RollingGreens Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 I got out for a 9 holes practice session yesterday and the hat work hasn’t disappointed me. Really working on the driver swing, not breaking my wrists early and staying with the slow tempo. Solid contact on every drive and the trajectory plus distance was killer. The wind killed some of my drives a bit but it was fantastic to see the progress. Need to go back to putting practice. Pace was bad and I missed a few 3-4 footers that will cost me cksurfdude, edingc, Kenny B and 3 others 6 Quote Stealth 2 Plus 9deg Kai' li Red Stealth 2 13deg Aldilla Rogue Silver Stealth 2 15deg Aldilla Rogue Silver JPX 921 Hot Metal 4-PW Nippon Modus 120s SM8 54 and 58deg Dynamic Gold Wedge Flex Scotty Cameron Newport 2 Titleist ProV1 Hoofer Stand Bag Stewart Q Follow Electric Caddie 300 PRO Rangefinder Official Nippon Regio B+ Driver Shaft Review Official Stewart Q Follow Review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BostonSal Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 I really should try practicing. I just play. None of the geezers with whom I play practice either. Oh, I'll make an appearance on the practice tee once in a great while, but nobody bothers to alert the media. I do putt the practice green once in a while, but I'm not sure if I'd call that practicing. It's mostly killing time. cksurfdude, sirchunksalot, GolfSpy_SHARK and 1 other 3 1 Quote Louisville Golf Persimmon___2, 4, 5, 7-woods; Epon AF-906___driving iron; Titleist T100 5, 6, 7, 8, 9-irons; Titleist T100S___48°; Edison 2.0___53º; Titleist SM-9 (T)___58º; Tad Moore Otto Hackbarth___putter; Titleist Pro V1x___ball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juspoole Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 Just a perfect day here in Indiana today. I went to a course with a great practice area and just hit a lot of chips and pitches from 25 yards to 60 yards. Switching back and forth between my 54* and 58* to find out what feels more comfortable and yields the most consistent results. I found that I have better luck on pitches 40 yards and in with my lob wedge and control other shots to around 65 yards with my 54*. At 70 yards begins my 3/4 lob wedge which is usually good for me. Will experiment more to find out if there is merit to this. Chip Strokes, sirchunksalot, Kenny B and 5 others 8 Quote Driver: Mavrik Sub Zero 9* (Set to 10) Ventus Blue 6X 2 Hybrid: TSI3 Hybrid Tensei Blue 80 X (17.25*) 3 Hybrid 818 H2 Hybrid Hzrdus RDX Black 6.5 (20.5*) 4 Iron - T200 4 Iron Graphite Design Tour AD IZ X Hybrid Shaft Irons 5-PW: T100-S 5 - GW KBS Tour 130 X Gap/Sand Wedge: Vokey SM6 49* SM8 54* Lob Wedge: Jaws 5 Wedge 58* DG Tour Issue Stiff Putter: Phantom 5.5 34" Pro Platinum Newport 2 35" Taylormade Tour Black Spider 34" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnosil Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 5 hours ago, juspoole said: Just a perfect day here in Indiana today. I went to a course with a great practice area and just hit a lot of chips and pitches from 25 yards to 60 yards. Switching back and forth between my 54* and 58* to find out what feels more comfortable and yields the most consistent results. I found that I have better luck on pitches 40 yards and in with my lob wedge and control other shots to around 65 yards with my 54*. At 70 yards begins my 3/4 lob wedge which is usually good for me. Will experiment more to find out if there is merit to this. sounds like you learned a lot with your experiment juspoole, sirchunksalot, GolfSpy_SHARK and 1 other 4 Quote Driver: G400 Max 9* w/ KBS Tour Driven Fairway: TS3 15* w/Project X Hzardous Smoke Hybrids: 915H 21* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype 915H 24* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype Irons: TR20V 6-11 w/Vizard TR20-85 Graphite Wedge: 54/12D, 60/8M w/:Accra iWedge 90 Graphite Putter: TM-180 Testing: Backups: Milled Collection RSX 2, mFGP2, Futura 5W Member: MGS Hitsquad since 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny B Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 On 8/24/2021 at 3:54 PM, sirchunksalot said: Keep it up! The NTC stuff is gold. I haven't made it that far, yet. I'm still working on getting to A and working a lot on that. The flat left wrist is starting to come along nicely, but with things being crazy here it's been hard to do nothing other than grabbing a club and working on positioning. Like you, I hope by early next year to have it down. The flat lead wrist is huge! Mine was slightly cupped before Monte changed it. He says that it doesn't matter if it's off a little bit, but it's important that in transition, the wrist is bowing a little. I have some of my best strikes on the ball when I feel my wrist bowing at the start of the downswing. This was hard for me, but it's well worth it to get the wrists correct. GolfSpy_SHARK, Vegan_Golfer_PNW, russtopherb and 4 others 7 Quote “We don’t stop playing the game because we get old; we get old because we stop playing the game.