Popular Post GolfSpy MPR Posted June 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 21, 2018 As a pastor, good theology is really important to me. But the golf course is a bit of an exception. While my confession says that I believe in one true God, I also kinda believe in the golf gods. (Don't tell my congregation.) So I thought it would be good here to compile the doctrine of the golf gods. What are things that we know about them? With any luck, we'll have some substantive disagreements about the doctrine of the golf gods, forcing us to form golf denominations :-) I'll start. 1. The most fundamental truth of the golf gods is this: they will always punish hubris. Any comment about having solved this game, or any aspect of this game, will be punished, often severely. There are lots of subpoints to this point, but this is foundational. 2. The golf gods will always permit the golfer having an abysmal round one fantastic shot. This keeps golfers coming back, allowing the golf gods to torment them more later. OK, add yours! What do know about the golf gods and their activities? SeeMore Putts, Smellis745, revkev and 14 others 17 Quote TS3 9.5°, Tensei Blue CBX E722 16.5°, Tensei AV RAW Blue 65 S Epic Super Hybrid 19°, Aerotech Steel Fiber FC HYB S C722 22°, Ventus Blue 8S CBX Iron-Wood 25°, Project X HZRDUS Black 6.0 Epic Forged 7 27° 639 CB, Aldila NV 95 Graphite, 7–PW Diamond Tour Innazone 3.0 50°, 54°, 58°, Aldila NV 95 Graphite DF3, Counterbalanced 37", TPT shaft, Garsen Quad Tour 17" Full WITB with pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palvord Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 The golf gods will ensure that the course will equally be vindictive and forgiving commensurate with the treatment and respect given to the course. Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy Brian A, PING Apologist #9, cksurfdude and 1 other 4 Quote In my Ultralight Stand Bag: Driver: Rogue 10.5° - LH - Project X EvenFlow 60 Stiff Woods: King F9 - LH - 3/4 Wood - Atmos Blue TS 7 Stiff King F9 - LH - 5/6 Wood - Atmos Blue TS 7 Stiff Irons: King F9 - LH - 5-GW - KBS C-Taper Lite Stiff Wedges: King Black - LH - 52° 56° 60° - KBS Hi-Rev 2.0 Stiff Putter: - Impact No. 3 Ball: Maxfli TourX Rangefinder: LX5 Watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony@CIC Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 The golf gods will always provide a magnetic force that will attract your NEW golf ball to the water hazard. Sent from my iPad using MyGolfSpy GolfSpy MPR, kingcscott, PING Apologist #9 and 5 others 7 1 Quote Left Hand orientation SIM 2 D Max with Fujikura Air Speeder Shaft Cobra Radspeed 3W/RIptide Shaft 410 Hybrids 22*, 26* Cobra Speed Zone 6-GP/Recoil ESX 460 F3 Shafts SM7 54* Wedge Glide 3.0 60* Wedge O Works putter V3 NX9-HD - 4 Wheel EZGO TXT 48v cart - too many shoes to list and so many to buy And BAG Boy Golf Balls: Vice Pro Plus 2020 Official Tester Beginning Driver Speed - 78 2019 Official Tester 410 Driver 2018 Official Tester C300 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GolfSpy MPR Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 The golf gods will always provide a magnetic force that will always attract your NEW golf ball to the water hazard. Sent from my iPad using MyGolfSpy While a Rock Flite is virtually impossible to lose. Which creates a paradox: if you can't lose a Rock Flite, how are the woods full of them? :-) kingcscott, Rtracymog, Jiro and 5 others 7 1 Quote TS3 9.5°, Tensei Blue CBX E722 16.5°, Tensei AV RAW Blue 65 S Epic Super Hybrid 19°, Aerotech Steel Fiber FC HYB S C722 22°, Ventus Blue 8S CBX Iron-Wood 25°, Project X HZRDUS Black 6.0 Epic Forged 7 27° 639 CB, Aldila NV 95 Graphite, 7–PW Diamond Tour Innazone 3.0 50°, 54°, 58°, Aldila NV 95 Graphite DF3, Counterbalanced 37", TPT shaft, Garsen Quad Tour 17" Full WITB with pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cksurfdude Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Hah! Both of those are unquestionably "the most fundamental truth(s)"! Kinda the flip side of hubris ... I believe the golf gods also desire us to continuously question our own self-worth and the right to even occupy a space on a golf course. They seem to thrive on the inner conflict and turmoil of we puny humans. fixyurdivot, Brian A, sirchunksalot and 2 others 5 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 (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...
