chisag Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 30 minutes ago, cnosil said: Every putt is a straight putt to you; some people see the curve of the putt. ... I always see the curve and I play the break. But my putting stroke is straight through the ball at impact and the slope and grain move the ball one way or the other, not my putter head. On a really severe breaking putt, the ball may travel straight for just a few inches before it starts to break. The problem with poor putters is they close their putter face playing a "draw" on right to left putts and they open their putter face playing a "fade" on left to right putts. And even worse some will open or close their shoulders trying to make the putt break they way they see the line. But when you manipulate the face angle at impact, you introduce variables into direction and that causes inconsistency. ... Just insert 2 tees about 2 ball widths apart on a practice green 10" inches in front of the ball with a putt that breaks at least 6 feet or more. You will hit your putt dead straight through the tees and it will begin to break after clearing the tees. Some will be surprised at how much they manipulate the putter face toward the break and might actually hit one of those tees. I see so many with a left to right putt, basically open the face at impact not only pushing but adding side spin that makes it move even more to the right. I hit this putt dead straight but with about a 8 foot break, it is already moving to the left: Haro, cnosil, sirchunksalot and 4 others 7 Quote Driver: Qi10 10.5* ... Ventus Red Velocore 5R Fairway: Qi10 5 wood ... Kai'li Blue 60R Hybrids: 430 Hybrid 22*... Diamana LTD 65r DHy #4 ... Steelfiber 780Hy Irons: '23 T200 5-Pw ... Steelfiber i95r Wedges: Vokey 50*/54*/58* ... Steelfiber i95r Putter: Sport-60 33" Ball: Maxfli/ Maxfli Tour/TP5x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnosil Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 6 minutes ago, chisag said: ... I always see the curve and I play the break. I agree with everything you posted, I just don't like how you say every putt is a straight putt. For me, every putt is a straight putt because I don't see the curve. cksurfdude, chisag and sirchunksalot 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: Sacks Parente MC 3 Stripe Backup Putters: Milled Collection RSX 2, mFGP2, Futura 5W, TM-180 Member: MGS Hitsquad since 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MDGolfHacker Posted August 31, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 31, 2023 Now that my daughter is playing high school golf, I've been getting a lot of practice in, LOL. Today it was an hour putting while waiting for her to finish her 9. Her team practiced Wednesday night at the local driving range so I went and hit a bucket of balls. She played in a tourney last Friday and spent an hour chipping and putting...all the while running home and finishing up work, LOL. Swing is feeling good...which is the great news, but with the new job and her golf schedule, no time to play and see if the swing will hold up on the course. At the range I can be a plus handicap...on the course...not so much Jim Shaw, JerryB, Vegan_Golfer_PNW and 7 others 9 1 Quote What'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...
richk9holes Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 Driving range for about 35 swings. Did something different, 2 swings each 6i, 5i and worked my way up through the clubs 2 swings each to driver. With about 20 remaining I switched to the new 48° for about 10 shots at different targets 50-100y and then PW to 3-4 different targets 100-125y. Realized my bad wedge shots come from overswinging from the top when trying for a touch extra distance. I found a fix I think, taking a fuller swing without getting faster. I finished with a simulated 3 holes, by the end I felt like I had unlocked something. sirchunksalot, cksurfdude, Vegan_Golfer_PNW and 5 others 7 1 Quote Finding a way to turn birdies into bogeys since 1992. #TeamChunks '23 Forum Tester: Elixir Golf Ball WITB:TS2 10.5° @ 11.25° Tensei blue AV 55 R graph•917f2 15° @ 16.5° Diamana blue x5ct dialed 70 R graph•Stealth 22° Ventus red 6 (non-velo) R graph• 699u 2i 17° tgi 70 R graph•24° Tour v 90 black pvd R steel•699 6i-PW Tour 110 black pvd R steel• SM8 50°/08° @ 52°/10° SM8 stock steel• Jaws Full Toe 56°/12° DG Spinner TI steel • c series DW 2.0 slant neck stock steel•Phantom 2 gps•Tour v3 rangefinder•Elixir golf ball• Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Shaw Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 11 hours ago, MDGolfHacker said: Now that my daughter is playing high school golf, I've been getting a lot of practice in, LOL. Today it was an hour putting while waiting for her to finish her 9. Her team practiced Wednesday night at the local driving range so I went and