Jump to content
Testers Wanted: RUNNER Golf and Byrdie Golf Design ×

cycleguy55

Member
  • Posts

    92
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Profile Information

  • Gender
    Male
  • Location
    Saskatchewan, Canada
  • Interests
    Golf, duh. Oh yeah, also AC Cobras, travel, cycling, photography, etc.
  • Referred By:
    Don't recall

Player Profile

  • Handicap
    19

Recent Profile Visitors

1,684 profile views

cycleguy55's Achievements

  1. Fried egg lie from a downhill lie in a greenside bunker - with water on the other side of the green.
  2. Henschel Hats Breezer Aussie Hat https://a.co/d/amTB25X
  3. A few stories: First Story: When I was a young lad in my early 20s many years ago I worked at a department store. Back in those days retail shops were closed on Sundays and Mondays, so someone figured it would be a good idea to arrange a scramble tournament so that a few of the stores in the region could get together. There were probably 5 or 6 stores involved, and the participants travelled as much as 250 miles to get there, some perhaps a bit further. As I'm sure many would appreciate, the organizers arranged buses for transportation. My group had a nearly 4 hour drive each way, so we gathered, loaded up and started the drive pre-dawn. Most of those in our group were young males early in their careers. There were department managers, assistant department managers, manager trainees, etc. Generally a pretty good group. As they often did when gathering in groups, it didn't take long before the wobble pops and other adult beverages were flowing freely. By the time the bus rolled in, we were primed to roll off the bus. This was more than a golf game, this was a party! Anyway, as the day wore on the partying continued. There were a few incidents of people rolling or falling out of power carts and many wayward shots but, to the best of my knowledge, nobody was seriously injured. One of the incidents I still recall was more pathetic than funny, though to those of us who witnessed it the event was funny at the time. The General Manager of the store in the host city was actually a member at the course where the tournament was taking place. He had apparently pulled a number of strings in order to the course to allow a tournament like this to take place and was somewhat displeased at the various antics he observed that day. Suffice to say he was in a somewhat foul mood when an errant shot landed his ball just off the fairway and nestled in the trees on a dogleg par 5. I'm sure that didn't help his demeanour. After carefully assessing his lie and intended direction of play he took a mighty swing - and bent the shaft of his iron around the tree in front of him. Those nearby had a chuckle or two at his expense, but the one bearing the brunt of his wrath was his son as he was pursued across the fairway by his middle-aged father carrying the bent iron. Thankfully the young lad was quicker than his father and no damage was done. Well, at least not while witnesses were present. Second Story: This was at a corporate / customer golf event, where I was one of the customers invited by one of our suppliers. The supplier's local branch manager was on a par 3 and decided to allow the group behind to play up before his group putted out. Whether emboldened by alcohol or stupidity, he decided to stand by the flagstick, telling everyone in earshot that "it's the safest place to stand." Perhaps not, as he lost sight of one of the tee shots and the ball hit his cap right where the brim meets the upper portion, right above one of his eyes. He dropped like he'd been shot and has vision impairment in that ey to this day, probably 25 years later. Lesson learned. Third Story: My wife and I were paired up at a semi-private golf course with a May-October couple - he was easily mid-50s and she was probably late 20s - about 1/2 his age. Turns out she worked for him at his firm and was also his main squeeze. She seemed to be learning the game, but it clearly wasn't her first round as she was probably going to shoot about 110. He probably carried about a 20 handicap, so certainly no pro. Regardless, it appeared he fancied himself as the great keeper of wisdom of all things golf when it came to the play of his girl friend. I understand advice, but I don't recall her ever asking. Further, whenever he spoke to her he was incredibly condescending. You could tell she wasn't too pleased with how she was being treated, but was tolerating it for the sake of their relationship. My wife, on the other hand, was LIVID at how this young woman was being treated. It was all I could do to calm her down, hole after hole, and keep reminding her that killing the smarmy a**hole with a 7-iron wasn't worth it. To this day she gets revved up at the mere mention of his behaviour. Yikes.
