Firebird Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 When I was allot younger I hit the ball a lot longer than I do now and was reasonably accurate, I would guess that 60% landed on the fairway and were 300+. However as I have got older I have found that I can still hit a drive 300+ but the accuracy has dropped dramatically. With the new driver - Epic Flash - I have taken a little off my swing and have found a good increase in accuracy but in doing so I have lost 30-40yds. So the questions is do you bomb away or try to control your swing so that you end up on the fairway. Quote Callaway Epic Flash 9 Degree Callaway Epic Flash 3 wood 15 Degree Callaway Apex 21 Hybrid 19 Degree Callaway Steelhead Pro 4-AW Irons Cleveland 54 Degree Wedge Steel Shaft Recoil Graphite Shafts in all Callaway Cobra Vintage Series Stingray 40 Preferred ball - Seed 001 Link to comment
cnosil Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 As we have been discussing in the other thread; distance first. If I can fit a driver, I am hitting driver. While I want to hit the FW, it isn't one of my highest priorities. 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
DaveP043 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 17 minutes ago, Firebird said: So the questions is do you bomb away or try to control your swing so that you end up on the fairway. Yes, and yes. I find that when I make a solid swing, without specifically trying to kill it, I get consistently good distance AND good directional dispersion. That's the combination I want. Its when I TRY to bomb it that I have really inconsistent contact, leading to loss of distance, as well as wild misses. So to me control equals distance. Firebird 1 Quote 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
cnosil Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 3 minutes ago, DaveP043 said: Yes, and yes. I find that when I make a solid swing, without specifically trying to kill it, I get consistently good distance AND good directional dispersion. That's the combination I want. Its when I TRY to bomb it that I have really inconsistent contact, leading to loss of distance, as well as wild misses. So to me control equals distance. I agree with you on this; I guess I interpreted the word control as prioritizing fairways. On the course, I don't go all out after the ball; I swing my normal swing which as you said provides good distance and solid dispersion, Firebird 1 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
Firebird Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 49 minutes ago, cnosil said: As we have been discussing in the other thread; distance first. If I can fit a driver, I am hitting driver. While I want to hit the FW, it isn't one of my highest priorities. I am the complete opposite, I prefer a full shot in rather than trying to hit a 50-80m wedge. I will however go for it if I can get within 15-20m as I am pretty accurate chipping. Quote Callaway Epic Flash 9 Degree Callaway Epic Flash 3 wood 15 Degree Callaway Apex 21 Hybrid 19 Degree Callaway Steelhead Pro 4-AW Irons Cleveland 54 Degree Wedge Steel Shaft Recoil Graphite Shafts in all Callaway Cobra Vintage Series Stingray 40 Preferred ball - Seed 001 Link to comment
LeftyRM7 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 I’d ask myself what scores better... Accuracy is irrelevant if it leaves you with little chance of finding the green, and 300 yard drives are useless if you’re punching out of the woods. A lot of people associate swinging easy with accuracy and accuracy with scoring, I do not find that to be true. 30 yards is a lot of club on an approach. I’d use strokes gained to make sure you’re not just boosting fairway% at the expense of your approach play, and most likely scoring. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk DaveP043 1 Quote Link to comment
dlow206 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Depends on what you mean by "bomb it". Sometimes when I try to "bomb it", its an out of control swing (i.e. swinging out of my shoes). cnosil, DaveP043 and silver & black 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
Buffly Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 5 hours ago, Firebird said: With the new driver - Epic Flash - I have taken a little off my swing and have found a good increase in accuracy but in doing so I have lost 30-40yds. If I swing at 100% then my accuracy goes down to unreliable. If I swing at 90% then it goes 95% of the distance with 3 times the accuracy to about 2/3. My 3/4 swing goes 90% of my distance with only about 50% accuracy. So, my full swing is my 90% swing when I play. My experience reveals that my driver set at 8 deg requires a bit more speed to create enough backspin to keep my shots online enough to be usable. When I go through a slow swing phase then I turn up the loft on my driver to keep the spin high enough to help me find fairways. Quote Golf is simple - people are complicated. 5w Taylormade SLDR S 19* - 220yd, Ping G2 5-U - 190-105, Maltby M+ 54* & MG 60* - 95-75, Evnroll ER8, Titleist 816 H1 4h 21*, Maltby 4 Hybrid Iron 24* - 210-200, Callaway XR16 8* - 235 carry Link to comment
Peaksy68 Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 wrong thread Quote 849 Pro Evenflow Riptide 6.0 F8 3 & 5 Woods Project X Evenflow Blue 6.0 TS2 7 Wood Project X Evenflow Blue 6.0 MP18 MMC - Project X LZ 5.5 Zipcore Wedges 50,54,58 - Project X LZ 5.5 MLA Tour Mallet 33" Z Star Pioneer bag buggy Link to comment
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