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Dates: March 12-15, 2015

 

 

 

Location: Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead), Palm Harbor, FL

 

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Defending Champion:  John Senden

 

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Top Storylines:

DJ won last week after a 6 month layoff, but who cares, we want to know why he was off for 6 months

John Daly says the PGA Tour drug testing is a joke

John Senden looks to repeat, at 43 years old

All players getting tuned up for The Masters, which is just a month away

 

 

 

Featured Pairings:

Padraig Harrington, Adam Scott, Jordan Spieth  8:15AM EST

Patrick Reed, Henrik Stenson, Ernie Els  8:25AM EST

Brandt Snedeker, Justin Rose, Matt Kuchar  1:00PM EST

Gary Woodland, Luke Donald, Jim Furyk  1:10PM EST

 

 

 

TV Coverage:

Thursday & Friday - Golf Channel 3:00-6:00PM EST

Saturday & Sunday - Golf Channel 1:00-3:00PM EST, NBC 3:00-6:00PM EST

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Lived in Florida for 28 years and have yet to play at Innisbruck.

Driver: image.png.6ba1c8a254ad57aa05e527b74c2e04ba.png0311 XF 10.5* w/Project X Cypher 40 gram Senior shaft or 0811 XF 12* w/Evenflo Riptide CB Senior shaft

Fairways:  image.png.80321f01fc46450b6f428c7daf7b3471.png0211 5W & 7W w/ Evenflo Riptide CB  regular shaft and Tour Edge E521 9W w/Fubuki HD50 regular shaft

Hybrid: None in bag at the moment

IronsTitleist T300 5-PW w/Fubuki MV Senior graphite shafts w/Golf Pride Tour

Wedges: Edison forged 49*, 53* and 57* wedges with KB PGI Senior shafts(80 grm).

Putter: 33” Evnroll ER6R or  ER2 or Bellum Winmore Model 707,   or Nike Method Core Drone  w/Evnroll Gravity Grip

Bag: Vice cart bag(Black/Lime). 

Ball: Snell MTB Prime X, Maxfli Tour/S/X CG, Titleist Pro V1x or Titleist TruFeel

Using Shot Scope X5 and Pinned Rangefinder

 

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Foz would that be because you cant get unlimited rounds for $227 a month? :) Got to agree with you though I would rather get more bang for my buck

Driver ---- Callaway Big Bertha Alpha  Speeder 565 R flex- 5W TM V-Steel Fubuki 60r--- 7W TM V-Steel UST Pro Force Gold 65R----- 9 W TM V Steel TM MAS stiff---- Irons 2015 TM TP CB Steel Fiber 95 R--- GW Callaway Mack Daddy 2 52* shaft unknown junk pile refugee. SW Callaway PM Grind 56*  Modified sole grind--- KBS Tour Wedge-- LW Vokey 58* SM5 L grind--- Putter Ping B90I Broom Stick 

 

 

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I'm going on Friday. Looking forward to it. Foz I will work on getting you on Innisbrook this summer. Dennis whom we played with at World Woods gets opportunities to enter a lottery for seriously discounted tee times in the summer. I will let you know if his number comes up again.

Taylor Made Stealth 2 10.5 Diamana S plus 60  Aldila  R flex   - 42.25 inches 

SMT 4 wood bassara R flex, four wood head, 3 wood shaft

Ping G410 7, 9 wood  Alta 65 R flex

Srixon ZX5 MK II  5-GW - UST recoil Dart 65 R flex

India 52,56 (60 pending)  UST recoil 75's R flex  

Evon roll ER 5 32 inches

It's our offseason so auditioning candidates - looking for that right mix of low spin long, more spin around the greens - TBD   

 

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I'm going on Friday. Looking forward to it. Foz I will work on getting you on Innisbrook this summer. Dennis whom we played with at World Woods gets opportunities to enter a lottery for seriously discounted tee times in the summer. I will let you know if his number comes up again.

That would be a great experience. I hope it works out. Thanks Rev. I wanted to go to the tourney this year but my Club is having a St Patrick's Day 2 Man Scramble on Sunday....

Driver: image.png.6ba1c8a254ad57aa05e527b74c2e04ba.png0311 XF 10.5* w/Project X Cypher 40 gram Senior shaft or 0811 XF 12* w/Evenflo Riptide CB Senior shaft

Fairways:  image.png.80321f01fc46450b6f428c7daf7b3471.png0211 5W & 7W w/ Evenflo Riptide CB  regular shaft and Tour Edge E521 9W w/Fubuki HD50 regular shaft

Hybrid: None in bag at the moment

IronsTitleist T300 5-PW w/Fubuki MV Senior graphite shafts w/Golf Pride Tour

Wedges: Edison forged 49*, 53* and 57* wedges with KB PGI Senior shafts(80 grm).

