MGS Off-Season Speed Challenge

[BMart519]

On 5/29/2023 at 4:00 PM, edingc said:

Anyone else seeing the fruits of their offseason labor?

I had a drive yesterday that reminded me of why I need to work on trusting my mechanics more on course. I came to No. 13 not playing particularly well and coming off three straight bogies to open the back. I won't lie, I was a little mentally checked out at that point and just decided to see how hard/far I could hit my drive. No. 13 sets up pretty well to my swing, there's not a lot of room left but leaving it right is bogey at worst. For whatever reason this hole is confidence inspiring and holds the honor of some of my longest drives at home. Not sure why - it's flat as flat can be, listed at 323 yards.

So, with my goal to hit the ball as hard as possible, I absolutely centered one up. The ball carried to the front part of the green, and ran out to the back fringe!

 

I flamed out during this competition but then picked up the training in early spring. Plugging my numbers into the formula yields a 35.08 which would be good for 4th place. Seeing similar results - lots of 300+ yard balls with usually 1 per round up around 320 when I get solid contact on a downwind hole. Driving is the equivalent to a 2-3 index since adding about 20 yards. Been one of the biggest things I have done for my game considering it was all into a net in my garage without stepping on the course. 

[RichL85]

@edingc

I may have stepped on this one a little. 

[Goober]

Before my 2nd tour striker academy I was at 92 mph for the driver. Two months after my 2nd clinic I’m hitting 100-102. It’s odd, but feeling like him putting the speed in the ball super late with more pivot and dead hands really helps. I’m literally not thinking speed until a foot before the ball. But damn if it works