NZ Golfer

Yes this was what I was thinking you have two golfers same 5 HC same swing speed 110Mph ...one you changed the driver head to a 10yr old model head but the same loft etc the other you changed shaft ...now if its just 10yr old shaft of the same flex weight etc it would be more so the newer head IMHO ..but if the shaft was changed to softer flex lighter than player was use to then the shaft would be the winner IMHO

Interesting as I only recently upgraded my Callaway EPIC Flash driver head 9.5 with a Paradym 10.5 which come with a decent Diamana 60 stiff shaft ... year ago I was playing around with shafts and settled on Ventus black X6 .. I tried out both shafts in my new driver head and even tried out Diamana in my older driver head and no way did it work for me ... I also recently after having issues with my Mizuno. MP20 nippon 105 S irons I purchased new JPX923t with heavier shaft DG 120 S I was told by PGA coach the shaft would suit my swing far better and he wasn't wrong so for me shafts matter alot more so than even heads but the difference in the heads for my clubs wasn't massive

Certainly BUY used so many near new Drivers in Good condition that will suit ...which IMHO the shaft is the most important part if you want to buy new get a shaft new that suits you then find the head you like the feel off

I found being part of a Great Golf Club renewed my love for the game and comps ..previously at my other club I was just a player with novice player mates or solo .and that was hard to progress and drive the passion when my job was very restrictive to playing in good weather and friends couldn't play as much... that become a grind at times and gave up the game for couple years..but now work for myself and have clear goals and new GC with serious players ongoing comps and great course I can pretty much always get on .. some great Golfing friends I made playing in the weekly comps ..I'm loving it.. Still get down on my game and can walk off gutted ..but thats the game we wouldn't love the good round if we never had bad rounds So for me maybe dropping the pressure of the HC grind and more so enjoy playing comps with others serious on the game ...understand the game is hard ,enjoy the good times and your game will develop ...

Big week of Golf nursing golfing elbow ....played local amazing course Arrowtown tuesday ..had a tidy 81 for what I felt wasn't my best Golf in some wet windy conditions found the greens tough to read and gave away many shots... three birdies Played my local GC wed STB mens comp... very rough whole game not happy 89 just felt tired made so many mistakes max 4-holes I played well the rest rubbish to woeful ... Friday played south of my local Alexandra in a 4ball with my mates (we have a comp same partners over the year) played pretty well after not even hitting my 3wood past the ladies tee on the 1st hole ...very slow greens to what I usually played so we made gimmes within 2ft ,,,, couple birdies .. Wasn't going play ..but wife wasn't stressed so joined into the SAT Medal comp ..teed off early .. had some brilliant holes and shots some of my best .. birdied 3x ..78 for the day gave me a 7th in SNR division. putting let me down had a 4x putt on 3rd hole PAR3 ... along with 6+ three putts ... what could have been Now looking over the above I'm sure many thinking go sort ya putting ya idot .. but couple weeks previously I played three comps .. out of those three I only had one 3x putt my best 24 putts over a round ... but my driver off the tee was rubbish ..

I like to use the clubs ..why I use 4x wedges 58 - 54 - 50 - 46 PW... I find esp under pressure shots that we see with the wedges I like to swing at 70% effort ...I find if I try and swing softer 50% or harder most the time cause issues with my shot shape.. my coach friend is getting me to hit soft esp with mid and low irons ..

I wouldn't change anything unless you believe your body / flex has changed ... I recommend going to the gym which has helped my game greatly stopping the back muscle issues I was getting with my office job etc ... And just play more golf and practice more before making drastic driver changes ... maybe play your 3w in the meantime till skills improve Coaching yes ...If your a cheap-ass like me maybe at your local GC you have a scratch golfer you can catch up with a shout a few drinks to help you with your game its usually just a few of the basics to get you back to your HC ...We know it's not an easy game ... confidence is important .. and this can only develop with time and work which develops confidence in your game .. we all go through cycles from poor for me 10+ HC to great 6 HC... Once your back to your previous game try out some new drivers ... I tried Smoke triple dia Callaway today ...still rather my EPIC FLASH

low 80's ....most of the field are amateurs the best +4 +5 HC .. I'd love to see one of the US PGA rated playesr come and play ..at the moment temp around the 80s .. but in the afternoon daily strong gusty winds at times mix that in with some tough multi-tier greens 7000yd+ not the easiest course

when I go for a practice round I just play whatever ball I have thats not my new prem balls TP5-PROv1 etc ... surprising how good they can play like these new pinnacle super soft I got for free ..

we have our national final open-qualifying every FEB off the tips, which is just over 7000yards the winners always around the mid 60's ... maybe low 60's for PGA tour players ... our rough can be very unforgiving being links course hard baked sand pockets only a yard off some fairways which can be narrow in places ...

