BostonSal Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 I practice in April. I'm roughly half-way between practice sessions. Very admiring of the dedication, however. It may have served me well at some point. Quote Louisville Golf Persimmon___2, 4, 5, 7-woods; Epon AF-906___driving iron; Titleist T100 5, 6, 7, 8, 9-irons; Titleist T100S___48°; Edison 2.0___53º; Titleist SM-9 (T)___58º; Tad Moore Otto Hackbarth___putter; Titleist Pro V1x___ball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cksurfdude Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 I've been getting a lot of traction out of _not_ hitting golf balls (..plus it's helping save the old, achy back for an actual round)... ..been doing the Slow Motion Drill, including breaking it down into pieces; vary using just an old steel shaft, a weighted trainer iron and even trying it with an Orange Whip. Finally starting to understand the body movements and positions my instructor has been trying to drill (literally) into my aging brain Kenny B, cnosil, RollingGreens and 1 other 4 Quote WITB of an "aspiring" play-ah ... Driver...Callaway Paradym (Aldila Ascent PL Blue 40/A) 5W...Callaway Great Big Bertha (MCA Kai'Li Red 50/R) 7W...Tour Edge Exotics EXS (Tensei CK Blue 50/R) 4H...Callaway Epic Super Hybrid (Recoil ZT9 F3) 5H...Callaway Big Bertha ('19) (Recoil 460 ESX F3) 6i-GW...Sub 70 699 V2 (Recoil 660 F3) 54°, 60°...Cleveland CBX2, CBX 60 (Rotex graphite) Putter...EvnRoll ER5 or MLA Tour XDream (P2 Reflex grips) ...all in a Datrek bag on an MGI Zip Navigator electric cart. Ball often, not always, MaxFli Tour. Forum Member tester for the Paradym X driver (2023) Forum Member tester for the ExPutt Putting Simulator (2020) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeathS16 Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Got the Rapsodo to finally work today: nice little indoor session focusing on ball striking. RollingGreens, juspoole, JerryB and 3 others 6 Quote Driver: TSi3 Tester Check out the Review HERE 2-Iron- 699-U 5-Wood: Pro (18*) Irons : i210 4-PW Wedges: RTX-4 50* and 54* RTX-3 *58 Putter: Impact No. 3 Ball: MAXFLI TOUR Tracked by: Bag: BagBoy ZTF Stand Bag (REVIEW HERE) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sirchunksalot Posted October 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 10, 2021 My local course was having a tournament today, so I decided to hit up the range to work on some of the moves from my lesson a couple of weeks back. I haven't been able to do anything at the house the last week due to a bit of soreness in my lower back, but it's a whole lot better today, so why not go hit some balls? I want to send a shout out to @cksurfdude for being so kind by sending me a Power Up wedge that straps to your trail foot to help with weight shift by getting pressure to the inside of your trail foot on the backswing. It worked awesomely! While not perfect, my iron striking was pretty good today. I realized ball position was a little far forward as I was hitting and moved it back a bit, which eliminated a lot of my fat shots. I had a few stinkers when I got into the habit of swinging with my arms instead of relying on my body to do the work. Fairway woods were decent, ball position played a factor in that, too. Once I straightened that out, I was hitting them pretty clean. Driver was still good, I did hit a couple of toey duck hooks that were ugly. But overall, I was happy with how I was hitting the big dog. mikeanthony, cnosil, edingc and 7 others 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichL85 Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Combination of testing/tweaking and practice today. Threw some grips on my 7-iron and PW along with some strips of lead tape to find out where I liked them for SW with the new Nippon Modus3 