Vegan_Golfer_PNW Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 1 minute ago, cnosil said: Yep, they are significantly different putters even through they are both face balanced (I am assuming you don’t have the slant neck version of the toulon) Correct, went face balanced. Very curious to see how this experiment plays out. cnosil and Shapotomous 2 Quote Follow my journey to enjoying golf and going low Driver: Epic Max LS Ventus Black 6x 44.5" 3wHL: Rogue ST LS 75x Tensei AV Blue w/ xlink 7w: Apex UW 21* MMT 80S DI: Caley 01X 18* with KBS PGH Stiff plus 95g 4-AW: 0211 with KBS Tour Stiff 2.5* up 3/4" long, Soft stepped, MOI matched Wedges Zipcore Putter: L.A.B. Directed Force 2.1 69*/35" in blue Ball: TBD Shot Tracking: Bag: Vessel VLX 2.0 Grip: Lamkin Sonar + Midsize My Reviews: Caley 01X Driving Iron Review 2023 Max Swing Speed Training and Speed Progress: Current Speed 120 in the MGS Speed Challenge (updated 3/15/23) TAIII #2 Review here: TAIII Impact #2 Putter ) Zipcore Tour Rack 54/full and 58/mid (review here) 0211 2019 Unofficial Review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GolfSpy_SHARK Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 1 hour ago, Chip Strokes said: @Shankster @Lacassem @B.Boston @edingc radar came in yesterday, but due to my wife packing our house up last month, i didn’t have batteries. ran out this morning to get some and put it to the test.... i apologize in advance, these images can be disturbing to some viewers getting warmed up: keeping Shanks company: LET IT EAT!!!: Damnit man.....You better start honing that speed in and getting on these long drive competitions. I can be your promoter, deal? sirchunksalot, ParFore74x, Shapotomous and 4 others 7 Quote Check out my reviews: G710 Irons Official Review I MC Shaft & V Series Putter Official Review 2022 Forged Tec's Official Review I Nitron Push Cart Official Review WITB: Weapons of grass destruction (link to WITB) Traverse is filled with all this shiny metal and tracked by RadSpeed 8* - MotoreX F1 6X SIM 3W - Project X HZRDUS Green U505 Driving Iron 17* - Project X HZRDUS Black SpeedZone 4H - Project X HZRDUS Black 2022 King Forged Tec's 4-PW - KBS $ Tape 130 48 (SM8), 52 & 60 (SM7) - Nippon Modus 125 S ER2VI PROV1X #19 Are you a veteran? Check out the Veterans Golf Association (VGA) Thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shankster Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 6 hours ago, Chip Strokes said: @Shankster @Lacassem @B.Boston @edingc radar came in yesterday, but due to my wife packing our house up last month, i didn’t have batteries. ran out this morning to get some and put it to the test.... i apologize in advance, these images can be disturbing to some viewers getting warmed up: keeping Shanks company: LET IT EAT!!!: What... no 160? I don’t believe you. Edit: challenge accepted by the way... I need to get in the gym. I’m 196 pounds... haven’t weight that much since................. nope never. second edit: not happening, I don’t trust this thing. Only hit 121 today... but I am feeling rather cementish. 3rd edit: not sure if it matters but you have that thing set to baseball mode. Still... that’s freaking fast. sirchunksalot, cksurfdude and GolfSpy_SHARK 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Strokes Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 1 hour ago, Shankster said: What... no 160? I don’t believe you. Edit: challenge accepted by the way... I need to get in the gym. I’m 196 pounds... haven’t weight that much since................. nope never. second edit: not happening, I don’t trust this thing. Only hit 121 today... but I am feeling rather cementish. 3rd edit: not sure if it matters but you have that thing set to baseball mode. Still... that’s freaking fast. i noticed baseball mode after i posted. not sure what kind of difference that makes but i’ll give it another shot in a few days. the rest of this week is dedicated to packing up, closing on two houses, and moving. Shankster, cksurfdude, GolfSpy_SHARK and 1 other 3 1 Quote SIM2 8º | KuroKage XD 70TX SIM 3W 14º | Fujikura Atmos Black Tour Spec 9TX SIM2 5W 18º | Fujikura Ventus Black 10X U500 2i | Fujikura Ventus HB Black 10TX T100 4-PW | Dynamic Gold X7 SM6 52* SM8 56* SM8 60* | Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 DW | BGT Stability Tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GolfSpy_SHARK Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 1 hour ago, Shankster said: What... no 160? I don’t believe you. Edit: challenge accepted by the way... I need to get in the gym. I’m 196 pounds... haven’t weight that much since................. nope never. second edit: not happening, I don’t trust this thing. Only hit 121 today... but I am feeling rather cementish. 