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I’m not exactly sure why 95? I assume that the average golfer has 32-33 putts per round? Add that to 72 and it’s 95? He just told me it will usually be within a stroke or 2 of my actual score. Ironically, today I shot 76 and I hit 10 greens. I stopped keeping up with putts, but today I counted them up and I had 32 putts. I had 10 cracks at birdie but only made 1. Out of those 10, I was really out of legit birdie range on at least 5 or 6. So my shots into the pin were not all really close. But when it comes to what stat affects my score, this is it. If I wanted to drill down on this, I guess I could try to improve proximity to the whole. But for me, this is a good goal that, most of the time, gives me a goal that drives down my score. I’ll take the birdies when they come. You can beat this with a really good short game but I prefer putting more than scrambling with chips and pitches as much as possible.

I see the point you are trying to make about proximity to the hole, but an old golf coach I used to play with gave me a great little formula for GIR. If you typically can 2 putt 90 percent of the greens, you can reliably use this. I doubt anyone would 3 putt all 18 greens (40 putts) if they hit 14 greens in regulation, but I would argue that their biggest problem is not irons. It’s putting. If you can hit 14 greens you better be shooting in the 60s. # of GIR x 2 subtracted from 95 = your score (+/- 1 stroke) So, if you can hit 10 greens, you should shoot around 75 every time. Try it. It’s my goal to hit 5 on each side. I’m always amazed when it works out to my exact score. 4 par 3s, maybe you hit 3? 4 par 5s maybe you hit 3? 10 par 4s left to hit the remaining 4?

I didn’t put this one on the list, but Firewheel over in Garland was a fun track. Some strange hole designs going on there but very scenic and it was not overly priced and made for a fun day.

How long have you been playing golf? Started when I was 34. What’s your handicap or normal score? Index is 6 What do you love about golf? I love how difficult it can be even when I think I have something figured out. I like how you get to see really cool layouts when you are playing a new course. Throw in some wildlife and a few beers and I’m happy. What brings you to MyGolfSpy? I originally was looking at reviews and then I was offering my own feedback about places to play, gear, and maybe even an opinion. Do you already know any other Spies? No. Where are you from? Tulsa, Oklahoma. What is your home course? Tulsa Country Club What are the best and worst things about golf in your region? The best thing about eastern Oklahoma is you can really play year around. We have pretty interesting terrain here. Unlike the other side of the state that is a little flatter and has smaller trees. What do you do for a living? I’m the VP of a technology company. How’d you pick your user name? I played football up until and a short stint into college. Grew up in Texas as Cowboys fan and now that I’m in Oklahoma,I’m an Ok State Cowboys fan. My old number was 14.

Oh wow, yeah maybe I will stick to just ordering a demo club or 2. That is not what I expected on the BH clubs location. I understand they were coming back from bankruptcy but that’s really small.

I will also check out Old American. Question for any of you guys. I guess the new requirements have restricted me from applying to be a tester because I only have 8 likes and need 15. Those Ben Hogan Icon irons, made in DFW area, look awesome! Are you guys seeing the same restrictions? Not that they would likely select me anyway, but kind of a drag. Thinking about running by the factory next trip, if they are allowing it during corona virus, and checking them out. Has anyone seen them up close? Kind of a Texas golf subject.

This is going to be a course that no one knows. It is in Oklahoma and is a state park golf course that has flooded several times. Sequoia state park in Wagner Oklahoma. The course is so damn crazy. All holes are set on the side of a hill and are all also tree lined. So you never have a flat lie and all drives slide left or right off the fairway into the trees and roots and rocks. Oh yeah, don't let me forget that rocks are a prevalent part of this course. Even under the grass you might encounter rocks! Luckily my clubs were still locked up at the club due to the corona virus, so I was using backups. Several shots resulted in sparks or rock chips flying after the ball was struck. Chose this place because everywhere else was shut down. My wife and I were laughing most of the day because we didn't pay much and we were drinking and glad to be outside. Great view of the (Think Willy Wonka chocolate river here) water on Lake Fort Gibson. We also were told to play the same glorious 9 holes twice and found that reading the patchy (sand) spotted greens were much easier on the second run around. Fun times. We did see a few deer and a bald eagle, so all wasn't lost.

These may not be what I would call favorites because I don't live in Texas anymore. Native Texan. But they are the ones we have enjoyed. Dallas - Texas Star - My wife and I usually travel to or through Dallas every year and we try to play somewhere different each time. But we have played Texas Star every year just because we like the greens, atmosphere, and the scenery cruising around that place. The people there are always so nice. Dallas - Cowboys Golf - We also like Dallas Cowboys but with 2 of us playing that gets pretty expensive. Also we drink beer the whole time and having them include free food in the fees doesn't really pay off much for us. Austin - Falcon Head - We also had a good time in Austin playing here and it wasn't really expensive but it was a really fun layout.

