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Date 05/25/2023 Course Name Sand Hollow - Championship Gross Score 79 Course Handicap 7 Gross Strokes over/under par 7 Net Score to Par 0 Net Score 72 Net Birdies or better 4 Longest Drive 247 
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15 hours ago, Charles Lechair said:On 5/8/2023 at 6:14 AM, WaffleHouseTour said:
How'd you end up choosing an instructor? I've gone through there and thought about doing, but there's so many options I just had no clue who to pick
I saw a recommendation from someone else talking about their coach. I looked at some of her posts and followed her on social media a bit. Liked what she talked about. I reached out and asked some questions. I’ve been working w Molly Lavercombe and found her to be very responsive. She was honest w me from the get go - not about focusing on trackman data and would recommend someone else who was - and I appreciated that. She helped w an immediate hosel problem and we’ve worked on a long term plan since then
- cnosil and Charles Lechair
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Date 05/17/2023 Course Name Whispering Creek Gross Score 88 Course Handicap 8 Gross Strokes over/under par 16 Net Score to Par 8 Net Score 80 Net Birdies or better 2 Longest Drive 240 Rough week for golf. Only going to get two rounds in and battled my driver as much as the course. Had really hoped to post a round from LandMand but I guess that will have to wait.
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1st Tie Breaker What is the Cut Number. +2
2nd Tie Breaker What will Jordan Spieth's score be after the 2nd round. +1
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No more wheelies. R2D2 worked great at the PClub this weekend. Handled the hills very well.
- cksurfdude and MattF
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Date 05/14/2023 Course Name Prairie Club - Dunes Gross Score 81 Course Handicap 4 Gross Strokes over/under par 8 Net Score to Par 4 Net Score 77 Net Birdies or better 3 Longest Drive 255 
The Prairie Club is my happy place Two Par73 courses that are deceptively difficult. Fast and firm - except for this weekend - played 72 holes (walk/ride/walk/ride) in 50* rain… Had a blast
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Depending on the cart you have it attached to - if there is a constant pull in one direction it may need some adjusting. The BBQuad had some tension bars I needed to adjust to keep it straight. Make sure the gyroscope is on.
sorry to hear the frustration. I always had good luck. The were responsive on email and sent videos on how to replace the motherboard and battery. I was very nervous opening up the case but followed it step by step and it all worked out fine.
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On 5/8/2023 at 8:00 PM, IAGolfDad said:
We have one here in Des Moines going public.
Which one?
I know Wakonda had a lot of members quit - controversies over tree removal, shutting the course down and an assessment - but I can’t believe they’d ever go public… I know it’s not Hyperion or DMGCC as they both have wait lists. Do tell.
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I’m also looking at trying their hybrids (going in for a fitting in June) but am also curious about their Utility Iron. I know there is a club for every situation and every swing - you just have to find it. I’m just curious if anyone has tried or compared both and what you saw as the strength vs weakness between them. Understand everyone is different - but curious. My current cobra hybrids love to hook (seems to be a repeatable experience for many hybrids)
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Just booked a fitting at Sub70 for next month. Really looking hard at their combo of 699 and 699 pro - but I’d be making the jump from one length irons to standard after years of playing SL and want to be fit for the correct shaft and length so I’d like to be sure in this transition I’m getting it all right. It about a seven hour drive - but then only two hours out of the way to my daughter’s place so thought I’d make a weekend out of it.
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I think everyone struggles w this. I know I certainly do. I worked a lot over the winter w my Skillest coach using a smart ball to develop a feeling of connectedness and keep my flying elbow in. I wish I was allowed to take it to the course.
I’ve been listening to a lot of Jon Sherman and Lou Stagner podcasts this winter and am trying to apply their thoughts on expectation setting during the round. The course is always going to be different from practice. For me it’s very much from a climate controlled environment during the winter working on finding repeatable positions to outside w wind and rain and uneven lies and distractions and… well, it’s just different. In practice I’m trying to make a 12 foot putt ten times in a row (on a perfectly smooth level mat) before I quit - on the course I know that is statistically highly improbable so I’ll be happy if I leave myself a tap in and not beat myself up for missing the birdie.
In practice I can think about multiple things. On the course, once I’m over the ball I can really only think about my target.
