[New (2023?) Maxfli Tour golf balls]

4 hours ago, BlackjackMWV said:

I won't be shopping in Dick's again.  They had a great product at a fair price and because it was popular they decided to jack the price up.  I'll be using Kirklands.

You don't think that inflation was the bigger reason that the price increased rather than price gouging?  

[Shoes]

4 hours ago, AzRoger said:

My experiment using New Balance trail running shoes while golfing didn't work out like I had hoped. I have wide feet and have trouble finding wide golf shoes that fit good, even the wide Footjoys seem too narrow in the toe box. I always walk when playing my home course and the NB TR shoes were very comfortable to walk in, and gave good traction while swinging, but they just weren't built for the stresses that are placed on a shoe when golfing. The outside side seams on the left shoe (right handed golfer) where it meets the sole started ripping after a couple months.

Exactly why buying golf specific shoes is superior to shoes built for walking/running.  

FJ does have X Wide shoes, as well as wide.  Check out their website, as it's difficult to find them elsewhere, generally.  I've been very comfortable with the Hyperflex shoes.  I assume the Flex are similar.  The mesh seems to have a bit more give and still remain waterproof.

[What Have You Bought Lately? (CHA - Club Ho's Anonymous)]

Christmas/Birthday present for SO .... Callaway Rogue ST OS 5,6,7, 8 hybrids and 9-SW irons

[How'd you play?]

First time I've been able to play in about a week due to the weather.  Played on a ridiculously sloppy fairway--you know the ones I'm talking about -- zero roll, get what you hit, splash mud all over yourself with every swing kind of fairway.  Anyway, started off with a double and then on 17 mishit a short iron to find the water in front of the green for another double.  There were 8 of us playing a net skins game -- I shoot an 83 which was medalist score by several shots (it really was sloppy out there and everyone was having issues with it)-- but fail to get even one net skin.  Might have had some gross skins, but that wasn't the game.  

[PUREing shafts... is it worth the extra $$]

You're going to get a lot of varied reactions to this question, from the nay-sayers to the supporters.  The shafts in my irons were pured.  Does it make a noticeable difference?  I don't know.  But, having them pured removed any lingering doubt in my head.  With custom irons, custom shafts, measured and adjusted lies, and pured shafts....the only thing left for my mishit....is me!

[Paying Extra For Club Members To Walk]

3 hours ago, RollingGreens said:

No green fees for members. Public during premium times pay anywhere from $60-$85 for a round. 

I don't think I've seen cart fees that high anywhere that I've played.  The clubs that I've belonged to had fees of around $20-24/cart (not person).  Your green fees for guests is in line with my experiences for private clubs/country clubs.

 

[Paying Extra For Club Members To Walk]

6 hours ago, RollingGreens said:

At my course it’s $35 per person taking a cart. I can understand why it keeps them in the black

Yikes!  That's a bit steep!  What are green fees?

[Where Do You Play?]

I live in Hot Springs Village, AR, a large gated community with 9 golf courses, one of which is private.  I belong to the private Country Club.  The CC has a pool, lighted tennis courts, pickle ball courts, clubhouse, driving range, chipping area, putting practice green.  As a member, all amenities are included with a golf membership (we also have sports membership that includes all but golf and social membership that includes only the pool and clubhouse).  My dues also include 3 rounds a month for out of area guests.  Local guests can play with a member for $50 plus cart fees.  The course can be walked, although the hills can tire out anyone not used to walking.  The other courses in the area are not in as pristine condition as the private course, as expected, but they are in good condition and relatively decent courses.  With 8 public courses and 1 private course, there is significant variety in conditions.  The CC is hilly and a demanding course.  It used to host one of the Nike Tour events, but due to housing availability to the public and players, they no longer play here.  

One of the 8 public courses is 27 holes and another is a shorter executive course.  All of them have fair to decent practice areas available and all have pro shops and food available.  Annual membership can be obtained for all of the public courses at a fairly reasonable rate.  Daily greens fee on the public courses for residents is around $39 with a cart.  Not sure what the guest fees run, but they're not significantly higher.  For the most part, all of the courses are in decent shape (although a couple have dreadful sand (or lack of sand) bunkers.  Plenty of water hazards on most of the courses, some hilly, some flatter, some more difficult courses than others and some more relaxing for the novice golfers.

