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    Mid- to High- Handicapper Challenge

    in Lessons, Drills, Mental Game, and Fitness Tips

    Posted

    I do a version of this where I add 1 to every hole. 
    Doesn't stop me from having a double cross off the tee or help me read greens better LOL!!
    I've done this in the past and have played a little better rounds when I do. Doesn't solve all my problems and it doesn't always work for me, but I would say the experience is largely a positive one.

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    Garmin or Apple? Golf watches

    in General Equipment Talk

    Posted

    Strictly for what it's worth:

    I had a Samsung Gear Fit Pro2 that I got for completely non-golf-related reasons.  I was playing with a friend who had a laser, I was using 18 Birdies for yardages at the time, and it occurred to me that there may be an app I could add to my watch so I didn't have to carry my phone with me.

    A little research, and I discovered Taylormade had "partnered" with Samsung to push their MyRoundPro to the Samsung smart watches.  It gives me front, middle and back distances.  It works with the Sport I'm currently using, and worked with the Gear Fit Pro2 I was using previously.  If I can remember to mark my shots on the watch, which is always an issue, it will give me stats at the end of the round.  These include strokes gained and distances for each shot.  I'm sure if I used the app better, there would be a lot more there for me as well.

    Just another option to consider.  Trying to decide probably isn't hard enough.

     

    Glasses or contact lenses?

    in The 19th Hole

    Posted

    I was put into contact lenses in 3rd grade, which would have been 1976, because my glasses were getting too thick and they weren't really ready with the new plastics that allow a much thinner lens for the same amount of correction.  In 1997, a friend brought me a copy of a golf magazine (I can't remember which one) that had an article about Tom Kite and his experience with LASIK surgery.  That was all it took.  3 months later, I was in Montreal having mine done.  Why Montreal?  Because at that time I needed so much correction that I couldn't get it done in the US.  I believe it had been approved for correction to -7.00, but I was -10.50 and -11.00.

    Two great, uncorrected years followed but my eyes have continued to change.  I wear glasses regularly, although my driver's license actually doesn't call for correction.  I wear contacts on the weekends and doing things like playing golf.  My eye doctor has fitted me with distance vision contacts in both eyes, and I wear cheap readers on top of them when I need to.  

    I've got plenty of experience playing sports in glasses, in contacts, and without any correction and I can confidently tell you that you can adjust to just about anything if you give it some time.  I really like the contacts for the ability to put sunglasses on the top, and take them off for a minute or two as needed.  Whatever you choose, just give it some time before you give up on it.

    Glasses or contact lenses?

    in The 19th Hole

    Posted

    On 5/30/2019 at 12:03 PM, azstu324 said:

    Golf was more for depth perception issues. That still is a factor today though which I've concluded is about 93% mental and 3% actual issue. For both the reasons mentioned above and the depth perception issue, I refuse to wear sunglasses golfing. 

    Sorry, but I've got to ask....what's the other 4%?

    MGS Moral Codes

    in Golf Rules Discussion

    Posted

    The unfortunate part is with the more industry recognition that MGS continues to gain, the more squirrels we'll start to see in the yard. The fantastically awesome part however is that 99.9% of us wholeheartedly support and respect the forum, each other, and the MGS mission so those rascals don't seem to stick around for long. Any aggressive or negative posting that I've witnessed is more so troll-related rather than actual active forum members and they seem to get sorted out pretty quickly. 
    Keep up the stellar work MGS!
    Well put, and completely accurate.

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    2019 Official Forum Member Review - Bridgestone e12 Speed and Soft Golf Balls

    in Forum Testing Reviews

    Posted

    Finally got around to reading your review, 00sportsman.  Well done, my friend. Very honest and forthright review of the e12 Soft.  Good comparison to the Wilson Duo as well.  Thanks for the opportunity to try it out, although I lost it on the second hole......ugh!  I will probably try it in the future.
    Thanks. Was it really only the second hole you played with it? I would have sworn you used it more than that.

