Word of the day - wood
Playing partners - Vak, Rich, Freddie
Waking up at 6am on May 23, you expect cool weather. Maybe 65 degrees. Maybe 60.
Not 49!!
Seriously - I had put my warm weather gear away.
So, I layered up and headed out.
The new weaker grip is starting to work.
Of course, I don't like to make things easy, so I tested out a new driver - the Cobra Fly-Z. I had tried it at the range the day before, and liked it. So, why not really mess up my driving? Right?
By tee time, it was a balmy 53 degrees. My drive (old driver) was pushed to the right. I tried to hit my sand wedge over the trees to the fairway - and it went FAR. Way across the fairway.
Now I tried to bump out to the fairway. For this I always use my 4 wood. Lined up nice, swing, click, boom - hits a tree dead center and it bounced right back.
Nice (remember the word of the day).
I think I nailed 7-8 trees today. It was ugly.
As was the new driver (ugly). What I did was first tee off with MY driver, and then hit the test driver.
The Cobra almost always pushed to the right. Sometimes a downright hook.
However, on the 8th hole, I blasted it a good 25 yards past my drive. But, I put it permanently away by the back 9.
Frustrating.
(This didn't help my game)
I am starting to figure out my new distances. 16th hole, a par 3 - had 146 to the middle. I hit my 8-iron, and it carried past center. My 7 would have flown the green.
NICE!
The greens seemed to be healing. The 4th green (still closed) looked pretty good. I think another week or two and it will be open.
But, some of the greens on the back 9 were horrible.
Especially 18.
As I've written before, the 18th hole is a long playing par 4 - an uphill 430 yards.
My second shot I laid up to 70 yards. A comfortable pitching distance.
So I take my choked up pitching wedge, and hit a beautiful shot. Bounced 10 yards before the green. I totally expected a 10 foot putt.
Two bounces to the green, and the ball rolled past the pin off the back of the green.
As I walked across the green, I realized why - the green was as hard as a billiard table.
Maybe not a billiard table. Maybe a hardwood floor.
Awful!
Perhaps when they get the 4th green under control, they can look at this one.
So, I wound up with an ugly 95. Yea. UGLY!
But, I didn't have enough grief.
I went back to the pro shop and had them reset the Cobra to a Draw setting. And then hit 50 more balls!
It actually helped.
But, I think I'll wait until my "Driver swing" is grooved before I decide to plunk down a few hundred $$$ on a new club.
In the meantime, I plan to head to Bethpage at 6am to get out early tomorrow - and I have a tee time already for Monday.
Lots of golf.
Hopefully, less wood (trees)
In the meantime
Keep it in the Short Hairs
Heres a pic of an Osprey V-22 crushing up the fairway
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