Well, I have probably reached the point where I am at the end of my physical capabilities. Meaning, I am not suddenly going to gain 10mph club head speed my practicing. I am not significantly going to improve my short game or my putting. how do I break through the next level?
This year after making the change to snt, my handicap went up and now has come crashing back down. 3 weeks ago, I was an 8-9, after posting my score yesterday, I am down to a 4.
In addition to swing changes, I am embracing technology as the path to improvement.
I got fitted for a putter. Wish I had done this years ago. A proper putter fitting means the ball doesn’t have side spin when struck in center of face.
I exchanged my fairway woods for a hybrid driver. This was a stretch but has worked beautifully. I will do a review of these clubs later. I bought 12, 15, 21 Tetón hybrids. Love them. Par 5’s are all reachable now and when a hole is under 400 yards I can reliably use these clubs off the tee.
I bought a loft/lie bending machine and have adjusted lofts on irons to dial in ideal launch angle, spin rate, and descent angle. Still have more work to do to make sure the lie angles are exact.
Overall, I have never hit the ball better. Now I am using technology to help achieve goal for the year to be able to play to a 3 handicap.
This is something everyone can do and it’s far cheaper than buying the newest driver or irons…which have marginal returns.
With properly fitted equipment, you can turn your focus to playing golf and making the snt methodology a game changer.
@Russell Hogue, PhD - Do the differences in yardages between those two rounds reflect differences in ball striking, or was this more a factor of the wind and the tracks played?
Yesterday vs today…although today there was a lot more wind.
@GolfLivesMatter my distances are now getting sick. I adjusted to have proper launch conditions (launch angle, spin) for every given club. I played a league match Tuesday and on a short par 5, I hit driver PW. Funniest part, I was talking to my playing partner, “You know this needs to be 9i, but I kind of want to hit PW just so I can say I did it”. Well, I hit PW, got to front of green so I could finish with a nice 3-putt par. I am playing PW to be easy carry 150. Basically, I have 10-15 yard gaps between every club.
Interesting? Are you saying that with the irons from low to high are all same length shafts? Or everything in the bag?
@Tom Saguto sure thing. The single length experiment is the best move I ever made for my game. I was a 12-15 handicap when I made the switch.
Btw - Looking at the launch, lie descent angles, I could achieve the proper numbers by switching to a 4 knuckle grip. Problem was, that change also caused more sweeper hooks and pulls (for me). I decided that instead of changing my move, I would just bend clubs to get the right numbers because my swing is very repeatable, but not enough forward shaft lean to generate the ideal numbers. Instead of worrying about it, I cheated and made the equipment match what I wanted to see. Could I have fixed this through hard work and “improving my swing”? Yep. But I decided I would rather play golf instead of working on changes. :)