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It's hard to believe the final major of the year is already upon us.   So relish every moment of it this week, as it will be 8 months until the next one.   
But what a special place for the final one  The Old Course at St. Andrews.  We've had some great prizes this Majors Season, and this one is not going to disappoint either.  But just like the winner on Sunday is a mystery, so is the prize.   
That's right, we're going with the always fun

 
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The wife and the kids have been up North in the UP this week(I am meeting them tonight) but with all the free time I have played 5 rounds in the last 6 days.
I think I have found my limit as the last 27 holes or so have been filled with tired and sore swings.  I typically practice a few times a week but never get to play this much.  I will say my putting his gotten significantly better in this short spurt off feel alone but with that comes lots of lazy swings.
I'd like to say 5 rounds in 6 days is too much but given the opportunity I would most certainly do it again.

The wife and the kids have been up North in the UP this week(I am meeting them tonight) but with all the free time I have played 5 rounds in the last 6 days.
I think I have found my limit as the last 27 holes or so have been filled with tired and sore swings.  I typically practice a few times a week but never get to play this much.  I will say my putting his gotten significantly better in this short spurt off feel alone but with that comes lots of lazy swings.
I'd like to say 5 rounds in 6 days is too much but given the opportunity I would most certainly do it again.

The wife and the kids have been up North in the UP this week(I am meeting them tonight) but with all the free time I have played 5 rounds in the last 6 days.
I think I have found my limit as the last 27 holes or so have been filled with tired and sore swings.  I typically practice a few times a week but never get to play this much.  I will say my putting his gotten significantly better in this short spurt off feel alone but with that comes lots of lazy swings.
I'd like to say 5 rounds in 6 days is too much but given the opportunity I would most certainly do it again.

The wife and the kids have been up North in the UP this week(I am meeting them tonight) but with all the free time I have played 5 rounds in the last 6 days.
I think I have found my limit as the last 27 holes or so have been filled with tired and sore swings.  I typically practice a few times a week but never get to play this much.  I will say my putting his gotten significantly better in this short spurt off feel alone but with that comes lots of lazy swings.
I'd like to say 5 rounds in 6 days is too much but given the opportunity I would most certainly do it again.

The wife and the kids have been up North in the UP this week(I am meeting them tonight) but with all the free time I have played 5 rounds in the last 6 days.
I think I have found my limit as the last 27 holes or so have been filled with tired and sore swings.  I typically practice a few times a week but never get to play this much.  I will say my putting his gotten significantly better in this short spurt off feel alone but with that comes lots of lazy swings.
I'd like to say 5 rounds in 6 days is too much but given the opportunity I would most certainly do it again.

The wife and the kids have been up North in the UP this week(I am meeting them tonight) but with all the free time I have played 5 rounds in the last 6 days.
I think I have found my limit as the last 27 holes or so have been filled with tired and sore swings.  I typically practice a few times a week but never get to play this much.  I will say my putting his gotten significantly better in this short spurt off feel alone but with that comes lots of lazy swings.
I'd like to say 5 rounds in 6 days is too much but given the opportunity I would most certainly do it again.

I shot my personal best 77 yesterday for the 3rd time in my life.  I was +1 thru 15 and doubled 2 of the last 3.  I am obviously not upset with my round as it is the best I have ever played but this seems to be a recurring theme when I am playing really well to finish poorly.  I dont know if it is nerves or pressure of not being somewhere I have ever been before on the scorecard, but I can remember the same feeling when trying to break 80 that I dont feel anymore after I have done it a handful of times.  Its also a weird feeling to walk away from the course both happy and frustrated, but I guess that sums up the game of golf pretty well.

With the PNW meet-up happenings and travel, I haven't really been paying too much attention to pro golf news.  I did see all the FTx chat bubbles race across my laptop with the news on who had WD from the JDC, and who has WD from the PGA Tour completely... nutzballs!  As I said in another thread, all this churn could be a real boost to some of the mid-pack players; who are by default moving up in the PGA Tour field rankings. 
I wonder if television/streaming viewership drops off with the LIV event going on in Portland.  I'll be watching both to start and, depending on JDC coverage on the weekend, likely just watching the Pumpkin Ridge event.
Having done these PGA Tour threads for the past couple of years, I will say that I never realized how much BIG $$$ gets pumped into a plethora of charities all across the nation as a result of their events.  