hit a bucket of balls. She played in a tourney last Friday and spent an hour chipping and putting...all the while running home and finishing up work, LOL. Swing is feeling good...which is the great news, but with the new job and her golf schedule, no time to play and see if the swing will hold up on the course. At the range I can be a plus handicap...on the course...not so much great opportunity to put some reps in, make sure you thank your daughter when you are beating your golf buddies lol sirchunksalot, MDGolfHacker and cksurfdude 3 Quote committed to performance excellence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Shaw Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 12 hours ago, chisag said: ... I always see the curve and I play the break. But my putting stroke is straight through the ball at impact and the slope and grain move the ball one way or the other, not my putter head. On a really severe breaking putt, the ball may travel straight for just a few inches before it starts to break. The problem with poor putters is they close their putter face playing a "draw" on right to left putts and they open their putter face playing a "fade" on left to right putts. And even worse some will open or close their shoulders trying to make the putt break they way they see the line. But when you manipulate the face angle at impact, you introduce variables into direction and that causes inconsistency. ... Just insert 2 tees about 2 ball widths apart on a practice green 10" inches in front of the ball with a putt that breaks at least 6 feet or more. You will hit your putt dead straight through the tees and it will begin to break after clearing the tees. Some will be surprised at how much they manipulate the putter face toward the break and might actually hit one of those tees. I see so many with a left to right putt, basically open the face at impact not only pushing but adding side spin that makes it move even more to the right. I hit this putt dead straight but with about a 8 foot break, it is already moving to the left: thanks for the picture, putting is sooo super personal, personally i agree with your approach as it is what I do, however whenever I get too mechanical my mind goes directly to Billy Mayfair and how he would "cut" every putt and do quite well with it, until he didnt and his money making days were over. sirchunksalot, JStapp and cksurfdude 3 Quote committed to performance excellence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JStapp Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 Hitting the speeds sticks hard today. With driver speed swings afterwards! Hoping to break 195 ball speed this month. JerryB, Vegan_Golfer_PNW, sirchunksalot and 1 other 4 Quote Driver: Paradym Triple Diamond 3 Wood: Stealth Plus Hybrid: Stealth Plus Irons: Srixon ZX7 Wedges: MG2 50* MG3 54* and SM9 58* M Grind Putter: Evnroll EV5 GolfBall: 2023 ProV1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chisag Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 2 hours ago, Jim Shaw said: thanks for the picture, putting is sooo super personal, personally i agree with your approach as it is what I do, however whenever I get too mechanical my mind goes directly to Billy Mayfair and how he would "cut" every putt and do quite well with it, until he didnt and his money making days were over. ... I completely agree it's super personal and maybe the only thing you can do on a golf course the can be "fundamentally" wrong but if it works, it works. Fwiw, I am 100% feel and never have a mechanical thought when putting. So many really good putters and Isao Aoki also comes to mind addressing the ball almost off the heel with the toe way up in the air at address. In the HOF with 80 wind using that crazy stroke. cnosil, sirchunksalot, Jim Shaw and 1 other 4 Quote Driver: Qi10 10.5* ... Ventus Red Velocore 5R Fairway: Qi10 5 wood ... Kai'li Blue 60R Hybrids: 430 Hybrid 22*... Diamana LTD 65r DHy #4 ... Steelfiber 780Hy Irons: '23 T200 5-Pw ... Steelfiber i95r Wedges: Vokey 50*/54*/58* ... Steelfiber i95r Putter: Sport-60 33" Ball: Maxfli/ Maxfli Tour/TP5x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegan_Golfer_PNW Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 @chiscapyday and @RickyBobby_PR. Here are my trackman numbers with my two shafts. The rogue is a mix of lofts (9* and 11*) whereas ventus black was +2 (11*) and I had the raw data on my app. No shot order was in it so I assumed the ones right after my 7w was ventus and then the last 10 or so was the Rogue White. This could all change when (or if) the guy sends me a trackman report and I can actually see what shot number was what. I do know I only hit 6 with the ventus and the rest with the rogue. This dispersion surprises me as I remember the ventus not having a lot of control and only a couple Rogues going rogue chisag, Preeway, JerryB