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RoverRick last won the day on June 28 2018
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About RoverRick
- Birthday 05/14/1964
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Male
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Northeast Texas
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Golf
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Age
50-59
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Swing Speed
90 mph or less
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Handicap
6
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Frequency of Play/Practice
Multiple times per week
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Weekend Golfer
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Putting
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Driver/Off the Tee
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Yes
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TPT Golf Shafts - 2024 Forum Review
RoverRick replied to GolfSpy_APH's topic in Forum Testing Reviews
@Hoyoymac is 100% correct. While going through the process it’s tough to realize what's going on while it’s happening to you, but watching others go through the process is very enlightening. I’ve already given my opinion of the process, so other than to say how great it was to meet everyone, I’ll leave it at that. Also, for the record, @ZackS had the putter when I left so if it’s missing it wasn’t me. -
So yesterday, 1v1v1 We were playing skins and low net. I had 8 skins, but was giving one guy 4 skins strokes and the other 11. After 17 holes, they were ties and I was 2 back with strokes. On 18, I needed a birdie, and my 2 competitors needed to both bogey for a tie, or both double for me to win. I asked the score keeper to make sure. Because If I would have been in the lead, I would not have gone for the green with that pin position. It’s muddy and into a 20mph wind to an island green from 150. I took dead aim and missed it 33.5 yards left. One guy laid up, but the highest handicap hit the green but was 45’ away. I had a chance to tie if I made it and he 3-putted. I knew that a 54° middle of my shin high would fly 30 yards. There was a slope and 30 yards of carry would catch the slope and feed down to the hole. So I aimed 4’ left and made a confident swing. I had just told them I didn’t even need my putter because it was going in. (The reality was it didn’t matter if it went in the water. The putter was useless because unless I birdied, one of those guys was going to win $10 from each of us.) I hit the perfect pitch, it fed to the hole and dropped in on its almost dying roll. And so ends the Cinderella story. The high handicapper 2 putted from 45 feet and won $10 from each which really meant he just owed me $2 from the skins bet. The moral of the story is that it was not just a guess on my part. I shot the yardage, knew how far the ball would fly. Played it with my hit and roll pitch swing. (I didn’t cover this but I vary my AOA to impart different amounts of spin.) And read it like a putt from there. Out of 18 holes yesterday, I had 14 opportunities to PCP. 1 was perfect. 10 were excellent, and the other 3 were 2nd chances after a bad first attempt. So I got up and down, 71% of the time yesterday. But it wasn’t ALL guess work and ALL feel. While those 2 things play a vital role, it’s based off of rules and practice. Short game is not as sexy to practice as driver. But ask any competitor if he remembers any of your drives. I was paid the ultimate compliment on hole 12 when Dave said, “I’m getting damned tired of you getting up and down and winning holes.” As he slammed the pin in the hole after I retrieved my ball. Unfortunately, this was just the short game yesterday. It does not take into account the trees hit, fatted shots in the mud, or a sundry of other misses yesterday. I was still 11 over par.
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TPT Golf Shafts - 2024 Forum Review
RoverRick replied to GolfSpy_APH's topic in Forum Testing Reviews
Don’t worry. Jon will sweat that alcohol out of you pretty early. -
TPT Golf Shafts - 2024 Forum Review
RoverRick replied to GolfSpy_APH's topic in Forum Testing Reviews
Okay, and I want to putt with the LINK1 with the TPT shaft again. I just sold some clubs and have been lusting in my heart after that putter. You guys distract him ……. perhaps not. -
TPT Golf Shafts - 2024 Forum Review
RoverRick replied to GolfSpy_APH's topic in Forum Testing Reviews
@ZackS. @Hoyoymac @William P I will be in Dallas tomorrow so will try to stop by and meet everyone. -
MGS FORUM MEMBER VCT CUP TOURNAMENT - ROUND 1
RoverRick replied to GolfSpy_BEN's topic in MGS Virtual Golf Tournaments
Well, I went out and tried my hardest. I thought it was possible to go low today. -2 through 5 holes, in spite of a less than stellar driver swing. Sadly, it began to catch up starting on hole 6. I didn’t even come close to better than 80 or more than 3 birdies or 74 and 1 birdie. It doesn’t matter which of my scores are used, neither of them beat @Golf2Much and his net 66 even when combined with @GolfSpy_SHARK. I didn’t even look at @GolfSpy_APH’s scores. -
MGS FORUM MEMBER VCT CUP TOURNAMENT - ROUND 1
RoverRick replied to GolfSpy_BEN's topic in MGS Virtual Golf Tournaments
Ironically, combined my first score plus your score gives us a 74 with 3 birdies, and my second score with your score gives us 74 with 1 birdie. I’m playing today and it will be a muddy mess, but only a 6 mph wind. Who knows how that will turn out? But since I can’t use my handicap that second score will be hard for me to beat because the second one would be a 68 with 2 birdies and an eagle with my handicap. -
MGS VCT - SOLO SCRAMBLE CHALLENGE
RoverRick replied to GolfSpy_BEN's topic in MGS Virtual Golf Tournaments
It was a great week, but my playing partners probably wouldn’t have been to keen on the idea of me dropping another ball and taking the best. Also, the only thing worse than walking across a muddy fairway to get to your ball when it’s cart path only is having to do it twice. -
Congrats. 10k for a newbie like you is something. I don’t even have 7k in 13 years, but this is also not my job.
