Camille Bissarro
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13 minutes ago, DaveP043 said:
Carrying that (necessary) water makes a stronger case for a trolley, whether its manual or powered. I'm now showing up with 2 quarts of water in my bag, and refilling those bottles at the turn.
@DaveP043 I agree weight-wise, but pushing the cart up hills seems to strain my lower back/hips more than just carrying my clubs. Plus I like to have my hands free while I walk. My friend keeps suggesting an electric push cart, like the one he has, but I can't go for that yet (age stigma). When I do use my push cart, I like to ghost ride it down steep hills, and walk unfettered for a few moments, hands in pockets, chill like Kevin Kisner.
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On 7/14/2018 at 10:27 AM, GB13 said:
I walked 18 yesterday in 102* heat with a heat index of 113*. Just for the record, it was too hot to walk.
@GB13 it seems like you're living proof it was not, in fact, to hot to walk
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On 5/24/2020 at 9:06 AM, Kaplack said:
I walk sometimes, but my bag Is heavy. With food, water, laser, a level, golf ball retriever, golf balls, more golf balls after I pick some up on the way around.
@Kaplack it's only going to get worse this summer (I'm in Missouri, and it hasn't gotten hot yet). My course has removed all of the water cisterns because of Covid-19, so I've got to pack enough water to last the round. That seriously adds up, at about 2lbs/quart. I guess it gets lighter as you go, though, so long as you don't pick up those extra balls...
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On 5/9/2017 at 8:54 PM, mtisdale said:
i'm trying to walk more, i still take a cart on long hilly course. there is pluses and cons to both. Hard to carry your Beer when walking and less social too. Hate paying the extra $$ thou for the carts.
I usually walk, and although I have a couple of push carts, I prefer to carry my clubs. Generally I play better when I walk, but since I play most days, and although I'm still in the glorious early years of middle age, my body can't always take it. After three or four days carrying my clubs I usually take a cart for a round or two to recuperate. Walking definitely puts me in a better headspace to play.
@mtisdale That's interesting, I always find it less sociable when everyone in the group rides, zipping around, unless it's really slow and you pull up next to each other. My normal group is half/half walkers and riders, and the guys in carts will drive slower to chat, or I'll chat with the other guy who walks. Just the other day, the other guy who walks and I both took carts and around the fifth tee he commented it wasn't very sociable with everyone in carts.
One last thought, a mortality study done in Sweden (Farahmand et al. 2009) found a ~40% decrease in mortality rates among golfers as compared to the general population, all of which translated into ~5 years longer lifespan. Of course, golf isn't the only variable, but something to think about. Lower handicap players also had lower mortality rates, but again, I'd caution about taking too much from that finding. If anyone is interested in reading it, I can send a pdf. Copyright prevents me from posting it publicly, though.
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2 hours ago, chemclub said:
That is too bad, but good they replaced and pretty telling you were willing to give the shoes another go.
How do you find the lateral stability with the knit material?
In terms of stability, they're good. I don't generally swing out of my shoes, but I do tend to stretch/stress the outside of my left shoes (leather upper Tour 360 & FJ Dryjoy) during my finish, which is where these busted. I think I saw DJ wearing a primeknit shoe last year, and I'd imagine if they're stable enough for him, they would be for the average golfer. Then again, he probably replaces his shoes every few rounds, so he wouldn't break them down over time.
I'll see how this second pair holds up, and report back.
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On 5/11/2020 at 11:04 AM, chemclub said:
The sole on those prime knits looks very similar to the boost. Maybe it is worth a try for the 12R (I own 11.5W). Thanks for the tip.
Update: After ~ six weeks of walking/playing these shoes blew out (see attached).
I bought them online, on sale, but returned them to a Golf Galaxy store yesterday. I looked at several of the other lighter weight offerings. Puma Ignite felt flat underfoot and the Adidas Codechaos don't have spikes, so I went for another pair of Tour 360 Primeknit. I'm hoping these last longer.
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20 hours ago, chemclub said:
The sole on those prime knits looks very similar to the boost. Maybe it is worth a try for the 12R (I own 11.5W). Thanks for the tip.
You're welcome, hope it works out.
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2 hours ago, MmmmmmBuddy said:
There is also something about seeing groups of 4 cars on every tee and fairway that looks wrong...
I keep thinking it looks like a kiddie ride at a fair, the rows of carts snaking along the paths.
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3 minutes ago, tony@CIC said:
Just don't stick your 'pickle' in the Mason jar like in the video
I shudder to think about that one.
That's one clever dude on the video; the soda bottle irrigation is brilliant. I've ordered the bits on eBay already, should arrive next weekend.
Thanks again.
