rlambrose

I was on a golf trip to Myrtle beach. we were playing a hole with water directly in front of the green. My buddy hit his pitch shot and his wedge slipped out of his hands and went right into the drink. I never laughed so hard in my life. He laughed too. He told that story every time we were there after that. LOL I'm smiling just remembering it.

I think the word you all need to remember is he said "consistently" Anyone who can shoot in the low 90's consistently is usually good enough to hit one 300+ once in awhile. perfect contact, wind at your back, public course with sometimes too hard fairways, downhill. I hit a shot the other day, it was beautiful. I was thinking, "That's gotta be close to 300. Got to my ball, pulled out my iphone. Golf Logix GPS showed it was like 265. And I thought I cranked it. I think many of these guys aren't lying. They are high handicap players who don't really check the yardage on their drives. They are just estimating. Don't get me wrong. I had a co-worker. Young kid. We'd go to the driving range at lunch. The back fence at the range said 250. He would just crank ball after ball over that fence. Straight as hell. He'd actually draw a crowd of guys watching him. Then we'd go to the course. He'd still crank them long and deep . . . . . problem was, he was usually hitting his second shot from the trees. :>)

The reason people "think" they loft their driver higher is usually because the tee up with the driver farther forward in their stand. The club head is on the way up when it contacts the ball which actually increases the true loft of the club. I'll bet you guys hit your 3 wood closer to the center of your stance.

I play from the whites always. Is playing from shorter distance tees really improving your game? You might shoot a better round and feel better about yourself but I like the challenge of the game. It allows me to play against myself. How can I know how really good I am unless I play from the proper tees. This especially holds true if you are trying to get a true handicap so you can compete in tournaments.

I gave up eating out for lunch. I take my lunch now which helps pay for a round per week.