Tour 120 shafts. Using these as my test clubs before I put the rest of my irons together because I wasn't sure if I wanted to try an MOI matched set. Turns out I do. 7-iron performed best at a D4 and the PW at a D6 using 3/8" steps. Will put the rest together somewhere along the line later today. Except for the wedges. Those will have to wait because of some screwy mistakes thanks to the less than trustworthy individual that put the Rifle shafts in years ago. Live and learn right? Haven't swung an iron in a few weeks because of the shaft situation so I just wanted to get some swings in. Everything seemed good so I took out the HiBore XL and it's potential replacement to compare side by side. I've been working on some speed training drills so I wanted to see where I was at. I'm continuing to see steady, slow progress as long as I clear the 17,000 thoughts out of my head. The more I think about the mechanics of my swing, the tighter my body goes and it really restricts me. Kenny B, JerryB, bens197 and 2 others 5 Quote Driver: PXG 0811XF Gen 4 w/ Fujikura Motore X F3 6- 3 Wood: PXG 0341XF Gen 4 w/ Mitsubishi Diamana S+ 70g Hybrids: 19 and 22 degree PXG 0317XF Gen 4 w/ Project X Evenflow Riptide 80g Irons: 5-PW PXG 0311P Gen 4 w/ KBS Tour 120 Wedges: Indi 50 FLX, 54 FLX, 58 ATK w/ KBS Wedge 610 (Official Review) Putter: Battle Ready Blackjack, 36.5”, Double Bend neck Spornia SPG-7 hitting net review 2023 Titleist White Box ProV1 review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chisag Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 32 minutes ago, RichL85 said: I'm continuing to see steady, slow progress as long as I clear the 17,000 thoughts out of my head. The more I think about the mechanics of my swing, the tighter my body goes and it really restricts me. ... I played with 2 beginners yesterday in their mid 20's and both have been playing a little less than 1 year. One of them froze over the ball, clearly tensing up after 2 very deliberate practice swings and hit some horrendous shots off the tee. Dribbled one about 10yds, ran and grabbed it and was gonna hit it off the tee again. I said "Try this once. Step up with no practice swings and take no time at all and just swing the club." He hit his best drive of the day and said he was so uncomfortable doing it he just couldn't do it again. He agreed it was his best tee shot but said it was just a lucky drive because he didn't even have time to think about what he was doing. GaDawg, Tom the Golf Nut, cnosil and 5 others 1 7 Quote Driver: Qi10 10.5* ... Ventus Red Velocore 5R Fairway: Qi10 5 wood ... Kai'li Blue 60R Hybrids: 430 Hybrid 22*... Diamana LTD 65r DHy #4 ... Steelfiber 780Hy Irons: '23 T200 5-Pw ... Steelfiber i95r Wedges: Vokey 50*/54*/58* ... Steelfiber i95r Putter: Sport-60 33" Ball: Maxfli/ Maxfli Tour/TP5x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny B Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 1 hour ago, chisag said: ... I played with 2 beginners yesterday in their mid 20's and both have been playing a little less than 1 year. One of them froze over the ball, clearly tensing up after 2 very deliberate practice swings and hit some horrendous shots off the tee. Dribbled one about 10yds, ran and grabbed it and was gonna hit it off the tee again. I said "Try this once. Step up with no practice swings and take no time at all and just swing the club." He hit his best drive of the day and said he was so uncomfortable doing it he just couldn't do it again. He agreed it was his best tee shot but said it was just a lucky drive because he didn't even have time to think about what he was doing. Did you tell that was the whole point of playing... not thinking what he was doing?? sirchunksalot, cksurfdude and GaDawg 3 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...
