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Back in business...

 

So, I had to take another break from Stacking as I was away for a few days and decided to use the return to form option once again, just to ease back into things. The thing with the return to form session compared with the current phase of the full speed spectrum program is that the swings are full speed, rather than max, meaning they're going to come off as a little slower and that's ok with me.

Dipping just below 100mph out the gates, essentially at on course speed is fine with me, as it still gives me a distance potential north of 260 yards.

Anyway, a couple of days later and it was time to get back into the swing of things, fully and it wasn't a bad session by any means, I just didn't feel like I was ever going to reach out and touch the absolute top numbers and again, that's fine, sometimes you just aren't going to be at your best.

Two more days followed and it was time for session 8 in the program - same drill, five sets all at max, with the exception of set 4 which is a step drill.

As you can see from the fourth column, even though I didn't feel like I was at my max I still set some records, with an 89mph on the 225g, a 101mph on the 105g step drill (which actually felt mega fast for some reason) and then a set record with the 195g at 94mph.

The 195g (for those that don't know) is the benchmark for the eSpeed and so that pushes me up to 103mph with driver and a distance potential of 287 yards.

Luck would have it, I also played the other day and once again shot a sub 80 round but what was more noticeable was how good I was off the tee, even given how windy it was. Hole 12 and 13 had a little help but it was a 45 degree wind off my left shoulder, which means with my draw I was technically holding it into the wind.

Anyway, drive off 12 was great. And, if 240 seems short, well it's not, because, well, the slope probably adds 25-30 yards I'd imagine. But, what was even better was when I got to the ball I looked toward the green in the distance and felt like I could make it, if I caught one well. 244 yards to the centre with slope gaining me about 10-15 yards (possibly) but, even so it was a great hit and it felt like one. In fact, I'd go as far to say it's probably one of the greatest shots I've hit (until this point).

I missed the eagle putt by an inch to the right but a tap-in birdie is always welcome.

I followed this up with a big bomb off thirteen too, albeit with it dribbling into the bunker but, once again this is the closest I've come to driving the green on this par 4, so I'm more than happy with the drive.


Big things are coming this summer, especially as I've found a couple of swing related nuggets recently, so I'm super excited to see where my game is in the next few months.

LGLG!..

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