This field keeps getting worse and worse with all the WD.  I'd like to see Theegala redeem himself from the mistake in the bunker from yesterday.

After 2 years I have ended my own personal One Length experiment.  Even though I had played some quality golf with the one lengths in the bag, saw my handicap get as low as it has ever been, I decided to move away from them for multiple reasons.  For one the distance with the high irons(4-6) was substantially shorter than I had previously hit the ball, this created a strange gap between irons and hybrid/woods where I found myself having to hit 60-75% hybrid shots and hoping I judged it the right way.  For me that is never a recipe for success.  Finally I was never really comfortable with the PW and GW with the one length set.  On full swings they were ok, but anytime I needed to flight it differently or hit a knock down wedge it also felt awkward and inconsistent.  The only thing I loved with the one lengths was the consistent ball flight with each club(this is the reason I made the switch 2 years ago) but ultimately the lack of distance and uncomfortableness with the scoring club led me to switch back to standard length clubs.  I do think 2 years is long enough to give it a good try and I do not regret putting these in the bag at all.  I have small children and I have actually thought that a one length junior set would be a great idea to teach them to play if they ever become interested.

Really got after it over the weekend. 12 fairways and 11 GIR with 36 putts. The bad 5 3 putts. Mostly all due to the fact of poor positioning from the pin. 41/41 for 82 on the day. I had a chance to get a birdie in 18 but I over though my approach shot and caught it to soft landing it in the creek. Only ball lost on the day.. overall things are trending to the point where I’m making mistakes but still playing really good

Two mistakes, driver off the tee, and an attempted hero shot from the trap. Wonder what the conversation with the caddy was? But I hope he knows better next time, really gave away a chance at a win. Xander really needed another win too.
JDC field does look sad, victim of schedule as others have noted.

I shot my personal best 77 yesterday for the 3rd time in my life.  I was +1 thru 15 and doubled 2 of the last 3.  I am obviously not upset with my round as it is the best I have ever played but this seems to be a recurring theme when I am playing really well to finish poorly.  I dont know if it is nerves or pressure of not being somewhere I have ever been before on the scorecard, but I can remember the same feeling when trying to break 80 that I dont feel anymore after I have done it a handful of times.  Its also a weird feeling to walk away from the course both happy and frustrated, but I guess that sums up the game of golf pretty well.

Owen and I got in the back nine at River Heights today.  He went +6 and I went +12 (48).  Good contact today.  Hit my driver 280 on hole 12 for a new long and clobbered my 8 iron 170 to sky past the pin on a par three.  I continue making solid contact and my club distances are going up and up.  Hopefully soon I can start reigning them in and getting everything a little more on target. 
That said I kept coming up short on my short approaches.  I wouldn't say its the yips, but the idea of thinning it into the next county is in my head and I wind up wussing out on the shot. 
On the whole, though...a really good round.  I chunked the hell out of one shot but otherwise my misses are legitimate (if that makes sense) and generally things that I can diagnose as they happen.  Promising days ahead!

After 2 years I have ended my own personal One Length experiment.  Even though I had played some quality golf with the one lengths in the bag, saw my handicap get as low as it has ever been, I decided to move away from them for multiple reasons.  For one the distance with the high irons(4-6) was substantially shorter than I had previously hit the ball, this created a strange gap between irons and hybrid/woods where I found myself having to hit 60-75% hybrid shots and hoping I judged it the right way.  For me that is never a recipe for success.  Finally I was never really comfortable with the PW and GW with the one length set.  On full swings they were ok, but anytime I needed to flight it differently or hit a knock down wedge it also felt awkward and inconsistent.  The only thing I loved with the one lengths was the consistent ball flight with each club(this is the reason I made the switch 2 years ago) but ultimately the lack of distance and uncomfortableness with the scoring club led me to switch back to standard length clubs.  I do think 2 years is long enough to give it a good try and I do not regret putting these in the bag at all.  I have small children and I have actually thought that a one length junior set would be a great idea to teach them to play if they ever become interested.

