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titaniummd Dedicated Member

titaniummd

Are you a digger, picker or a sweeper?

Does the method of contact affect whether your ball flight is high or low?

I am more of a picker unless hitting from deep rough. My trajectory is high with my clubs.

STR8 Dymo 10.5
Dymo 3W
Mid Rescue 3
MP-33 4-PW
Eidolon 52* GW LW, SW Titleist Bullseye Putter

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tonyy Dedicated Member

tonyy

I used to be a sweeper but that led to inconsistent shots for me. I'm more of a guess you would say, digger because I've been working on trapping the ball a lot more. With that, my ball flight is medium to high.

- Tour Issue Taylormade R7 Superquad TP Matrix Ozik Xcon 5 X-stiff
- Nike Dymo 3 Wood UST Axivcore Stiff
- Nike Dymo 5 Wood UST Axivcore Stiff- Nike Blades 3-PW S300- Nike SV Tour 50* 54* 58* S400- Titleist Scotty Cameron Newport Beach- Nike Tour D

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Sir Shanksalot Member

Sir Shanksalot

I'm a sweeper. I will hit down on it and take a divot if it's in the rough. I'm hitting it better this way since I used to have a problem with hitting fat shots.

Gary

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In my bag:
G10 Driver 9degree stiff G10 4 wood stiff Ci7 irons 4-GW SW Twoball putter ProV1

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erwintrace08 Well Established Member

erwintrace08

I used to be a sweeper, but it also gave me inconsistent fat shots. I took aspects of the Stack & Tilt and applied it to my swing. I'm a digger now (or take divots) to help me with my weight transfer and trapping the ball.

      910 D3 9.5* Aldila RIP S "B2"
R7 CGB 3 Wood Fuji S
'11 Rescue 3 Hybrid Aldila RIP S
      710 AP2: 4-PW DG300 S
      Vokey Spin Milled Black Nickel 50/56/60*

Newport Beach: Ghosted

 

 

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marpr Dedicated Member

marpr

Im most definately a classic digger. therefore my trajectory is low to medium.

If im trying to take off a little distance because i want to get a higher tracjectory, i will just put the ball a touch further back in my stance.
Driver: Callaway Diablo Edge Tour 10.5* (UST Proforce v2 77g X Flex) 3 Wood: Callaway Diablo 15* (UST Proforce v2 86g S Flex). 2 Hybrid: Adams A4 Tech 17* (UST Proforce v2 105g S Flex). 3 and 4 Hybrid: Adams Idea Pro 20* and 23* (UST Proforce v2 105g S Flex)
Irons: Tour Edge Exotics...
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McGolf-Doggie Dedicated Member

McGolf-Doggie

Picker and high.

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McGolf-Doggie's stand bag & new and used club emporium:
Putter :ping: 1/2Craz-e | Irons :TaylorMade: RAC MB, 4i-PW (DG S300) |Wedges :Cleveland: SW&LW 56*DSG+RTG; 60*/4* DSG+RTG |Woods :Cobra: S1 5W; Adams TIght Lies 3W |Driver :TaylorMade: Burner 9.5 Fujikura Reax S | Maxfli Practice

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GolfProHopeful Newbie

GolfProHopeful

The method of contact definitely makes a huge difference on your ball flight! Coming down on the ball trapping it before making contact with the ground in key in having consistent ball striking! Now good divot is great as long as it is after the ball. Ball flight is all where you put the ball in your stance, the further back the higher the ball flight. Sounds like most people on this website know there stuff! good luck to all

Cheers Rick
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The Golfing Polack Well Established Member

The Golfing Polack

I'm a big digger and I have a high ball flight. I even take divots with my long irons and sometimes my hybrid and 3 wood.

What's in my Edge stand bag
G10 10.5*
Z-Steel 3 wood 14.5* 403-AD 18* & 21* Hybrids Burner 09 4-pw DGS300 Z TP 52* & RAC TP Black 56* White Steel 2 Ball SRT 35" Tour B330s

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mapa94 Well Established Member

mapa94

I'm a picker with a high ball flight. My Mizuno MX-25's have dynalite sl shafts which give a higher ball flight.

Cleveland Classic XL 10.5 Rombax 6X07
Titleist 904F Aldila NV
Nickent 3DX hybrid

MX-25 irons & MP-R wedges

Odyssey #5

Leopold GX1/Skycaddie SG5

Sun Mountain Hybrid Bag

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yeis20 Well Established Member

yeis20

depends on the club...

