Tour or non?

[BigJim13]

I anything I would pick the head that looks best to me at address!

 

[anonymous golfaholic]

I always work the ball. I always try to take one side of the hole out of play. I have to have a specific shot in mind before I can address the ball. If I have options, I'll go with whatever shot I'm hitting better that day. If I hit a straight shot, it was an accident.

 

[LBlack14]

I always work the ball. I always try to take one side of the hole out of play. I have to have a specific shot in mind before I can address the ball. If I have options, I'll go with whatever shot I'm hitting better that day. If I hit a straight shot, it was an accident.

Bubba....is that you?

 

[anonymous golfaholic]

Bubba....is that you?

It makes golf more fun. You should try it.

 

[nututhugame]

With the correct swing it's not like a 460 wont have some draw/fade to it, just a little less than the tour maybe. Where a 460 will help a little is on off center hits the distance wont suffer as bad and maybe not be as off line. I have a 430cc tour driver now that I plan on keeping even when I do get a new one, that's why I was kind of leaning towards the 460 for the Covert.

There are a couple other shaft options that are no upcharge and will probably be a better fit than the Kuro Kage Black for me (I suspect). The tip section and torque # on that Black concern me and that's the stock shaft in the non-tour. I've come to find out that there is a ProjectX and Ahina that were made for some of Nike's drivers from last year that are no upcharge and would be lower spin options than the KK Black. If the fitting confirms what I suspect i'll most likely be getting the non-tour with either the ProjectX or Ahina.

 

[nututhugame]

It makes golf more fun. You should try it.

Being everywhere but the fairway is not all it's hyped up to be... I have tried it. It sucks.

 

[anonymous golfaholic]

Being everywhere but the fairway is not all it's hyped up to be... I have tried it. It sucks.

I can't tell you first hand, but I hear being in the fairway all the time is boring.

 

[nututhugame]

I can't tell you first hand, but I hear being in the fairway all the time is boring.

On a serious note, it is hard to evaluate ones iron and/or wedge play when they're hardly ever playing from the fairway. I have gotten pretty good at hitting recovery hooks with the irons and hybrid though. I miss to the right sometimes, but usually not enough to have to play out of trees. When I miss left though, I make it worth my while!

 

[azgreg]

I always thought the saying "Drive for show, putt for dough" was bullshyt. At one time when I was driving the ball very poorly (and scoring poor as a result) I did an experiment. After my drive, I moved the ball from it's crappy area of landing to the fairway (no closer to the hole). My scores improved drastically. it showed me that if you can't get off the tee, you won't have the opportunity to "putt for dough".

 

[anonymous golfaholic]

In all seriousness, I feel like if you can hit a draw or a fade, that it makes it easier to hit more fairways. I always play the percentage, so a lot of time I'm laying up, but when I do hit driver I need my miss to be in a safe place. Also, if the hole is a dogleg or just favors one shot type over the other, then it effectively makes the fairway larger to work the ball towards a favored direction. If you have a dogleg left, then you have a small target if you can only hit a fade, but a draw will give you more room for error. If you have water right, then I can line up just left of the hazard then work the ball away from trouble. Taking out one half of the hole is very helpful. Then when I get to a straight, wide-open fairway, I'll just hit whatever shot I happen to be hitting better at the time.

I can't be the only person on this board that plays that way. No one else here likes to shape shots?

 

[anonymous golfaholic]

And no, I don't think head size matters that much when it comes to working the ball. I happen to hit the smaller driver in the Titleist line only because I like the way it looks at address. I also feel like off-center hits are trouble no matter what of size club you're using because of roll over and gear effect. A bad shot is a bad shot.

 

[BigJim13]

I would like to shape shots more, I just don't play enough to have that consistency.

 

[azgreg]

In all seriousness, I feel like if you can hit a draw or a fade, that it makes it easier to hit more fairways. I always play the percentage, so a lot of time I'm laying up, but when I do hit driver I need my miss to be in a safe place. Also, if the hole is a dogleg or just favors one shot type over the other, then it effectively makes the fairway larger to work the ball towards a favored direction. If you have a dogleg left, then you have a small target if you can only hit a fade, but a draw will give you more room for error. If you have water right, then I can line up just left of the hazard then work the ball away from trouble. Taking out one half of the hole is very helpful. Then when I get to a straight, wide-open fairway, I'll just hit whatever shot I happen to be hitting better at the time.

I can't be the only person on this board that plays that way. No one else here likes to shape shots?

No, you're not. I play for a draw on every drive. However, when I miss it's either a big block right (rarely) or a big hook left. Either way I'm in trouble and not able to "putt for dough".

 

[anonymous golfaholic]

No, you're not. I play for a draw on every drive. However, when I miss it's either a big block right (rarely) or a big hook left. Either way I'm in trouble and not able to "putt for dough".

Why would you play for a draw on every drive? Why not play your strengths and the percentages? I say, know your game and play the shot that has the highest percentage of hitting the fairway or safe territory...because the safest spot might not be dead centrr of the fairway. See Phil on 18 this week. He was happy to be over by the grandstands, it was away from trouble.

 

[azgreg]

Because I can't hit a fade (on purpose) to save my life.