Hi Beverly,

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Sandy Eha

Way before 'the game', I am sure to get "Golf Rolfed". (See video, on www.golfrolf.com
Thanks

My pre-game routine? I smoke a few cigarettes, drink a couple of beers . . . . Sometimes I don't even hit balls . . . .

Keep up the good posts Beverly!

- Rob Camacho, Arizona Golf Instructor

Ms Beverly,
Currently I have in my bag: PW, SW1, SW2, 52*W, 56*W. There is a 5-6-7-8 iron set, 2 rescue woods (2 and 4 iron lofts), a 1-iron used to chip with or when I need a really low shot, a driver, and a putter.

I've sort of taken Solomon's advice and am working on getting inside 100 yards and then using the wedges to place the ball close enough for a 1 putt. I've gone from a consistent 95 to a consisitent 80 using this method....and my 'stress level' has also declined considerably! ;)

BV,
Thanks for reading my blog. To answer your good question, the pitching wedge usually has 48 degrees of loft, then the A (approach) or G (gap) has 52, the SW usually has 56, then the lob has 60 degrees of loft.

Sometimes having all 4 wedges is a bit overwhelming as to which one to use! I say experiment with all and see which ones behave the best for you!

I wish you hadn't stopped before explaining the 'approach' wedge! ;) Where does it fall in the progression? I thought it might be P, G, S, A, L - but I guess it depends on loft right?

Thanks!!!

Beverly,

I agree with you. Perhaps a lot of marketing jargon for most beginner, and intermediate players.

Have you heard or seen the Eidolon Wedges? I put one in my bag recently and I will add the 48, 52, and 60 very soon.

- Rob

SSSHHHHHHH!!! The big companies might find out and sales will go down.

Great tip Beverly! Alpha Golf actually created a driver (Alpha V2) with a black satin face so that you can see the impact mark without using tape. Mark Nessmith wrote about it once on Travel Golf.

I would be happy to get the newest black driver (Alpha V5) into your hands. Not only is it a great teaching tool, but it is a long driving club used to win multiple ReMax titles. Please get in touch - joseph at kentsports.com

The new drivers are a puzzle to me, as I'm used to swinging down and through instead of teeing the ball so high, and hitting up on the ball. I cannot get the ball airbourn consistently.

Beverly, Great tip. Email me to catch up .

Greg

I coach a high school girls team and we always end practice sessions on the range by focusing our efforts on playing a three-hole practice round. Visualize a tough par three, par four, and par five, ideally ones that call for different shots. Hit 5 iron to the par three, three wood and seven iron to the par four, and driver, hybrid and pitching wedge to the par five. It works!

Driver is the only club I can hit consistently, though!

Actually, upon reflection I realized that I knocked TWO stiff and holed another that day.

Beverly,

I want to thank you. I had heard this advice before, but hadn't thought about it recently. Anyway, I've incorporated it into my play during the last couple of rounds, and today I knocked one stiff and holed another.

I figured that golf blogging is mostly a thankless job, so you might like to hear this.

Thank you, Beverly.

Ron,
To answer your question, I have seen my students vary their backswings for distance control but tend to decelerate as they approach the ball, causing very inconsistent results...even having to play another bunker shot next! Physics would say, yes, to your question...but the follow through has to vary also. But by all means, try it and see what works for you. I just find it easier to be consistent in your distance control with the same backswing and vary the followthough. This method promotes acceleration through the shot versus deceleration, which is disastrous in playing bunker shots.

Can the bunker shot be controlled by the reverse? Can the short back swing, medium back swing, long back swing determine distance?

Hi, it is really good to see people are realizing the power of 'personal data labeling'. Labeling itself is just input your data into a 'analysis book' or a spreadsheet. The data will be very useful once you have been keeping recording and inputing for some time, say 3 months. Then, you can analyze your data, and find out interesting patterns, which are usually hided or unknown. In computer science, we call this task - data mining. So, please keep your personal data, even you don't know how valuable it is, you could then pass it to your children, they will soon or later find out the 'gold' inside it.