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Dave73nl

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About Dave73nl

  • Birthday 04/29/1973

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  • Gender
    Male
  • Location
    The Netherlands
  • Interests
    Running hard, golf slow, drink some beer, play guitar and enjoy :)
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Player Profile

  • Age
    40-49
  • Swing Speed
    91-100 mph
  • Handicap
    27
  • Frequency of Play/Practice
    Weekly
  • Player Type
    Casual
  • Biggest Strength
    Putting
  • Biggest Weakness
    Driver/Off the Tee
  • Fitted for Clubs
    Yes

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  1. Because I'm dead honest about everything, so also when it's not giving me the promised result...
  2. it... just... SUCK'S! And I really love Tiger, the red Sunday thing he did and Nike but this will NEVER find a way into my house for sure... All the marketing stuff really sounds like they have no f*cking idea of what people wan't and like...
  3. My MLA putter without any doubt!!! It stay's in my bag till I die I guess
  4. My Twitter/X summary headline: 'High potential for low handicap golfers, a bit to much on first glance for high handicappers who already use a Garmin watch'.
  5. Favorite feature is the map of the course for me... I forgot how useful it is and use it all the time now. Okay other apps do have this feature too... ummm the info you get AFTER the round on the web with the stats and recommendations!
  6. +2 and 88 Aldo I can't win a price as a non US citizen I do wanna win for the honor
  7. Here in The Netherlands you have a golf app where you registrate you're qualifying scores and it suggests a playing tee for you. I recently start to follow those recommendations to play from blue instead of from yellow and it's just as much fun
  8. SwingU app on iOS 16.5.1 – Official MGS Forum Review by Dave73nl Introduction. Okay FIRST AND FOREMOST thank you MyGolfSpy and SwingU for this testing opportunity! Okay and next the elephant in the room, sorry! I’m not a native English speaker so my choice of words and building sentences will be odd or strange now and then but hey; that’s the international character of MyGolfSpy at it’s best! At the moment i received the mail that i was chosen to do the test i was driving through the Scottish highlands for a holiday trip with my girlfriend so I wasn't able to write down a proper introduction. I had to play some golf! I’m still there but on my ‘rest day’ i have some time to introduce myself. I’m Dave, 50 years young and I live in the Netherlands. I have played golf for almost 12 years now and been privileged to play on some really nice courses like the 'Twenty-Ten' Ryder Cup course on Celtic Manor, Turnberry (before Trump killed the logo) and the ‘Old’, ‘New’ and ‘Jubilee’ course in St. Andrews Now i’m a bit older i take my golf more serrious. That means that I play a little more and I try to fit golf more and more in my everyday life. I work as a therapist in a mental health hospital and I really enjoy the peaceful state I get in as I play my rounds with friends or allone. Okayyyy how do i get around my rounds without the app i’m going to test? I am an active guy so I bought myself a Garmin Fenix 6X pro a year ago and this marvelous machine is a hell of a rangfinder! It tracks my shots, it gives me all the (play like) distences, and tracks my scores. If i’m not sure ore the course is not updated i always have my cheap chinese laser rangefinder. Sounds good huh? It works like a charm so why do I wanna test the app? Wind Speed & Elevation. Club Recommendations. Green Reading Maps For 13,000+ Courses. Hole Insights & Hole Notes. Strokes Gained Analysis for Each Part of Your Game. Relative Handicap for Each Part of Your Game. Post-Round #1 Game Improvement Priority. Post-Round Personalized, Prescriptive Drill. Extensive Library of Performance Practice Drills and Informative Videos. Do i need to say more? I never used the app before, I have used Golfshot for a while but stopped when I got the Garmin. What do I want to gain? That i have a better understandment what's wrong with my game and get the right drills to get better! That's all for now, o no… The app didn’t have the course I played today. Now my Garmin was off track also but it knew that the Course exists… -1 As soon as I get the acces i will start testing it! I play from 27 so I will have a lot of time on the course to test it! First impression (2 x 9 hole rounds in)... (10 out of 10) Okay my first thoughts after my second 9 holes are wow... It's getting better and better but also more and more... Let's start this part with the thought that I am a typical male. Meaning i don't RTFM! (read the f*cking manual!) like any other and just start using the object or in this case the app, It felt nice and smooth! After filling in all the data for the first round I thought: 'Okay, but how does the shot tracking work then?'