Originally Posted by
user34615145
Golf game is coming around. Spent some $$$ this winter on a set 10 of lessons from GolfTec. Took your advice and spread them out over the course of about 15 weeks with lots of practice on the range and in the simulator to get things dialed in. Completely changed my swing. I'm able to draw and fade the ball pretty much on command...but there are still times I block out a draw and leave it off to the right, or pull a fade (that doesn't fade) into the water on the left...but overall it's much better.
I've never been one to subscribe to the notion of spending lots of money on clubs in the hopes that it would magically make me a scratch player. Nope, I figured it would just make me that guy with expensive new clubs that still played like crap. But my instructor fitted me for clubs and told me that (1) the clubs I had, which I bought used, were made for someone about 6" taller than me and (2) a new set of clubs would really improve my game. I tested out best with the Callway Apex steel shafts 2% flat lie, and he quoted me $1200 for a 4-9, PW, AW.....I said "Thank you very much" and found the same set on line for $800 brand new. Also bought a new driver - the Great Big Bertha witha 9.5 degree loft. It's a nice solid driver w/out that hollow "ping" feel and sound that a lot of metal woods have. It has a definite draw bias, so with my new swing I have to be careful not to hook my drives - a problem I never had before - in fact just the opposite.
My Swing Caddie analyzer says I'm getting 105-108 or so clubhead speed on my driver and I can hit them out there about 230-240 on the fly....who knows, with a helping breeze and some roll when the ground gets hard this summer, maybe I can get 300? Hey if you are gonna dream, why not dream big, eh?
Anyway, that's the scoop with the golf. Sorry to hear about your rotator cuff. Hopefully it'll still allow you to swing a club...throwing and hitting are two completely different motions.