took it to the range today

[lamebums]

Read an old tip in Golf Magazine from last June titled "thumb your way to extra yards". So, I'd tried it - or something like it, sort of. My old grip had my left thumb pulled in, with the right one extended down the grip. So I reversed them - extended the left one and wrapped the right one around the grip. I really felt like I was about to lose the club, but man, did that ball fly a mile. I began immediately putting drives in the woods at the far end of the range (about 290 yards), and wedges went 135-140, easily.

Two problems, though - with a lot of my irons, I've lost any semblance of consistency. I began hitting a lot of thins and pulls, more so at first, fewer as I went through the buckets of balls, and the reverse problem I'd been struggling with all year - I'd always hit the ball way the hell off the toe, and suddenly I'm hitting it towards the heel, which brought the hosel into play. Not a problem until I pull out the sand wedge, though. $hank, $hank, $hank. :real angry:

 

[warbirdlover]

I've always been taught to grip it like you are now. Maybe that's why I shank.. shank... shank...

Really I think it's just a new and strange feeling that you'll get used to and all will be well in golfland.

 

[lamebums]

I've always been taught to grip it like you are now. Maybe that's why I shank.. shank... shank...

Really I think it's just a new and strange feeling that you'll get used to and all will be well in golfland.

Also at Dick's Sporting Goods, I fell in love with the TaylorMade Burner TP. Finally I know what to get for Christmas. :laugh:

 

[SilverUberXeno]

They carry the TP at Dick's? I haven't seen a tour anything in there other than FT-3's. Interesting..

 

[Eracer]

They carry the TP at Dick's? I haven't seen a tour anything in there other than FT-3's. Interesting..

I just grabbed a used R5 TP with a Daimana 83s R-flex Blueboard to demo. Curious to see what happens. I get a week to demo it. Not sure I'm going to like a 77g shaft, but we'll see.

I've been back with my R7 425 (R-flex RE*AX shaft) and it's been good, but I feel like I'm overpowering that shaft a bit.

 

[VtDivot]

Read an old tip in Golf Magazine from last June titled "thumb your way to extra yards". So, I'd tried it - or something like it, sort of. My old grip had my left thumb pulled in, with the right one extended down the grip. So I reversed them - extended the left one and wrapped the right one around the grip. I really felt like I was about to lose the club, but man, did that ball fly a mile. I began immediately putting drives in the woods at the far end of the range (about 290 yards), and wedges went 135-140, easily.

Two problems, though - with a lot of my irons, I've lost any semblance of consistency. I began hitting a lot of thins and pulls, more so at first, fewer as I went through the buckets of balls, and the reverse problem I'd been struggling with all year - I'd always hit the ball way the hell off the toe, and suddenly I'm hitting it towards the heel, which brought the hosel into play. Not a problem until I pull out the sand wedge, though. $hank, $hank, $hank. :real angry:

My right hand is barely on the club, maybe my middle finger and the lower pad of my thumb and that's it.

 

[Eracer]

My right hand is barely on the club, maybe my middle finger and the lower pad of my thumb and that's it.

That's not what Santa says...:laugh:

 

[lamebums]

They carry the TP at Dick's? I haven't seen a tour anything in there other than FT-3's. Interesting..

They certainly did. I'm not really amp'd about the RE-AX X-stiff shaft (I'd probably have to pull it and replace it with a stiff) and the ball came out pretty low, and it was the loudest driver I'd ever hit, but man did it feel good when I made contact.

I also found out that by changing my grip I swing much closer to the ground through impact. I found out that embarrassingly when I hit a complete whiff - I took out the tee and the ball just dropped the two inches to the ground, staring at me as if I were a big dog but hitting like a little puppy. :laugh: