Leaving the driver out of the bag

I have not played at all well this year which is mainly due to not practicing so I cannot blame anyone for myself for that but for the last round and a half I have left the driver in the bag and just used my hybrid off the tee.  My rate of fairways hit has gone up and the ones that have missed have not missed by much.  I really like using the driver and it is great when it works well but it costs me a lot of shots when it isn't working (or should I say when I am not using it right).

For the next few rounds I am going to continue with the hybrid and see how it goes.  I was hitting it an average of about 230 yards last night (roughly 200 in to the wind and up to 255 with the wind) so I don't think I really need the extra 50-60 yards I get with the driver if I am controlling it better.

Also, for the last two rounds I have got round in 29 putts which I am soooo happy with.  I don't know whether it is that the greens are better this time of year or whether it is because I actually have a bit of confidence when standing over the ball now but I hope it continues.

Just need to sort out the bit in between the tee and the green now!!

Well Richard, if you're really hitting your hybrid 230 yards what's the problem?  I work on around 220 yards for my driver and have never really found my apparent lack of distance a problem.  Although if the driver is going 290 but off line why not just back it off a bit...

I used to do the same with my driver, but kept it locked in the garage. Fortunately I received a golf lesson for Father's Day and 60 mins with the pro has informed me what was going wrong (it was also going wrong with all of the other clubs, but was less noticeable).

Two days later I posted my best score ever on my local course.

Now a couple of hybrids have been locked in the garage . Looks like the putter will be next !!!

sanders

you have far too much time on your hands to find such eccentric websites

how can you promote this extremist behaviour when you are in the same category of tiger woods if not even worse with your heavy headded "whacking stick"

i truly feel sorry for those poor white round balls

but hey the world is a cruel place and if they give me the excitement and pleasure that they do then i will continue to use them for my own amusement

I suppose I should back off a bit on the driver and that may help with the directional problems but I think it is a mental thing where I try and wallop the ball when I know I don't actually need to.  More practice would probably help and a little bit more discipline in only going at it at 80%.

I'll see how I go witht he hybrid for now and then maybe get back to the driver in a few weeks.  Any tips on driver use would be welcome from your Sanders.  If I could use it properly and know It was going to go straight it would certainly shortern the golf course a bit.