Mizuno #YourGame2016: 5-handicap Jezz Ellwood
After being stuck on 5 for several years, the Mizuno #YourGame2016 goal of GM's Jezz Ellwood is to get down to 4 for the first time ever
After being stuck on 5 for several years, the Mizuno #YourGame2016 goal of GM's Jezz Ellwood is to get down to 4 for the first time ever
Jezz Ellwood
Handicap: 5
Home Club: Holtye
Mizuno #YourGame2016 goal: To get down to 4 for the first time.
I’m probably close to maximising my potential, but like many, I still harbour golfing ambitions. Good chances to get down to 4 in the last few years have been frittered away and my iron play needs to improve if I’m to make it. I hope my Mizuno fitting will prove the missing link.
Strengths In recent years my driving has become pretty reliable - not massively long but in play more often than not off the tee. If I can then get it up somewhere near the green, my chipping and putting is usually pretty dependable too.
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Weaknesses
Without doubt my iron play, especially my full wedge play. I don't hit enough greens and certainly don't hit it close enough with my full wedges to give myself the birdie chances I need to offset my mistakes.
Jeremy Ellwood has worked in the golf industry since 1993 and for Golf Monthly since 2002 when he started out as equipment editor. He is now a freelance journalist writing mainly for Golf Monthly. He is an expert on the Rules of Golf having qualified through an R&A course to become a golf referee. He is a senior panelist for Golf Monthly's Top 100 UK & Ireland Course Rankings and has played all of the Top 100 plus 91 of the Next 100, making him well-qualified when it comes to assessing and comparing our premier golf courses. He has now played 1,000 golf courses worldwide in 35 countries, from the humblest of nine-holers in the Scottish Highlands to the very grandest of international golf resorts. He reached the 1,000 mark on his 60th birthday in October 2023 on Vale do Lobo's Ocean course. Put him on a links course anywhere and he will be blissfully content.
Jezz can be contacted via Twitter - @JezzEllwoodGolf
Jeremy is currently playing...
Driver: Ping G425 LST 10.5˚ (draw setting), Mitsubishi Tensei AV Orange 55 S shaft
3 wood: Srixon ZX, EvenFlow Riptide 6.0 S 50g shaft
Hybrid: Ping G425 17˚, Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro Orange 80 S shaft
Irons 3- to 8-iron: Ping i525, True Temper Dynamic Gold 105 R300 shafts
Irons 9-iron and PW: Honma TWorld TW747Vx, Nippon NS Pro regular shaft
Wedges: Ping Glide 4.0 50˚ and 54˚, 12˚ bounce, True Temper Dynamic Gold 105 R300 shafts
Putter: Kramski HPP 325
Ball: Any premium ball I can find in a charity shop or similar (or out on the course!)
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