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Golf Pride Tour Velvet +4. Because of the built up lower hand. Also I can rotate them 180' so I don't have to see the writing on the grip either.
Used the GP MCC +4 for a few seasons as well, but the two different materials (cord for upper hand, rubber on the lower hand) one grip felt strange for me.
In days of old I used to bulid up the lower hand with more tape, and use a grip with a conventional taper, but I would get impatient and sloppy with the build up and the grips wouldn't feel the same from club to club. Never came up with a good, consistent procedure.
Having a grip already built-up is much easier and faster.
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7 hours ago, PMookie said:
They have a 9 instead of an 8. Never been impressed by Vokeys….
Just wait until they get to 11....
(sorry couldn't help myself)
- PMookie and brutal brutus
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Congrats and good luck...
Lots of masking tape, good, it comes in handy for many uses. Micrometer or scale is nice to have also.
Labelling each shaft with the intended iron number is helpful when doing whole set like this. Wrap tape near butt end and write number on tape. I've done the "glue the wrong head on wrong shaft thing". This can be quite frustrating. Having to take apart and clean up and freshly assembled club is a mess.
Staying organized helps too, like starting with longest iron and go through to the shortest.
Surgical gloves are good to use to avoid getting glue and/or solvents on your hands.
Lots of paper towel, solvents (big naptha fan), acetone, cotton balls. Etc.
Use tape to protect the surface of the shafts above final position of ferrule when roughing up shaft for epoxy. No need to rough up shaft for entire length of ferrule, half-way up will be fine.
Also you can use a piece of tape as a mark to know the ferrule and head have been installed far enough up the shaft after installing shaft/ferrule into head. (1.25" of the shaft into the head is best, some guys are OK with 1.125", but I sleep better with 1.25").
Rough up the ferrule on the inside, round file is good for this.
It is normal to try to dry fit ferrule, head, maybe tip weight, shaft but don't try to push the ferrule too high, it can get stuck and be a pain to remove.
You will find that the wet epoxy when applied to ferrule and shaft, will act like a lubricant, will help move the ferrule up the shaft.
If the ferrule and head need to travel a little farther, you can turn the club upside and tap the butt end of the shaft into the floor, sometimes the tap needs to applied with more force, an nice, concentrated pop. You might want to do this no matter what.
Watch out for trapped air when putting head on shaft tip. The head will be repelled back off the shaft. You can feel this. Repeately push and rotate the head, eventually you can hear air pop out of the butt end and/or the sides of the head. There won't be that pressure fighting against you anymore.
Keep a small sample of unused epoxy from each batch of epoxy you mix to make sure it cured properly (kicked off). Your sample should be hard after curing time has passed. If it is stil soft and tacky after 24 hours, that is bad.
After assembly, clean up the excess epoxy as best as you can. No epoxy on the shaft, head or ferrule. Heavily soaked paper towel in naptha works very well. If the epoxy is allowed to dry on the head, shaft or ferrule, it is a major pain to remove. Get it off while it is still wet.
Again congratulations and best wishes.
- Syks7, Rtracymog and daddybob0525000
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5 hours ago, rwellis4 said:
You need to switch to a Footjoy rain glove. They get better when they get wet, so you won't have to worry if they get too wet.
I agree. I use a rain glove when the humidity is up. Works out great. Even yesterday it was only 75 but it was so damn humid. The normal leather gloves turn into soggy mush in ten minutes. (Maybe I should stop drinking beer.)
Some days I use a rain glove on the trail hand too.
Only bad thing is my rain glove stinks like a hockey glove.
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I played at (2) courses in E. Lansing in 2019, and they had those solid flagsticks with the thinner diameter posts at the bottom of flagstick which mounts in the hole. Those things are very heavy and solid, and ball will bounce off of those much more frequently than the more prevalent fiberglass flagsticks, where the stick gives much more.
My putting has gotten so much better since the rule change allowing the flag to be left in, especially on the 6ft and in putts, so I never take the flagstick out for myself.
Actually, the foam in the hole helped me putt better too, I could see where the ball was going to end up.
The foam is gone everywhere I have played so far this year but the water jugs and the ball washers are still missing, need those to return. Not for this though.
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No way.
Last time I indulged on the course, probably 1977, I whiffed three times on a 5-wood shot off the deck, then when I finally made contact, I almost killed a nice lady 100 yards to my right in another fairway. (Maybe coming over the top "a little")
Was even too stupefied to yell fore. Never again.
