Last evening at the range, after hitting half a bucket of irons, I decided to work on my driving.
So I pulled out my little radar speed thingy, set it up, and put my normal 80% swing on it. 85 mph :(
That's when I decided right there.....from now on with the driver, I'm going all out, full tilt boogie, petal to the metal, balls to the wall.
OK, let's rip one.........POW!! 80mph. :(
Well, at least it looked good in the air.
Okie, dokie, let's get serious..........92 mph, 99 mph!!!!!, 106mph!!!!!
That was my highest and it actually went straight.Carry on that monster was about 240 yards.
The guy next to me wanted to try it, and he was consistently hitting 116-118 mph, carrying the ball 260-280 yards, but some of them were major curve balls. On a real golf course he would have been in the woods a LOT.
So today, besides nursing my aching back, I'm trying to figue out how the heck I managed to get one over the magic number. I think it was a combination of things: a big turn back, a big hip turn down, no chicken wing left arm, good timing, hitting the ball with a bowed left wrist, and trying to really whip that right hand through at impact.
I cannot imagine trying to hit an iron or fairway wood that hard; more than likely I would whiff.


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Carry on that monster was about 240 yards.
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