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolan220 Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 Did another range session 3rd time this week to get used to the T300, worked on keeping the head still, I was having problems with my swing the other day and this really helped the issue, was playing a nice fade on the range. Was picking random targets some really hard angles, went pretty well, overall happy cnosil, GolfSpy_SHARK, sirchunksalot and 4 others 7 Quote Speedzone Driver Tensei AV Blue or G400 SFT 10. KBS TD 50 Category 3 shaft King Speedzone Black Yellow Fairway 3 wood Tensei AV Blue 65 F9 SpeedBack Black Grey Fairway 5 Wood ATMOS Tour Spec Blue 7 shaft T300 4i-GW - Tensei AV Blue AM2 Regular Flex or JPX 900 Hot Metal 5 - GW Project X Lz 4.5 Regular Flex Graphite Glide 2.0 SS Wedges 54 & 58 TP Red White Ardmore Putter - BGT Stability Tour Black shaft Precision Pro NX7 range finder Ultralight Cart Bag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjeffs12 Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 Had to hit off mats yesterday, so my main focus was alignment. I really need to hit more greens, and my misses are right or left, not so much distance related. I need to do this every time from now on, it really helped. cnosil, russtopherb, Kenny B and 3 others 6 Quote STEALTH 2+ 10.5* FUJIKURA VENTUS TR BLACK 6X ZX MKII 3W 15* Project X HZRDUS Smoke Blue RDX U.S.A. 8TX Stealth+ 19 Mitsubishi Tensei Pro White 1K 85TX ZX7 4-PW KBS $Taper 130 BLACK PVD RTX 6 Zipcore 50/54.10 Full Project X 6.0 GLIDE 4.0 60.10S DYNAMIC GOLD TOUR ISSUE S400 ER2v MIDLOCK 40” TOUR X NX9 with Slope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russtopherb Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 Good range session at lunch today, took my time and just relaxed about not stressing over needing to run back to the office. Driver started out fadey but definitely straightened out. Even the fades would have been playable if I hit those during a round. Again - I need to just do my best to take that to the course. Still working on feeling like my hands are as far away from my head as possible and I'm only taking a half swing (which is pretty much a full swing, anything more than that and I'm John Daly). Ground was soooooooo wet due to all the rain we've had this week, my iron heads are a mess now LOL. I could have hit off the mats but I just can't stand that. Irons and wedges were solid, with a few "WTF just happened there?" shots. But that's why it's practice to get those out of the way cnosil, sirchunksalot, Kenny B and 3 others 6 Quote In my carry bag: ST-X 10.5* Kai'li Blue R Flex ST-Z 15* Kai/li Blue R Flex ST-Z 4h Linq Blue R Flex Launcher 5h Launcher CBX 6i-PW CBX 54* & 58* Huntington Beach #10 e12 Contact CURRENTLY TESTING - Mizuno Long Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cksurfdude Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 Had a productive lesson the other day, and hoping it'll help me to reverse the regress of my past few rounds and turn it into some more forward progress! Worked on all the usual things, including... setup, posture, takeaway, position at the top, weight transfer, path, etc etc, ... but especially to be conscious of straightening out the right arm (technically both arms, of course) coming into impact .. I have a tendency to keep my trail (right) elbow tucked in by my side at impact. Started getting a lot more solid contact on a lot more shots, with fewer stinkers than usual, and ended up with a pretty nice grouping of virtual balls downrange (indoor lesson on a sim). Now to work on replicating all that goodness IRL GolfSpy_SHARK, Tom the Golf Nut, juspoole and 4 others 7 Quote WITB of an "aspiring" play-ah ... Driver...Callaway Paradym (Aldila Ascent PL