(09-02-2021, 04:56 PM)homebiscuit Wrote: I got to play one hole of golf with my son today before the sky opened up and ruined everything. It was a par 3, 156 to the center with the pin in back. I pull a 6 iron. My son is natural ball striker. Body rotation, lag, swing plane and release just come naturally to him. He instinctively understands the mechanics of launching a golf ball. I asked him kiddingly if he was going to use a gap wedge. He laughed and said no, then teed off and hit a beautiful arc to the center of the green with little effort.

"What are you swinging?"
"A 9 iron."

Punk.

Young people.  

A friend asked me the other day, "Do we ever go over the green with an approach shot?"  I said, no, never, and more than half the time we're short of the green.  

So I've finally figured out that I'm over-estimating my distances with various clubs because I assume I'm going to hit the ball solidly, which doesn't happen but about 20% of the time, so if I had that 156 yard shot, what I do now is take a club that I think goes 165, inevitably mis-hit it, and get 155 as a result.  That seems to work sometimes.  If it goes straight. 

I was watching the Tour Championship yesterday, and Bryson DeChambeau hit an 8-iron to a pin that was more than 200 yards away.  8-iron!

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