. While waiting to tee off and thinking how this could even work i saw the icon at the bottom of the screen left 'Track'... Okay let's try that one! And there was a popup with a club selector... Here comes the first thing I noticed I had to do to get better results; fill in the right clubs to represent my bag! Okay after i did that it worked as a charm. i also used my Garmin 6X Pro at the same time so i had some comparing data. I saw the club distances on my SwingU were longer than on my Garmin... (okay let's be fair everyone wants to be a bit longer so that wasn't a big problem). I missed the screen on my app where I could see the ball's landed and were shot from where in the course. I missed that because I love that feature in my Garmin app. When I opened the score in my laptop browser after getting a mail about my round I saw that it was there! So okay not on the app but on a website with even more data and I loved that! (ps 2 different day's so different data ) And under: a hole played without the versus mode on and a hole with... My first impression is solid, fast and good! My Garmin gives info about the course in the display but I have to manually maneuver a short distance to see the distance till the hazard, in the app I just point at it and it gives me the distance and even what club I need to hit after that... I like that. It works fast. I like that a lot too! After i put my bag to the ground and look at what kind of shot i have left i take my phone and in a few seconds it is on the exact point with up to date data to think about the next shot! I missed the option to put in the putting distance but when I selected the versus mode in my second round the data fields to enter after a hole dubbled! That's nice but that took me some time after the round at home to figure out what they ment and re-entered the data as it should be.. Okay that didn't felt 'easy' and a bit strange maybe it is the learning curve and it improves over the rounds. It toop me a lot of time to fill in the scores and I Feld I was more entering data then enjoying the fact a made a birdy (and I don't make many!) The Company behind the app is very reachable for asking questions and on there website are some video's too. They are active on the forum and in the mail and even had planned a Google Meeting that was open for us testers but also for all people who were interested and I like that kind of thinking. What would I like to see as a change? I would love to see an option where you can manually input the place where a ball lands. With chirurgic precision I sliced a ball in the pond for example but I could only end the shot where I stood or dropped my ball again. I also would love to put in extra data for the power I put into the shot. For example when I play a 75% PW because I wanted to roll against a full GW shot or make a chip with a 5 iron out of the woods (yes I am an adventurous golfer that explores all assets of the course). Also i would like the option to input the lie of the ball i'm gonna track. So how was my first impression? I really like the app and it really got me into the app based rangefinders again! Because of the spreed and easy to use 'ness' in the course I noticed I wanted more and more info about how much room I had on that part of the hole. When I needed the pin distance I still took out my laser, it's more of an and-and solution for me at this point. In the next weeks I'm gonna focus on more rounds on the app, looking at the questions asked in this threat and trying to answer them as accurately as possible so you get the info you want! and gonna watch the recording of the Google Meeting because i was a bit late at the meeting (yesss the horrible late night competition 4 ball 70+ members playing from the back tee's with 120 meter shots... ) Also i'm gonna watch the instruction's on Youtube and gonna do what it suggests me to do for drill's and practices. I also created a free account next to the paid one so I can see the differences at the course. It's a lot but I like it! AND I WANNA FIND OUT IF IT BENEFITS HIGHER HANDICAP PLAYERS TO PLAY BETER GOLF (all that data ) Aesthetics (8 out of 10) The app does give you a nice contrasted view over the hole in full screen. This is the standard for those kinds of app’s and they use the Google maps data for the satellite views on the holes so it depends on when the pictures were taken. In sunny conditions you get a nicer view of the hole from the sky than when the pictures were made in winter. The data is not customizable where you get it on the screen or in the color you want but that’s okay by me. It’s clear to see also when the sun shines on it. I would position the ‘track the shot’ button on the other side of the screen. With bigger screen phones it’s nearly impossible to push the on screen button with only one hand because the button is on the far left AND bottom site. When i type this i think; is it a left handers app because it’s ideal for them?! The installation, same as any other app... The Numbers (12 out of 20) The yardages are very easily switchable between yards and meters and were like you suspect by a GPS device easily within 5 yards of the laser. This is more than okay for my golf game and I did use the playlike calculations a few times when I was playing in the UK with some more difference in height in the course. On the courses a played was no green map available. The setup was easy but it did have a little learning curve to understand how the versus modus works. If you play from a lower (0-10) handicap it’s easier to fill in the data in versus mode but in my case it wasn’t helpful at all... The feedback I got was ummm how do i say it. Easy? If I'm constant in my driving I get like 200 yards with a nice solide slice in it. It's not fashionable but I'm fair and that means that my second shot with a hybrid is something in the range of 150/160 yards... I know it is short but that's my game and if I get recommendations that my weak spot is 170/200 yard approaches then I think, that’s no rocketscience… The last few weeks I had the privilege to play a lot and train less so I naturally gained some distance just by playing more regularly and I skipped the training/practice drills for pure golf. I will give it a try if i’m in the offseason and gonna practice more then play so i will update about that part for sure. The battery life was okay if you use it as I do. I trigger the screen, watch my data and turn off the screen again and put the phone back in my pocket. I use an iPhone 12 with 90% of battery health and iOS 17 beta 3. It easily accompanied me in this way of use for 36 rounds BUTT when i