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Date Posted: 07:03:08 11/09/09 Mon
Author: Han
Subject: impressive increase in distance and divot question

Hi all,
I've been using 1 irons for about 5 months or so and have had mixed results, but mostly good. I'm a 10.5 at my home course, a fairly easy muni.

anyway, starting about a couple weeks ago, i started getting some really scary improvements in distance. I say scary because I was flying over greens with clubs I thought I'd be short with. For example, yesterday, I shot the best round this year I've had, a 78. I hit GW to an elevated pin from 142 and was about pin high, another SW to an elevated pin 135 away and was about 4 yards short. Overall, I'd say I'm at least one club longer but sometimes two! If i didn't start with a triple bogey on the first hole, I could have broke my personal record.

One consequence of my change is that I'm getting back to a divot in front of the ball. It's not a big piece of sod, but probably about 4 inches long and not terribly deep. But in David's swing tips, he recommends a burn mark. I've never really been able to reproduce the burn mark that he talks about, but anyway I'm wondering if anyone out there has had the same thing happen. Is that non-divot thing critical?

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[> Re: impressive increase in distance and divot question -- steve, 11:42:09 11/09/09 Mon

Why worry about it if you are hitting the ball that well.

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[> Re: impressive increase in distance and divot question -- David Lake, 11:33:40 11/11/09 Wed

Han,

You should be taking a divot with your irons as long as it is not the "crater" type of divot that you see many golfers produce. A small divot is essential in ensuring that you are actually hitting down on the ball and imparting back-spin instead of merely sweeping or scooping the ball into the air.

The tick or burn mark terminology that we use to describe the desired divot size is meant to dissuade the golfer from taking out a chunk of earth. Bear in mind that the deeper the divot the more de-lofted the clubface is at impact, and this is what you want to avoid.

David Lake

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