I shot my personal best 77 yesterday for the 3rd time in my life.  I was +1 thru 15 and doubled 2 of the last 3.  I am obviously not upset with my round as it is the best I have ever played but this seems to be a recurring theme when I am playing really well to finish poorly.  I dont know if it is nerves or pressure of not being somewhere I have ever been before on the scorecard, but I can remember the same feeling when trying to break 80 that I dont feel anymore after I have done it a handful of times.  Its also a weird feeling to walk away from the course both happy and frustrated, but I guess that sums up the game of golf pretty well.

I shot my personal best 77 yesterday for the 3rd time in my life.  I was +1 thru 15 and doubled 2 of the last 3.  I am obviously not upset with my round as it is the best I have ever played but this seems to be a recurring theme when I am playing really well to finish poorly.  I dont know if it is nerves or pressure of not being somewhere I have ever been before on the scorecard, but I can remember the same feeling when trying to break 80 that I dont feel anymore after I have done it a handful of times.  Its also a weird feeling to walk away from the course both happy and frustrated, but I guess that sums up the game of golf pretty well.

I shot my personal best 77 yesterday for the 3rd time in my life.  I was +1 thru 15 and doubled 2 of the last 3.  I am obviously not upset with my round as it is the best I have ever played but this seems to be a recurring theme when I am playing really well to finish poorly.  I dont know if it is nerves or pressure of not being somewhere I have ever been before on the scorecard, but I can remember the same feeling when trying to break 80 that I dont feel anymore after I have done it a handful of times.  Its also a weird feeling to walk away from the course both happy and frustrated, but I guess that sums up the game of golf pretty well.

I shot my personal best 77 yesterday for the 3rd time in my life.  I was +1 thru 15 and doubled 2 of the last 3.  I am obviously not upset with my round as it is the best I have ever played but this seems to be a recurring theme when I am playing really well to finish poorly.  I dont know if it is nerves or pressure of not being somewhere I have ever been before on the scorecard, but I can remember the same feeling when trying to break 80 that I dont feel anymore after I have done it a handful of times.  Its also a weird feeling to walk away from the course both happy and frustrated, but I guess that sums up the game of golf pretty well.

I shot my personal best 77 yesterday for the 3rd time in my life.  I was +1 thru 15 and doubled 2 of the last 3.  I am obviously not upset with my round as it is the best I have ever played but this seems to be a recurring theme when I am playing really well to finish poorly.  I dont know if it is nerves or pressure of not being somewhere I have ever been before on the scorecard, but I can remember the same feeling when trying to break 80 that I dont feel anymore after I have done it a handful of times.  Its also a weird feeling to walk away from the course both happy and frustrated, but I guess that sums up the game of golf pretty well.

I shot my personal best 77 yesterday for the 3rd time in my life.  I was +1 thru 15 and doubled 2 of the last 3.  I am obviously not upset with my round as it is the best I have ever played but this seems to be a recurring theme when I am playing really well to finish poorly.  I dont know if it is nerves or pressure of not being somewhere I have ever been before on the scorecard, but I can remember the same feeling when trying to break 80 that I dont feel anymore after I have done it a handful of times.  Its also a weird feeling to walk away from the course both happy and frustrated, but I guess that sums up the game of golf pretty well.

Yes... announcing an event that we play would give them much more fodder.  🤣

Played yesterday in the sweltering Georgia heat and a tad hungover… needless to say I was shaky at best hitting the ball but managed to have a great day off the tee and with the wedge around the greens.  Hit the flag stick twice and chipped in for birdie once. 
 
Playing well with a wedge is not typical for me but it’s something I’ve been practicing hard at this year.  Overall I felt like I hit the ball pretty poorly(only hit 5 greens all day) but somehow managed to card a number that lowered my handicap(I typically hover around a 9-10 and carded an 81 yesterday)  It was a weird feeling almost like I am primed for a break thru soon because some of the things I’ve struggled with have been what has saved me recently.
 
What are some key occurrences that you guys see when you are about to break thru and put together a nice scoring streak?  Interested to hear everyone’s thoughts.