Popular Post STUDque Posted June 22, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 22, 2018 Much like the commandment: Thou shalt not covet Anytime you start heavily searching for a new club, the current one in your bag will start hitting perfect shots....until you stop searching. Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy JTexGolfer, Brian A, MaxEntropy and 14 others 15 2 Quote In my Pisa, riding on a 3.5+ G410+ EXS 5W King F7 Hy i500 5-GW Equalizer 56/60 Heppler Ketsch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shankster Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 The gave us guys like this guy to content with. Also, hitting the flagstick and bounding off the green? Or losing a ball in the middle of the freaking fairway? Haha Getting a hole in one with a witness that was “too youngâ€... really? The list on this thread could be long. silver & black 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTexGolfer Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 As a pastor, good theology is really important to me. But the golf course is a bit of an exception. While my confession says that I believe in one true God, I also kinda believe in the golf gods. (Don't tell my congregation.) So I thought it would be good here to compile the doctrine of the golf gods. What are things that we know about them? With any luck, we'll have some substantive disagreements about the doctrine of the golf gods, forcing us to form golf denominations :-) I'll start. 1. The most fundamental truth of the golf gods is this: they will always punish hubris. Any comment about having solved this game, or any aspect of this game, will be punished, often severely. There are lots of subpoints to this point, but this is foundational. 2. The golf gods will always permit the golfer having an abysmal round one fantastic shot. This keeps golfers coming back, allowing the golf gods to torment them more later. OK, add yours! What do know about the golf gods and their activities? Love this thread and even more so since a pastor started it! (Born again believer here but the golf gods are hard to deny) The golf gods have a sick, demented sense of “humorâ€. Your all time best shots are often during your all time worst rounds. GolfJunkie302, revkev, tehuti and 4 others 7 Quote 400 Driver (8*) UST ATTAS Punch 6S F6 Baffler (16*) Matrix Red Tie 65Q4 816 H1 Hybrid (21*,23*) Diamana S+ Blue 82 HY Z765 (5-PW) +2* Aerotech Steelfiber i110cw Vokey SM5 50.08F 54.10M Aerotech Steelfiber i110cw PM Grind 60* Dynamic Gold S400 TR 1966 Anser 2 Z Star ball Pioneer Cart Bag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ole gray Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Just when you think you have golf figured out, the golf gods will throw a case of shanks on ya. Those always bring you back down to earth. Shankster, cksurfdude, HardcoreLooper and 2 others 5 Quote Ping G430 Max Driver 10.5 Degree Titleist TSR1 4, 5, & 6 Hybrids Titleist T350 Irons 7 - W48 Cleveland CBX ZipCore 52 56 & 60 Degree Wedges LAB Mezz Max Broomstick Putter / TPT Shaft (Platinum @ 45/78) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shankster Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Just when you think you have golf figured out, the golf gods will throw a case of shanks on ya. Those always bring you back down to earth. Every day OG. Every day I have to write that word down. ole gray, tony@CIC, SeeMore Putts and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ole gray Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Every day OG. Every day I have to write that word down. And that is why you are the Shankster silver & black, tony@CIC and Shankster 3 Quote Ping G430 Max Driver 10.5 Degree Titleist TSR1 4, 5, & 6 Hybrids Titleist T350 Irons 7 - W48 Cleveland CBX ZipCore 52 56 & 60 Degree Wedges LAB Mezz Max Broomstick Putter / TPT Shaft (Platinum @ 45/78) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bens197 Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 As an atheist, I've really never bought into the golf gods theory but to each their own Sent from my iPad using MyGolfSpy cksurfdude, kingcscott, skwieland and 2 others 5 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 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...
