Played my first round of golf today
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mongooz
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i'm still rockin' my Callaway Mavrik. in fact the entire set are Mavriks, except the wedges which are Mack Daddy 4's.
TomcatMF
Vetteless
I have the Maveriks too, but the head on my driver cracked end then shatered after getting under the ball one too many times. I was really struggling with my driver since november, so I took some lessons at Golf Tec and they came with the club fitting. My driver swing is getting much better now since getting the lessons, I've been using a loaner club like the one I'm getting to practice with, and I have had quite a bit of improvment over the last couple of weeks.
TomcatMF
Vetteless
Played a round at Torrey Pines North last Wednesday. It was pretty foggy through the 1st 4 holes, so I tee'd off using hybrids instead of my driver until the fog lifted. My iron shots kept going off to the right, and my putter wasn't happening that day. I had a couple of decen tee shots with my driver on holes 5 and 6, but all my other attempts to hit driver were a disaster. I shot 118
Then last Sunday I played the Balboa 9 hole course. I had a couple of good shots off the tee with my 3 wood, but I couldn't hit my irons at all. I kept topping the ball. Even around the greens I couldn't chip the ball decently. I shot 54.
Time to hit the range and work on my irons a bit more.
Then last Sunday I played the Balboa 9 hole course. I had a couple of good shots off the tee with my 3 wood, but I couldn't hit my irons at all. I kept topping the ball. Even around the greens I couldn't chip the ball decently. I shot 54.
Time to hit the range and work on my irons a bit more.
mongooz
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i played 9 yesterday, shot a 51. my driver was working fine, but i only am hitting it about 220 right now. cold temps and 4 months without playing and multiple layers of clothes are robbing me of an extra 20-30 yards.
the course was saturated and around here NOBODY builds courses with the loamy-sandy top layer. it's all just mud, so a lot of iron shots were digging into the mud when i'd try to get the club under the ball. that was robbing distance too.
had some good chips. but i had too many 3 putts. i F'ING HATE 3 PUTTS!!!!!
the course was saturated and around here NOBODY builds courses with the loamy-sandy top layer. it's all just mud, so a lot of iron shots were digging into the mud when i'd try to get the club under the ball. that was robbing distance too.
had some good chips. but i had too many 3 putts. i F'ING HATE 3 PUTTS!!!!!
Pine Apple Slim
Armchair Expert
Golf would be a fun hobby if it wasn't so expensive an bouigy. Even moreso for a lefty like me. So as a result my golf experience has been very limited. Ive mostly played on crappy cheap courses, or just fooling around hitting drives in the cow pasture. Clubs are always borrowed so Im playing right handed with no distance or power, or with the rattiest old and worn out left handed rented clubs imaginable.
So I just never invested the time or money on good lefty clubs and green fees. My money has always went elsewhere.
Still, I respect the game and understand why people love it.
So I just never invested the time or money on good lefty clubs and green fees. My money has always went elsewhere.
Still, I respect the game and understand why people love it.
mongooz
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just a little trivia note.....Phil Mickelson is really right handed. he learned lefty because a righty's power arm is the right arm (usually) and that's the arm that's pulling the club down and around. so most righty's are not using their more powerful arm to swing the club. Phil is.
so, in theory, righty's SHOULD be playing left handed.
lesson over.
Pine Apple Slim
Armchair Expert
Thats interesting. About the only thing I do right handed is play the guitar. Mainly because there weren't any left handed ones around when I was a kid in the 70s, I didnt know how to restring and set one up backwards, and making chords and bending strings with my left hand was super easy. Developing good rhythm and pick control really sucked though, lol.just a little trivia note.....Phil Mickelson is really right handed. he learned lefty because a righty's power arm is the right arm (usually) and that's the arm that's pulling the club down and around. so most righty's are not using their more powerful arm to swing the club. Phil is.
so, in theory, righty's SHOULD be playing left handed.
lesson over.
I can barely hit a baseball left handed much less switch hit, and swinging a golf club that way has always felt unnatural, awkward, and weak.
I guess theres always a way if you want it bad enough. Guitar being a prime example.
TomcatMF
Vetteless
Oddly enough, I'm a lefty, but I play right.just a little trivia note.....Phil Mickelson is really right handed. he learned lefty because a righty's power arm is the right arm (usually) and that's the arm that's pulling the club down and around. so most righty's are not using their more powerful arm to swing the club. Phil is.
so, in theory, righty's SHOULD be playing left handed.
lesson over.