Comments on: The Distance Challenged http://blog.hirekogolf.com/2007/09/21/the-distance-challenged/ Professional Golf Equipment at Down to Earth Prices! Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:26:29 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Jacques Piérard http://blog.hirekogolf.com/2007/09/21/the-distance-challenged/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Jacques Piérard Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:43:55 +0000 http://blog.hirekogolf.com/?page_id=77#comment-65 Thank you very much Jeff, My 7-wood is a Ping i3 42 inch shaft Ping 350 series regular which is only one inch shorter than the 3-wood. Your are right on it !! It is my best club with the 9-wood same spec. Yet on a tee i can hit a 9-degree M42 Mc Gregor Driver at the same distance than a 10.5 degree Cleveland XL Driver. (180 meters) So something is happening when i play from the fairway !!! 140 meters seems to be like the sound barrier for me!! Again thank you for your help Jacques Thank you very much Jeff,

My 7-wood is a Ping i3
42 inch shaft Ping 350 series regular
which is only one inch shorter than the 3-wood.

Your are right on it !!
It is my best club with the 9-wood same spec.

Yet on a tee i can hit a 9-degree M42 Mc Gregor Driver at the same distance than a 10.5 degree Cleveland XL Driver. (180 meters)

So something is happening when i play from the fairway !!!
140 meters seems to be like the sound barrier for me!!

Again thank you for your help

Jacques

]]> By: Jeff Summitt http://blog.hirekogolf.com/2007/09/21/the-distance-challenged/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Jeff Summitt Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:39:29 +0000 http://blog.hirekogolf.com/?page_id=77#comment-66 Jacques: If your course is very wet, then you need to rely on almost all carry. So the ball dropping out of the sky is good sign. I was concerned you didn't have enough loft or a head with a low enough CG. Unfortunately the yardages you supplying are fairly proportionate to one another. You may need to check to see if the Ping 7-wood is longer than normal plus if it is lighter than normal too (depending on the model). Longer and/or lighter perhaps can give you a little more leverage and distance as long as you are fairly straight. I doubt you will find too many light heads today, but look at a lighter shaft. Jacques:

If your course is very wet, then you need to rely on almost all carry. So the ball dropping out of the sky is good sign. I was concerned you didn’t have enough loft or a head with a low enough CG. Unfortunately the yardages you supplying are fairly proportionate to one another. You may need to check to see if the Ping 7-wood is longer than normal plus if it is lighter than normal too (depending on the model). Longer and/or lighter perhaps can give you a little more leverage and distance as long as you are fairly straight. I doubt you will find too many light heads today, but look at a lighter shaft.

]]> By: Jacques Piérard http://blog.hirekogolf.com/2007/09/21/the-distance-challenged/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Jacques Piérard Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:51:28 +0000 http://blog.hirekogolf.com/?page_id=77#comment-64 Hi Mike, I hope you are reading me !! The senior Tees at my home course in belgium, a very wet country, are fairly long, and when shorter they are uphill or 90 degree dogleg, it is fine for the big hitters but though on the seniors!! Here are the distances in meters for the PAR 4 304 300 338 314 371 337 316 388 305 395 Hi Mike,

I hope you are reading me !!

The senior Tees at my home course in belgium, a very wet country, are fairly long, and when shorter they are uphill or 90 degree dogleg, it is fine for the big hitters but though on the seniors!!
Here are the distances in meters for the
PAR 4
304
300
338
314
371
337
316
388
305
395

]]> By: Jacques Piérard http://blog.hirekogolf.com/2007/09/21/the-distance-challenged/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Jacques Piérard Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:37:59 +0000 http://blog.hirekogolf.com/?page_id=77#comment-63 Hi Jeff, Please excuse me for the late answer, i feel like i let you down !! Yes and NO, i mean yes the ball seems to drop from the sky, my golfing pal keeps telling me, on a good strike, how well the ball start and then falls like a dead bird and of course too short. Only on Par of 320 meters i can use a club shorter than the long woods. My old Ping 7-wood is almost as long as my new 3-wood, or 140 meters. Ah yes, i forgot to say that i am in belgium and not in a sunny state like florida !!! Hi Jeff,

Please excuse me for the late answer, i feel like i let you down !!

Yes and NO, i mean yes the ball seems to drop from the sky, my golfing pal keeps telling me, on a good strike, how well the ball start and then falls like a dead bird and of course too short.
Only on Par of 320 meters i can use a club shorter than the long woods.
My old Ping 7-wood is almost as long as my new 3-wood, or 140 meters.

Ah yes, i forgot to say that i am in belgium and not in a sunny state like florida !!!

]]> By: Jeff Summitt http://blog.hirekogolf.com/2007/09/21/the-distance-challenged/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Jeff Summitt Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:42:05 +0000 http://blog.hirekogolf.com/?page_id=77#comment-67 Jacques: Is the problem due to not getting the ball high enough off of the fairway or rough or is because the club launches too high and falls from the sky? Jacques:

Is the problem due to not getting the ball high enough off of the fairway or rough or is because the club launches too high and falls from the sky?

]]> By: Jacques Piérard http://blog.hirekogolf.com/2007/09/21/the-distance-challenged/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Jacques Piérard Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:00:05 +0000 http://blog.hirekogolf.com/?page_id=77#comment-62 I do agree !! As a 69 year old golfer, and despite a solid drive of 170/190 meters, i have been having that distance problem on the Par 4 over 350 meters, i can hit a 8 iron 110 meters but cannot get my 3 or 5 wood going the distance of 170 meters needed to reach those par 4 in two, it is really frustating because i score better when playing short of the green than trying to reach the green with any long iron or wood !! Any advise would be appreciated. Jacques I do agree !!
As a 69 year old golfer, and despite a solid drive of 170/190 meters, i have been having that distance problem on the Par 4 over 350 meters, i can hit a 8 iron 110 meters but cannot get my 3 or 5 wood going the distance of 170 meters needed to reach those par 4 in two, it is really frustating because i score better when playing short of the green than trying to reach the green with any long iron or wood !!

Any advise would be appreciated.

Jacques

]]> By: Mike http://blog.hirekogolf.com/2007/09/21/the-distance-challenged/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Mike Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:47:50 +0000 http://blog.hirekogolf.com/?page_id=77#comment-61 I agree. I am a club craftsman, not clubbuilder, and work in a proshop in a 55+ community. I am always telling the older golfers to it from the forward tees. Unfotunately their egos won't let them. Lets not call the red tees "ladies tees" but forward or middle , whatever to reduce the stigma. Mike Cipolla I agree. I am a club craftsman, not clubbuilder, and work in a proshop in a 55+ community. I am always telling the older golfers to it from the forward tees. Unfotunately their egos won’t let them. Lets not call the red tees “ladies tees” but forward or middle , whatever to reduce the stigma.

Mike Cipolla

]]>