I played Wente today. It's a fairly long course for us guy who don't hit the tee shot very far. But we played the white tees and that helped a bunch.
I think I figured out why my irons are so much better than the driver. I realized that when I hit an iron and this is more pronounced with the short irons, I make no effort to try and square the club face. But as the club lengths increase and I move to the woods, my focus changes to try to "help" the club face get to the ball.
Well, that makes it all a lot slower and a more miserable hit.
I recognized this about the 3rd hole and tried to implement it on the fly. No one ever said I wasn't foolhardy! I was pretty satisfied with my efforts. I didn't hook and only sprayed one shot to the right. But it landed on the fairway of the only hole that provides two fairways.
My distance was good with the driver and my 3 wood and utility club worked well. I had a couple of birdies, which means something as this course has greens with bent grass and there is always a lot of break.
I hit some cracking 3 woods and some great irons. Good stuff all around.
The weather may be closing in later this week; I'll be on the home course tomorrow to keep testing.
My golf motto is "Every Day a New Theory."
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