Lie Adjustment

Whilst my daughter was having her junior golf group lessons I took advantage of the free club check being offered by Direct Golf.

Having hit a few balls to warm up I then hit three balls using the perspex plate and impact tape.

All three shots were hitting the floor at the same place, now looking at it I thought they were good, all in the middle of the tape.

The guy there told me that they needed adjusting by one degree!

Now at £3 a club to be adjusted it cost me £33.  Nine irons and two wedges.

I'm yet to see if the adjustment of my club lie is going to result in a better shot!

Have I been conned?

Russ

You'll find out soon enough tomorrow Russ - are you taking a spare set just in case....

Can't see how 1 degree can make any difference to anyone but maybe the very best players, just seems to me to be yet another way to get our cash. So i am firmly in the " you been had " corner....

It would be interesting to see if they have said to people "Your clubs are good and don't need adjusting?"

Russ

I was hitting the balls on a driving range and I could see the shape of shot, nice little draw on all three shots.

The tape was on the bottom of the club.

Russ

When I bought the clubs there were custom fitted and my lie was 2 degrees upright.

They were adjusted so they are now 1 degree upright.

I played with them yesterday but to be honest I didn't play well so couldn't really tell if the adjustment had made any difference!

If I've not got any work tomorrow I'll be playing again so maybe I'll be able to tell better then.

Russ

Well I played at The Hertfordshire Golf & Country Club today.

I've never played there before and I shot 80 (40 out, 40 in).

Played really well and I still have the draw but nothing as serious as it could be!

I birdied the stroke index one hole with a good drive and a perfect 8 iron, rolled in a 15 foot putt to complete the hole.

Had eight pars and seven bogeys, so I was eight over par after 17 holes.

Then would you believe it I took a six on the par 3 18th!!!

Pushed my seven iron which hit the light branches on a tree and the ball was lost in flight.  I watched but I didn't see it come down or splash in the lake.  So it was three off the tee, made the green but a long way from the hole and three putted!

It does appear that I have got the benefit from the lie of the club being adjusted but I'll wait and see.  I'll give it a few rounds and keep a watch on my scores.

Russ

Nice round of golf, Russ, pity about the last, but you know what you did wrong, don't you.

Thank you John and yes I know what I did wrong.

Russ

Just realised you must have had a right mare on Saturday then Russ!

Tim, I was so disgusted with how poorly I played on Saturday!

Normally I would get five or six pars a round but at the game last Saturday I managed only three!

The difference was with my driving, Saturday I couldn't stop it fading into the rough, today I kept it much straighter.

Russ

Also on Saturday I hit all my best shots on the range before we started!

How often does that happen?

I was in the bay next to Greg Butler and I hit my first shot (driver) of the day and it went straight as a die down the range, I turned to Greg and said "That'll do, I'm off!"

And how true that statement was!

If I warm up badly I play well and if I'm hitting them well on the range I play poorly.

Russ