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TheCanadianBogeyman

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  • Location
    Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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  • Age
    30-39
  • Swing Speed
    91-100 mph
  • Handicap
    14
  • Frequency of Play/Practice
    Weekly
  • Player Type
    Casual
  • Biggest Strength
    Short Game
  • Biggest Weakness
    Driver/Off the Tee
  • Fitted for Clubs
    Yes

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  1. I don't judge, because it doesn't really matter to me the caliber of the player in golfing with. I am more concerned with their attitude and etiquette. Now I absolutely do look in the bag though, because I like to nerd out about equipment if someone is into it.
  2. I would like to say I replace them when I see a performance drop off in spin/distance. But in reality, my swing is not consistent enough to be super confident that I'm not the reason for the change in numbers. In reality, I replace them whenever I see something new and shiny and I can't stop myself.... which sadly is waaay more often than I actually should.
  3. Happy to see Matty back. The only videos I really enjoyed after Matt left were the ones with Mac. I feel he brought a similar energy to the studio (maybe it's a lefty thing). But I definitely missed the chemistry between Matt and Ian. Hopefully he's back for a while.
  4. Unfortunately, I've reinjured my back a couple minor times late this season. So the next couple months will be working on my fitness, focusing on rehab and strengthening my lower back and being able to rotate fully without fear of injury. After that, my goal for next year, is to try and work my way down to a 10 hdcp, and biggest opportunities for improvement according to my shotscope data, are putting and approach play. I don't have an area to do full swing practice at my house, so at home I'll be focusing on putting and non-full swing drills. When I get a chance to head to the simulators here (about once or twice a week), I will be primarily working on consistency from 150yrds and in.
  5. I take mine off for putting. I don't think I would sink any less if I left it on, I just only have it on because of the grip on full swings, and I don't need that on a putter, so it feels weird to putt with it on. It comes off any time my setup changes to short approach shots and I don't need the full or 3/4 swing. Basically anything inside 40 yards, with the exception of bunker shots, my glove will be off.
  6. Ah the dreaded cobra chickens. Most courses around Edmonton that have any substantial amount of water have a goose issue. For casual play (which is 90% of my rounds), there is no way in hell that I am playing out of goose $#@!. I will lift, clean and place, or just move the ball an inch or two so I'm not having to scrub turds off my club after. All my friends and I are fine treating that as a local rule here. In a tourney, unless you ask them about this specifically before hand, I guess you are stuck. But most of the time, I treat it as any other element that isn't designed as a natural part of the course and take free relief of some kind.
  7. I wouldn't give up on the driver entirely, but I wouldn't look at a new club as a permanent fix. Last year, I had a monster slice, and I was playing a B21 with full draw setting. I could still slice that thing two fairways over. I think that there is no true anti-slice club. The draw models really excel if some has a bit of a fade that they are trying to straighten out, but they aren't a full fix for a really out to in path or open clubface. If I were you, I would stick with the lessons, and play the 5W more until you straighten out the driver. Or alternatively, you could slow your driver swing down a little (for me, my path was way worse when I would swing hard at the ball, than if I slowed down and just tried to hit an easy one). It may take a while, but the lessons will eventually pay off. Big swing changes take time.
  8. I was in a similar position last winter. I had got back into golf a year before after a few years off due to circumstances. When I got back, I used some second hand woods/driver, my old putter that I still had, and some off the rack wedges. I did end up getting fit for irons for the first time. Played decently all summer, but my swing was a mess. Ended up taking lessons all winter and correcting a lot of swing flaws. The only problem was that I was no longer in the 'correct' irons for my swing. So this spring I got fitted for new ones. I still played my old irons while I waited for my new shiny ones to get in. Now that I have the new irons, I can safely say that aren't hugely different. I play slightly better, and am more confident with them, but it wasn't night and day. My old irons were 1 flat, and my current are standard lie. I honestly couldn't tell you the difference. I'm pretty sure that most manufacturers would send clubs out with a enough of a margin for error in loft/lie that 1 degree could be the variance without you knowing. So I wouldn't get too caught up in your swing being vastly different and correcting the wrong things with your old irons. I would take some lessons first, and then worry about clubs after. You will probably have a better idea of what you are looking for following your lesson anyway.