and 5 others 8 Quote Follow my journey to enjoying golf and going low Driver: Epic Max LS Ventus Black 6x 44.5" 3wHL: Rogue ST LS 75x Tensei AV Blue w/ xlink 7w: Apex UW 21* MMT 80S DI: Caley 01X 18* with KBS PGH Stiff plus 95g 4-AW: 0211 with KBS Tour Stiff 2.5* up 3/4" long, Soft stepped, MOI matched Wedges Zipcore Putter: L.A.B. Directed Force 2.1 69*/35" in blue Ball: TBD Shot Tracking: Bag: Vessel VLX 2.0 Grip: Lamkin Sonar + Midsize My Reviews: Caley 01X Driving Iron Review 2023 Max Swing Speed Training and Speed Progress: Current Speed 120 in the MGS Speed Challenge (updated 3/15/23) TAIII #2 Review here: TAIII Impact #2 Putter ) Zipcore Tour Rack 54/full and 58/mid (review here) 0211 2019 Unofficial Review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjeffs12 Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 Had a really good practice today, wedges were dialed. Moved to my 9 iron where it just wasn’t great. So I really focused on getting to my lead side in the downswing and started flushing it. Then I moved away from the ball a little bit for driver and it improved tremendously. After two really good days, I’m really trying to manage my expectations for this weekend. JerryB, Vegan_Golfer_PNW, cnosil and 4 others 7 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...
BobBC78 Posted September 1, 2023 Share Posted September 1, 2023 Practiced various chip shots around the practice green followed by tee shots using the various clubs I could hit on the back-9 of NKGC to get ready for the playoffs of my golf league tomorrow night. JerryB, Vegan_Golfer_PNW, Sluggo42 and 2 others 5 Quote Ping G400 Max 10.5* - Kuro Kage HBP Black Gen 2, 44.5" length Ping G425 SFT 5W (19*) - Alta CB Slate SR flex Ping G430 5H (26*), 6H (30*) and 7H (34*)- Alta CB 70 regular flex Ping G710 8i-W - Recoil 80 F3 shaft (1) Cleveland CBX4 50* and 58*, Smart Sole 4C - Recoil 95 F3 shaft Odyssey Original 2-Ball White Hot counterbalanced (lead tape in the head, Super Stroke grip with 50-gram weight) Other: Vice Pro or Maxfli Tour; Shot Scope X5; True Linkswear; Callaway Org 7 bag; Clicgear 3.5+ Currently doing a Member Review on Argolf's Pendragon XL Broomstick putter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haro Posted September 1, 2023 Share Posted September 1, 2023 On 8/30/2023 at 7:28 PM, chisag said: ... I always see the curve and I play the break. But my putting stroke is straight through the ball at impact and the slope and grain move the ball one way or the other, not my putter head. On a really severe breaking putt, the ball may travel straight for just a few inches before it starts to break. The problem with poor putters is they close their putter face playing a "draw" on right to left putts and they open their putter face playing a "fade" on left to right putts. And even worse some will open or close their shoulders trying to make the putt break they way they see the line. But when you manipulate the face angle at impact, you introduce variables into direction and that causes inconsistency. ... Just insert 2 tees about 2 ball widths apart on a practice green 10" inches in front of the ball with a putt that breaks at least 6 feet or more. You will hit your putt dead straight through the tees and it will begin to break after clearing the tees. Some will be surprised at how much they manipulate the putter face toward the break and might actually hit one of those tees. I see so many with a left to right putt, basically open the face at impact not only pushing but adding side spin that makes it move even more to the right. I hit this putt dead straight but with about a 8 foot break, it is already moving to the left: Thanks for the input. I definitely open my putter face during my stroke on the left to right for the right handed putt And that is certainly why I am inconsistent with my left to right breakers. I’m not sure if I do that with right to left. But I do feel right to left breaker stroke has less manipulation chisag, cksurfdude and sirchunksalot 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cksurfdude Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 On 8/30/2023 at 7:47 PM, chisag said: [L-R breaking putts] .. both are mental and not mechanical Agreed and thx for your insights. Have been working on putting mechanics (eg consistent setup and stroke) and a lot on distance control, and I know that either L-R or R-L breaks "should" (quote-unquote) not be any different in how you setup or stroke the ball buuuuttt... I do seem to under-read the L-R break more often vs any other putt (while also allowing that, yes, I may be unconsciously pushing it a bit but am also trying to learn to distinguish mis-read from mis-hit)... Vegan_Golfer_PNW, sirchunksalot and chisag 3 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 grips) ...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...