Blue 40/A) 5W...Callaway Great Big Bertha (MCA Kai'Li Red 50/R) 7W...Tour Edge Exotics EXS (Tensei CK Blue 50/R) 4H...Callaway Epic Super Hybrid (Recoil ZT9 F3) 5H...Callaway Big Bertha ('19) (Recoil 460 ESX F3) 6i-GW...Sub 70 699 V2 (Recoil 660 F3) 54°, 60°...Cleveland CBX2, CBX 60 (Rotex graphite) Putter...EvnRoll ER5 or MLA Tour XDream (P2 Reflex grip on both) ...all in a Datrek bag on an MGI Zip Navigator electric cart. Ball often, not always, MaxFli Tour. Forum Member tester for the Paradym X driver (2023) Forum Member tester for the ExPutt Putting Simulator (2020) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichL85 Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 Had the day off and my Mavrik Max arrived today, so after picking up my daughter from school I had to hit some balls into the net in the yard. Set up the MLM to compare my old driver to the Mavrik and also hit some 8 irons to warm up. Once my phone cools down enough to turn back in I'll have to take a look at the numbers to see if the Mavrik is getting a spot in the bag. Side note: Callaway could stand to use some higher quality construction on their practice nets. Punched a hole in the target fabric with an 8 iron and one of the cords that holds at a corner snapped. Kenny B and cksurfdude 2 Quote Driver: PXG 0811XF Gen 4 w/ Fujikura Motore X F3 6- 3 Wood: PXG 0341XF Gen 4 w/ Mitsubishi Diamana S+ 70g Hybrids: 19 and 22 degree PXG 0317XF Gen 4 w/ Project X Evenflow Riptide 80g Irons: 5-PW PXG 0311P Gen 4 w/ KBS Tour 120 Wedges: Indi 50 FLX, 54 FLX, 58 ATK w/ KBS Wedge 610 (Official Review) Putter: Battle Ready Blackjack, 36.5”, Double Bend neck Spornia SPG-7 hitting net review 2023 Titleist White Box ProV1 review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny B Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 I've been working on my full swing so much lately with the PlaneMate and NTC drill that I have severely neglected my short game practice. It's been last couple of rounds. So today I went to the course to specifically pitch, chip and putt. Got there and Holy Crap!! At 10am the range was full, the putting green was full, and half a dozen people pitching into the pitching green. Don't people work anymore? I had to wait 15 minutes to get a spot on the putting green. I worked on controlling the putter face using one-handed putts (trail hand) ala Tiger. Last weekend I wasn't very good at starting my putts on my intended line. After 10 minutes I seemed to have that issue fixed. Then I focused on 20 footers, and had good speed control with putts finishing a foot past the hole. After several groups were called to the 1st tee, it started thinning out a little. I could comfortably chip onto the putting green without getting in someone's way. I had the best results chipping with my 60º, flying the ball about halfway to the hole. I'll stick with that tomorrow. Still quite a few people on the pitching green; someone giving lessons and boy... do some of them need it!! The range opened up, so I took a small bucket to see if my full swings off my mat at home transfers to grass. I struggled a little to start but finally began hitting some decent 9i and 7i shots. Finished with some great driver shots. Hope I remember how to do that tomorrow. I was about to leave when the pitching green cleared, so grabbed some balls and hit a few shots. I seemed to hit better pitches today with my 54º than I did with my 60º. Not sure why; don't know if I should trust it, or stick with my usual 60º shots tomorrow. I think I will spend a few minutes there before I tee off, then make a decision. Vegan_Golfer_PNW, cnosil, cksurfdude and 5 others 8 Quote “We don’t stop playing the game because we get old; we get old because we stop playing the game.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichL85 Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 58 minutes ago, Kenny B said: Got there and Holy Crap!! At 10am the range was full, the putting green was full, and half a dozen people pitching into the pitching green. Don't people work anymore? My company gave us a "floating holiday" today so we get a 4 day weekend out of the deal. Even if they hadn't, I probably would have just used a vacation day anyway. That is far too many people for me. Kenny B and cksurfdude 2 Quote Driver: PXG 0811XF Gen 4 w/ Fujikura Motore X F3 6- 3 Wood: PXG 0341XF Gen 4 w/ Mitsubishi Diamana S+ 70g Hybrids: 19 and 