  4. I'm obviously missing something. Why would you buy a stand bag if you don't carry? Why not a cart bag? Serious questions, BTW.
  5. I'm relatively new to playing a 10.5° PXG 0211 driver. Standard lie angle is 58°. Because it's new and there's no PXG fitter anywhere close to where I live I've been going through the adjustments myself. This has been done through a combination of indoor and outdoor range work. After mostly indoor work with a simulator with a launch monitor which gave me launch angles, spin rates etc., I ended up playing the "Small Minus" – This setting decreases the loft by 1° and decreases the lie angle by 0.5°. After some time on the outdoor range and a couple of rounds I realized I was still getting the occasional big miss left. At that point I decided to go to the "Flat Minus" setting which decreases the loft by 1° and decreases the lie angle by 2.5°. This is the same loft as the "small minus" setting but a 2° flatter lie angle. That has helped a lot to take away the left side of the fairway / rough. It's also worth noting that I've added about 6g of lead tape to the sole, taking the swing weight from D1 to D4. The lead tape is also biased slightly towards the toe, helping to stop the club face from closing. All things considered the 0211 PXG is the best driver I've ever had. P.S. I'm 6'2" with long arms (37" sleeve length).
  6. PXG is taking the standard line of "any modification voids warranty and is not recommended" - even though their tour vans probably hotmelt heads on a regular basis.
  7. I don't know what he paid for his counterfeit Ping, but he probably could have purchased a real PXG 0211 driver for not much more $$ at today's prices. BTW, looking on AliExpress they have their "G425 Max" for nearly USD $195 with shipping. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004042549741.html Meanwhile, the genuiine 0211 driver is selling for USD $225 + shipping. https://www.pxg.com/en-us/clubs/drivers/0211
  8. Let's be entirely clear on this - a counterfeit driver isn't a knockoff. IMO, knockoffs are a copy of a product that doesn't purport to be the actual product / real thing - that's a counterfeit. Example: Company XYZ makes a driver that's a dead ringer for a Ping 425, but sells it as the "Zoom 425". Counterfeits fraudulently hit the market labelled as 'Ping 425'. While some people will buy it with full knowledge they're buying a fake, others will get duped. Whether that's the first buyer or one who buys it used, the net result is not only money that doesn't go to Ping, but likely consumers who get a club that doesn't perform like the real thing and blame Ping for producing crappy products.
  9. I have a PXG 0211 driver with hot melt that I'd like to move. My idea would be to put the head in the oven, soften the hot melt and have it resettle in a different position. What's the maximum safe temperature for this head that would melt and flow the hot melt without damaging the head?
  10. It's now 8 days / 6 business days since I ordered it, and order tracking finally shows it "Items Picked / In-Assembly". Edit: 2022-03-03: Notified today that it's been shipped. 9 days / 7 business days. Expected delivery is 2022-03-09 - that would be 15 days / 11 business days.
  11. I don't know, but I note the order page says "Products are usually delivered within 21 days (excluding weekends and holidays) from the date of order. It may change depending on the stock and production status. Please note that." IIRC, that was before I put in my location, so unless PXG's programmers have coded their website to check IP addresses or other location information I suspect that applies to all. 21 business days says to me that's 4+ weeks from ordering to delivery, so my estimate of mid-March may actually turn out closer to the end of March - I certainly hope not. I do know I ordered it 5 days ago (February 22) and the order tracking says it's still "Order Received" and not yet moved to "Items Picked / In-Assembly".
  12. I just pulled the trigger on one earlier this week. I hope to see it mid-March or so. Standard length, midsize grip, EvenFlow 60g 5.5 Riptide CB. Order says "Tungsten Position F10", which I take to mean the weight is 10 grams. Looking forward to giving it a go in the local golf simulator.
  13. Off the shelf, maybe, but I suspect the shelves in the tour vans (or wherever they're pulled to supply tour players) don't have the same production variations found on the shelves of golf stores and pro shops at the local golf courses.
×
×
  • Create New...