chisag Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 12 minutes ago, Kenny B said: Did you tell that was the whole point of playing... not thinking what he was doing?? ... He was pretty adamant about "keeping his routine". I did what I could and hopefully planted a seed that grows down the line. I usually never give unsolicited advice but it was so painful watching him I felt I had to this time. cksurfdude, Vegan_Golfer_PNW, Rickp and 3 others 6 Quote Driver: Qi10 10.5* ... Ventus Red Velocore 5R Fairway: Qi10 5 wood ... Kai'li Blue 60R Hybrids: 430 Hybrid 22*... Diamana LTD 65r DHy #4 ... Steelfiber 780Hy Irons: '23 T200 5-Pw ... Steelfiber i95r Wedges: Vokey 50*/54*/58* ... Steelfiber i95r Putter: Sport-60 33" Ball: Maxfli/ Maxfli Tour/TP5x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haro Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 (edited) Brought out my old Odessay 9 putter. Toe hang and heel shafted. Not many players use it on tour except Mickelson. Immediately felts really good putting on the green. Something about the design makes me forward press for shorter putts. I like letting the club rotate and swing naturally from long distance For shorter putt I tend to forward press and lean the shaft ( it feels my way to reduce putter face rotation. ) I think modern putter designs are too complicated for me. Need to go back in time once in a while to figure out my stroke I’m pretty sure most of today’s putter shaft insertion like plumbers neck. And the goose necks have a built in forward lean now that I think about it. I really didn’t need to forward press those types of putter For whatever reason I kinda miss that part of my routine with the old style putters Edited October 11, 2021 by Haro cksurfdude, JerryB and sirchunksalot 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juspoole Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Got the Skytrak up for a bit for some last minute numbers for my review of the T100-S. It was such a nice day that I decided to go to the range - Bad Idea! By that point, I had made so many swings that I could not get through the bucket and my timing was gone. I'm playing on Wednesday at one of my favorite courses in the area - The Fort Golf Course in Indianapolis and hoping I have it back by then. cksurfdude, sirchunksalot, RollingGreens and 3 others 6 Quote Driver: Mavrik Sub Zero 9* (Set to 10) Ventus Blue 6X 2 Hybrid: TSI3 Hybrid Tensei Blue 80 X (17.25*) 3 Hybrid 818 H2 Hybrid Hzrdus RDX Black 6.5 (20.5*) 4 Iron - T200 4 Iron Graphite Design Tour AD IZ X Hybrid Shaft Irons 5-PW: T100-S 5 - GW KBS Tour 130 X Gap/Sand Wedge: Vokey SM6 49* SM8 54* Lob Wedge: Jaws 5 Wedge 58* DG Tour Issue Stiff Putter: Phantom 5.5 34" Pro Platinum Newport 2 35" Taylormade Tour Black Spider 34" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlow206 Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 It was a combo of practice and equipment optimization. Rolling some putts indoors with the new putter I built, White Hot OG 1W with a LAGP 105 shaft and P2 classic grip. I knew the key for me was to add some counterweighting, but had to get creative because with the length of the graphite shaft, the inner diameter was too small to fit any traditional counterweight on the market (even the Tourlock Slim wouldn't fit). So I took off the actual weight of the Tourlock and was left a long bolt and the cap on it. That bolt is a little over 30 grams. Put some electrical tape on it so that it wouldn't bang around in the shaft. That counterweighting stabilized the hands and wrists for me, much smoother stroke. Now it feels like a back and forth stroke, not a back and then hit. cnosil, Syks7, Vegan_Golfer_PNW and 3 others 6 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...
Haro Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Trying to be more accurate on the really short chips and green side bunker shots with fast downhill greens I feel that if I hold the wedge however open and close and then follow a routine in which I then regrip with my top hand I can keep that face angle And my hands will not want the clubface to rotate and square up. Felt really good for those touch shots around the green JerryB, cksurfdude and sirchunksalot 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haro Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 (edited) Missing short putts when I last played Practice 2 footers to gain confidence and slowly moved back one foot at a time I think what happening is that I get that I move my head and eyes during the stroke With short putts 2.5 feet my head stays still and I can see the hole in the peripheral of visual fields I sure that why no one misses under 2 feet Dont why I don’t do this anymore but I use to look a spot just back of the ball and make sure my was square to that spot at impact at contact. Was good for keeping my ball online and prevents me for looking up to early Edited October 11, 2021 by Haro cnosil, cksurfdude, sirchunksalot and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Strokes Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 great range session tonight. i had my wedges bent 2* flat to fight my constant left miss with wedge shots and everything was point and shoot. i was hitting the ball on my number and on my target. after warming up with half a bucket, i decided to “play a round”. i went through the first 15 holes of my home course and my swing felt really free and easy through the whole bag. i pured an 8 iron right at the 175 flag on “15” and called it a day there. i ended with a short driver speed session. 20 all out swings not caring about where the ball went. i’m trying to establish a baseline for this winter’s speed training and possibly a shot at competing in long drive. here’s the best swing of the night. most of the rest were 128+ edingc, GolfSpy_SHARK, Rickp and 6 others 8 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...