22 degree PXG 0317XF Gen 4 w/ Project X Evenflow Riptide 80g Irons: 5-PW PXG 0311P Gen 4 w/ KBS Tour 120 Wedges: Indi 50 FLX, 54 FLX, 58 ATK w/ KBS Wedge 610 (Official Review) Putter: Battle Ready Blackjack, 36.5”, Double Bend neck Spornia SPG-7 hitting net review 2023 Titleist White Box ProV1 review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B_R_A_D_Y Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Practiced green side chips … just shoulders, back 2-3 inches, then thru. Next opened face & repeated. We have a few downhill, next to green shots where you can’t go long. Saves 2 strokes if I can flop onto the apron. Shapotomous, GolfSpy_SHARK, cksurfdude and 1 other 4 Quote TSi3 #1-3-5 all with Tensi Blue S-flex 2019 Apex Pro black 3 & 4H Catalyst 70 or TSi3 #2-3 depending on how I’m playing. Tensi Blue 2019 Calloway Apex Pro black, 5-PW, Catalyst 100 - 6.0, Super Stroker Jumbo 2020 RadSpeed OL 4H, 5-GW … won’t get to actually use till warmer weather 2019 PM-grind, 56° & 60°, KBS steel, Green Cap Blue Spider EX Pro V1X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sirchunksalot Posted September 4, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 4, 2021 Though about going to the range today, but instead decided to break out this beauty and do a little at home practice. I was mainly working on takeaway and downswing through impact. @Kenny B suggested the Justin Rose drill to drop my arms coming into impact and help with my OTT move. I thought instead of getting caught up in pounding balls down the range, I could focus more on the moves I needed to make into the net. I still suffer from hanging back on my right leg, so I gotta work on that. It's mostly when I don't keep accelerating through the ball it pops up, so I need to remember that. It caused a lot of fat shots today. I cringed every time I heard the club scrape the mat. I'm the takeaway, I'm working on wrist set by the time I'm getting to lead arm parallel and trying to get my wrist flat by then, too. I didn't take video today because behind me on the carport is a riding mower and a patio table. cnosil, PMookie, B_R_A_D_Y and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny B Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 On 9/3/2021 at 7:55 PM, Kenny B said: I've been working on my full swing so much lately with the PlaneMate and NTC drill that I have severely neglected my short game practice. It's been last couple of rounds. So today I went to the course to specifically pitch, chip and putt. Got there and Holy Crap!! At 10am the range was full, the putting green was full, and half a dozen people pitching into the pitching green. Don't people work anymore? I had to wait 15 minutes to get a spot on the putting green. I worked on controlling the putter face using one-handed putts (trail hand) ala Tiger. Last weekend I wasn't very good at starting my putts on my intended line. After 10 minutes I seemed to have that issue fixed. Then I focused on 20 footers, and had good speed control with putts finishing a foot past the hole. After several groups were called to the 1st tee, it started thinning out a little. I could comfortably chip onto the putting green without getting in someone's way. I had the best results chipping with my 60º, flying the ball about halfway to the hole. I'll stick with that tomorrow. Still quite a few people on the pitching green; someone giving lessons and boy... do some of them need it!! The range opened up, so I took a small bucket to see if my full swings off my mat at home transfers to grass. I struggled a little to start but finally began hitting some decent 9i and 7i shots. Finished with some great driver shots. Hope I remember how to do that tomorrow. I was about to leave when the pitching green cleared, so grabbed some balls and hit a few shots. I seemed to hit better pitches today with my 54º than I did with my 60º. Not sure why; don't know if I should trust it, or stick with my usual 60º shots tomorrow. I think I will spend a few minutes there before I tee off, then make a decision. Well, I played today and apparently I need more practice. Won't get to do that for a week; play tomorrow; tournament on Monday, then headed to Seattle for my wife's sister-in-law's funeral. Not even taking my sticks. GolfSpy_SHARK, cksurfdude, sirchunksalot and 1 other 3 1 Quote “We don’t stop playing the game because we get old; we get old because we stop playing the game.