Translating Range Performance onto the Course

[forensicd]

Re: Translating Range Performance onto the Course

So heres my quandry. Im a mid-high 70s golfer, have been golfing about 4 years now, and Im 6 foot 6. I had a pair of Callaway x-16 steelhead irons, but just didnt feel them, as I prefer a heavier feeling head. So, I custom ordered a set of 2006 big berthas 2 inches taller than normal, and a few other changes. Im having buyers remorse however, as i feel the clubs will hinder vs help me, as they seem to be for higher handicappers. I have my off days, but even then I shoot mid 80s is all, and never above 90, so I fear that I have chosen the wrong clubs, evben though they feel great weight wise. Any opinions? I dont need extra length at all, thats not the problem., so hopefully I wont be upset with them.

[sroz39]

Re: Translating Range Performance onto the Course

So heres my quandry. Im a mid-high 70s golfer, have been golfing about 4 years now, and Im 6 foot 6. I had a pair of Callaway x-16 steelhead irons, but just didnt feel them, as I prefer a heavier feeling head. So, I custom ordered a set of 2006 big berthas 2 inches taller than normal, and a few other changes. Im having buyers remorse however, as i feel the clubs will hinder vs help me, as they seem to be for higher handicappers. I have my off days, but even then I shoot mid 80s is all, and never above 90, so I fear that I have chosen the wrong clubs, evben though they feel great weight wise. Any opinions? I dont need extra length at all, thats not the problem., so hopefully I wont be upset with them.

With the scores you're shooting, you should be using smaller and thinner irons, not bigger. The clubs you have now are definitely made for higher handicappers. Their sole purpose is to be forgiving and get the ball in the air, not for shaping shots and getting spin on the ball. I don't know what to tell you other than get them out of your bag as soon as it's feasible financially to do so. You will not enjoy the game as much and may pick up some bad habits along the way that will hurt your game in the long run.

[fishepa]

Re: Translating Range Performance onto the Course

You've only been golfing 4 years and you shoot in the mid-high 70's??? Wow

[forensicd]

Re: Translating Range Performance onto the Course

You've only been golfing 4 years and you shoot in the mid-high 70's??? Wow

Yea, I took to it really well, and since have become obsessed with it. I eat sleep and dream golf. I used to be a basketball player in college, but due to hip and knee issues, I no longer could play bball anymore, so I took up golf. I think having an atheltic backgound is a huge advantage in golf, as it takes alot of muscle discipline and timing. Yesterday I shot a 74 on my home course (which is about all i play) and everything felt great, but this was with my old Callaway x-16's, my berthas come in this week. I think the biggest help with my new clubs will be the length of the shaft, as I have always used stock lengths, and being 6'6" I am always bending way to far over. I wanted to get the new x-20s, but they were about 100 more and I didnt think the wife would have taken to that too well. With my home course, however, it seems almost every hole is Driver then wedge, as the longest hole is a par 5 580, most par 4s are around 340, some up to 420. I average around 280-300 a drive, so its usually drive and pitch.

[fistofrage]

Re: Translating Range Performance onto the Course

Yea, I took to it really well, and since have become obsessed with it. I eat sleep and dream golf. I used to be a basketball player in college, but due to hip and knee issues, I no longer could play bball anymore, so I took up golf. I think having an atheltic backgound is a huge advantage in golf, as it takes alot of muscle discipline and timing. Yesterday I shot a 74 on my home course (which is about all i play) and everything felt great, but this was with my old Callaway x-16's, my berthas come in this week. I think the biggest help with my new clubs will be the length of the shaft, as I have always used stock lengths, and being 6'6" I am always bending way to far over. I wanted to get the new x-20s, but they were about 100 more and I didnt think the wife would have taken to that too well. With my home course, however, it seems almost every hole is Driver then wedge, as the longest hole is a par 5 580, most par 4s are around 340, some up to 420. I average around 280-300 a drive, so its usually drive and pitch.

I'm in the same boat, I'm 6'4 1/2 and I use extended clubs too. I usaed to belong to a course that was 6150 and I would usually be around 74 - 78, in fact if I would shoot more than 39 on the front, I would just start over or go practice instead of finishing out the round when I was playing by myself because the goal was always to par the course. Shot under on both 9's consistantly but never at the same time.

Anyway, I joined a course 2 years ago thats 6680 from the whites and 7090 from the blues. Needless to say for me 80 is a good score there because the approach shots into a 440 yard par 4 are 5 irons. There aren't really any doglegs so the yardage is true and the par 5's are 539, 561,568, and 602 from the Whites!

Anyway its funner to play a course where you have to use every club in the bag. If you are using just driver wedge, I would play some longer courses before you make judgement on the irons.

[Hack22]

Re: Translating Range Performance onto the Course

ive been going a lot mroe now and im shootin 100-110 range. My biggest problem now is when im under 100 yards from the green and tryin to put the ball on the green. I dunno how may birdie attempts i messed up by hittin the ball over the green or not hittin it hard enough

also when im like right off the fringe and neve know how hard to swing. I alwasy tap it and it gos no where so now im putting from way out