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    How'd you play?

    in The Daily

    Posted

    Played (a regulation) 9 and broke all the "Rules", as in...
    1. No penalty shots.
    2. No two-chips.
    3. No 3-putts.
    Plus throw in a few "cudda been executed better" kinda shots, and a few "cudda made a better shot decision" type of moments.
    That ever happen to any of you guys? Anyone..?
    Ha ha, so...
    #1. Tee shot left into the rough on a dogleg right .. punch-out was thin, took a bad bounce and was still in trouble .. badly chunked the next one still leaving it short of the green .. chip up left it way short of the hole. 2-Chip Double.
    #2, #3. Scratched out a bogey (uphill Par 3) and a par (short Par 4).
    #4. Long Par 5 .. tested out the driver .. long, high fade exactly into the spot where the fairway bends towards the left .. take a drop... 2 shots later I'm on the far back-right of the green while the flag is front-left; first putt waaaay short .. 3-putt Double.
    #5. Decent tee shot just off right edge of fairway on a Par 4 dogleg left .. good 7i onto the back-left corner of the green .. flag is back-right, and not too far away on a sidehill, uphill left-to-right breaker .. left it waaaay short .. 3-putt Bogey.
    #6. Short Par 5 and tee shot goes straight but right to the outside of the dogleg left and behind a tree .. ok-ish punch-out .. deciding now whether to go for it to the elevated green or to layup short of the hill .. turns out my go-for-it shot ended up in exactly the same place as I would've tried to hit the layup.... pitch on up the hill ok but ... 3-putt Double. 
    #7, #8. 3-putt bogey after catching the right edge of the green (Par 3); then a good chip on and a 1-putt saved a par (short Par 4).
    #9. Straightaway Par 4 from an elevated tee .. took out driver (second time) and hit it long but slightly left and it ended up just in the left rough .. took an "extra" club to swing easy aiming for the middle of a large green .. blocked it straight right and long to watch it come down and take a huge bounce on the cart path .. followed by another huge bounce on the cart path .. followed by it disappearing down the hill going back towards the clubhouse..... Take a drop at the same spot, change clubs, re-align myself .. and watch it block right again in the same direction but this time stopped inches short of the cart path, wide right of the green .. chip on was ok but couldn't sink the first putt... Triple.
    So hopefully a "good learning experience" +12, as I continue on my quest to get to bogey golf.
    Sounds about like my back 9 on Monday. I could have written up something very similar. Almost everyone I know has one of those days occasionally.

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    How'd you play?

    in The Daily

    Posted

    Went 49/43 for a 92. Played Twin Isles in Punta Gorda. Pretty slow start, but I played 10-17 about as well as I've played in a long time. The 43 on the back includes a TRIPLE on 18.

    Shot of the day was on a 127 yard par 3. Pitching wedge to about 6 feet, missed the birdie putt. Made sure I didn't over-read the break like I usually do, and missed low.

    Overall, I was pretty encouraged. I hit my irons about as well as I've hit them in a long time, and the new (used) G30 3W shows a lot of promise.

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    Aaaaaand reality strikes. Played Arcadia Municipal today, which is wide open and pretty straight. Good thing, since the driver was horrible. Still, managed to play the front in 41 but had an awful 48 on the back. Didn't hit a single fairway or green on the back 9. I should know better than to feel encouraged.

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    How'd you play?

    in The Daily

    Posted

    Went 49/43 for a 92. Played Twin Isles in Punta Gorda. Pretty slow start, but I played 10-17 about as well as I've played in a long time. The 43 on the back includes a TRIPLE on 18.

    Shot of the day was on a 127 yard par 3. Pitching wedge to about 6 feet, missed the birdie putt. Made sure I didn't over-read the break like I usually do, and missed low.

    Overall, I was pretty encouraged. I hit my irons about as well as I've hit them in a long time, and the new (used) G30 3W shows a lot of promise.

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