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syks7 Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 (edited) Still nursing the finger but all stitches are out and the Dr. told me that the laceration was healing well and loosely told me I could start swinging again (my interpretation I'm sure). So I went to the range and started swinging in earnest the other day. I wasn't planning on going too hard, just wanted to see if the finger would hold up. I started with some very easy short irons focusing on protecting my finger, getting a proper hip turn, and not letting my trail arm collapse. All of which was surprisingly successful. My three week layoff seems to have ironed a few things out and started to set a few things I was working on. The finger felt really good so I started increasing my swing tempo and moving up to the long irons and eventually my 3 wood and Driver. All my contact felt really good though I'm still missing on the toe more than I want. I've been in the garage a lot while healing playing with the swing weight of my driver and 3 wood and I have to say that getting them both to a heavier swing weight looks like its going to pay dividends. Both felt much easier to hit solidly and I have both of them right around D6/7 (Using the hireko tool not a proper swing weight scale). It didn't feel like I dropped any swing speed and it felt easier to load the shaft with a reasonably smooth transition vs. something a little more aggressive. I wish I had known about swing weight before, because these adjustments seem to have made it a lot easier for me to hit both of these clubs. I hit both very solidly today. Still need to work on my accuracy but it no longer feels like I'm fighting for proper contact every swing. I moved on from the range feeling pretty good about myself I moved over to do some quick wedge and sand practice. For the wedge I decided to try and focus on short chips that I end up with a lot -- approach miss just to the right or left of the green in the rough. I was very happy with the results. 19/20 on the green with a fair bit in pretty solid one putt range(First pic). Moved onto a version with a tight lie with the ball below my feet (Much less successful and no picture). Finally I worked on shots out of the bunker from a variety of lies -- plugged, in a footprint, on wet sand. That too was pretty successful today 15/20. Side note, I've been trying that heavily closed club, loose grip shot for plugged lies. I don't really get how it works but man does it work. (Second Pic) All in all a pretty good range day. Hopefully all this range work will be worth something when I get back out there. Going to give the finger another harder swinging range day this coming week and if it holds up actually try to play around with it. It won't be fully healed for a while but at least it will be serviceable. Edited September 7, 2021 by Syks7 ejgaudette, Tom the Golf Nut, sirchunksalot and 3 others 6 Quote Driver 0811XT -- Tensei CK Orange 60 Woods 0211 3W -- Tensei AV Raw Blue Hybrids 0317X 2&4 -- Tensei AV Raw Blue Irons ZX7 4/AW -- C-Taper Lite 110 Wedges RTX Zipcore 56 Mid @55° -- TT DG Spinner Putter DF2.1 or Link.1 -- Accra Ball Zstar Diamond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichL85 Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Thanks to my lovely daughter, I was up at 6:30 this morning so I decided to pull out the net and try to work out the distance gapping throughout the bag. It did not go well. I'm pretty much decided to throw in the towel on the Rapsodo. I'm sure it's a good little device, but for my applications, I simply can't rely on the data it is giving me. On the positive, I'm about 95% sold on the Mavrik Max replacing the old Cleveland. Vegan_Golfer_PNW, cnosil, cksurfdude and 3 others 6 Quote Driver: PXG 0811XF Gen 4 w/ Fujikura Motore X F3 6- 3 Wood: PXG 0341XF Gen 4 w/ Mitsubishi Diamana S+ 70g Hybrids: 19 and 22 degree PXG 0317XF Gen 4 w/ Project X Evenflow Riptide 80g Irons: 5-PW PXG 0311P Gen 4 w/ KBS Tour 120 Wedges: Indi 50 FLX, 54 FLX, 58 ATK w/ KBS Wedge 610 (Official Review) Putter: Battle Ready Blackjack, 36.5”, Double Bend neck Spornia SPG-7 hitting net review 2023 Titleist White Box ProV1 review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russtopherb Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 I was able to get out for a small bucket and some time on the putting green this afternoon. Wedges and irons were good, trying to add a short low pitch with my 58* to my arsenal. Worked on that a bunch. Driver was terrible. 