Joey's Golf Bag

This afternoon, I practiced at the Hank Haney Golf Ranch in Lewisville, on a sunny, warm spring day. There was a light, variable breeze that shifted in both strength and direction.

I started out hitting the new PCF Micro sand wedge to warm up, followed by the reshafted 770CFE pitching wedge, then working my way through the bag hitting every other club. I hit all the clubs well, including the 4-iron, but not the 4-wood or driver. I then hit several balls with each new iron, running down through the bag. It was immediately apparent that I hit the newly reshafted 770CFE irons better than I do the 550c irons, but I was surprised at how well I hit the 4-iron. Practicing and playing the 550c irons has made me a much better ball striker with the 770CFE irons. It looks like I hit all the iron pretty well with the 770CFE irons, whereas I can’t really hit the 4-iron well at all in the 550c set. So, I’d say my plan to practice with the 550c irons and play with the 770CFE irons is definitely the way to go, and that will be my plan moving forward.

I spent quite a bit of time working on the longer clubs today, especially the hybrid and 7-wood, which I’m hitting pretty well. I continue to struggle with the 4-wood and driver. The driver particularly mis-behaved today, hitting either low hooks or high slices. Yeech! 🙁

On the other hand, I continue to gain confidence with my new wedges, especially the PCF Micro WS lob wedge. I hit some really nice cut lobs with it off of fluffy lies, very consistent distance (other than one nasty one hit very thin). I also hit very nice cut lobs with the new PCF Micro sand wedge as well, so both clubs are now in the bag.

The putting green at Hank Haney continues to come out of dormancy, but I didn’t putt today, as it is still a bit bumpy and inconsistent. In a week or two it should be in good shape and a month from now should be back to the outstanding putting surface it was last year.