Hi All,
Well we are
well and truly into the summer now and with the good weather we are having and
the long days there's no excuse to not get out on the course to practice.
That's what I've been doing, remembering all the advice from Darren and trying
to produce it on the course.
I had a bit of a disaster
with my driver last week. I was lifting my clubs out of the car and heard a
crack, on investigation I found the shaft had broke. So it looks like I'll be
purchasing a new one. I spoke to Darren about it and he said he would help me
get fitted for a new driver. So for my penultimate lesson with Darren this week he
has had me on the latest piece of equipment which the club have purchased. The'
Foresight golf performance simulator' is a machine that measures how you strike
the ball. It accurately collates data when you hit the golf ball measuring the
speed, loft , distance ,side and back spin of the ball and by altering the
different shafts and heads of the
club it can pick the right one to suit
your swing. I have been having a bit of
trouble getting off the tee with my driver so perhaps it's a blessing in
disguise that I broke it. I started off
very poorly not getting much distance at all so Darren told me to put more
weight on my back leg and instead of hitting down on the ball he said get the feeling of hitting up. After a
couple of tries I got the idea and finished up hitting the ball further and
straighter. The club I was using was the latest Titleist 913 10.5 degree which
has the technology to enable you to alter the head to give 1.5 degrees more
loft (12.0) or 0.75 degree less loft. As I tend to slice the ball setting the
club with more loft takes out the side spin thus giving you more chance of
hitting the ball straighter. I really like the club but I'm going to try other
makes before I make up my mind. Still I took the driver on the course on
Saturday in a Stableford competition and guess what I got 21 points on the
front nine. Unfortunately I didn't score on two holes on the back nine but shot
a score of 36 points playing to my handicap. Seems like all the hard work is at
last paying off.
Cheers
Mel
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