- Nolan220, GolfSpy_SHARK, tony@CIC and 1 other
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3 hours ago, dlow206 said:
Made a long putt, about 30 feet. Aimed ten feet left of the hole, hit the putt, it went where i wanted it to, hit the downslope and went in. Hit it maybe a tad too firm but the hole got in the way.
It went down, I'd say you hit it perfectly.
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On 4/1/2021 at 5:35 PM, thechrisgibbs said:
What is a routine I can use for practice that keeps all parts of my game crisp?
So I started golfing 5 years ago. I almost immediately became addicted. This is something almost every golfer experiences, where they fix one part of their game, and another part immediately stops working. Example: I had an incredible game with my driver the other day, but I couldn't hit a green from 60 yards out to save my life. So I work exclusively on my 40-90 yard approach game for two weeks till it's crisp, then my long irons go out the window.
PLEASE HELP haha. Is there a routine you use that seems to keep all of your game in shape? A range routine, home practice routine, or even an on course drill you use to keep your whole game working?
Maybe during your session at the range dedicate about 20 balls and pretend you are playing the holes a familiar course. Tee one up, visualize a fairway using whatever visuals are available and smoke it. Iif you hit well, then hit a wedge shot. Or whatever club you think will get you to the pretend green. If you miss your approach, next hit a chip or pitch shot. Putting might be not be practical.
However at the range where I go often, the practice green is very close to hitting area, so I hit shots, then I will even go to the practice green to chip or pitch, and hit a putt or two, then go back to the hitting area. I look like a weirdo but it is a cheap way to practice playing a round of golf. And no do-overs, unless you have hit a shot so badly that on your pretend hole you went OB or in a penalty area. When we play, we can't re-do the last shot, we have to grab different club and play the next shot.
This will simulate a little of bit of pressure too, which is good since we have to deal some pressure when we play. Whether it is very little or a lot, it is still there in some degree.
Only thing missing is the beer cart girl.
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Got to practice today, sun was out, temp in the 50s. Went to range at Cracklewood, hit balls off the turf, stiff, sore, disillusionment, the usual stuff.
Damn this game is hard.
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https://www.scottycameron.com/archives/putters/2010/studio-select/newport-2/
There are some pictures at these links.
That picture of stamping on the face, with "Cameron" not running parallel with the 3 dots would make me worry. Maybe its the picture angle, not sure, but it gets my spidey-senses going.
I'm always paranoid about buying counterfeit stuff.
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19 hours ago, Murray06 said:
Here in the UK, specifically Wales, courses and driving ranges have opened after a significant time of being closed. Yesterday I decided to go up the range and hit a few balls and wow! Started ok, but in the end the last 10/15 shots were either tops or full blown shanks. I had to leave halfway through as nothing I did was helping. Even when I first started out playing golf when I was 15 never was I this bad, and what makes it worse is that I don’t even know what I was doing wrong! It’s definitely a long road back, but hoping next time I go up I just start swinging ‘normal’ again. Goes to show what can happen when you stop playing, even for a few months.
Shake it off.
This maybe cliche but it has been said by many that golfers don't forget how to swing as much as they forget how to setup.
- Micah T and MGoBlue100
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On 3/6/2021 at 8:11 AM, Watchnut33 said:
I’ve decided I’m going to get one of the two after reading reviews and forum suggestions. I’m leaning towards orange whip but it’s a close race.
If you were only going to get one of the two, which would it be?
I got an Orange Whip (driver length) a few years ago, it is intended to improve sequencing, but I really like it for conditioning and getting loose before playing or hitting balls on range. It is always in the bag.
I tried a Lag Shot, it was the 7 iron, it was nice, and while it is intended as a swing aid, it can be used to warm-up club also.
For conditioning and warm-up, I'd go with Orange Whip. Can't hit anything with it, especially the ground.
Both will help with sequencing. And both are well-made products.
If you want something to improve ball-striking, then Lag Shot. If you get one, please watch the videos and be patient. And aim a little left.
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13 hours ago, Middler said:
I very much appreciate the insights I’ve gotten here, thank you all. Now how to proceed, first I have to convince the warden I really need this...
Easier to ask for forgiveness than permission?
Re-shafted a 3 iron with graphite once, got it used off ebay, could definitely swing it faster it was like 85 grams. A used set of graphite shafts might be easier to get approval for.
