My second round with my new Titleist 907 D2

I have to say it again it’s the nicest driver I have hit yet. It is very easy to hit and so forgiving, except if you top one which I did. I’m still not used to the 4600cc head, I caught this one on the hosel almost missed it all together. I went 9 for 13 in fairways hit that I used driver 69%. With my old R7 on my best day I would hit 65% but I have been averaging only 50% with the R7. I have only used the Titleist twice now and I have hit 19 out of 25 fairways with it 76%. I know it’s only 2 rounds and I’m sure that 76% won’t hold up forever but it sure feels good right now and that a 26 % improvement. Even not playing as regularly as I did this summer hasn’t bothered me with this club. I think Titleist got it right on the money. Look out TMG.

Mental Training and Your Life

For those of you that are knee deep in snow, you can do a lot to improve your mental game for golf during the off season by applying the principles of "The Mental Keys to Improve Your Golf " to your life. Even if you live where the weather is warm and sunny, you can work on improving your mental game everyday by applying my book to your life.

The same negative emotions that upset your chemistry while playing golf are present in your daily life. The only difference is that during a round of golf the feedback is immediate and easy to see because it affects your performance and score. The negative emotions in your life may take days, weeks, months or even years to catch up with you in one way or another. As a result, you pay little attention to the negative emotions in your daily life and allow them to continue to exist.

If you have a strong desire to be in control of your emotions on the golf course in order to lower your score, make it a habit to reflect on the Daily Affirmation in my book several times a day every day. When you do, follow Shakespeare's advice in Hamlet, "To Thine Own Self Be True." Without being true to yourself, the Daily Affirmation of "I am always truthful, positive and helping others" will only be eight hollow words without meaning to you. Empty words will not increase your self-awareness of the negative emotions that are on your tape.

However, if you are true to yourself and make it a habit to reflect on the Daily Affirmation throughout the day, you will become very aware whenever you attach negative emotions to the facts in your life. Once your awareness of what is on your tape increases, then you can start to reprogram your tape and stop attaching negative emotions to the facts you encounter in your daily life.

Your tape wants to do its job which is to have you repeat or make similar responses to what you have done in the past. If you have fear or get angry in your daily life, you will have fear and get angry on the golf course. Your fear and anger will cost you strokes when you play golf.

However, if you take the time to mentally train yourself to reduce the fear and anger you may experience in your daily life, it will become easy to do it while you are playing golf. Once you reduce or eliminate the negative emotions from recurring on your tape, you will be amazed at how well you can play golf and how much happier and productive your life off the golf course will become.

If you are knee deep in snow, you have plenty of time to reread "The Mental Keys" several times and work on reducing or eliminating the negative emotions from your tape in your daily life. If you do, your mental game will be much improved when your golf season begins.

The same holds true for you if you are blessed with good weather. If you desire to keep improving your mental game, make the time to reread "The Mental Keys" and apply the Daily Affirmation to your life.

New Titleist Driver

Well Yesterday was the first round of golf where I used the new Titleist driver. I have to say first that not playing for 2 weeks; the layoff definitely caused me a few problems to start, mostly in the short game. I shot 83, 44 on the front and 39 on the back. But of the last 14 holes 2 of which were par 3’s, I went 10 for 12 in fairways hit. The 2 fairways I missed one had OB on the right and I over compensated with a snap hook, and the other fairway I missed I was 10 feet off the short grass on the left. So I have to say the driver preformed exactly as I had hoped it would. Even when I hit slightly on the heel (which happened a couple times) the ball still went 270 yards. It might take me a little time to get used to such a big head. The course we played had lots of dog legs left and right and working the ball either way was a synch. I had no trouble controlling my trajectory either, when I wanted to hit it high with the wind I just teed the ball like I normally do, and into the wind I teed it a little bit lower. I’ve got to give Titleist full marks on this one 10 out of 10. It’s such an easy driver to hit, and very forgiving. My one and only disappointment is not with the driver, it’s that our season is quickly coming to an end so I won’t get to use it much until next year. Oh well it’s going to be great when I do!

Titleist 907 D2

Well I did it I broke down and bought a new driver. I have been reading a lot about the Titleist 907 D2. I had demoed one awhile back on a launch monitor and was impressed by how forgiving it was. Off center shots were not that bad usually only 7 to 10 yards off center. Our foursome went on a road trip and I found one and couldn’t pass up the price. It was a demo and they were clearing them out. Sweet! It’s a 907 D2, 9.5*, S flex, UST Proforce V2 75 and it’s very clean, absolutely no marks. Well today I took it and my R7 Quad to the range. After warming up I hit about 25 drives with the Titleist 907 D2, Wow! When I swung at 80% I hit every drive down the middle and at least 285 to 295. When I swung all out I only missed 2 out of 10 drives, 80% is very good and they were deep down the range hitting the net 300 yards out 15 to 20 feet up. Now I had to try my R7, its 4 years old and only 400cc so it’s the first model that was made and I really like it, its 9.5* X-flex, Harrison Mungen. When I swing 80% with it I hit only 6 to 7 out of 10 down the middle and when I went all out I only hit 3 to 4 out of 10 down the middle. I have been averaging 283yds.with it this year. The Titleist is as advertized “very forgiving”. After my little comparison I tried shaping shots with the 907, like I said Wow! I never thought that you would be able to work the ball very well with such a big head I was wrong. I could easily work the ball either way. Move over R7 there’s a new big dog in my bag. I can’t wait to get it out on the course this Friday!