3rd edit: not sure if it matters but you have that thing set to baseball mode. Still... that’s freaking fast. Day to day can change if ya haven’t been swinging much. I trust mine pretty good. Driving range is most accurate I find since it’s the same distance away every time (ball to the radar) watch the baseball mode be slower cksurfdude, Shankster, sirchunksalot and 1 other 2 2 Quote Check out my reviews: G710 Irons Official Review I MC Shaft & V Series Putter Official Review 2022 Forged Tec's Official Review I Nitron Push Cart Official Review WITB: Weapons of grass destruction (link to WITB) Traverse is filled with all this shiny metal and tracked by RadSpeed 8* - MotoreX F1 6X SIM 3W - Project X HZRDUS Green U505 Driving Iron 17* - Project X HZRDUS Black SpeedZone 4H - Project X HZRDUS Black 2022 King Forged Tec's 4-PW - KBS $ Tape 130 48 (SM8), 52 & 60 (SM7) - Nippon Modus 125 S ER2VI PROV1X #19 Are you a veteran? Check out the Veterans Golf Association (VGA) Thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shankster Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 1 minute ago, Lacassem said: Day to day can change if ya haven’t been swinging much. I trust mine pretty good. Driving range is most accurate I find since it’s the same distance away every time (ball to the radar) watch the baseball mode be slower Might get to see 160 afterall. cksurfdude and sirchunksalot 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edingc Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Honestly, maybe I’m having a little too much opportunity to practice this early in the season. I love practicing but get in my head, and inadvertently make my goal to be perfect on every swing. On course I’d likely be very happy with most of my shots, but on the range it’s a different deal sometimes. Oh well. Something I need to work on! I have had a few so-so buckets working on things from my last lesson and keep falling into some bad habits. I’m making progress in some areas, but have been overall a bit frustrated. Then I watch video and see old habits, like how I let my hands work in too close to my body at address: I’m getting better at not throwing my upper body at the ball. My hip rotation is improving. But when I get too close to the ball, I come back too inside and it sets off a bad chain of events later on in the downswing. CarlH, cnosil, GolfSpy BOS and 5 others 8 Quote Unofficial WHS Handicap: 7.5 / Anti-Cap: 13.0 (Last Updated Feb. 19, 2024) Driver: Callaway Paradym TD (10.5°, -1/N), 45.75", Fujikura Motore X F1 6X | Fitting Post 3 Wood: Cobra RadSpeed Big Tour (14.5°), 43", Fujikura Motore X F1 7X 20° Hybrid: PXG 0211 (2020 Model), 40.25", Mitsubishi Tensei AV RAW White 90X 4 Utility: Cobra KING Utility (2020 Model), 38.5", Aerotech SteelFiber i110cw Stiff 5-PW: Ben Hogan PTx Pro, 37" 7 Iron, Aerotech SteelFiber i125cw Stiff | Club Champion Fitting 50°, 54°, 58°: Edel SMS, V Grind, Nippon Modus 125 Wedge| Official Review Thread Putter: L.A.B. Golf DF 2.1, 36", 68°, Black with Custom Sightlines, BGT Stability Tour, L.A.B. Press II 3° | Unofficial Review Grips: Star Sidewinder, Undersized with Custom Tape Build-Up Ball: Snell MTB-X Optic Yellow Tracked By: Shot Scope H4 Bag: Personalized 2020 Sun Mountain Sync Riding On: Bag Boy Nitron | Official Review Thread WITB? | 2022 Reviewer Edel SMS Wedges | 2021 Reviewer Maxfli Tour and Tour X Balls | 2020 Participant #CobraConnect Challenge | 2019 Reviewer Callaway Epic Flash Driver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twyatt700 Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Honestly, maybe I’m having a little too much opportunity to practice this early in the season. I love practicing but get in my head, and inadvertently make my goal to be perfect on every swing. On course I’d likely be very happy with most of my shots, but on the range it’s a different deal sometimes. Oh well. Something I need to work on! I have had a few so-so buckets working on things from my last lesson and keep falling into some bad habits. I’m making progress in some areas, but have been overall a bit frustrated. Then I watch video and see old habits, like how I let my hands work in too close to my body at address: I’m getting better at not throwing my upper body at the ball. My hip rotation is improving. But when I get too close to the ball, I come back too inside and it sets off a bad chain of events later on in the