You Know You’re a Long Driver When… TOP TEN LIST!
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Here are the top 10 ways to know if you're a long hitter. A really long hitter. Thanks to Phil 'The Power' Naylor, Owen Hanson, and others for these great lines!
You know you're a long driver when:
10. If you can find Mesquite, Nevada, on a map ...
9. If you need a separate bag for your irons ...
8. If you call up the guy whose house is at the end of the driving range and tell him to move his car ...
7. If you actually know the definition of CPM ...
6. If the highest lofted club in your bag is 6 degrees....
5. If you have been banned from your local driving range.
4. If the owner of the driving range asks you to bring your own range balls to hit into the woods at the end of the range.
3. If you have to explain to someone that Tiger Woods can't hit it as far as you can.
2. If you have snapped a shaft and sent a club head down range more than 100 yds.
And the Number 1 Way you can tell if you might be a long driver...
1. If you know what the inside of a Titleist ProV1x looks like and you never visited the factory ...
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How do I keep from flipping the club head at the bottom while keeping such supple wrists?
I am a new member. I like what I am learning as it is what my body has wanted to do for the last 20 years but no one said it was OK. I picked up ten-plus yards with my irons the first time I went onto the course ( 7 iron 160 yds) with decent control but I struggled with a big hook with the driver. All else seems to be ahead of schedule. How do I keep from flipping the club head at the bottom while keeping such supple wrists? I am using a neutral grip.
Thanks,
Keith Brewer
