concur wholeheartedly. Great guy and solid staff there all around