I sweep my woods and hybrids, I pick my 5i-9i, I dig progerssively with anything called a wedge and shaft length decrease

as the shaft length shortens, your swing plane changes

Taylormade TP 2010 9.5 Fubuki stiff
07 Burner 5W stiff

Adams F11 Ti 3W Adilia NVS Stiff
Bobby Jones 21* & 25* Hybrid
AP1 4-gw
CG14  60*::X forged Vintage 56* Ping b60 putter Balls: Bridgestone B330, ProV, Goals: Shot par over 18 holes, Best shot: Par 5 18th hole, Alling Memorial New haven CT; holed my 2nd shot for an Albatross! (June 20th, 2008)

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ChrisMc Member

ChrisMc

Pick/Sweep are the same thing ...surely ?

I generally sweep my longer irons, 3/4/5 etc, but as I go down, the better the divot .

In my Bag:
909D2 10.5deg DFX Stiff
WarBird 5 Wood - steel shaft.
Titleist AP2 3-PW
Vokey Spin Milled 54 & 60deg 2 Ball Ball : ProV's.

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hamletsdead Well Established Member

hamletsdead

I pick everything, and virtually never take a divot. When I miss, it's thin or topped.

In my C-130 Cart Bag:

Driver: Titleist D2 10.5° Aldila R.I.P. 60
Woods Exotics CB4 15° Aldila R.I.P. 70
Hybrids Exotics CB4 17°, 22° Aldila R.I.P. 80 

Irons 4-PW MP-57 Project X 6.0, MP-29 PW

Wedges  Eidolon 52°, 60° Rifle Spinner 6.5

Putter Bettinardi BB12

Ball One Black

Rangefinder Nikon Laser 500"Golf...

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OCEANDJJACK Member

OCEANDJJACK

I read a book once by Phil Rogers.  He advocated playing all shots off the left side of the face.  I adopted this and it simplified my game with great results.  The ball flight is always high, and the ball always lands softly and stays put.  I save my wrists from wear and tear, I don't chew up the course, and my results are very consistent.  To tell you the truth, putting backspin on the ball looks cool, but I I think it is more difficult to do, and you will be less consistent, if you follow that method of striking the ball with your irons.  I don't know if that makes me a picker or sweeper.  When I set up to the ball, I bend at the hips.  I use the Ernest Jones approach to swinging the clubhead.  I can tell you that this method lets you realize that every swing can feel and actually be the same. I swing no differently for my iron shots or drives or fairway wood shots.  It simplifies the game for me.  It is the best thing you can do to become a more consistent golfer.  Try Phil Rogers and Ernest Jones in their thinking.  Golf will become a whole lot easier for you.  Please read my other post on the dominant hand in golf.  All I can say is try it for awhile, and see if you don't drop tons of strokes off your scorecard.  I believe the more you can play by feel, and less by swing mechanics, the faster you will improve, and the improvement will last.

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LuciusWooding Great Member

LuciusWooding

OK, OceanDJJack has now revived 2 vintage threads from 2008 or earlier. And it may be my pessimistic attitude, but I'm getting a Patrick57 like vibe here.

In My Bag:

Adams Super LS 9.5˚ driver, Aldila Phenom NL 65TX
Adams Super LS 15˚ fairway, Kusala black 72x
Adams Super LS 18˚ fairway, Aldila Rip'd NV 75TX
Adams Idea pro VST hybrid, 21˚, RIP Alpha 105x
Adams DHY 24˚, RIP Alpha 89x
5-PW Maltby TE irons, KBS C taper X, soft stepped once 130g
Mizuno T4, 54.9 KBS Wedge X
Mizuno R12 60.5, black nickel, KBS Wedge X
Odyssey Metal X #1 putter 
Bridgestone E5, Adidas samba bag, True Linkswear Stealth
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DufnerDip Well Established Member

DufnerDip

I'm a sweeper. My 56* has a bounce of 8 and my 60* with a bounce of 7. The hardest part is... such as playing today and it was raining all day, just enough to be annoying but not enough to get off the course, I go right beneath the ball so I had to change my approach. When its wet I generally have a pretty hard time taking  good swing with my sand and lob wedge which I hate cause I would rather take a full swing with a 56 than a feel/finesse shot with my 51* pitching wedge.

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David in FL Incredible Member

David in FL

OK, OceanDJJack has now revived 2 vintage threads from 2008 or earlier. And it may be my pessimistic attitude, but I'm getting a Patrick57 like vibe here.

I was thinking the same thing..... ....and rather than introducing himself, establishing some credibility, and easing into the community, the first two posts, old threads notwithstanding, strike me as somewhat arrogant attempts to "coach up" the rest of us hackers. But maybe that's just me being grumpy this morning.

In David's bag....

Driver: Titleist 910 D-3;  9.5* Diamana Kai'li
3-Wood: Titleist 910F;  15* Diamana Kai'li
Hybrids: Titleist 910H 19* and 21* Diamana Kai'li
Irons: Titleist 695cb 5-Pw
Wedges: Scratch 51-11 TNC grind, Vokey SM-5's;  56-14 F grind and 60-11 K grind
Putter: Scotty Cameron Kombi S
Ball: ProV1

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