Micah T
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I hover everything but the putter: I’ve noticed my ball-striking has improved since I adopted this. (but my swing overall is much better)
My putter stroke starts with a slight forward press, so I ground it before.
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On 3/23/2010 at 10:26 AM, Moecat said:
When I first picked up golf, I started off with clone clubs made by www.pinemeadowgolf.com ... great customer service, and very high quality stuff.
Me too: they reminded me of the taylormade burners : they were awesome and I had zero complaints once I re-gripped them...
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On 4/12/2020 at 10:38 AM, Triplebogey said:
I have been using the better Vice glove that I like a lot. Going to look into the Costco gloves.
I use the Callaway 3 pack gloves from Costco to practice: I play in a GFore or a Titleist
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Have you tried Pine meadow golf? I got my first set from them off amazon 5 years ago (lefty set is $189) and I broke 80 with them. Just gifted them to my brother in law when he caught the golf bug. Obviously they won’t be fitted, but you’re only out -$200 if he quits... but he’ll still need a putter.
when my wife started playing, I got her a top flight set from Dicks ( she’s a lefty) just in case she quit: 2 months later she spent $200 on an odyssey putter and last year dropped $1200 on a set of Taylormade. Point is, once he’s hooked/improved you can spend the money to get a fitted set.
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2 minutes ago, Tsmithjr9 said:
I agree, and I'd like to add to point 1 because there's more to hitting it long to be playing the tips. I've played with plenty of guys that can hit it 300, but can't break 90. Sure you smoked a drive, but a chunked iron, bladed chip, and 3 putt later you still made 6 or 7. That took more time than being unable to carry the water and hitting 3. If you don't got game move up son.
Take Dead Aim
Agreed: having a minimum 250 carry is the first of a few requirements: if you don’t usually break 80 you’re doing yourself no favors back there. I play back tips at my 3 home muni’s because it makes the hazards unreachable for me: when I’m somewhere new it’s always the intermediate tees, as I’m a 7 and not a scratch...
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1 minute ago, BIG STU said:
Ok did I see that correctly in your equipment list? You carry 5 wedges?----
I do: I like being able to make full swings 160 -90 yards in. I think I’m in the minority, but I’m in favor or another club in my bag that you almost always hit well as opposed to a club that I struggle with(3wood) that’s about as long as my 3 iron...
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I loved the ts2: hit it on the launch monitor and was very happy with all the numbers. But I ended up buying the Ping G410 plus because it was better across the board for me: and that was due mostly to the shafts that were available with it. But I paid over $300 for my new driver...
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1) Guys playing the wrong tees: dudes always want to play the tips but if your driver doesn’t carry 275 what are you doing back there?
2) People screaming for near misses: save your screams/yells for hole-outs: I’m teeing off 20 yards from you when your group erupts due to someone scaring the hole...
3) Not being ready to hit when it’s your turn
4) taking too much time to put: there better be at least $100 on this putt that you’ve backed off4 times while I wait in the fairway..
I do listen to music while I play, but always on headphones, and not so loud that I can’t converse with my playing partners.
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Broke 80 please: hopefully I can ask for a broke 70 this season!
Also, an "Albatross Club" badge would be cool since I got one last year and have discovered that they're way more rare than a hole in one. *
*Only someone without a hole in one would make this remark...
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19 minutes ago, chisag said:
... I went thru the loft conundrum several years ago and went from 48-54-60* with my wedges to 46-52-58*. After getting comfortable with the new lofts I found I liked the set up better than the old set up, mostly because I found my 58* more versatile than my 60*. I hope you find the same!
I’ve been a 5 wedge convert for a full season now (PI, 50, 52, 56, 60) and I don’t think I’ll go back: But now I have a gap between my Driver (285) and my 3 iron (235) that makes me think eventually I’ll have to give up a wedge for a 2 iron or a 3 wood...