I’m fifty-five and my homemade swing didn’t get into the shape it’s in over night. Took years of bad habits. I’m learning I’m not going to fix it overnight. It’s going to be incremental. It’s a process. If I can be better w my posture on the driver, slow my backswing and keep my elbow tucked I’m going to consider that a success - for May and June…
But what do I know, I’m a work in progress. If you figure it out, bottle it for sale or write a book.
- Shapotomous, cnosil and golferguy2727
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Try Skillest. Video your swing face on annd down the line, then reach out to an instructor. Been working w the same online coach for a year now and very happy. Hitting my irons so much better and more consistently.
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Date 05/07/2023 Course Name Whispering Creek Gross Score 82 Course Handicap 8 Gross Strokes over/under par 10 Net Score to Par 2 Net Score 74 Net Birdies or better 3 Longest Drive 245 Good to be back on the course - and back in the VCT even if I did spot everyone a full month head start... Its been six months since I've been on the course between the hip replacement back in November, a long winter, and pesky work commitments I haven't been able to get on course to play until this weekend. Been taking Skillest lessons and swinging a club and Stack indoors all winter, and visited a sim a few times and of course the range. But that just isn't the same as getting out and walking eighteen holes. Good to be back.
Tonight was a beautiful night for a walk.
Third time was the charm at getting GolfShot to record correctly off my AppleWatch. Posted my experience in that thread.
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Following up on my post last night - tried GolfShot for a 3rd time and it worked great. Yesterday's problems were all operator error. I learned a few things re-reading the GolfShot web site.
First - every time I get to the ball I turn the crown just to make sure that it will be recording the correct club.
Second - I turned on the haptic response so I would know its recording - for short game shots around the green I took a big rehearsal swing to make sure it was recording. It may have recorded my rehearsal swing rather than my actual chip shot.
Third - you must must verify the score - swiping right - to put in the total number of shots (it has probably guessed correctly) and the number of putts as it has no idea.
I was pretty happy with it. Didn't look at the phone for GolfShots GPS except on two holes to get a read on distance to some bunkers on a layup shot. Have to admit though that I often looked at the phone for the Arccos read as it takes into account elevation - and I play on a hilly course. But I tried to do everything off the watch.
Bottom line - you just have to be deliberate - you've got to make sure it is recording the correct club, and you must must must tell it when you've completed a hole.
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R2Ds (Sidekick) worked flawlessly today. No errors, no getting stuck. Had a system and stuck with it. Kept the clip on my right back pocket - snapped it off and drove the eWheels between holes and around the green, and knew just to hit the "follow" button and R2 zipped right to me. Get to the ball and hit the "follow" button again and it stopped.
The only time I had a glitch - I stopped by my ball, forgot to hit the "follow" button to make it stop but it stopped anyway as expected, I grabbed my club and went back to the bal and it tried to follow me getting too close and circling around me. Again, operator error. Was kinda funny.
On steep hills I choose to "drive" it - so I can keep my hand on the handle to keep it moving up the hill without the wheels coming up.
But it really did work great today. Take back all my complaints from the other day. Just took a little practice.
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5 hours ago, cksurfdude said:
Not sure what kind of cart you have, but maybe check if there's optional wheelie bars to fit onto it..? They can really help.
BagBoy Quad - and I do have the wheelie bars in back. I may need to experiment with making them longer so it doesn’t gate as much tilt.
yeah, Ive thought about the weight drawing the battery more, but I’m game to at least try.
- MattF and cksurfdude
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Got the Sidekick out onto the course today. Shaky start. I don't know if it's because I just walk away from the cart too fast - but it didn't want to follow me. R2D2, that's what I call the little Sidekick device attached to the cart handles because its jitters and spins... just doesn't want to get moving. I originally had it set to follow behind me - and I think that was a big part of the problem. The clubs keeps getting in the way interfering with the signal. (see my earlier post w feedback from Alphard) Finally on the third hole I set it to follow me on my right hand side, and I clipped the remote to my back right pocket. For the most part, that worked better. But I cannot say that it was flawless. Hills and bumps in the farways posed all kinds of problems for R2. If those front wheels came off the ground - and they often did - it would get stuck and not want to follow even after the wheels were all back on terra firma.
