I AM TRYING TO IMPROVE ON MY 20ISH HANDICAP SINCE MOVING TO CYPRESS LAKES 55+ GOLF COMMUNITY IN LAKELAND, FLORIDA.
AFTER HAVING A SESSION AT GOLF ETC TO DETERMINE MY CLUB DISTANCES, I'VE STARTED EXPERIMENTING WITH SEVERAL BALLS TO SEE IF COMPRESSION, SPIN ETC. HAVE AN IMPACT ON MY GAME.
I FIGURED THAT BEING A HIGHER HANDICAP, I COULD PRETTY MUCH HIT ANY BRAND BALL WITH LITTLE VARIATION AND THEY ALL WERE CAPABLE OF BEING LOST IN THE WOODS OR THEY WOULD ALL SINK IN A POND.
THIS PAST TUESDAY IN OUR MEN'S LEAGUE WHILE PLAYING THE NORTH COURSE HOLE#3, I PLAYED A Titleist AVX.
I HAD JUST BEEN HARRASSED BY ONE OF MY BUDDIES ABOUT USING A BROKEN TEE WHEN I LINED UP AND TOOK A SMOOTH SWING.
WE WATCHED THE BALL SAIL HIGH, LAND SLIGHTLY LEFT BEHIND THE FLAG AND JUST LIKE TV, THE BALL SPUN BACK INTO THE HOLE! I CASUALLY SAID, THAT'S WHY I USE BROKEN TEES WHILE THINKING TO MYSELF HOW DID I DO THAT?
I TURN 66 ON 2/22/22 AND WOW, WHAT AN EARLY BIRTHDAY PRESENT.