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How are you getting along with the TS2 3 wood?
3 days ago i ripped one about 250 on the first tee of unknown course. always nice to get good contact on the first shot of the day. nearby sprinkler head read 248 yards, but my feet were on the relatively flat fairway while the ball was in light rough well above my feet on a sidehill lie. so i went for it. duff. ball moved a foot. one more try. pop up to the left rough. then i didnt use 3 wood at all afterward that round.
the next day i went to play 18. pulled 3 wood from the right rough on the 3rd hole par 5 from about 240. tried to hit a low cut, thought i made a good swing and had good contact, but the ball never made it higher than 15 feet off the ground and stopped about 30 yards short of the green. figured that i had just caught it thin.
then i chose 3 wood for my tee shot on the par 5 third hole, which takes a hard left turn at about 200 yards off the tee box. since i have yet to hit a controlled draw with the new driver and have hit it straight only a handful of times so far, driver would probably put me in the right rough or the right fairway bunker about 260 out. so 3 wood is the club for that tee shot. did my routine, felt like a good swing, but the ball didnt fly higher than 10 feet off the ground and curved to the right slightly. found my ball at the beginning of the fairway and had plenty of hole left to play. so i tried to hit my standard cut 3 wood which is usually very reliable. again the ball didnt fly. so i had about 350 yards to the green left to play. tried the cut 3 wood again. again the ball didnt fly and found the right edge of the fairway about 250 yards from the green. now i start thinking my club is ****ed up. so i inspected it and found that the screw that holds the hozel together was loose and this was allowing the head to shake about 1/8 of an inch. so i retired the 3 wood for the round.
the next morning i went to the pro shop where i bought the club and the guy fixed it with the special wrench in 10 seconds for free. i would definitely have complained if he tried to charge me for the 10 second wrench work, but despite his lack of friendlyness and cheer, he really seems like a decent guy. lets me play extra 9 for no charge somewhat often. tells me that if im there first thing in the morning that i can just go play and settle up after, which has led to a free 18 on one occasion; when i approached to pay he told me to get lost lol. so yeah good service imo. im pleased as long as the 3 wood doesnt fall apart next round.
been doing ok with the new titleist 915D2 driver. good contact makes the top flight XL Distance balls(which i got for christmas ty sister) fly between 240 and 275 depending on how much i slice it. the more i slice, the shorter the shot naturally. but ive hit a few somewhat straight and the difference in distance is huge. have yet to even attempt to hit a draw with it essentially because ive just been playing. no range time yet with new driver thus im just going with the shots that i feel confident hitting. havent popped any up yet but i have caught some low on the face, shots which have been traveling surprisingly far for a mis hit.