GolfSpy MPR Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 Love this thread and even more so since a pastor started it! (Born again believer here but the golf gods are hard to deny) The golf gods have a sick, demented sense of “humorâ€. Your all time best shots are often during your all time worst rounds. This is precisely what compelled me to start this thread. Over in the "shot of the day" thread, I wrote about the hole out I had today from 140, in the midst of a round when I could barely hit the ball at all. https://forum.mygolfspy.com/index.php?/topic/21462-What-was-your-“Shot-of-the-Dayâ€?#entry428049 JTexGolfer, ole gray, bens197 and 2 others 5 Quote TS3 9.5°, Tensei Blue CBX E722 16.5°, Tensei AV RAW Blue 65 S Epic Super Hybrid 19°, Aerotech Steel Fiber FC HYB S C722 22°, Ventus Blue 8S CBX Iron-Wood 25°, Project X HZRDUS Black 6.0 Epic Forged 7 27° 639 CB, Aldila NV 95 Graphite, 7–PW Diamond Tour Innazone 3.0 50°, 54°, 58°, Aldila NV 95 Graphite DF3, Counterbalanced 37", TPT shaft, Garsen Quad Tour 17" Full WITB with pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfriday101 Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Golf: the ultimate concern. revkev 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingcscott Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 The golf gods will ensure that the course will equally be vindictive and forgiving commensurate with the treatment and respect given to the course. Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy unless setup by the USGA. Too early? Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy silver & black, bens197, HardcoreLooper and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingcscott Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Just when you think you have golf figured out, the golf gods will throw a case of shanks on ya. Those always bring you back down to earth. i think a case of the thins is just before the shanks for me. Oh Gods how I hate a thin bullet. Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy ole gray, cksurfdude and silver & black 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peaksy68 Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 As a pastor, good theology is really important to me. But the golf course is a bit of an exception. While my confession says that I believe in one true God, I also kinda believe in the golf gods. (Don't tell my congregation.) So I thought it would be good here to compile the doctrine of the golf gods. What are things that we know about them? With any luck, we'll have some substantive disagreements about the doctrine of the golf gods, forcing us to form golf denominations :-) I'll start. 1. The most fundamental truth of the golf gods is this: they will always punish hubris. Any comment about having solved this game, or any aspect of this game, will be punished, often severely. There are lots of subpoints to this point, but this is foundational. 2. The golf gods will always permit the golfer having an abysmal round one fantastic shot. This keeps golfers coming back, allowing the golf gods to torment them more later. OK, add yours! What do know about the golf gods and their activities? With the timing of this thread, relative to the G700 Review announcement you must be on good terms with both of the above mentioned God's! Number 2 is almost an absolute truth. The golf Gods allow an amazing piece of luck (eg. bounce off a bunker rake handle to 3 feet) only when you are no chance of winning. GolfSpy MPR and bens197 2 Quote 849 Pro Evenflow Riptide 6.0 F8 3 & 5 Woods Project X Evenflow Blue 6.0 TS2 7 Wood Project X Evenflow Blue 6.0 MP18 MMC - Project X LZ 5.5 Zipcore Wedges 50,54,58 - Project X LZ 5.5 MLA Tour Mallet 33" Z Star Pioneer bag buggy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revkev Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Golf: the ultimate concern.Charles Ives, a turn of the century insurance salesman and church organist, wrote a remarkable piece of music called the Unanswered Question. It calls for a trumpet to sneak up into the upper reaches of the Hall and then state the question with a beautiful sound in different keys each time. The answer is stated by groups of instruments playing in dissonant Keys. Those are the golf gods. Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy silver & black, bens197, alfriday101 and 2 others 5 Quote Driver: Taylor Made Xi10 10.5 Diamana S plus 60 R flex - 44.25 Fairways: Ping G410 5, 7, 9 wood Alta CB red 65 R flex Hybrid: Ping G410 26 degree Alta CB Red 70 R flex Irons: Ping G430 7-PW, 45, 50 Alta CB black 65 soft R flex Wedges: Ping 195 S54, E58 Wedges and irons are - 1/2” and one degree flat Putter: Sacks Parente Duke 32.5” Ball: Titleist Pro VI or Callaway Chrome Soft X ls While not at the same time I was fit for every club in my bag as well as the Pro VI ball. I use the chrome soft x ls on my league course. It has much softer softer greens than the club that I belong to. I’m on a mission to shoot my age - lifetime lowest round is 66 and I’m currently 67. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charli Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Laughing at your buddies chunked iron shot or horrible drive... usually the golf gods get their revenge silver & black 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ole gray Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 i think a case of the thins is just before the shanks for me. Oh Gods how I hate a thin bullet. Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy Me too buddy, me too. I'm having some hip pain these days and it affects my staying steady over the ball. When the pain shoots up my hip I raise up quicker than a skinny hound in a ham bone eating contest. silver & black and HardcoreLooper 2 Quote Ping G430 Max Driver 10.5 Degree Titleist TSR1 4, 5, & 6 Hybrids Titleist T350 Irons 7 - W48 Cleveland CBX ZipCore 52 56 & 60 Degree Wedges LAB Mezz Max Broomstick Putter / TPT Shaft (Platinum @ 45/78) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian A Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 When you're playing partner is ball scrounger and picks up every ball he sees, (even though you try to stop him) inevitably someone steals your ball instead of his. The "members bounce" Two people can hit the same spot, the first one always gets the good bounce. If you play a new ball off the first tee, it will shank in to somewhere lost. The best shot is the one you stop watching cksurfdude and tony@CIC 2 Quote Driver: G425 9* Hzrdus Smoke Green Small batch 6.5 70g Fairway Wood: Cobra Radspeed Big 3 Hzrdus Smoke Black 6.5 Hybrid: Cobra Aerojet 5 Wood Hzrdus Smoke Black 6.5 Irons: T200 (4-AW) AMT Black Stiff Shafts Wedges: Tour Rack 56* 60* Putter: Scotty Cameron Golo 5 Right Handed Pittsburgh, PA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaidJacket Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Why is it after buying new custom fit clubs do the golf Gods go and ruin them? HardcoreLooper, silver & black and tony@CIC 3 Quote My Sun Mountain bag currently includes: 771CSI 5i - PW and PFC Micro Tour-c 52°, 56°, 60 wedges EXS 10.5*, 929-HS FW4 16.5* Willimette w/GolfPride Contour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony@CIC Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 The golf gods proclamation: You will whiff the ball off of the 1st tee only when there are two foursomes waiting behind you. STUDque, jb0330, cksurfdude and 3 others 5 1 Quote Left Hand orientation SIM 2 D Max with Fujikura Air Speeder Shaft Cobra Radspeed 3W/RIptide Shaft 410 Hybrids 22*, 26* Cobra Speed Zone 6-GP/Recoil ESX 460 F3 Shafts SM7 54* Wedge Glide 3.0 60* Wedge O Works putter V3 NX9-HD - 4 Wheel EZGO TXT 48v cart - too many shoes to list and so many to buy And BAG Boy Golf Balls: Vice Pro Plus 2020 Official Tester Beginning Driver Speed - 78 2019 Official Tester 410 Driver 2018 Official Tester C300 