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26 minutes ago, fixyurdivot said:
Hey Rob. Which app is this? Pretty cool graphics! I see MOTO on the phone which gives me hope it might work on my MOTO E; which is Android but has a fairly limited amount of memory.
It is simply called Golfshot, and indeed it works with my Moto Z Android. I tried 18-Birdies briefly, but found I like this one better because it allowed me to enter all my club data in and has a simple "track my shot" feature that you saw here. I've only used the "free" version so far and am too chicken to upgrade yet to one of their subscriptions which adds even more features, but so far so good. Also, that day was the first time I used it mainly for this thread.
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I'm a "tweener" Driver SS is low to mid 90's (mostly low), but a stiff flex usually fits me better and that is based mostly on feel. In fact, all my shafts are now of the stiff variety. I started with R-flex with everything and had awful results. After being fitted to a stiff shaft for my first ever driver fitting last year, I have since upgraded all equipment to stiff with very positive results across the board. Are they perfect? No. But they "feel" right and I am comfortable with them all. I can also certainly tell the difference between R & S and R for me just feels like a noodle. I believe for me it has a lot to do with my semi-violent transition...
My 2-cents.
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2 hours ago, golfertrb said:
Played at Westwood Park Golf Course in Norman, OK today with my son - just a beautiful day. I had a really great warm up and I've been playing really well as of late but man I just couldn't hit my driver today for the first 13 holes or so. Fortunately it is not a long course at all so I could get around with 3 wood or 2 Crossover. It was weird today I hit a lot of marginal iron shots today that turned out better than I deserved and I thought "I sure am glad I have the irons I do" - I need the forgiveness!
FIR: 6/12
GIR: 13/18
Putts: 28
67 (3 under)
Sometimes I find one just has to can the driver into the penalty box and swallow some pride. A very hard thing for me to learn especially when my dumb ego gets in the way...
Glad you fellas had a great day out there together. Don't worry. Driver will be back I am most assured-Cheers!
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4 hours ago, THEZIPR23 said:
73
7/14 fir
9/18 gir
27 putts
Took 9 1/2 holes to figure out which end of the club to hold. Only hit 2 greens on front 9. Short game and putting saved what could have been an ugly score. Crazy a$$ game we play.
Still, in all a great round my Man! 73 is nothing to sneeze at!
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1 hour ago, GB13 said:
Nice shootin!
Thanks!!! The other goofy thing was I went out stone dead cold. No warm-up, no nuthin'. Just tee-it-up and go...probably explains the 8 on #1...
...er, no it doesn't I just flogged that one to death...Probably changed some weather patterns with my ugly windmill effect..!
- GB13, Rickp and cksurfdude
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So my first impressions with the MTB-X (yellow) are "Oh crap! it still balloons!" But that was on one of few good hits I've had from the tee with driver so far, and that one was into the wind. I've only played with a few (3) off and on for the last couple of rounds and simply don't have al lot good data yet. I think I am having a bit of vapor lock when looking down at a yellow ball...just something I need to get used to. It does feel a little harder off the putter face and I simply need some more quality time with them (especially around the greens) before I say "yay" or "nay". More to come.
- JohnSmalls, sirchunksalot and yungkory
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Enjoyed the 3 Coors Banquets during my round earlier today...now finishing and celebrating with a few Ezra Brooks on-the-rocks to help ease the soreness...
- Rickp and silver & black
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13 minutes ago, golfertrb said:
Great round! To put the 8 behind you on the first hole is fantastic! Way to go!
I did everything imaginable wrong to start that one...just awful. Bogied the next hole (par-3) with a 2-putt after coming up a bit short off the tee, pared #3 then was in the stinking water again off the tee on #4 which is another par-3. Hit from the drop zone and 2-putted for a 5. Then when birdie, par, par, par, par. I was on
. Should-a had a bird on 9 after driving the green in 2, but my 3-putt demon said "NOT!" It was certainly fun for sure, especially since I usually fold after bad holes.
- fozcycle, 00sportsman and cksurfdude
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8 minutes ago, THEZIPR23 said:
Wow!! Well done! And a 41 with an 8. That’s awesome!
Thanks Bud, that really means a lot to me!
And with all things golf, it's those frickin' "what-ifs" that continue the humbleness I reckon.
- cksurfdude, fozcycle and Rickp
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Normally I'll just post a nice approach shot, maybe a wedge or two and many fairway wood shots here, but today is different. Best shot of the day today for me was the birdie putt I made on the par-5 5th.
The tee shot was a crap, short power-fade helped by a left-to-right wind that carried me to the first cut on the right. Slammed a 3w to 75-yds or so and hit a real nice 54* wedge to here...
Read it for right-edge and 12'. Putt rolled true but when it got to the hole, it looked as if I had just missed and the ball would stay just to the right of the hole maybe <1/2" away, but 1 more turn and it collapsed in from the right, back edge..! I was so sure I had missed it, I almost looked up and away in anguish, but saw it die into the cup at the last second!
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Best round for me to date...41/44 for an 85 with 34 putts. Yes, I actually sunk some flippin' putts today! A 12-footer for bird, 2 others from 20 & 22' for pars and another 12-footer for a par also. In fact pars were the order of the day...8 of them with four-in-a-row to finish the front 9! Driver again was pretty good, but for me to score like this, pretty much everything has to go right. First hole though was a blow-up 8 +4, but I just put it behind me and enjoyed the evening. Happy boy!
