thenewguy

I'd assume OP wouldn't charge through the roof for crap clubs

I'll be joining next month.

actually I made a huge mistake there, I apologize. for some reason I thought you asked for fairways hit not greens. the course I play at has mostly par 4s with wide fairways that almost force you to hit irons off the tee box because of the placement of hazards. GIR is probably closer to 5 for me. again I apologize for the mistake. No my driver is not properly fit but every other club in my bag is. my 3 wood carries 275 on a solid swing and can push 315 if I really try to hit it. I know it's idiotic but I use my driver more than my 3 wood because I'm trying to learn with it. I have a hard time drawing the ball when I switch to the driver because I have to swing upwards.

if we're being 100% honest, I can't hit my driver so I'm often making recovery shots off the tee box, and I make about 14/18 greens in regulation not sure if that's good or bad. my short game from 80 yards and in is what kills me, I'm often sending shots too far or too short leaving me with more putts than desired, and on par threes if my tee shot isn't good you can forget about par.

not to mention, smaller club faces always help me with my impact

my handicap is: errant drives terrible putting I struggle with approach shots closer than 80 yards I have been working with an instructor 3 months working on shot shaping and he's been letting me borrow his blades to do so.

is it too late to post my distances? driver: 265(struggle the most with distance on this club) 3w: 275 5w: 255(I think I need less loft so my gap to my 3iron isn't 5 yards) 3i:250 4i: 230 5i: 218 6i: 205 7i: 195 8i: 165 9i: 150 pw: 125 56°: 100 60° 80 all full swings of course

I play blades as it is with no problem. My handicap is just me struggling with my short game and putting.

I've been deciding between the Mizuno MP 67 and the WilsonStaff FG62 clubs, both used, or a set of new blades/muscle backs. I hit almost all clubs I try extremely well and I'm trying to buy clubs better for shaping shots. I can include distances and other info if you'd like. What are the pros/cons of new vs used.

planning on getting myself a new set of mizunos.. maybe these? I like the finish but the club looks.. let's just say I've seen better.

if they're a good price.. count me in for a set!

UPDATE 2: Went to golfsmith to check out irons and see how they feel, ended up smashing both the Mizuno MP67 and the Wilson Staff FG62. Not too bad of accuracy and about 1 out of 25 were mishits or slices. I'm starting not to wonder if it's a club issue, any time I swing my Taylormades I push them or slice them and any time I hit non forgiving clubs they draw a little too far left or perfect, and when I try to hit them straight they go dead straight.

There have been a lot of videos with good ball strikers showing that the old wooden drivers only lose about 15-30 yards per drive if struck perfectly. The catch here is that you have to strike the ball perfectly, that's why modern drivers are so high tech, to force mishits to carry nearly as far as normal drives (of course I only mean mishits as in just barely off the center), and to send shots where you hit them off the toe, or the club face just twists open, straighter with more distance. do the new drivers really outperform old ones? yes. but if you can't hit the new drivers, stick with the old ones, like they say "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!"

UPDATE: Went to the range after buying the least forgiving forged club I could find and had similar results, hit the club extremely well drawing every time. switched back to my club and I kept pushing shots unless I physically forced the club closed which was uncomfortable and annoyingly awkward. I was a little short on distance but I wasn't swinging as hard with either club so that's probably why. I don't know if I should give up on them just yet though, my instructor told me my swing looks great just a little over the top which we fixed and that caused my shots with the blades to be even better and caused my taylormade shots to fly straighter but not draw which I was trying to do. Please comment opinions on what I should do or try as I don't want to give up on irons I spent 450 on. thanks.

If it really was a swing issue wouldn't it just amplify with the less forgiving clubs? My dad even said that when he swings my Taylormades the club face seems to almost open itself when he swings, have you ever heard of that before?

So my current clubs are Taylormade RocketBladez and recently I haven't been hitting them straight like I used to. I've been through 7 lessons with them and the instructor says that it's a swing issue and he's been giving me small tweaks every time that never have a full fix. Today my dad and I went golfing and the story remained the same. I couldn't hit them. So on the last hole my dad wanted to try them to see how he hits them, and the same thing happens. He can't hit them. My dads a pretty good golfer with a handicap of 7 and he hits good shots, not extreme distance wise, but good shots. So he told me to try his, which he said were Game Enhancement clubs but he wasn't quite sure if they were players clubs. I hit all but one perfect. The only mis-hit I had was one that popped up and landed too short. Is there a reason why I'm hitting the Tommy Armour 845 Silver Scot Irons Game Enhancement clubs way better than my taylormade game improvement clubs? Did I outgrow the need for forgiving clubs?

418 yard par 4. Tee shot was a 250 yard 4 iron to the right rough uner a tree in between two roots with just barely enough room to swing through. 2nd shot was a punch 7 out from between the roots as best I could just 60 yards leaving 108 to middle green. [Best Shot] 3rd shot was a beautiful blind shot drawing 9 iron over a tree that got just a tad too much backspin and left me with a 30 foot putt to save my par. 4th shot, drained my par putt and ended +14 through the round.

If I knew where I could get a Handicap for free I'd have an official, otherwise I just google a calculation and put it in myself. The one I have is from start of summer 2015. a been averaging +22 recently so I think I need to recalculate.

You shouldn't really be trying to crush the ball. you should just be trying to swing faster. Too many people try to crush the ball then end up tensing their whole body and just start shanking shots and not hitting consistently.

Yes, before we even tested any drivers we spent 15 minutes with my own taking swings. I don't know any numbers but I trust he's right about it.

I have a TaylorMade r580 Driver. Before you curl into a ball of hate that I'm using a club that's around 10yr old, I hit it really well, average of 286.2 yards with a slight fade. I was in the test center of GolfSmith and the guy there told me that instead of getting a new driver I should try a new shaft because the shaft of the one I Have(stock shaft) is absolutely terrible. I had no idea, I've been hitting it so well I thought it was fine. I was told a better shaft could give me up to 15 more yards per drive. Opinions?

thank you, I wasn't searching for an essay on the basics like cleaning clubs, etc. I wanted some quick tips from experienced people so I know what's going on when I start. Thanks to you guys who posted links to other forum posts that was exactly what I was looking for.

I am going to caddy for my instructor in an upcoming tournament he's participating in. I would like to know the basics of being a good caddy, dress code, etc. Any tips at all will be extremely helpful. Thanks

How do I go about that? I never knew, my dad had always done it for me. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Hey guys, For those of you who don't know me, my name is Matt. I'm 17 and I have casually played golf all my life, and just started playing seriously this summer. I've been shooting some pretty low scores after I played a few rounds of golf and got my new clubs. I have no idea what my Handicap is anymore, and I don't have the scorecards to tell. Anyway, my hole average is about +2/3 per hole with a couple pars on the par 5s. Do you think I should sign up to play in the Golf Channel Amateur Tour? I hear it's catered towards every skill level, so it might help me improve a bit. I'd like to hear some opinions, Matt