I can easily get a tee time at the club and play is typically under 4 hours.  I can also get a tee time at any of the other courses easily.  Play on the public courses is often longer than what we see at the country club, just due to more players and a lot of higher handicap and new players playing them.  I typically will play one of the other courses at least once a month during the season on the last Monday of the month with a group from our country club.  I will also play the other courses whenever our course is closed for outside tournaments or ladies tournaments on occasions. 

I live on the 18th fairway of the country club and drive my personal golf cart from my house to the course.  3 other courses are within golf cart driving distances and another is doable but a bit far (better have fresh batteries or a full tank of gas  ).  The remaining courses are too far to easily drive my cart to them.  

 

 

[Maxfli Tour]

On 12/2/2022 at 9:59 AM, cardia10 said:

Am I playing the wrong Maxfli? I'll give you my down low and let me know! 7 handicap, 105 driver swing speed. Medium ball flight but low spin with every thing, including the wedge. I couldn't spin a balata ball with a spin doctor wedge if I tried. I have been playing the Maxfli Tour and have have never tried the X. Based on what I've shared, would it make any difference? Average 7 iron is about 165 and PW is about 130.

I have played both and prefer the X but my club head speed is significantly lower than yours.  More green side spin/stopping power.  A bit higher ball flight off the tee.  Firmer feel (and clicker sound) off the putter.  

[How'd you play?]

Disappointing round today with an 83.  Burned a lot of edges with the putter.  One hole, I was even Kevin Na-ing it walking it into the hole, only to groan when it burned the edge AGAIN!!!   Was cold and windy out today and ball wasn't traveling far, at all.  On the bright side, the team did well enough to win our money back plus some.  Game was 3 best gross ball (foursome).  Tough format, but the teams were fairly evenly matched with A,B,C, D players.  Played with the new Titleist 348 Prototype ball today.  Hit some good shots, hit some not so good.  Ball holds the greens aggressively with spin!

[Paying Extra For Club Members To Walk]

I've never been at a private course (or a public one for that matter) that charged a walking fee.  I find that insane!  It would also be ridiculous on a public course!  If they need revenue, then you increase dues overall and/or increase daily green fees, not a separate walking fee.  It's normal to see increases in green fees and/or dues.  Inventing new ways to tax people is maddening.

[How'd you play?]

Today was one of those days where I hit the ball decently but just couldn't score.  I was in 7 bunkers and went 0 for 7 getting the ball up and down.  Putting wasn't bad, it just wasn't good.  You know...good putts that don't go in the hole for whatever reason.   Shot an 86 on a fairly cool day.  I think the high during the round was low 50s. Not too many groups for the shotgun today, as it was still about 40 degrees when we teed off.  Played as a 3some behind another 3some on a shotgun start and played the round in 3 hours...which was refreshing!  

[Random Thread]

[2022 Official Member Review: Titleist Pro V1/Pro V1X White Box]

4 hours ago, Golfspy_TCB said:

A few posts this past week... knowing we have all been distracted by weather and the holiday...  just curious Testers... what are your initial findings?  Which ball seems to fit your game better and why?

Granted, there is still much testing to be done.... but did one of these balls "WOW" you in the first stages of testing?

I could easily play either ball, but given a choice, I'd opt to play the 348 (Pro V1-X).  My reasoning will be in my review.   

[How'd you play?]

After 3.5 inches of rain yesterday, the course was ridiculously wet.  Skies were overcast and a cool wind kept us in a light jacket.  With the wet fairways and cool air, the course played long.  The greens rolled fairly well, but the breaks and speed were difficult to manage.  Any shots from the fairway that were even the slightest bit fat were punishing.  I added a club for every shot and still seemed to come up short of the green far too often.  Closed the round out with an 85, which is disappointing but in relation to how others in my group played, not that bad.  We had 2 threesomes today playing 1 gross/1 net best ball.  My A player was a -1 handicap player and he played what he claims to be his worst round at this club, shooting an 87.  It was indeed the worst that I'd ever seen him shoot.  But, our C player played well and we ended up winning 2 of the 3 bets.  (We play 6/6/6 with each 6 holes being one bet).  Looks like another full day of rain tomorrow.  Hopefully, not another 3+ inches!

[Planned 2030 Golf Ball Rollback]

21 minutes ago, MGoBlue100 said:

The USGA cares as much about “growing the game” as the NCAA does about “student athletes”. 

I'd really like to hear your reasoning on this statement!

[How'd you play?]

41/41 today.  Felt like I played better, but....