  9. Currently running 6 different shafts, plus the stock shaft in my Spider putter. Driver - Mitsubishi Tensei AV white 3W - HZRDUS smoke iM10 7W - Ping tour 4H - Ping Alta CB 5i - 50(GW) - Project X IO 54/60 - True temper Spinner
  10. I would give a higher lofted fairway wood a try. Of the ones you mentioned, I only saw one 5W. I carry my driver between 240-260 depending on the day. I have a 3W, and for me that's about a 220-230 carry off the tee. I can't reliably hit it off the deck though, so I don't even try. I had all but given up on ever playing a fairway wood off the actual fairway until I tried a 7W. For me it was the answer on long par 5s, or any approach over 200 really. I carry mine around 205-210. It's super easy to hit off the fairway, and it gives me a lot of confidence. If it's a longer shot that 215, I just accept that I won't be able to get there. As others have said, you could throw a longer shaft in it, or even turn it down a degree or two to make sort of a 6W. I think you'd have a lot better luck than with a 3W.
  11. Kicking myself in the ass after the last hole today. Was having a great round. Made the turn @ 3 over. Coming to 18, I was 7 over with two doulbes on the day. Last hole is a short par 4. I put if 20 feet right of the green off the drive. No problem, chipping has been great all round, with at least 4 or 5 chip/one putt saves. All I need anyway is par to break 80, so anywhere on the green will do. So of course I blade the chip over the green! Nearly snapped my wedge in half after that. Easily my worst shot of the day, and I had to do it when things counted. I ended up chipping back on and two putting for bogey. 80 is still a great score for me, but to barely miss breaking it when it should have been so easy, that hurt real bad.
  12. I'll say first of all that I have never been a club member. I just don't get the opportunity to golf enough in our short season in Alberta to justify the price (typically about 30-40 rounds a year is all I get in). So maybe I am way off base her based on the demand that clubs see with their members. But I have never had a problem booking a 9 hole round at any public course where I live (admittedly, I only do 9 holes if I am booking a late/twilight round). I may have to be flexible with times, but I have to be flexible if I am booking 18 as well unless I book way in advance. I play most of my rounds as a single, so I get paired up all the time with groups. And I frequently see people leave after 9 holes. I am assuming that as a 9 hole member you are paying less in dues? If that's the case, I can understand restrictions based on times/dates, but not being able to book with others who are playing 18 is pretty stupid in my opinion. I can't see it affecting pace of play that much if you play the front. I can understand not adding you to a group that is halfway through a round, as that could slow pace down, but if you are only playing front 9, then the foursome becomes a threesome on the back, and will likely be quicker because of it. That might cause them to be waiting if they catch the next group, but it certainly isn't slowing them down, so it won't affect groups behind them.
  13. Well we need to keep adding on letters and words each year. So I'm expecting the Epic BLZR Sub LS Zero Max Ultra.
  14. I should probably do that as well. I typically just have my 6 iron dialed. But I need to make a shot like that enough that it would probably be beneficial to know my distances with different clubs.
  15. We all do it more often than we like. Put a ball into a bad spot and have to dig ourselves out of the situation. So do you guys have a go to get out of trouble shot that you are confident in? Or are you coming up with whatever you think will work best on the spot? For me trouble is usually an errant tee shot that puts me in the trees, or near enough that I can't flight a normal shot back into play. So my most confident rescue is a punch/short stinger 6 iron, played far back in my stance, to get back into play. I feel confident enough that I can hit it short and accurately enough to get out of the trees, or play longer and run it up the fairway closer to the green if I have the room. It's saved bogey for me several times on holes where I should have scored far worse.
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