Vegan_Golfer_PNW Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 Swing work in the park. Two good things today. No hosel rockets. Most balls were starting to the right with a baby draw. Hard work paying off. Have a live lesson Thursday morning with Jayson. cksurfdude, sirchunksalot, Sluggo42 and 2 others 5 Quote Follow my journey to enjoying golf and going low Driver: Epic Max LS Ventus Black 6x 44.5" 3wHL: Rogue ST LS 75x Tensei AV Blue w/ xlink 7w: Apex UW 21* MMT 80S DI: Caley 01X 18* with KBS PGH Stiff plus 95g 4-AW: 0211 with KBS Tour Stiff 2.5* up 3/4" long, Soft stepped, MOI matched Wedges Zipcore Putter: L.A.B. Directed Force 2.1 69*/35" in blue Ball: TBD Shot Tracking: Bag: Vessel VLX 2.0 Grip: Lamkin Sonar + Midsize My Reviews: Caley 01X Driving Iron Review 2023 Max Swing Speed Training and Speed Progress: Current Speed 120 in the MGS Speed Challenge (updated 3/15/23) TAIII #2 Review here: TAIII Impact #2 Putter ) Zipcore Tour Rack 54/full and 58/mid (review here) 0211 2019 Unofficial Review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cksurfdude Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 Had a really good lesson the other day - learned that I was, of course, doing everything with the lower body the exact opposite of what one should be doing in a proper golf swing!! Need to take out a bunch of unnecessary and wasteful moves, and keep it simple and smooth. FYI if you didn't see this link in a recent MGS newsletter, it's to an article on Golf Digest where they dug up an instructional short movie (not a YT or other SM vid haha) from the phenomenal Bobby Jones ... https://www.golfdigest.com/story/bobby-jones-video-breaking-90-setup-backswig-golf-digest-tips A must watch imho and really really resonated with me. It's incredible to be able to see his swing like this! Vegan_Golfer_PNW, JerryB, GaryF and 5 others 8 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 grips) ...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...
Big moose Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 I have been practicing my chipping and pitching and I figured out I was letting the club head pass my hands and that was my biggest problem. That's why I kept blading the ball across the green. Now I keep my hands in front at impact and even shift my weight forward a little. Now I'm hitting crisp chips with spin and leaving myself makable putts, I even chipped in twice. Hopefully everyone's practice is also paying off. cksurfdude, cnosil, JerryB and 1 other 4 Quote Frank musolino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirchunksalot Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 I took the 54 and 58 to the range today just because I was dying to hit some balls. I'm still not to the point that I can make a full swing, so it was short game work today. It felt so good to hit some pitches and chips. You don't realize how much you miss this game until you can't do it for a while. It wasn't perfect, I hit quite a few heavy and some thin but it was fun. I tried getting some photos of contact with foot spray for @GolfSpy_APH, but hitting off grass kind of muddled the contact point up. I did notice I was trending toward the toe with the grass impressions on the club face. After I started hitting I had to walk back to the car to get my phone out of the back and I noticed a familiar putter cover in the bag of another player on the range. It's the first time I've seen another person with a Cobra putter in their bag. I asked if he was using the Agera and he told me it was the Nova. He also mentioned how much he loved it. That started up a good conversion and he also let me know the guy he was with just bought a set of the LTDx irons. I hit the putting green after finishing my bucket and did pretty good with the Agera. I spent about 45 minutes rolling balls before I got overheated and left. Today was a good day. cksurfdude, Kenny B, JerryB and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBC78 Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 Practiced at NKGC today: Started on the practice green with 7i and SW chips, followed by 40-foot lag putts. For the latter, I picked a hole with some slope, paced off 40' dropped a head cover then putting 5 balls back and forth (basically downslope and upslope) twice in each direction (so 20 putts); got 14/20 to 5' or less (goal is to get all 20 to 5' or less). Needs work. On the range, I warmed up with some PWs then began testing a Maltby KE4 Max 7i and a Cleveland 3+ Hy-Wood. Both show promise, but more evaluation needed. Worked