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Date Posted: 08:46:01 06/09/08 Mon
Author: E-ball
Subject: Saturday and Sunday results
In reply to: matt french 's message, "Re: 20-handicapper with new set of 1 Irons" on 19:41:45 06/08/08 Sun

Played the new 1 Irons both Saturday and Sunday morning this weekend. The results were up and down. On Saturday, we played a local public course and I shot a very poor score, even for me. I found my problems existed in two areas -- my driver was extremely erratic (no fault of the 1 Irons there), and my short game absolutely sucked (to put it as nicely as I can). I hit some nice full irons and the distances seemed to be good, however inside of 60 yards I found myself questioning everything. Do I choke down on the club as I normally would? Where is the proper ball position? Hands forward or back? With full swings I didn't have a problem utilizing the same stance and ball position, but these short shots had me befuddled. I shot a horrendous 106.

On Sunday I made two significant changes in strategy -- I left the driver at home, and I told myself I'd play the short chips and pitches in the way I was most comfortable, even if that meant choking down, changing my stance, or moving ball position around. I used only the LW for shots inside 60 yards, and only the 8-iron for all chips.

The results were encouraging. Playing on a more difficult (and longer) course, I shot a 93 that included a quadruple bogey on a par 3. I began the round with five consecutive double bogeys, but over my last 13 holes I had two birdies, two pars, seven bogeys, a double, and the quad.

My shot of the day -- the one that keeps you coming back -- was on a 185-yard uphill par 3 with the pin in the back. I figure it was playing about 195-200, and I stuck my new 3-iron about 22 feet to the left of the pin. I then rolled in the birdie.

My summary of the weekend: I like these clubs, but I need to continue to devote some practice time during the week to groove my swing. When I'm missing it's consistently a 'toe' hit, so I guess I'm standing a little too far away from the ball?

I'll try to add posts to this thread as I continue to experiment.

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