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playfromthetips11 Member

playfromthetips11

I played a round today and hit my irons as crisp and as flush as i have ever hit them. Only problem, i was a club short on each one. I have lost about a club in distance and cant really determine why. Ball flight was pretty much on target. alignment was good. i am really flabergasted.

I am in my early 30s so i dont think that age has got me yet. Driver swing speed is measured around 105 on the swing monitor. My driving distance was once around 265-270. 5 iron 200. 9 iron 145. now i struggle with distance. any ideas? contemplating a swing analysis.

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Driver:      titleist.gif 905S 9.5*
3 Wood:   callaway.gif FTi
Hybrid:     nike.gif 2Irons:       titleist.gif 710 CB 3-PWWedges:  titleist.gif Vokey 52* - 56*Putter:      ping.gif Gi5

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lhshurdl3r Well Established Member

lhshurdl3r

I'm still trying to get my distances down in my memory so I know for sure what I need to hit. My iron lofts have changed about 1* each, and I took half an inch off of my new irons. So basically, what I hit my PW last season, I'm know hitting my 9 or a weak 8. (around 145)

In my stand Bag:

R7 Superquad 10.5* Fujikura REAX 65-S
Hi-Bore XLS 19* Hybrid Dynamic Gold S300
MP-60 4 thru PW Dynamic Gold S300 .588 REG 54* SW Vokey 58* LWSTX Greeny IV putter

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Big_M Great Member

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I played a round today and hit my irons as crisp and as flush as i have ever hit them. Only problem, i was a club short on each one. I have lost about a club in distance and cant really determine why. Ball flight was pretty much on target. alignment was good. i am really flabergasted.

I have the same SS and numbers, except my 5-iron is 195 and my 9-iron is 140...

I would say you are probably getting old... I am 29 with a little one comming, and I am sure the second I turn 30 I will loose 10 yards, turn grey, and start to fall apart in general. seriously though... -have you switched balls -was it cold out -are you hitting on the toe or heel just a bit -has ballflight changed, higher or lower -are you hitting a slight fade or anything
My Clubs: Callaway FT-i Tour LCG 9.5° w/ Matrix Ozik Xcon 6 stiff; Sonartec GS Tour 14° w/ Graphite Design Red Ice 70 stiff; Adams Idea Pro 2h(18°) & 3h(20°) w/ Aldila VS Proto 80 stiff; Adams Idea Pro Forged 4-PW w/ TT Black Gold stiff; Cleveland CG12 DSG RTG 52°-10° & 58°-10°; Odyssey...
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laconic517 Dedicated Member

laconic517

might have been decelerating a bit. Thats happened to me before. I was trying really hard for a few weeks to keep a nice even tempo, then 1 week I started hitting my irons 10-15 yards shorter even though it was perfect contact. I was kind of quitting on my swing, but swinging enough to keep the ball going the correct flight but with no distance.

Id make sure you are accelerating through.
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timwalsh300 Established Member

timwalsh300

I suddenly lost distance a couple weeks ago and yesterday I figured out why: I had severely shortened my back swing.

My biggest problem was with my 3-wood. I had been topping it far too often, and I guess I got gun-shy. It carried over to my other clubs too.

Now I'm making sure to get a full turn and start generating power at the top of my swing, and the distance has come back.

Tim

My swing...
http://people.bu.edu/timwalsh/28jun.tigerdriver.jpg
http://people.bu.edu/timwalsh/29jun.tigerdriver2.jpg

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imtomtomim Great Member

imtomtomim

You also might not be de-lofting the club like you used to. Maybe your hands are a little further back at impact than it used to be. Try getting your impact position with your hands a bit further up and see if that changes anything. You're gonna need to figure out how by yourself, be it ball position, or address position, grip, stance and such.

It could also be completely swing based and you're losing speed through some technique saps that could have developed, but none of us know your swing so can't say much about that. Maybe you're getting old too? Hope that's not it. Good luck!
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clubhousehero Well Established Member

clubhousehero

seriously though...

Not to hijack the thread but I was wondering this the other day. I made some swing changes over the winter and feel like my SS is faster and i am making better contact but my distances are the same. I was playing in the mid 40's so i was hoping the cold was the reason for no distance gains.

What distance gains might i see if it was say 80* instead of 40*?
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HSip Well Established Member

HSip

I agree with Bogeyhitter25 & Beachbreak - nice and crisp usually means straight and straight usually means no BIG numbers. Cheers
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