on tee shots by identifying an area in the range which was about fairway width and hit one shot each Driver, 4W and 7W trying to keep all three in the fairway. Due to the club testing I didn't spend as much time on this drill as needed nor was I able to get all three consecutively in the fairway, so this will be a focus going forward. I liked the tee shot drill because it provided some performance pressure. cksurfdude and JerryB 2 Quote Ping G400 Max 10.5* - Kuro Kage HBP Black Gen 2, 44.5" length Ping G425 SFT 5W (19*) - Alta CB Slate SR flex Ping G430 5H (26*), 6H (30*) and 7H (34*)- Alta CB 70 regular flex Ping G710 8i-W - Recoil 80 F3 shaft (1) Cleveland CBX4 50* and 58*, Smart Sole 4C - Recoil 95 F3 shaft Odyssey Original 2-Ball White Hot counterbalanced (lead tape in the head, Super Stroke grip with 50-gram weight) Other: Vice Pro or Maxfli Tour; Shot Scope X5; True Linkswear; Callaway Org 7 bag; Clicgear 3.5+ Currently doing a Member Review on Argolf's Pendragon XL Broomstick putter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syks7 Posted September 6, 2023 Share Posted September 6, 2023 Got the garage 'Simulator' up and running today which means that I finally got my Garmin R10 to function happily indoors. I can't hit any clubs beyond a punchy 7 iron (low ceiling joists) until I make some framing updates, but everything functioned shockingly well. Got some good practice in with my wedges and short irons. Focused mostly on contact but also working into distance control later in the session. Then for fun, I did a little sim round on my local Par 3. +4 for 18 holes. The game seems much easier when you're just aiming for the auto two putt circle from 100 yards... Probably a good indicator that I should forgo firing at any pin and just aim for the center of the green. Given how well the Garmin worked today in my slowly evolving garage hitting bay I guess I'll cancel that GC 4 order for the time being. Its going to be nice to practice at home whenever I feel the itch. cnosil, cksurfdude and JerryB 3 Quote Driver 0311 Gen 5 -- Tensei CK Orange 60 Woods 0341 3W -- Tensei AV Raw Blue Hybrids 0317X 2&4 -- Tensei AV Raw Blue Irons ZX7 4/AW -- C-Taper Lite 110 Wedges T7 55º @55/7 -- TT DG Spinner Putter DF2.1 or Link.1 -- Accra Ball Zstar Diamond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaffleHouseTour Posted September 6, 2023 Share Posted September 6, 2023 Trying hard to not lose the Smartball as I clearly have here… Trying for a more vertical and less horizontal swing, more to compact have a couple different drills to do w the smartball but I cannot yet successfully perform them sirchunksalot, cksurfdude, Josh Parker and 1 other 4 Quote Walking ahead of my BagBoy QuadXL w Alphard eWheels Driver: Callaway Mavrik SubZero 9* Neutral w stock Evenflow Riptide R flex shaft 3W Titelist TS2 15* Draw w Tensei Blue R flex 3H, 4H Cobra One Length F9 Speedback hybrids (1”short) w Fujikura Atmos R flex shaft 5I-GW Cobra Forged TEC Black One Length (1”short, 2* flat) KBS 90 R flex shafts 56, 60 Cobra King MIM One Length Black (1” short) KBS HiRev2.0 125 S flex shafts ER7 or Scotty Futura X - 35” OnCore Elixr (lemon or lime) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyBobby_PR Posted September 6, 2023 Share Posted September 6, 2023 1 hour ago, WaffleHouseTour said: Trying hard to not lose the Smartball as I clearly have here… Trying for a more vertical and less horizontal swing, more to compact have a couple different drills to do w the smartball but I cannot yet successfully perform them Have you tried doing the drills to just lead arm parallel? cksurfdude 1 Quote Driver: PXG 0811 X+ Proto w/UST Helium 5F4 Wood: TaylorMade M5 5W w/Accra TZ5 +1/2”, TaylorMade Sim 3W w/Aldila rogue white Hybrid: PXG Gen2 22* w/AD hybrid Irons: PXG Gen3 0311T w/Nippon modus 120 Wedges: TaylorMade MG2 50*, Tiger grind 56/60 Putter: Scotty Caemeron Super Rat1 Ball: Titleist Prov1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBC78 Posted September 6, 2023 Share Posted September 6, 2023 (edited) Chipping with my Edison 54* an 59* in the yard today. I've bought these when they first came out and had the Company reshaft them in graphite earlier this year....and haven't really used them. Changing that for the remainder of the season. Practice today consisted of chipping with both wedges using the practice station Bryan Pate describes in the video linked below (w/o the Trackman, LOL) to work on keeping the Launch Angle at 30* or less. Mostly hit these shots too high, so more work