downswing.Yeah man, I’m the same way. What’s helped me is focusing on set up and tempo. I’ve avoided all filming this early season and my ball striking has been the best ever. I think chasing the perfect “swing” is the downfall of a lot of people, instead of focusing on what the ball does. Just my 2 cents. But there’s a lot of clinical evidence to support the external focus training vs internal focus See- Adam Young GolfSent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy GolfSpy_SHARK, cksurfdude, Vegan_Golfer_PNW and 3 others 5 1 Quote Ping G430 Max 9* turned up to 10* in draw setting X-Stiff Ping Tour Chrome 2.0 60 Srixon ZX 3w Ventus Velocore Blue 7s Ping G425 5w X-Stiff Ping Tour 70 Srixon ZX5 4-6 Modus Tour 105 Stiff Srixon ZX& 7-PW Modus Tour 105 Stiff RTX Zipcore 50* 54* 58* TrueTemper Dynamic Gold Spinner Phantom X5 Putter Ball: Srixon Z-Star Diamond <> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GolfSpy_SHARK Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Got to the range today. Was windy as hell right into the face but was warm so wasn’t too bad. Worked on the lower end of the bag with full shot and played with choking up and 3/4 1/2 swings which I have never really done before. Was very pleased with the results and was making great contact. Struggled a little with the top end of the bag 4/5 irons but worked it out with ball positioning. swapped over to the driver and it felt great. Had 3 closer to the heel and then started hitting center (needed to setup a little closer I was reaching to much. The .5” shaft length makes a difference) Finished up with wedges and the work over the winter has payed off went through the 4 wedges with multiple choking down setups and again different backswings and didn’t have any hosel rockets. Great flight and was hitting my marks. Very promising next up need to hit a practice green. Not sure how high on the face these should be but they were going where I wanted so that’s all that matters cnosil, GolfSpy BOS, sirchunksalot and 5 others 7 1 Quote Check out my reviews: G710 Irons Official Review I MC Shaft & V Series Putter Official Review 2022 Forged Tec's Official Review I Nitron Push Cart Official Review WITB: Weapons of grass destruction (link to WITB) Traverse is filled with all this shiny metal and tracked by RadSpeed 8* - MotoreX F1 6X SIM 3W - Project X HZRDUS Green U505 Driving Iron 17* - Project X HZRDUS Black SpeedZone 4H - Project X HZRDUS Black 2022 King Forged Tec's 4-PW - KBS $ Tape 130 48 (SM8), 52 & 60 (SM7) - Nippon Modus 125 S ER2VI PROV1X #19 Are you a veteran? Check out the Veterans Golf Association (VGA) Thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GolfSpy_SHARK Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 54 minutes ago, edingc said: Honestly, maybe I’m having a little too much opportunity to practice this early in the season. I love practicing but get in my head, and inadvertently make my goal to be perfect on every swing. On course I’d likely be very happy with most of my shots, but on the range it’s a different deal sometimes. Oh well. Something I need to work on! I have had a few so-so buckets working on things from my last lesson and keep falling into some bad habits. I’m making progress in some areas, but have been overall a bit frustrated. Then I watch video and see old habits, like how I let my hands work in too close to my body at address: I’m getting better at not throwing my upper body at the ball. My hip rotation is improving. But when I get too close to the ball, I come back too inside and it sets off a bad chain of events later on in the downswing. I think @twyatt700nailed it. As much as you want to focus on what you’re doing and you don’t want to get to bad habits have you thought about not filming or not taking pictures for a bit and just seeing how your contact/ball flight and overall results are? Even for a little bit of the beginning of the year. Regardless like I’ve said before your transition over the past few months is pretty incredible and even the pros falter occasionally don’t beat yourself up to much sirchunksalot, edingc and cksurfdude 3 Quote Check out my reviews: G710 Irons Official Review I MC Shaft & V Series Putter Official Review 2022 Forged Tec's Official Review I Nitron Push Cart Official Review WITB: Weapons of grass destruction (link to WITB) Traverse is filled with all this shiny metal and tracked by RadSpeed 8* - MotoreX F1 6X SIM 3W - Project X HZRDUS Green U505 Driving Iron 17* - Project X HZRDUS Black SpeedZone 4H - Project X HZRDUS Black 2022 King Forged Tec's 4-PW - KBS $ Tape 130 48 (SM8), 52 & 60 (SM7) - Nippon Modus 125 S ER2VI PROV1X #19 Are you a veteran? Check out the Veterans Golf Association (VGA) Thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shankster Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 On 3/29/2021 at 4:12 PM, Shankster said: What... no 160? I don’t believe you. Edit: challenge accepted by the way... I need to get in the gym. I’m 196 pounds... haven’t weight that much since................. nope never. second edit: not happening, I don’t trust this thing. Only hit 121 today... but I am feeling rather cementish. 