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DuncanM said:
That's a serious looking witb Andy, PXG have done amazing things in a very short time, my brother has 2 hybrids and they're very nice indeed.
Bodhi, that is the coolest Headcover ha ha!
Thanks, yes I was never a fan until I tried them, now a total convert. Bodhi, that is the coolest Headcover ha ha!
Its not juat the clubs it's the whole package/treatment you get
Such as free lie and loft adjustments and check ups with a fitter
DuncanM said:
Looks very stack and tilt from FO. From your past posts, you're a very good golfer (cat1), I'm surprised you're changing stuff due to forum feedback tbh.
However, if you are taking internet advice, then I (a less talented golfer), would say that all your swing videos, look too controlled if anything, with no dynamic release of the clubhead.
Great thing with wrx is that there are several top coaches there giving free advice. Some numpties but easy to filter out. However, if you are taking internet advice, then I (a less talented golfer), would say that all your swing videos, look too controlled if anything, with no dynamic release of the clubhead.
Know little about stack and tilt but am a bit better with the irons than I was. Personally don’t see the point in swinging quicker until I’m happy with the positions I’m hitting
andy_ran said:
Thanks, yes I was never a fan until I tried them, now a total convert.
Its not juat the clubs it's the whole package/treatment you get
Such as free lie and loft adjustments and check ups with a fitter
Their fitting service looks superb, and as you mention above, the weight adjustability is a key to that I imagine. A lot of people scoffed when they first arrived, but think it's great that a new company can disrupt the industry, and become successful. I believe the hollow tech is theirs, and other brands have to pay them? Could be wrong. Its not juat the clubs it's the whole package/treatment you get
Such as free lie and loft adjustments and check ups with a fitter
Rosscow said:
As you say Duncan, I like how PXG have muscled their way in with fresh ideas. Can never have enough of that.
It's just a shame their clubs (irons especially) are pretty horrible to look at (in my opinion!)
Some of their irons look really nice at address. The woods and hybrids not so much to my eyes. It's just a shame their clubs (irons especially) are pretty horrible to look at (in my opinion!)
Got out on Saturday for the first time for ages after becoming a bit of a range rat lately. Was hoping things that were improving on the range would carry over to the course.... guess where this is going yet? 
Didn't even break 100. Back 9 (apart from the 11th) was actually good and I played to handicap but the front nine, particularly the first 5 holes, were woeful. Driver was putting me in trouble, then the irons weren't exactly helping. Chipping and pitching I was really happy with but I couldn't hole a putt. The greens were absolutely immaculate, almost too quick for me and I was running everything past, so three putts galore.
The 11th was a classic. First ball OB right, second drive was good and would've been 230-240 had it not hit a tree and started back the other way. Left with a pitching wedge onto the green, I flushed it - the type where you just know it would have been prefect - then it hit the single overhanging branch and dropped straight down. Then the punch out shot hit the trunk of the tree and bounced OB again
Think I got a 10 on that hole.
Anyway, it started to pick up again as I said and I think I played the last 7 holes in +6, with just the putting being the problem. That's what I get for not using the practice green beforehand. No idea what the weather was like because I felt really warm but I could see my breath, so my brain couldn't work out whether it was coming or going.
Seems like the course is on an absolute knife edge though - it was "green" status when I played and lovely and dry, but after the rain on Saturday night (which tbf did sound quite heavy) it's now back at "red" again.
Didn't even break 100. Back 9 (apart from the 11th) was actually good and I played to handicap but the front nine, particularly the first 5 holes, were woeful. Driver was putting me in trouble, then the irons weren't exactly helping. Chipping and pitching I was really happy with but I couldn't hole a putt. The greens were absolutely immaculate, almost too quick for me and I was running everything past, so three putts galore.
The 11th was a classic. First ball OB right, second drive was good and would've been 230-240 had it not hit a tree and started back the other way. Left with a pitching wedge onto the green, I flushed it - the type where you just know it would have been prefect - then it hit the single overhanging branch and dropped straight down. Then the punch out shot hit the trunk of the tree and bounced OB again
Think I got a 10 on that hole.Anyway, it started to pick up again as I said and I think I played the last 7 holes in +6, with just the putting being the problem. That's what I get for not using the practice green beforehand. No idea what the weather was like because I felt really warm but I could see my breath, so my brain couldn't work out whether it was coming or going.
Seems like the course is on an absolute knife edge though - it was "green" status when I played and lovely and dry, but after the rain on Saturday night (which tbf did sound quite heavy) it's now back at "red" again.
Rojibo said:
On top of the two broken irons I was just hit in the arm by an errant tee shot from the 17th that kind of runs opposite, when I was on the second hole. No shout of fore or anything, the guy did apologise and said it was his first time playing. It does f
king hurt though.
Really not having a great run of golf related luck at the moment
Sorry to hear that. Hope you're recovering!king hurt though. Really not having a great run of golf related luck at the moment
Edited by s94wht on Monday 29th April 13:23
Rojibo said:
I’m okay thanks, never been hit by a ball before, I can confirm it does hurt.
