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Hitting not-so-properly-fitted clubs?
rustyredcab replied to marvin's topic in Clubs, Grips, Shafts, Fitting
We all want the ball to fly the why we intend it to fly. So, we make adjustments to make that happen. Some intentionally and some without knowing. So, when we play clubs that do not fit our ideal swing, we make compensations in our swings to accommodate the mis-fit. If you have clubs that fit, when you have a better chance of knowing when you are making good swings. -
Dr. Bob Rotella -- I hear they are all good. I have audio versions (read by author) of two and love them. Listen to them when alone in the car on long trips. "Your 15th Club" "Putting Out Of Your Mind" After first listen to "Putting Out Of Your Mind" I had the best putting rounds in years. Literally after getting out of the car and stepping onto a course I'd never seen, I had 29 putts.
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Changing grips is the easiest way to change the feel of impact. Impact should feel softer with less vibration. But buttery? I've only had that feeling when I hit the sweet spot with a head made for a buttery feel. My old Fusions felt good when I head the club dead on, but not buttery -- more of a jump off the face. I believe the science talked here that it is club head design and not forge vs cast. That said, I think there are more forged clubs designed for that buttery feel. One guess is that the change in shafts has changed you ball striking and you miss the feet spot more. If it is what I'd call "pure" feeling that you're looking for, and not what I'd call "buttery," then changing grips and shafts may give you back the feel that you are looking for.
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Moe Norman -- perhaps the best ball striker ever and my swing model.
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Stumbled into my first Mizuno's. After much research, I went to Golfsmith to hit some new Adams irons I was thinking could be my next set. I was liking them as my buddy happened by and told me of our friend who had just bought some JPX 800's. I always thought Mizuno was a single digit handicap club and I was a bit over 10. The GS person (a college player), suggested I try the 800's. They were nothing special in my hands. Then she gave me the 800 Pro's. I don't know why (maybe it was the shaft) but I hit these great. I mean, the best I've hit anything. So, confused by this sudden change from the Adams I planned to buy, I went home and did lots of research. There I discovered Mark Crossfield and his obsessive love of Mizuno. I watched his reviews, his comparison reviews, and read everyone else's reviews. I hit them at the store again. Wonderful. When I hit the sweat spot (which was far from every time), it was the best feeling I'd ever had with a club in my hand. Golf is a head game and my head says Mizuno feels better, plays to more consistent distances, and makes me think I'm going to hit better shots. Is it a coincidence that my handicap has dropped a few strokes? Or is it that I try to get that sweat spot rush as often as I can?
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+1 The less-than-casual fans in my family who will watch this game simply because it is The Super Bowl, will justifiably find blown calls, that everyone can see where blown but are not reviewable, as further evidence that I should spend less time watching this "stupid" game. "But you can see that he pulled the ball out and was down on the ground with it and he still doesn't get to keep it? Why not? It should be his ball? And what is and what isn't pass interference?"
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One worn spot on grip: normal?
rustyredcab replied to joekelly's topic in Clubs, Grips, Shafts, Fitting
Down to the tape? Not normal. Not common. Aside from any other advise, change your grips long before you wear them to the tape. Even if just in one spot. -
I'm 54, right handed, and got tennis elbow in my right elbow. Likely got it from hitting lots of balls on very hard turf late in the summer here in Chicago. There was still a few months of golf left in my season so I did not want to take time off. I ended up taking one week off. I can not take anti-inflammatory drugs for other health reasons. Started PT multi times a week. Electric stimulation, ice, heat, stretches, exercise -- all based on PT's plan. I played golf through it all. I reducing range work (fewer balls, more teed balls). Wore an tennis elbow strap when doing anything that used elbow including golf and mowing the lawn. PT recommended strap over a compression sleeve. That strap allowed me to play without pain or fear of making it worse. Wore a thumb stabilizer to bed (very sexy). Seemed like an odd thing but PT said sleeping positions can slow recovery and a stable hand helps. Got new "graphite" shafts in irons -- Aerotech composite. Great at lessening impact and great anyway. Did recommended exercises on my own. Got a Therma-Band Flexbar (red) and it really helps. Could not even use it without pain at first and now it doesn't hurt at all. Several months later, elbow is almost like new. I'll wear the strap while golfing this Spring because it does no harm to my game and it allows me to feel confident that I'm not going to re-injure the elbow. My advise based on my experience -- take it seriously, find a PT you trust, and do what the experts say to get better. Don't try this on your own. Good luck on your road to recovery. for your information: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00145EUTW/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc;=1 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00145EUTW/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc;=1 http://www.aerotechgolfshafts.com/steelfiber_iron.php
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What grips are you using on adjustable clubs?
rustyredcab replied to amoszz's topic in Clubs, Grips, Shafts, Fitting
Iomic sticky 2.3 -- have a smallish logo and constant pattern. Logo seems to stay down, or down enough, so that I never see it with my adjustments. If 12:00 is top, my logo never gets past 9:00 or 3:00. For irons and other fixed clubs, I like logo down. -
Share more about what you are looking for for better advise. Budget big or small? Group? Length of stay? Desert or parkland golf? Lots of great choices that time of year.
