A few weeks ago I ventured down to Markham to check out Swank Studio as Jeff Swain is a good friend of mine and my pal Mike is getting his Callaway driver re-shafted there. We get down there nice and early, no one there for a change!
Hit a few balls as I need to get a shaft for a 907D2 that I picked up over the winter. Seems I have a fundamental swing flaw... coming over the top kind of, more outside in and it's causing a wicked pull hook. Late last year I had started aiming down the left side or 10 yards left of the left edge of fairway just to fight this super power fade that came out of nowhere.
A very helpful person who happened to pop into Swank saw what was happening and offered some advice. He gave me a drill and showed me what I was doing and why it wouldn't help me if I wanted to keep going forward. This very helpful gentleman is named Billy Walsh, he's one of the Assistant Professionals at Beacon Hall (an absolute gem of a private course in Ontario), Billy is a good teacher as well as a kickass player (he won the Ontario PGA Class A Championship last year and finished 4th on the money list). I'm trying to get a few lessons booked with Billy, see if he can help ingrain some positive swing thoughts/motions.
Anyhoo..... Mike got the Cally, he seemed to be happy with it, he's in Texas now fishing and golfing with some buddies (lucky SOB). He'll be back next weekend and bragging for at least a week or two. After Swank we hit Nevada Bob's in Pickering, didn't see anything I needed to grab but they did have a Scotty 2.7 in there... very, very nice stick. Grabbed a bite at Lonestar, decent steak and a very nice lime margarita, only minor ice cream brain freeze but it was well worth it.
When we finally got to Golf Town in Whitby I had wedges and hybrids on my list. As far as wedges, I've been playing Vokey 200 Satins for the past 2 years and while they're great, there is a lot of glare on the clubface if it's bright and sunny out. So I wanted to look at the new Vokey Black Nickel finish wedges and the new Cleveland CG14 Black Pearls.... while both models are very nice, the Black Pearls caught my eye without fail. Great matte finish, they've improved the face grooves also, the price worked so I wanted them. Turns out they didn't have both models I need, 50' and a 54', so they were great and ordered the 50', which I just picked up on Sunday.
I've been using no-name hybrids lately and while they're fine, I didn't think I was getting the best result like you can find in OEM gear. Over the winter I picked up an Adams Pro Gold 18', needs a shaft but not till I fix or feel better about my swing. On Sunday though I found a nice Nickent 3DX Ironwood with a UST V2 shaft for $70, the shaft alone is worth $50... ? Easy to hit in the sim, had great results there, as long as I was taking the club back inside and making a relaxed move, plus I've been working staggering my feet to move my right foot back a little, so my stance isn't so squared up.
Oh yeah got a box of Srixon Z-URC's, they're last year's models but they'll last till some time into June. ;-) *crosses fingers*
that's it for now, let me know what you guys think and what changes you've made to your equipment over the winter. Or if there is anything else you're doing differently or working on for this summer. What is your goal this year? golf more? lower scores? straighter tee shots? few putts?
lemme know! peace!
Hit a few balls as I need to get a shaft for a 907D2 that I picked up over the winter. Seems I have a fundamental swing flaw... coming over the top kind of, more outside in and it's causing a wicked pull hook. Late last year I had started aiming down the left side or 10 yards left of the left edge of fairway just to fight this super power fade that came out of nowhere.
A very helpful person who happened to pop into Swank saw what was happening and offered some advice. He gave me a drill and showed me what I was doing and why it wouldn't help me if I wanted to keep going forward. This very helpful gentleman is named Billy Walsh, he's one of the Assistant Professionals at Beacon Hall (an absolute gem of a private course in Ontario), Billy is a good teacher as well as a kickass player (he won the Ontario PGA Class A Championship last year and finished 4th on the money list). I'm trying to get a few lessons booked with Billy, see if he can help ingrain some positive swing thoughts/motions.
Anyhoo..... Mike got the Cally, he seemed to be happy with it, he's in Texas now fishing and golfing with some buddies (lucky SOB). He'll be back next weekend and bragging for at least a week or two. After Swank we hit Nevada Bob's in Pickering, didn't see anything I needed to grab but they did have a Scotty 2.7 in there... very, very nice stick. Grabbed a bite at Lonestar, decent steak and a very nice lime margarita, only minor ice cream brain freeze but it was well worth it.
When we finally got to Golf Town in Whitby I had wedges and hybrids on my list. As far as wedges, I've been playing Vokey 200 Satins for the past 2 years and while they're great, there is a lot of glare on the clubface if it's bright and sunny out. So I wanted to look at the new Vokey Black Nickel finish wedges and the new Cleveland CG14 Black Pearls.... while both models are very nice, the Black Pearls caught my eye without fail. Great matte finish, they've improved the face grooves also, the price worked so I wanted them. Turns out they didn't have both models I need, 50' and a 54', so they were great and ordered the 50', which I just picked up on Sunday.
I've been using no-name hybrids lately and while they're fine, I didn't think I was getting the best result like you can find in OEM gear. Over the winter I picked up an Adams Pro Gold 18', needs a shaft but not till I fix or feel better about my swing. On Sunday though I found a nice Nickent 3DX Ironwood with a UST V2 shaft for $70, the shaft alone is worth $50... ? Easy to hit in the sim, had great results there, as long as I was taking the club back inside and making a relaxed move, plus I've been working staggering my feet to move my right foot back a little, so my stance isn't so squared up.
Oh yeah got a box of Srixon Z-URC's, they're last year's models but they'll last till some time into June. ;-) *crosses fingers*
that's it for now, let me know what you guys think and what changes you've made to your equipment over the winter. Or if there is anything else you're doing differently or working on for this summer. What is your goal this year? golf more? lower scores? straighter tee shots? few putts?
lemme know! peace!
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