Sometimes, maybe often, golf is not much for him. Disappointing, expensive, it takes time and as complicated as you want to do. On your best day, it’s the biggest game ever invented. On your worst day, you ask yourself if your time would not have been better spent slamming your head into a car door.
Most days, I think it beats the lawn mowing.
Straight Warning: What I am ready to share will not help you simplify the game. In fact, I am ready to suggest you spend a little more money on the privilege of adding complexity to your equipment strategy. I have already given you a reason to overthrow your golf ball choice and now I will introduce you to one of my favorite equipment philosophies. I call it Two in the baggage.
No, this is not an euphemism about the type of things that some of you are gogling in 2am I am suggesting that, quite literally, you need to keep two extra clubs in your car’s trunk.
(However, the truth to say, the luggage is not the ideal place to store the clubs. Maybe keep those two extra in the garage when you need it, though “two in the garage” do not have the same ring for it.)
What is Two in the baggage?
The concept is built on the idea that there is only so much that you can control the golf course. You can work on your swinging, manage how you respond to bad shootings, but other leading factors (such as the carriage girl makes her way around or environmental conditions) are completely out of scope of what you can affect. I can’t help you with the carriage girl, but I can give you some practical tips when you might want to consider the exchange of clubs inside and outside your bag.
Tour
Tournament players have adapted their bags – or parts of them – in specific courses for decades. Get Augusta, where you will see high -hedies with low, low, designed for narrow lies around those raised and elevated greens. But let’s become a soft and suddenly course they are reaching for higher options that can handle the mildest terrain without digging.
We see the prevalence of 7-masters in the US, where the longer approximately makes the forests higher. And you can be banned in many conversations about players who are handcuffing to the open championship services, where wind courses require players to fly the ball low and let it roll.
Here’s the thing. If it works for tour players, why shouldn’t it work for you? Having some strategic luggage options means that you can adapt to whatever course to throw in you.
Lobby wedge exchange
I believe players can take advantage of diversifying their wedge placement. For a long time, we have heard of excavators and cleansing and choosing the right swelling based on how steep or shallow attack the ball. There is something about it, but the fact of the issue is that the course doesn’t care how you swing. You will encounter conditions and lies where low swelling is a catastrophe recipe. Likewise, there are situations where a high -inflation wedge is an obligation.
I can tell you from the experience that 14 degrees of swelling in the bandon Dunes is not ideal. Those strong, tight lies can send your top wedge of bending to the ball to the ball.
Bladed. Center mass.
I have come to believe that most players should have a mixture of wedding fungus. Do what works for you, but I attach a high -sanded wedge with a low lobe wedge. It works most of the days, but my favorite combination is not ideal for any situation, which is why I also keep a lumbar option to high in the baggage.
Most often, the circuit breaker is from mine 58 ° Groved (4 degrees of bounce) in a 58 ° V particle with similar attic but 10 degrees. Really fluffy sand or extreme moisture may seek to go even higher to the degree of swelling. Beauty is likely to keep additional wedges all the time.
Think of an extra wedge like your spare tires of your golf bag.
Transition area
While it is certainly possible to replace almost any road wood with a hybrid iron or service, I tend to focus on what I call “transition zone” – wherever it happens from a tall club that is not part of your iron in the first club it is. For me, this is the transition from my 7-dude to my 5th.
In recent years, I have become a great supporter of higher right forests. While I am not ready to add a 9-tree to the mixture still, a 7-tree is a great option for players looking for something easy to hit high and more apologies than you will get from a long iron.
That is to say, there are times when it makes sense to attract 7-dru. For most players, wind is the most common reason to make the circuit breaker. An iron of services will fly below and usually roll a little more (and less likely to fall and stop immediately in soft conditions). A hybrid is also an option here, and while many have left them in recent years – and much more simply hate them – they are still worth considering.
Theelli is that the iron or hybrid service is available when conditions require it. When the wind is screaming to 20 km per hour and your 7-manding is balloon and ready to go back, this is when you will appreciate to have a lower flight option ready to go.
A third option worth considering
While I am not ready enough to protect Three in the baggage (We only have so much space), let me suggest that some of you may want to consider adding a mini driver to mixing options available. Whether you change it for your driver (at least one of the longest hittings I know has completely disappeared his driver) or for your 3-tank, mini can be an intriguing option, especially in courses or shorter courses that place an above average premium.
Mini drivers offer more apologies than traditional road wood, while providing a better control than a full -sized driver. They are easier to hit the deck than most drivers and the length of the shorter shaft can help with accuracy when you need to start the needle.
I have found them especially useful in trees related courses, where the punishment to be in the wrong place is severe. You will give up a distance compared to your driver, but if you keep you in the game and generally better position more often, this is a trade worth doing.
Philosophy after the strategy
I am not pretending that this approach will turn you into Scottie Scheffler. Hell, maybe won’t even turn you into the best player in your weekly league. But this can prevent you from throwing a full tantrum when the conditions are not perfect. And from “You”, I mean “me”, but maybe you.
The beauty of both in the luggage access is not just about options (or spending more money) – it is strategically thinking about your equipment. Instead of keeping the same 14 clubs every round, regardless of the conditions, you are admitting that golf courses and weather conditions change dramatically from day to day.
Think about it this way: you will not wear the same outfit in a beach resort and a ski lodge. Why would you bring the same clubs the same to a course of links in Scotland and a song in Florida?
Regarding the entirety of what you can spend on golf, the investment is minimal. We are talking about one or two additional clubs, but the potential impact on your results can be important. Most importantly, it gives you confidence by knowing that you have the right tool for work, whatever the nature of the mother (and the architect of the course) throw it to you.
Making it work
The thello to do two in the baggage work is to be honest for your game and the courses you play. If you never come across in really soft conditions, maybe wedge exchange is not worth it. If you play only one course and never becomes particularly windy, the service of the services can stay in storage.
But if you travel for golf, play different courses regularly or live somewhere with variable weather conditions, having those options available can be a player. It is about preparing for the conditions you will face than to try to adapt your standard configuration to any situation. The good do not do it and you probably don’t have to.
Two in the baggage Access cannot solve all your problems. This will not fix your slice or magically will make you a better buckle. What he will do is give you the right club for the right situation and, sometimes, this is enough to turn a disappointing round into a manable.
In a game that offers some precious guarantees, having the right conditions for the conditions is a small advantage you can actually control. In Golf, we will get any advantage we can get.
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