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Bluesman57

 
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About Bluesman57

  • Birthday February 20

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  • Gender
    Male
  • Location
    Fort Wayne, IN
  • Interests
    The 3 Gs: golf, guns and guitars.

Player Profile

  • Age
    60 and over
  • Swing Speed
    90 mph or less
  • Handicap
    15
  • Frequency of Play/Practice
    Multiple times per week
  • Player Type
    Casual
  • Biggest Strength
    Putting
  • Biggest Weakness
    Approach
  • Fitted for Clubs
    Yes

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  1. Thank you for posting the pictures. That doesn't look bad at all.
  2. Thanks for the great replies. One brand that I'm looking at is the Honma Beres Black. I found a used set Golf Partner USA on https://golfpartnerusa.com/products/honma-iron-set-beres-black-stiffregular-3s-armrq-mx-7-pieces?variant=41131787518012 and zoomed in on a picture. The faces don't look too bad, but the sole of the A wedge looks positively sand blasted.
  3. Great idea, thanks! Those clubs look a bit gnarly, especially the wedges.
  4. Does anyone have any experience with black coated irons? I'm looking at the Honma Beres Black, which look fantastic new. But I'm concerned that the black surface will wear off, and of course, unevenly, which would leave me with some pretty garish-looking two-toned irons sometime down the road. The Honma web site states that the black finish is applied using Ion Plating, which itself is a form.of Physical.Vapor Deposit. All I could find about these is on watch sites and metallurgy sites. Way too much chemistry for me! So I'm counting on any real world experience that any of youse guys can share. Tanks!
  5. The place where my swing coach works installed a Quintic system a couple of years ago, and since he knew that I was looking for a putter, offered to fit me for free if I was willing to be a guinea pig. Umm, yeah! I'm a retired engineer, and as such, am a sucker for numbers, gadgets and anything technical. And man, the Quintic spits out a lot of data! I won't go into everything, but I had a tendency to miss putts to the right, and I always thought that I was pushing them. Nope. The data showed that my path was fine, but that I was leaving the face open, and was imparting a cut spin on the ball. The fitting turned into a lesson, and we fixed that. I ended up with Bettinardi BB8-W, in no small part because it got my putts rolling the soonest.
  6. Yes, this! I work maintenance at a local muni, and the abuse of the course is beyond belief. Unrepaired pitch marks and divots, unraked bunkers, empty beer cans all over the place and yes, carts right up to the collars. And this is only the damage from neglect. The intentional abuse really ticks me off. Large, wedge-sized divots gouged out of greens, broken flagsticks, dozens of holes poked into the greens with the flagstick... People are idiots.
  7. I'm shopping for a new set of game improvement irons, and this has definitely given me second thoughts about having Titleist included in the mix. Forgot to ask: where are these clubheads made? As I shop, I'm finding it nearly impossible to find out, but if it's not an expensive Japanese forged head, it almost seems safe to assume that the answer is "China".
  8. I'm now 67 and retired. My part time gig at the golf course doesn't start until mid-March, so it's still recliner season!
  9. Thanks for the birthday wishes, guys!
  10. My friend told me that a member of his club games the XXIO 12, and had the counterbalance weights in the butt end of one of the clubs came loose, rattling around in the shaft. Has anyone else heard of this happening?
  11. +1 on clubs depreciating faster than a new car. When I was shopping for new clubs 4 years ago, I asked about how much the shop would offer me for trading in my old set. I was insulted by a ridiculously low number, so much so, that I just walked out of the shop. As I told the manager, I'd rather donate my clubs to a good cause than to you. So they went to a local program, which is similar to First Tee in that it's goal is to open up the game of golf to kids that otherwise would not be able to afford their own clubs. I also tried to sell some newer clubs here in the MGS forum, but didn't get a single reply in a couple of weeks. Those also got donated.
  12. I thought it was just me! I cannot hit off of those miniature badminton shuttlecocks for the life of me.
  13. I'm looking to replace my 2021 Titleist T300 irons, and have 3 potential replacements in mind. I'm 67, and my driver clubhead speed is now down to 90 mph. I'm recovering from lumbar decompression surgery, so it's going to be a few weeks before I'll be cleared to make full swings, so I have time before having to make a decision, but if anyone has experience with any of these, or even a strong opinion, I'd love to hear your thoughts. Here are the 3 candidates: Mizuno JPX 923 Hot Metal HL XXIO 13 (or 12, if not much changed) PING G730 Thanks, guys!
  14. My great area of weakness, as reported by the SwingU app, is chipping and pitching. A couple of issues that I have (had?) are hitting them to the right, and the occasional, yet maddening thin, topped pitch. Almost psychically, two videos that showed up for me addressed these very issues; both are very simple, and worked wonders for me. First, I was, apparently, not setting my weight forward consistently. The video simply instructed to use one's *nose* to shift the weight forward; that is moving the nose towards the target, and the weight follows. It's also easy for me to lean to the left to point my nose at an area a couple of inches in front of the ball and verify that it stays there. The other was even more simple. I moved the ball back in my stance, which greatly reduces my tendency to hit thin shots to the right. Now on to distance control!
  15. FWIW, I've used the full version during my testing several times, and have not had a single instance of freezing. Also, the app finds the correct hole much quicker than my GPS watch, especially with confusing/adjacent tee boxes.
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