puttliketiger2

Hi! I'm interested in people's opinions on how you maintain a good swing tempo during your rounds. When I swing with a smooth 80% tempo, I strike the ball beautifully. I can hit 100's of balls on the range looking like a low handicapper. However, when I play 18, there are always 3-4 holes where I overswing and suffer the consequences. My coach describes my scoring distribution as skewed left (a good thing) with too much of a right tail (not a good thing). In other words, I'll have my pars, but for several holes when I lose my tempo, I'll blow up with some 7's or 8's. Yikes! The culprit is always a rushed or aggressive tempo. Help!

I get about the same amount of spin. Probably because I don't hit down on the ball as well as I could. I get great control on my pitches and 75% swings. Possibly my favorite shots and clubs.

I have a Titleist 904F 19 degree and a Nickent 3DX Ironwood DC 20 degree utility. Even though I love the way I hit the 5 wood, I tend to put the 3 utility in the bag, because of the many possible ways that I could use the club. The 5 wood is more limited in its use and on my home course, I use a driver or 3 wood to tee off on the par 4/5's. I've only been playing for 10 months, however, so I'm pretty new to this. My thoughts ....

I also selected the tour chrome finish. I had Taylor Made Black Rac's originally, but found that the Vokey wedges a better fit for my swing and I liked the look!