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Ben_Howell34

 
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  1. Man that place looks pure!!! Yeah, I am that guy in our group. It’s fun, but it can be work too. But easily worth it. It is fun to see how the trip evolves every year and develops. You learn each trip what works and what doesn’t. One thing we did was basically say “cheap trip” odd years and “bigger trip” even years and it’s made it fun and affordable. Have fun!
  2. I am with you on all of these. Destin is decent but overpriced in my opinion for what you get generally. Old Waverly is one of my favorite courses I have ever played and the facilities are awesome. Have not been to MB or NC but want to go to NC badly. If you ever come back to Bama go check out Pursell Farms. Not cheap but is a very unique and awesome course. Also in the middle of nowhere ha.
  3. I would have to go aerojet driver 9* x stiff shaft 3 wood and 4 hybrid 5-9 King Tour Chrome 48* PW 52* 56* gap and sand matte black medium bounce Putter: king vintage widesport
  4. I don’t wear a glove putting or chipping
  5. Also, if you want a great area with some awesome courses, both reasonable priced and higher end courses, Hilton Head, SC is a great option. To me, it is much nicer than Myrtle Beach and has plenty of golf options (although MB probably has more golf). Great beaches, restaurants, etc.
  6. I have heard that Ocean City, MD is a great option as well. Since you are in VA and one brother is in Jersey that might be a good option. I have not been there personally though. I would also consider what type of golfer is going, i.e. do they love golf or do they just like to play and are going more for the social aspect (either is great). However that will go into how much golf you want to play and where you go. We have a group of guys that do a trip every year. 70% of us I would consider golf addicts, the other 30% have fun but are not that into it. The first year we did 72 holes in 2 1/2 days and those guys got wore out. So we adjusted off of that moving forward. But also the 70% like competing more so the 30% have adjusted to that. If you do a competition I would encourage a warm up round to begin just for fun as well.
  7. Played again yesterday, Arccos performed pretty well. Missed 3-4 shots but nothing crazy. I’ve noticed that if for some reason I have to hit two chips it will usually miss one of those (luckily that’s rare, but not as rare as I’d like ). I trashed the Link awhile ago so I’m going straight phone and it’s working much better.
  8. Those look beautiful! +1 will be the cut line +1 will be Tiger’s score after round 2
  9. So your putts per hole is good but your putts per round is bad. How is that possible? Ha trying to wrap my head around that. I feel like it does not take into account good lag putts as much as it detracts from a missed midrange putt (10-20 feet). Like I played a couple weeks ago and on the 2nd hardest par 3 on the course, hit the green but was 60 plus feet away. I lag it to 4 feet and par it. Had a few other good lags as well. Had one 3 putt on the round but I had a couple strokes lost that day. Seemed out of whack to me.
  10. I feel like the SG putting on this can be a little shoddy. Like it seems that it expects you to make a ton of putts or your losing strokes, which just isn’t reasonable to believe will happen.
  11. I am seeing a theme in these tests: the app is giving confirmation on what we thought our weaknesses are, not necessarily giving us new information.
  12. Ehh I don’t know about that. Maybe with 1990 training and thinking, but the speed and strength of these guys is a different level now. They wouldn’t hit it as far as they do now no doubt but I don’t think they’d just be the same either.
  13. You are right about their expansion of the course, and not all courses have that luxury. After listening to the NLU podcast on this topic I’ve changed my mind somewhat on it and think rolling the ball back isn’t a terrible idea. Still would like to see tougher setups where more thinking is involved in each shot. What is funny to me is the shorter hitters on tour seem to think this will help them more. It honestly hurts them more than the long hitters in my opinion.
  14. To me, this is where they need to address this versus dialing the ball or clubs back. These massive under par numbers happen on the same courses every year. If you look at Augusta, the under par number has pretty much stayed the same, barring weather. Same for other major locations (exception being St. Andrew’s last year, which was due to abnormally beautiful weather that week). If these other courses would put designs in that makes players think before grabbing driver (i.e. thick rough, narrower fairways, deeper bunkers, water, big elevation changes, etc.) that would be a bigger help to this than going back to the 70s equipment wise. Great golf to me has almost every shot having to consider the risk vs reward. Seems to me these PGA courses are too set up to where you just grab driver. It’s not the players fault they’ve busted their tail daily to mash the ball.
  15. An albatross is way better than a hole in one to me! (or so I’ve heard, have experienced neither) at least it counts for less strokes!
  16. Played Greystone Founders yesterday. Hit my 8i on the number 4 par 3 within 2 feet. Wind was blowing left to right and played a fade with it, which blew it towards the right pin. Thought it was in for a split second!
  17. Aaron Rodgers darkness retreat to figure out your next decision…
  18. I would say my favorite part of the app is the strokes gained portion, but more specifically the breakdown. My weakness is iron play, but this has really shown me how much weaker it is. However, as we all have a finite amount of time to practice golf, and I especially do as a working dad with two young kids and no club membership, it is important to know what to work on to maximize our improvement. I would have told you that I’m decent at shorter irons and terrible at long irons, but Arccos says differently according to proximity to the hole: So this has helped me A: reset my expectations to know what is actually a good shot or not and B: see what I need to work on in my finite practice time. My current strategy/portion of the test is to focus 80% of my practice time on making great contact with my irons and wedges so that my dispersion in both my distances and direction drops. Now the other side of this is, I don’t want to neglect the other parts of my game and lose them either. So trying to balance feeding my weak spots versus maintaining my strengths (driving and putting).
  19. If you just go to the putt and select it, it gives you the option to turn it into a chip.
  20. I played Friday and went phone only, I think it missed 2 shots. So overall it went well. One thing that I have noticed is that the strokes gained putting seems to be lower than I feel I am playing. I am wondering if it takes into account putting from off the green, as I do that a decent amount if it’s flat and fairly close, even if I mark it as a chip on the app. Does anyone else know about that? Maybe I’m not as good of a putter as I think I am
  21. I have used my phone and had no issues so I have pretty much given up on the link. Hoping to play again Friday so will give an update then as well. Also, Go Broncos @Getoffmylawn
  22. Wasn’t great, a windy and wet 88. Irons still my weak link and did not putt well at all. Probably had 7-8 putts either rim out, burn the edge or stop on the edge. Might go see the coach for a tune up on the irons soon. A fun walk though with some good drives and chipped much better than last time.
  23. Been streaming The Chosen, it is very good. Also watching Andor for any Star Wars fans out there, it gets better per episode.
  24. Sounds like a great idea! As a former college athlete myself, kudos to you guys for working to keeping the friendships alive with your teammates. For the golf, I have not been to Myrtle Beach to golf but have been for work and was not impressed with the town at all. On the other hand, I have been to Hilton Head twice, once for family vacation and once for work. It is a great place in general with some dynamite courses that can range from cheaper to PGA stops (Harbortown). I played Old South in Bluffton (right across the bay) and it was great and not expensive at all. I believe you can play all 3 Harbortown courses with stay for around $1k but can definitely do cheaper than that as well. The food there is really good as are the beaches and overall vibe. We do an annual golf trip and might be going there next year, so if you go there let me know how you enjoy it!
  25. I purchased the KS1 Putter for $160 a couple of years ago. I love it.
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