Hyper-X, Or How I Learned to Love Adam's Clubs and Swing Better
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Necessary preface: I've been golfing! Matt's friend Adam has been teaching us.
Before going to the driving range yesterday, Adam wanted to go to Golfsmith and get a new driver. Matt wanted to get a whole new set of irons, having found a set of Pings that he was craving. I just wanted my first driver.
After some convincing, Matt realized that he needed more practice before considering better irons. A sand wedge, however, would be an excellent choice since his set didn't come with one. Adam liked the driver, but didn't like the price. I tried out three drivers that Adam picked out for me. From the first swing, I knew I wanted the third, a Callaway Hyper-X. Unfortunately, the register told us that it was a $300 driver. I left without it.
Later that day...
Adam offered to let me try his driver, since he knew I had been looking forward to swinging a driver. One minor detail - he's a lefty. Why should I let something silly like that stop me? So I teed up and went for it. And went it did. The issues that I'd been having - keeping my hind foot planted on the ground, bending my elbow like a crazy chicken golfer, swinging through my core - suddenly melted away. Okay, so I wasn't perfect. But I was a hell of a lot better and swinging more naturally. After further experimentation, Adam declared me to be a natural lefty golfer!
Eventually, we finished laughing, and I realized that I'll need to get new clubs. And I'm definitely getting the Hyper-X. When it goes on sale.
Before going to the driving range yesterday, Adam wanted to go to Golfsmith and get a new driver. Matt wanted to get a whole new set of irons, having found a set of Pings that he was craving. I just wanted my first driver.
After some convincing, Matt realized that he needed more practice before considering better irons. A sand wedge, however, would be an excellent choice since his set didn't come with one. Adam liked the driver, but didn't like the price. I tried out three drivers that Adam picked out for me. From the first swing, I knew I wanted the third, a Callaway Hyper-X. Unfortunately, the register told us that it was a $300 driver. I left without it.
Later that day...
Adam offered to let me try his driver, since he knew I had been looking forward to swinging a driver. One minor detail - he's a lefty. Why should I let something silly like that stop me? So I teed up and went for it. And went it did. The issues that I'd been having - keeping my hind foot planted on the ground, bending my elbow like a crazy chicken golfer, swinging through my core - suddenly melted away. Okay, so I wasn't perfect. But I was a hell of a lot better and swinging more naturally. After further experimentation, Adam declared me to be a natural lefty golfer!
Eventually, we finished laughing, and I realized that I'll need to get new clubs. And I'm definitely getting the Hyper-X. When it goes on sale.
4 comments:
I'm normally firmly right handed. However, I bat lefty and I'm ambidextrous with a hockey stick (and a sword, but that's another story).
it's an advantage in baseball because pitchers are predominantly right-handed. Some of baseball's sweetest swingers have been lefties -- Darryl Strawberry, Ken Griffey Jr, Barry Bonds, John Olerud...
That's hilarious. I mean awesome. That's great that YOU weren't the problem, but rather the set of instruments you were using.
And for the record, your story telling ability here was amazing. =]
You were destined to be a lefty in something.
--momdgp
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