Carminejg3

i will try a weaker grip, i was also going to stay away from the range for a little while this so i can work out a little bit and losen up my wrist. also with my wrist hurting on the first ball was probly because i was at the range two days before. And was having a good day. Driving the ball within 3 fence post i was aiming for within a 40 yard range, not bad for a rookie that just took a lession in late late may. An upgraded my old garage sale 1 wood with senior flex to a tm xd580

I think i grip the driver fairly hard, or maybe I'm getting tense right at impact. I know that i have my left hand twisted so i can see 3 to 3 1/2 knuckle's which helps me keep the ball low, otherwise I tend to hit high pop ups. (right handed) Also it may be something I'm not doing in my swing and then I'm putting the pressure on my wrist. I will try and video tape meyself next time at the range...(that will be funny) and see what I'm doing, or just buy a lession.

Hi Recently i noticed that both my wrist will hurt after the first and second balls at the range, in addition they will hurt a little bit afterwards as well. Has this happened to anyone else? Its also not unbarrable pain and like a dummy I continue to go and drive some balls just wanted to know if this is because my wrist are weak, or am I doing something I'm not suppose to be doing?

ok after visiting a few local ranges I now know what is going on with the range balls vs normal balls. My local range has a net wall about 200-225 yards away, and unless you make solid contact will you come close to touching the wall.... Reason, pratice balls... or limited flight balls at this range. (found out they use to have a sign banning drivers) I've been to two other longer ranges with fences of about 250 at one and 300 at another. those to places use super range balls which fly better then the limited flight balls. I did notice that at either places the short irons are almost the same distance.... within 5-10 yards but when the big clubs come out of the bag the ball really does matter. at the 250 yard range i had the pleasure of finding two normal balls in the basket.... I am assuming a fellow golfer who wanted to test out the balls left them behind. Needless to say, for now those balls are lost in the woods at the 250 yard range. I did happen to hit a super range ball that hit a tree solid so those type of pratice balls do fly well (same 250 yard location). Summary: Balls market with practice my be limited flight balls. and balls market as super range balls are very close to normal golf balls, but they are still a range ball and even though i didn't get to hit a normal ball at the 300 yard range, i did have a few balls roll up a hill towards the 300 mark. Club used was R580 XD 9.5 stiff. Disclaimer: I don't have a range finder and even though the distances where laser marked at the ranges I couldn't verify it. Besides anyone can be a range superstar right

thats actually pretty cool. you need to be flexible with the equiptment and you really don't want to have to drag your bag around the world. Thats why people tell me to buy a cheaper set of clubs for 200-300, but i figure if i find a set that i like buy em. I'm not going to get brand new clubs next year because tiger changed his. So I've going to look openly from $200-$1000 and see what i like the feel of most.

Me either. I actually don't like all the screws to adjust the way the ball flies on the R7. Takes away from the skills of the game I'm a huge fan of the Taylor Made R580 XD right now though. my only problem is I seem to launch the ball way too high with the 9.5 loft I have, but they still carry to about 225 (which is the fence at my range) and really looks like I'm hitting with my 7 or 8 with the amount of height the ball gets. (not the distance) so i need to work on getting the ball lower. But it goes pretty straight and like i posted before, if I lightly swing it the ball will carry straight to about 180-200. (which for a brand new player like myself I'll take it) also we all seem to look at distance but I'm learning VERY quickly that if your not straight a 300yard drive might feel good, but when you drive it 200 yards to the right of the pin.... you might as well hit a 9 or sand wedge. As the guy in the beginning said the senior whipped his butt with old clubs. So I'm going to slow things down... to start with. Do you guys have any favorite irons that you prefer? I'm looking for a good set that will be around for a few years. And may actually jump into graphite since they feel great and I'm not connected to the steel shafts.

I wish it was true.... I agree with Irons putters and everything else, except for drivers "THAT YOU CAN CONTROL" Here are two pictures the "little" driver is one i bought 8 years ago at a garage sale, and i think its still about 15-30 years old Tour model 1 11% loft. The other is my brand new Taylor Made R580 XD 9.5% loft. Bought for $149 on sale With my older driver I would need to perfectly connect in order to come close to a 200 yard mark. With the Taylor Made I can quarter swing it to 180 yards similar to chipping... And if I swing it ... to phrase a little kid at the range...."Thats a Bomb" So for me the club did make a difference, Yet my irons are regripped Palm Springs "From that garage sale set" So my one question is whats the R7 driver like lol.

Thanks guys, I thought there had to be a reason for a so called "Range Ball" and to be honest, the one of us that practice with at a range, might over shoot on the course since we'd be playing longer clubs then needed. I do think there is some difference BUT with long irons and a driver where ball dimps and compression would play a big part of the ball flight and a range would prefer to keep those balls "In play" NCGolfer - also when you said you hit old beaten up balls wouldn't they fly less then the new balls you would play on a course so the fact that they actually went a little farther even though they where old and beaten up show that there is a bit of a difference?

Hi everyone, Seems like a great golf place here. I have started to go to the range and hit some golf balls and I wanted to know if there is a distance difference between the range balls and normal golf balls. My though here is that a range ball is suppose to be cheap, and some type of limited flight since most driving ranges are about 250-300 yards. So if someone could hit a range ball 200 yards on a perfect day, do you think that the same exact swing on a normal ball would travel the same or farther.