[How do I convince my golf buddies it's time to change tee boxes?]

1 hour ago, Kenny B said:

I like the numbering system rather than colors; wish our course used 1-4 tees.  I would think that the 1 tee should be the back tee... the first tee you come to.

As long as they're in numerical order....LOL

[How do I convince my golf buddies it's time to change tee boxes?]

We are in the process of renaming our tees from "colors" to 1,2,3,4,5,6....6 were played by Nationwide Tour years ago and nobody is playing them now.  1 is the forward most tees.  I play 4 mainly.  I like the number system rather than color.  There is no gender distinction (although many still refer to the tees as ladies (1,2) seniors (3,4) and mens (4,5).  And since we are still in the process, calling the tees by their color is still quite common.  

The guys playing the #5 tees tend to be a bit egotistic and really don't want to associate with anyone not playing gross games and from their tees.  Many of them won't play in our Thursday MGA game because they don't want to give strokes to the higher handicap players in a net game.  Silly, but .... The group that I am part of plays the #4 tees and we accrue points throughout the year to determine positions for the Ryder cup style tournaments, so on Thursday and Saturdays I always play #4.  On other days, I'm free to play whatever tees I desire and in our Wed and Fri groups, we have players playing both the #3 and #4 tees.  Some flip back and forth between the tees, but nobody really cares which tees you decide to play (adjust handicap as needed), although most of the guys I play with will likely give you the business if you decide to move up to the #3 tees.  

I'm at an age and my game has me at that point where I'm finding the #4 tees playable, but an issue because of the need to hit woods or hybrids into many of the par 4s.  For now, I'm sticking with #4, but toying with the idea of when I'll make the move forward.  It's a frequent discussion with many of my peers as to when we'll make the final call to do it.

[Need driver recommendation for a slicer]

You need to learn how to release the club head so that it will be square at impact.  A slice is the result of having a club face that is open in relationship to your swing path.  Now, there are a multitude of reasons that you're finding yourself in this position, so it's best to have a pro look at your swing and offer a way to fix the issue.  Searching for a magic club to fix it is the wrong approach.  JMO!

[How'd you play?]

Not a great day on the course today.  Temp was a high of 45.  It's that time of the year when our grass goes dormant and we have a tight lie with underlying soft, wet dirt...play havoc with my partial wedge shots as I tend to come in too steep and catch it a bit behind the ball far too often.  In any case, we played 3 man team skins with all 3 balls counting (gross scores only).  I didn't play well, shooting an 86.  As it turns out, nobody else played well either.  Our group has several single digit handicap players, ranging from 3 to 9, and the low score for the day was an 82.  My 86 was bested only by the 82 and an 83 with one other player tying me (15 players played today).  My team won 4 team skins, netting us our money back plus $1.00.  There was a total of 13 skins.

[How many rounds do you manage using the same ball?]

I normally put a new ball in play every round and will keep it in play for the whole 18 (assuming it isn't lost or drowned during play).  I will take a ball out of play that has become scuffed from a cart path or otherwise damaged even slightly.  When I'm playing a more casual round, I'll often just grab one that has been played but still in good condition.  Scuffed or blemished balls will be tossed or added to a shag bag.   Before moving here, I used to take bags of used golf balls to the VA hospital for their course.

[How'd you play?]

@Grand StrandedI had a similar day ... despite playing solid golf last week, 6 days later I struggle.  Couldn't buy a putt.  Ball striking wasn't too far out of kilter, but scoring was an issue all day.  I did manage to beat your round by a couple of strokes, but only because I parred the last 3 holes...LOL

Weather was cold when we started and never warmed up all that much, although I did remove my fleece warmup jacket after 6 holes.  Sunny, but a cool breeze kept it nippy.

[Golf shoes]

3 hours ago, Just 4 kickss said:

I have always had a hard time finding really comfortable golf shoes. I’m not a believer in needing support and blah blah old school thinking. Just not slipping. So I figured tennis shoes were by by far the most comfortable shoes I could wear! Just put rubber spikes on tennis shoes and how could it be any better.

Not sure why you think it's "old school" to understand how shoes work. But, whatever floats your boat.  Wear tennis shoes, flip flops, whatever you want.  Me, I'll wear shoes that are designed to provide the proper support because I guess I'm old school.

[Ten things that evidently never happened]

Somehow, I missed this thread earlier ... true, but downright funny stuff!