Micah T

I think a lot of us on here have forgotten that the PGA Tour is an entertainment product that has to be sold. It is in the tours best interest to have the biggest name ever in the sport, and arguably the biggest name in athletics ever, in the field whenever possible. The R&A and USGA’s job is to protect the history/legacy/integrity of the game, not the pga tour. It exists because they posses a sellable product, and like any other business they made a move to protect their brand. I think people forget that outside of the Olympics (and really this is debatable too) sport is an entertainment business, just like music and movies.

Haven’t been posting my scores this year: mostly because I can’t figure out the Jekyll and Hyde show that is my non league vs league (9hole). here are my last 10 non league rounds(tips-black) 74, 73, 72, 72, 75, 77, 78, 82,74, 74 as opposed to my last 7 mens league scores 49, 42,42,56,42,46,48 I’ll give you that my league track(stonebridge GC, west valley Utah) is a diabolical Johnny Miller design, but I cannot figure out why I play so badly each week…

I’m 42 and still game a 4 & 5 iron. I keep a close eye on my gaps and I think the 4 iron might be gone by the time I’m 50, but not the 5. Then again, who knows what the loft of a players distance 5 iron will be by then…

Off the deck I carry my 3 wood about 5 -7 yards farther than my 5 wood. It’s not a club I have 100% faith in off the deck. 3 wood rolls out more, but really I use it off the tee when Driver is on timeout or the ball cannot move right. Really the only time I’m going to hit a 3 wood off the deck is a scramble, or maybe while I’m on vacation playing at sea level. Some would argue that having a club be that specific is wasting a spot in your bag, but it depends on your setup, what shots you tend to leave yourself, and of course how far you hit your Driver and your longest iron/hybrid.

The Ledges is a fun one, and if money is no object, you could try black rock or copper rock. Sunbrook is a nice 27 hole course that isn’t as challenging as the others. Really if you’re playing wolf creek and sand hollow you’ve hit the best ones.

For my cart shoes, I value stability, traction, and style. I rotate between some Footjoy pro SL carbon and some Jordan ADG4. When walking, I’m looking for traction, comfort, stability and then style. When I’m repping the push-cart mafia, I’m strictly an adidas codechaos guy: I’ve got about 3 pairs I rotate thru, and a pair for practice. I just haven’t found anything more comfortable yet.

@C_Daddy19 you’re way faster than me, but a higher lofted 3 or 4 wood(15-16.5 degrees) would be an option. I would imagine at 130 club speed you run out of fairway on occasion, and having a 3 -4 wood as a teeing club when it has to stop short of 320 would be nice. A 6 or 7 wood would complement that nicely. My set is as follows:(118 driver club head speed) Driver- Cobra LTDx LS: good drive (at altitude) is 305 yards 3 wood - Aerojet set to standard loft(15 degrees) 290 yards 5 wood - Aerojet set to +1 loft(19 degrees) 255 yards My longest iron is a 4 iron now, and I feel the top of the bag is much more versatile than when I had a 2 or a 3 iron. Honestly, the 3 wood is more of a tee shot club for me, and the 5 wood is off the deck/out of the rough. Even at my speed, my average 3 wood off the deck is about even with a really good 5 wood. But the 5 wood launches so much higher than my 2iron ever did, so I can actually hit it into a green rather than it being a tee shot only iron, since I was fairly inconsistent with it from the fairway.

I’m currently using the Rypstick: it’s helped me get back to my top end ballspeed. So I started about 12 -14 weeks ago, and I’m back at 170 ballspeed, from 160 before I started.

Add me to the Nay list too: none have been custom fit to me, but I have never liked the look feel or roll of any of the models I’ve tried. I thought the link would be the one for me, but no. I’m always drawn to try them whenever I see one, but the weight always feels odd to me, and I don’t make any putts with them either. (anecdotal I know)

Handicap posting season just started here in Utah: posted my 1st 3 scores of the season and to my surprise my handicap went up from 1.7 to 1.9. The scores were 1 over, a 3 over and a 4 over. So I looked at the differential for these rounds: to my surprise my diff for a 1 over round was a 2.3! So I checked the course rating -70.6. So, I tell myself I need to play some harder courses around the valley, and to my shock, they all have around the same slope rating, between 70.3 and 70.6, except for the course I play my men’s league at.(which is at 73) What really blew me away was how wildly the slope rating changed at all these courses: even when the course rating was identical! So courses I would view as “harder” the slope goes up, but the course rating does not. Really made me think about the difference between being scratch and a traveling scratch….. Your thoughts?

This will be season 3 for the Cobra LTDx LS: I will definitely try some new drivers next year, but won’t be shocked if nothing beats this setup!

I want my opponent to play well. The last thing I want is to watch my opponent scuffle all day.

I really don’t have a limit to what I spend for a gamer: considering what I spent on my driver & 3 wood, I could see spending a stack on a custom LAB putter, if the results justified it. Considering you could theoretically use for the rest of your golfing career, the cost per season would be pretty low if you used it long enough.

@walkerdb7 what’s your tee height? I didn’t look at the most wanted thread, but if you’re hitting down, those numbers are pretty optimal. If you have an old driver, you could practice teeing it up higher until you get comfortable with it. You’ll never maximize your speed unless you at least get neutral with your AoA. I don’t hit up much on my driver either, and use a 10.5 static loft driver.

For ‘24 I’m switching from the Maxfli tour x to the tour: I’ve been training with the Rypstick this offseason; and the x is spinning too much/ launching too low off the driver.