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On 2/7/2020 at 9:39 AM, PlaidJacket said:
I'm just not buying it. I don't even like the looks of "tabulators". Why not put some winglets on drivers like airplanes do? Sure, there is some "DATA" that says turbs work. However, I've yet to see anyone I play with that uses a driver with these features gain anything. Honestly, the only thing that has ever improved a driver that I've owned was the ShotMaker. Sadly they went out of business.
I I didn’t like how they looked either, but I’ll be damned if I didn’t pick up 10 yards of carry over my GBB epic when I switched to the G410 plus last month. It’s turned my biggest liability ( driver tee shots) into an asset!
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On 4/11/2020 at 4:42 PM, Sluggo42 said:
Those are some odd gaps from 150 down you got going on there...
Right? As I’ve improved/ bought new clubs it’s gotten worse...
turns out my AP3 set (4-PI) is 2 degrees stronger than my old set, creating a super awkward 20 yard gap between my pitching wedge and my 50 degree: I’m gonna get a 48 degree sm8 and ditch the 50 I think ...
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On 4/2/2020 at 10:29 AM, Calvo90 said:
Good looking bag. How is SIM driver treating you? Is it really very fade biased? I am considering it because the ball flight with my Ping G410 is silly high and spinny and definitely need some spin management. I am hesitant only because my stock shot shape is a fade and I don't want to make it worse...
Might be your shaft....
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I’m in favor of driver fittings: I did a lot of research on my own, tried all the new drivers at the local expo, and eliminated a couple before getting on the launch monitor. First to go was the TaylorMade SIM and Cleveland. (TaylorMade clubs all sound like a gun going off to me) After hitting them all with no data, I had them ranked
1 Titleist TS2 (was 90% sure this was what I was gonna buy)
2 Callaway Mavrik( I was already gaming a GBB epic)
3 Cobra speed zone ( wasn’t on my radar before but it launched great and had a muted sound which I like)
4 Ping G410 (thought it was a little loud at impact but launch and feel were amazing)
The launch monitor was eye opening:
Ts2 was middle of the pack on all stats
Mavrik produced my longest drive but also my worst misses
Cobra was way too much spin and some nasty hooks
Ping was the clear winner: best launch, best spin, most carry, highest avg drive by 10 yards!
I did all that more or less by myself, the fitter really earned his cut when it came to picking a shaft: I never realized how different 2 “stiff” shafts from 2 different manufactures could be! In the end, I went with the evenflow 6.0 stiff and my driving stats are improving rapidly!
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4 minutes ago, jayjay0808 said:
Great to see you back up your thoughts with data from on course. The one that gets me would be the Penalties per round. Dropping it 1.5 strokes a round will help the cap significantly
It was getting to the point last year where I would just hit 4 iron off the tee if the hole wouldn’t hoId a 2 way miss: and giving up 50 yards on an approach shot was driving my GIR % down too. Keeping it in play is a handicap game -changer!
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I replaced my 3 wood (Callaway rogue) with a Titleist U-510 3 iron this year: I just hit irons better! Doesn’t matter the lie or off a tee: the 3 iron is longer, more forgiving, and more workable: I am launching it lower and seeing a lot more roll-out, but my 3 wood had that too. For me I just couldn’t make my normal aggressive swing with a 3-wood without hooking it left : and backing off to keep it in play made it play like my 4 iron.
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I bought a Ping G410 plus 2 weeks ago after hitting it and all the other new drivers(Titleist, Taylormade, Cobra, Calloway) and it was longest, least spinny, and highest launching: so with it also being $100 less than the others I tested, I was happy to buy it.
After 5 rounds:Fairways hit: up to 7.7 from 5.7
Penalties from hitting driver OB:
down to .5 per round from 2
GIR: up 2.5% (43.5 - 39.9)
avg Old drive(GBB epic 10.5) 274 yards
avg New drive : 284 yards
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Who can golf during COVID?
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Utah is open for golf: Salt Lake City and county have no carts, closed clubhouses, and book tee times/payment in advance.