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8 minutes ago, RanMan said:
Sure, happy to talk about shoes. Really, unless you are gifted with helicopter speed they are more of a hindrance than help. More perplexing is the BOA system. Just what sport is it that you must have your shoes tightly affixed to your feet? Actually more than a few, ice hockey, soccer or basketball come to mind. None use the BOA system. What is it? Golfers can’t tie their shoes. Most golfers I know are shilled at shoe tying—no problem. Enjoy the game. Thanks
Speaking for myself as an old guy with 2 hip replacements, shoe tying is no longer a trivial matter. This is true for other things that we take for granted in our youth as well.
Actually, my shoe tying is now terrible. Never can get the knot centered.
I am a big fan of loafers, even have steel-toed loafers for work, and BOAs. Put in foot, a few twists and push on the button. If they loosen a wee bit, they are easy to re-tighten quickly.
To quote @Kenny B, "getting old ain't for sissies".
- Kenny B and HardcoreLooper
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6 hours ago, Kenny B said:
I switched to midsize a few years ago, mostly because of arthritis. Hands are not large, but my fingers are long for the rest of my hand. It takes a little getting used to, but worth it for me.
Depending on your clubs, shafts and new/old grips, you may have changed the swingweight enough to notice the feel difference. If it's not much, you probably will adjust; otherwise you could adjust the SW with weights, or find a different larger grip with a different weight.
Did it feel like you lost a little clubhead speed with the larger grips, especially with the woods?
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14 hours ago, Middler said:
I had 2 eagles in 2020, both on par 5’s. Not sure about denominator, I’d guess I was on in two on par 5’s at least 10 times last year (in 70 rounds or about 280 par 5’s), but just a guess. That would make my eagle attempts 3.6% and eagles 0.7% of par 5’s played - or 20% of opportunities.
I did drive the green twice on a couple short par 4's in 2020, one I 2-putted for a birdie and the other I 3-putted for a #@*! par (the green was in horrible condition but still no excuse). Is there a worse feeling than a 3-putt par?
And why is a 6 foot eagle putt > harder than a 6 foot birdie > or a 6 foot par?
Standing over a makeable eagle putt definitely gets the blood pumping. And there other bodily reactions we won't list here.
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I get a few eagle putts over the course of a season. Unfortunately, I rarely make them.
A few years ago got on a par 5 into two, had about 50' ft. downhiller for eagle that I putted off the green. Had to walk back to the cart to get a club to chip with. Then stubbed the chip, and whack, whack for a six. One of my personal faves.
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Yes, even happens in the summer, just for a few days them Im ok.
Living where one can play year round is great but on occasion I’ve found there needs to be some time off for a reset. I only played sporadically from thanksgiving to New Years and when I did my round were uninspiring - I had a good time socially but the golf was terrible.
My plan was to hit it hard in the New Year and then came my COVID lockdown, Penny’s illness, a rash of funerals and an injury. I went 6 weeks with only a few SuperSpeed workouts, 1 trip to the range and one visit to the putting green.
Finally got to play yesterday, the weather was ugly, windy, wet to start, showers on and off throughout, the groups in front us us quit after 9 but we stuck it out. Played very well, hit 7 greens on the back, chipped in for birdie on one of the misses, shot 35.
Didn’t plan it but this was a great reset - playing again Saturday and have several future round scheduled hopefully I will be in good shape for the start of my league play in April.
Have you ever needed a reset for your game?
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- revkev, cksurfdude, tony@CIC and 1 other
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38 minutes ago, sirchunksalot said:
It was chilly here today with temps not getting above 30 with wind chills in the teens most of the day. I had to leave for work early this morning because we had quite a bit of rain yesterday and I was worried about black ice. I am really feeling bad for anyone who was affected by the winter storm.
I drove from MI to GA (I-75) for work in early December. I'd be very nervous if I had to drive regularly in Tennessee in the winter months and I've been driving in snow for years. Ice and those steep slopes would be a bear.
- sirchunksalot, tony@CIC, MattF and 2 others
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We got bombed here, about 10", but it is light, fluffy stuff that is easier to shovel. Just massive quantites, and a cold north wind.
Golf is down around here.
Junior shoveled today, bless his heart. As a reward he will continue to receive food and water (and other stuff) at the low, low, low discounted prices he has becomed accustomed to.
- GolfSpy_SHARK, sirchunksalot, Kenny B and 5 others
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5 hours ago, tony@CIC said:
Apparently you haven't had to shovel wet snow and especially after that #$%*&^! snowplow blocked your drive
I hate it when they do that.
- GolfSpy_SHARK, Rickp, MattF and 1 other
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Best wishes with your surgery and rehab.