3rd edit: not sure if it matters but you have that thing set to baseball mode. Still... that’s freaking fast. Yep. I’m convinced that this thing was lying to me. About 50 all out swings today and I didn’t break 120 once with the driver... but I was swinging the 3 iron 119...? this thing is broken. GolfSpy_SHARK, sirchunksalot, Micah T and 1 other 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edingc Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 @twyatt700 @Lacassem You're both right, and that's why I've trimmed down video to only a handful of swings per session. Mostly just to check grip and setup, which is at the recommendation of my instructor. Always try to pull a few good things out as well. Had a couple great Super Hybrids from the tee today and that made my session! Have made a ton of good progress in the last month or so! Ready for warmer weather to truly set in so I can get out on the course more regularly. twyatt700, sirchunksalot, GolfSpy_SHARK and 5 others 8 Quote Unofficial WHS Handicap: 7.5 / Anti-Cap: 13.0 (Last Updated Feb. 19, 2024) Driver: Callaway Paradym TD (10.5°, -1/N), 45.75", Fujikura Motore X F1 6X | Fitting Post 3 Wood: Cobra RadSpeed Big Tour (14.5°), 43", Fujikura Motore X F1 7X 20° Hybrid: PXG 0211 (2020 Model), 40.25", Mitsubishi Tensei AV RAW White 90X 4 Utility: Cobra KING Utility (2020 Model), 38.5", Aerotech SteelFiber i110cw Stiff 5-PW: Ben Hogan PTx Pro, 37" 7 Iron, Aerotech SteelFiber i125cw Stiff | Club Champion Fitting 50°, 54°, 58°: Edel SMS, V Grind, Nippon Modus 125 Wedge| Official Review Thread Putter: L.A.B. Golf DF 2.1, 36", 68°, Black with Custom Sightlines, BGT Stability Tour, L.A.B. Press II 3° | Unofficial Review Grips: Star Sidewinder, Undersized with Custom Tape Build-Up Ball: Snell MTB-X Optic Yellow Tracked By: Shot Scope H4 Bag: Personalized 2020 Sun Mountain Sync Riding On: Bag Boy Nitron | Official Review Thread WITB? | 2022 Reviewer Edel SMS Wedges | 2021 Reviewer Maxfli Tour and Tour X Balls | 2020 Participant #CobraConnect Challenge | 2019 Reviewer Callaway Epic Flash Driver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlow206 Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 54 minutes ago, Shankster said: Yep. I’m convinced that this thing was lying to me. About 50 all out swings today and I didn’t break 120 once with the driver... but I was swinging the 3 iron 119...? this thing is broken. I get weird readings with the swing speed radars. It will say my driver swing speed is like 65 mph... makes no sense sirchunksalot, Shankster, GolfSpy_SHARK and 2 others 4 1 Quote Follow my golf journey to break into the 80s Tester for the Titleist TSi Driver Spring 2020 MGS Tester for the Fujikura Motore X Shaft Updated 07/15/2022 Driver: Rogue St Max LS - Autoflex Fairway Woods: Rogue Max St 3HL and 7 Wood Irons: JPX 921 Hot Metal 5 to AW - Aerotech Steelfiber i95 Stiff parallel tip Wedges: Glide 4.0 54 and 58 Putter: PLD Custom Kushin 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParFore74x Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 3 hours ago, twyatt700 said: Yeah man, I’m the same way. What’s helped me is focusing on set up and tempo. I’ve avoided all filming this early season and my ball striking has been the best ever. I think chasing the perfect “swing” is the downfall of a lot of people, instead of focusing on what the ball does. Just my 2 cents. But there’s a lot of clinical evidence to support the external focus training vs internal focus See- Adam Young Golf Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy Well said. When I start to get into my own head and things got south for me, it usually ends up being setup and tempo that get it all back. twyatt700, sirchunksalot, cksurfdude and 1 other 4 Quote TSi3 10° w/ Mitsubishi Tensei 1K Black 65g TS2 15° 3W w/ Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black 6.0 70g 818 H1 21° Hybrid w/ Mitsubishi Tensei CK Blue 70g MP-18 MMC 2 iron w/ KBS Tour C-Taper S 120g JPX 921 HM 5-GW w/ Project X LZ 5.5 115g JB