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For new golfers reading Dr Bob is actually a good thing. One of the biggest issues with new golfers is the frustration and mental aspect of the game. Understanding how to control the mind and how to process shots and so on will go along way for the newer golfer or those who are struggling with the mental game as mid to high handicap

Ensure that as part of your eating better you are getting in enough water and electrolytes everyday. Hydrations starts long before you show up to the course. Proper eating on the course is important along with water and electrolytes. Stay away from sugary carbs to avoid energy spike and crash. So things like peanuts, granola, a pb&j sandwich or one with deli meat, banana. Baked potato chips are good to for the sodium. drink a bottle of water every 3 holes. When it’s warmer out a cooling towel around the neck will help with keeping you cool.

Unfortunately the more popular ones are starting to suck like golfworks and the customer service at maple hill is terrible. Fairway jockey has been my go to for just shaft buying. If I want club work then it’s will peoples

I habe not joined their website but based on what’s listed you only get part access to some of the material with the lite. im not aware of anyone here who has been a member. You might get breed information by reaching out to their contact and asking

Not accurate. Cameron Champ and Finau who are in your swing speed and can get above 120+ speed has played the max version of Ping drivers. DJ has played the more spinnier head from TM. There are plenty of TS2,TSI2 and TSR2 played on tour. Design of the head, CG location, weight, feel, shaft/head combo all have a role in spin and launch. Your ball speed at those swing speeds shows you aren’t making efficient. I get 155-160 with a slower swing speed than you. They are reliable enough. This wide range of spin is additional proof that your making inconsistent contact on the face and more often than not lower on the face. Do you have any of the other numbers from trackman? Ignore what you read online especially if it’s about the design of the shaft like low launch/spin. Thais who release late are the ones that those type of marketing descriptions will notice. Based on your ball speed and spin numbers I’m doubting that you my suggestion would be to go to a better fitter and preferable one outdoor or at least hitting from inside to outside. Im guessing based on the oban suggestion you went to a Club champion fitter. The amount of space they have makes the trackman numbers reliable.

While I think books about the swing can be helpful I think they can lead to a longer journey to get better compared to working with an instructor. So unless reading for most the sake of learning how someone approached the game I don’t recommend books like Hogan’s or Pennicks as examples so I would not recommend Adam Young’s. Based on the suggestions you have I would actually read two because they go hand in hand. Golf isn’t a game of perfect or any book by Dr Bob Rotella are good for the mental aspect of the game. And the four foundations of golf.

Interesting video. He noticed more than the ruling bodies stated distance. Said the same bring JT said that he would have to adjust his whole bag setup. Even with his distance he hates the rollbacked ball.

I didn’t dismiss golf posture I stated improper posture can lead to issues, good golf posture will be less likely to unless for example there’s someone like Jason day, zalatoris, at some point Niemann and others who have bad swing movements like too much side bend or restricted hip turn. I agree to claims I was disagreeing with this statement. This is nearly a back and white statement. Good golf posture and good swing mechanics will very rarely cause any back pain issues. Back Pain The golf posture lends itself to a predisposition for lower back pain. Limited range of motion in of itself won’t cause back pain, it’s when the golfer with limited rom tries to do things they plysicslly can’t do and then have to make compensations for it that lead to issues. I played a lot of golf with 70+ aged golfers with limited range of motion. None of them had back issue because they never did anything that they weren’t physically capable of. I doubt that zalatoris or day lack core strength and they both had back issues caused by bad swing mechanics. So has most everyone else who practiced the hip restriction trend of the early 2000s. Compensations don’t always come from lack of physically strength or core strmfhr. Most people’s compensations come from improper sequencing of the swing and improper mechanics which causes the club to be out of position and thus things like dumping the trail shoulders and trail side bend to shallow the shaft and then having to early extend to get to the ball. I’ve seen this move from guys that are physically fit and resistance train and have strong cores.

Another example of bad swing mechanics that causes back issues is Jason Day. The whole restricted hip turn ruined his back. He goes to Chris Como and fixes swing and and also no more back issues

Disagree the golf posture has any influence on back issues. If that was the case every pro would Have back issues. It’s improper setup at address and improper sequencing and tilting in the swing that causes issues for most people. Things like too much trail side bend (see zalatoris and his issues) also something couples has done as a compensation in his swing which led to issues. some injuries come from areas that aren’t the exact location of the pain. Poor shoulder mobility can lead to elbow issues as can how the forearms and wrists are working.

Lower spin than the prov1 and 1x and also lower ball flight. If you don’t need to lower flight and spin then avx might not be the best route. not a fan of the greenside spin of avx ive always been a prov1 player with occasionally mixing in the 1x. My last ball fitting with titleist confirmed im a prov1 player

Signing an incorrect scorecard is not knowing the rules because he didn’t account for penalty strokes. Which if he knew the rules he wouldn’t have done There’s no decision for either to make. It’s Rory’s decision and there’s no agreement needed from the playing partners. They were saying where they Beloit crosses compared to what Rory thought. Ultimately it’s on Rory to make the call and deal with consequences of an incorrect call. This is the proper way. It’s on Rory and if help is needed then advice from the rules official. Spieth and hovland are almost irrelevant other than an opinion on what they saw.