3w was way better. Starting to get frustrated again GolfSpy_SHARK, cnosil, PMookie and 3 others 6 Quote In my carry bag: ST-X 10.5* Kai'li Blue R Flex ST-Z 15* Kai/li Blue R Flex ST-Z 4h Linq Blue R Flex Launcher 5h Launcher CBX 6i-PW CBX 54* & 58* Huntington Beach #10 e12 Contact CURRENTLY TESTING - Mizuno Long Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Golfspy_CG2 Posted September 7, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 7, 2021 So I took the 790’s out on the course for 5 holes for their maiden voyage. Wanted to get the feel of them. First hole par 5 6 iron from the rough, csme out nicely good height and felt great. Layed up to about 145 to 150. 6 iron again on felt pure and flew right at the flag. Got to the green about 10 feet below the pin stopped a foot from the ball mark. Next hole 6 iron from 140 very similar results. I was thinking. Oh boy here we go. But from that point on they were very inconsistent. Both in terms of striking it pure and mis hits. Had one nice 8 iron from about 130. But the session overall about 14 shots, only 6 of them were shots I was happy with. So definitely more work to be done with these. im sure the T300 were snickering their butt off when the P790 were put back in the corner of my office juspoole, RickyBobby_PR, sirchunksalot and 8 others 5 6 Quote G430 Max 10K TSiR1 15.0 Aldlia Ascent 60g TSR2 18.0 PX Aldila Ascent 6og TSi1 20 Aldila Ascent Shafts R T350 5-GW SteelFiber I80 SM10 48F/54M and58K S159 48S/52S/56W/60B Select 5.5 Flowback 35" ProV1 Play number 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlow206 Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 Grinding on the one plane swing, trying to get the handle more forward at impact (with proper sequencing, not trying to hold angles) cksurfdude, Rickp, sirchunksalot and 4 others 7 Quote Follow my golf journey to break into the 80s Tester for the Titleist TSi Driver Spring 2020 MGS Tester for the Fujikura Motore X Shaft Updated 07/15/2022 Driver: Rogue St Max LS - Autoflex Fairway Woods: Rogue Max St 3HL and 7 Wood Irons: JPX 921 Hot Metal 5 to AW - Aerotech Steelfiber i95 Stiff parallel tip Wedges: Glide 4.0 54 and 58 Putter: PLD Custom Kushin 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirchunksalot Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 4 hours ago, dlow206 said: Grinding on the one plane swing, trying to get the handle more forward at impact (with proper sequencing, not trying to hold angles) It looks like you're making good progress Derrick, I paused the face on video at impact and it's good to see some shaft lean going on there. Keep grinding! GolfSpy BOS, cksurfdude, Rickp and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlow206 Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 35 minutes ago, sirchunksalot said: It looks like you're making good progress Derrick, I paused the face on video at impact and it's good to see some shaft lean going on there. Keep grinding! I struggle to get that good shaft lean at impact. I know shaft lean is a result of good sequencing, so I know something is off when I start to get a little flippy. GolfSpy BOS, cksurfdude and sirchunksalot 3 Quote Follow my golf journey to break into the 80s Tester for the Titleist TSi Driver Spring 2020 MGS Tester for the Fujikura Motore X Shaft Updated 07/15/2022 Driver: Rogue St Max LS - Autoflex Fairway Woods: Rogue Max St 3HL and 7 Wood Irons: JPX 921 Hot Metal 5 to AW - Aerotech Steelfiber i95 Stiff parallel tip Wedges: Glide 4.0 54 and 58 Putter: PLD Custom Kushin 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryB Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Went to the range with my son to work on my driver and woods. My driver is slicing pretty hard right and I'm just not hitting woods well in general. I get zero distance on my longer clubs. I'd like to blame my older hand-me-down equipment but I'm sure it's mostly just me being terrible, lol. I'm finding that I get better woods contact when I play the ball nearer to my back foot, which seems counterintuitive, but I digress. Was messing around with different tee heights, grip, and setup for the driver. I was able to straighten it out at the expense of popping it way up instead. So, not great. Son finished