On a positive note - I do like this remote. When I first posted I did not - thought it was kinda chunky and big. I finally figured out that clip is attached magnetically to the remote. So I leave the clip clipped to my back right pocket and just pull the remote off and snap it back on. Very nice.
I learned that any time I have to go uphill of any kind I'm much better off just driving the thing with the remote - like I used to do. Such first world problems...
I've got all kinds of problems with my cart popping wheelies and getting stuck - always have. My plan to remedy this is to finally get some steel plates cut to zip tie to the front of the cart and try to weigh it down. Maybe that will help R2. Will report back on that later.
One more small negative - I now have multiple items to charge up in the garage after the round - the eWheels like always, R2DS (the Sidekick) and the remote, and my Arccoss ink so I need 3 usb plugs and a regular outlet too. Again, such first world problems. R2D2 and the remote both use a USB C, and the Link is a mini port - but all have a regular USB port at the other end of the cord.
Last observation - the eWheels uses more juice while running the Sidekick on top. Not sure why - maybe it was just the problems I was experiencing today. Just used up more of the 5 ring lights than I normally do. And the remote definitely uses more power. I maybe recharged the remote 3 or 4 times last year - I think I'll be doing it after every round - especially if it's communicating with not one but two devices.
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Played my first two rounds of the year running both GolfShot and Arccos on my iPhone 14 and the GolfShot app on my iWatch Series 4.
Long story short - I got frustrated with the GolfShot watch app not capturing shots - and both days turned it off after nine holes. The first day I had pretty good luck for the firsts 6 holes, and then it went a little haywire. It basically records what it thinks you should be using - it kept thinking I was using a 3 wood off the tee, and then it would assume based on past history the club that would reach the middle of the green. I figured out who to reset the 3 wood to a driver, and wasn't too worried about the wrong club if I was using something else - I figured I could reset that on the iPhone and did. But once it started missing shots I couldn't get it back on track. I don't know if it was because I was trying to edit on the iPhone or what.
As has been noted before, It doesn't read putts - supposedly you can mark when you are putting - when not where - but I wasn't able to figure that out.
Positive #1 - I had no battery issues - on either the watch or the phone. The iWatch automatically put itself into Low Power Mode - and I'm running the GPS off the phone rather than the watch - but it certainly would have had enough power to make it through 18 holes. And no problem w the iPhone either. Granted, the 14 has a pretty good battery life anyway - but I was running both apps, so I thought that was a good sign.
Positive #2 - I like having the GPS on my wrist. I've always tended to rely more on my range finder - but after listening to a lot of John Sherman and Lou Stagner podcasts this winter I've resolved to be smarter about my targets - and safer. So I kinda liked just looking at the distances showing on my wrist and making my decision based on that.
I will try this one more time - but I think I'm going to stick with Arccos - and use the link to collect that data, but turn on the iWatch app to get distances on my wrist (I checked and its possible to use the Link to "hear" the shot signal, and only use the iWatch for the GPS).
GolfShot has good graphics - plenty of information about targets. It's very attractive. I used it for years to collect data and input scores. It essentially told me how I was doing on hitting fairways and greens - were my misses left or right - short or long. But I think strokes gained is a better tool for focusing your practice and trying to get better - and thats where I think Arccos really shines. Now I read somewhere that strokes gained is coming to Golfshot in the near future - that would be a major improvement.
I think the notion of using the watch to record a swing is brilliant - but I think GolfShot needs either better directions on how to use the device - or a more clear method of editing the club. It wasn't always evident to me swiping the screens left or right how to edit the club - and then it didn't seem to be recording - except that it must have. You'll see a couple of screen shots below - it it knew how far my tee shot went it must have recorded a second swing - it just didn't record how far that shot went... maybe because I was then on the putting green ?? maybe??
It could all be operator error. I only wanted to devote so much time to messing with this while trying to play. But honestly thats a point for Arccos. I know some people miss shots - I don't really have that problem. I just double check after I'm walking off the green - usually to add a second or third putt... But making sure Arccos got it correct was less time consuming that trying to get GolfShot to get it correct. But again, maybe familiarity would help.
If someone is just looking to get distances on their watch - and just record their score and putts - I think GolfShot is just fine. If you aren't interested in tracking club distances or all that stuff - just give me distances and fairways and greens - I think people will be happy with it.