Haro Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 (edited) Maybe I’m going crazy but now I’m going through the 3rd putter that “works” I was having trouble with my short putts and grab an old Newport that I thought I was hoping to sell. Tried different setup and styles then old of sudden I was sinking a lot of putts Went to another green that had steep uphill and downhill with lots of break just to make sure it’s not just “practice” on the same flat green all the time that made it easier. I been using mallets and it always felt that I was suppose to hit the ball on the center. That felt good. With the Newport I was sinking putts hitting closer to the toe. Plus I was having excellent distance control. Short putts were tough as I like to “bang” ball in. Lots of lip outs. Then I tried this routine where I would bounce the putter on the ground Do a practice stroke with my left arm at the cup without holding the putter Setup to putt , then lift the putter off the ground with my left arm only (I guess it would be like a hover) and my stroke seem to have excellent back of the cup speed. No lip outs. Worked well as I got further away from the hole. The other way I did it was wiping the toe and lightly tap the toe of the putter on the green before putting. This routine gave me more inconsistent results but was much better when I had a downhill break Edited October 12, 2021 by Haro Rickp, cksurfdude and sirchunksalot 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnosil Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 Went to the short game practice area to work on my pitches again. Overall went pretty well; contact and distance control were both pretty good. Only problem was I hit into a yellow ball family reunion. I apologized and asked if they knew @Yellow Ball They all got pretty quiet when I mentioned him so I just dropped the subject. When I was leaving I got stopped by Bob; I am terrible with names and I think he said it was Bob. Anyway Bob said that that are all a little hesitant to talk about @Yellow Ball since he skips all the family events and seems to like hanging out with MGS people more. I heard some great stories from Bob, he was up from Augusta and lives in the pond on the 16th at Augusta National. He said it favorite time of the year was the Masters when the players skip balls across the pond, He just has to keep his head down. Bob also said while the group as a whole has a couple of Vice's, @Yellow Ball had a good looking cover, but if you looked at the core he was a little off center. Rickp, Chip Strokes, sirchunksalot and 5 others 1 7 Quote Driver: G400 Max 9* w/ KBS Tour Driven Fairway: TS3 15* w/Project X Hzardous Smoke Hybrids: 915H 21* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype 915H 24* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype Irons: TR20V 6-11 w/Vizard TR20-85 Graphite Wedge: 54/12D, 60/8M w/:Accra iWedge 90 Graphite Putter: Sacks Parente MC 3 Stripe Backup Putters: Milled Collection RSX 2, mFGP2, Futura 5W, TM-180 Member: MGS Hitsquad since 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickp Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 22 minutes ago, cnosil said: Went to the short game practice area to work on my pitches again. Overall went pretty well; contact and distance control were both pretty good. Only problem was I hit into a yellow ball family reunion. I apologized and asked if they knew @Yellow Ball They all got pretty quiet when I mentioned him so I just dropped the subject. When I was leaving I got stopped by Bob; I am terrible with names and I think he said it was Bob. Anyway Bob said that that are all a little hesitant to talk about @Yellow Ball since he skips all the family events and seems to like hanging out with MGS people more. I heard some great stories from Bob, he was up from Augusta and lives in the pond on the 16th at Augusta National. He said it favorite time of the year was the Masters when the players skip balls across the pond, He just has to keep his head down. Bob also said while the group as a whole has a couple of Vice's, @Yellow Ball had a good looking cover, but if you looked at the core he was a little off center. Now that’s funny!! The “Hat” wast there? GolfSpy_SHARK, sirchunksalot and cksurfdude 3 Quote Rick Left Hand, Driver; PXG 