before me so he was watching me finish my bucket. He noticed that I keep my arms more or less locked which results in an outside-in swing. I tried flexing a bit more aggressively at the top of my back swing which seemed to straighten me out without sacrificing my meager distance. Ran out of balls and had somewhere to be, so I'm not sure yet if breakthrough or dumb luck. Hopefully I can get back in the next day or so. cksurfdude 1 Quote Cobra Aerojet Max driver Cobra Aerojet Max 3 wood and 7 wood Cobra Aerojet 4/5/6 hybrids Cobra Aerojet 7-PW, GW Cobra Snakebite 52° and 58° wedges Cobra King Stingray 20 putter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnosil Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 16 hours ago, dlow206 said: I struggle to get that good shaft lean at impact. I know shaft lean is a result of good sequencing, so I know something is off when I start to get a little flippy. What is you definition if good shaft lean? Does it vary based on the type of shot you are trying to hit? Why do you think yours is bad? GolfSpy_SHARK, Nolan220 and cksurfdude 3 Quote Driver: G400 Max 9* w/ KBS Tour Driven Fairway: TS3 15* w/Project X Hzardous Smoke Hybrids: 915H 21* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype 915H 24* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype Irons: TR20V 6-11 w/Vizard TR20-85 Graphite Wedge: 54/12D, 60/8M w/:Accra iWedge 90 Graphite Putter: TM-180 Testing: Backups: Milled Collection RSX 2, mFGP2, Futura 5W Member: MGS Hitsquad since 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cksurfdude Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 So almost kinda funny... Most of you reading and posting in here can relate to over-correcting a problem and causing a new one..! And most of you know that I've mentioned I've been taking a series of lessons, in which we've been working on .. amongst many! other things .. getting a better weight shift forward during the downswing plus not hanging back with my upper body at impact (eg. hips bump forward but shoulders are leaning back behind the ball). Well now I seem to be moving my upper body actually too far forward which is one (amongst many!) causes of hitting the ball thin and low... So the instructor gave me a new drill to work on; went to the range after the lesson and tried to focus on what he calls "shoulder bend" but .. at least as I understand it at this point .. is a fancy term for getting yourself into a nicer, more upright and balanced finishing position. Think I got a few balls out there with getting an approximation of the move.... ...Work In Progress!!! Nolan220, GolfSpy_SHARK, sirchunksalot and 3 others 6 Quote WITB of an "aspiring" play-ah ... Driver...Callaway Paradym (Aldila Ascent PL Blue 40/A) 5W...Callaway Great Big Bertha (MCA Kai'Li Red 50/R) 7W...Tour Edge Exotics EXS (Tensei CK Blue 50/R) 4H...Callaway Epic Super Hybrid (Recoil ZT9 F3) 5H...Callaway Big Bertha ('19) (Recoil 460 ESX F3) 6i-GW...Sub 70 699 V2 (Recoil 660 F3) 54°, 60°...Cleveland CBX2, CBX 60 (Rotex graphite) Putter...EvnRoll ER5 or MLA Tour XDream (P2 Reflex grip on both) ...all in a Datrek bag on an MGI Zip Navigator electric cart. Ball often, not always, MaxFli Tour. Forum Member tester for the Paradym X driver (2023) Forum Member tester for the ExPutt Putting Simulator (2020) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDGolfHacker Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 On 8/30/2021 at 10:25 AM, russtopherb said: Well, today was a first for me - I had to yell FORE while on the driving range Swung by the muni to work on driver after it failed me last week on the course, there was a Monday tourney getting ready to tee off at 9 so most of the range was in use. No problem, I just went down to the left hand side, which abuts the 3rd hole. Note: There is NO netting on either side of this range. The newer management company took down the old nasty shredded one last season and has not replaced it, possibly due to the range needing to be relocated due to some upcoming construction. So I go hit some wedges, all good. Hit my irons, all good. Pull the driver, intent on just working on a consistent fade which is my natural shot. When I try and force a draw, bad things happen. I hit some great shots, some not so great, then I got into a nice rhythm. Then I hit a pull to end all pulls. You know the one. That shot where you catch it so flush and it