My Swing (GolfLug)

[GolfLug]

3 hours ago, Carl3 said:

I had looked at a 5W, but it was only going 10 yards less that the 7W. 

Do you mean 10 yards more? I would think.

But yeah, I see higher lofted woods in my olden future. Takes a bit more (loft) to get it up as I age.. 😜

[Carl3]

16 hours ago, GolfLug said:

Do you mean 10 yards more? I would think.

But yeah, I see higher lofted woods in my olden future. Takes a bit more (loft) to get it up as I age.. 😜

Yes 10 yards more 🤣

[DeadMan]

I have the loft on my 3 wood jacked up, which I think really helps when I'm playing it off the deck. I used to play a 5 wood, and that club was great off the deck as well. The higher loft definitely helps off the deck. There are many ways you could go with this, too. If you are just looking for something to fill a gap that you could reliably hit of the deck, there are lots of options beyond a 3 wood, too. I've played around with a utility wood that Callaway has, for example. It has a loft as low as 17 degrees. There are lots of hybrid options like that. Probably wouldn't give you the distance of a 3 wood, but you could get close.

[GolfLug]

12 minutes ago, DeadMan said:

Probably wouldn't give you the distance of a 3 wood, but you could get close.

Yes, distance is the reason I am going back to a traditional 15 deg 3W. It might be the only club off the deck I can get over 215 yards out of off the deck on a flat hole with no wind help. Of course, with the current consistency of my strike quality with this club makes it a low percentage club. So the mission is to get comfortable with it.

Our Par 5-18th is only 460ish yards from the white tees I play. I want to get home in two but would need to hit 225ish yards on most days for my second. That would be a career hit for my 17 deg hybrid (same loft as a 5W, I think) but a decent 3W would get me there routinely judging from the few times I've done so. So yeah, the 3W will get a lot of business in my practices.  

1 hour ago, DeadMan said:

I have the loft on my 3 wood jacked up, 

How much is it?

[DeadMan]

1 hour ago, GolfLug said:

How much is it?

It's at 16 degrees. I've considered going to 17 degrees, but haven't pulled that trigger yet. Plus, I already hit my 3 wood really high off the tee.

The other alternative is to work on speed with the Stack...

Edited May 29 by DeadMan

[GolfLug]

Did the countertop drill against a table edge. Coming away feeling a bit more stack and tilty (centered pivot).

Replicating the feel here.

Also, with a driver.. 

Note: Main focus on back swing. Downswing piece will probably harder.

[iacas]

Vishal, weight is way too far back in your ankles/heels at setup in the countertop video. Will limit how much room you have to push that direction during the backswing.

Then, you did it better with the iron, not so much with the driver. But your weight was back in the heels on these, too.

[GolfLug]

Hit some hard push draws last evening which surprised me a bit as have been hitting without much curve last month or so. Went to the range for a few minutes realized that right hand grip allowed the butt to climb up a bit higher in the palm. It seems this 'activates' a hand-elbow-arm structure that is more inclined to generate a grip twisting moment (like a screw driver). Anyway reset the grip by cradeling it at the bottom of my ring finger per first pic. The curve vanished instantaneously. Bottom pic example of what I WAS doing (bad). Top pic is what I need to be.

[iacas]

That's your right hand?

 

[GolfLug]

1 hour ago, iacas said:

That's your right hand?

 

Yes, right (trail) hand. Thanks for the demo. 

Edited 1 hour ago by GolfLug