Charles Sandison-Woods

Bryson is on day 8 of trying to make a hole in one over his house. How long will it take him? What are the odds? Let’s run the numbers. 👇👇 If you have not seen this, Bryson is trying to make a hole-in-one, over his house, to his backyard green. It's AWESOME. I *think* the shot is about 100 yards. He hits one shot on day one. Two shots on day two. Three shots on day three. Etc.. So how many days will it take him to make an ace? From 100 yards in the fairway the chances a tour pro holes out is *about* 1 in 500. Bryson has a “blind” shot with a perfect flat lie on a mat. And he is hitting the same shot over and over. Does that move his chances to somewhere between 1 in 100 and 1 in 250? Let’s put his chances at 1 in 175 (just a guess). Assuming his odds are 1 in 175, what are the chances he has at least one ace by: Day 10: 27.0% Day 15: 49.7% Day 20: 70.0% Day 25: 84.5% Day 30: 93.0% Day 35: 97.3% Day 40: 99.1% Day 45: 99.7% Day 50: 99.9% What I am more interested in is his chances to skull one 12 feet off the ground. 😂 If you are not tuned into this, it’s awesome. Don’t miss it! (Video from @b_dechambeau)

SHOULD YOU SHORTEN YOUR DRIVER? 🤔 You might find this interesting. A friend of mine decided to try a short-shafted driver. We talked about it a few times previously and he decided to give it a try. He has a GC Quad, so I asked him to do some testing. HIS HANDICAP INDEX: 📊 5.0 to 8.0 (6.1 when he did the test) APPROACH: 📔 After a warm-up, he hit 15-20 drives per day. In between each driver shot, he would hit a 50-60 yard wedge. He did 10 total sessions, alternating clubs each day. Same head in both clubs (each at the same setting). Same shaft in both clubs - one was at 45.5 inches the other 42.75 inches. 45.5 INCH DRIVER: ⛳️⛳️ ➡️Avg Total Distance: 248.4 yards ➡️Offline STDEV: 22.1 yards ➡️Percent of shots >30 yards offline: 17.5% 42.75 INCH DRIVER:⛳️⛳️ ➡️Avg Total Distance: 245.2 yards ➡️Offline STDEV: 19.5 yards ➡️Percent of shots >30 yards offline: 12.4% SUMMARY⛳️⛳️ You can see in the image below, the short shafted driver resulted in a tighter grouping on the face. He was able to keep the ball closer to the sweet spot. Average distance with the shorter shaft decreased 3.2 yards. Offline STDEV with the shorter driver decreased 2.6 yards. He saw an increase in accuracy, with a decrease in the number of "big misses". WHAT CAN YOU LEARN FROM THIS?⛳️⛳️ If you have not tried a shorter shafted driver, you may want to put that on your list. Make sure you consult a fitter so they can get you squared away. Distance is VERY important, but reducing big misses is also an important part of the puzzle. Be open minded to trying a different approach. You may find something that works really well for YOU. A shorter shafted driver supplemented with speed training might be just the thing to take your driver to the next level.

🚨🚨🚨 Scratch amateurs make bogey or worse on ~30% of the holes they play. They make bogey... ...or worse... ...on nearly one out of every three holes. #ManageYourExpectations Data from @ArccosGolf