How To Effectively Play Golf

Richard Morgan says:

30 years ago I was playing with ping eye 2 irons (3 to sand wedge) and Taylormade burner driver and fairway woods 3 and 5. I really miss them. Today I’m using Ping G425 irons (4 to PW) and Taylormade sim2 driver, 3 and 5 fairway woods and a hybrid 4 to replace 3 and 4 irons.
Now I don’t go as far as I used to but of course I’m 30 years older (67 yo actually).
But to me the big difference is not in how far you can go but how easy they are to play, much lighter and less dispersion.
Maybe I would have lost even more distance if I was still using today the burner woods and the eye 2 irons. But I’m not 100% sure.
On the other hand I’m 100% sure that I’m not playing better with these new clubs (as far as golf swing is concerned).
I’ve never been convinced that the farther you hit the ball is a key factor. I think the golden key is to always hit more or less in the middle of the fairway consistently. (Even a very long 420 yards par 4 is after all just 3 times 140 yards. every golfer has in his bag a club hat can hit 140 yards. 3 shots to be on the green and one put it’s a par if not then a bogey).
So again the big difference to me is how easy an comfortable they are to play.
But the real thing that has totally changed and improved my scoring since I’ve been playing is not these modern clubs. It’s the 50 54 an 58 wedges that i got in my golf bag now. They have totally changed my 100 yards to the green approach shots. That was the real huge change in my game and scoring.

Stu Crossland says:

Steel shaft V's Graphite shaft is not a fair comparison.

Jerry Silverstein says:

Ping eye 2 was a great iron, since then what has really changed is the golf ball, size of sweet spot consistently in distance. Carry was 15 yards from longest to shortest, 27 yards from longest to shortest. Hybrid was 8 yards longest to shortest, total distance 12. Distance wasn't a concern it was consistency. That the difference of 30 years ago.

Matthew B says:

I still have my first set of "good" clubs. 1995 Wilson Pro Staff OS. Just recently (within the last year) replaced them with Wilson Launch Pads. I could not be happier with the LPs.

markjpcs says:

I'm still playing a full set of Ping Eye2 irons. I have had them since the late 1980s. I will be getting a new set irons soon. I feel technology might actually be able to help this aging golfer.

Back 2 Warhammer says:

Interesting video, one of the lads has just been custom fit from the ping i2 that he got from his dad when he first started playing. He’s still waiting for them to arrive but it will be interesting to see the difference 👍🏼

David Stephen says:

I still enjoy the odd round with my Ping Eye 2 clubs. The irons still feel good but the persimmon woods feel like butter when you hit them sweetly. They are tough when the swing is a little out, though!

Greg Wisenburg says:

Great video, Love your video’s. I use the old ping eyes , I enjoy them. Greg

Kenneth Handforth says:

you had to it the ping eye 2s out of the middle not just anywhere on the club face

david hopper says:

I would like to have seen the ping eye 2 up against a modern 4 iron the result might be a bit closer.

Ken Phillips says:

Don't really understand putting a hybrid against an old iron!, to see the difference in tech you should have hit the stealth 4 iron!