Forged 54° SW & 58° LW w/ Project X LZ 6.0 120g EV5.3 Black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirchunksalot Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 1 hour ago, dlow206 said: I get weird readings with the swing speed radars. It will say my driver swing speed is like 65 mph... makes no sense I've been trying to figure that one out for a bit. I know sometimes the radar won't record a swing if you swing too high. I think it just likes throwing out the 60 mph swing. On that note, I restarted SuperSpeed training yesterday. I was hoping to get some in tomorrow, but rain. I did see positive first day numbers, though. That's just 3 mph below my personal best. I also hit 114 with the next stick and 105 with the heaviest. Your post the other day about lighter grip pressure really helped to remind me not to try the death grip during my training. GolfSpy BOS, GolfSpy_SHARK, Shankster and 6 others 7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GolfSpy BOS Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 9 minutes ago, sirchunksalot said: I've been trying to figure that one out for a bit. I know sometimes the radar won't record a swing if you swing too high. I think it just likes throwing out the 60 mph swing. On that note, I restarted SuperSpeed training yesterday. I was hoping to get some in tomorrow, but rain. I did see positive first day numbers, though. That's just 3 mph below my personal best. I also hit 114 with the next stick and 105 with the heaviest. Your post the other day about lighter grip pressure really helped to remind me not to try the death grip during my training. my fastest swings are always when I feel no tension in my wrists at all. It actually can cause me to go past parallel with the superspeed sticks. I've really tried to mimic that feeling hitting balls, but its soooo hard to trust that the clubface is going to be remotely square... but most of the time it's actually pretty good! Nice speeds man. keep it going! edingc, Shapotomous, sirchunksalot and 4 others 7 Quote Epic Max LS 10.5 - Motore X F3 6X | Speedzone 5-wood - Ventus Blue 8S | TSi3 20* Hybrid - KBS Proto 85S SMS Pro 4-PW - Steelfiber i110S | MG3 Raw Black 50.09, 54.11, 58.11 - DG TI S200 ER2B | Pro V1x | NX9 Slope | Jones Trouper R | CaddyLite EZ v8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMookie Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Got to Hattiesburg, MS, just after the rain and was able to play 9 holes. First time hitting the new irons, so I dropped a ton of balls to practice approaches. They are very forgiving, and the distances were really consistent, so I was pretty happy. I putted well, and the chipping was pretty good, so overall it was nice to get out and just swing without keeping score. sirchunksalot, Kenny B, Shapotomous and 4 others 7 Quote Driver: Ping G430 Max 9*, Ping Tour 70X Fairway: Ping G425 15*, Ping Tour 70X Hybrid: Ping G425 22*, Ping Tour 80X Irons: Ping i230 4-GW, TT DG X100 Wedges: SMS 50D/54V/58DModus 130 stiff, +1” Putter: EAS 1.0 Ball: Titleist 2023 AVX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirchunksalot Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 7 minutes ago, B.Boston said: my fastest swings are always when I feel no tension in my wrists at all. It actually can cause me to go past parallel with the superspeed sticks. I've really tried to mimic that feeling hitting balls, but its soooo hard to trust that the clubface is going to be remotely square... but most of the time it's actually pretty good! Nice speeds man. keep it going! Thank you, Bryan! I'm hoping to at least get the first six weeks in before my work schedule gets super crazy after shutdown. I need to add at least 5-8 mph. I realize I need shorter shots into the green if I'm going to score well and lower my handicap. I'm kicking myself for not finishing up the training I started last year during lockdown. Shapotomous, Tom the Golf Nut, GolfSpy_SHARK and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlH Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 I killed some time at Oregon's candy store "Fiddler's Green" where they have an outdoor range for hitting demo clubs. I chose an Epic Speed, Epic Speed Max, Titleist TS1, and Cobra Rad, all with similar shafts and hit the range for a few buckets of balls. While hitting, I focused, not only on the club testing but, maintaining my angles through impact. I tend to have a bad habit of coming out of the angle with more level shoulders and hitting a fade to wicked slice. So, staying down I was able to hit some really decent drives. Of