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

Beakbryce

Member
  • Posts

    430
  • Joined

  • Last visited

About Beakbryce

  • Birthday 11/10/1952

Profile Information

  • Gender
    Male
  • Location
    Phoenix AZ
  • Interests
    Golf
  • Referred By:
    no one

Player Profile

  • Age
    60 and over
  • Swing Speed
    90 mph or less
  • Handicap
    8
  • Frequency of Play/Practice
    Multiple times per week
  • Player Type
    Casual
  • Biggest Strength
    Approach
  • Biggest Weakness
    Putting
  • Fitted for Clubs
    No

Recent Profile Visitors

3,556 profile views

Beakbryce's Achievements

  1. The courses I play have shorts and collared, or turtle and mock neck shirts, as OK. It gets hot. As much as I would like to play in a t-shirt when it's 110, that exposes to much sunburn territory. I wear mock neck t- shirts from Lands End. The courses at my old folk community put out a new dress code that allowed "golf" t-shirts. I inquired as to what makes a t-shirt a golf "t-shirt"? "What Tiger wears" was the response. OK, so I can buy an extremely expensive Nike t-shirt or I can argue my beautiful collarless Lands End t-shirts, which are just as nice and purchased on sale for a song, should be allowed. I indicated it would have been ridiculous to show up in a nice t-shirt and have whoever was behind the desk checking folks in be the arbiter of whether I could play that day. Rules changed back the next day. And rightly so. I don't mind a reasonable code. I have more of a problem with the nonsensical rules.
  2. Will continue to rock my original Epic, 9 degree with stiff shaft. Wouldn't mind testing the new Ping 10k and an AI Smoke. Ping gives a nice discount to military. Another couple of years the Smoke ought to be almost affordable on Callaway preowned. Still, the Epic is an old friend and not sure how much more I could get out of a new driver. 15-20 yards farther would probably do it.
  3. I'm sure it's me, because all of the above annoy the crap out of me. Plus: and I didn't know this until we met a guy 20 years ago that would tee the ball up and then start telling a story. Often. A self aggrandizing story. I felt like a hostage without Stockholm syndrome. Please shut up and hit the ball. He also told stories on the putting green, including to complete strangers. It wasn't unusual to hear him tell the same story 4 or 5 times before he teed off. Incidentally, he was a former assistant pro so had swing thoughts for everyone. The first time we played he started in giving my wife advice after her first swing. I gently told him she already had an instructor and then finally told him to shut up, his help wasn't wanted. We didn't play with him much as he was in the regular foursome ahead of us. They were off first and our group second. The few times he played with us because the other guys didn't play and we had a spot, he annoyed the heck out of me but I let it go. Then about 5 years ago the first group let him go. On the putting green. Just before their round. He immediately walked up to us and said I guess I will be playing with you guys from now on. Wrong-o big guy. You are not playing with us either. Luckily we got a 4th so we never had a spot. It's not that he wasn't a nice guy. I told him that I would be happy to go to the bar after a round to listen to his stories. He just couldn't help himself on the course. Now he plays in a group that gets 2 t times and has 7 to 8 guys. The guy doing the scheduling continually has to adjust who plays with him because some of the guys refuse.
  4. I believe I noted it wouldn't be for everyone. One wouldn't join just to access a golf course. Discipline, commitment, respect, a trade in and after service, these would be much more important. Access to all sports is a byproduct. This ought to be completely understandable.
  5. I love this topic. I am dead set against any ball roll back as currently mandated. However, I got to thinking. A 70% roll back with 70% less length would be really cool. 18 holes on a city block. A 6500 yard course would be around 2000 yards. Everyone could walk. 250 yard drives would go 75 yards. A 550 yard par 5 would be 165 yards. And once in a while you sneak in a real ball and drive that sucker with a 6 iron. Wait until everyone sees that Albatross on your scorecard! Maybe I should seek a patent! Ok, who's with me?
  6. I see a lot of comments about playing during and after college when so many things demand money and golf can't be in the picture. While this wouldn't be for everybody, I have three words for you. Join the military. Most bases have some kind of course, reasonably priced lessons, and access to cheaper equipment. Active duty usually get priority for tee times. Additionally, most bases also have intramural golf. And you can learn a trade, whether officer or enlisted.
  7. My wife taught me you can "want" all day long but "need" doesn't show up until it's 70-80% off! I have winter Rugby shirts from Ralph Lauren and Land's End that I bought 20 years ago for 80% off over a couple of years of spring sales. Maybe not everyone's idea of a "golf" shirt until you wear one when it's cold. Things are rock solid and easy to swing in. I don't play courses that require several hundred dollars just to get out on the course and $400 pants. I know people who do, and more power to them if that's their thing. I'd rather stick $400 in my grandkids college savings.
  8. Can't give you a yay or nay on whether it will be good for you. Sorry. In the end 5 people tested the driver models. I had a positive fitting session and thought I would hit it well. In practice I did not because my club head speed wasn't sufficient to overcome the low spin. I sent the driver on to another tester. Several testers fell in love with the club. If you have something over 100 mph I suspect you will put the ball in play as it is a dead straight ball flight, so you just need to figure out ball position to make sure dead straight fits your aim point. Please come back to the thread and let us know. The more knowledge we get on these drivers, the more it will help everyone who may want to buy one. Have fun.