Putter: 33” Evnroll ER6R or  ER2 or Bellum Winmore Model 707,   or Nike Method Core Drone  w/Evnroll Gravity Grip

Bag: Vice cart bag(Black/Lime). 

Ball: Snell MTB Prime X, Maxfli Tour/S/X CG, Titleist Pro V1x or Titleist TruFeel

Using Shot Scope X5 and Pinned Rangefinder

 

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Great day for Streelman, but an even better for one Wilson Staffer Ricky Barnes.  Good to see him up there on day 1 - he's a good guy and an upcoming 5 Questions feature....

 

What's in the bag:
 
Driver:  :titelist-small:TSR3; :wilson_staff_small: DynaPWR Carbon
FW Wood: :wilson_staff_small: DynaPWR 3-wood; :titleist-small: TSR 2+
Hybrids:  PXG Gen4 18-degree
Utility Irons: :srixon-small: ZX MkII 20* 
Irons:;  :Sub70:699/699 Pro V2 Combo; :wilson_staff_small: D9 Forged;  :macgregor-small:MT86 (coming soon!); :macgregor-small: VIP 1025 V-Foil MB/CB; 

Wedges:  :cleveland-small: RTX6 Zipcore
Putter: :cleveland-small: HB Soft Milled 10.5;  :scotty-small: Newport Special Select;  :edel-golf-1:  Willamette,  :bettinardi-small: BB8; :wilson-small: 8802; MATI Monto

Ball: :bridgestone-small: Tour B RXS; :srixon-small: Z-STAR Diamond; :wilson_staff_small: Triad

Stat Tracker/GPS Watch: :ShotScope:


 
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I followed Barnes for a time today. He played well except for one swing, about the ugliest tee ball I've ever seen a touring pro hit.

Taylor Made Stealth 2 10.5 Diamana S plus 60  Aldila  R flex   - 42.25 inches 

SMT 4 wood bassara R flex, four wood head, 3 wood shaft

Ping G410 7, 9 wood  Alta 65 R flex

Srixon ZX5 MK II  5-GW - UST recoil Dart 65 R flex

India 52,56 (60 pending)  UST recoil 75's R flex  

Evon roll ER 5 32 inches

It's our offseason so auditioning candidates - looking for that right mix of low spin long, more spin around the greens - TBD   

 

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I followed Barnes for a time today. He played well except for one swing, about the ugliest tee ball I've ever seen a touring pro hit.

 

It happens to everybody, doesn't it?  

 

What's in the bag:
 
Driver:  :titelist-small:TSR3; :wilson_staff_small: DynaPWR Carbon
FW Wood: :wilson_staff_small: DynaPWR 3-wood; :titleist-small: TSR 2+
Hybrids:  PXG Gen4 18-degree
Utility Irons: :srixon-small: ZX MkII 20* 
Irons:;  :Sub70:699/699 Pro V2 Combo; :wilson_staff_small: D9 Forged;  :macgregor-small:MT86 (coming soon!); :macgregor-small: VIP 1025 V-Foil MB/CB; 

Wedges:  :cleveland-small: RTX6 Zipcore
Putter: :cleveland-small: HB Soft Milled 10.5;  :scotty-small: Newport Special Select;  :edel-golf-1:  Willamette,  :bettinardi-small: BB8; :wilson-small: 8802; MATI Monto

Ball: :bridgestone-small: Tour B RXS; :srixon-small: Z-STAR Diamond; :wilson_staff_small: Triad

Stat Tracker/GPS Watch: :ShotScope:


 
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I followed Barnes for a time today. He played well except for one swing, about the ugliest tee ball I've ever seen a touring pro hit.

You wouldn't believe how many times today I said: "I am hitting it like a tour pro." :blush:

We don’t stop playing the game because we get old; we get old because we stop playing the game.”

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The swirling wind led to some curious shots.  It was calm when we got there around 9, then it was as if someone shifted a switch on around 11, then it kept shifted here, there and every where in the afternoon until it laid down toward the end of the day.

 

We camped out between the 4th green (a par 3) and the 5th tee, a monster par 5 for an hour or so while that fist transition occurred.  It's was something to see and feel.  Barnes was in the second group off of 5 after the wind came up.  It's 605, you drive over a pond (non factor for them) to a fairway that's pinched by a bunker left (not a bad spot) and a bunker right that's 280 off the tee (very bad because of over hanging tree limbs).  It's straight up hill after the bunkers and then straight down hill to the pin with two trees in the middle of the fairway over the top of the hill at about130 from the green.  It's a tough hole for them if they miss the fairway, particularly if they miss in the trees or the right bunker. 

 

As soon as the wind came up they lost the ability to hit it past the bunkers and so most started hitting 3 wood off the tee - 3 wood, 3 wood to 100 was the plan.  Barnes made the switch just like the group in front of him and his fellow competitors but you could see he wasn't comfortable.  What ensued was the wildest pull hook I've ever seen - I couldn't tell if he hit trees in the woods or flew the trees and ended up in the 6th fairway - regardless it led to a 7 on a par 5 without a penalty stroke. 

