On the advice of Lyle directed at WBL I decided to try out the Noodle Ice, Lyle says they work better for those of us with slower swing speeds & I don't break 95mph. Anyhoo this is how it went down today, played 9 holes after work with a buddy & I used an orange noodle since Wally world didn't have any white ones. I used strictly 3w or iron off the tee for the 1st 8 holes & this was the result
1-fir & gir
2-fir & gir
3-par 3 missed green
4-fir & gir
5-missed but made gir
6-par 3 gir
7-missed & no gir
8-missed & no gir
9-fir & gir
Thats 4 holes with fir & 6 gir's. I have never had 6 gir's in an 18 hole rd much less a mere 9 holes. The noodle ice worked very nicely & with the 3w I was hitting it 215yds, what struck me was the difference w my 5 iron, normally I am 175 yds max with that club & today I had 2 shots, 1 off the tee & another from the fairway that were between 180 & 185 yds. The ball really seemed to respond well to my swing & I have to say it performed beautifully. Hopefully it's not just a placebo effect & this will continue. Also on the 9th I finally decided to use driver & attempt to clear the trees on the dogleg left which saves a bunch of yardage. Easily cleared them & landed on the fairway exactly 199yds from the hole on a 460 yd hole....now I know it wasn't a 260 yd drive since I cut the corner but it was still a nice shot that set me up very nicely for the 6th GIR.
Now for the bad & you guys may get a kick outta this, I shot a 45 for 9 holes & you may be saying...but you had 6 girs! Yep & I also couldn't putt to save my life today, frickin 5 holes where I 3 putted. Shot a 45 total & 22 of them were putts!!!!! Pull my head outta my ass & putt like I know I can & this rd easily could have been a 37-38. I am thinking that maybe the oddball orange color was throwing my putting off, at least that's the story i'm going with.
Oh well it's water under the bridge now & I have say for now the Noodle Ice balls are a winner. Will pick up the white version of these & see how they perform over a period of a couple weeks.
1-fir & gir
2-fir & gir
3-par 3 missed green
4-fir & gir
5-missed but made gir
6-par 3 gir
7-missed & no gir
8-missed & no gir
9-fir & gir
Thats 4 holes with fir & 6 gir's. I have never had 6 gir's in an 18 hole rd much less a mere 9 holes. The noodle ice worked very nicely & with the 3w I was hitting it 215yds, what struck me was the difference w my 5 iron, normally I am 175 yds max with that club & today I had 2 shots, 1 off the tee & another from the fairway that were between 180 & 185 yds. The ball really seemed to respond well to my swing & I have to say it performed beautifully. Hopefully it's not just a placebo effect & this will continue. Also on the 9th I finally decided to use driver & attempt to clear the trees on the dogleg left which saves a bunch of yardage. Easily cleared them & landed on the fairway exactly 199yds from the hole on a 460 yd hole....now I know it wasn't a 260 yd drive since I cut the corner but it was still a nice shot that set me up very nicely for the 6th GIR.
Now for the bad & you guys may get a kick outta this, I shot a 45 for 9 holes & you may be saying...but you had 6 girs! Yep & I also couldn't putt to save my life today, frickin 5 holes where I 3 putted. Shot a 45 total & 22 of them were putts!!!!! Pull my head outta my ass & putt like I know I can & this rd easily could have been a 37-38. I am thinking that maybe the oddball orange color was throwing my putting off, at least that's the story i'm going with.
Oh well it's water under the bridge now & I have say for now the Noodle Ice balls are a winner. Will pick up the white version of these & see how they perform over a period of a couple weeks.