Stopped following.. the chasing scratch, guys ...but 102 !! from a 6HC unless it was one of the hardest courses around or very poor weather conditions.. yeah, maybe the boys need to make a new goal... I'd be pretty devastated putting anything into the 90's esp back to back... 100+ maybe drunk ?

I couldn't agree more with the coach ..I've been very lucky to have met a super nice new member at my club who used to be a Club pro coach + HC golfer(scratch at present) ... now retired not stressed about comps etc ..we get out least once a week ... have helped me greatly with my game, not major changes but just small changes .. I have now seen my HC fall to 7.4 from 10+ a couple of months ago.. and if I put few more decent rounds in should well test my lowest 6.7 from this time last year pre my APRIL onwards slump .. Much of what my new Golfing mate/coach has helped me with isn't so much technique (outside some chipping tech) but basics ...like "Whats your target" ??? "whats your miss" (where would you like to end up if you didn't hit your target) "Take your time don't rush... PSR same every time" slow it down( I've always had an issue if my swing goes wrong to next time try extra hard aka harder faster')so he's been getting me to hit say a 6-7iron where I would have hit a 8iron just 50-60% swing not my 80%+ efforts work with what you have my natural flight path is fade ..but many time I've been trying to force a draw etc and mostly isn't a good outcome.. ....

Yes, I'm going through one of my worst slumps in Golfing form, namely short game 100yds and in wedges etc... real rocks and diamonds play I can't recall ever being as bad in stages of a round as I have become with the wedges over 650 rounds of GOLF recorded(easy another 150-200 practice rounds) ... today's comp perfect example ... played MON 18holes at another course started solid but short game woes hurt later in round.... Tuesday out for 30min chipping practice + putting then out for 9-holes playing 2balls sometimes dropping another for a extra chip.. Today's Comp at my local 30min warm-up First hole, 510-yard PAR 5. I dropped my second shot onto the green with the Hybrid 240 yards out. A stunning, perfect shot left me with a 15-foot putt for an easy second putt birdie ,gutted just missed eagle putt(would have been my first ever on Hole #1) Onto the tough 2nd PAR4 another cracking tee-off 3wood this time right Fairway...130yrds out 50deg wedge ..sliced off the RH side of green(correct distance) ...58deg wedge FAT (some how a perfect feeling swing doesn't take much divot but pops up the ball to very short distance flight????) ... another 58 chip nice but touch long esp on our fast hard links greens just off green 20ft+.. putt decent but comes up left the next in ...So that's a 6 .... ended up 19+ over (my course 9 HC) Many of my holes, much like the 2nd brilliant drives woeful rest ... another -PAR5- the 11th 2nd shot rolled up and just over the back of the green 220yds out brilliant long hybrid ..so 2 shots I go 490+ yrds !!! then from just 8-yrds it took me another 4x shots !!! two duffed chips I somehow hardly take a divot but the ball just pops up and drops back down yard in front !!!!!!! how the How the hell does that even happen?? I'm the player that gets all the praise for my long game but is failing badly least 50% time 100yds in ... And the worst part NOV last year in a comp I was 2 under teeing up on the 16th ...all parts of the game were solid ...I had never been this bad ....very much YIPS mental issues with the wedges as I can head to the driving range and hit 10-20x brilliant chips/lobs/pitches .. Going to see local coach hopefully can sort me out... 2-3hrs per week of wedge work isn't fixing the issues even though I can feel pretty confident and going off video slow-mo looks fine ... my swing feels great etc ...

92 today ...I HATE MY GOLF at the moment 4 months of mostly woeful short-game esp wth my wedges

Another LPGA win for Lydia.... can she win another Major ??

Yes one of the greatest women to play the game and to back it up with the open win ...amazing to think. she's planning to retire within next couple years !!! ... would love to see her add another major or two and a string of LPGA wins sitting at 21x LPGA Wins 3x Majors 3x Medals Gold-Silver-Bronze

Yeah we come 7th walked with $275 in local shop voucher so can't complain for a $80 entry and that included meal final day..

