AboutEddie Kilthau Expertise I am a PGA golf professional specializing in teaching the game.
Experience I played collegiately at Arizona State University, then turned professional in 1981. I became the shortest player to ever play in the United States Open at Oakmont Country Club in Pittsburgh & missed my PGA Tour card by 2 shots in 1986 at PGA West, La Quinta, California. I have been teaching for 26 years in Phoenix, Arizona & I am currently the Director of Instruction at the Vistal Club in Phoenix and owner of Victory Golfworks.
Business Administration, Arizona State University. PGA Business School I - 1986, PGA Business School II - 1992, PGA Advanced Business School III - 1995. Certified PING Clubfitter - 1999. PGA Teaching & Clubfitting Seminar - 1992. Numerous Southwest Section PGA educational seminars.
Question Hello, i used to play my grandfathers very old set of callaways with graphite shafts and my accuracy wasn't too great but i could hit my five iron about 190, i'm 20 years old and golf 1-3 times a week, i recently just got the callaway x18s with steel shaft and i just went on a golf trip for 3 days and could not hit any of my mid irons solid! i would hit the ball very akwardly where it hurt my hand and would only go 60 yards completely to the right i hit maybe 4 good iron shots the whole trip and that was with a sandwedge or pitching wedge. Any help would be appreciated, im starting to almost regret getting steel shafts
Answer Hello Michael:
The copout answer would be to say go back to your old clubs, but I will need more information than what you have given me to help you. Are you shanking the ball (squirting to the right at a 45 degree angle and not going very far)? If you are 20 years old and play 1-3 times per week, you should be strong enough to handle the clubs you got. Did you get professionally fit for the clubs, or did you just buy them? What do you shoot for 18 holes? When you miss hit the shot, does it tend to go right or left? Does it slice or hook, or just go straight right or straight left? How much do you practice and do you take lessons? Give me some more info Michael and I can give you some great advice. Thanks.
