Originally Posted by
DucksnBobs
Oh I agree with this sir. What you arent taking into consideration is the just the sheer pressure and what 5 million dollars does to the brain when sitting at the top of the masters leaderboard. We dont deal with that. Best thing I ever did was spend more time on the putting green and chipping green. Its a big reason I am a 2.7 handicap. The other REALLY good thing I have done is only let myself hit one ball every 2-3 min on the range. Now when I start to play with lead tape, I am going to hit 5-7 and make a small change, hit 5-7 more until I feel they are dialed in, and I will do it at a much quicker pace than every 2-3 minutes. What I found by slowing down severely on the range, is it mimicks the slowness of play on the course. Even if riding, its still a 2-5 minute drive to the next time you are hitting your next shot. Never ever do you get to play at a pace that allows you to hit shots every 20-30 seconds. Made my handicap go pretty low and it puts you in tune with your swing even more because when you hit a bad one, you really dont want to hit another bad one. Makes you think about what might of gone wrong if you do hit a bad one and know how you're going to approach the next shot by hitting that slow as well. You are right about 100 yards in, and I promise you, I miss more greens than I care to admit still, but I can sure give myself a really good look at par most days. I spend a lot of time with wedges at the range too. You bet your ass the first thing I do is find my 30yd, 50 yd, 75 yd 90 yd, and 110 yd targets when I get to the range. I bet I hit at those targets for 50% (maybe more) of my total time on the range. I bet most days I spend 2ish hours on the range, when Im only going to the range, and I may only hit the driver 20-30 times total.
With that said.... my 7i dispersion SUCKS lol. It truly does, I just dont know how I can hit an 8i and 9i dead nuts every swing and have a nice tight dispersion and then i pick up a 7i and i might hit the target or i might be 5-7 yards right or left. Thats annoying and Im starting to wonder if something is out of tune in the club. Going to the forged head in the 6i was just a mistake on my part, it doesnt fit me at all, and I wasnt necessarily hitting the tour bad. I just found the 4-6 in the forged at a screaming deal and decided I wanted to try it. I do like the 4 and 5 in the forged and the tours in the higher lofts. I have to break down the 6 no matter what, figured I would build a set with custom ferrules and grips, but then i figured I might as well really make a nice set that are dialed in to match exact swingweights from iron to iron or at least swingweights that I know feel good based on what I figure out with lead tape.
Think about it this way.... every boat has fishing rods in it. Would you rather be fishing a jig with a megabass bottom contact rod or with the ugly stik you buy from walmart? Do you trust the milwaukee tool you have in the shed or the chinese knock off that you got from harbor freight in a pinch? Everything will do the job, its just about feel and confidence you have in the tools at hand. Lead tape is a cheap easy way to find that feel, im breaking down the clubs anyways because I want the custom ferrules and the new grips.... i might as well dial them in to feel right for my swing as well if im already going through all that effort.
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