So I'm officially back. For those that may not remember, I quit golf 6 years ago, just emptied my locker into a trash bag and quit after our 3 day member guest. I didn't even remember I left my clubs there until over 2 years later, when they called and asked if I was ever going to pick them up. I was a 9 handicap (around a 7 index), and got the shanks with my irons so bad that I couldn't break 110 for 3 months. I couldn't take it anymore so I quit.
In August of last year, I decided to start playing again, rejoined the club this year, and all of those "restricted" scores went in, so I opened the season at a 17 index (20 handicap) and consistently shot 85-90. My index had dropped to a 12.3 going into last weekend, and then I shot a 79 on Friday and a 78 on Saturday (with 4 3 putts, and the putter is the best club in my bag, by far). I'm now down to a 9.2 index. Yep, I've basically cut my index in half in 2 months, and I've made a small fortune in the process, which is nice.
The irons? I started focusing on turning and just swinging and and I'm absolutely striping them. Even when I was playing good, I was a guy who might hit my 6 iron 170 yards when I hit it good. Now, I'm playing 6 iron anywhere from 185-195. I'm htting 8 iron 160. I'm a guy who hits driver like 250 when I absolutely hit it on the screws, so it's not like I'm some sort of Cameron Champ out there either.
The one part of my game I haven't been able to figure out is dialing back the wedges when I need to. I carry a 60 degree that I hit about 90 yards, a 54 degree that goes about 100, a 52 degree to about 110, and my pitching wedge can go upwards of 135, but when I try to take anything off any of those clubs, I either hit it off the hosel, or I pull the shit out of it so I don't fire a hosel rocket dead right. If I can figure that out in the next few weeks, I'll be better than I've ever been, because I've always been pretty accurate with my driver, and I'm great around the greens. Now that my irons are solid, I need to figure out how to stop giving away 3-5 shots per round with the wedges.