[Formula 1]

Formula One is the only kind of auto racing which I can enjoy watching, 

BUT

I'd rather a motorcar manufacturer were leading the pack

rather than an energy drink team.  

If they called themselves "Honda" [I think that's their engine maker] instead of Red Bull, that would be more palatable.

 

[SEASON 2 - WEEK 1 MGS Forum Member Weekly Championship Tour]

Except for the graphics. the Stealth HD looks very much like 1970s GI irons back toward the beginning of the GI era.

I'm sure that it's not the same at all and has more modern tech involved, but I speak of the general look.

Of course, one would have to have been playing back then to notice. <sigh>

[Shot Shaper or Point and Shoot?]

On 4/4/2023 at 2:38 PM, Swood1994 said:

Not sure if any of you have seen reels and videos of Macbouchergolf on Instagram and YouTube but He's know for slinging huge 50-60 yard hooks or slices into a pretty stock pin from the center of the fairway and he finds it easier and more fun to play that way versus hitting straight shots. It raises the question how many of you like to work the ball in all different directions? Or do you go into every shot with the only goal is to point and shoot so to say or do you play one flight path every shot?

Last year I worked really hard to learn to be able to consistently and predictably work the ball right to left (draw) as an avid fade biased player and once I got it down I started playing my best golf in a while. I also found myself having more fun starting to hit different shots in different situations. Knock down flighted wedges. Low rising punched 6-iron cuts. high draw 8-iron, etc. 

How does everyone else feel? What's your favorite shot in your arsenal?

My natural shot is a fairly tight draw, but it's basically point and shoot for me.

I can curve the ball at will, but only big bananas in either direction, not controlled fades and draws.

Occasionally, there's use for a big hook or slice.  Ball placement will be far from precise, but at least one can get around something. 

 

[The Good Morning Thread]

3 minutes ago, David Leighton Reid said:

Great news!

 

14 minutes ago, Merlin1313 said:

GM Y'all- It's a glorious day - test results came back non-malignant/benign (and there was MUCH rejoicing- sorry couldn't help myself w the Monty Python reference). How about Fitz's shot on 12 yesterday? He's comin' !!!!! I hope y'all have a wonderful day with nothin but F&Gs and not to worry- us working stiffs got this!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm sure the entire forum is happy to hear the good news.  

Let's all take care of ourselves.

[Ok, golf packrats!]

I keep my old clubs, and they go back quite a few years.  

Old golf bags are the theme of my man cave decor. 

They all have stories to tell.

[Should I match my wedge shafts to my irons? How about a utility iron?]

On 5/13/2021 at 3:05 PM, Hammer_Hunt64 said:

Looking for advice here.  I need new wedges but want to know if i should do a fitting or get them in the same wedges as my irons?  Also considering a utility club with the same question, match to the irons get fitted?  I can appreciate the advantages of getting professionally fitted but that cost adds up.  Interested to hear what thoughts are out there on this!

Thanks!

My driving iron, 5-9 irons, and three wedges, representing three brands total,  all have matching shafts and grips.

I don't think it's absolutely essential, though.  I did it so I wouldn't be thinking about it.

[Best Swing Grips for Golfer Who Doesn't Wear a Glove]

I stopped using gloves quite a long while ago, but switched to wrap-type grips only when I did.

 

[How Long Do You Keep Golf Gloves?]

Don't wear them.  Use wrap-style grips only and no glove.

[Do you own a Staff Bag]

I do own a staff bag, but I use a cart bag with individual dividers.

An old, heavy, red, white, and blue Hogan staff bag houses my putter collection.

[What Have You Bought Lately? (CHA - Club Ho's Anonymous)]

I've ordered balls for the new season, and since Titleist finally retuned the 58-04 to its wedge lineup, I've ordered that as well

Was going three series back with an SM-6  58-04.

Not contemplating any other equipment changes in the foreseeable future.

I've got the right stuff for me, I believe.

[Driving Iron, hybrid, or fairway… for 200+]

On 1/2/2023 at 1:15 PM, doubleduhric said:

Driving Iron, hybrid, or fairway… for 200+
 

Which, why, what factors did you consider making the choice?… was it performance? personal preference? a tip from a friend or a pro? do you carry both or a combination of sorts?

I go with a driving iron exclusively for tight driving holes: never use it from the fairway.

I go with 18.5, 21, and 24º fairway woods.   

No hybrids.

It was entirely personal preference.

Not a single one of my frequent playing partners or our club's pro plays the same basic set configuration as I do.

 

[Seven wood anyone?]

My 7-wood has 24º loft, preceeding a 27° 5-iron.

I still go with four woods as if it were 1965.   

[I get very confused in discussions of jacked lofts in irons as in most recent No Putts Given.]

I've been one of the jacked-loft villains on this forum.  The young ones are sick of hearing it, but I don't think they're really hearing it it.

I don't want them to change the way they're making the modern clubs.

I'm not an engineer nor a master clubmaker.

I just wish that they wouldn't use a numbering system adopted at the end of the hickory shaft era on modern clubs that are at minimum two-clubs stronger

at the same number stamping. 

The Louisville Golf Precision Series 2-iron has 24º loft.   The driving iron has 20º loft. 

