gpo
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- Jun 2, 2008
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Let's take two golfers. Bill & Ted. Bill and Ted are both decent golfers with Handicaps in the 11-16 range. They have a general understaning of the golf swing. The know inside/out goes one way and outside/in goes a different way. They have both been playing for say 6 to 9 years. They generally play 3.5 times a month for 6 months of the year. They hit the range about 3 times a month for practice while usually hitting at least a small bucket before the round. Maybe the chip and putt for about 2 hours a month. They both have decent clubs. Let's say their irons are 6 years old. Wedges are 2 years old. Driver is 4 years old. So you might have an idea of what they are gaming.
Let's give them each $1500 to spend on golf.
Bill takes the $1500 and runs out and buys himself a set of AP1s, TM Burner driver and 3w and some new wedges and if he has anything leftover he picks up a new putter. But for the most part his play and practice stays the same. Maybe he gets to playing 4 to 4.5 times a month.
Ted takes a different approach. Ted spends $200 on 2 to 4 lessons. He then spends about $400 on his significant other. He then spends the other $900 on hitting the range and getting a shagbag and some balls. He also moves to playing 4 to 4.5 times a month. But now he is practicing like 3 times a week for 2 hours at a time(hence spending money on the wife)
Let's say we started this experiment at the beginning of the season. At the end of the season who do you think is shooting lower scores.
My guess would be Ted.
See I was lucky enough that 32 years ago Dad put a club in my hand and buried a tin cup in the backyard. I hit balls at that cup and when the backyard was too small I hit balls in the field behind my house. I am 37 now. I have hit tons of balls. Nowhere near the amount a tour player has hit, but over time by trial and error and reading books and articles I learned about the golf swing. I can slice/fade and draw/hook a driver whenever I want. With other clubs as well, but it is easier with a driver. I could not always do that, but I ingrained what each swing was like in my muscle memory.
My point is it would do most people more good to practice more than to run out and get new clubs. I think all too often we look to clubs to fix our problems. Like if we slice all the time we buy a driver that is closed faced or draw driver. Why not spend the time to stop slicing. In the long run you will be better off.
Just my thoughts.
Let's give them each $1500 to spend on golf.
Bill takes the $1500 and runs out and buys himself a set of AP1s, TM Burner driver and 3w and some new wedges and if he has anything leftover he picks up a new putter. But for the most part his play and practice stays the same. Maybe he gets to playing 4 to 4.5 times a month.
Ted takes a different approach. Ted spends $200 on 2 to 4 lessons. He then spends about $400 on his significant other. He then spends the other $900 on hitting the range and getting a shagbag and some balls. He also moves to playing 4 to 4.5 times a month. But now he is practicing like 3 times a week for 2 hours at a time(hence spending money on the wife)
Let's say we started this experiment at the beginning of the season. At the end of the season who do you think is shooting lower scores.
My guess would be Ted.
See I was lucky enough that 32 years ago Dad put a club in my hand and buried a tin cup in the backyard. I hit balls at that cup and when the backyard was too small I hit balls in the field behind my house. I am 37 now. I have hit tons of balls. Nowhere near the amount a tour player has hit, but over time by trial and error and reading books and articles I learned about the golf swing. I can slice/fade and draw/hook a driver whenever I want. With other clubs as well, but it is easier with a driver. I could not always do that, but I ingrained what each swing was like in my muscle memory.
My point is it would do most people more good to practice more than to run out and get new clubs. I think all too often we look to clubs to fix our problems. Like if we slice all the time we buy a driver that is closed faced or draw driver. Why not spend the time to stop slicing. In the long run you will be better off.
Just my thoughts.