Woobie Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 No, not your girlfriends hair, your driver! As a young fella I always admired how the older blokes could still play off quite low handicaps. I quickly realised there secret to success was hitting fairways. While I found it hard as a teenager not to try and “smack the crap†out of it, when I did I found I hit more fairways and scored better. In a conversation with my local pro yesterday he was telling another guy he need the driver that gets him as close to the target regardless of where it goes. My local course has 12 holes where I hit driver. My average would be 8-9 fairways hit per round with my best at 11 average driving distance 230-240m. While I understand the concept of the closer the target the shorter shot you have to play and the closer to target you should get, but what good is length if poor direction puts you 20m in the bushes? So what do you all think, long and curly or short and straight? Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucklehead Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Short and straight. Because the extra little bit of distance I get, isn't worth the trouble I get in Sent from my E6853 using MyGolfSpy mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnosil Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 I prefer straight but would be happy with known curly and long. The two way miss is horrible Strokes gained research has shown that the shorter the club you play on the next shot the better your score will potentially be. Curly doesn't have to mean in the woods; it just means missing the fairway. 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...
DaveP043 Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 My local course has 12 holes where I hit driver. My average would be 8-9 fairways hit per round with my best at 11 average driving distance 230-240m. If you're hitting that many fairways AND truly averaging 250 to 275 yards (converting from meters), you're both plenty long and more than straight enough. The goal, as has been said before, its long and "straight enough". Long and in the woods, long and OB, long and in the water, those are bad. Long and in the light rough is just fine. You don't need to be pinpoint accurate with your driver, just accurate enough to be consistently in play. This might be long and wavy, but not curly. Irons Titleist T200, AMT Red stiff Rogue SubZero, GD YS-Six X T22 54 and 58 wedges 7-wood 5-wood B60 G5i putter Right handed Reston, Virginia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STUDque Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Is it too much to be long and straight? That's what I want. Currently, I'm long and curly so I've gotten used to hitting punch shots through the trees. I can be long and straight but not consistently. Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy In my Pisa, riding on a 3.5+ G410+ EXS 5W King F7 Hy i500 5-GW Equalizer 56/60 Heppler Ketsch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddryan Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Lost more matches to those who hit it short and straight (Hey Wahoo, I am talking to you!!!) as they often have "higher handicaps" but shoot lights out around the green... What's in the bag? Driver Callaway Mavrik 105 set to 9.5, square, Aldila Rogue White 130 MSI 60G Stiff shaft #3 Wood Callaway FT Tour 13 degree neutral setup, Fuijkara 370 Stiff Shaft Hybrid 18 Degree King Cobra Baffler pro, Baffler Stiff shaft 4-PW Titlest 714 AP2, Standard loft and lie, MGS S Shafts 53, 57 degree loft Hogan Equalizer wedges 1962 Wilson "Sandy Andy" sand wedge with HUGE bounce! Putter MLA Pro Classic Titlist ProV 1, ProV 1x Currently Gaming "Costco Kirkland Signature Tour Performance" balls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reesedw Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 OK a definition of short needs to be included.. as does long and curly... If short is 230.. and Long is 250.. I'll take short, if Long now becomes 320, and curly means 20 yds right or left... Long and curly.. But is all subject to definitions... I'd love to hit it about 250 and consistently only have it move 20 ish Rt or Lt.. that will make most par 5's reachable in 2 and leave me short irons into most par 4's... Dave- Follow me on twitter @GolfCrazyWA and on Instagram @GolfcrazyWA WITB: Cobra Ultralite Cart Bag Titleist TSR3 Hzrdus Black 65g shaft Cobra F8+ 3wd Hzrdus Red 65g shaft Cobra 3 hybrid Rogue Pro 75g Shaft Cobra 4 hybrid Rogue Pro 75g Shaft Cobra F8 irons 5-GW KBS tour 90 stiff shafts Cobra King Black Wedge 54* Cleveland RTX Zipcore Wedge 58* Snake Eyes Viper Putter. Ball: Taylormade TP-5X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kor.A.Door Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 I prefer straight but would be happy with known curly and long. The two way miss is horrible Strokes gained research has shown that the shorter the club you play on the next shot the better your score will potentially be. Curly doesn't have to mean in the woods; it just means missing the fairway. For some of us, anything curly means that it is in the woods. It has to be straight. It just means that you have to get comfortable hitting 6, 7, and 8 irons into some greens. Lefties are always in their Right Mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny B Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Obviously, it depends on the course. I'm short and straight which works for me most everywhere. However, at the wide open courses out here in my area, I wish I were longer and I could accept a little curlier. “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...