 

The other crazy shot that I saw was Jordan Spieth hitting it in the water with a 5 iron when the water wasn't close to being a play under ordinary circumstances.  He was in that middle part of the afternoon when the wind was dying, I think he aimed it right of where he needed to be, probably felt the wind die, laid off it a bit and that as they say was that.

 

I also saw lots of great shots particularly when we made our way over to 1 - lots of balls on the green in 2, it may look easy on TV but from the fairway its uphill to a green guarded by trees and a bunker right and heavy rough and a bunker left.  The only way to get it on the green is a high cut.

 

Last observation is that the greens are heavily over seeded, I've never seen greens for a tour event so soft and slow without a serious amount of rain.  They are perfect but they are shaggy.  Having played there before I was shocked at how slow they were running.  I understand that they are closing the course after the tournament and putting in new greens.  That's sad because Copperhead was the last course on tour with old school Bermuda. 

Taylor Made Stealth 2 10.5 Diamana S plus 60  Aldila  R flex   - 42.25 inches 

SMT 4 wood bassara R flex, four wood head, 3 wood shaft

Ping G410 7, 9 wood  Alta 65 R flex

Srixon ZX5 MK II  5-GW - UST recoil Dart 65 R flex

India 52,56 (60 pending)  UST recoil 75's R flex  

Evon roll ER 5 32 inches

It's our offseason so auditioning candidates - looking for that right mix of low spin long, more spin around the greens - TBD   

 

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How about that final round and playoff?! Best tournament I've scene so far this year! Speith can roll the rock

Driver- Tmag 2017 M2 tour issue 8.5* actual loft 7.8* w/ HZRDS Green PVD 70TX"
Fairway Metal- Taylormade SLDR Mini Driver 12* w/ Fujikura Rombax TP95-X"

Utility- Mizuno MPH5 1 iron w/ Aldila RIP 85X (depending on course/ conditions)

Irons- Mizuno MP- FLI HI 2i w/ Aldila Proto ByYou 100X
          Mizuno MP59 4i-6I w/ PX 6.5

          Mizuno MP69 7i-PW w/ PX 6.5

Wedges- Scratch 8620 Driver/Slider set.  50*, 54* bent to 55* and 60*

Putter- Taylormade Spider Tour w/ flow neck
Ball- Bridgestone Tour B X

Bag- Sun Mountain C130 Supercharged

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Great finish. Was pulling for Spieth for my fantasy team. But, would have been nice to se O'hare pull it off.

Driver: :adams-small: XTD Ti 9* Matrix Ozik Red Tie s flex                        

Fairway: :cobra-small: AMP 15* Aldila RIP s flex               

Hybrid:  :cleveland-small: 588 Custom 20.5* Matrix Ozik Altus

Irons: :taylormade-small:  2014 Tour Preferred MC 4-pw w/ KBS Tour s flex +1"  

Wedges:  :scatch-golf-1: 8620 50*DD w/ KBS Rev, 54* and 58* DD w/ KBS C-Taper  

Putter: :bridgestone-small:  TD-01 True Balance 34"

 

 

 

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Great finish. Was pulling for Spieth for my fantasy team. But, would have been nice to se O'hare pull it off.

Same here!

Driver- Tmag 2017 M2 tour issue 8.5* actual loft 7.8* w/ HZRDS Green PVD 70TX"
Fairway Metal- Taylormade SLDR Mini Driver 12* w/ Fujikura Rombax TP95-X"

Utility- Mizuno MPH5 1 iron w/ Aldila RIP 85X (depending on course/ conditions)

Irons- Mizuno MP- FLI HI 2i w/ Aldila Proto ByYou 100X
          Mizuno MP59 4i-6I w/ PX 6.5

          Mizuno MP69 7i-PW w/ PX 6.5

Wedges- Scratch 8620 Driver/Slider set.  50*, 54* bent to 55* and 60*

Putter- Taylormade Spider Tour w/ flow neck
Ball- Bridgestone Tour B X

Bag- Sun Mountain C130 Supercharged

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I was primarily watching hoops, Badgers and Huskies .

 

Nice of the Tour to go OT so I could see it. Spieth is rolling his rock, could be tough at Augusta if he can control his ball and keep it below the hole.

Taylor Made Stealth 2 10.5 Diamana S plus 60  Aldila  R flex   - 42.25 inches 

SMT 4 wood bassara R flex, four wood head, 3 wood shaft

Ping G410 7, 9 wood  Alta 65 R flex

Srixon ZX5 MK II  5-GW - UST recoil Dart 65 R flex

India 52,56 (60 pending)  UST recoil 75's R flex  

Evon roll ER 5 32 inches

It's our offseason so auditioning candidates - looking for that right mix of low spin long, more spin around the greens - TBD   

 

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