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What degree do you prefer for pitching wedge? 44,46,48?
RoverRick replied to flymonkkey's topic in General Q&A
The degree of the club, like the number, is immaterial. I want clubs that go straight and a certain distance. First, I don’t hit any clubs below 5 iron as far as I can. I want a 14-15 yard gap between clubs. So if my gap wedge goes 100 I want my pitching wedge to go 115, 9 iron 130 etc. But the degree of the club is only part of the equation. Club head design plays a vital role in that some 44° clubs may go shorter because they are designed to give higher launch and more spin. So my P790 PW is 45° but I don’t care. I can hit it straight 115 yards, “ear high”. I can stop “shoulder high” (that’s in quotations, because I feel ear or shoulder or waist or some other body part high, and it may not be anywhere near this part. It is just a feel. ) and hit it 100 same as my gap. Somewhere in between and carry it 108. I can also hit it 130, but I have no idea if it goes straight or 40 yards left. The only time I hit a mid or short iron full is to go over something and only if I can’t go under or around. -
What is your go to grip - irons / woods / hybrids?
RoverRick replied to Shapotomous's topic in Golf Balls/Shafts/Grips
I played my first round in the rain with these yesterday, and almost threw my 7 iron into the lake. Not on purpose, but they were so slick that club almost came out of my hand. I reinstalled the BestGrips this morning on my irons and wedges before my round got rained out. I’m undecided about driver, 3 wood and hybrid at this time, but since I am expecting new shafts for these, I will try both and then decide. After all it takes 5 minutes to swap them out. -
I just bought a new wedge. I played a 60° wedge since well into the last century. About 18 months ago, I bought a Hi Toe 58°. However, it’s time to replace it. I didn’t love the sole itself but found that 58° was better than 60°. Previously, I had Mizuno ES21 54 & 60. The ES21 is perhaps the best wedge no one plays. It’s hollow towards the hosel side to give it better balance. I wanted a 58° but with more bounce. So I bought a new-in-plastic ES21 58° wide sole 12° bounce. For $75 delivered. Since the are not popular, they are cheap.
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MGS FORUM MEMBER VCT CUP TOURNAMENT - ROUND 1
RoverRick replied to GolfSpy_BEN's topic in MGS Virtual Golf Tournaments
Date 03/15/2024 Course Name Sulphur Springs CC Gross Score 74 Course Handicap 0 Gross Strokes over/under par 2 Net Score to Par 2 Net Score 74 Net Birdies or better Longest Drive SIM Round? The lesson from Jon Sinclair has really helped the long game. After chatting on the Rule of 12 thread last night, I told myself as I approached every green today “Putt when you can, Chip when you can’t, and Pitch when you must.” Today the weather was not good. Rain, cold, wind and had I not been in the running for low score bet I would have quit. While these putting numbers look impressive, 1,2,3,4,6,7,11,& 13 combine for perhaps 8’ of total putts. 5 of them I used the putter off the green but they don’t count as putts because it wasn’t a GIR. These are my best across the board strokes gained numbers since I have been using this app. I’m not exactly sure how it comes up with them, I sort of feel like my short game was better than that, and my approach shots were worse. But I’m thrilled with the direction my game is going. -
MGS VCT - SOLO SCRAMBLE CHALLENGE
RoverRick replied to GolfSpy_BEN's topic in MGS Virtual Golf Tournaments
Awesome! I feared it was only a week, and rain last Saturday, fitting Sunday, golf Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, tournament Saturday and another round Sunday, I ran out of days this week to try this. -
MGS FORUM MEMBER VCT CUP TOURNAMENT - ROUND 1
RoverRick replied to GolfSpy_BEN's topic in MGS Virtual Golf Tournaments
@GolfSpy_BEN I have a question about entering multiple rounds. I played today, cold, windy and raining. I shot a 74, with 1 birdie and 3 bogies. I had at least a par putt on every hole. My question is, if this was solo, the 74 today beats the 80 on Wednesday. But this is Match Play with a teammate so the 3 birdies may contribute more in spite of the 5 doubles I had. How do you determine which is used?