course, the balls had been hit a gazillion times and they're restricted flight balls to boot, but I was able to see the ball flights. Of the four clubs, I liked the Speed Max and the Cobra better than the Titleist and the Epic Speed. twyatt700, cksurfdude, sirchunksalot and 4 others 7 Quote Driver: Rogue ST Max (10.5* set at -1 and neutral) -- Mitsubishi Tensai Blue 55g R shaft Fairway: Rogue ST Max 3 wood (16.5*) and Heaven Wood (20*)-- Tensai Blue 55g R shaft Hybrids: Rogue ST Max 5H (23*)--Tensai Blue 55g R shaft Irons: Apex CF19 6-9, PW, AW -- KBS Tour Graphite TGI 70 shafts R +1/2 inch 3* upright Wedges: Edison 53* and 57* KBS PGI 80 Graphite +1/2 inch 2* upright Putter: L.A.B. DF 2.1 -- BGT Stability shaft Ball: Maxfli TourX...Golf Bag: Pioneer...Shoes: Hyperflex... Glove: Red Rooster Feather My Photography can be seen at Smugmug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shankster Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Nice work @sirchunksalot, my guess is you will see a significant jump in the coming weeks. Keep grinding Sir! sirchunksalot, cksurfdude and Shapotomous 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegan_Golfer_PNW Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Driver only at the range this morning. Hit some really solid. Still struggling with consistentcy. Putting green practicing with my old gamer and it was like riding a bike. i missed it. the Vegas may be going up for sale soon. cnosil, GolfSpy_SHARK, Kenny B and 3 others 6 Quote Follow my journey to enjoying golf and going low Driver: Epic Max LS Ventus Black 6x 44.5" 3wHL: Rogue ST LS 75x Tensei AV Blue w/ xlink 7w: Apex UW 21* MMT 80S DI: Caley 01X 18* with KBS PGH Stiff plus 95g 4-AW: 0211 with KBS Tour Stiff 2.5* up 3/4" long, Soft stepped, MOI matched Wedges Zipcore Putter: L.A.B. Directed Force 2.1 69*/35" in blue Ball: TBD Shot Tracking: Bag: Vessel VLX 2.0 Grip: Lamkin Sonar + Midsize My Reviews: Caley 01X Driving Iron Review 2023 Max Swing Speed Training and Speed Progress: Current Speed 120 in the MGS Speed Challenge (updated 3/15/23) TAIII #2 Review here: TAIII Impact #2 Putter ) Zipcore Tour Rack 54/full and 58/mid (review here) 0211 2019 Unofficial Review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuac3 Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Yesterday I hit some balls to test a 7-iron for a potential new set. GolfSpy_SHARK, Shapotomous, Vegan_Golfer_PNW and 1 other 4 Quote Driver: Profile SGI 10.5* Hybrid (4H): Hot Launch 4 22* Hybrid (5H): Profile SGI Irons (6-PW, SW): Profile SGI Putter: White Hot XG #1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegan_Golfer_PNW Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Worked on the step drill today to try to make sure I am getting to my front at impact. Really good results with the divot board. Brought the feel to planemate work and it told me right away I was flipping. Worked on rotation and wall la. Will have to see how it translates to the course in ten days or so. Will try to try to overdue that feel. thechrisgibbs, sirchunksalot, cksurfdude and 2 others 5 Quote Follow my journey to enjoying golf and going low Driver: Epic Max LS Ventus Black 6x 44.5" 3wHL: Rogue ST LS 75x Tensei AV Blue w/ xlink 7w: Apex UW 21* MMT 80S DI: Caley 01X 18* with KBS PGH Stiff plus 95g 4-AW: 0211 with KBS Tour Stiff 2.5* up 3/4" long, Soft stepped, MOI matched Wedges Zipcore Putter: L.A.B. Directed Force 2.1 69*/35" in blue Ball: TBD Shot Tracking: Bag: Vessel VLX 2.0 Grip: Lamkin Sonar + Midsize My Reviews: Caley 01X Driving Iron Review 2023 Max Swing Speed Training and Speed Progress: Current Speed 120 in the MGS Speed Challenge (updated 3/15/23) TAIII #2 Review here: TAIII Impact #2 Putter ) Zipcore Tour Rack 54/full and 58/mid (review here) 0211 2019 Unofficial Review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny B Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Headed to the range after the long trip to SoCal. Hope my problems are related to sitting in the car and not my time with Monte. I know what I have to do, but it's so hard to do it with a dang ball staring at me. It was ugly!! Need more time on the range ... The course had punched all of the greens while I was gone. They were blowing all of the plugs (and balls!) off the pitching green while I was on the range... The good news is that since the practice putting green was also punched, no one spent any time practicing before they teed off. The green was empty. So I spent an hour practicing chips/pitches with my 60º. With people on the green I can't use the entire green for long shots. Practiced low/med/high shots picking my spot to land the ball. I don't use the pitching green for shots less than 25 yards because it's fairly small and the speed is much slower than the greens on the course. The putting green is a better choice to see how the ball rolls out. GolfSpy_SHARK, cksurfdude, sirchunksalot and 3 others 6 Quote “We don’t stop playing the game because we get old; we get old because we stop playing the game.