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So I have gotten two practice sessions and a round in on Sunday with my putter - no real testing as I'm getting a feel for it. I did not hit the ball well at all on Sunday - but my speed was outstanding including the one putt that I had from well off of a green - what I didn't get a good feel for was mid range putts - I only had one the entire round -
Cataract surgery tomorrow - I'm hoping to get out on Sunday to practice - at least.
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19 minutes ago, chisag said:
... Pretty common in the area's I have lived in. PGA SS, Golf Galaxy and several years back Golfsmith were within one block of each other. I do like GG because I can use them with my Dicks CC Rewards certificates but their insistence on tying down all their woods so you can't see them at address is beyond annoying. Only golf store I have visited that does this. Sorry to see your GG close because competition is always a good thing. Used equipment prices especially are so much higher when there isn't any competition.
Oh I've seen them a block apart for sure -
I'm simply surprised that they are in the same shopping center. And yes, bottom line I'm sorry that this has happened to you. Competition is always good, IMO.
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As I wrote in the Thursday tease my putter actually arrived on Weds. I wasn’t told until Thursday and opened it when I got off of work Friday afternoon.
The packaging is really sharp, elegant actually. Putter and putter cover were secured and a slimmer pistol grip was included, as promised.
The first thing that our fitter Aki asked me to do when I took the putter out was to feel the weight of the head and check how much closer the balance point was to the head than my current gamer. So I did:
My wife, who was taking the pictures, remarked at the difference. Not seen is how difficult it was to balance my gamer and how the Saks Parente Duke - 91 balanced instantly as if my finger had a magnet in it. I think the ultra low balance point is evident here!
In keeping with the elegant theme - the SP ball marker is impressive:
I also like the Veni, Vidi, Vici (I came, I saw, I conquered) quote that is conspicuous on a number of the putter’s components.
I’m not a fan of the cover though. Black and gold is sharp but it doesn’t fit securely. It could be because of the putter style (it really does look like it’s namesake NFL football.)
I will be anxious to see if I have issues with it falling off during play particularly when I’m riding.
What do you all think of it?
I'm anxious to see if this truly is the only putter that actually improves my stroke. Because if it does, it may improve yours also. I did get it on the practice green yesterday for a bit and will play tomorrow - yes I know I said I wasn't playing until after my eye surgeries but I'm really Jonesing for a round of golf and I was able to line up a couple of friends who don't mind being my seeing eye dogs.
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So my wise guy son came over last night while I was at work and noticed this package on the front porch. I didn’t get home until 9. Exhausted after a 14 hour work day I didn’t ask and she didn’t tell.
Went to work today that included a funeral for a coworker’s dad at a church around the corner from my club and shut in visits. Had enough time to have lunch and visit the putting green at the club I between so went to the green.
Our greens are spectacular and this one was ridiculous. I was on the phone with my wife telling her I was there when she said, “Oh I forgot to tell you that John hid your new putter on top of the hutch.”
Fortunately for him I’m working a half day tomorrow. I will head back to the club and unveil some pictures then.
Check back tomorrow evening ….
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I’m curious what my fellow testers were given to work on. For me it was a pendulum stroke and just slow the ball to get in the way.
It’s actually something I can work on without a putter. I was very surprised at how smooth my stroke seemed after a week of just tgat and rolling a few putts on the carpet a couple of evenings last week.
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We are in that hurry up and wait period -
Aki did make some recommendation about my putting stroke so I’m working on those while waiting for My putters arrival. For me the focus is on a smooth pendulum stroke. I’m trying to avoid the inside then outward loop. According to Aki I have the potential to be better than 50/50 from 8 feet (your average.) This is because ihave a good stroke and play the same private course most of the time. I know the greens very well so it’s a matter of good alignment and a good stroke.
I really rolled the ball well on the practice green today. It only took 24 putts to hole 10 in a row from 3 feet and my speed control and ability to hole some longer putts was great. I only had one pull in all the putts that I hit and left none short.
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5 minutes ago, GolfSpy_APH said:
I'm walking out with their Trackman or GC Quad.
He already said was off the table so I'm calling the cops on you.
I'll go the newest Garmen watch - the ones that we tested this summer - its on my Christmas list but that would free up something else.