So you can see above here that GolfShot knew I hit my 7 iron 165 yards, but doesn't show what I hit next... my sand wedge.
And above here, it got the drive - and while it knows how far it went because I hit something else, it doesn't get recorded. Weird.
Below is the way it looks when working correctly
Below is Hole 3 with everything working perfectly - the watch face, then the iPhone, and then the watch face after I hit the second shot - You can see it thought I hit a 3w off the tee (driver) and then it was telling me to hit a 9 iron, and the phone was telling me it was 133 to the center of the green (I hit the 9 to go at the back flag at 140)
With Arccoss you don't get as much information at first glance unless you ask for it - either ask the caddie or pick a target and it measures for you. Same hole.
One last interesting thing - you may notice that for the same shot the yardages are just a bit different... I don't know why. They are recorded off the same device - my iPhone - pulling data from the same satellites... at the same time, when the same club is swung. Not a big deal, and it's pretty close - but just interesting.
Well, that is probably waaayy too long of a post. Again, I'm going to assume operator error and give it a third try. Technology is great when it works - and you can see that it did on some holes. But when it goes haywire, well, I don't have time to fight with Skynet on the back nine, I just pull the plug.
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Been there bought the tee shirt... I've been keeping track of what I do before the Stack workout to what yields better results. I know my bests do not usually come after 40 minutes on the elliptical machine (though not always) - I seem to do well after a yoga class (though not always). I think that I tend to do better when I'm wearing my golf shoes rather than my running shoes - doesn't matter inside or outside - which I attribute to more lateral support build into the foot bed. Life circumstance dictate that this is a morning routine - on the weekends my yoga class is done by 10:30 so I've never stacked later than 11. I have not kept track of how much I've swung a club the night before (I've had a very dedicated practice routine this winter indoors) or at the range. I've never really understood the concept of "rest" - either in my personal life or in terms of "resting" for a period of time between Stacking. The club is going to get swung...
- Merlin1313, MrKSTOKES and Feynman22
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I have a great range and practice facility and my home course - the only problem is as I have the first tee time they are often mowing the range when I want to warm up.
I tend to stretch (more on that in a moment) and then I walk up to the first flag and hit short wedges back to the tee line (the pro shop is still closed) trying to make the ball stop at my pushcart. So I at least start to find some club ground, low point, contact. If no mowers I'll hit ten or so 7 irons, and ten or so drivers. (already hit a wedge to collect the balls). Then off to the putting green - if the mowers kept me from shagging my own balls I just start at the putting green and hit short chips to get some feel, then play "around the world" where I try to get down in two working my way all around the green.
I've always done some quad and hamstring stretches, some side bends, tuck my hands under by feet, some side lunges... but after doing the Stack and listening to the value of a more dynamic warm up I think this spring I'm going to incorporate a shortened version of Sasha's dynamic warm up for my typical stretching and make that the routine. Especially if I'm denied some full swings.
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Yeah, I’m up to four pairs of pants now
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I’m an old fan of the Insesis golf shoes. Very water tight, and super traction on wet and slippery surfaces. Bonus - could purchase a couple pairs in multiple colors for the price of one better known brand…. One drawback - moisture proof both ways.. not the most breathable on a hot long walk. If I was playing 36 I usually changed shoes for the second 18.
This year giving the new Payntr golf shoes a try. Had them w me in August during all that rain - perfectly dry. Very comfortable and supportive as well. If they had more color options I’d probably have two pair. I tend to wear them until the cleats wear down, so try to rotate between rounds.
Trying to help my daughter find some good water proof golf shoes is a bit more of a problem - she went to one big retail store and they had exactly one pair in her size…
Golf etiquette when playing thru
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No one in front of them? In a cart? Why not just jump ahead - skip that hole and your on the next green before they are on theirs. Yeah, yeah, you played 17 rather than 18, but does that really matter? If in a cart I just zip around, give a friendly wave but don’t try to play the hole - not asking them to wait for a second on me so no reason they should be upset
The real challenge is how do you play thru when you are walking? That’s just physically more difficult. You want to make sure they aren’t waiting on you to hit your tee shot, but you’ve got to fast walk out to your drive. As I typically walk I can’t zip around them, but I’ve been waved thru and it’s a challenge. Hopefully it all happens on a par three…