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Brooky03

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  1. I didn't intend to give you the impression I dismiss everything as snake oil. I was speaking from experience looking into specific supplements like B vitamins and omega-3s. In the case of B vitamins, drinks like 5 Hour Energy that claim the B vitamins are doing anything to improve short term energy are bunk. As with any vitamins, your body hits a limit and dumps the rest. Where B vitamin supplements are useful is over prolonged periods of time if you are deficient to begin with. Likewise, an omega-3 pill isn't going to help you that day. Taking it over time will help you. This thread is about a drink/supplement that would help in short order; at least, that seemed to be the implication. Furthermore, "focus" and "calm" and other terms in those categories are intentionally nebulous and nearly impossible to quantify. Are you more focused if you have more energy? Maybe, maybe not. Are you calmer if your blood pressure or heart rate is lower? Maybe, maybe not.
  2. Practically any of the big 'off price retailers' who sell overstocked or return items from other stores will do. Marshalls, Ross, TJ Maxx, Burlington, etc. I buy clothes pretty much exclusively from places like those, with few exceptions. The Dick's/Golf Galaxy model of 'hey, we have this polo with a neat stripe on it 40% off for $60.. and did we mention it's made from this rare material called polyester?', doesn't work for me.
  3. I've never felt held back by a lack of hydration on a golf course. To my knowledge, supplements that claim to increase focus or calm, or things like that, are making scientifically dubious claims. 'Brain health' supplements that have been shown to work, need to be used over time to show results. A bottle of water and a bit of caffeine seems to be plenty for me. For that matter, beer and a joint works too.
  4. My lowest score to date is an 81. My favorite shot was a recovery shot from pine straw among the trees after I pulled my drive left on 18. I needed to hit a very, very low draw in order to get out of the trees and get anywhere near the hole. I set up with a closed stance, told myself to keep my hands forward and actually pulled it off better than I could've ever hoped to. I don't remember the distance to the hole but it was at least 150yds. I watched the ball curve toward the green, bounce about 30 yards in front of the green, bounce, bounce, and start rolling. I was happy to just be near the green. When the ball stopped, it was 4ft from the cup. I tapped in for birdie to cap off the lowest round of my life by 5 strokes. It's my favorite for multiple reasons. It was in front of my dad. Skins were still on the line at that point and that shot sealed it. I hit it exactly how I needed to and how I had meant to (even though I wasn't confident I'd actually do it). The round would have likely been my lowest regardless of how the shot went, but I could've easily bogeyed or worse and finished with a bad taste in my mouth; instead, I finished on a high note. That entire round was the closest to being 'in the zone' that I can recall on a golf course. I'd experienced that feeling in other sports, but never on the golf course; not like that. I couldn't replicate the feeling consciously. It would have to be something that comes organically. I don't remember exactly how my dad reacted or what he said, but it was definitely a 'proud dad' moment. I think I've covered all of the questions haha. I don't really have much of a pre-shot routine and didn't for that shot. I play fast, too fast at times. Like any other shot, I thought about what I wanted to do for maybe 10 seconds, set up, waggled the club a couple times and let it rip. Honorable mentions: My first eagle (also out of pine straw... there's a theme lol). The first time I drove the green on a (short) par 4, which was just last year.
  5. As everyone has said, they're legitimate. I'll add that they're not strictly web-based anymore, either. They have a brick and mortar store near Rochester, NY on a golf course they own.
  6. Deadlifts and power/hang cleans have the most carryover to golf swing speed, excluding overspeed swing training, if that's what you're going for. If you're comfortable doing those with proper form and can accommodate a barbell wherever you're working out, they would be your best bang for the buck in terms of burning calories and improving power in short workouts. They are anaerobic exercises, so the calorie burn comes during muscle recovery more so than during the lifts; vs. P90x being more aerobic focused. You could alternate days and do both. Power/hang cleans don't come with much injury risk as long as you're using your legs and hips. If you're worried about hurting your back doing deadlifts, a hex/trap bar allows you to do a version much less stressful on the back while brining quads into the lift.
  7. Food isn't much of a priority. If my group decides to get hot dogs at the turn, I'll join in, but that's pretty much the extent of my eating. As for drink, I'm either getting a water for the round or a 6 pack of beer.
  8. I don't hold onto balls/gloves until they're unusable, but I will hold onto them for awhile. Balls usually get lost before I have the chance to replace them but, for the ones that stick around, I'll swap them out once there is a significant cut that I feel will affect ball flight. It has to be a pretty deep gouge that I can get a fingernail under, though. I'll only retire a glove when I start to notice the club slipping in my hand (rare) or when I find a really good deal on a new pair. That said, I often golf without one now because my grips are fairly new. Gloves become more important for me as my grips become worn down.
  9. Mostly fun but if I’m really struggling to just make basic contact, I’ll get frustrated. For example, if I’m at least hitting shots with decent contact but missing greens or coming up short or in the rough, woods, hazards, etc., I’ll be having a good time. If I’m hitting ground balls, shanks, pop-ups, I will not be having a good time. I’m fine with my score being bad.
