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You didn’t give me my real strength - the 19th hole. I excel there! Lately it’s been chipping and putting selected short game. But if short game include stuff from 40-100 - I will switch to putting.

Same with me - no chance at my club unless I’m playing the special junior tees that make all the par 4’s around 250 yards and even the par 5’s around 300. I suppose I could at my league course so long as I was allowed to play the senior tees but I would still need some fortunate breaks. Think about this and ask yourself how often you get up and down in 2 from 150.

Mines busted of course but I am winning in one of the two pools that I’m in and in the hunt in the other one.Nervous about todays game - I attended both schools. Northwestern can rain threes but they will struggle to defend UConn and to keep them off the boards - I’m hoping my huskies wear them down.

Personally I think the range is huge - you will be tempted to practice more than you have in the past and you aren't worried about how many balls you hit, or don't, when its included in the fee. I sometimes will stop when I'm driving buy and hit 20 or 30 shots or just use the short game area before grabbing lunch with someone.

I’d jump on that so fast it would make your head spin. About five years ago I was going to leave my current club. Monthly fees kept going up and I wasn’t playing enough to justify the term 485 per month full golf membership. I submitted my resignation and the director talked me into a social/range membership. For $95 a month we had full use of the pool, dining, range, and 6 rounds a year at the guest fee. (There was a wink, wink nod nod that so long as I didn’t abuse it they’d turn the other way on the number of rounds) It worked out very well for me and it protected me from the 5k buy in that came after COVID. I did move back to full golf then because I thought I was going to retire this year - I’m not and am currently in the evaluation process of what to do next. If you can’t afford a full membership at this stage of your life and the family is okay with it, I think this is a good move for you. Particularly if they have a practice area included and you like to use it.

Makes me want to break out my auto flex thing that I paid $500 for again.

Congrats guys - I will be following this one closely - great group, I’m sure you’ll do us proud

My gut is you should go flatter honestly - is there a way for you to test lie angles at a fitting somewhere?

So many good ones, too, Jamie - we should start a thread - your top 100 posts! Congratulations and welcome to the club. You are a large part of what makes this a great place to hang out.

I did hear an interview with Spieth in which he said he was protecting the field - that is the role of fellow competitors on these matters. Ultimately it is up to the player and whatever they choose might be subject to review later if there weren't a rules official available. I agree that you would think with all the available technology it might seem to be easier but when you think it through it's actually not - trying to determine where a ball entered a hazard is particularly difficult - where was the device placed - that angle makes a difference - even the angle that the competitors were at makes a difference - the player or a caddy if he were directly behind the player had the best view of it. I am decidedly not a Rory fan but also not a Rory hater - I don't hate any of these guys, I just prefer some more than others. In some ways its very unfair to Rory because there are way more eyes on him than most other players. I have no doubt all involved were trying to proceed by the rules of golf.

Playing at sea level in muggy Florida it’s a 7 iron, sometimes even 6 when it gets particularly humid with wet turf conditions. It was an 8 iron when I played in Indiana last May - it took a couple of rounds to figure that out

And that was our point, I think -

The two times that I played there we had a total of 3 balls on the green out of 8 attempts - and one of the times included an assistant pro from the club. I'm happy to report that I'm 2 for 2. It's really cool to play - very intimidating - but it is hardly the only visually intimidating hole on the course - not by a long shot.

Thinking of cnosil’s observation about loft jacking I’m longer with my Srixons than my Wilsons even though the Srixons are a degree weaker and 1/4 inch shorter - - fit and shaft I’m sure.

Shafts are very different - it would help to see data. Everyone is different and there no standard within those categories - generally the GI’s will have more offset and a larger footprint but beyond that there’s no real standard. Throw in changing course conditions and this is probably not an apples to apples comparison.

Always interested in grips - will be looking fir and to this test - congrats to a great testing group.

Congrats to our testers - that thing looks like braces did back in my day - I will be I treated to earn how it works

I use every club in my bag most rounds, too - The question asked and that should be considered is how often does one use them. As an ensemble I use my irons the least. Like a boob I’ve spent more money on them than the other ensemble groups in my bag or driver or putter (if I had purchased my putter.) I also practice more with my irons than any other club when my usage suggests that shouldn’t be the case. So I appreciate this thread because it has me rethinking my practice time. I will confess that I just bought a set of older PXGs on eBay but I bought them to pull the shafts - it was cheaper than buying the shafts. But I would be better off investing that money on refinishing my trumpet or lessons or garden tools than irons -

Interesting and a byproduct of you being younger and longer But still irons are in the 4th slot. Part of what has irons so low for me is that 6 or 7 would be the longest iron that I game - normally 7. Where others might hit 5 or 6 I’m hitting 9 wood or 26 degree hybrid. Does anyone know what the break down would be for touring pros? LPGA players? This thread has also reminded me that I need to get back to spending more time practicing my wedges.

I’ve done this exercise for myself and posted on the topic. For most players irons are ridiculously overrated. There are always exceptions but if you looked at them as groups - driver, fairway woods, irons, wedges, putter - irons are almost always in the 4th or 5th slot - and we spend more money on them and more practice time with them. Because they are often in the number 2 or 3 slot for the top .01 Good topic

With a 5 hybrid he’s only gaming through 6 iron - a top level pro is not going to need the forgiveness in those shorter irons - many of them play blended sets to 5 or 6 iron. Honestly his bag looks a lot like mine could other than the shaft flex/weight and 6 iron - I use a ping G410 5 hybrid as my 6 iron it fits perfectly with the players distance irons that I game. I will be anxiously anxiously awaiting those thoughts on the S159’s - they have my full attention and I’m sitting on a $200 Dick’s gift card.

It also speaks to the current cost of living, I think. Not nearly as much disposable income.

The ability to hit long irons passed me by long ago even when I was a low single digit handicapper. But the pros and cons of each are pretty straight forward: Hybrid, flies higher and is generally easier to hit particularly out of the rough. It is also useful around the green for chips shots. The cons are that its harder to control in the wind and some people have trouble hooking it. Long iron launches lower and can be a great option off the tee on windy days or tighter holes. the negative is that it is not as versatile and because it launches lower doesn't hold well on firmer greens. I see that you live in TN. If you are playing hilly mountainous courses the hybrid would seem to me to be the better choice. Hard to get those long irons to run up a slope. Good luck

Thanks for sharing this. In addition to being a well done video it touches on a topic that has fascinated me for some time. Golfers talk about feel all the time. But how does one quantify it? These engineers are busting their humps to do that. Plus the one guys back yard looks like mine.

That's awesome - don't get discouraged if that doesn't hold on the course - just stick with what worked in the lesson - it takes a while for it to feel natural and under a little pressure it's easy to forget. (that advice is meant for me, too - I recently had a lesson that really helped but it also feels a bit unnatural and at times I'm reverting)