GolfSpy WD
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I somehow made it to the second round of the contest and could use your votes MGS! Remeber, if I win first or second the driver is being sold and 100% of money donated to MGS!
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I realized it's been almost a month since I've gone to the range. My progress has been stalling, so I figured what the heck. I was killing it with every club and every shot I took. Man I hope I can bring this to the course tomorrow
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Hello from Vancouver, Canada
GolfSpy WD replied to The Dansome's topic in Introduce Yourself/ WIYB (What's In Your Bag)
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Dreaming what I'll do with the grand prize: a really low lofted driver for windy days, 2 and 4 wood, 2 and 3 hybird, 3-4 HL4, 5-PW MP59, 50-55-60 wedges, new putter... I can dream
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Why oh why do I wind up working 18 hour days right before the contest starts? Hopefully I'm not too late
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Been feeling good about my game recently. Then comes the rain and wind to give me a nice reality check
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Played 9 today and posted a 43 which matches my best round so far. Started off shaky on hole 1 and pulled my drive left and hit my approach shot just short and took bogey, which is fine with me most of the time. Next hole I hit a great drive 275, chipped it to the green, and three putted, bleh. On hole 3 I went with the 3w which was probably a bad idea and hit it into the trees. Then I pulled a Tiger and hit a beautiful stinger with my 4H, which did exactly what I wanted, but I should have hit the 3H. Chip and two putt for bogey. Hole 4 was 135 out so I went with a soft 9i and nearly hole it, tapped in for birdie. Another 275 drive on hole 5, hit my approach shot fat, hit my chip short, and two putted..bogey again. Another great drive on hole 6 and another terrible approach shot, followed by a terrible half wedge, but chipped and one putted for par. Then hole 7, I forgot how to swing my driver and tried to kill it. I really need one of those shock underwears that'll give me Pavlov-esque training to stop doing this. Hit the drive perfectly to position a cluster of trees between the ball and green. Thought I'd get fancy and hit a high 4H that went straight into said trees. Followed it by an approach that missed right. Tried to be fancy again and chipped with my 7i to the uphill edge of the green. Three putted and died a little inside. Hole 8 showed terrible putting again, bogey because of 3 putt. Hole 9 was just poor course management since I've never played this course before, took 3 to get on the green and two putted for bogey. Huh, now that I've written all that I feel terrible about my 43, there were easily 5 shots that I should have made...oh well, gotta keep expectations realistic and keep learning from mistakes. Hopefully I'll break the 40/80 mark soon!
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My swing is starting to come around, but my short game is still in the toilet. Need to get to a pitch and putt and refigure out my distances.
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>> Ask the Pro <<
GolfSpy WD replied to Matt Saternus's topic in Lessons, Drills, Mental Game, and Fitness Tips
A while ago I had a situation where the ball was top of the chest high because it was sitting on the side of a very steep hill. How would you (or any of the low cappers) recommend playing this shot? What I did and don't recommend is whacking at it, causing it to dribble the rest of the way down the hill, then I took a more normal shot from heavy rough... -
+1. Especially if the first few holes stink and you can't get out of a funk. I always find it easier to tune my swing first at the range than on the course.
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Still losing every penny I put behind my ball at the range..argh
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Went to the range to practice some drills my new swing coach taught me. The ground was all dirt, so the slightest "fat" in a swing was extremely noticeable. Can't wait until I get this new swing down!
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I disappear for a week and it looks like it'll take a good week to catch up on these posts...too bad I'm back on business travel tonight...
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I gotta agree, when it's hot out I like the lighter, slightly watered down beers. Back in my college days it was Busch Lite though, which is an upgrade from Natty. Unfortunately on my course it's usually a Bud light.
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That's incredibly impressive RB7, well done
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I went through the exact same thing. My scores on a bad day are now in the low 90s and mid 80s on a good day. By far the best way to fix it is to get a good instructor. I've tried so many of these quick fixes and in the end they just screw up your mechanics. What I look for now in training aids/books are things that I already do naturally in my swing rather than try to rebuild. But by far I've gotten the most out of a professional seeing my flaws and telling me how to fix them.
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YES! My putter finally arrived, I just need to head over to GG to pick it up, hopefully will get out on the course Wednesday to try it out.
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http://3jack.blogspot.com/2012/03/wishon-on-soft-stepping-and-hard.html (I'm pasting just the part from Tom Wishon below) It (soft stepping/hard-stepping) works the same way regardless if the shaft is parallel or taper tip in construction. You're still increasing the tip section length when you soft step (shortening it when you hard step) so when you soft step, you are in fact making each shaft a little softer both in overall stiffness as well as in the tip section bend profile stiffness. Half inch on a soft or hard step isn't very much. Very few golfers will feel that difference. One inch is where it becomes much more noticeable to a far wider range of golfers. The MAIN reason to do this is to change the FEEL of the shaft for golfers who are nuts about shaft bending feel and get really weirded out and lose confidence if their shafts do not feel just right. Second and a distant second, is to try to change the launch angle and trajectory of the shot OR to try to reduce/increase spin. I say DISTANT SECOND because a half inch soft or hard step does virtually nothing to launch angle and spin. It can exhibit the very beginning of a FEEL difference, but it is very unlikely most golfers would ever see a LA or spin difference from a half inch soft/hard step of a shaft. At an inch, some golfers who are VERY consistent with their swing and ball striking will start to notice some difference in LA and or Spin from soft/hard stepping. But at the end of the day, taking it from someone who has been around the block a whole lot of times over a whole lot of years with a whole lot of different golfer types, soft/hard stepping is done far more for ego/image purposes than for real performance purposes. TOM
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I actually tried the MM a while ago as well as the stack and tilt. When I first started it was wonderful, but bad habits come in quickly. I don't use either anymore and am of the opinion that nothing replaces a good instructor who can actually see your swing. As Matt always says, "feel is not real"
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Finally got my TM putter 4.5 weeks after I won the auction. Immediately traded it in for my future Nome, now I have to wait another week...
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Nope, they're just douches. Tell them to get headphones and shake your fist at them sternly if they ignore you.
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Bridgestone B330RX balls came in yesterday and look very yellow. Not sure I can get out to play this weekend, but hopefully will report soon how they play and compare them to a few others (ProV1x, 20XI-S, B330, Maxfli Tour)
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Updated the Bridgestone Ball Review: http://forum.mygolfspy.com/topic/5741-bridgestone-balls/page__view__findpost__p__55990, and the Black Ops Review: http://forum.mygolfspy.com/topic/5767-uspg-black-ops-shaft-review/page__view__findpost__p__56300
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One week until my Bridgestone fitting, two weeks until my club fitting...time can't go fast enough
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It's not ideal I agree. The wait for the club fitting at Ace of Clubs was 6 weeks out and I can't tell Bridgestone to reschedule their fittings
. I'll actually get ball recommendations at both fittings and go with whichever ball is recommended after the second fitting. The Bridgestone fitting is as much for the review as anything else
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