needed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1m4Y-EcpcI&t=69s Edited September 6, 2023 by BobBC78 cksurfdude and JerryB 2 Quote Ping G400 Max 10.5* - Kuro Kage HBP Black Gen 2, 44.5" length Ping G425 SFT 5W (19*) - Alta CB Slate SR flex Ping G430 5H (26*), 6H (30*) and 7H (34*)- Alta CB 70 regular flex Ping G710 8i-W - Recoil 80 F3 shaft (1) Cleveland CBX4 50* and 58*, Smart Sole 4C - Recoil 95 F3 shaft Odyssey Original 2-Ball White Hot counterbalanced (lead tape in the head, Super Stroke grip with 50-gram weight) Other: Vice Pro or Maxfli Tour; Shot Scope X5; True Linkswear; Callaway Org 7 bag; Clicgear 3.5+ Currently doing a Member Review on Argolf's Pendragon XL Broomstick putter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cksurfdude Posted September 6, 2023 Share Posted September 6, 2023 4 hours ago, WaffleHouseTour said: have a couple different drills to do w the smartbal 2 hours ago, RickyBobby_PR said: Have you tried doing the drills to just lead arm parallel? Yeah similar comment - start out with *slow* half swing pitch shots. The thing does feel awkward at first, so work up to full speed, full swings... sirchunksalot 1 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 grips) ...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...
cksurfdude Posted September 6, 2023 Share Posted September 6, 2023 1 hour ago, BobBC78 said: Practice today consisted of chipping with both wedges using the practice station Bryan Pate describes in the video linked below I've seen a similar setup but with 3 crossbars for low-med-hi trajectories; also seen that practice extended to include hula hoop targets on the opposite side laddered at different distances for extra challenges! BobBC78 and sirchunksalot 2 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 grips) ...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...
GolfSpy_KFT Posted September 6, 2023 Share Posted September 6, 2023 Had about the best ball striking practice session of my life today. Set up a ball a club length behind your ball angled inside, and club length ahead of your ball angled outside to help promote in to out and a draw shape (I tend to get way inside on the downswing so thought this may help me). I have never seen the ball move left to right (lefty) so consistently in my life. I was hitting crisp shots as well, fatted maybe one and thinned one towards the end when fatigue started to set in. Also the first time in recent memory where I could pick my target, pick a start line to the left of it, and have the ball land near the target. To say I am thrilled is an understatement. I went through GW/9/7/6 and it was less of a draw shape with the 6, but still straight. NO LEFT MISSES the whole time with irons. Used the same drill with driver and still had some slices, so that club continues to be a work in progress. None were massive and most would have been playable I think. Only one with driver where I could get that draw shape. I could tell my tempo was quicker with driver than my irons. Maybe that played a role in I was not in sync as well. Going to keep working at it. That will now be an every range session drill. What I didn’t do was then take the visual away and try it without, but I’m going to slowly work up to that in future sessions. sirchunksalot, JerryB, cksurfdude and 2 others 4 1 Quote Driver: TSi3 9* Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 6X Fairways: Aerojet Max 3W & 7W MCA Kai'Li White 60 Stiff Hybrid: King TEC 3H MCA MMT 85g Stiff Irons: Aerojet 6-GW KBS $-taper Lite Stiff Wedges: Snakebite Black 52/56/60 Hi-Rev 2.0 Black Stiff Putter: Super Select Newport 2.0 Ball: Tour X & ProV1x #LeftyGang Cobra 50th Anniversary Member Special Challenge (link here) Unofficial FootJoy Hyperflex BOA 2023 Review Unofficial Flightscope Mevo Review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cksurfdude Posted September 6, 2023 Share Posted September 6, 2023 Decent, if heat shortened, session (90s feels worse somehow in Sept vs Aug!). Started and ended with putting, focused only on distance control on approx 10, 15, 20 footers from various breaks and uphill/downhill. Didn't make many but pretty happy with the overall results .. hi %tge left within 1 foot! On the range tried to work on my new movement pattern from my last lesson .. mixed up clubs and targets, with a lotta short wedges .. decidedly mixed results but hey you know.... Work In Progress! Preeway, JerryB and sirchunksalot 3 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 grips) ...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...
