mjbartow

My Pitching Wedge. I never hit a bad wedge shot, and can control the distance very well, and love hitting 50% shots into the plastic cans at the range and smiling knowing people wish they could do it. It goes sky high and just bites the green and doesn't let go.

I've hit probably 3 or 4, 300yrd drives this summer. I'm an 18 year old who is "sneaky long" -- I'm pretty strong but not somebody who looks like they can outdrive everyone in their foursome. My drive just clicked one day, I go to a college with a golf course on campus (the only college that has the option to include green fees in tuition) and one day I went to the public course with the 2nd best golfer on our golf team (can shoot consistent 70-69) this kid has an aura of golf unlike any I have ever seen. So after playing about 14 holes and with me trying to swing arms only to cure my slice and only plunking it out 220 yds he taught me how to use my hips and emphasized how important the left shoulder and spine angle is to focus power and I stepped up to the tee and hit the best drive of my life up until that moment. My drive is actually misleading to my game, I have never shot in the 70's but that is my goal for the summer. But I can step up to a tee and knock it consistently 265. And I have hit a handful of 300 yard drives and hit a few out of the range from time to time. I think hitting long drives is all about getting loose. My drive quality usually peaks right after the turn, no matter how long you warm up at the range it won't connect until the course. My home course has gps in the carts and every drive I hit I measure it from the given distance from the tips. My dad hates me for it, saying the only person he's seen hit a ball farther than me is his brother (who is the longest driver I've ever seen in my life)

I usually like to get 1/4 of the ball above the top of the club face. Seems perfect for me, never top it and NEVER sky it.

I too have been struggling with this decision as well. To me, the only improvement I find between these balls is with the driver. V1X Pro's: -With the driver they seem to go straighter -The harder feel is enjoyable for me and it is a confidence booster to hear the deafening sound with the driver, just a mental thing V1X Con's: -Driver sends this ball way too high which on a windy day or extremely narrow fairways (like my home course) leads to problems -Sometimes just feels clunky -Very undesirable off the tee with irons on par 3's V1 Pro's: -Putts much easier -When I hit it perfectly, the flight of the ball is perfect -Grabs the green and doesn't let go V1 Con's: -Everytime I tee it up I fear I will lose it, I'm not sure if it is mental or if it is because of the spin For how I strike the ball I am in a catch-22. My swing speed with the driver is very fast, probably too fast for the driver I bought (Cobra Speed LD M). I can knock the ball consistently in the 250-260, with a 280 drive every so often, and a 300+yd one ever other round or so; so to me that dictates I can utilize the hidden advantages of the v1x. But it just flies too high off the tee for me. I really don't need the spin of the v1 -- shaping shots really isn't my thing, and with my PW-8iron, the ball flies so high (I like it like this) and hits the green so hard that it just stays where it is (seriously, I can scan greens at my home course and point out which ball marks are mine because they are like craters on the moon) so the "Stop and Drop Green control" of the v1 really does nothing for me, I just don't like the feel of it. Sigh.