Joey's Golf Bag

This afternoon after work, I practiced at the Golden Bear Golf Center, on a wonderfully warm and breezy afternoon. I’d planned to have a full practice session, and I did manage to practice my full swing and short game, but no time for putting or chipping. The bunker is closed for renovation, so no sand shots possible.

I warmed up by hitting a few balls with the 7-iron. I was a bit rusty at first but soon started to hit the ball straight, but very high and short. Since I’ve been hitting the driver and the fairway woods pretty well, I decided to trot out the Toski driver, 3- and 5-woods that I built a while back with stiff shafts. I alternated the Nike SasQuatch driver with the Toski T-6 driver, and then alternated the Nike SasQuatch 3-wood and the Toski T-6 3-wood. Verdict: I still can’t hit a stiff shaft, so these clubs go back in the closet.

Next, I went through the irons, and I was pleased that I hit all the irons well except for the 4-iron (kept hitting low hooks) and the 5-iron was a bit mixed; otherwise, struck the ball quite well, though distance was shorter than usual. I then got out the wedges and worked on a variety of short wedge shots, including low bump and run shots with the pitching wedge. I definitely will need a lot more work before I use that shot on the course. I also had a pretty rough day with the wedges, hitting a lot of balls fat. I still have to get that worked out. I’m pleased with the new wedges when I do manage to put a good swing on the ball, but my wedge swing is really crappy at the moment and the concrete-hard ground on the range didn’t help.

I had a few balls left, so I got out the SasQuatch driver and really whaled on the ball. I hit the ball high and far (for me 😎 ), but had some difficulty getting properly aligned, which led to my main fault being a push.

I was pleased to see my iron swing pretty much back to normal today, I just wish I could get my wedge swing back in order. A good day of practice on a fine afternoon!