0311XF Cypher 50 gr Senior 5 wood; Ping 425, Senior Shaft 55 gr 7 wood; Ping 425, Senior Shaft 55 gr 5 hybrid; Cally Steelhead, Hazardous R2 Irons; Mizuno JPX 923HM 7-GW Recoil 460 F2 Wedges; Titleist S9 54*, Mizuno SW 56* Putter; Waaay too many to list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Ball Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 17 minutes ago, cnosil said: Went to the short game practice area to work on my pitches again. Overall went pretty well; contact and distance control were both pretty good. Only problem was I hit into a yellow ball family reunion. I apologized and asked if they knew @Yellow Ball They all got pretty quiet when I mentioned him so I just dropped the subject. When I was leaving I got stopped by Bob; I am terrible with names and I think he said it was Bob. Anyway Bob said that that are all a little hesitant to talk about @Yellow Ball since he skips all the family events and seems to like hanging out with MGS people more. I heard some great stories from Bob, he was up from Augusta and lives in the pond on the 16th at Augusta National. He said it favorite time of the year was the Masters when the players skip balls across the pond, He just has to keep his head down. Bob also said while the group as a whole has a couple of Vice's, @Yellow Ball had a good looking cover, but if you looked at the core he was a little off center. I see the Vice's are a little green with envy being around greatness. You know what happens when you try to put a round ball in square pants? .......... you wind up with a face like that! Sushhhhh, your not supposed to tell people I'm a little off center. Why do you think I'm hardly in the fairway? I know I'm warped (and it's not just my sense of humor). If they stop hitting me then I'll have no stories to tell. sirchunksalot, cksurfdude, Rickp and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnosil Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 22 minutes ago, Yellow Ball said: I see the Vice's are a little green with envy being around greatness. You know what happens when you try to put a round ball in square pants? .......... you wind up with a face like that! Sushhhhh, your not supposed to tell people I'm a little off center. Why do you think I'm hardly in the fairway? I know I'm warped (and it's not just my sense of humor). If they stop hitting me then I'll have no stories to tell. I think they were a little under the weather after having soaked up to much of the chemicals they recently put on the grass; they have a little chemical dependency Bob also said you really don't like my area of town ever since they did this to Red Ball as part of #FindItCutIt https://twitter.com/GolfSpyT/status/1193631108178546689?s=20 Rickp, GolfSpy_SHARK, Kenny B and 2 others 1 4 Quote Driver: G400 Max 9* w/ KBS Tour Driven Fairway: TS3 15* w/Project X Hzardous Smoke Hybrids: 915H 21* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype 915H 24* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype Irons: TR20V 6-11 w/Vizard TR20-85 Graphite Wedge: 54/12D, 60/8M w/:Accra iWedge 90 Graphite Putter: Sacks Parente MC 3 Stripe Backup Putters: Milled Collection RSX 2, mFGP2, Futura 5W, TM-180 Member: MGS Hitsquad since 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirchunksalot Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 25 minutes ago, cnosil said: I think they were a little under the weather after having soaked up to much of the chemicals they recently put on the grass; they have a little chemical dependency Bob also said you really don't like my area of town ever since they did this to Red Ball as part of #FindItCutIt https://twitter.com/GolfSpyT/status/1193631108178546689?s=20 I can imagine @Yellow Ball wants to stay away from anything that goes snip, snip. Poor Red Ball, cut down on his prime. Rickp, cksurfdude, GolfSpy_SHARK and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny B Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 46 minutes ago, sirchunksalot said: I can imagine @Yellow Ball wants to stay away from anything that goes snip, snip. Poor Red Ball, cut down on his prime. I play with someone who plays Red Ball. He never had a prime. cksurfdude, cnosil, sirchunksalot and 2 others 5 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...