used it as an allway's on device it couldn't last me 12/13 holes. Because of the screen time as well as the GPS ussaget it drains the battery fast… On-Course (10 out of 20) I think the biggest help for my play was the way I could get distances to hazards and course info by clicking on the layout of the hole. It was very useful and a feature I really loved using, especially on the courses that I didn't know. Everywhere I put my finger on the layout I got instant yardidges and that gave comfort in choosing my club and playing with more confidence and ease. But then the rest… The tracking feature was one I wanted to use with every shot because I could compare that to the Garmin data as well but it just didn’t work. Oldo every time i took a shot i triggered the button and stayed on the spot till it said 0 meters. I toggled the screen off and walked up to my ball and when i opened my screen again sometimes it just was back in the track button instead of a number of meters. When I triggered it again for the next shot it looked like it added up the shots so in the end I stopped tracking my shots at all. It did take too much time also and in our foursum other players told me I slowed them down. On my Garmin I get instant data instead. The green reading feature wasn’t available on the courses that I played so I stopped trying after a few courses. Could be a really useful feature but my putting is not my weakest part so I didn't miss what already didn't have... And then the elephant in the room... Even if you use a paid version as I did you get a LOT of e-mails… I understand if you use a free version of software you get them because nothing in this world today is for free but some days I got upto 3 mails from partners with deals or newsletters or… a big no go for me. The battery life was good. I used the app in my hand , not mounted on a trolley so the screen was off between shots and even after a day of 36 holes using it in this way I still had some juice in my iPhone 12. So considering everything it slowed down my playing between the point I played better because of the better judgement of the coming shot and I was to flow for the foursome. The Good, the bad, the inbetween (15 out of 20) Good is the fact it uses a mobile device with Google maps for hole overview. You always bring your mobile device and most of the time it’s full enough to use. It’s easy usage and full screen interface makes it easy to read and use the data. The tracking feature doesn’t always work as it should. Sometimes it just won’t end a shot, not even when you push the endshot button. It says it stopped but keeps on adding yardiges to the next shot. I stopped using it after a while. The score data in the versus mode is not intuitive and after a few rounds I stopped that feature as well. Strokes gained isn’t a big feature in my usage anyway. I would like to edit the feature of adding the kind of shot you took when you track it. What I mean is dat for example i played a low shot i7 in the trees. It tracked it as a normal i7 shot but it was a pitch or even half swing shot instead. Play it or Trade it? (14 out of 20) Play it for the easy hole lay-out and distances on a bigger phone screen then my garmin watch face or as a real extra but if i'm honest, it could be every gps based golf app for that… It DID help my game on the courses i didn’t play before for the layout and i took my time to think about my next shot so that's worth something… As I said earlier I think it’s a big extra for lower handicap players to get a better inside view and look where they can win or higher handicappers who really wanna invest in playing better by using the training video’s and really put the effort and time in it to progress. I’ll play it for the next few months for sure! Conclusion For low handicap golfers who need more insight about the real weakness and strength of their game I see a lot of potential but for higher handicap golfers the data is far too much. If you could couple it to your iWatch i also see more potential but for me, a casual hcp 24/28 golfer with a Garmin 6X Pro i stopped using it after a round of 10-ish If you don’t have a watch at all it is a great tool for looking for hazard yardidges etc. It’s fast enough for that but using the tracking option doesn’t work smoothly all the time and sometimes not at all. Do I pick it up later? Yes for sure because I think it has hidden potential. Because of the great range of training video’s it could be a really good training partner in the off season and for looking up the right training. Would I pay 9 dollar a month for it? I guess not at the moment… Now the weather is getting worse here in the Netherlands and I will be playing more alone and in two balls I will give it another chance because I won't feel the pressure of playing too slow. A big nogo for me is the amount of mails you get from SwingU and SwingU partners… If you pay for an add free version you don’t want daily emails with offers and such, On some days it’s up to 3 e-mails a day. Final Score (69 out of 100) My testing goal was: Can I replace my Garmin Fenix 6X Pro with this app and never look back? Not yet...
  9. For my regular rounds a Big Max Silencio and for my ‘ if i have any time left’ on vacation rounds a Bix Max Seven. Really love those 2!
  10. Aldo the article is interesting, what's wrong? I bet if 99% of people get a all payed trip to there they will take it. This world is all about money and I bet the most of us have allot of stuff in there possession that is made in China, is that less wrong? They just buy company's that make money, interesting? Nope the world always turned like that but now it's another player on the tee (ps the oil isn't there forever so they do need another way of income in the future)
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