The Titleist T100S 4-iron has only 22º loft.  

They know what they're doing, but do they know what they're stamping?

 

[Planned 2030 Golf Ball Rollback]

On 1/16/2022 at 9:51 AM, DaveP043 said:

I don't claim to be an expert on exactly what conforms, and I certainly don't know how your "rebuilt" club will fit in the regulations.  If I read you right, you're taking a club that conforms to the 2024 rules and having it changed.  What has The Iron Factory told you about groove conformance?  If it ends up being non-conforming, I have very little sympathy.  If you're worried about it conforming, and you'll need to use it in significant competitions, you can send it to the USGA (or have The Iron Factory send it) to be evaluated.  

Non-conforming is the whole point.

It can't be non-conforming enough.

I want to be able to back up the ball on the asphalt parking lot.

I'm obviously not trying to qualify for the US Senior Amateur, but my facetiousness was clearly not sufficiently obvious either!

/

[How'd you play?]

I no longer play often enough to justify the expense of my membership, but it's hard to completely give up on a game that you've played for so many decades.   My game will never again be what it was.  It's physically impossible.  

Thinking of myself as a former player, however, is almost like thinking of myself as formerly being alive.

Thus, I show up at the club every so often for breakfast, and if there's a game to be had, I drag my ass out there.

I suppose that I'll have all eternity to rest soon enough!

 

Too bad about Ben Hogan Golf, by the way.  That brand revival has had buzzard's luck.  

 

Here's a quick edit.   Don't pay any attention to that nine handicap anymore.

[How'd you play?]

Went for an MRI this morning.  I hate those so much.  I feel like a cartridge in a rifle chamber.

They played Sinatra to calm me down.

Last time they played Coltrane and it only got me agitated.

[Favorite Non-Urethane Ball?]

Just now, bayslarry said:

I usually don't play but sometimes during vacation I play. I played  pro v1s. Few month back I ordered some good quality balls "storm phase 2" because most of the people were saying non urethane ball are better. The ball is costly it cost me around $250. I ordered 2 piece from amazon and they were giving free delivery during festive season.

 

My non-urethane is the Penfold Hearts ball.

There's no practical reason for it, however,

It's just for the caché.

 

My regular ball is the Pro V1x. Boston Sal imprint, ball #79 model.

There's no practical reason for that, either, except with the ubiquitous Titleist, you just don't think about the ball.

[How'd you play?]

My game has been atrocious thus far this spring.  I can't get loose.  I'm sore all over.

After sixty years on the course, I may finally be done.

But I'm paid up for the year, so I'm still trying.

Lately, though, I've enjoyed the meeting up early for breakfast more than the actual playing.

Maybe some seriously hot weather will get me going.  I've always played my best on the scorchers.

Too soon to throw in the towel, but late enough to have to think about it.

 

 

 

 

 

[Does it matter anymore to have same brand equipment?]

I find that mixed brand equipment is more common that a unified brand throughout.

 

[Poll: How Often Do You Really Clean Your Clubs?]

On 3/12/2022 at 8:16 PM, Shapotomous said:

That was my job in HS and a couple years of college.  It's probably why I am consistently cleaning my own clubs after a round.

On weekends I probably cleaned about 150 sets per day.  Also scrubbed grips or regripped if requested.  Made a lot of money in tips.  Bought my first 'high end' (for HS anyway) stereo from tip money....Onkyo amp, denon turntable, polk speakers....I still have the amp & speakers in the basement work room!  

Don't forget to tip your club cleaning kids!  

I won't.   

Audio equipment was something we loved as kids back in the sixties.

I've got huge JBLs powered by a Mac MC275 right now, but modern people listen to digital files on their telephones.  Sad.

[Poll: How Often Do You Really Clean Your Clubs?]

If you use your club's bag room, they'll clean the clubs every time they put them away for you.

[Sunnies, shades, sunglasses, whatever you call 'em... whatchu got?]

I have a few pair, but they're all identical.

 

Classic Blues Brothers Ray Bans ground to my progressive lens prescription.

 

That's what goes best with suits and hats, from what I can see.

[What are you listening to?]

I was recently listening to some Ampex reel-to-reel tapes of band practices from the late sixties and early seventies.

I was surprised to find them still playable.

We had a ten-piece band formatted as follows:

[What is a club you regret selling/wish you still had?]

If I had sold my 1997 Spalding Top Flite Titanium Intimidator 400 fairway woods,

I'd have never been able to put them back in the bag where they are now.

The 9-wood, stamped as 29°, can take one all the way down to a modern, GI model 8-iron! The latter are down to about 33° now, right? 

I've also got the 7 at 25°,

the 5 at 21°,

and the 3 at 16°. 

The 3 can be replaced by something more modern for maximum distance from the Hail Mary fairway club.

The 5, 7, and 9, however, are still money a quarter century later.

I'm not even thinking of replacing them.

I'm screwed if a shaft breaks, however, because the Fenwick shafts are a non-standard diameter tip and no longer available.

 

[Random Thread]

I was thinking of starting a My Space account, but couldn't figure out how.

Tech is a problem for me.

 

I've heard a lot of crticism of social media platforms lately, but nobody seems to be complaing about My Space.

It must be the one to use.