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I came here for the high quality reviews, and have stayed because mgs truly is the one place where I can read a review that I can trust 100%. Perhaps even more than the blog side of the site, MGS is a mainstay on my screen because of the great people who are members on this forum. Both because they are so knowledgeable and intelligent, but also because we've created a special and friendly community here that creates truly vibrant discussions. That community is something that I'd be hard pressed to find elsewhere...
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7064 yards from the tips. Brutally narrow too which really makes the scores balloon!
Please tell me that the course is at a high elevation...? That would be one tough beast, but i guess it fits with the skull and crossbones...
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So in contrast to Ricks great round above, let me share my experience from yesterday...
I was playing my best golf of the early season (even through 6) and ended up with, wait for it... a 50. You know how tin cup hit had a tendency to go ob when it counts? well I think I unintentionally broke his record...
What is this game?
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I had to go to Dallas this morning to take care of some business, I decided to stop at a town I lived in in 1997 and play at the course there. I played there several times that summer and if I did not count foot wedges and Mulligan's I may have gotten close to 100 on that course but probably never broke it. That was actually the year I rescued the old Sam Snead persimmon woods and Tony Penna blades out of solitary in my parents garage and began playing again after a 10 year absence.
This course is a whooping 5800 yards from the tips and I never played it from there. I looked at the first hole and decided that I could not reach the water on the first hole, a par 5, 501 yards. So I would play from the back. Birdied the first, third, fifth,and ninth hole and bogied the second hole for a 33 on the front 9. Then I birdied 14, 15 and 18 for a 33 on the back making this the best round of my life.
The greens were slow, the pin placements were friendly, and because the course is so short, I drove 2 greens, and was hitting 6 of my approach shots from less than 100 yards. There was water on the course but it was easy to avoid and unlike my current course with really fast greens with shaved slopes to the water this was not the case. On the first hole I hit a wedge to about 2 1/2 feet for a birdie and did not realize how slow the greens were. I got to the second hole and had a long uphill chip and it was so slow I left myself a really long par putt and left it short. After that I did not really come close to another bogey.
It was kind of funny to stand on the box and remember where I used to have all the trouble and be some 75 to 100 yards past that making my approach shot. It was also nice to point at the hole and hit the putt and know that even if you missed it it would only be 3 or 4 feet coming back. However, I only had like 22 putts so I did not have many comebackers,
Well Played! I find that playing courses that you called home a while back is incredibly enjoyable because the memories flood back, and hopefully you play better (as you did!)
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So today I played a quick 9, and while I didn't play shabby for aerated greens (5 over) my playing partner put me to shame. He had an eagle, lipped out another eagle put from under 10 feet, and threw in 2 other birdies. It was impressive to watch to say the least.
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Well this is amazing! I am passed psyched! It's hard to type right now, but believe me when I say that I will test and review these clubs to the fullest extent. I hope I live up to expectations.
And, as a teaser... I hit a stock version of the 3 wood yesterday, and from what little I could tell from the few shots these clubs are legit. I look forward to fully testing them!
Thank you mgs and tm for this amazing opportunity.
~Jay
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Reminds me of the line from Argo!
Y'know, I get the point of the contests/review requests. I think it's two-fold:
1. To keep the regulars regular - keep us coming back
2. Just as important - expand the subscription/membership base.
All those ads we're looking at are here because of the number of members & regular visitors to the MGS site. The more members, the better MGS looks to advertisers and this is, after all, a business. A passionate one, and one that's operated with a pretty high degree of integrity - but a business.
I guess there are always "contest ho's", but it goes with the territory...
+10 (brings the total to +30 I think...
)and it works... Just look at the views on this thread (pushing 4,000) and pushing 40,000 on the bladez reviews. It's great for the site, and i'm sure TM gets more than their money's worth out of the equipment given.
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Handicap 8
I currently carry a Taylormade Burner TP 3 wood w/ a Accra dymatch shaft and a Burner hybrid with matching shaft (as per my signature)
And after reading through the rocetbladez reviews, which were epic I might add, I could only hope to write up an epic'ier review, and to one up that, because Homer is famous for writing epics, well...
My Review would be:
(If the timing is right I take a trip to myrtle in 2 weeks and after that I'll be back to my schedule of playing 2 times per week minimum with a range trip and indoor work at golftec (not quite simulators but basic number comparisons to past models are possible))
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Great Work! Those are incredibly impressive.
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^ again your work is always clean and amazing. I love the suto flag in the cricle!
~Jay
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James,
The past couple days I've been playing a short course, and have ended up with a ton of ~75 or 50 yard shots into the green. The course is also at altitude, so it's throwing off my distances (ex. a full 56 degree wedge shot flies 110). Could you share your thought process for these short shots?
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I tested one a few months ago, and it's absolutely brilliant! - by far my favorite innovation and product this year.
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Really the only time that this has happened to me this season occurred a couple of months ago down in florida. As a foursome we were walking on a cart course, and let a threesome who were playing incredibly fast (with carts) play through. They were blasting music, but turned it off to hit. The hole is a severe (almost 90 degree) dog leg right and without any practice swings the first two guys step up and bomb it straight down the middle probably ~290. The third guy (a lefty) steps up and wraps this running draw around the corner which catches the ridge that runs through the middle of the fairway, and ends up 70 yards from the hole on a 417 yard par 4. Back in the cart they go, turn the music on, and zoom off to play their next shots. We had already hit our tee shots, and they were playing so quickly that by the time we reached the corner of the whole, the first two guys had already hit (one in the bunker, the other in the middle of the green). The third guy steps up and hits this beautiful half wedge that hits the flag on the fly and drops too two feet. This was one of the hardest holes on the course, and he had basically made a mockery of it. Back on goes the music, and off they go. What I'm trying to say, is that if you can play, you can play music and not get flac from me. These guys blew my mind (and the course was pretty much empty as well, so no one else could have taken offense). On the other hand, if you've never picked up a club and are out on a busy course blasting music, I'll get annoyed very quickly. There's a time and a place, and that is the true distinguising factor that must be analyzed when considering this situation imo.
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Would anyone on mgs be interested in joining a yahoo fantasy baseball league?
just putting out the feelers, as the season starts in roughly a month...
Bushnell warranty is fraudulent
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I actually just went through a very similar headache with my Leupold rangefinder where the display stopped working. Replaced it with a precision pro as well precisely because of their customer service. I'm having a harder time picking up the flag (seem to be getting the trees behind the green a disproportionate amount of the time), but for the price point I think it'll stick with it...