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@billpierce - nice job on your fitting write up, thanks. It’s remarkable to me how different your putting issues are from mine. PlPlus you thought blade and ended up mallet, I went mallet to blade - go figure
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Had my fitting with Aki from Sacks Parente last evening. Timmy the cat is exhausted from the experience. We did it in my home office, he was there and his paw became the target line. Well actually the corner of a Landry basket was but his paw kept coming out batting at the balls as they rolled by him.
A free virtual fitting is available to anyone wishing to purchase a Sacks Parente putter. Currently that fitting is with Akinobu Yonhiro, owning partner and head of R and D for Sacks Parente. “Aki” is knowledgeable and engaging. We spent about an hour and fifteen minutes together on zoom.
The original sign up called for us to post a screen shot of the putter we wanted to test - I chose the 54MH 3 stripe:
I’ve gamed mallet putters for the past 15 years with some pretty good success and this look appeals to my eyes. Predictably my fitting and the pre-fitting survey suggested other choices. Seemingly everything that I think about golf that hasn’t actually been tried or tested - is wrong.
At any rate, my current putter is an EVNRoll ER 5. The Sacks Parente model similar to that style model is called the Drac
It did emerge as a contender because mallets tend to be good choices for people who frequently putt from off the green. However, since my biggest identifiable weakness is speed and I have a fairly sound repeatable stroke - my identified flaws in the fitting were a slight loop and a bit of acceleration through the ball - Aki encouraged me to consider a blade. Yikes!!!
Full disclosure though, I have putted with blades in the past. A couple of Ping putters one of which I really liked - it was stolen, as well as a Rossi. While Aki felt I was a candidate for the series 39, true blade, he understood that I wanted some meat and also a little flange does make putting from off the green easier. Anyone who has ever tried to chip on tight Bermuda understands why this is so important to me.
So meet the Rev’s Sacks Parente putter to test:
This is the Series 91 Nicknamed “the Duke," because it looks like a football and was inspired by Ken Duke who plays on the champions tour. Being a huge UConn Husky fan - I asked if the name of mine could be changed to Husky. No luck. I’m stuck with a putter that’s going to have that dreaded D word on it - ughhh. At least it’s on the sole so no one will see it.
Spec wise the lie is 71 degrees - my current putter is 70 but apparently I’m just a tad toe down so 1 degree flat. 32.5” long. It will have their flat grip which is similar to my current Garson Quad Tour - Aki actually had one there to show me the grips side by side.
A key technological feature to these putters is their ultra-low balance technology. Aki explained that if they had a swing weight it would be in the G’s. This is achieved by using light weight materials from grip to shaft. The idea is to feel the head through the stroke. The putter is also perimeter weighted by putting tungsten in the toe and heel which creates high MOI and an enlarged sweet spot. The energy loss on miss hits is only around 2 percent. That would mean that a missed putt from 50 feet is only about a foot short.
Bottom line is for the technology to function as designed you need to stick with their grips and shafts on and in their putters.
My putter is scheduled to ship the middle of next week. I’d imagine it will arrive the week of November 5th. I’m super excited to try this out. My goals will be to hole some more putts in the 10 foot range and improve my speed control while maintaining my short putting and off the green putting capabilities.
Please fire away with any fitting questions.
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My virtual fitting is this evening. Look for an update on how it went either tonight or tomorrow morning!
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Thanks for the heads up. My overwhelming experience with golf OEMs is positive. Their products are always useful for someone. Glad these OEMs check in here to keep a finger on the pulse of their potential customer base.
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CrashChris - welcome to the forums! I also live in the area, about an hour South of where you will be at. I might be the odd man out in that I am not a big fan of TPC Tampa. I like the course, can't stand and I really mean I can't stand the pace of play. In fact, I've given up trying to play there because of it and frankly it would be such an easy fix - typically the front nine moves but then groups stop to get something to eat or drink at the turn and that along with lots of water on the back slows things to a crawl. I almost always end up with a tight back when I play there.
