I saw a really good video from @twomasters with his Scratch clubs that Don White made for him and he was part of the entire process. He noted in the video that those are practice clubs and are 6 degrees flat but he plays 4 degrees flat when he actually plays. I found it interesting because I actually do the same thing. I have my practice clubs at 6 flat but my gamers are 4 flat. And my reason is I don’t want to work so hard to hit my stock draw shot that is my go to shot when I’m playing for score. I was wondering what is @twomasters reason behind practicing at 6 flat but playing at 4 flat.
Anyone else doing something similar between their practice and actual play ?
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Easing the workload requirement could be one of Two’s reasons I would guess. It reminds me of Vince Lombardi. He made Packer practices more demanding and harder, and the players said they couldn’t wait until Sunday’s game and the refreshing break it offered for an afternoon of football fun smashing heads.
I’ll change playing sets from one day to the next just to get a new feel and focus.
I haven’t played much at all and the body is a bit tight from lack of golf and getting old .. I often tend to not turn as well going back , get a bit lifted and being so right eye dominant also get on top of the ball… so for me it’s always good to get back in some groove with clubs that are flatter than what I use so I am less prone to fall (or stay) into those bad habits.
My gamer clubs clubs are actually around 2 or 2 1/2 flat depending on what standard you use
Thanks for replying and that definitely makes a lot of sense your reasons why. I have noticed with my clients the older they get the less flat they can play due to many of the same reasons you cited especially not being able to maintain efficient rotaition and poor post impact positions. For me personally I always try to use Mizuno MP 33 specs as standard to measure because they are usually 2 degrees flatter than most OEMs across the board.
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I have tried both the right miss and the left miss and I have found I get up and down about the same due to my distance control being pretty steady I’m pin high with both misses but I did notice with the right miss it also added in short so my personal data after right at 20 rounds was, right miss is Short and right and left miss is Pin high and right and the pin high provided a few more opportunities to get the ball a tad closer for the putt.
I would also think the courses a person plays can make a huge difference on which miss benefits them the most. Here in GA there is a green side bunker running along the right 70% of the time and the left green side bunker is usually long and left so with my miss being directional versus distance my stock draw shot does well.
A few years ago I played in a fund raising tournament and Brad Faxon was the guest speaker and I asked him as a competitive high level golfer what was one of the most important things on approach shots. He didn’t hesitate he said distance control. He said look at Scottie what separates him is he is pin high all the time. He said get your distance control more precise and you will lower your scores. From that day onward what I looked at after a round was how many times was I pin high. And my best rounds were the ones when I was pin high the most, so I changed my strategy and shared it with my competitive juniors to focus on distance control first and direction second.
We can pick up the machine and move it left or right if our distance is on. Scottie Schefller coach said the only 3 data points that he works on is
Launch
Spin number
Carry distance
All 3 of those data points are a direct indicator of controlling distance over direction as a priority.
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I never miss left!! I may hit 1 shot out of every 50-60 a little left.. and because it is rare it never bothers me when it happens because I know it won’t happen again for another 50 shots
My clubs are flat enough for my swing in that if I lay off one a little speed wise it always fades. It’s a good thing to have in the bag and why flatter is better than upright.