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1 minute ago, tony@CIC said:
Here ya go
@tony@CIC thanks for sending that. I know I could've asked the guys at Lowe's (last project they helped with was building an underwater scope to try to find a wedge my friend threw in a green side pond; still haven't got it) or Google, but I figured I'd see if anyone else here had some ideas (or better yet, experience) too.
I'll post a pic once I get it put together.
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This may be a bit off the beaten path, but...
I'm trying to build a lamp/trophy for an annual, season-long golfing competition between me and my friend. I want to use a Buddha shaped beer bottle as the body of the lamp, but don't want to end up in the ER with any of the multitude of injuries I can imagine might result from boring through the glass incorrectly. I want to put a hole in the glass to run the cord through the lamp base.
Does anyone have any suggestions on what tools to use, and how do it safely?
Thanks.
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I've tried to reinvent the wheel a few times on this (even having my own note books printed at a local shop). When I've created my own spreadsheets, only the obvious stuff seems to pop out, ditto when I've used various apps (GolfShot, 18Birdies, some other one...). Plus, on that latter point like @TR1PTIK I really don't like having my phone out while I play. Basically, like @cnosil says, when things go pear shaped, they tend to do it in a multitude of compounding ways.
Back to reinventing the wheel, it turns out strokes gained is a pretty good set of metrics for helping sort out the recursive shambles that are many of our golf games (each one unique, though, like so many snowflakes). Recently I've been using this method via the Shot by Shot website. As it is a paid service ($24 a year for the LITE version, which is a fine place to start), I know this is not a DiY solution. Intellectual property rights not withstanding, there is enough info on the site (or on the web more generally) to try to reverse engineer you own system, albeit without the benefit of a few hundred thousand other rounds at various handicap indicies against which to compare your results.
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On 4/20/2020 at 8:05 PM, viking said:
Never have taken drugs and don't have a cell phone.
Fascinating sentence, and I'm not taking the piss. Somehow I think the course (world?) would probably be a better place with more of the former and less of the latter.
Sort of related: https://www.golfdigest.com/story/undercover-tour-pro-a-pot-smoker-applauds-the-tours-new-drug-testing-program
Anyway, from my perspective, a lot of these suggestions are small change. The big issue is a four- or five-ball that won't let a smaller, faster group play through on an empty course. But on a busy day, what are you going to do? Bring extra water, snacks, sun lotion and take it down a notch.
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48 minutes ago, tony@CIC said:
Then about 8 years ago we decided to sell our sailboat since we just weren't using it as much and had already moved to the Lake. Prior to taking up golf I had a pretty simplistic view of the game - I never understood how complex it was or the strategy involved. Since then I've become obsessive about it.
I've heard people say you can either be a golfer or a boater, but not both. Since I started playing again I barely have time for a job, a family, or even sleep, never mind a boat...
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I started at the Willimantic Country Club (I think it has a different name now) in 1985 at ~10 years old. But owing to an overabundance of teen angst gave it up around 1991. I started playing again in 2015, so I'd say I've been playing about eleven years now all told.
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On 3/21/2020 at 11:00 PM, chemclub said:
If I could buy a breathable Adidas built on the same last as the Tour 360 I would in a heartbeat. I take a 11.5 Wide and often have a terrible time finding shoes that feel comfortable out of the box.
I've been wearing a pair of Adidas Tour 360 Primeknit XT for a few weeks. They're spiked, but may be just what you're looking for. I have a pair of leather Tour 360 which are pretty broken down now in 11W. Great shoes, but heavy. The shop I bought the Primeknit version from didn't have a wide option, so I tried 11.5R and they fit better than my other pair.
Very comfortable to walk in, lightweight, but definitely not the shoes you want to wear on an early morning round when there's a lot of dew and rough cutting going on. Unless, of course, you like pruned feet and/or only hit fairways.
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I played the TS3 for about 4 months last summer/fall. I didn't like the sound/feel. It seemed empty, especially on the best strikes, which was unsettling. I prefer a more solid feeling on contact. I've hit my friends M5 a few times, not a huge fan of that either, but the shaft and weighting were fit to his swing not mine. In any case the M5 contact feels a lot more positive.
Titleist 913D? Yes, please!
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2 hours ago, chisag said:
... Inconsiderate people seem to be the ones that blare music (usually Rap or Country) drive carts right next to tee boxes and greens while breaking several other rules of etiquette.
Speaking of, my course recently replaced its carts with ones outfitted with a GPS system that only allows backing out of restricted areas. Being primarily a walker myself (and a bit of a grouch, as I mentioned earlier) I take a certain pleasure watching guys sheepishly reversing out of a spot they never should have entered. The best is when they beach it and have to push, though.
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Trying to get my index into single digits. Working especially on approach and putting, but driving consistency as well.
