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Everything posted by Shapotomous
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I want one of these automomous mowers for the yard....cut and fertilize in one step. Speaking of advancing tech.... I would have thought synthetic tees or greens would be in use by now. The cost to maintain a single green is so high i thought there would be incentive to come up with something that plays like the real stuff by now.
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The 10.5* G410 LST is staying in the bag this year. The 60g Hzrdus Smoke 6.5 shaft keeps me in the fairway. I went to this driver last year when going from a 9 - 10.5 degree driver to gain some height and it has been very consistent. I have hit it so well that it decided my answer for Ping in the single brand thread because it is the one club i dont want to give up.
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I had some time last evening for backyard wedge practice. I hit about 60 shots at the 55 yard mark with the 57*. Worked on the proper length backswing for that yardage and accelerating through impact. I worked on finishing hands low for lower shots and finishing hands high for higher shots. The tempo and face contact felt good by the time i finished.
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Who's your Golf Swing Model?
Shapotomous replied to GolfSpy SAM's topic in Lessons, Drills, Mental Game, and Fitness Tips
At my age and flexibility level I look to the Champions Tour and select Langer for a swing model! If it's a golf model, then those that know about these things (like @GolfSpy AFG) seem to indicate it would be our own @cnosil from a calf muscle point of view. -
How many entries does Rob get??
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I would go with Ping because i love my current G410 LST Driver and Heppler Fetch putter. I will fill in with i530 irons 5-W and 49, 53 & 57 Glide wedges. I have hit G430 3w and 7w and liked the ball flight so they are in too. I havent tried any of their hybrids (or anyone elses either) but for variety i think i could live with a G425 4 hybrid. Put them all in a Hoofer bag and i will be good to go.
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Maintenance on the putting green consists of painting the flags and sticks once a year, using the leaf blower for less than 5 min on a frequent basis, but we live in a state forest so leaves are a plague. I do get some weeds creeping into the fringe but a few times a year maybe 10 min to pull them out. If it starts rolling too fast I will take a push broom to it for maybe 15 min to make the blades of fake grass stand up a bit to slow it down. It has been a great backyard practice spot for the last 15 years. We paid to have it put in by a certified SW Greens installer and they did a great job, worth every $ to me. The stream / waterfall was necessary for SWMBO to OK the whole project. Maintenance is to add a bit of bleach to the water a few times a year. Adjusting the rocks in the stream bed has to happen after each visit from a little kid as they love to play in the water. But I don't stop them because I remember how much fun it was to do that as a kid. Leaves need to be picked out frequently. The water feature was designed and installed by us. Shaping the stream bed and hauling tons of rocks was my fitness membership for a summer. We only use potted plants around the green so they need to be watered frequently in the summer heat, usually every other day. For me that's a worthy trade to weeding a garden bed. And the plants need to be sprayed with deer out every two or three weeks to keep the deer from eating them. I think its the kind of thing to do if you know you are in the house for the long term.
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Took advantage of some nice weather today to do some yard cleanup around the putting green and stream. So i take full blame if the mid atlantic gets a late winter blizzard in the next two weeks since i even brought out the ballwasher. Flags and sticks need some paint. Some think the color scheme is john deere green & yellow because thats where the spray paint came from but to me it looks like Augusta colors!
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How far will you go? How far is to far???
Shapotomous replied to Dead Solid Bogey's topic in The 19th Hole
I like to play at about 6500 since that brings most clubs in my bag into play. I am about 250 off the tee and mostly straight & i like to see a variety of 2nd shots. I don't like to have all driver / wedge but I also don't like to have all driver / 5w either. If the par 3's for the chosen tee box are all 220 I may move up on a couple. I don't post for handicap so the scrambled course rating doesn't bother me. -
I am assuming you mean a tour pro am. You need an "in" to get picked and then come up with the thousands of $$$ through a company sponsor or your own bank acct or you dont get to play.
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Was this the jinx ?!?!?!
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I believe a click is 3/4*, can someone confirm or correct this? If so then 10.5* to start plus 2(.75) clicks gets you to 12*
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What Have You Bought Lately? (CHA - Club Ho's Anonymous)
Shapotomous replied to hckymeyer's topic in The Daily
My kid played in HS also, I think just to throw me a bone since I was involved in all things dance center related for over a decade. The other hook for her was the outfits....oh....the matching skorts and tops....just wait until that kicks in. You'll be wishing it was just a dozen ProV's you're buying!! -
I would suggest you try a natural 12* driver rather than moving the 10.5* two clicks. Adding loft closes the face and you mentioned wanting to eliminate the left side of the course.
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I think i will probably turn it on late sunday to see the finish if i am stuck inside. Missing those 10 - 12 in the field definitely takes the air out of the claim of it being the 5th major.
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I say something similar in the morning....did something happen to my face or does the mirror need cleaning....nope just me getting old.
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If the conditions of this decision would have been play it once and never watch the tourney again on tv, or attend once and be able to watch on tv - Then i probably would have declined playing it. The Masters and The British Open are my two favorites to watch.
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I was reading through this again last night and thought maybe a more meaningful stat than FIR for us would be nFIR. It might help quantify how bad our driver dispersion is. It is often said that being able to score well in golf is influenced a lot by how "good" your "bad" shots are. And it might help indicate when we realistically have a swing at a shot for a GIR than if the fairway was missed so badly a penalty or pitch out was necessary. You could combine nFIR & FIR, compare it ro GIR and see how you iron game is working for you.
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I choose to play even if it means never stepping on the grounds again. I would probably 4 putt every green so i expect to shoot a 120 or thereabouts
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Heavier grip or counter weight for Putter
Shapotomous replied to SMartin's topic in Golf Balls/Shafts/Grips
I think with a putter it is results that matter. And for me a good feel is important to good results. So i would not even look at a swingweight scale for a putter i would experiment with temporary weights at the grip end to see what gives the best results and feels good. Then get a real weight installed that matches the best temporary weight and go from there. -
If i havent lost any distance from last year this is where i am at. The only spot i struggle with in my gapping is when i am sitting at the 200 yard shot. I find it hard to lighten up the 18* and keep it on target and if i go after the 23* it just goes higher but not further. D - 250 3w - 225 18* 2h - 210 23* 4h - 190 5i or 27* hybrid - 175 6i - 160 7i - 150 8i - 140 9i - 130 Pw - 115 49* - 105 53* - 90 57* - 75
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This seems to be changing things a bit by adding the caveat of how far are you missing fairways rather than FIR. I agree hitting greens is more important, but... i think how important FIR is dependent on the course being played and how that then allows for GIR. Sure if i am getting 15 more yards in distance and only 3 yards in the rough or in the next fairway on a wide open muni i will take it. But on many courses i have played getting 15 more yards & missing the fairway by a mere 10 yards will have you in the woods or OB. On a particular course cut out of the woods I won a lot of matches against players going for distance with drivers while i was hitting hybrids or irons off the tee on many holes. That course closed a few years back....hmmm maybe because you couldnt bomb it and score well there. The sister course about 10 min away was known to be about 4 shots easier even though it was longer, because you could spray it off the tee without penalty and still hit the green.
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I am a pocket user too. I tried it on my belt but knocked it off the magnetic holder a few times and was afraid of losing it.
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I like the mic drop!! I dont know if face balanced was the key but he said the mallet shape helped with his alignment so he wasnt using the lines on the ball any more. And either he or his coach said the weight set up on that putter gave him truer roll on his heel hit. The model he is using could have started as face balanced but wasnt by the time they customized the weighting for him.