Okay enough venting - there are so many good courses that it's hard to hit them all - Count me in on the Foxhollow recommendation, Innisbrook is a bit of a drive but it has 4 great courses - Saddlebrook is an old school layout that would be close to you, it has two courses, I saw Dunedin CC mentioned, not always in the best of shape but it is a Donald Ross classic. I'd certainly enjoy playing with you if you didn't mind traveling an hour or so - I belong to a private club so it's not as crowded as the resort courses you'd probably play - I'm tied up through Christmas but on vacation after that. I stay at a timeshare the week you are here but it's only 20 minutes from my club and I'd want to play during that week. You could look me up as we get closer to your visit and I'd enjoy arranging for us to play a round. There are also some other golfers in the area - I'm just noticing that Rosey31 is - you could hit me up too if you wanted and I'd get you out on Bayou (that's my club) - I'm having Cataract surgery in a couple of weeks but once I've recovered from that I'd love to get out with you, too.
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I've done this for the PGA tournament at Whistling Straits and also for a couple of Hooter's tour events. There will be training, just do what you're told, don't bother the players and enjoy the experience. It's a long day regardless of what they have you do so be sure to hydrate, wear sunscreen, all that fun stuff.
I was a driver from the airport for the PGA but got free tickets to the event when I wasn't on duty plus a free round at one of the sister courses every time I worked.
Congrats and enjoy
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I’m going to assume lessons are off the table. So for drills something, like around the world or even simpler find a flat spot and make 10 in a row from three feet then get to where it’s four feet.
Once you’ve done that move to speed control which can be done from the middle of the practice green rolling putts just onto the fringe or if you have a hilly practice green two balls down hill to a spot two balls back up hill to the spot you putted down from.
Add in three balls tossed randomly off the green and play them all the way out to a pin, repeat until you can make 10 up and downs in a row. Throw in a little reward for yourself if you successfully complete the drills.
Thats worked for me my entire golfing life.
Good luck
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On 10/17/2023 at 7:54 AM, Parshooter36 said:
Congrats to the testers. I hope someone is going with the Series 39.
Thanks - don't know if you caught it from some of the intros but the fitter will be suggesting what putter we should use based on our time spent with him. I've never had that experience before. I've been fit for putter but it's always been a model that I've selected myself. This approach will be interesting. It makes sense when you think about it -
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Two things:
1. A watch that does everything but delivery emails and texts - so tells time, logs steps, heart rate and acts as an accurate golf gps but won’t sync with my phone’s ne and disrupt me.
2. A different shaft for my irons.
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On 10/13/2023 at 10:47 AM, silver & black said:
I understand and I agree, but I also think there needs to be some common sense applied. When OTC cold medications are considered 'performance enhancing' something is wrong.
Especially since it's been discovered that most of them don't work.
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1 hour ago, SteddyGolf said:
My comments were misleading. I own that. However, I was not really commenting on sponsor exemptions as much as recent articles advocating for LPGA players to be given PGA Tour status based on their LPGA Tour performance.
In regard to Lexi, she beat no one. Her score was lower than some at the cut but the bottom line is that score was based on two rounds. Walking and playing 7000 yards over four consecutive days is the measurement for a single tournament. Qualifying for the PGA Tour would include performance/success against the field over numerous tournaments.
my comments are/were not about Lexi but more so about the possibility of creating a gender neutral tour were ALL members of the tour must go through the same gauntlet.
So noted - for the purpose of my argument with my mini tour friends though she did beat people - they keep trying to say there is no way she beats them in a round ever. That's BS of course.
I had not seen any of those articles and didn't notice it in your original post. You could in theory earn your way onto the tour through a sponsors exemption - finishing low enough in a tournament gets you into the next one, etc., etc. It rarely happens but I think it has. I know it's happen through Monday qualifying. It's very difficult though and extremely doubtful that an LPGA player would succeed in doing it. in the end the distance gap is too much to conquer week after week. I enjoy the tournament that the DP tour has where they have players from both of their tours playing the same course at the same time. It would be nice to have one of those on the PGA tour and a great boost to the women's game.
4 minutes ago, SteddyGolf said:That kind of was my end point and supports my argument. LPGA successful should not be a pathway to earn PGATour status. Sponsor exemptions can be given to anyone for a single tournament which I’m still not a big fan of. I understand the math but that doesn’t mean I agree with it. Steph Curry brings attention to a given event but he also takes up a slot that I (not really) could be given. While he is a good golfer he (and others) are given a slot based on their celebrity status. Can you imagine Brad Pitt playing as the starting linebacker for the rams simply because he is Brad Pitt?
