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 (Jezz) has worked in golf since 1993 and for Golf Monthly since 2002 when he started out as equipment editor. He is a senior panelist for Golf Monthly's Top 100 UK & Ireland Course Rankings and has played all the Top 100 plus 94 of the Next 100, making him well-qualified to compare our premier tracks. He has played over 1,100 courses in 35 countries, from remote nine-holers in the Scottish Highlands to grand international resorts, hitting 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'll be blissfully content.
Contact Jezz on X - @JezzEllwoodGolf
Jeremy is playing...
Driver: Ping G425 LST
3 wood: Srixon ZX
Hybrid: Ping G425
Irons 4- to 11-iron: Honma TWorld TW747Vx
Wedge: Ping Glide 54˚
Putter: Ping Fetch