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GolfJunkie302 Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 The golf gods deceive you into playing the tips only to allow you to chunk it in front of everyone and proceed to shoot well over 100. Sent from my SM-T580 using MyGolfSpy mobile app silver & black, HardcoreLooper and tony@CIC 3 Quote 2017 M1 460, Project X HZRDUS Black 6.0 JPX EZ 3 wood Fly-Z 4H MP-60, 3i-PW, True Temper Dynamic Gold S5 54° & 58°, True Temper Dynamic Gold California Monterey Pro V1x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardcoreLooper Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 All provisional balls are stripe shows. Sent from my SM-J727VPP using MyGolfSpy mobile app STUDque, cksurfdude, fixyurdivot and 3 others 4 1 1 Quote What's in the bag: Driver - TaylorMade Qi10 - Mitsubishi Diamana 60g (S) 3 Wood - Callaway OG Big Bertha - RCH 90 (Firm) 5 Wood - Cobra Speed LD (L) Driving Iron - New Level NLU-01 5i - PW - Wilson Staff D7 Forged - Recoil 760 ( S ) 52* - Cleveland CBX 58* - Cleveland CBX Full Face 2 Putter - Ping Craz-e Bag - Sun Mountain 2.5 (Blue) Ball - Titleist AVX Instagram - @hardcorelooper Twitter - @meovino Facebook - mike.eovino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GolfJunkie302 Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 All provisional balls are stripe shows. Sent from my SM-J727VPP using MyGolfSpy mobile app This is so true! Sent from my SM-T580 using MyGolfSpy mobile app HardcoreLooper 1 Quote 2017 M1 460, Project X HZRDUS Black 6.0 JPX EZ 3 wood Fly-Z 4H MP-60, 3i-PW, True Temper Dynamic Gold S5 54° & 58°, True Temper Dynamic Gold California Monterey Pro V1x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GolfSpy MPR Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 The golf gods deceive you into playing the tips only to allow you to chunk it in front of everyone and proceed to shoot well over 100. Sent from my SM-T580 using MyGolfSpy mobile app Related: if you wait for the green to clear, you'll chunk the ensuing shot. If you don't, you'll hit the shot of your life into the group ahead of you. GolfJunkie302, HardcoreLooper, bluesmandan76 and 6 others 9 Quote TS3 9.5°, Tensei Blue CBX E722 16.5°, Tensei AV RAW Blue 65 S Epic Super Hybrid 19°, Aerotech Steel Fiber FC HYB S C722 22°, Ventus Blue 8S CBX Iron-Wood 25°, Project X HZRDUS Black 6.0 Epic Forged 7 27° 639 CB, Aldila NV 95 Graphite, 7–PW Diamond Tour Innazone 3.0 50°, 54°, 58°, Aldila NV 95 Graphite DF3, Counterbalanced 37", TPT shaft, Garsen Quad Tour 17" Full WITB with pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver & black Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 No good round shall ever be followed by another good round. HardcoreLooper, cksurfdude, romeopapazulu and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GolfSpy MPR Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 Now, here's the broader question, based on the responses so far: are the golf gods actively malicious, inflicting pain for their own enjoyment? Or are they moderately benevolent, teaching us character through hardship? PING Apologist #9 and bardle 2 Quote TS3 9.5°, Tensei Blue CBX E722 16.5°, Tensei AV RAW Blue 65 S Epic Super Hybrid 19°, Aerotech Steel Fiber FC HYB S C722 22°, Ventus Blue 8S CBX Iron-Wood 25°, Project X HZRDUS Black 6.0 Epic Forged 7 27° 639 CB, Aldila NV 95 Graphite, 7–PW Diamond Tour Innazone 3.0 50°, 54°, 58°, Aldila NV 95 Graphite DF3, Counterbalanced 37", TPT shaft, Garsen Quad Tour 17" Full WITB with pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GolfJunkie302 Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Related: if you wait for the green to clear, you'll chunk the ensuing shot. If you don't, you'll hit the shot of your life into the group ahead of you.Yes, yes, yes, this happens every time! Sent from my SM-T580 using MyGolfSpy mobile app GolfSpy MPR and HardcoreLooper 2 Quote 2017 M1 460, Project X HZRDUS Black 6.0 JPX EZ 3 wood Fly-Z 4H MP-60, 3i-PW, True Temper Dynamic Gold S5 54° & 58°, True Temper Dynamic Gold California Monterey Pro V1x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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