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bens197 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Took the 56* Tiger Grind out with the dude for a run and hit a bunch of different shots. Open face, full swing and pitches just to get the feel and see how I can make it work for me. One thing that I never had the confidence to do was open the face of a higher bounce 56* wedge. The heel relief is so good on this thing it's silly. First impressions were a very easy to hit wedge and a much more solid feel at impact. The previous generation milled grind wedge felt very tinny at impact, this one doesn't even fall in the same ballpark. So far, so good. Shankster, Shapotomous, MattWillGolf and 6 others 9 Quote Titleist TSi3 Fujikura Speeder NX Blue 60X TaylorMade SIM2 3 wood Fujilkura Ventus Blue 7-X Titleist U505 2 Tensei 1K Black 85 X Titleist T100 4-P Nippon Modus 3 120X PING S159 50-S 55-H 59-T DG X100 Vokey SM8 50, SM9 54 & 60 Nippon Modus 3 120s L.A.B. MEZZ Max Broom Accra 47" 79.5* Srixon Z-Star XV Currently testing the 2024 PING S159 wedges… https://forum.mygolfspy.com/topic/63483-testers-announced-ping-s159-wedges/ Was testing, still loving the 2023 Titleist T100 Irons 4-P https://forum.mygolfspy.com/topic/60456-titleist-t-series-irons-2023-forum-review/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfish! Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Lately been going through a swing change which surprisingly did not take a long time to take hold and now I am hitting great driver shots. Noticed I was swaying a lot in my backswing and focused on rotation. Left video is where I first started noticing the sway. To be honest, I knew I was swaying in the past but kind of forgot about it. I draw the lines at address to see how much my body has moved off the initial starting line. The white line is centered on my spine at address. The right video is about a week or so in after trying to control the sway. Still moving off but my trail leg is noticeably different at the top of my backswing. This is after a few weeks of focusing on rotation. Not a full swing but a slow motion practice swing to get into the right position. This is where I want to be in the full swing. An actual full swing. Noticeably not moving as much off my center line as the white line is centered more on my spine. My trail leg has not moved closer to the red line. You see less of my belt buckle as I am actually rotating and not swaying. Also a bonus I got with the rotation is my lead shoulder is pointed more down at the ball. In the first picture it almost looks like I am standing straight up. I am getting much more consistent contact. Now I am focusing on keeping that left arm straight through the swing as I noticed I get more speed and higher smash when I focus on that in the swing. The green line in the last photo is where I see my shaft in a slow motion practice swing. The actual swing makes me want to swing "harder" so I always end up bending that trail arm! sirchunksalot, cksurfdude, GolfSpy_SHARK and 6 others 9 Quote Driver : SIM2 Max 9* MC Kuro Kago Silver 60 Stiff Woods : GS53 3 Wood 14* Mitsubish Tensei Blue 73g Regular Hybrids: 949X Project X HZRDUS RDX Black Irons : 699 Pro Black 5-AW 1* flat KBS Tour V 90 Stiff Shafts Wedges : 52, 56, 60 Putter : Spider Red Bag : lightweight cart bag | Dry Series Bag Ball : TP5 PIX (2019) | ProV1x (2021) Rangefinder : ULT-X Pushcart : M5 GPS DHC Electric Push Cart SoCal, USA Right handed HDCP 16.4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revkev Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 They redid our back range and it opened yesterday. I was able to drop by and try it out between a burial at sea (ash scattering) and heading into church for this evening’s service.It’s beautiful. New sod, four times the practice area, enhanced short game area also.Worked on my new wedges especially pitching and flighting full shots down as happing between my longest iron (6) and 9 wood. That’s a big issue - I knew that it was but now I have proof. I carry 8 iron 135, 7 148, 6, 153, 9 wood 170 - oops. :(I will practice more with the 6 iron over