I was invited to tag along on my daughter's golf lesson last night and when they played a 185yd par-3, the kids asked for me and the instructor to play with them (we each had just a wedge in hand). I had a DT Solo in my pocket, so I teed that up and hit a good shot 100yds down the center of the fairway with my 53* gap wedge (normally a 100yd club), more than 30 yards longer than the pro hit with his 58* wedge (and a bit straighter, too - kind of fun for a hacker like me to do a bit better than a pro on occasion, hitting essentially a perfect shot with that club). He was playing a yellow ball (didn't ask him what it was) and his second shot landed about 6' from the back-located pin and ended up 1' off the back of the green. I have been trying to hit down more on my pitches and thought I struck a good, downward blow at about 80-85%, which hit the green about 8' to the left of the flag. With my usual favorites, the now-out-of-production Srixon AD333 (replaced by the $5 pricier Q-Stars, which I haven't tried yet), I am confident that ball would have checked up somewhat and stayed on the green, if not spun back a bit, and I would have had a putt of no more than 10'. The DT Solo ended up 15' behind the green in the rough. The pro even walked over to my ball mark to look at it and agreed with me when I said "that didn't bite at all, did it? The DT Solo was a found ball and I don't think I'll be buying any soon.
post #19 of 20
8/24/12 at 5:23pm
