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Welcome to the 2020 MGS Hard Rock Challenge! 
Your 2019 Defending Champion:  @sirchunksalot
2019 Long Drive Champ: @HardcoreLooper

After 1 year and a month, we're back like we never left!   For the third year running we put away our meticulously engineered tour balls to go back in time to a more simple day, the day where we played bargain basement priced artisanally crafted rocks.  In other words the finest budget golf balls made by the likes of Pinnacle, Callaway, Wilson, and the quintessential Top Flite.  Get ready to have your fillings rattled, your drivers tested, and your shot making ability thrown aside like the iron you just chunked 50 yards short of the green.

The past two challenges have been awesome and have taken a life of their own.  Friends and memories have been made. I want to thank you guys that keep coming back year after year to take part and you new contestants as well.  Your participation makes this competition special and it really wouldn't be possible without you.

As always this is a member run challenge, which means there are no sponsors and the official prize is bragging rights.  This is for fun and a way that we all can play a round of golf together in different places at different times.

Now onto the fun part...what's new for 2020!

The HRC planning committee has decided to make a couple of tweaks for this year.

  • New award  for most rounds played/submitted for score
    ***naming rights are open for the award( Rockstar, Hands of Granite, etc.)
  • Classic Rock (Molitor) vs. New Age (Nitro)
    • Which era was better?  Will there be a trend in the scores where classic rocks score better than new rocks?
      • Date of manufacture and whether or not the golf ball is still in production considered for placement into classic rock vs new age

Official Rules:

  • Rounds must be played from July 1 to July 31
  • You must use an approved hard rock for your 9 hole round to count. Picture of rock(s) used. 
    • Rule of thumb:  Ball must be a 2 piece surlyn covered rock.  Any ball with "soft" in it's name will DQ your round.
  • You may play as many times as you wish, best 9 holes submitted counts for score.
    • Need to include handicap, slope, and course rating for posting score.
  • 9 holes must include at least one par 5 and one par 3.

Conforming Ball List: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NoHAFkCrkf1mK7zt3wy3xILJYgOPj8aaOk35KNTHsuk/edit?usp=sharing

-Long drive rules:

  • Long drive in fairway, GPS verified, photo or screenshot must be included

-Closest to the Pin (Par 3 only)

  • Shots within 10ft of pin qualify, photo must be included
  • Measurement taken with heel-to-toe steps or by putter measurement.  Please list distance with picture and measurement taken.

***Scoring has been simplified to encompass handicap and course difficulty! 
{Gross Score-[(Slope/113)*((Handicap/2)]}+(72-Course Rating)


Example:

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*Keep in mind banter is welcome and expected.  Feel free to provide a mini review of the rock used.  We like a good laugh! 

Good luck guys!   In the wise counsel of @PING Apologist #9, armor up!


 

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MGS Hard Rock Challenge 2020
Leaderboard
Live Spreadsheet

 

Adjusted Scores:

RoverRick---------------------31.36     (Titleist Velocity, Top Flite XL, Nitro) New-age/Classic Rock/Grunge Garage Rock
tchat07-------------------------33.99   (Titleist Velocity)New-age
jddaigneault-----------------34.06    (Wilson Eco)New-age
fixurdivot----------------------35.43    (Pinnacle Rush)New-age
xOldBenKenobix-----------37.05    (Titleist Velocity)New-age
sirchunksalot---------------38.40     (Top Flite XL 2000)  Classic***--update ball
LeftyHawk-------------------38.41     (Callaway Warbird)New-age
JohnSmalls------------------38.55     (Top Flite XL Distance) Classic Rock
edingc--------------------------39.66
HardcoreLooper-----------39.63    (Titleist Velocity) New-age
20xUnited---------------------41.60     (Top Flite XL)  Classic Rock
MaxEntropy------------------41.99    (Top Flite XL)  Classic Rock
Seeking70's------------------42.82    (Pinnacle Gold LS) Classic Rock
Russtopherb----------------45.93     (Unbranded, Top Flite XL) Classic Rock
fozcycle

