#COBRACONNECT Challenge 4

[J.B. TexasEx]

14 hours ago, MattF said:

I hope you know a good chiropractor...

You won't need a chiropractor if you allow your right leg to straighten and your hips to turn fully in the backswing.

[daviddvm]

18 minutes ago, Rickp said:

I think my swing changes every time out due to what body part/joint is giving me the most trouble.


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This would be funny if it were not so true! Give me another dose of CBD oil please! And another shot of swing lube

[daviddvm]

8 minutes ago, J.B. TexasEx said:

You won't need a chiropractor if you allow your right leg to straighten and your hips to turn fully in the backswing.

True dat !

[J.B. TexasEx]

10 hours ago, Rickp said:

Interesting how this is evolving. My change was 4’, 2’ up to 2’ flat and seems to be working OK. I’m not big on Lie boards, I think they Lie.
Fortunate maybe or properly fitted way back when.
I guess we’ll see how this shakes out.
Good stuff so far


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That's funny!

I've only been "fitted" for clubs twice in my life, before Trackman and other newfangled launch monitors. Both times only using swing speed and the old fashioned lie board. The results?

1999 - Ben Hogan Apex Plus, Apex S4 shaft, 1/2-inch longer, standard lies

2007 - Cleveland TA3s, DG S300, 1-inch longer, 1-degree upright

I've mothballed the Clevelands, went back to the Hogans and recently had 'em bent 2-degrees flat to prevent a left miss. I have yet to hit 'em, but for $30, I thought it was worth experimenting. Trial & error

[edingc]

Big question for me during the challenge/review is how well the SpeedZone irons keep up ball speeds across the face. The 7-iron seemed to do a decent job of it in my fitting, but I'll be curious how it works throughout the bag.

My bad miss at the moment with irons is a spin-out pull hook, or if I save the face, a shot off the toe (usually on target, but short). For example, take these two 6-irons off the tee this morning. First one was absolutely smoked out of the center of the club face, beautiful push draw back on the target line just like I wanted:

The second I got around on it too much, and caught it out of the toe:

That's a lot of distance to be giving up on the same club, strike-to-strike. Obviously the best remedy is to fix the swing, but I'll be very curious to see how the SpeedZones react.

[MaxEntropy]

2 hours ago, edingc said:

Big question for me during the challenge/review is how well the SpeedZone irons keep up ball speeds across the face. The 7-iron seemed to do a decent job of it in my fitting, but I'll be curious how it works throughout the bag.

My bad miss at the moment with irons is a spin-out pull hook, or if I save the face, a shot off the toe (usually on target, but short). For example, take these two 6-irons off the tee this morning. First one was absolutely smoked out of the center of the club face, beautiful push draw back on the target line just like I wanted:

The second I got around on it too much, and caught it out of the toe:

That's a lot of distance to be giving up on the same club, strike-to-strike. Obviously the best remedy is to fix the swing, but I'll be very curious to see how the SpeedZones react.

I think you'll find a loss in distance, of course, but the difference won't be as dramatic. At least that's my experience when I went to the Bridgestone GI irons a couple years ago. Way out on the toe still aren't great, but the more subtle misses aren't punished nearly as bad. I say that having never hit Matlby's, so your mileage may vary.

[GolfSpy BOS]

Wherever did you find that picture... seems nothing can be kept in the bottom of the closet these days .

I found your spirit animal today

[fozcycle]

Another excellent gif choice... but that movie came out in 1997. I highly doubt GB has a clue what that is from.


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That would be The Fifth Element.....


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[GB13]

On 6/17/2020 at 1:12 PM, palvord said:

Without looking, I'm gonna say that @GB13 is gonna have the best approach stat, @edingc is gonna have the best driving stat, @daviddvm will have the best chipping stat, @Headhammer will have the best putting stat, and while not an official Arccos stat, @B.Boston is gonna have the best stat for watching his NFL team go from first to worst.

As it turns out, your predictions about my golf game were just as bad as you played last year. 

Yes, it’s only one round, and yes, I played pretty poorly. But your predicting ability is still lackluster.  

After my first round with Arccos, I’m very impressed by the accuracy of its shot tracking. I must say, I can’t wait to see my putting stat when my putter isn’t ice cold like it was today. 

[Nunfa0]

Every time I see GB13 post in this he's like...

Followed by...

 

and I am never left feeling like...

 

then i find myself here....

 

Ok that's enough gifs for one night..... OK one more...

 

 

[GB13]

23 minutes ago, Nunfa0 said:

Every time I see GB13 post in this he's like...

Followed by...

 

and I am never left feeling like...

 

then i find myself here....

 

Ok that's enough gifs for one night..... OK one more...

 

 

 A live look at Nunfa0 who finds my burns insufficient :

[Nunfa0]

20 minutes ago, GB13 said:

 A live look at Nunfa0 who finds my burns insufficient :

Your "burns" leave me feeling like...

[GolfSpy BOS]

Every time I see GB13 post in this he's like...

Followed by...

 
and I am never left feeling like...

 
then i find myself here....

 
Ok that's enough gifs for one night..... OK one more...
 

 

Brilliant! The award for most obscure movie reference via .gifs goes to:

[Nunfa0]

12 minutes ago, B.Boston said:

Brilliant! The award for most obscure movie reference via .gifs goes to:

 

 

 

but I'm sure I can get more obscure....