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putting tips for mallet putter.
rustyredcab replied to owens251109's topic in Instruction and Playing Tips
So far all replies agree that it is not the club. It is most likely the stroke. -
putting tips for mallet putter.
rustyredcab replied to owens251109's topic in Instruction and Playing Tips
Just a guess: I sometimes don't make a stroke on short putts and instead control the putter with a hands stroke. No shoulder turn but just sort of push the putter down the line. This does not work well for long. To put a good roll on the ball from short distances, I need to make the same big muscle stroke I try to make on longer putts. Like I say, just a guess. -
IMO, golf is a game that requires you to control your frustration in order to play your best. So, learning to control your frustration will improve your game. You may not believe that because of your experience with more physically active and aggressive games like football. Golf is more like archery than football. A controlled heart rate, steady mind, and focus are more important than rushing adrenalin. We need what Moe Norman called, "an alert attitude of indifference." Care about every shot but then let it go. And golf, as we play it, is a social sport. We often play in groups. The behavior of one can impact the mood of the group and does impact others enjoyment of the game/round. I find it less distracting if "that guy" is a stranger because I can just feel pity and laugh it off. But bad behavior and a even just a sour disposition makes a round less fun. Understand that your demonstrations of frustration impact those in your group. The original post suggests need for change. If this seems like change you can not live with, I'd suggest you take a few years off. I quit the game all through high school and most of college because I did not like myself on the golf course. It was not about the state of my game, which was very bad, it was about the state of my attitude and my inability to control my temper. What worked well on the court and field did not work for me on the course. Perhaps Dr Bob Rotella books could help you with your mental game. I like "Your 15th Club." and "Putting Out Of Your Mind."
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putting tips for mallet putter.
rustyredcab replied to owens251109's topic in Instruction and Playing Tips
Do you feel you control the line on mid-range putts? Are you trying for an arc or sbst stroke? -
Recommend a centre shafted mallet putter
rustyredcab replied to mazza78's topic in Clubs, Grips, Shafts, Fitting
Love my Seemore small mallet style. -
Hard to consider granola in the same family as the awesome Coco Puffs. I guess I do eat cereal. But Coco Puffs are in a class of their own.
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Gave up cereal in the mornings for yogurt with granola. But when I was eating cereal it was: Coco Puffs. I love Coco Puffs in the morning...
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If you buy a SkyCaddie now, you should expect that the only way it will work is by paying a subscription each year. Stop the subscription and the devise will do nothing. When I bought my first, and then second, SkyCaddie, that was not the case. The devise needs to be hooked up to a computer to upload and update courses. Mine could only store 10 courses. If the course had been updated by Skycaddie, o their website, you had to go through the computer connected update, it would not update via satellite. So, if you played different courses, or you regular courses changed (like added a bunker), you needed the subscription to change the data stored on the devise. If you drive across the country, you have to plan where you expect to play and download courses from a computer with internet connection. I do not know of another GPS devise that requires this odd planning and pre-loading of the course. I paid my subscription for years and even upgraded to the an international version ahead of a Scotland trip. Then I found that I did not update or change my 10 courses for over a year so I let the subscription lapse. All worked fine for a while until SkyCaddie changed the policy and said you needed to keep a subscription all the time. Remember that you needed to hook the devise to a computer to change any courses of even pay your subscription because they claimed that they could not access your devise setting over satellite to load or change course data. That is why you could only store 10 courses and why the data was not current unless you updated the course with a computer and internet connection to their site. Then, one day, they did access all our devises and ripped out all the course data so that the old courses were all gone. Everything was gone and the devise did nothing without a subscription. Again, the devise I paid for, with the courses I downloaded with a paid subscription to their download service, had been wiped clean. That change in policy (I'm sure it was legal) was a change in business plan and a violation of the promise and practice of the original agreement -- the agreement and practice in place when I paid over $200 for the devise. Again, I'm sure they had the legal right but, IMHO, they did not have an ethical leg to stand on. And for that reason, I sing my disapproval of them as a company and recommend people weak other options for GPS devises. And, BTW, how could they suddenly access and change the course information on or devises via satellite when that claimed that the reason for the computer hookup was technology based? Many other GPS devises load the course based on location and it is their most current data.
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If we walk to the first tee and meet two players for the first time, and the first guy sets up great on the tee, I take the bet that he is going to hit the ball well all day. If his buddy has grip and setup flaws, I take the bet that his compensations will make him inconsistent at best. Just saying… good ball strikers usually have good setups and grips. At least they have consistent set up and grips.
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Assigning percentages of success to aspects of a system can seem like a fool's folly. If you have a heart attack during the swing, heart health now becomes 100%of the success or failure of your swing. I agree with your pro that setup, including grip, go a very long way toward giving you a chance at a good, consistent and repeatable swing. Inconsistent and bad setups make good ball striking less likely. 80% of success at setup? Who knows. But it is very important and not as easy as one might think to set up correctly every time -- day in and day out. Watch the pros using alignment sticks when they work on the range. They are always checking setup and they play every day. I can say that in my personal experience, if I setup correctly and get the club into the right position on the backswing, I am going to hit the ball well every time. So, if you include the backswing, I'd say more than 80% of my work is done.
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Get rid of the 3 and 4 irons and replace them with one or two hybrids. I hit hybrids off the tee often. They are designed to flight the ball a bit higher than fairway woods so, if you almost always play in very strong winds, you may wish to get a fairway wood. You may wish to consider one hybrid and either a 3 or 4 wood to use mainly off the tee. The hybrid should be friendly enough to hit off the fairway and even rough. As for wedges, if you have room and money for three, I like a 50/56/60 combo.
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My SkyCaddie is a paper weight because I refuse to pay for the subscription. When I bought mine, you only needed the subscription to download new or update current courses. Then, one day, they erased all the courses and forced everyone to always have a subscription. I can not say enough bad about that business model from a consumer perspective. I can not imagine ever buying anything from them -- include a subscription.