Added a photo of the scorecard from my Golfshot app...
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Am I maxed-out on badges? If not, could I please have a broke (80 or 90?) after my 85 today..!!!
- JohnSmalls, yungkory and josmi15
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1 hour ago, JohnSmalls said:
Guys and gals, just a reminder---you can play as many 9 hole HRC rounds as you want to. Best score for the month is the one that counts!
Indeed! I plan on doing it at least 3-4 times if I can annnnnnnnd, I have some surprises for you in the works for a new PPE pic...
- M. Parsons and JohnSmalls
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1 hour ago, revkev said:
Question for the testers - I see some mention of changing lofts in your reviews can you guy guys comment on extremes in adjustments?
I may just go back to where I bought the thing, lay out a few bucks and dial it in.
Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpyIf you have the means and the time, that would be the way to go for sure. The adjustments are pretty basic and intuitive. In a couple of my initial range sessions I basically went through this progression each time; Started with neutral (10.5*) and hit 5-6 shots. Changed to -1* hit 5, then to -1.5* and hit 5. Then back to neutral for a couple of shots and then tried +1* and +1.5* similarly. When I first changed to -1* it felt very good and I hit those shots the best, so I simply dialed into that and it seems to be the one for me. I tried the -1* & +1* with the lie-angle setting with mixed results, so I have simply left it with the standard lie-angle and effectively at 9.5* loft. Of course all this was done out on a driving range with no type of LM at the time-all feel and real-world visual results albeit with range rocks...
FYI, you can really tell just by how much of the face is showing at address how much those little adjustments make to the look of the club when looking down at it as it lies flat on the ground.
- Rickp, fixyurdivot and revkev
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24 minutes ago, SteddyGolf said:
157 yard 7 iron (35 degrees) almost holed out. Nice check up too.
Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpyGreat shot my Man!
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1 hour ago, Rickp said:
Well guys I’ve been following this Test closely and ALL Reviews are well done, great job guys.
I and now pretty certain in a few weeks when I can swing a Driver again the first I try will be the Ping G410.
I’ve already told the fitter to have a LH G410 Driver warmed up and ready!
Great job guys!
Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpyNow you got me as excited as @yungkory is about @jlukes' pending thread..!
HEAL FASTER!!!
- Rickp and sirchunksalot
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4 hours ago, sirchunksalot said:
You'd have to throw some peanut butter and chocolate chips on it to make it even sweeter. I'll be honest, I didn't want to like the Epic Flash more than the G400 LST, but it's performance won me over. It just wants to fly straight. Thank you for the kind words OG. I thought you might like seeing it, it's a beautiful putter. Now that we've been talking about it, I might just have to take it out and put a round in with it.
Sent from my SM-G955U using MyGolfSpy mobile app
Hell yeah! Give that old girl a whirl! Love to hear about it if you do!
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4 hours ago, fixyurdivot said:
I think Rob may have measured it with his scope - I don't recall what we came up with. We both smashed our drives off #18 and I think Rob had those measured as well. They were definitely longer than 217, so if to be atop the leaderboard, even for a picosecond, would be fun
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Yeah, both those were "nuked" from the tee and were by far our best on the back-9. My tracker app had me at 235 and Bill was definitely better. By eyeball, I had him at least 10-yards better at 245...
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Hole #3 at Banbury Golf Club is a 136-yd par-3 from the whites with water in front and right. Flushed an 8-iron toward my target left that cut nicely right and landed about 12' away from the cup to the left and behind it a bit. Made a clean par.
- sirchunksalot, Rickp, JohnSmalls and 1 other
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2 minutes ago, perseveringgolfer said:
2 qualifying round club champs today.
Didnt play well...........but.......you know that way where you feel your swing is close to being decent and repeatable? Some pulls, some chunks, lots of chips coming up way short, some decent drives.
Missed the green on every single par 3
(5 of 'em) chipped to 10 ish feet and sunk the putt. Only 29 putts today, a PB for the last 2 years.
so a 77 but more importantly a glimpse into exactly what I'm doing wrong and what to do right. Just need to practice, and trust, exactly that correct swing.
A 77 is nothing to shake a stick at..! Nice work out there!!!
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Played a round of "hooky" golf with fellow Spy @fixyurdivot who had come down this way over at Banbury Golf Club Thursday. We both had a great time together and it was awesome to play a round with such a fine gentleman. Darn guy wouldn't let me buy a beer all day..!
Anyhow, we played the front as normal, but switched up to do a round for the 2019 Hard Rock Challenge on the back (details here)
Overall though I went 46/50 on a pretty darn hard course with lots of water (whites are 67.3/120 @ 5,733-yds). I had 3 pars on the front (none on the back with the brick) and only a few "others" on the card all day. My biggest thing was putting...poor putting...I mean really BAD putting..! There are 5 par-3's on this track and I hit 3 of them in regulation-all with solid looks at birdie. ALL 3 holes I 3-putted...yes I said it and I own it. I just SUCKED!!! Even on "scoring" holes like the par-5 496-yd 12'th where I was just within 20' of the front pin just on the apron after 3, I walked off with a stupid 6. Something's gotta give here because driving is coming along nicely, my former 175-185-yd gap is confidently covered and I am hitting irons and wedges pretty OK of late-mostly...
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I like the way you think Plaid! Great idea!