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  1. personally i think 6500 yards is just about right... ... as long as the challenge is maintained in the course design. a good short par four will encourage the use of a fairway wood or long iron off the tee... and discourage driver use by placement of strategic bunkers/rough/water/trees... of course on a poorly designed course the driver-wedge game that is encouraged just isn't right. as with all holes a good drive should be rewarded, but slight errs should be penalised resulting in more people thinking 'maybe i'll use a three iron and get it on the fairway, rather than risking that hazard'... and end up having to use a longer iron approach shot. of course there should still be driving holes... where length above all else is rewarded, as the driver is still a part of this game! its weird how even though technology seems to have come so far, the pros are actually scoring higher (fractionally) on average compared to ten years ago! the average non-pro score is also still being maintained at around 100.... long story short... i don't think length is an issue. -ash
  2. i think with the shorter irons your hands should be infront of the ball... draw a straight line from your left shoulder to where the ball would be for a 9 iron (center)... your hands should be somewhere along this line, which is infront of the ball at address. ball position: driver should be opposite inside of left foot (right hander). Then equally spaced to centre are the irons, with the 9 iron being in the centre. teeing up: for the driver and woods the ball should be teed up so that you can see half the ball over the clubhead if you place the driver head on the ground next to it. for the irons the ball should be pretty much on the ground... when you tee it up, just tee it up about 2mm above the ground. if you tee it up too high then you increase the risk of hitting under the ball and skying the ball and also it will interfere with your ability to switch to hitting off the deck during a round. above all else, if you haven't already, see a pro and have a lesson! solid fundamentals like grip, stance and the swing itself are what counts. countless hours at the range will do nothing if you are practicing the wrong thing. get a lesson, watch the pros, check out the wide range of literature on the subject. fairways and greens.... -ash
  3. just a few questions... to help understand the problem which clubs are all going the same distance? all irons/woods/'all of them' and how far? are you measuring these at the range? do you tee the ball up for all shots? and how high? where in your stance do you tee the ball for Driver, 5Iron, 7Iron and 9 Iron? what is your typical ball flight? really high or very flat or about right... -ash
  4. normal white wooden tees for driver. as said above i don't need to tee it up that high as i have a relatively shallow faced driver. i just bought a pack of the tees tiger uses... like the stinger tees... pretty nice, seemed to have held up well after a couple of drives, and they are relatively soft too. for irons i use the lowest 'height-set' tees. their virtually indestructible... made of a soft plastic so no marks... and always are set at the perfect height. if i want to tee the ball slightly higher i use a wooden tee.
  5. haha... yeh i know... i just gotta save up the cash for it. gonna probably opt for another CG10... 52 or 51 degree, depending on what's available.
  6. first... get a lesson... a pro will be able to give you a much better diagnosis and fix than anyone over the internet. but... you might want to try putting some impact tape (masking tape will do) on the face of your driver when you go to the range next. hit a few balls and you'll see exactly were you are striking the ball on the face. it sounds like you're 'topping' the ball (hitting the top half of the ball with the bottom part of your clubface) resulting in low trajectory 'worm burners'. if its that... then i would suggest to slow down your swing... and try and hit the 'tee' below the ball. ie. focus on hitting the tee rather than the ball. this will hopefully bring the ball impact further up the clubface. otherwise i'm not sure... maybe the loft on your driver is not high enough for your swing type. maybe try using a launch monitor to find the optimum driver specs. hope this helps Ash
  7. in metres (sorry... approx yd in brackets) Driver: 250 carry (275) 3Wood: 230 carry (250) 3I:180 (200) 4I:170 (185) 5I:160 (175) 6I:150 (165) 7I:140 (155) 8I:130 (145) 9I:120 (135) PW:110 (120) SW: ~70 (80) i got two pretty severe distance gaps SW-PW and 3I-3W. the former is the only one i notice. -ash
  8. oh yeh... a lil about myself... I'm 21... studying at uni, have been playing for about 3 years... got serious about 6mths ago. Just recently went through the very enjoyable process of upgrading my bag (see below). Just love the new nikes! i usually get to play around once a week (more during holidays) and shoot in the mid to high 80s... lookin to break into the 70's as soon as possible. cool... ciao ash
  9. Hi all... a fellow golfing addict joining the ranks here. thought i'd sign in. ciao Ash
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