Sean_D

Yes... About 6-weeks of serious attention and study, although I have been hacking at golf balls (while consuming copious amounts of beer) most of my life. A rangefinder is certainly on the list, but I think the next investment is going to come in the form of lessons to be sure the things I am focusing on in rebuilding my swing are accurate are effective.

Good catch... I guess when I added up the number of clubs, I forgot about the putter. Now I have to drop two clubs. At least the journey is fun!

Getting my distances down is one of the things I am working on and I have a lot of variables. For my entire "Golf Life" I have played with a baseball swing. Last month I really started over. New clubs and I rebuilt my swing from the ground up. I am swinging more consistently and getting more consistent results. Before I really got the golf bug last month, it seemed every club I hit would go 100-yards. I am now starting to get a sense of how far I am hitting different clubs. The problem I am having there is I haven't been able to accurately measure my distances. I don't know if I can trust the yardage signs at the range, and I have been reading how range balls are not really an accurate measure of distance due to their construction. So I have to work that out as well. I like the idea of choosing between the 4H, 5H, and 4-iron... That makes a lot of sense. I still need to do a lot of hitting and figure this stuff out. As it is, I am hitting foam balls for about an hour a day in my garage, I go to the range ~ once a week and play 2-3 time a month. In my last round I shot +10 on the back 9 with 2 pars... probably the best 9 I have ever shot in my life. Really loving this game and the learning process with it.

Hello Everyone, I have been playing golf intermittently throughout my life. Last month, I played a round at a low cost muni course and have been obsessed with golf ever since. I ditched my 30-year old clubs and bought a set of Cobra Baffler XL GI irons, Callaway XR16 driver and 3W, and three Callaway X hot hybrids, and a new putter. I set up a hitting station in my garage where I hit foam balls into a shipping blanket off piece of cardboard (to keep the golf club from destroying the burber carpet I have in the garage). I have been watching just about every instructional video I can find on YouTube, and I plan on taking a course of lessons at the local golf course. The package includes six 1-hour lessons and 9-holes with the instructor for $250. I have improved dramatically in the last month and can't wait to see where I end up with this new endeavor.

I currently have 15 clubs in my bag. Driver, 3W, 3H, 4H, 5H, 4-PW, Gap Wedge, Sand Wedge, 60* wedge, and a putter. To get down to the 14 club max, I obviously need to leave one club out. I have never hit my 60* wedge very well and have rarely used it. I also have a virtual duplication in the 4H and 4-iron, and 5H and 5-iron. I hit my 5-iron as well as any other club in the bag and I have been getting decent results with my 4 iron recently as well. I just purchased the three hybrids last week (Callaway X hots all three for $80) and I have yet to take them out on the course, so that will happen before I make a significant decision. What I will probably end up doing is stocking my bag for specific courses... more hybrids for longer and straighter courses, and more irons for courses with more "bendy" holes. The main thing I would like to read is how have you handled this situation? Do you commonly carry a 4H and a 4-iron, 5H and 5-iron? Have you left a club out of your bag because you just don't hit it well or don't have confidence in your ability to hit a particular club?