3-wood is all I ever use anymore too. I gladly sacrifice the 20 or 30 yards to be in the short stuff... or in bounds!
3-wood is all I ever use anymore too. I gladly sacrifice the 20 or 30 yards to be in the short stuff... or in bounds!Originally posted by: slsmnaz
I rarely hit a driver because of accuracy but on a good day about 280. I have pretty good control over my 3-wood and can poke it out about 230. That usually does the trick when playing from the front tees.
Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: GuitarDaddy
But yeah, I'm a pretty big guy and played college and semi-pro golf when I was younger. Not nearly as strong as I used to be, but my swing mechanics are still good. Swing mechanics are much more important than strength.
And it has been kind of strange for me, I don't think I've lost any length since my college days. As my strength has slowly diminished over the years the tech of the clubs and balls have increased enough to keep me at about the same distance. Give me a time machine and let me take my current Taylormade driver and current tech balls back to the 70's and I'm sure the college age me could have hit consistently over 300
What's your handicap?
Mechanics are definately true, but I thought clubhead speed still played a big deal in distance? glad you caught my friendly jab, but you would be on the Seniors tour.
Originally posted by: meltdown75
3-wood is all I ever use anymore too. I gladly sacrifice the 20 or 30 yards to be in the short stuff... or in bounds!Originally posted by: slsmnaz
I rarely hit a driver because of accuracy but on a good day about 280. I have pretty good control over my 3-wood and can poke it out about 230. That usually does the trick when playing from the front tees.
Originally posted by: GuitarDaddy
My current handicap is 7, could be lower but I only get to play 5-6 times a year any more.
clubhead speed is the determining factor for sure, my point is swing mechanics play a bigger role in clubhead speed than pure strength.
What I can't do anymore that I used to be able to is get an extra 20-30yds when I needed it by swinging hard.
Originally posted by: waggy
Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
I find that how ever far people think they hit it, if they actually had measured distance markers to reference, they'd find they were quite a bit shorter.
Also, keep in mind that many golf ranges cheat on the distance markers to make you think you are better than you are.
on cheap courses you are right. the markers are wrong.
But if you golf a lot odds are you are golfing on a good course. where the markers are right and you are consistant enough to know.
if someone is hitting a consistant 250-275yard accurate drive they know how far they are hitting from experiance.
I do agree with driving ranges. the local one i go to all the time has a 300 and 350 yard marker. i can hit the 300 yard marker without to much effort. i bet its around 250 yards. the 350 yard marker is maybe 20 yards past that but off to the side.
Originally posted by: slsmnaz
Originally posted by: meltdown75
3-wood is all I ever use anymore too. I gladly sacrifice the 20 or 30 yards to be in the short stuff... or in bounds!Originally posted by: slsmnaz
I rarely hit a driver because of accuracy but on a good day about 280. I have pretty good control over my 3-wood and can poke it out about 230. That usually does the trick when playing from the front tees.
Amazing how many don't realize that. I know where the ball is and have a better 2nd shot than most of my partners. I actually enjoy it a whole lot more playing from the fairway
Originally posted by: DT4K
Originally posted by: slsmnaz
Originally posted by: meltdown75
3-wood is all I ever use anymore too. I gladly sacrifice the 20 or 30 yards to be in the short stuff... or in bounds!Originally posted by: slsmnaz
I rarely hit a driver because of accuracy but on a good day about 280. I have pretty good control over my 3-wood and can poke it out about 230. That usually does the trick when playing from the front tees.
Amazing how many don't realize that. I know where the ball is and have a better 2nd shot than most of my partners. I actually enjoy it a whole lot more playing from the fairway
If I put down my driver and never hit anything more than a 5 iron, I'd probably score lower. But it would take something away from the game. Even if I'm inconsistent with my driver, it's the feeling I get from that one great drive that makes me want to keep playing.
Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: GuitarDaddy
My current handicap is 7, could be lower but I only get to play 5-6 times a year any more.
clubhead speed is the determining factor for sure, my point is swing mechanics play a bigger role in clubhead speed than pure strength.
What I can't do anymore that I used to be able to is get an extra 20-30yds when I needed it by swinging hard.
Not too shabby at all. I assume you're still playing Steel with a drive like that.
I've got something fundamentally screwed up in my swing - meaning I'm doing something wrong consistently....block to the right with Irons. Goal for this year is heavy lessons and custom fitted clubs.
Now that's more like it.Originally posted by: Softballslug
I've hit the pin on a par 4 - 424 yards. Slightly downhill......
That's certainly true, chances are at least half of the weekend golfers strokes are inside of 100.Originally posted by: slsmnaz
Originally posted by: DT4K
Originally posted by: slsmnaz
Originally posted by: meltdown75
3-wood is all I ever use anymore too. I gladly sacrifice the 20 or 30 yards to be in the short stuff... or in bounds!Originally posted by: slsmnaz
I rarely hit a driver because of accuracy but on a good day about 280. I have pretty good control over my 3-wood and can poke it out about 230. That usually does the trick when playing from the front tees.
Amazing how many don't realize that. I know where the ball is and have a better 2nd shot than most of my partners. I actually enjoy it a whole lot more playing from the fairway
If I put down my driver and never hit anything more than a 5 iron, I'd probably score lower. But it would take something away from the game. Even if I'm inconsistent with my driver, it's the feeling I get from that one great drive that makes me want to keep playing.
Well the game is different for everyone. I prefer to strive for the lowest score possible and keeping the driver covered helps me reach that goal. Hitting a driver 20 yds OB does not add to my enjoyment but hitting fairway-green-birdie/par does. More weekend golfers would be better served practicing from 20yds and in (or putting) than they are going to a range and bombing drives.
Originally posted by: DT4K
How about your average and your longest drive ever.
I probably average around 250, but only about 50% of my drives end up on the fairway. I could hit closer to 300 if I tried to smack it, but that 50% would drop to about 10%.
My longest drive was about 325. It was a 330 yd par 4 and I drove to the green. The green was slightly lower than the tee box, but it was uphill from the fairway to the green, so no rolling was involved. Picture a valley with the tee box on one side and the green on the other. Oh, and I also hit about 10 balls before I got one on the green. It was getting dark and time to go home, so I was just messing around seeing if I could hit that far.
Originally posted by: Gibsons
But I'm a little surprised these days when I see people keeping their drivers bagged. The modern big headed drivers really are a lot easier to hit. Easier than a 3 wood even imo.
Originally posted by: bella ragazza
I am good at putt-putt golf.