I agree with this.
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Welcome back - thanks again for your service and enjoy your new career
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So excited about this test. What an incredible group to work with.
Thanks so much to Sacks Parente and MGS for a great opportunity. New eyes (cataract surgery) and a new putter. Wow!!!
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While I appreciate your opinion, I disagree with you on sponsor’s exemptions. They exist for most tournaments, the sponsor is paying huge bucks as a tournament host and a part of what they get is the right to hand out exemptions to whom do ever they please. It’s one way that people “earn” a spot in a tour event. Sometimes those exemptions go to local high school or college kids BTW.
As to the PGA tour bring open to women on a regular basis wouldn't this open up a huge can of worms? Would men be allowed to qualify for LPGA events then? It’s a tricky matter I think.
Finally while she missed the cut Lexi did beat a number of accomplished PGA players and tied Emilio Grillo for 2 rounds. He’s ranked number 35 in the world. I have an ongoing argument with a couple of mini tour guys who think they’d never loose to a woman on a course that was over 7.000 yards long.
Think again…
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Sacks Parente Putter Official Review
RevKev
Intro
As my screen name suggests I am the Senior Pastor of Grace Lutheran Church and School in St. Petersburg, FL. Besides that wonderful vocation I’m a husband, the father of four including a disabled young adult daughter, grandfather of nine, two of whom attend my Day School and former foster parent to a cast of thousands (well 20 or so.)
Now in my mid 60’s I’ve been playing golf since I was young, maintaining a single digit handicap throughout the various stages of life that included children, seminary and moves to several different northern states, and most recently, for the past seventeen years, Florida.
When I was young, I thrived on being able to hit the ball a long way (for persimmon, blades and balata.) As I moved into my mid 30’s those attributes gave way to consistency and the ability to save strokes with a solid short game. I still move the ball out there fairly well for my age and since I play an appropriate set of tees scoring comes down to approach shots and short game most rounds. Over time I’ve lost some of my consistency and so the handicap has risen to the higher single digits 8.8 at my last revision 4 or 5 a side in a nine-hole Tuesday night league.
(I'm spoiled to play on great greens almost all year round)
I primarily play two courses. My home club, the Bayou, is private with fast/firm tiff eagle greens, distinct tiers and then subtle breaks around the cup. Mangrove, where I play in league, is a Muni but always in great shape. So, though the greens are slower they still roll true. Chipping on Bermuda is often treacherous, so putter has become my go to club off the green. I need my putter to be an effective weapon off the green as well as on it.
Golf is always in season in Florida. I read a suggestion in our group chat about finding an indoor putting place for the testers who live up North. That won’t be necessary for me, the only clowns or monsters that I will need to contend with are my playing partners and the wildlife that we occasionally encounter.
(And you expected a gator - ha!)
My league play will be over as our test period starts. I will play some Friday games at the club to get a feel for how the putter performs under pressure. Primarily though I will put the putter head to head against my current gamer (see my signature) in some skills challenges, 3 feet, 10 feet, 30 feet and from the practice green fringe.
Like many I don’t know much about the Sacks Parente company. I’ve looked at their website and they have lots of exciting putter choices at typical premium costs. I’m most excited to see which putter gets selected for me. I’ve been live fit for putter once, had a phone fitting and virtual fitting for the three putters that I’ve gamed over the past 15 years. In each case though I selected the model myself. This will be my first ever from scratch putter fitting.
Thanks Sacks Parente and My Golf Spy for this great opportunity and for making me part of a remarkable team of testers. If there is something in particular that a reader would like to know please let us read about it in the comment section below and we will do our best to test it out. Sacks Parente claims that they have; “The only putter that naturally improves your stroke.” Let’s go find out……
First Impressions
Here’s the link to my first impression and also numerous pictures for the aesthetics part of this review:
Initial Impressions and Unboxing Post!
I’m giving first impressions 18/20
I love the look and feel of the putter. I took some points off because I just don’t’ like the cover plain and simple. To me it looks cheap, far too cheap for a $300 plus putter. I’m also concerned that it will fall off during play (a concern that has been borne out through time - we've had to make a few trips back to recover the putter head during on course play.)