Syks7 Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 At the wedges again in the back yard. Finally feeling a bit of a groove with the Stan Utley stuff and really starting to get the feel for the right stroke. The grip, takeaway, and release are starting to feel a little more natural and I'm starting to feel like I have really good face control. Today I mostly worked on getting proper contact and controlling distance. I've devised a little back yard game that takes a bit to accomplish. My daughter's sandbox is a 6x6 octagon that I put my 2' chipping net in the center of. The goal , from the 10 or so yards of space I have, is to land all of the 100 or so random golf balls I have in the shag bag in either the chipping net or the sand box. Eventually the aim will be to hit them all into the net, but at this point in the short game rebuild I think a 6x6 target qualifies as close for me. Anything I miss gets shagged and brought back to the matt until I land ever ball in either the net or sandbox. The first time I did it I ran out of time to accomplish the task (hours). The second time it took me right around an hour with long stretches of major frustration at misses. Today I did it in about 30 minutes with a shockingly large % in the actual net. That was the major victory today. The other victories today were that I don't think I skulled a single shot and I all of a sudden have enough hand eye coordination and face control to pick up a golf ball from the grass by popping into the air with a wedge. I have literally never been able to do that until today. sirchunksalot, Kenny B, cnosil and 5 others 7 1 Quote Driver 0311 Gen 5 -- Tensei CK Orange 60 Woods 0341 3W -- Tensei AV Raw Blue Hybrids 0317X 2&4 -- Tensei AV Raw Blue Irons ZX7 4/AW -- C-Taper Lite 110 Wedges T7 55º @55/7 -- TT DG Spinner Putter DF2.1 or Link.1 -- Accra Ball Zstar Diamond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mikeanthony Posted October 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 13, 2021 Nothing like crisp morning fall weather, long shadows, morning dew, a cup of coffee, and a range sess. Hope the weather is as spectacular for the rest of you Spies. edingc, Rickp, Kenny B and 8 others 8 3 Quote Driver: G410 SFT 10.5* 3W: Speedzone 14.5* Hybrid: TS2 19* & 21* Irons: Forged Tec One Length (5i-GW) Wedges: T22 55* & 59* Putter: 002 Mid-Mallet Ball: Callaway Chrome Soft LS & Prime-X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revkev Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 I was having such a nice practice session until I walked over to the practice green and the s!$@:s popped up out of nowhere with my 59. I eliminating them after a bit with full shots back on the range and the 59 is out, replaced by my SCOR 60. I did monkey with the loft settings on my driver before settling back to what worked at my fitting - 1 lower. Mainly hit random shots once my issue was resolved - sort of a simulated round. JerryB, cksurfdude, GolfSpy_SHARK and 6 others 9 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...
Popular Post Kenny B Posted October 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 13, 2021 My wife played with her Ladies group today, so I headed out for a little practice. I decided to take my Macgregors out for a spin today; haven't hit them in years. However, the range put out the mats last week, and I wanted to hit them off grass. After a few warmups (I was the only one on the range!!) I managed to find the 1st hole open. This guy knows me, or rather he knows my wife as she feeds them peanuts in the shell, and I'm known by association. Sorry!! I'm not the Nut Lady! I also walked today since the weather was sunny but crisp this morning. Pond between #1 tee, #7 tee and fairway, and #9 fairway and green: Met another single on Hole #2 in a cart; nice guy recovering from prostate cancer and a subsequent infection. Poor guy nearly died. It was his second time out this year, and he was still very wobbly. Behind the #2 green, condos are popping up. These were started a few weeks ago. I didn't keep score and sometimes hit multiple shots. With my new Monte swing change I hit the Macs pretty well. They sure feel good when I hit the ball like I should. Surprisingly, bad shots were just bad, and didn't really hurt the hands, even though the temp was about 45º. I may take them out for a full round this weekend. GolfSpy_SHARK, cksurfdude, Rickp and 8 others 11 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...
PMookie Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 I went to the range and hit a large bucket. Who knows if anything will transfer to the course this weekend, it hasn’t lately!!! cksurfdude, Kenny B, bens197 and 6 others 9 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...
