AmishJason

I had a thought over night at work after my range session of slices yesterday afternoon.  Grabbed a wedge and went into my spare room and slowed down my swing to the point that I could watch exactly what my hands/wrists were doing.  The good ole EYES launch monitor locked right onto the problem.  Wide open club face at impact.  Made a few pitch shot swings to work on rolling my wrists over enough to close the club face.  Now I have to wait out the rain again.

This is a non scoring related milestone and didnt happen on the course.  Some of you old timers may even be able to remember the moment.
I had my first suck back on a wedge shot.
Usually my wedge shots roll forward after a bounce, but I had a genuine drop and suck back.  With a range ball at 90 yards.

... Awesome, glad you had that experience! Otoh, watching a ProV1 spin off an island green and into the water is not anywhere near as enjoyable. 😳  

Went through almost 3 buckets on the driving range.  I made some decent progress with simple ball striking by realizing what my body was doing that was incorrect.  I kept falling to the right as I went through the downstroke.  Once I stopped that, topped shots went away.  I'm going to have to break down and pay for some swing lessons though. I can't cure my slice on my own.  I had 9 holes back in February where it was nonexistent, but I don't know what came and went with my swing.

This is a non scoring related milestone and didnt happen on the course.  Some of you old timers may even be able to remember the moment.
I had my first suck back on a wedge shot.
Usually my wedge shots roll forward after a bounce, but I had a genuine drop and suck back.  With a range ball at 90 yards.

Just ordered a Taylor Made GAPR Mid 3 Hybrid from Global Golf.  Got an email for 35% off preowned which made a Certified Preowned come down to $84!

Just ordered a Taylor Made GAPR Mid 3 Hybrid from Global Golf.  Got an email for 35% off preowned which made a Certified Preowned come down to $84!

Just ordered a Taylor Made GAPR Mid 3 Hybrid from Global Golf.  Got an email for 35% off preowned which made a Certified Preowned come down to $84!

Spent about an hour-and-a-half on the driving range.  Went through 3 range tokens worth of balls, but I was able to identify a handful of mechanical issues.  My right foot is a creeper and likes to move away from where it needs to be, my hands want to lock down on the grips and that just makes a mess of things, and my left knee is like a Pointer Dog.  I noticed that once my right foot came into alignment, my left knee wanted to flex and point at the ball.  If it stayed there, the shots were garbage.  SO, a lot of learning and some fun after the first bucket was a bucket of shame.

Spent about an hour-and-a-half on the driving range.  Went through 3 range tokens worth of balls, but I was able to identify a handful of mechanical issues.  My right foot is a creeper and likes to move away from where it needs to be, my hands want to lock down on the grips and that just makes a mess of things, and my left knee is like a Pointer Dog.  I noticed that once my right foot came into alignment, my left knee wanted to flex and point at the ball.  If it stayed there, the shots were garbage.  SO, a lot of learning and some fun after the first bucket was a bucket of shame.

Spent about an hour-and-a-half on the driving range.  Went through 3 range tokens worth of balls, but I was able to identify a handful of mechanical issues.  My right foot is a creeper and likes to move away from where it needs to be, my hands want to lock down on the grips and that just makes a mess of things, and my left knee is like a Pointer Dog.  I noticed that once my right foot came into alignment, my left knee wanted to flex and point at the ball.  If it stayed there, the shots were garbage.  SO, a lot of learning and some fun after the first bucket was a bucket of shame.

Thanks for checking. I did follow up with the GHIN developers and suggested the export or print feature. It would be a shame not to be able to further manipulate or retrieve the data latter on. Btw the desktop version and the mobile version are basically the same in terms of data presentation and capability. Otherwise it's a great improvement over the old version (especially if you're inputting hole by hole stats).


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I get stuck with rain, rain, and more rain right when my demo irons show up.

Since 80% of my rounds are at the same Club, I would track each round by hole in excel. The downside of my tracking is that I didn't provide details on each specific hole.

The new GHIN app has that feature and provides a summary in graphic form. The miss however is that currently it is not exportable. If you provide hole by hole detail: FIR, GIR, Putts, it will track that on a round and cumulative basis. It will also track performance by hole and chart that as well: Pars or better, Bogies, etc. the other big benefit is that it will adjust your score based the new rule of max index + 2 strokes. As I mentioned the only thing lacking to the ability to export.


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And I have to say, $50 is a lot easier to part with than a full club membership at a course.

Another hour of chip shots.  Had one of those days where everything was going wrong at first.  Blades, chunks, and slices packed into 10 yard shots.  Finally figured out my wrists decided to turn traitor today.  Stopped breaking them over and everything came back together!

This may have already been covered and if so, my apologies.
 
Is there a way to calculate handicap without a club membership?   The reason I ask is because both courses in my town are horribly overpriced (for different reasons) and the nearest reasonable membership involves a 40 minute drive to play a round of golf.

Thank you very much for your answer.  I hadn't even thought about the Arkansas Golf Association.  I'm not looking to enter tourneys or anything like that.  From my perspective (still somewhat new to golf) a handicap seems to be the main measuring stick along side typical score and I just want to see where I measure up.

Dave, thanks for the clarification - also  I just assumed that USGA and GHIN were inseparable. 

Simplest, and free, calculate it yourself, write a simple spreadsheet to do it.  The calculations are pretty simple, but you won't be able to get the (new this year) Playing Condition Correction (PCC).  Even easier, some services like www.thegrint.com may offer free calculation services, but it won't provide an official handicap.  You can also get an official handicap from the Grint with a moderate fee, I think its something like $40.  Last, and this is my recommended choice, join the Arkansas Golf Association, your membership will include an official USGA handicap.
https://www.asga.org/membership/individual-member-benefits
 

Another hour of chip shots.  Had one of those days where everything was going wrong at first.  Blades, chunks, and slices packed into 10 yard shots.  Finally figured out my wrists decided to turn traitor today.  Stopped breaking them over and everything came back together!

Another hour of chip shots.  Had one of those days where everything was going wrong at first.  Blades, chunks, and slices packed into 10 yard shots.  Finally figured out my wrists decided to turn traitor today.  Stopped breaking them over and everything came back together!

Another hour of chip shots.  Had one of those days where everything was going wrong at first.  Blades, chunks, and slices packed into 10 yard shots.  Finally figured out my wrists decided to turn traitor today.  Stopped breaking them over and everything came back together!

I need to fact check myself sometimes.  I stated that I had been looking at Ben Hogan Edge irons since before the MGS article on them and I am so wrong.  Publications dates are there for a reason!

As I've said before, I'm a prolific window shopper.  There are always things on my list of stuff to consider.  But even before the article about them, I had come across Ben Hogan Edge irons.  They look amazing!  Weakness finally overcame me to demo a pair of them.  I probably don't have the skills for forged clubs of any level, but as they say, $20 is $20.