Right you are, TFlan!
My LW is for popping it just over the bunker to a narrow green. (Did
that twice yesterday.) Not primarily for flying that tall tree
between me and the green.
I count on hitting my PW 105yd and my SW 90. But I can get those
distances 80-90% of the time -- that's what I mean by "count on".
When I take a full swing with my LW, I'll get a full, solid strike
only about half the time. When I do, I will get a very high 60-70yd
out of the shot. That means I do it only when success is more
valuable than failure is damaging. Examples:
(a) If I'm in a stroke play tournament and competing reasonably well,
I would never try it. Don't try to fly over that tall tree; pitch out
around it and accept the lost stroke.
(b) If my match play partner is on the green inside our opponents and
I could be on the green too if I fly the tree, I will attempt a full
LW. (Actually happened that way last month. I botched the shot and
wound up IN the tree. Finally on the par-5 green in 6 instead of in
3. No matter; my partner got the par and halved the hole. The only
way I could have helped is with a birdie -- which was what I was attempting.)
Cheers!
DaveT
At 09:36 PM 8/27/2009, Tom Flanagan wrote:
O.K. everybody raise your hand if you can hit a 60 degree wedge 105
yards, or a SW 120 yds, assuming it isn't a skull job. No? Can't? Why not?
Because most every golfer in the U.S. is a mid- to high handicapper.
I have no doubt that Mr Kelly can hit his 60 that far, and
congratulations - buy why? Even the guys on TV don't hit lobs that
far on purpose. Why not just hit an easy PW? The 60 and 64 degrees
clubs are designed for floppers and short pitches around the greens,
not for 100 - 120 yds shots. That's why we have all those other
clubs. No knock intended towards Mr Kelley at all. It's just that
the overwhelming majority of golfers can barely hit a PW 100 yds.
And most can't hit a 60 degree at all with any consistency.
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