the next few weeks but we may see a hybrid coming back to that spot, soon. :)Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy sirchunksalot, cnosil, Shapotomous and 2 others 5 Quote Taylor Made Stealth 2 10.5 Diamana S plus 60 Aldila R flex - 42.25 inches SMT 4 wood bassara R flex, four wood head, 3 wood shaft Ping G410 7, 9 wood Alta 65 R flex Srixon ZX5 MK II 5-GW - UST recoil Dart 65 R flex India 52,56 (60 pending) UST recoil 75's R flex Evon roll ER 5 32 inches It's our offseason so auditioning candidates - looking for that right mix of low spin long, more spin around the greens - TBD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirchunksalot Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 My wife and I were getting out this evening to run around and just get out of the house, so I talked her in to going to the range. The session started out well as I was hitting chip shots to a stake 25 yards out and seeing good distance control. I moved on to 50 yard shots and the shanks decided to show up. I was able to finally get them under control after telling myself to rotate and not to flail at the ball with my arms. I started working on irons, I was planning to try to intentionally hit different locations on the face, but here came the shanks again. So I went to a gate drill and hit the ball better. I was hitting some bad shots when I told my wife, "I know what I'm doing wrong". My weight shift became sloppy and I could feel my weight on my right heel. I've mentioned a lot in trying to imagine myself slinging the club down the range and that promotes me shifting to my lead side. I also realized in standing over the ball way too long and need to work on a trigger to start my swing sooner. My driver and fairways were good, so I was pretty pleased with that. I have an 11:50 tee time tomorrow and how I can see some good results on the course. cksurfdude, Shapotomous, Tom the Golf Nut and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny B Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 1 hour ago, sirchunksalot said: My wife and I were getting out this evening to run around and just get out of the house, so I talked her in to going to the range. The session started out well as I was hitting chip shots to a stake 25 yards out and seeing good distance control. I moved on to 50 yard shots and the shanks decided to show up. I was able to finally get them under control after telling myself to rotate and not to flail at the ball with my arms. I started working on irons, I was planning to try to intentionally hit different locations on the face, but here came the shanks again. So I went to a gate drill and hit the ball better. I was hitting some bad shots when I told my wife, "I know what I'm doing wrong". My weight shift became sloppy and I could feel my weight on my right heel. I've mentioned a lot in trying to imagine myself slinging the club down the range and that promotes me shifting to my lead side. I also realized in standing over the ball way too long and need to work on a trigger to start my swing sooner. My driver and fairways were good, so I was pretty pleased with that. I have an 11:50 tee time tomorrow and how I can see some good results on the course. A friend of mine stands over the ball a looong time. I've watched him on the range, but have never played with him; he's a +2. I asked him what he's doing standing over the ball so long (he hits great shots). He said that he only started his swing when his mind was absolutely clear of ANY thoughts. I honestly don't think that's possible for me!! sirchunksalot, cnosil, twyatt700 and 2 others 3 2 Quote “We don’t stop playing the game because we get old; we get old because we stop playing the game.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozzit Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 Got a good range session in yoday course was packed so just wanted to get some swings in. Had the wife with me and we had a fun teaching sessions she can now successfully hit most clubs in the air and they all go 30 yards. Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk Shapotomous, cnosil, sirchunksalot and 1 other 3 1 Quote Driver: Ben Hogan GS53 4W: Maltby KE4 2i: Maltby KE4 FDI 4-PW: Maltby TS-1 - C-Taper 120g 50,54,58: Maltby TSW Putter: L.A.B. DF2.1 Accra Shaft 2023 Forum Testers - L.A.B. Putters Ball: Mixed prefer ProV1 or Snell Handicap: 9.2 - Best Score: 72 (E) Springdale CC, Canton NC -2022 2020 Forum Tester - Ben Hogan GS53 Driver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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