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PB's on the Stack and PB's on the course...

Another day and it's time for another stack session, session #5 in the foundation program no less, which featured four sets - 1 with 240g, 1 with 135g, 1 with 100g and finally a set with 195g. The first three sets were 8 reps with full intent (the maximum intent with which you'd swing it on the course), the final set was four reps at max intent (just swing it as fast as you can).

86 was my best on the first set with an 83 average (a PB), set two had two at 94mph with a set average of 93, set three had a 101mph in there, with a set average of 99 and set four had three 90's which was also the average (another PB).


All-in-all that equates to another 1mph gain overall and pushes my distance potential to 262. Now, we must have a quick chat about the distance potential at this point, as this, along with the eSpeed is extrapolated from the Stack Speed.

The extrapolation is due to the Stack being around the length of a hybrid, so some quick maths by the app later and it works out the eSpeed/distance potential based on the shaft length of driver you input. And, seeing as when I started the program I didn't have the shaft for my Cobra driver, I set it at 43.75" to match my mini driver's length. This means if I were to now change the length of shaft it would push all my figures up quite substantially, as I have a 45.5" shaft in the Cobra.

In order to keep things inline with the baseline program I originally undertook and all the figures I've presented so far, I will keep it on the mini driver setting and we'll look at changing it when we do another baseline.

Following the session I thought I'd head out onto the course and play ten holes but, once I got up to hole five, where I'd have to turn down to the bottom end of the course I decided to play on, as I wanted to keep testing myself with the driver. On top of this I have another weapon in my arsenal that I'll talk about in upcoming blogs that is undoubtedly going to help me moving forward and no, it's not another new club 😂

Anyway, the course was playing slightly differently today, as I had a 20mph wind off the left-hand side on the front nine and given I'm now playing a functional fade/cut with the driver, rather than a draw, I drove pretty well, considering you'd expect the ball to have been pushed even further offline. Instead, it seemed to hold the line well and I struggled more with my approach play and trying to hold a draw into it.


Where the round really took off though was on the back nine, as I was only 1+, with birdie looks on 10, 12, 13 and 16 but great short game play, including a chip in on 15 to keep things on a level.


All-in-all nine pars and a bird is pretty good going in cold and windy conditions with no rollout on drives. That said the drives I hit today all pretty much ended up in positions I'd normally expect to be with rollout in summer conditions, once again proving that the Stack is serving its intended purpose.

77 is the lowest I've shot around my home course, so to draw level with that today and know how much more I had in the tank is really promising for the upcoming season.

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