Mrecio87 Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 (edited) With off season approaching I’m looking to work on some bad habits I’ve developed over the past few years. I particularly want to lower my trajectory/ball flight on my irons. Over the last year or two I’ve begun pulling my lead shoulder adding loft resulting in tremendously high ball flight. I can work around this is good conditions but I’ve lost ability to work the ball and into any significant wind the ball balloons like crazy. I’m looking for any drills or training aid suggestions to work on once the weather turns cooler and I’m playing less frequently. Edited September 7, 2023 by Mrecio87 cksurfdude, No3PuttLaLa and JerryB 3 Quote Just here to play a little whack. ****! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No3PuttLaLa Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 Was on a a lot of conference calls today. So, I lined up my Putt Out and worked on rolling it. Still haven’t found the 3 putt cure, but I’ll let you know once it arrives. sirchunksalot, JerryB and cksurfdude 3 Quote Driver: M4 10.5* / Evenflow Blue 6.0 Stiff / Golf Pride MCC +4 Midsize Woods: M6 3W 15* / Evenflow Blue 6.0 Stiff / Golf Pride MCC +4 Midsize Hybrid: M4 Rescue 19* / KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype 85g Stiff / Golf Pride MCC +4 Midsize Irons: Z585 4-AW / KBS Tour 90 - Regular +1" / Golf Pride MCC +4 Midsize Wedges: CBX - 56* & 60* / KBS Hi Rev 2.0 - Regular +1" / Golf Pride MCC +4 Midsize Putter: Sigma 2 Tyne 4 Platinum / Superstroke Pistol Ball: Project a Bag: Hoofer 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryF Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 On 9/3/2023 at 12:00 PM, cksurfdude said: Had a really good lesson the other day - learned that I was, of course, doing everything with the lower body the exact opposite of what one should be doing in a proper golf swing!! Need to take out a bunch of unnecessary and wasteful moves, and keep it simple and smooth. FYI if you didn't see this link in a recent MGS newsletter, it's to an article on Golf Digest where they dug up an instructional short movie (not a YT or other SM vid haha) from the phenomenal Bobby Jones ... https://www.golfdigest.com/story/bobby-jones-video-breaking-90-setup-backswig-golf-digest-tips A must watch imho and really really resonated with me. It's incredible to be able to see his swing like this! Bobby Jones wrote a book, I think in the 1960s and has been reprinted a number of times, called Bobby Jones On Golf. It’s an interesting read and with a much older vernacular of English, but it describes every facet of the swing using terminology of the times. I’ve read it about 3 times and each time pick up something I missed before. https://www.amazon.com/Bobby-Jones-Golf-Instructional-Greatest/dp/0385424191 No3PuttLaLa and cksurfdude 2 Quote Driver: Fusion, 9 deg, UST Recoil 450 ES F3/2 430 MAX 4w (5w head delofted 1* with 3w shaft), 7w, 5h w/ Alta CB Soft Regular shaft JPX923 HM 6i - GW w/ UST Recoil 460 ESX F3 RTX6 52* and 56* with Recoil 760 ESX F2 Versa DB DoubleWide : Z-Star Tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Parker Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 Got in a little range time yesterday. I have had to much lower movement lately so I did the feet together drill and focused on controlled rotation. No3PuttLaLa, JerryB and cksurfdude 3 Quote Paradym TD Driver w/ Ventus Blue 6S 3W MKII ZX 5's (4-6) w/ KBS Tour V MKII ZX 7's (7-PW) w/ KBS Tour V Vokey Wedges 50* 54* 58* DF2.1 Putter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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