THEZIPR23

Played in NCGA stroke play qualifier on Friday. Wind blowing 20 steady with gusts up to 30. Low round was 75. Held it together enough to shoot 79 and finish T6 despite 3 3 putts, 3 penalty strokes and no birdies. Brutal day but now on to championship at Poppy Hills. Pretty excited as this is the first NCGA scratch event I have played in.

First time in my life I shot 3 straight rounds under par. -1, -2, -1. Then followed that up with a smooth 80. Golf is hard!

I understand that it handicaps each facet. And it did adjust to 4.5 on that particular round. What I have found is that it takes a little while to update the #'s after editing. I can tell you that the overall handicap matches my GHIN exactly. However that is a function of overall score more than anything so I would expect that to be pretty close. One thing that I am trying to figure out is the how the average distance affects the handicap on each facet. For instance distance for GIR I average 23.7', on all approaches it is 56.6'. So I am sure it factors this in as well. So if I miss a green by a big margin it would equate to a higher approach handicap.

Back to back shots last night. Punch hook 9 iron from the trees to back flag to 3 feet. Then playing through group on next hole. Short par 3 PW hits behind the hole spins back to 3 feet straight uphill. And made both putts.

I have played 13 rounds with Arccos 360 and it works very well. Just leave my phone in pocket and edit after round. I have found that editing on the app is much easier than using the dashboard. Takes about 5 mins after round on my iPhone. Most of the edits are putts and flag positions. I am not convinced that their handicap calculations are correct. For example I hit 13/18 greens yesterday and it says my approach was 8.5. I wasn't knocking down flag sticks but can't remember ever playing with a 8.5 handicap and them hitting that many greens. I will attempt to dive into this aspect and see what I find. Overall if you like data this is a great system.

I have had the same issue in the past. My experience was either due to glare or dirt, I am not sure which. Cleaned the lenses and made sure not to shoot distances through the cart windshield and i have not had an issue since.

I switched to P790 in October after playing blades for 20 years. Longer and much easier to hit with no drop off in anything except maybe a little work-ability. And they are gorgeous in the bag and at address.