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Date Posted: 16:16:42 07/12/10 Mon
Author: Thomas (More optimistic than skeptical)
Subject: Re: Looking for feedback from low handicap players
In reply to: Thomas 's message, "Looking for feedback from low handicap players" on 11:25:07 04/02/10 Fri

Golfers love to talk about their rounds and if/how/why/why not their game is improving, regardless of whether the other party actually is remotely interested in hearing about it. So in the spirit of that, here is my latest update.

First of all, thanks to R2 and Michael for the feedback. Definitely helpful.

After three more trips to the range, where I hit WAY too many balls during the first two (despite being told not to, go figure), I must say that me and my new 3i are really starting to get along. How well is directly correlated to the height of my 3 iron trajectory. I followed David's advice on only bringing the 3i and really re-focusing between shots, which in retrospect I should have done two sessions ago. I also focused on turning (and turning only) with no deliberate shift in either direction. I have had little to no lateral shift in my backswing for several years due to a prior swing change so that part is "easy". However I still have a tendency to shift my weight forward in the downswing so my main focus is on staying behind the ball. One of the absolute most important "keys" to me hitting a good shot is that I have a deliberate tilt (right shoulder lower than the left for a right handed player) when I address the ball and maintaining that through impact. This is something that is almost never stressed enough in most golf instruction that I have come across in my 25 years of golfing, but is a must in my opinion. I also make sure that my left wrist is flat at address (grip end of shaft slightly in front of the ball) since for me that drastically increases the likelihood of solid, crisp contact with the ball at impact. The really cool (for me at least) feeling I got today was that I felt as comfortable standing over my 3i as I usually feel over my 7i and the dispersion of my shots also resembled what I get with my 7i. The trajectory is still not as high as I want it to be, but it has gotten better (higher) and I hit a few shots today that might even have stayed on the green if it landed on it. It would probably require a large green, wet conditions and a strong headwind but it is still a great improvement over my first session with my new 3i when I only hit line drives that rolled 50+ yards. At this point, I think I have lost most of those who started reading my "interesting" update but for those of you who are still reading, I appreciate your diligence.

Thomas

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[> Update 2: Looking for feedback from low handicap players -- Thomas (Pretty optimistic), 06:08:55 04/10/11 Sun

First, thank you Walt and Ray for your additional comments.

I just got back from a week of golf in Spain and I am now definitely in the category of "no way I am giving these irons back". Before starting this season about two weeks ago, I had not touched my irons for six months. That appears to have worked like magic because when I started hitting my 1irons again, all of the clubs felt the same. The awkward feeling I had last year with the SW feeling very long was completely gone. Also my initial concerns about losing accuracy with the scoring clubs have vanished and I feel I have at least the same precision with my 1iron GW, SW and LW as I had with my old conventional irons.

The last day of the five rounds we played in Spain, I shot 1 under on the first nine with 7 GIR. I have shot similar scores before but never in the first week of play for the year. I am now strongly considering also getting the woods since that is now by far the weakest part of my game.

If anyone who reads this have concerns similar to what I had a year ago (see my initial post in this thread), I'd be happy to answer any questions you might have.

Thomas


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