Popular Post cksurfdude Posted October 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 14, 2021 Had a good indoor lesson today working on wedges - especially contact and distance control. Instructor put me in different virtual situations around a few greens on the sim, varying the carry & rollout on each shot. Really helpful session as wedge play had been costing me strokes my last few rounds. cnosil, Shapotomous, JerryB and 7 others 10 Quote WITB of an "aspiring" play-ah ... Driver...Callaway Paradym (Aldila Ascent PL Blue 40/A) 5W...Callaway Great Big Bertha (MCA Kai'Li Red 50/R) 7W...Tour Edge Exotics EXS (Tensei CK Blue 50/R) 4H...Callaway Epic Super Hybrid (Recoil ZT9 F3) 5H...Callaway Big Bertha ('19) (Recoil 460 ESX F3) 6i-GW...Sub 70 699 V2 (Recoil 660 F3) 54°, 60°...Cleveland CBX2, CBX 60 (Rotex graphite) Putter...EvnRoll ER5 or MLA Tour XDream (P2 Reflex grips) ...all in a Datrek bag on an MGI Zip Navigator electric cart. Ball often, not always, MaxFli Tour. Forum Member tester for the Paradym X driver (2023) Forum Member tester for the ExPutt Putting Simulator (2020) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny B Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 28 minutes ago, cksurfdude said: Had a good indoor lesson today working on wedges - especially contact and distance control. Instructor put me in different virtual situations around a few greens on the sim, varying the carry & rollout on each shot. Really helpful session as wedge play had been costing me strokes my last few rounds. Do you have a course nearby where you can do the same thing on grass? This is one of my favorite things to practice when I go to our course. sirchunksalot, Shapotomous and cksurfdude 3 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...
Shapotomous Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 I've been trying to get some video of swings with the Sub70 849 Pro recently for review purposes and noticed I am not getting very good wrist set. So I worked on that last evening and could see a difference in the 5 & 6 iron ballflight especially. A little more distance and I didn't feel like I was jerking through the impact zone to get it. I just have to remember that swing thought the next time out. @Kenny B the course looks like its in great shape. JerryB, cksurfdude, sirchunksalot and 1 other 4 Quote Modern Bag: G410 LST 10.5*, Hzrdus Smoke RDX 6.5 Flex; 915F 3w, Diamana S+ 70 S flex; Snake Eyes 18* 2h, 23* 4h & 27* 5h; JPX 900 Forged 6 - PW, PX LZ 6.0; Edison 2.0 49*, 53*, 57* KBS Tour 120 S; Heppler Fetch; Ball - MTB-X; Bag - Jones MyGolfSpy Edition! Shot Scope H4, MG600 Rangefinder Classic Bag: Driver - Persimmon; 3w - Speed Slot; 5w - Tour Block; 3 - pw - Dynapower; sw - Ram Tom Watson; putter - bullseye standard or flange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juspoole Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 On 10/11/2021 at 6:58 PM, Chip Strokes said: i had my wedges bent 2* flat to fight my constant left miss with wedge shots and everything was point and shoot. i was hitting the ball on my number and on my target. I usually buy wedges off the rack and don't think about having them checked. After some issues with my 58* Callaway MD5 coming up much shorter than I would think and just being a bit all over the place than what I'm accustomed to, I had all my wedges checked. Sure enough, I started to get the flight I was looking for and flying the distance I would expect. I was surprised how much a little adjustment made, and while I still don't love the MD5, it's been much better and at least consistent. Glad it's working out so well after your adjustment as well. cksurfdude, JerryB, cnosil and 2 others 5 Quote Driver: Mavrik Sub Zero 9* (Set to 10) Ventus Blue 6X 2 Hybrid: TSI3 Hybrid Tensei Blue 80 X (17.25*) 3 Hybrid 818 H2 Hybrid Hzrdus RDX Black 6.5 (20.5*) 4 Iron - T200 4 Iron Graphite Design Tour AD IZ X Hybrid Shaft Irons 5-PW: T100-S 5 - GW KBS Tour 130 X Gap/Sand Wedge: Vokey SM6 49* SM8 54* Lob Wedge: Jaws 5 Wedge 58* DG Tour Issue Stiff Putter: Phantom 5.5 34" Pro Platinum Newport 2 35" Taylormade Tour Black Spider 34" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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