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• Spammage 694 Posts

  Fri, May 18 2012 7:25 AM

  YJ - that doesn't really work when you have to carry the shot.  Although - if you have a "quality" 3-wood then you can use full backspin and hit at around 85-90% to cover the hybrid distance.

• chris5214 1,937 Posts

  Fri, May 18 2012 8:29 AM

  pretty impressive stats there Spammage & YankeeJim .. i always look at avg distance from pin on the stats window .. hope i can keep mine where it is now .. and i thought I was doing well for someone who's only been member here for almost 2 mnths .. lol

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Fri, May 18 2012 1:35 PM

  Spammage:

  YJ - that doesn't really work when you have to carry the shot.

  If you're punching a 3W or hitting a full HB chances are you're in deep tapioca because of a bad tee. I prefer not to try and make some heroic recovery shot and just get to an up and down lie.  ;-)

  @Chris. My stats are painfully average, maybe a little above-nothing to write home about. They do include every single shot in a ranked round for 3 years and it took 2 years to get a clue. LOL

• bearclaw27 553 Posts

  Fri, May 18 2012 2:52 PM

  YankeeJim:

   My stats are painfully average, 

  Don't sell yourself short, and don't sandbag us in the forums YJ  :)....16.82 putts per round is right up there with Bollux  n the rest of the best..

  On another note, our Bronx bombers have looked less than average so far this year...

  --bear

   

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Sat, May 19 2012 5:22 AM

  bearclaw27:

  On another note, our Bronx bombers have looked less than average so far this year...

  Meh-After the All Star break, just like always. And then there's this 8 inning 4 hit shoutout.  :-)

  Pettitte tosses gem to earn first win since 2010

• vFiReStOrMv 51 Posts

  Sat, May 19 2012 6:57 AM

  YankeeJim:

  chris5214:

  i notice alot of the top tier players carry 3 lofted wedges .. obviously to close distance between clubs on short approaches to enable full or near full swings .. would you guys recommend this in general ?

  Yes, yes and yes! Try punching your 3W in places where you normally would use that HB. Then you see you don't really need the HB.  ;-)

  I thought the 3W would not work well in deep rough even with a punch? 

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Sat, May 19 2012 7:20 AM

  vFiReStOrMv:

  I thought the 3W would not work well in deep rough even with a punch? 

  Au contrare, mon petite.  Try it, you'll like it. Just make sure you aim where it has room to land and roll-the carry isn't great but that roll will make up for it. :-)

• saltiresfan 2,266 Posts

  Sat, May 19 2012 8:57 AM

  This was a great tip as my 3W punched goes as far as my 3H did :p

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Sat, May 19 2012 10:22 AM

  saltiresfan:

  This was a great tip as my 3W punched goes as far as my 3H did :p

  Not only that, how many times did you use your HB versus how many times you now use that 3rd wedge?  ;-)