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Re: Pinemeadow equipment

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Sounds like your course management isn't costing you anything.
Sounds like a wedge fitting may help (esp. with bunker play. The right wedges make a huge difference).
You list driver as fair, but note you hit a good number of fairways. Those could be two mutually exclusive things. When you miss with your driver, is it because driver was a poor play (mental) or that you simply didn't control it? (equipment/swing)

The other fitting that most people completely ignore is a putter fitting. The one club we use the most, and most people just trial and error it.

In reality, we should all look like Ben Crenshaw or Tiger Woods at address.

Two pics of crenshaw - once when he was older, one when he was younger:

[image]http://www.bencrenshaw.com/images/PuttYoung.jpg[/image]
[image]http://www.bencrenshaw.com/images/PuttOlder.jpg[/image]

There's a reason why he's considered a fantastic putter. He sets up comfortably, then simply strokes what he sees. He's completely mechanical-thought-free when putting. But from a biomechanics point of view, both he and Tiger put themselves into a position which allows the body to move most naturally - so the body and brain can put more energy into putting.

Having a putter that fits is part of this equation.
I play my wedges OK Ben, I have some Mizuno MP R wedges and they are top notch, as I said I am good at 120 in and my pitching and chipping is pretty good. The new club I play at has many difficult bunkers and I was not practiced enough at sand play, it was not bad but not good either. I have taken some lessons, practiced and now can get out quite well.

When I say fair with my driver I mean it is OK but not the best part of my game, I prefer to hit 240/60 fairways than hit long into the woods. Bad driver shot is a smother but not that often.

I play a Ping G5i B60 putter and love it.

Generally I am happy with my kit now.
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Re: Pinemeadow equipment

Well, I would think that a TLT fitted set may get you down a point or two, may help with the smother hooks (but I wager these are overactive hands and poor tempo), but you're certainly not going to start shooting 65.

It sounds like you've adapted to your set quite nicely.

But here's what TLT does - or at least a recent 'eye opener' that I've experienced:

I bought a set of Nike Pro Combos to see how TLT played with .355t heads, and just how adjustable and MOI-able they are, to see just how good I can make an OEM set that comes through the door.

Before I got these irons home, I had to pick them up in Florida (aw, shucks). So, after playing TLT for a little over a year, I played some conventional irons.

The most comfortable iron to hold was the 6. The 7 was alright, the 5 was ok, but the 6 was the bees knees. The 3 iron was far too long - I played it choked down for the week I was there, which helped but wasn't perfect. The issue came when I had to grab my 8, 9, or PW - all far too short. I felt really bent over and really out of balance. Needless to say, I was trying to leave myself about 170 in every time I played. I was more inconsistent with the clubs outside of the 6 and 7 than I've been all year. It made me realise the consistency that TLT brings to my game.

Predictably enough, when I got my irons home and spec'd them out, they matched up perfectly to my TLT 7 iron (both at 61° lie angles).

I've asked Dan again - and have started asking on other forums about those that have gone to TLT clubs - if anyone has asked for their old clubs back; so far the answer is unanimously 'no'.
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I don't know much about True Length Technology, my current irons are all progressively different length shafts (Nippon NS Pro 950) right through to the matched 3 and 4 hybrids.

Hey Ben, Jeez! I don't have a smother problem, If I hit a bad one with my driver which is not very often, that's it. Surely we all hit a bad one now and then, Tiger does. Why do I feel on the couch here
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Re: Pinemeadow equipment

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I don't know much about True Length Technology, my current irons are all progressively different length shafts (Nippon NS Pro 950) right through to the matched 3 and 4 hybrids.

Hey Ben, Jeez! I don't have a smother problem, If I hit a bad one with my driver which is not very often, that's it. Surely we all hit a bad one now and then, Tiger does. Why do I feel on the couch here
OK, so the smother is your miss.

That's OK, too. LOL

Long story short, TLT puts you in one constant address position and keeps the ball the same distance from your toe line for every full swing club. So you swing each club from your most athletic, balanced, stable position - allowing for maximum power transfer to the ball and increased ballstriking consistency. It mathematically correlates lengths to evenly progressive lie angles to make sure that you can setup the same way with each full swing club.

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