All this talk of kit, have any of you tried those funky Fujikira Axiom iron shafts? Will be switching to graphite to save my wrists/elbows, hear a lot of good things about them but they are steep.
Hope the recovery is fast! All this talk of kit, have any of you tried those funky Fujikira Axiom iron shafts? Will be switching to graphite to save my wrists/elbows, hear a lot of good things about them but they are steep.
I know a lot of people who suffer with elbow and wrist issues moving over to Graphite shafts and its revitalised their enjoyment in the game
I'm almost ashamed to admit this, but the only time I've ever been hit by a golf ball I was the one who hit it.....
I was 15 and trying to play out of a drainage ditch that runs parallel to our 8th hole, which I'd seen people do and thought I'd try myself. Of course I didn't pick up the subtlety - you need to kneel at the side of the ditch, not stand up. I tried it standing, and the ball popped straight up into my right eye....
That was a fun black eye to explain
Can also confirm, getting hit by a golf ball bloody hurts - so all the best for the recovery!
I was 15 and trying to play out of a drainage ditch that runs parallel to our 8th hole, which I'd seen people do and thought I'd try myself. Of course I didn't pick up the subtlety - you need to kneel at the side of the ditch, not stand up. I tried it standing, and the ball popped straight up into my right eye....
That was a fun black eye to explain
Can also confirm, getting hit by a golf ball bloody hurts - so all the best for the recovery!
bodhi said:
I'm almost ashamed to admit this, but the only time I've ever been hit by a golf ball I was the one who hit it.....
I was 15 and trying to play out of a drainage ditch that runs parallel to our 8th hole, which I'd seen people do and thought I'd try myself. Of course I didn't pick up the subtlety - you need to kneel at the side of the ditch, not stand up. I tried it standing, and the ball popped straight up into my right eye....
That was a fun black eye to explain
Can also confirm, getting hit by a golf ball bloody hurts - so all the best for the recovery!
Oh no! I'm a member of the same club, although it was a classic tree rebound, into forehead! I was 15 and trying to play out of a drainage ditch that runs parallel to our 8th hole, which I'd seen people do and thought I'd try myself. Of course I didn't pick up the subtlety - you need to kneel at the side of the ditch, not stand up. I tried it standing, and the ball popped straight up into my right eye....
That was a fun black eye to explain
Can also confirm, getting hit by a golf ball bloody hurts - so all the best for the recovery!
Fortunately it was a low speed effort, no real damage done
bodhi said:
leglessAlex said:
I'd love a set of 4i, 5i, 6i in the Wilson Staff CBs and then the 7i-PW in the blades. I might do that at some point, I rarely miss on the toe and don't tend to notice too much difference between the blades I've tried and 'game improvement' irons, other than actual face size, my bad shots on 'forgiving' clubs also don't go very far
I've had a few hits now with my Wilson D9 Forged irons, I'm liking them a lot. I was looking forward to more time out on course, until it started raining again...
The Nike irons are fking gorgeous Bodhi, although I've probably said that before. You commented that the 2 handicap player had better bad shots, do you think that's shot choice or shot execution? Are you making the right choice but not practiced enough to execute it, or making the wrong choice?
I'm a big advocate for picking up a second hand bladed 7 iron or the like and just using it for practice at the range, they can be brilliant for practicing the strike itself, and you can usually get old fitting clubs for nice and cheap. I've had a few hits now with my Wilson D9 Forged irons, I'm liking them a lot. I was looking forward to more time out on course, until it started raining again...
The Nike irons are f
king gorgeous Bodhi, although I've probably said that before. You commented that the 2 handicap player had better bad shots, do you think that's shot choice or shot execution? Are you making the right choice but not practiced enough to execute it, or making the wrong choice?
bodhi said:
Still its shown me what I need to do to shoot lower scores, so a good day overall imo.
To be fair, it really sounds like you're making the right choices, and then the execution occasionally goes awry. That's not a great position to be in, although I guess you wouldn't have got this good in the first place with bad decision making shiftydave said:
bodhi said:
I'm a big advocate for picking up a second hand bladed 7 iron or the like and just using it for practice at the range, they can be brilliant for practicing the strike itself, and you can usually get old fitting clubs for nice and cheap.
Now I'm looking for any excuse to buy a bladed 7 iron. On payday. Thanks bodhi It'll be an interesting range session to hit a 55g shafted game improvement 7i, a 95g shafted players distance 7i and a 115g shafted blade 7i. I tend to work best when the difference is felt back to back, which will hopefully happen.
leglessAlex said:
I've just bought one... I have no self control at all
It'll be an interesting range session to hit a 55g shafted game improvement 7i, a 95g shafted players distance 7i and a 115g shafted blade 7i. I tend to work best when the difference is felt back to back, which will hopefully happen.