  10. It would need to perform as well as a middle-of-the-road urethane 'tour' ball. It would be cool if it tracked distance, ball speed, spin, etc., but I'd really only want one with a GPS feature so I could find it when it's in the trees. A companion app that works something like Apple's 'Find My' app would be a bonus. Whatever chip is in it needs enough juice to last at least two rounds. Oh, and I'm not shelling out $100 for a dozen.
  11. Glare tends not to be an issue on golf courses unless you play one with lots of water, I suppose. Polarization is really only for reflected light, so I don’t see a reason to bother with polarized lenses for golf.
  12. I still prefer paper. If not for any other reason, at least so I have a hardcopy to hold onto if the round ends up being particularly good or I - or playing partners - card an eagle or hole-in-one. The caveat is when I'm walking a solo round, I'll use my Garmin watch to keep score because it's much more convenient than shoving the card in my pocket and finding a place for the pencil. I don't care much for the extra time inputting putts or whether I missed the fairway, etc., so there's no value in that for me. I don't need data to tell me I lose strokes on the tee and I don't putt well.
  13. fwiw, most polos these days are designed not to be tucked in and, unless it's a regional thing, backwards hats haven't been "in" for almost 20 years at this point. Regardless, are fashion choices really an etiquette problem? Guys don't golf in wool suits anymore. Was it an etiquette problem when golfers switched to polos or shorts? The other stuff, I suspect, is a matter of letting the outliers shape your opinion of the whole group. Rude golfers aren't new. If they're more prevalent, I'd argue it's a function of golf's popularity rebounding/growing. To say nobody is teaching kids golf etiquette is to say that parents who learned proper golf etiquette just decided not to bother passing it down. I'm not buying that, wholesale. Do we want to shun new, young golfers for the sake of etiquette or do we want our local courses to stay open?
  14. The kid was being a punk but there have always been kids acting like punks, probably for thousands of years. This isn’t indicative of a noteworthy trend, imo. Not every high school golfer in 1970 was being ethical and chill.
  15. I'd assume you'd want the cheapest urethane ball you can find, so you'll have similar feel on/around the greens to your typical gamer. I think you'd be looking at Kirkland's or maybe the OnCore Elixir, or one of the Cut brand balls.
  16. One of those 'switchblade' style divot repair tools comes to mind as an alright gift; bonus points if it includes a magnetic ball marker. Other than that, honestly, a sleeve a ProV1's isn't going to disappoint any golfer.
  17. Edit: I don’t know how/if I can delete the thread, but it seems I have an answer. Zepp’s app is dead, too, so my missing charging cable is moot. It does seem like there’s maybe a possibility of trading the sensor in to Blast, so I’ll check that out. Disregard
  18. Are hybrids an option? The 5 wood won't make the gap to 3 wood too tight; it'll be an appropriate gap. Where you'll have the bigger gap is between 5 wood and 4 iron. So, this all comes down to where you want the gap to be bigger. If you go with a 3/4 hybrid instead of a 5 wood, you'd probably come closer to splitting the difference more evenly between the 3 wood and 4 iron. If hybrids are an option I'd also consider changing out the 4 iron altogether for a hybrid so you can play it from the fairway and the tee. It's worth noting that hybrids can be about a club longer than irons, at least in my experience. For instance, If I were to replace a 4 iron, I'd replace it with a 5 hybrid, but I don't know if this is true for everybody. If hooking hybrids is an issue, look at 'pro' versions which tend to be fade biased.
  19. I'd recommend searching Google for Mygolfspy + [insert manufacturer name]
  20. The important thing to remember is that when you play for that strong wind consistently blowing all day, it will 100% stop as you hit the ball.
  21. I'd make sure I can reach the par 5s in 3. So my longest club would probably be a 3 hybrid. That should give me enough distance and I can finesse it for shots about 150-200 as long as nothing too tall is in the way. Then I'd go with probably an 8 or 9 iron depending on the par 3s; probably a 9 because it would be easier to use around the greens. Then, putter. Even if my partner has putter, I want to have a chance to shave some strokes on the green. 3hy, 9i, P edit: Just noticed the post above mine has the same strategy.
  22. I'm a righty and left eye dominant. I prefer left to right putts.
  23. I own 3 wedges and carry 3 wedges; 50, 54, 58. So, I don't have to worry about moving wedges in/out of the bag but I don't think it would be something I'd worry much about if I did have more wedges to choose from. The 50 and 54 are almost exclusively full swing clubs. The 58 is my 'do everything' around the green club. It's simple enough for me. A little more complexity probably wouldn't hurt my enjoyment and a little more simplicity (like a 52 and 56 instead of all 3) probably wouldn't hurt either. This might all come down to the variety and types of courses people play. The courses that I play don't have a ton of sand and from course-to-course it's pretty much the same (the brown stuff, not the nice fluffy white stuff), so bounce is much less of a concern.
  24. You took this to the extreme. I think we're talking about recreational use, not chronic (no pun intended) use. Abuse of any drug will be detrimental.
  25. 5 minutes before every third or fourth round lol
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