[edingc]

7 hours ago, GB13 said:

As it turns out, your predictions about my golf game were just as bad as you played last year. 

Yes, it’s only one round, and yes, I played pretty poorly. But your predicting ability is still lackluster.  

After my first round with Arccos, I’m very impressed by the accuracy of its shot tracking. I must say, I can’t wait to see my putting stat when my putter isn’t ice cold like it was today. 

Two rounds into Arccos now as my replacement sensors arrived Friday evening. I'm finding it to be a little fiddly, but overall impressive.

I'm not overly surprised to find approach shots to be my current strength, with driving, chipping and putting lagging behind.

In GIF form, keeping with the theme of this thread, how I currently view my golf game:

And how it probably actually looks:

[GolfSpy_SHARK]

3 minutes ago, edingc said:

Two rounds into Arccos now as my replacement sensors arrived Friday evening. I'm finding it to be a little fiddly, but overall impressive.

I'm not overly surprised to find approach shots to be my current strength, with driving, chipping and putting lagging behind.

In GIF form, keeping with the theme of this thread, how I currently view my golf game:

And how it probably actually looks:

[GB13]

4 hours ago, Nunfa0 said:

 

 

 

but I'm sure I can get more obscure....

You don’t need to get more obscure, I still don’t know what the heck the first one was. 

[GB13]

1 hour ago, edingc said:

Two rounds into Arccos now as my replacement sensors arrived Friday evening. I'm finding it to be a little fiddly, but overall impressive.

I'm not overly surprised to find approach shots to be my current strength, with driving, chipping and putting lagging behind.

In GIF form, keeping with the theme of this thread, how I currently view my golf game:

And how it probably actually looks:

Yeah, it is a bit fiddly, and having to check your phone after every hole is a bit annoying, but overall, it was a lot less work than I expected. 

And, after reviewing your stats, your game looks more like this: 

[GolfSpy_SHARK]

7 hours ago, GB13 said:

Yeah, it is a bit fiddly, and having to check your phone after every hole is a bit annoying, but overall, it was a lot less work than I expected. 

And, after reviewing your stats, your game looks more like this: 

Like this

 

[Nunfa0]

The thing I've found with Arccos is the more data you give it, the better it becomes. It also seems to "learn" your game and starts picking up those little shots it misses at first. I don't think it can be but it gets close.

(Look I managed a whole post without a gif!!)

[GolfSpy BOS]

The thing I've found with Arccos is the more data you give it, the better it becomes. It also seems to "learn" your game and starts picking up those little shots it misses at first. I don't think it can be but it gets close.

(Look I managed a whole post without a gif!!)

 

 

[GB13]

1 hour ago, Nunfa0 said:

The thing I've found with Arccos is the more data you give it, the better it becomes. It also seems to "learn" your game and starts picking up those little shots it misses at first. I don't think it can be but it gets close.

(Look I managed a whole post without a gif!!)

And finally a post that I understand every part of.

[fixyurdivot]

10 hours ago, GB13 said:

Yeah, it is a bit fiddly, and having to check your phone after every hole is a bit annoying, but overall, it was a lot less work than I expected. 

And, after reviewing your stats, your game looks more like this: 

I'm still wanting to see a player "send a putt" (ala Croquet) and then pull a wedge out of the bag .  I know I've been tempted once or twice.

[artful_golfer]

10 hours ago, fixyurdivot said:

I'm still wanting to see a player "send a putt" (ala Croquet) and then pull a wedge out of the bag .  I know I've been tempted once or twice.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=10154687186971330

 

[fixyurdivot]

22 minutes ago, artful_golfer said:

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=10154687186971330

 

These guys are a bit picky.  Many of the greens we play look worse than the footprint .  In any case, that takes some serious confidence during a tournament.

[JohnSmalls]

After catching up on this thread from the weekend...

This is @GB13...for the rest of the competition.

@Nunfa0...John this is all.

 

[palvord]

On 6/21/2020 at 3:21 AM, GB13 said:

As it turns out, your predictions about my golf game were just as bad as you played last year. 

Yes, it’s only one round, and yes, I played pretty poorly. But your predicting ability is still lackluster.  

After my first round with Arccos, I’m very impressed by the accuracy of its shot tracking. I must say, I can’t wait to see my putting stat when my putter isn’t ice cold like it was today. 

My prediction has not been proven false yet. You have to fully establish your baseline, and then compare your stats to the other competitors.

Just an FYI on how the competition works.

It's ok young one. With time and practice, you too can learn reading comprehension.

[GB13]

Just now, palvord said:

My prediction has not been proven false yet. You have to fully establish your baseline, and then compare your stats to the other competitors.

Just an FYI on how the competition works.

It's ok young one. With time and practice, you too can learn reading comprehension.

Not to brag, but I got a perfect score on the reading portion of my ACT. So yeah, my reading comprehension is just fine.

[palvord]

1 minute ago, GB13 said:

Not to brag, but I got a perfect score on the reading portion of my ACT. So yeah, my reading comprehension is just fine.

We're all so proud of you.

Now apply that perfect score in the real world.

[GolfSpy_SHARK]

5 minutes ago, GB13 said:

Not to brag, but I got a perfect score on the reading portion of my ACT. So yeah, my reading comprehension is just fine.