  9. Lots of good things for me personally, but my best golf moment was watching Nicklaus win the 86 Masters.
  10. I had not noticed Lexi but Jim Furyk uses a double overlock. Theoretically, it helps people who hit hooks as it quiets the dominant hand/arm. If you hook, it might help.
  11. I have purchased clubs for myself and my wife from Callaway pre-owned for at least 15 years, maybe 20. I buy like new and they have always been to that description. Plus, their clubs from generation to generation have similar specs other than the loft attached to the club number so fitting is easy. I have purchased drivers, fairway woods, hybrids, and irons. I haven't bought wedges because I use Vokeys. I have always had a positive experience. If you want to accept their emails, they send deals almost everyday. With a little patience you will get great deals. Example: just purchased a Odyssey 11 putter, normally $299.99 for $96 plus tax and half shipping cost. Basically 60% off. Putter head still had shrink wrap on it. If you shop there, look for what you want on the site but call the number to order the club. If you get hooked up with one of their reps on the phone, you may, I stress may, receive additional considerations on the deal. All you have to do is read off the number attached to the club on the site and they do the rest. I don't look at the price until it is at least 30% off. You mentioned clubs. Callaway pre-owned also has other merchandise on the site. I buy my grips in lots of 40 because they are very cheap and I like Callaway grips. The charge for shipping is the same for 1 as it is for 40. Having those grips around means I don't have to wait when grips need a change. I have also purchased shafts for their adjustable woods as it is easy to change those out and cheap enough to experiment.
  12. I am not actually looking for a swing. My low round in the last 3 months was a 67. Mainly because I actually made some putts which is another story. Ball striking isn't a problem. I'm bored, so trying stuff. Which is what I thought this topic was discussing. What am I working on and at the moment for me, I'm working on trying to keep it fresh with experimentation. I didn't talk a lot about how I went about the experimentation, but depending on hip bend, low or high hands are possible with a natural arm hang. Which results in the hands somewhere close to below the chin. I only used Keegan and DeChambeau as examples to give a visual of what I am doing. It was mentioned that high hands require a swing like Dechambeau and or Moe Norman. I can swing like Dechambeau. In fact, swung that way since before he was born. Why is another story that I would be happy to share if you want. I changed a little because of weight gain and needing to bend over to get the club far enough from the body to swing which resulted in lower hands. Have lost enough to go back to more upright and high hands, although the driver still feels better with low hands. I have been playing golf for more than 40 years and teaching for more than 30. Trust me when I say I can take any club in the bag and alternate between low and high hands and hit the ball pretty well. Sure, I wouldn't encourage a newbie to swing at the extremes that Keegan/Glover and DeChambeau/Norman represent. But a competent golfer ought to be able to start in either swing position, feel the club head, and have a good swing. Not that they would want to because it wouldn't fit them. But they ought to be able. What doesn't work for me is the middle of those 2 positions as I get a weak slice. Probably leads to a swing path that just doesn't work for me. What I am trying to do is find which one of those positions works best for me for each club. As I indicated one works best for the driver and one works best with the fairway woods. Hybrids and irons are next. So I think we can agree on the whole arm hang thing. The only thing I may not agree with is that low hands automatically result in the club going back to far to the inside. Not been my experience. But even if it was, it's easy to correct. I am not trying to convert anyone else or advocate that anyone else try it. I have the requisite thousands of hours of golf swings to do either. Just having fun with it.
  13. I am experimenting with low and high hands at address and what that does for ball flight. The club sits differently in the hands depending on their position at address. It also determines the hip bend at address. So lots of things to think about. Low hands would be like Keegan Bradley and high hands like DeChambeau. I am shortish so hand position is sometimes critical. I like low hands with the driver because it makes it easier to come from the inside with a sweeping swing. It absolutely is chancy with fairway woods, at least for me. Top, fat, thin, shots that run the gamut. High hands are really easy. Further work with hybrids and irons to follow. Is this too esoteric?
  14. I am all in on this, with the caveat that sometimes earth has to be moved. Many of the courses here in the greater Phoenix area are fairly flat. I give you TPC Scottsdale. The military course I play took completely flat land, moved a lot of dirt, and built a course where no hole is level. No extra dirt was brought in. It's fabulous. Clearly for me the course to be good needs some elevation changes. One to two club difference is plenty.
  15. I was wondering were to start because there are so many things that can make ordinary golf courses good. You nailed my initial thoughts. I hate OB. If it is untenable for a ball to go crooked, don't build a hole there. Not to mention the current rules can make it a hazard so play isn't held up by some doofus coming back to your tee to hit again. It's not like OB stakes magically keep a ball from straying of the course. Augusta National was a much more interesting course in 1990 than it is now. Wide fairways that required a precise drive to set up the approach shot depending on hole location. I am wondering if the corollary question "what makes a course bad", needs to be asked as several of the posts have alluded to this answer as well.
×
×
  • Create New...