Overall, first impressions are great and the putter cover is functional in that it protects the club.
Aesthetics
There are numerous pictures of the putter above. Outside the cover it is a beautiful club. It has a great feel and sound even on off center hits although it is easy enough to teel where you are making contact with the ball.
It’s a great looking and feeling putter. Others love its look and feel as well. To me it just looks as if the ball will go wherever I aim it. The aimpoint on its top is understated but very easy to line up with my desired starting point. All of this means that once I pull putter, I’m able to focus on reading my line or if I’m off the green my line and the terrain that I will be covering.
10/10
The Numbers
Because I had cataract surgery on each eye throughout the month of November, I spent a great deal of time on the practice green. My fitter, Aki, had two contentions:
One was that the Sacks Parente putter design would enable me to lose the slight loop that I had in my stroke – we will examine that result in the good, bad, in-between section below.
The other was that a single digit handicapper like me who has a relatively good stroke (Aki praised my stroke during the fitting process) playing consistently on good greens at a private club would be better than 50/50 holing putts from the tour 50/50 range of 8 feet.
So, I tried it out.
Over the test period I hit 100 8 footers and holed 61 of them. In that time, I only left one short which is remarkable for me, my normal misses with putter for years have been left and short. Honestly many of the misses from 8 feet were because the ball hit some sort of imperfection (even “perfect” greens have them).
I had intended to try the same test with my gamer. However, the overall weight and feel of the Sacks Parente Duke makes it very difficult to switch putters. My other two putters feel very weird to me at this point, and it would be unfair to test them side by side in this manner. I do know that for years my 50/50 mark has been between 6 and 7 feet and that I struggle getting the ball to the hole on longer putts.
My accuracy with this putter is outstanding. It’s point and shoot, distance control is great, forgiveness is spot on, I almost always get the ball to the hole even on longer putts. That has not necessarily translated into a lot of made midrange putts, as yet, but it has significantly reduced the number of three putts. I only had two in the test period of December and January (I didn’t play golf in November due to those eye surgeries.) Of note those three putts came on a strange course and the greens were running exceptionally fast – they were both downhill putts. Even the club members playing with me were unable to keep the ball close to the hole on downhill putts that day.
I’m particularly impressed by my ability to get the ball through the fringe and close to the hole from off the green. We redid our fringes two seasons ago and they still aren’t great. My past two rounds playing partners have commented on how good my speed is from off the green.
10/10
On-Course
This one is a bit more difficult to assess. It is always golf season in Florida for certain. However, October through January is a shoulder season. Summer leagues are finished, I played my last league round a couple of weeks before my putter arrived and the in-season tournaments don’t start until the middle/end of January just after this review is being written.
Still, I’ve played a good deal of golf particularly since Christmas and there is always a bit of pressure when playing with other people. None of these rounds has been as a single and they have been with a variety of different people. It’s easy enough to quantify that I am holing my short putts and that my speed is great – see above on the lack of three putts – I’ve only 2 over the past 5 rounds. I also get up and down from off the green right around 70 percent of the time. To be fair some of those attempts are fairly easy ones but others, not so much having to go across three different surfaces.
18/20
I had to dock two points simply because I have yet to putt with my Sacks – Parente under tournament pressure – I’ve made the putts I should have made and even a couple that I should not have when playing for a few dollars. All signs are promising.
The Good, the bad, the in-between
The good:
The fitting was great, thorough, fun, the result unexpected which means the process looked at my stroke and my putting needs.
Below please see two videos that are after shots from the fitting:
The club looks and feels great.
It’s moved my 50/50 spot back 18 inches.
My distance control has improved.
The bad:
I’ve already mentioned that I don’t like the cover, so I won’t bang Sacks Parente on that one a second time.
It is however necessary to stick with their proprietary components. They do have a nice selection of grips but the thought of having to go back to them and paying a premium when this one wears out is a negative for me. This is a putter design where you can’t mess with it once you receive it or you will destroy the ultra-low balance point that is its signature feature. It cracked me up that in a recent round my playing partner said, “My putter balances where yours does, too.” He had the cover still on his.
The in-between
Cost is always an issue, isn’t it. These putters retail between $300 and $500. Only you know if that’s in your budget. I would suggest that if you are spending over $500 probably closer to $700 on driver and over $1,000 for irons that it makes sense to invest that sort of money on putter, too.