hckymeyer Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 I'll pick long and curly all day long. It's much easier to teach strait than it is to teach long. A long hitter can dial back and learn to hit it straighter, and still be long. A short hitter is going to have a very hard time picking up 50 yards. Driver: SLDR w/ Fujikura Ventus Black 3w: '16 M2 hl w/ Diamana D+ 82 5w: Launcher HB w/ HZRDUS Yellow Hybrid: 22 deg. Launcher HB w/ HZRDUS Black Irons: 5i - gap Launcher CBX w/ Nippon Modus 3 125 Wedges: 54 CBX & 58 Zipcore w/ Nippon Modus 3 125 Putter: Red 7s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny B Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 I'll pick long and curly all day long. It's much easier to teach strait than it is to teach long. A long hitter can dial back and learn to hit it straighter, and still be long. A short hitter is going to have a very hard time picking up 50 yards. When you're 70, you don't get to pick and choose. “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...
fortysixandtwo Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 I play long and intermittently curly. The one advantage I have over most guys in my group is not having to worry about obstacles in the landing zone, fairway bunkers, water hazards, well placed trees, pinched in fairway, etc. Most courses I play are wide open which lets me take a rip at the ball without fear of getting into trouble. Put me on a tight and narrow course and I will leave the driver in the bag and go for straight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ole gray Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Short and curly with a draw. My long ball is long gone Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy Ping G430 Max Driver 10.5 Degree Titleist TSR1 4, 5, & 6 Hybrids Titleist T350 Irons 7 - W48 Cleveland CBX ZipCore 52 56 & 60 Degree Wedges LAB Mezz Max Broomstick Putter / TPT Shaft (Platinum @ 45/78) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckymeyer Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 When you're 70, you don't get to pick and choose. I'm 38 and I don't get to choose But given the option that's what I'd pick Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy Driver: SLDR w/ Fujikura Ventus Black 3w: '16 M2 hl w/ Diamana D+ 82 5w: Launcher HB w/ HZRDUS Yellow Hybrid: 22 deg. Launcher HB w/ HZRDUS Black Irons: 5i - gap Launcher CBX w/ Nippon Modus 3 125 Wedges: 54 CBX & 58 Zipcore w/ Nippon Modus 3 125 Putter: Red 7s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullldog Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Heck, I WANT my length 5~10 yrs ago back!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaidJacket Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 I don't think I could say it any better than Dave. My Sun Mountain bag currently includes: 771CSI 5i - PW and PFC Micro Tour-c 52°, 56°, 60 wedges EXS 10.5*, 929-HS FW4 16.5* Willimette w/GolfPride Contour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berg Ryman Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 I would say I'm medium plus and straight. Given the high end of what we are discussing as long at 250-260, I average like 235-245, but if I catch one I'm long or past long. Also very straight, which is nice. I used to be long and curly, but I've dialed back some of that speed for accuracy. In a Hoofer Lite bag TSR2, 10 degrees, A1 setting, Fujikara Speeder NX Blue 50-S Stealth, 15 degrees, VA Composites Nemesys 70-S E722, 19 degrees, Oban Devotion 80-S JPX 921 Hot Metal Pro 4-P, Nippon 950GH Stiff Flex CBX Zipcore 50* (bent to *49) and RTX Zipcore Tour Rack 54* (bent to *55), DG 115 Spinner, Tour Issue Staff Model TG 60*, Dynamic Gold 120 S300 SIK Golf Flo-C Tour B-XS (2022 Model) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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