Hahaha, likewise! What have you bought?It'll be an interesting range session to hit a 55g shafted game improvement 7i, a 95g shafted players distance 7i and a 115g shafted blade 7i. I tend to work best when the difference is felt back to back, which will hopefully happen.
While I was adding things to my watchlist I got an offer of £32 for this Srixon Z-Forged 7 iron - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/276408324281. It felt rude to say no
Range session next week?
leglessAlex said:
I've just bought one... I have no self control at all
It'll be an interesting range session to hit a 55g shafted game improvement 7i, a 95g shafted players distance 7i and a 115g shafted blade 7i. I tend to work best when the difference is felt back to back, which will hopefully happen.
Sounds great, just be objective with the results It'll be an interesting range session to hit a 55g shafted game improvement 7i, a 95g shafted players distance 7i and a 115g shafted blade 7i. I tend to work best when the difference is felt back to back, which will hopefully happen.
. I think I'll end up in something more like your D9s, having played Blades the last 10 years. My truth, was that a low strike just killed me for carry distance, and I don't play/practice enough to justify them. If every shot was over water, blades would make it a stressful day out!
s94wht said:
Got out on Saturday for the first time for ages after becoming a bit of a range rat lately. Was hoping things that were improving on the range would carry over to the course.... guess where this is going yet?
For me that would all be around expectation - and I used to suffer from this really badly - now, my only thought at the start of a round is that "I want to give 100% to every shot, hit some nice ones along the way, and most of all to enjoy it" - i.e. I don't ever start thinking about what number I need to get today.A similar thing happened to my PP last week - He went out by himself and shot a score that would have got him a handicap cut and has been practising like a bandit (is that a thing), so come our Friday morning 9 holes, he was super keen to put a 9 hole card and register a good score. I mean what could possibly go wrong.....
Cue stuffing up the first (OOB out the back), topped drive on the 2nd....and the third, bogey at 4, double on 5., bunker on the par 3 6th.
Come the 7th and needing a decent drive, he pulled 3 balls OOB - what was interesting to me was that his pre shot routine was gone, and the negative spiral had well and truly taken over.
He was shell shocked and ended up with 57 for 9 holes and his worst score ever. I was gutted for him as the expectation gods well and truly kicked him in the nuts......
fat80b said:
For me that would all be around expectation - and I used to suffer from this really badly - now, my only thought at the start of a round is that "I want to give 100% to every shot, hit some nice ones along the way, and most of all to enjoy it" - i.e. I don't ever start thinking about what number I need to get today.
A similar thing happened to my PP last week - He went out by himself and shot a score that would have got him a handicap cut and has been practising like a bandit (is that a thing), so come our Friday morning 9 holes, he was super keen to put a 9 hole card and register a good score. I mean what could possibly go wrong.....
Cue stuffing up the first (OOB out the back), topped drive on the 2nd....and the third, bogey at 4, double on 5., bunker on the par 3 6th.
Come the 7th and needing a decent drive, he pulled 3 balls OOB - what was interesting to me was that his pre shot routine was gone, and the negative spiral had well and truly taken over.
He was shell shocked and ended up with 57 for 9 holes and his worst score ever. I was gutted for him as the expectation gods well and truly kicked him in the nuts......
There's certainly a little bit of expectation. The first tee shot(s) were a bit of an eye opener but were funny more than anything. Frustration starts to creep in around the turn because I know I can hit a ball well and I just wasn't. Does make it sweeter when you start piping the driver again though A similar thing happened to my PP last week - He went out by himself and shot a score that would have got him a handicap cut and has been practising like a bandit (is that a thing), so come our Friday morning 9 holes, he was super keen to put a 9 hole card and register a good score. I mean what could possibly go wrong.....
Cue stuffing up the first (OOB out the back), topped drive on the 2nd....and the third, bogey at 4, double on 5., bunker on the par 3 6th.
Come the 7th and needing a decent drive, he pulled 3 balls OOB - what was interesting to me was that his pre shot routine was gone, and the negative spiral had well and truly taken over.
He was shell shocked and ended up with 57 for 9 holes and his worst score ever. I was gutted for him as the expectation gods well and truly kicked him in the nuts......
leglessAlex said:
Interesting choice Leithen.
Two woods? A 3W and 7W feel like they’re really similar, but then I also don’t play a 7W so maybe they’re reasonably different when actually playing?
I feel like I’d go 5W, 6i, 8i, 54 degree, putter.
I'm not a long hitter, so the 7W, either hit full or with a little taken off fills the longer iron distances quite well for me. I don't have a hybrid these days either, so it's useful with a half decent lie in the rough too.Two woods? A 3W and 7W feel like they’re really similar, but then I also don’t play a 7W so maybe they’re reasonably different when actually playing?
I feel like I’d go 5W, 6i, 8i, 54 degree, putter.
It's tempting to take the driver as it is so easy to hit. The 3W off the tees requires more concentration (which isn't a bad thing) and can produce a slice if miss hit. The 5W would bridge the gap, but I fear I'm not long enough (max 200yds) with it off the tees.
It's a great fun dilemma!
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