Tag Archives: TaylorMade Burner 2.0 Irons

They’re Here!

18 Jan

My new clubs are in! All one of you who have read before that I was out of commission for a while waiting for new clubs to come in know my excitement about finally having a set of clubs bought specifically tailored to my game.

Well, they finally arrived: the Taylor Made Burner 2.0 irons.

Image: golfstore18.com.

I got them in on Friday, and promptly played a round on Sunday as well as this morning. Here’s what I learned from playing these new, beautiful irons: they hit well, but I still have to hit them right. This is why I was so against getting fitted for so long — you can’t rely on fancy, expensive equipment to fix your game, only solid fundamentals and a lot of practice will do that. Thus, my clubs really did make the game more enjoyable, but it wasn’t a night-and-day difference. It’s obvious I still have work to do to be more consistent.

I also learned that getting new golf equipment is a lot like getting a tattoo (or what I’m told about getting a tattoo; I don’t have one but my sister and some friends have many). Once you buy one thing, you immediately want something else. I was dreaming of new drivers, woods, putters, the whole bag!

Finding the Right Fit

20 Dec

So as mentioned in a previous post, my clubs broke. It’s totally killed my chances of playing in the beautiful South Texas winter temps (75 degrees, in December!!!). But, it’s given me the opportunity to get new clubs — something I was going to treat myself to sometime in the New Year anyway!

And thus, I finally got my first professional club fitting after 11 years of playing the sport. I learned quite a bit about the qualities of a club.

I had long believed that people should focus more on their swing, not on the equipment. However, now I know from hitting balls on a swing board (a black piece of plastic that helps with determining measurements for your swing), that I need a club that lies on the ground at a two degree angle. That angle helps me turn my hands through the ball at impact. Never would I have known that without a club fitting — who knows what angle my current clubs lie, but I guess that since I bought them at a big golf box store, they’re just the standard angle.

I’m now almost a full believer that properly fitted equipment is a must for playing well as an amateur. I say almost because I still need to play with the new set before I profess my love to this school of thought.

Speaking of the new set, I decided upon TaylorMade Burner 2.0 clubs with a Ladies graphite shaft, and of course the two degree angle. I’m only going to get clubs 6-SW, which I’ve decided will complement my 4H and 3/5/7FW.

They should be in soon, and I’ll update on how great they are (or aren’t, as the case might be!)

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