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Hello! New WRXr here, podcast listener since day one, and a deprived golfer that can't find his way to a course more than 10 times a year (including scrambles...which are meaningless for actually working on your game).

I am 35, have been playing since I was 12, but for the last 10+ years have been limited in playing time just due to life priorities. I'm hoping to pick up the frequency here this season and start taking it serious again, especially with at least two of my kids expressing more interest lately. That being said, my tools of the trade are kind of a joke and not in the best condition...let's go over those quick before we get into the data.

 

* Driver - hand me down TM RBZ 10.5° w/ reg flex Matrix Ozik shaft, replaced with Aldila R.I.P Alpha 70 x-stiff and butt-trimmed to 45.75" ;(feels long still, but the thought was, if i could connect, would pick up extra speed...i'd rather have consistency)

* 3W - *another* hand me down TM RBZ 15° reg flex Matrix Ozik 5, 43.5"; (this seems like an obvious problem...can absolutely send it, but i have to aim 20-30 yds left as my normal swings just banana balls this club)

* 3H - TM RBZ 19° stiff flex 41"; (not sure of shaft make/model at the moment...nothing special probably matrix ozik

* 4-PW - Ping Rapture v1, black dot, AWT stiff shaft, std lie; I bought used in 2008, only "real" money I think I have ever spent on equipment...sadly

* GW - 52° Cleveland 588 RTX 2.0 CB Black Satin; wedge flex shaft...I don't hit it terribly well...

* SW - 56° Callaway MD3 Milled Black W-Grind, wedge flex shaft...favorite club in the bag!

* LW-60° Titleist Vokey Oil Can, wedge flex shaft...old favorite, has been letting me down as of late (probably a result of my lack of playing time...)

* Putter - Odyssey Works Marxman Fang Tank Versa 38" CB

 

I THINK I am on the right track of starting to assemble a set of clubs that could fit my swing better on a strict budget (don’t feel like I play enough to be able to spend money on clubs for myself, oh, and I have 4 kids, sooo...) but I would love the forums input on possible ways to go, what to test/check next, and what area of my bag needs the most attention.

 

Alright, here's the LM stuff...not sure of the brand, but it was an archaic looking radar device on legs that sits 5 ft behind the driver hitting bay, which has about 20' before your ball is caught by the net(s). The monitor was in a Dick's Sporting Goods...and there goal is to sell, so i'm skeptical.

This data was from an Epic FLASH 10.5°, HZRDUS Smoke Black 60 stiff(6.0) set to std/neutral

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I wanted to test a 9° with X-Stiff (because the guy said the majority of my shots bleeding right were because I needed X-Stiff) but they didn't have one for demo, and I guess the guy assumed I wasn't actually in the market so wasn't offering to tape up one off the rack...which I can't fault him for...I definitely am not, just like to test the new tech and see if i can find a way to reproduce similar results with older, cheaper clubs or a new shaft.

 

So, what I want to do next is get my lofts/lies and gapping checked at a non-biased indoor golf place we have here in York, PA, and make a plan from there...

Maybe just tweak loft/lie of irons, then adjusting driver shaft to get best setup possible, then replacing reg flex 3W...is that a sound game plan, or would others recommend a different path?

 

I would have to say, the best thing that happened to my game this year was my wife and kids got me a hitting net and have been beating balls into that thing for the last 4 months working on contact and swing sequence...has to have made improvements right? Haven't had a chance to play yet, and the day after I got this LM data (monday the 8th) I had surgery on my wrist to repair a torn ligament...so i'm out of the game until June anyway....should be putting at least in the next week! So I got that going for me...which is nice.

 

Thanks for any suggestions, insights, and guidance (other than the obvious that I need to play more, and invest in a custom fitting + new sticks...that's a given...)

 

Cheers

 

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