Learning To Golf - Round 3

Since my last round, I increased my practice time with my driver, woods and hybrids. In my last round I was hitting my irons okay, but woods were very inconsistent. The practice improved my wood striking and distance but my iron swing was a little flakey on me. I'm not sure if it's because I'd been practicing alot with my woods or just from hitting too many balls overall.

I got to play a round yesterday at same course I had been to for Round 2. I was looking forward to it because I had a good idea how the course was laid out so there wouldn't be any surprises.

Once again we didn't have time to warm up, so first swing with contact was my tee shot, which was a slice, no surprise. I took a double par on the first hole, but once I was warmed up, things got much better. I never took my driver out, I'm not even sure why I carried it. Instead I used my Diablo Edge 3W which I like more and more every time I use it. I'm not sure if it's the shaft length, weighting or club face, but this club is very forgiving and hits the ball long. I had a few drives that went 250 yards with rollout and outhit my buddy who was using his driver. He was so impressed, he put his driver away and started using my 3W on tee shots too. After the round he went and bought one for himself he liked it so much.

Overall I played well, my woods, hybrids, and irons were pretty consistent, but far from perfect. When I did miss, it was more skulling the ball than slices, which cost me some distance, but at least they went straight. I could have had my first birdie and par if it wasn't for my horrible putting. I am going to sell the Rossa Corza Ghost which I took with me instead of the S Cameron Newport 2 because I hadn't had much time to practice with the Newport. Big mistake, I couldn't have putted any worse than I did. I had one 2 putt hole, rest were 3 and 4 putts. The Ghost I'm sure is a great putter, but I can't get a feel for distance with it. I line it up great, but I'm always short or long.

Final stats, I shot a 118 - still horrible, but 12 strokes less than my last round, so it's an improvement for me. If I can get my putting worked out I think I could easily take another 18 strokes off. My goal before end of season (November) is to break 100, but it won't happen if I don't fix my putting.

I played with Taylor Made Burner TP's (2 for $40 at Sports Authority) and was pretty impressed with the control and distance I had with them. They also seemed to stop pretty well on my lob wedge shots on the green, though the greens were not very hard yesterday. I'm not qualified to comment on how they felt putting so you're on your own there.

Intend to spend alot of time putting this week, and working with my irons to get my swing groove back so I get better dispersion again.

I use the Taylormade TP Black LDP (similar to your Burner) and love it. I will not use a different ball except maybe a pro v1.