My wife and I played the Slammer and Squire and it was your typical Florida golf course experience, in our opinion. Greens had just been aerated and sand was coverinjg them. We were offered no discount of course and paid $150 each, not happy. The HOF itself and surrounding areas seemed to be struggling financially. We went across the pond out front and went Murray Bros Caddy Shack themed restaurant and sports bar for dinner, which was fun. The elder brother (I think) was on hand as the host at the door. I was really surprised at the empty shops all around the pond area there. We could not get on the King and Bear due to rain but we did go over to the pro shop which was nice, as well for what little of the course we could see there. We ended up playing one of the muni's north of there and had a blast playing 18 and then in a group 9 hole scramble they talked us into. The place was called Cimmarone Golf Club about 20 minutes north of HOF. Meanders around through a neighborhood and was really nice for the money. I think we paid $40 each with a cart. Greens were a little grainy but better than 1/2 inch of sand!

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Well I fall into the category of players on here that say they hate the look of 2 things. 1.) a fat looking clunky game improvement type iron 2.) offset, even if it is minimal. I think these 2 things are the reason I am looking for a blade looking club at address that has zero offset and a minor amount of forgiveness that lets me work the ball some. It led me to try Hogans demo program for the Fort Worth Black Irons. I love the look of them and they are reasonably priced with shaft upgrades at no charge! I got a 7 iron and a PW. I hit the wedge as expected. Great. The 7 iron I hit great about 80% of the shots I tried. (total of about 40-50 balls, with 8-10 bad ones.) The other 20% were obviously not hit dead center probably due to my current irons allowing me to get away with those shots and no appreciable change in the results. Could I get these clubs and become a more consistent ball striker? I bet I could, I mean I am a 5 handicap and I hit the ball pretty well. I just need to find a club that looks like I want it to and does not take me backwards in results. My next test will be the Titleist T200's and the Callaway Apex Pro's. I may try the Hogan PTX pros thru their demo program again. The issue with the retail guys is that the Hogans are half the price! $775 vs $14-1500 due to no middle man.

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I just went to a local Uniform shop here in Tulsa. They sell all of the doctors and nurses and service companies their uniforms. They have a pretty elaborate embroidery system and I brought in the nag and we just matched up the thread colors and I picked some fonts. I bet any embroidery place will do it for cheap. Just unzip that bottom pocket cover and take it to them.

I have had the Aplhard E Wheels for a year and half now. I have a 4 wheeled clic gear model 8. It turns fine on the grass and I have never had single days problem. I have a lot of weight on mine too. Full cart bag with probably more junk than usefulness. I have a cooler mounted under it (4 beers and ice), a pretty heavy Bose speaker and a Garmin gps. I bet I could go 27 holes on a single charge easily, even with all of that. Keep a couple of remote batteries for that day when they go dead and you are in business.

I hate to respond since I can’t do the comparison but I just bought my first Ping bag and it’s the 2019 DLX (Grey, white and scarlet) and I love it so far. Got rid of a perfectly good Titleist lightweight cart bag. Plenty of storage in this one. 15 slots for extras like alignment sticks, drizzle stik etc.... full club separation which is one of my pet peeves from the Titleist. The magnetic closure pocket is the best one I found and I compared them all at Golf Galaxy. It even has pull out shoe or flip flop pockets that come from behind the big saddle pocket and don’t take up any room for your stuff inside. Big wide putter well. I do not run the cart strap thru the pass through behind the big saddle pouches. It’s really not necessary. There’s even a key ring holder in the right side pocket. Glove Velcro on both side to stick a rotating sweating glove. Large drink cooler in the front bottom that I rarely use for that (ball pouch for me) except when I walk. I took the cooler cover off and had my name and club embroidered on it to match the bag colors for only 10 bucks.

You are right about me having 4 wedges, pw is 45.7, gw 50.11, sw 56.8, lob 62.8. They are only a couple of years old but I had to look up the specs on the other 2 and I was even wrong about the gap being 52 degrees. Lol. The titleist sm6’s have the specs right on the head and my Callaways don’t. The ground is kind of hard here most of the year, so when it’s soft/wet or I’m in Florida or Arizona where there is sandy base under the grass, I notice that I have to be very careful hitting flip shots or I will dig them up with the lower bounce. Btw, I think you can go into account settings and turn on “see other posts signatures” or something like that. But I updated my specs after this discussion.

I won a Callaway customized wedge in a tournament last year. I selected a 56 degree with 10 degrees of bounce vs my normal 8 degrees of bounce. Beautiful club and I immediately noticed that it would tend to throw the ball out of a sand trap way too far. It feels great but that bounce is hard for me to get used to. I also could not open it up much for a higher shot because that bounce tended to raise the lead edge a bit and on the tighter fairways around the courses here in Oklahoma, I couldn’t trust it. Probably just a preference because I see low handicap guys with 56.10 or even 54.12 and they will have 4 wedges! I would rather stick to the 3 wedges and open and close them (52.10, 56.8, 62.8). Then I can add length on the other end with a 3 wood and 3 iron hybrid etc...

I have been using the Bridgestone E12 Speed for the past month and I have noticed the same thing. I am seeing about 10 yards of increase on irons. I also have used the Tour B XS and saw about 5 yards of increase over my Titleist Tour Soft and Callaway Chrome Soft. So, it could be the ball is more suited to your swing. The Bridgestone cuts through the wind here in Oklahoma better than any other ball I have used.

How bout the broke 80 and hole in one? I’m new to the site but have not figured out how to add my golf gear with logos etc... to my profile? Could you you help me there also?

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