What Senior Golfers Should Practice - Part 2 The Course
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ต.ค. 2024
- Okay, we are getting shorter off the tee. We can't find greens like we used to.
Forget the practice ground - let's take it to the course.
Plus some other stuff you may find interesting.
Short game is key!
And then some.
Hi Simon, I player a course that I hadn’t played for four years. It’s a long championship golf course and long. A few years ago I would get to some of the holes with driver and six iron, but now as I’m nearly 70 I’ve lost distance. I just wanted to say what a god send hybrids are and my 21 degree came in very handy especially on long par 3s. Always practice your short game and you’ll save a few shots on your round. Cheers
Got to agree, hybrids really help with getting some distance and straight too. Get the ball airborne, a bit more height and backspin and a lighter shaft. Great tools. I can't over power a hole anymore. Too fat and unfit. Cheers
Thanks Simon, enjoyed that, many thanks for your hard work 😁😁
I enjoy doing that one. I didn't have to film every shot which makes the round go a bit better. Cheers
Top video, and how life changes as golfer and your game has to change over time. like the writing in your round, never thought of that, will start doing it, for me as nearly senior golfer, chipping, lag putting and pitching 50 yards in are key, I think. Also learning the 3 releases when chipping/pitching and how the ball will react. Certainly pro V1s will give you better results....hope the ailments clear up soon...👍
It does change Stuart. Used to be flexible enough to swing hard and reach a 500 yarder in 2. Those days are gone. With the card I do it about once a month and just get an idea over a whole round where my miss is. Then is there an old forgotton drill that might help it.
I went back to the Doctor yesterday and got another wkk of anti biotics for the knee. Neck is getting there. I'm sure everyone aches in places all the time.
Considering that you've played so little recently, that 76 was a decent round. That idea, of keeping your own stats, in your own way, is interesting, and patterns are far more informative than "statistics".
As is that comparison of ProV1 to the Kirkland! The argument of what is the best ball on the market will go on as long as the game is played, but it's whatever suits you that is important! For me, ProV1's do nothing (maybe I don't have the swing speed to engage properly with them?) but give me any yellow Bridgestone tour ball (yes, even those that are for golfers over 105mph swing speed) and I'm happy! As for Callaways well, they have had an issue with the concentricity of the core in recent years (according to MyGolfSpy) so maybe they don't go straight as some, and their Supersoft range is designed for higher handicappers, so it could be both!!!!!
Great video as always!
Here is a story about balls. There are only 3 manufacturers who do not have a production line just for their professional golfers. Taylor Made, Srixon and Titelist. All of those Pros can walk into any pro shop in the world and buy what they get supplied for free. (Although Titelist players can play their favourite ball from whatever year they prefer) The others, well no. In fact some stores are no longer stocking Callaway as they are not known for going straight.
I do wonder what people do with the knowledge that they last 4.2 shots driving. Why did they lose it? A page full of numbers doesn't tell you much - including my 76. That doesn't say how well I played. Or where I dropped shots and why.
Another point about Kirkland is they are not approved for golf. They have never been sent to the R&A or the USPGA for testing. Some of the other mail order balls aren't either.
Golf is hard!
Played 13 holes last weekend and was mostly horrendous. Pulling and hooking everything. Hit 2 greens and 3 putted them both 😂 lost 2 or 3 balls off the tee too. On the plus side, I never sliced anything and I've since been hitting it better on the range. Again!
Golf is hard. Had my lesson and was told I was hanging back and rising up out of the shot. I said straight away - range mats and range balls. I must of been trying to lift the ball in the air off those bloody awful mats. He got me to hit down and through and all of a sudden a straight shot that flew the right distance. Next time I'm practicing off grass with my own balls. I hate ranges.
I too have neck issues, the list seems to be endless. I think I've lost another 10yds in distance in just the last 2 weeks, but I can still putt like a 30yr old. I don't play Kirkland anymore either. Callaway is a fine ball.
I've just had another lesson and have been given a new drill to hopefully improve strike and therefore distance. It worked in the lesson now i have to do it for myself. In another video I haven't edited yet I putt very well and that is what we must do. I find some other brand balls in that one. Just sharing it for a bit of fun.
@@thehairygolfer I believe I have found every brand of ball there is just about and I've tried most of them, incredible how different they are from each other. I need to stop finding them, I have too many.
@@andrewquinn6634 I find stuff I've never heard of. I sort my balls out, in the bag, in the practice bag, down the range and in the bin.
Is your shirt the testcard we used to see on tv 😊
I was in Homebase in my nice new white shirt looking at the paint. There was an explosion and it ruined my good shirt.
😂 ... nice trippy melange of leaves. 😂
🤘🏻😎🤘🏻
@@metalheads-golf The rule for buying shirts in Asia is very simple. Find the one that makes you want to throw up.........and buy it.
@@thehairygolfer There are no ugly shirts ... only boring or none boring ones. 🤣🤘🏻😎🤘🏻
@@metalheads-golf I don't know, I'm not a lover of green shirts!
As a ball hound, Callaways are always the most found. Maybe they get bought more than others. Not just that they are bad golfers.
Ball hound 😊
I don't know the price of Callaways so perhaps that's why they are popular. I was just a bit of fun, 2 weeks after this I find other balls and give them a mention. Cheers
@@Berry-fr5wj I'm a ratter. A ball ratter. Sounds a lot worse than Hound.
I always wonder what people mean when they say for example this hole is 320yrds but is playing 350yrds, is it mainly wind and slope they mean?
Wind and slope. If 320 yards plays driver, sand wedge and today it is driver and a 9 iron it's probably into the wind. Slope also changes where the ball will hit the ground. Uphill it lands early, downhill it lands late. You need more or less club accordingly. The hard part is working out how much you need to adjust for wind and slope. There is another factor, the ball lying on an upslope will go really high so you need to adjust for uphill AND the ball being on an upslope. There isn't really a formula for working it out, you just go on previous experience.
Does that help? Cheers
Strokes gained works on individual shots: after a poor tee shot, being short and right you would have gained strokes on your driving for that drive.
Your following shot would be put down as a positional shot because you weren't aiming for the green, therefore, would be removed from the "approach" statistics.
It would br interesting to find your stroked gained statistics.
I play a Callaway and don't lose many. The answer to your question might be that more players play a Callaway!
I think the adverts are getting silly. I've just got an advert about property that is 37 minutes long. Anybody watch all of it?