This has always been the case. Playing week in and week out on the tour is tough. Just look at the guys who win and how drained they look on Sunday after the round. It’s the guys who don’t have success that have to grind their way each week to maintain their status. The top stars have always played 15-25 events a year. They get to pick their schedule based on their status. Some courses are bette suited for certain golfers and those who can pick and choose aren’t going to choose a course that’s not to their strengths

Is that CCs fault or yours for not researching their fitting practices, policies and club making? There are plenty of posts across multiple golf forums and other online groups discussing their practices. This isn’t just a CC problem, there are good fitters and bad fitters. Researching the fitter is a recommended practice before choosing one. Most OEMs will apply the fee towards the purchase, their goal is to fit and then sell a club, they are getting your $25 or whatever the fitting fee is regardless. CC and similar places and independent fitters are charging the fee for their time and their knowledge. They aren’t trying to make a sale, they are trying to get you into the best setup. Their business isn’t selling clubs, that’s a bonus. CC is a two piece business. They are a fitting service and a club making service. When going for a fitting you are paying for the fitters time and knowledge

You’ll be disappointed knowing that the chances of any of the major OEMs sending you clubs that are on spec is very low. The further away from the standard specs one gets the lower the chances are they will be on spec. There are manufacturing tolerances that and the OEMs are only going to do their best to get them to the ordered specs. Its not feasible in a mass production industry. if you want specs that are right on you need to go to a club builder and have them do it

If you’re thinking about their play good or bad you are already mentally out of it. Play your game and react to the situation at hand and whatever they do good or bad doesn’t matter.

Basic stats are fairways hit i don’t like this one and prefer to score on a scale of 1-5 if I had a shot to advance the ball towards the green. 1 being I had a shot at the green and down to 5 where I had no shot and either had to go sideways or backwards. Greens in regulation putts per round. Another one I don’t like because depending on greens hit the numbers might change up amd down total strokes including putts from 125 and in. more detailed stuff you can look into tracking strokes gained

Anytime. I don’t know what the secondary market is these days so selling the extras may or may not work out. The difference in the current line of balls from a spin aspect is a lot closer than it used to be. The prov1 and 1x are only a couple hundred rpm apart. That’s really the difference in 1/8” in face location on a driver

While that is true a good fitter will be asking questions throughout the fitting about the ball flight, what you see, what you feel, is that your normal shot, is that your normal miss, what’s your big miss, how’s your game, what do you do well and not so well. The users information to for you for you good days and bad days. When it comes to inconsistencies that’s not in our swing but in our compensations for our swings. When we struggle to make the same compensations we have a not so great striking day. If I play 3 days in a row fatigue sets in and I can get out of whack and end up with lots of blocks and pushes. The clubs can’t help that. If one doesn’t fix making bad decides on the course aka bad course management a fitted club isn’t going to make that any better. Example if one is prone to hitting hero shots and they don’t work out all the time and they keep doing that a fitted club isn’t gojng to help them. If one 3 putts a lot a fitted club isn’t going to make them better and as cnosil pointed out if you start hitting more greens you may be an even worse putter because of proximity to the hole compared to missing a green and chipping it on. It’s why the stats that cnosil mentioned are important to track. Score is only part of it. Knowing how that score is achieved and has anything improved after the fitting or not. Without data you have no idea if you are actually improving or not. I’ve had rounds where I hit the ball well and didn’t score well and days where I didn’t hit it as good and had a better score. What caused that? Without tracking data I wouldn’t know

Every putter I bought was without a fitting and that’s a lot of putters over a 25 or so year period. I did a fitting for my last putter. The results indicated all the putters have been using matched my stroke and my fitting shows the specs I’ve been playing were correct. I still bought the fitted putter for $1200

Never assume the pros know the rules. Spieth has been dq’d at least twice for breaking the rules. A practice round or friendly match is far different than a professional event. Theres going to be more discussion to make the determination on a possible judgement call. It’s not surprising there were different opinion on it

That fluctuation happens every year. We can see what they are at the end of the year. Some events draw bigger numbers than others. And despite the claim that all the guys who left for liv affect viewership last year showed that’s not the case

Because fitted clubs doesn’t equal better scores. No club can do that. As golfers we have to execute the shots we are attempting. Even then best don’t do that all time. So there’s no guarantee that a fitted club is going to result in lower scores immediately or over time. Course management, shot execution are still vital and someone with bad course management isn’t going to get better with fitted clubs. If one has swing flaws and inconsistency in their ability to make the same compensations each time then scores aren’t going to really get better. Fitted equipment is there to help the golfer make their current swing easier and not have to fight the club because the fitted club works with their swing. We all want to get better, fitted clubs help us try but we still need to manage our game and swing and work to be better. It has the potential but as I’ve said several times it doesn’t guarantee you’ll hit the shot you are trying on that your bad swing still won’t produce a really bad shot. We see pros all the time hit shots way offline and they not only have fitted clubs but they are really good at the game. Fittings are to try and help make the game a little easier but they won’t score for you

If you want or need to knock off some spin they are worth it. For me they weren’t a good fit with irons and around the green and also not the sound I’m looking for off the putter. They will add distance off the tee for a lot of people, it’s just a matter if the ball flight matches what you want and if you can control the ball with irons and wedges. If I was interested in trying them for the first time I wouldn’t use the loyalty program to do it. I would buy a box and try them order via loyalty program if I liked them

Considering the tv deals keep getting bigger, advertisers are still spending loads of money because there are viewers watching, I would say it’s fine the way it is. CBS showed they had an increase in viewership last year. That’s not something you hear about that often