A blight on Competition Golf with HC.. bigger the prizes more sandbagging goes on ...sometimes I feel like if I don't sandbag somewhat your going in with a massive dis-advantage ...the best prized Comp I play in each year $5k+ top price(latest LED TV) each player is a local Courses classic two-day two-man team comp $80 entry last year the winners local father son team the son hadn't played for years we were told only recently starting playing again and had a 10 under NETT 62 after he played to par the first day!! he was a so called 22HC !!!! utter BS IMHO I think the next closest was 65 .. I played some of my best GOLF of the year NETT 71 + 70

One part of my game I'm really working on is the mental game of GOLF .. having no expectations not putting undue stress on my round ..certainly not easy if I'm going to make another CLUB matchplay semi-final which the last one I was under so much stress to beat a guy I know I can beat 8 out of 10 times ..but pretty much served up the match on a silver platter as I had a shocker front 9 ..back by 3 going into the turn ... I feel I'm on the right pathway and recently won my first Club Medal after I had a shocking warm-up practice at the driving range hooking then slicing drives off the tee or hitting fat thin irons off the mat.. I really thought I was going be playing for the country rover.. but mental I was thinking juts have fun enjoy the day try your best and far out I just keeped backing up decent enough shots and dropping some really hard putts ...even near the end of the round when your looking at your card knowing its going be a great round if you can just keep it together for the last couple of holes I somehow only hit my bag once with a club LOL.

Playing many times recently at my closest 1hr away local indoor Golf centre that uses the Trackman 4 ..overall, I'm impressed with distances very similar to real-world conditions think next winter I get a membership if they do another 50% off deal for 6months ..weather locally been very crap for golf this winter .. like the fact I can play some cracking good Golf courses in mild summer temps .. you can have a crack at some tough shots and see how you will go without the issues of losing doz ProV1s My last sim round was at Sweden's National links Golf course I think it was 17th off the blue tees if you take the nutter line you hit over 200yards of lake to a slim green in the distance I got it on the 3rd attempt with the 4iron previous 2x too much draw and would hit the left greens fringe and bounce into the water. My only issue with sim golf is the ease of hitting the lob wedge too hard near the green, making it easy to overshoot the target. I feel that this aspect wasn't as accurate as I expected from real world chipping close so have to hit around 60-70% effort that I would usually do... otherwise would love to one day have my own sim .. TrackMn simulator

tough links conditions exactly what we want to see .. JT doing surprisingly well over his first 10x holes leading the pack some of the bigger USA names to tee off later .. few BIG names struggling.. HOMA,RHAM,BRYSON... could see these three not making the cut Got my money spread on>> to WIN open Robert MacIntyre Matt Fitzpatrick Xander Schauffele Collin Morikawa TOP10 Ryan FOX

Yes, I listened to the first couple of seasons but just lost interest in the content .. I think they have proven as many of us already know it's really hard to get to scratch ... esp as we age .... I was feeling confident in hitting my target this year of 5HC range(got to low 6s) but hit a wall in my short game in a few comps and now just over 9HC !!!! ...gutted but know it can go down just as fast esp during summer only 2-3 holes killing my score every round .. mental issues with one PAR3 at my local I think I've had a PAR on once in 20+ rds... I have great respect for anyone playing off low singles + golfers ...very impressive skills I do wonder how playing different courses can help one's HC aspirations ... my local is well know tough greens and tight lies to bare sand pockets close to fairways/greens.. my closest 18 holes course I play at and score much better on average ..last three rounds +7 +6 +3 ..Vs my course best +6 with many much higher

I play in a family event a few times a year with many 20-30HC players recently I was beaten off the stick by my 23HC cousin hubby he got an 83 I had a shocker 87 ...to have beaten him I would have had to have scored a 66 off the stick !!! my lowest at our local course is 73 ...was his best game for the year ...so many lucky shots IMHO I'd say your mate won't need more than a couple of years to beat you ..

Just picked up some Q star tour srixon golf balls on special + golf soxs

Interesting down here in the DEEP SOUTH hemi ... I've never come across "flights " outside are club champs if you lose in the first round etc.. Over the 6 months, I've had some great rounds... At my local GC had a +1 - 73- at the time I was playing off 8HC so 7 under for 43pts ... got 3rd on count back and was in the 1st Division + to 14HC .... was my lowest ever score at that time by 3 shots ... deflating as we don't have a gross prize in the mid-week STB comp.... Start of this year played at a small country club PAR-68 with 30x players and no divisions and scored a tidy 70(nett-64)... got 5th ..first place was a nett-58...guy on 30HC .... ended up getting back my entry fee in prize money LOL ... Love playing in GOLF competitions/tournaments... pretty crazy with some of the winning scores NETTS 12-14 under etc I like looking at their recent Golf score history most usually have very few scores entered yet they come out and blaze a 78 off the stick under comp pressure on an 18-20-HC... !!!!