May everyone work hard, play lots, and attain their goals!
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On 4/14/2020 at 9:12 AM, coyote_jones said:
Getting looked at like I don't belong. I grew up playing a lot of golf in a small town in ND. I golfed shirtless, shoeless, in cut-off shorts. We took our time. We had fun. If someone was taking too long we skipped to another hole. I know that this doesn't work most places, but I wish it were easier for people to just enjoy the game. I play the part as best I can when I go to courses, now. I put on my button down. I even bought golf shoes this year. But please, don't look at people like they don't belong out there.
Yeah I get frustrated when someone takes my ball. Or plays too slowly. Or plays loud music. But at the end of the day, I'm out golfing. And so are they. And I try to do my best to enjoy my game as much as I can while others enjoy it as much as they can.
Who 'belongs' on a golf course has been a contested issue, at least as long as the game has been in the US (class, race, gender). My grandmother taught me old-school course etiquette thirty-odd years ago, which I still by and large abide. Loud music, tees with torn off sleeves, not fixing pitch marks, 3'+ gimmes in stroke play (self-given), and a cavalcade of carts bounding into the fairwary I'm playing from the adjacent hole all rub me the wrong way. Clearly, these are all behavioral tendencies, rather than ascribed statuses, but as I think @coyote_jones is getting at, they also mark who 'belongs' in a certain way.
Having said that, I do think it is important that golf is accessible (to 'grow the game' in marketing speak), and with the democratization of access, people will bring different notions of acceptable behavior. On the other hand, while old-school etiquette is certainly on the wane, it's not out of the question to expect a standard of comportment that does not diminish the enjoyment of others after their own fashion. Live and let live is fine as far as it goes, but really loud music, unrepaired divots and pitch marks, unraked bunkers, beer cans, cigarette butts and sunflower seed shells strewn about, and lax scoring standards have wider effects than just on the individual who is doing the 'living'. Not incidentally, I observe all of this on the regular at a very nice, open to the public course, at which I'm a member.
Now, my real bugbear: doff your cap to shake hands (once the pandemic is over)!
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On 4/14/2020 at 8:53 AM, fixyurdivot said:
+1 on this. I've noticed an uptick in folks playing music for half the course to hear... not cool. Please be considerate of others - put some earphones in and enjoy.
Totally. Grouchy as I get about this, I'd have to say there's even a happy medium between earbuds and so loud the group behind you can hear.
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On 4/12/2020 at 4:46 PM, juspoole said:
Thanks, but was familiar with that. That's why I say "the 2020 model", however having not hit it I was only speaking to the original speedzone as this one isn't an overhaul from that model.
Heard some really good things about Srixon drivers the past few years, how has yours been treating you?
Interesting that the Z785 is a couple of seasons old now, and still places 5th in terms of strokes gained, ball speed, and total distance. It makes sense, but if I'm reading the results correctly it also appears to perform well in @jwlong410's analysis. I may be biased, but it's a totally underrated club.
It may not be relevant, but I'm wondering if any of the differences in the MGS results are statistically significant?
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Never satisfied with a decent thing, I think I've finally wrecked a Diamana ahina 60 S by chopping it too much (the Tiger/Ricky Fowler 43.5" experiment gone wrong...where's that missing .5"? I measured twice, I swear).
Previously I'd cut it to 44.5", built it back using a shaft extension, then cut it again. Now the contact sounds all wrong, the swing feels all wrong, and the ball flies all wrong. Fortunately eBay abides (enables? incites?) a multitude of tinkerer's crimes. New shaft arriving in a few days.
I suppose it would be the smart thing just to get fit for a driver shaft by someone with more than 3/32 of a clue, but until shops open back up again...
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On 2/22/2020 at 7:26 PM, miketratnik said:
I hit an MTB-X today for a few holes (until I hit it into a river) and it seemed ok, but had a really high ball flight. Thanks in advance!
I love the MTB-X, but at the moment am going back and forth between a couple of dozen of the new Bridgestone line (X, RX). Once I'm done with them, I think I'll probably go back to the Snell. I'm waiting for the 2020 MGS ball test results, but if you have a look at the ones from last year you can at least make a data comparison between the TP5, AVX, and MTB-X: https://mygolfspy.com/most-wanted-golf-ball/
Does anyone walk anymore?
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@chisag yeah, it's not a really serious thing, I mostly tease him with it (he's just a couple of years older than I am, but we tease each other). But I can definitely see how it would be beneficial for both my bodily health and my game.
By the by, my grandmother used used an electric walking cart in the 1980s. It ran on what looked like a car battery and the drive chain, which turned a plate-sized sprocket, seemed to have been taken off a motorcycle. Serious machinery. Or maybe it just seemed that way to my 10 year old eyes.