takes off like a rocket... just to the left. Right out of the range onto the 3rd fairway. Right at two carts who had come over the hill and stopped by the range. SO YEAH... I yelled FORE! and had all the tourney players looking weirdly at me. Didn't care. Thankfully the ball landed well to the left of them, because I am not sure they heard me, or if they did, if they were even paying attention. I went back to wedges for the rest of the bucket. Ugh...that was me on one my tee shots last night...during league playoffs no less...on a good note it was crushed pretty dang far beautifully into the woods! MDGolfHacker russtopherb, cksurfdude, cnosil and 1 other 3 1 Quote TSssWhat's In This Lefty's Bag? Driver: TSR2 11° Project X HZRDUS Black 4G 60g 5.5 Flex Fairway Woods: F8 3W Project X Even Flow Blue 75g shaft Fairway Woods: Hybrid: TSR2 18° Graphite Design Tour AD DI-85 Shaft Irons: 2021 T200's 4-GW AMT RED shafts Regular Flex Wedge: Tour Satin RTX 4 Wedges in 52° and 56° 2 Dot Putter: Gray Matter TDP 2.2 32.75" Bag: Three 5 Ball: PRO V1 / Z*Star RangeFinder: In search of new range finder Social Media: Facebook: MD Golfhacker Twitter: @mdgolfhacker Instagram: mdgolfhacker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlow206 Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 5 hours ago, cnosil said: What is you definition if good shaft lean? Does it vary based on the type of shot you are trying to hit? Why do you think yours is bad? Not saying its bad, just something my instructor has me working on cnosil, cksurfdude and sirchunksalot 3 Quote Follow my golf journey to break into the 80s Tester for the Titleist TSi Driver Spring 2020 MGS Tester for the Fujikura Motore X Shaft Updated 07/15/2022 Driver: Rogue St Max LS - Autoflex Fairway Woods: Rogue Max St 3HL and 7 Wood Irons: JPX 921 Hot Metal 5 to AW - Aerotech Steelfiber i95 Stiff parallel tip Wedges: Glide 4.0 54 and 58 Putter: PLD Custom Kushin 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDGolfHacker Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 Just getting back from some range time to try to fix my swing. Did I fix my swing? Not really but I had a nice lychee or three afterwards to make me feel better. That's all for tonight folks... MDGolfHacker cksurfdude, Rickp, cnosil and 1 other 4 Quote TSssWhat's In This Lefty's Bag? Driver: TSR2 11° Project X HZRDUS Black 4G 60g 5.5 Flex Fairway Woods: F8 3W Project X Even Flow Blue 75g shaft Fairway Woods: Hybrid: TSR2 18° Graphite Design Tour AD DI-85 Shaft Irons: 2021 T200's 4-GW AMT RED shafts Regular Flex Wedge: Tour Satin RTX 4 Wedges in 52° and 56° 2 Dot Putter: Gray Matter TDP 2.2 32.75" Bag: Three 5 Ball: PRO V1 / Z*Star RangeFinder: In search of new range finder Social Media: Facebook: MD Golfhacker Twitter: @mdgolfhacker Instagram: mdgolfhacker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickp Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 6 minutes ago, MDGolfHacker said: Just getting back from some range time to try to fix my swing. Did I fix my swing? Not really but I had a nice lychee or three afterwards to make me feel better. That's all for tonight folks... MDGolfHacker Always makes me feel better also cksurfdude, sirchunksalot and MDGolfHacker 3 Quote Rick Left Hand, Driver; PXG 0311XF Cypher 50 gr Senior 5 wood; Ping 425, Senior Shaft 55 gr 7 wood; Ping 425, Senior Shaft 55 gr 5 hybrid; Cally Steelhead, Hazardous R2 Irons; Mizuno JPX 923HM 7-GW Recoil 460 F2 Wedges; Titleist S9 54*, Mizuno SW 56* Putter; Waaay too many to list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolan220 Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 Practice bringing my club straight back .. used a ball behind my club face abs made sure it went straight back .. haven’t practice this in years was good to practice it cksurfdude, MDGolfHacker and sirchunksalot 3 Quote Speedzone Driver Tensei AV Blue or G400 SFT 10. KBS TD 50 Category 3 shaft King Speedzone Black Yellow Fairway 3 wood Tensei AV Blue 65 F9 SpeedBack Black Grey Fairway 5 Wood ATMOS Tour Spec Blue 7 shaft T300 4i-GW - Tensei AV Blue AM2 Regular Flex or JPX 900 Hot Metal 5 - GW Project X Lz 4.5 Regular Flex Graphite Glide 2.0 SS Wedges 54 & 58 TP Red White Ardmore Putter - BGT Stability Tour Black shaft Precision Pro NX7 range finder Ultralight Cart Bag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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