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clearwaterms Great Member

clearwaterms

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Last night, i was having a particularly bad experience from the tee box. Having hit several bad tee shots, on the fifth hole I decided to play the remainder of the round with ONLY my 7 iron. This included putting, chipping, driving, etc.

The 6th hole is a long par 5, I was 100 yards away from the green after my 3 shot, and toe'd a shot bad which hit the cart path and rolled quite a ways down the path. I two putted and ended up with a 7. The last 3 holes however, I was able to bogey each one.

So my questions are this.

The thing that I noticed was that I wasn't driving the ball far (approx 165ish) but I was hitting the fairways, and hitting what I considered good 7 iron shots. This put me in an excellent mind set and allowed me to enjoy the round. I wasn't having fun hitting my driver into the woods only to have to punch out and then have a mid iron into the green.

Has anybody ever done this?

If not, and you had to play your home (course you play most often) course with just one golf club, tee to green, sand, putting, etc. What would that club be? What do you think you would shoot (and for comparision, what is an average round for you?)

If you have, what did you take away from the round? THoughts, suggestions, etc.

In my bag:

some golf clubs

a few golf balls

a bag of tee's some already broken the rest soon to be

a snickers wrapper (if you have seen me play, you would know you are not going anywhere for a while)

and an empty bottle of water


opie Dedicated Member

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I haven't play a whole round with one club but if I was hitting bad off the tee I have kept hitting shorter irons until I got one in the fairway and then hit that club. it's gotten down to a 6 before and that includes laying up on par 3's.. lol

Funny thing is. From the fairway I rarely make worse than bogey and par quite a bit even with a 6 iron off the tee

clearwaterms Great Member

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I haven't play a whole round with one club but if I was hitting bad off the tee I have kept hitting shorter irons until I got one in the fairway and then hit that club. it's gotten down to a 6 before and that includes laying up on par 3's.. lol

Last year I played with a 5 iron off the tee on most holes as it was a consistent club and usually was a reliable 180 yard shot. The problem is that my favorite course has several holes that are longer then 360 yards, and when you play into effect the dog legs, it is a very difficult round if you can't hit the ball 230 at least. It's a grip it and rip it course in that you have some blind tee shots, but usually have plenty of area to land if you know where to look.

In my bag:

some golf clubs

a few golf balls

a bag of tee's some already broken the rest soon to be

a snickers wrapper (if you have seen me play, you would know you are not going anywhere for a while)

and an empty bottle of water


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Not with just one club but I will, on occasion, play a round with 3 clubs. For example - 5I, 9I & putter or 3w, 7I & putter (real challenging one is Driver, SW, putter), etc. Really makes for some interesting shots and surprisingly steady scores.

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Not with just one club but I will, on occasion, play a round with 3 clubs. For example - 5I, 9I & putter or 3w, 7I & putter (real challenging one is Driver, SW, putter), etc. Really makes for some interesting shots and surprisingly steady scores.

I have played the majority of a round with my 7 iron. I was able to make bogey on a lot of holes, but had a difficult time making GIRs. It wasn't too fun for me. I'd rather play a hole the way it was designed, like driver then short iron into the green

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Roy McAvoy...

betting Don Johnson he can out hit him with his 7 iron? my partners were calling me tin cup last night.

In my bag:

some golf clubs

a few golf balls

a bag of tee's some already broken the rest soon to be

a snickers wrapper (if you have seen me play, you would know you are not going anywhere for a while)

and an empty bottle of water


saltman Well Established Member

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Generally avoiding clubs will not lead to long term improvement or happiness for me. That being said, I am teetering on permanently bagging my driver. The driver is the only club that really requires a different swing.

If you can dial in your 7-iron you should be able to take that swing all the way through 3-wood.

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Generally avoiding clubs will not lead to long term improvement or happiness for me. That being said, I am teetering on permanently bagging my driver. The driver is the only club that really requires a different swing.

I have tried. I can swing any iron in my bag and hit it pretty straight (straight enough that I am happy with the shot) I usually need 2 or 3 holes to loosen up before I hit my 3H without a fade but after that its pretty straight. But my 3 wood and driver I can not hit straight. They either start left and go straight (im left handed) which ends up being in the left rough. Or they start down the target line and then veer off to the left. Usually the veery is slight enough that it would be on the fairway except that the first bounce is always way left.

I am going to take a lesson tonight and have a PGA pro try to figure out whats wrong with my swing. Hopefully he can do something.

In my bag:

some golf clubs

a few golf balls

a bag of tee's some already broken the rest soon to be

a snickers wrapper (if you have seen me play, you would know you are not going anywhere for a while)

and an empty bottle of water


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