18/20
Play it or Trade it?
It’s in the bag to stay for this upcoming season. The look of this putter instills confidence for me every time I’m over the ball.
20/20
Conclusion
There is much to like about the Sacks Parente putter that I tested. The fitting process was unique, a pre session questionnaire, virtual process, indoors under the eyes of a skilled and experienced fitter, Aki did a great job of describing his product and the benefits of the ultra-low balance point. He also clearly identified the type of putter that would fit my stroke and putter usage. The negative was that you could not touch one of their putters because the fitting was virtual.
The product arrived in a reasonable amount of time. I know that some of our other testers had delays but that wasn’t the case for me. Certainly, wait times for many products have increased since five years ago, but on the other hand they are nowhere near as long as they were two to three years ago.
The putter was well packaged and had a rich appearance right out of the box. The one exception was the putter cover but some of that is subjective. What I feared might happen has, it is a loose fit and it does have a tendency to fall off the putter if I’m not very careful with how I put it back on after use.
Regardless the putter itself is good looking, has a great feel and it is very easy to align. Putts roll smoothly, online and the proper distance. There is very little loss of speed on mishits. I have no trouble getting the ball to roll across fairway length grass, fringes and even out of light rough.
I’m thinking that my Sacks Parente series 91 “The Duke” putter will remain in my bag for a long, long time.
Final Score:
94/100Thanks, one last time to Sacks Parente Golf and My Golf Spy for this testing opportunity and also for any of you who are reading this review. Please don’t hesitate to ask if you have any questions that weren’t answered.
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Honest state of the game review
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Hey all - I've only played once in the past month or so due to eyesight issues and now eye surgery. I have been hitting balls into the net and putting to get used to the Sacks Parente putter that I am testing. My second surgery is scheduled for next week and I intend to start playing again in earnest the weekend of Dec. 8/9. I'm anxious to see what it will be like playing golf without needing glasses. I'm already able to see distances with just the one eye done so the prospects are extremely exciting. I have ordered a pair of golf sunglasses - my regular glasses transitioned to sunglasses but I suspect this will take some getting used to and I'm truly wondering how 20/20 will impact my ability to read greens, experience distances, see shots land, stuff I have struggled with for some time now.
Additionally, I've been reflecting upon what components made me a very good golfer in the past. In the end I would say the key to my golf game was always consistency - pull driver or whatever club I was going to hit off the tee, hit it in play, pull my iron for the approach shot, hit it in the middle of the green, two putt and move on - I was always a par making machine.
The Srixon MK 5's have not worked out for me. Even though the shaft is the same weight is my Wilson D7 forged the swing weight is much lighter, I can't feel the head at all, it's a big issue. Given what brought me success in the past I'm actually questioning the Player's Distance category and seriously considering moving back into the game improvement category - I've never been a great iron player, not one to work the ball with my irons at all quite honestly - just try to hit it straight and high or occasionally low under the wind when necessary. I'm also not a high spin player with those clubs so middle of the green works.
Other than trap shots I've always had a very good short game and need to get back to that. Wedge has become a huge problem for me this year. I can't seem to find one that I really like. Currently I have SCORs in the bag because I'm good with them around the green but I'm very inconsistent on full and part shots with whatever wedge I'm gaming at the time, skulls, chunks, you name it I'm doing it. I don't know if its an eyesight thing but the more I miss the harder it gets. I'm going to need to get in some significant practice with those clubs once I get back to playing.
Finally where I play is a point of contention for me. I like my course but the club is expensive, I don't have a lot of friends there and they have tightened the screws on the number of times that guests, exactly the people whom I like to play with, can play the course. I'm on the waiting list at a different club - it's not as nice but its not chopped liver either (used to host an LPGA event.) The set of tees that they play their games from fit my game far better than where I'm at currently and it is a bit closer to my house.
I've always gotten my enjoyment from golf out of being a good player. Being an okay player is not as appealing to me. I want to get back to being good again and I think that best way to tackle that is to focus on doing what I do best and steering away from my weaknesses rather than constantly chasing after those. Consistency has always been my best attribute so I'm going for that again.
How about you? Do you ever assess your game this way?