World Golf Ranking, New Sticks
I was surprised to learn that I now have an official World Golf Ranking - 1079. That’s high, but better than my status as of a few weeks ago - unranked. I found this out when my agent called to ask if I was competing in the British Open International Final Qualifying in Detroit in July. One of the benefits of being ranked is that you can enter International Final Qualifying in the US. So, you have a reasonable chance to make it into the British Open without having to travel overseas. The qualifier is a maximum of 120 players for a minimum of 12 spots.
So, being ranked has its benefits. Unfortunately, it looks like my ranking still isn’t high enough to really capitalize. I entered the qualifier today, one day before the deadline. As it stands now, I would be the 118th ranked entrant (remember, they only take the top 120 into the event). Since I’m not on the list yet, I assume they still need to put me and several other players on the list. Plus, they can still accept entries tomorrow. So, I’m guessing that I will be bumped outside the top 120. I will find out tomorrow.
While I was down at Sea Island for a lesson with Jack Lumpkin last week, I had a club fitting with Curtis Leggett, one of Sea Island’s highly qualified club fitters. We focused on finding a new utility and 3-wood, but also made sure the lofts and lies on my irons were right. They were relatively close to spec needing only a little tweaking. Generally we bent them toward a little more loft since all the use had bent them a little strong.
I came away with a recipe for a new utility and 3-wood from Titleist who got me the new clubs very quickly. After two days use the utility is showing some real promise. It carries about as far as my sonartec, but flies higher and lands softer. This is exactly what I was looking for in my ball flight. The jury is still out on the 3-wood…it seems to move more left than I was hoping for.
We also built a new putter with a one inch longer shaft. It’s the same MacGregor Bobby Grace M1 head…just a bit closer to the length Jack wants me to get to.
Curtis also tested my driver just to get a baseline. The stats looked good to him and confirmed to me that I’m getting the most out of my driver.