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#13,929
#13,929
shot the round of my life (76) at Graysburg. Got a sweet discount during college to be a member there too. Love that course. Know it like the back of my hand.
 
#13,931
#13,931
It's neat to see that so many of us have played it. I love how the course uses the natural landscape and elevation changes, plus there are 27 holes and each nine has its own identity. It is really beautiful out there. The course is kind of in the middle of no where, but it is such a gem. And it is one of the best deals for its quality and condition.

I bought the Ping G a few weeks ago and was loving it, now I have the big slice again. I have a tendency to swing out-to-in and on my irons I will occasionally dig the toe of the club in the ground a little more, which all lead to me slicing. I have been looking at getting the new Ping i200 irons in 2-3 degrees upright. I have been taking some lessons and working on it, but it is amazing how much work it takes to fix your golf swing flaws. I'll be spending a lot of time on the range. It blew me away when I heard Jack Nicklaus spent $300 a month on range balls, at 35 cents a bucket, when he was young.
 
#13,932
#13,932
Orange&White said:
It's neat to see that so many of us have played it. I love how the course uses the natural landscape and elevation changes, plus there are 27 holes and each nine has its own identity. It is really beautiful out there. The course is kind of in the middle of no where, but it is such a gem. And it is one of the best deals for its quality and condition.

I bought the Ping G a few weeks ago and was loving it, now I have the big slice again. I have a tendency to swing out-to-in and on my irons I will occasionally dig the toe of the club in the ground a little more, which all lead to me slicing. I have been looking at getting the new Ping i200 irons in 2-3 degrees upright. I have been taking some lessons and working on it, but it is amazing how much work it takes to fix your golf swing flaws. I'll be spending a lot of time on the range. It blew me away when I heard Jack Nicklaus spent $300 a month on range balls, at 35 cents a bucket, when he was young.
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Going through the same thing with my Ping G. It's still more forgiving than my old driver, but I was hitting so many fairways for about a month. Now I'm going right every time.
 
#13,935
#13,935
Yankee_Vol said:
I've played a few courses down there (Port Charlotte area). I thought they were above average.
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I guess if you like fairways lined with houses and a marshall following you around the course with a stopwatch it's OK. Give me the RTJ Trail or Bear Trace courses anyday over the ones down here.

And the grass here sucks too.
 
#13,936
#13,936
creekerballer said:
I have a tendency to push right, but in just slicing my drives right now. Not the clubs fault. If anything it's atleast keeping it playable
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Drivers are too long today, and that contributes to your push. The Ping is 45.75 inches long. When I started playing, drivers were 43 inches. I had one old Toney Penna persimmon that was 43.5" back in the 1980's. Fowler is now playing a 43.5" driver, and leads the tour in total driving.

The first time that I can remember a driver being even 44" long was when graphite shafts came into acceptance, and the clubmakers lengthened the shaft to keep the swingweight up with the lighter shaft.

The Ping G heads weigh 206 grams, which is fairly heavy. You could cut your shaft maybe 3/4" and not lose too much swingweight. More than that, you would need a heavier shaft, or add weight to the head. At least try choking up and inch or so on it next time out.

You should google shaft length and distance. Some people hit the ball longer with a shorter shaft, and few gain much at all with a longer shaft, other than more mi****s. Edit: miss hits.
 
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#13,937
#13,937
1972 Grad said:
Drivers are too long today, and that contributes to your push. The Ping is 45.75 inches long. When I started playing, drivers were 43 inches. I had one old Toney Penna persimmon that was 43.5" back in the 1980's. Fowler is now playing a 43.5" driver, and leads the tour in total driving.

The first time that I can remember a driver being even 44" long was when graphite shafts came into acceptance, and the clubmakers lengthened the shaft to keep the swingweight up with the lighter shaft.

The Ping G heads weigh 206 grams, which is fairly heavy. You could cut your shaft maybe 3/4" and not lose too much swingweight. More than that, you would need a heavier shaft, or add weight to the head. At least try choking up and inch or so on it next time out.

You should google shaft length and distance. Some people hit the ball longer with a shorter shaft, and few gain much at all with a longer shaft, other than more mi****s. Edit: miss hits.
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I'll give it a try next time out and see how it goes.
 
#13,938
#13,938
1972 Grad said:
Are you two hitting all clubs to the right or just the driver?
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I hit everything to the right. My irons are draw bias so it helps a little and plays more like a fade unless I hit it really bad. I'm a pretty strong iron player. But when my drives are missing, it ruins my round with the big slices. I have the problem with over swinging and almost chicken winging my right arm. I've been getting lessons to focus on keeping my right elbow tucked and put the club further behind my head while turning my hips more. Not going straight up and having a steep attack angle. Slowly but surely.
 
#13,939
#13,939
creekerballer said:
I'll give it a try next time out and see how it goes.
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I had mine cut down when I was fitted, but only went down .25". I think I may go another .25" to make it a full .50". I struggle with a steep attack angle too, so I have a hard time hitting up on the ball.

As you can see, I pretty much struggle with everything. Lol
 
#13,940
#13,940
Orange&White said:
I had mine cut down when I was fitted, but only went down .25". I think I may go another .25" to make it a full .50". I struggle with a steep attack angle too, so I have a hard time hitting up on the ball.

As you can see, I pretty much struggle with everything. Lol
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Obviously, the longer a club is and the less loft that it has, the harder it is to hit. So, I think it's best for more average players to use shorter drivers with more loft.
 
#13,941
#13,941
1972 Grad said:
Obviously, the longer a club is and the less loft that it has, the harder it is to hit. So, I think it's best for more average players to use shorter drivers with more loft.
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The quest for swing speed has definitely gotten out of hand.
 
#13,942
#13,942
GAVol said:
The quest for swing speed has definitely gotten out of hand.
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Yes it has. Most of the info that I have read show a negligible swing speed increase going from a 43.5" driver to one an inch or two longer, but a decrease in sweet spot hits and accuracy.
 
#13,943
#13,943
1972 Grad said:
Yes it has. Most of the info that I have read show a negligible swing speed increase going from a 43.5" driver to one an inch or two longer, but a decrease in sweet spot hits and accuracy.
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It's pretty revealing that the average driver length is 46", but on tour it's about 44.5. It's all about flushing it and getting ball speed.
 
#13,947
#13,947
Yankee_Vol said:
So I'm nowhere near good (obviously), but I have finally started to notice a difffernce in golf balls
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That is something that I never paid attention to. I played anything that I bought or found. You do have to adapt to how hard they are around the green though.
 
#13,950
#13,950
I typically shoot in the 80s, but still have bad rounds where I'll be 92-94. Taking lessons now to lower my handicap. I have tried playing the more expensive balls, but I cannot justify the expense with the results I get from them. Obviously that's more to do with my swing and skill level than the balls themselves. $45-50/dozen is just too much to still be slicing and losing a ball or two a round.

I notice some differences. Like the 2-piece ionomer balls are durable and generally have less side spin, but it is hard to get them to stick on the green. I think a big thing is compression. Some of the more expensive balls have 90-100 compression rates which are hard for the average golfer to fully compress, thus resulting in less distance and performance. I've been playing the new Srizon Q-Star Tour and I really like them. They help reduce my side spin to hit straighter shots, I get the ball higher on irons, 75 compression, very durable, and they have a urethane cover so they hold the greens well for me.
 
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