Long Drive:
jddaigneault--------------------322(Wilson Eco)New-age
xOldBenKenobix-------------298 (Titleist Velocity) New-age
Tchat07-------------------------297(Titleist Velocity) New-age
Seeking70's--------------------295 (Pinnacle Gold LS) Classic Rock
Fixurdivot------------------------283 (Titleist Velocity) New-age
HardcoreLooper -------------268 (Titleist Velocity) New-age
20xUnited------------------------268 (Top Flite XL)  Classic Rock
MaxEntropy--------------------267 (Top Flite XLClassic Rock
LeftyHawk----------------------233  (Callaway Warbird) New-age

Closest to the Pin:

Fixurdivot--------------10" (Titleist Velocity) New-age
xOldBenKenobix----26" (Titleist Velocity) New-age
Tchat07--------------9 ft (Titleist Velocity) New-age

 Most Rounds/Holes Submitted:

xOldBenKenobiX-----------99
HardcoreLooper------------27
Fixurdivot----------------------27
SirChunksAlot---------------27
JohnSmalls------------------26*
RoverRick---------------------24
tchat07------------------------18
MaxEntropy-------------------9
StrawberryShortCake----9
Russtopherb-----------------9
Seeking70's------------------9
LeftyHawk--------------------9
20xUnited---------------------9


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Awesome! This is always a good time and I look forward to feeling the shock being transmitted up my arms when I skull one of these boulders.

Driver:  :callaway-small:Epic Speed 9* (set -1) MMT 70X
3W:bridgestone-small: Tour B JGR Recoil 760ES
3H, 4H: :bridgestone-small: Tour B JGR 19*, 23* Recoil 780ES
4-AW:bridgestone-small: Tour B JGR HF2 Modus3 Tour 105
SW: :cleveland-small: RTX Zipcore Black Satin 54*
LW:Sub70: TAIII Black 58*
Putter:ping-small: Scottsdale TR Senita
Bag: BigMax Dri Active Lite
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Let's goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

In my  :wilson_staff_small:  carry bag:
:mizuno-small: ST-X 10.5* Kai'li Blue R Flex
:mizuno-small: ST-Z 15* Kai/li Blue R Flex
:mizuno-small: ST-Z 4h Linq Blue R Flex
:cleveland-small: Launcher 5h
:cleveland-small: Launcher CBX 6i-PW
:cleveland-small: CBX 54* & 58*
:cleveland-small: Huntington Beach #10
:bridgestone-small: e12 Contact
CURRENTLY TESTING - Mizuno Long Game

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... LOL, you guys are nuts! (In a very good way 🤪

Driver:     :taylormade-small:  Qi10 10.5* ... Ventus Red Velocore 5R
Fairway:  :cobra-small: Aerojet 3/5 ... Kai'li Blue 60R
Hybrids:  :ping-small:      430 Hybrid 22*... Steelfiber 780Hy 
                  :taylormade-small:  DHy #4 ... Diamana LTD 65r 
Irons:       :titleist-small:         '23 T200 5-Pw ... Steelfiber i95r
Wedges:  :taylormade-small: Vokey 50*/54*/58* ... Steelfiber i95r
Putter:     :cobra-small:  Sport-60 33" 
Ball:           Maxfli     Maxfli Tour

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Been waiting for this. Had a practice round with the rocks and I'm looking forward to wrecking myself.

Driver: :callaway-small: Rogue Sub Zero 9* stiff

Wood: :adams-small: Tight Lies TI 3 wood stiff

Hybrid: :callaway-small: XR 3 19 deg stiff

Irons: :mizuno-small:  JPX 900 Tour std loft/lie

Wedges: :cleveland-small: 52,56,60

Putter: :odyssey-small: #7 Red

Ball: :srixon-small: Q-Star

12.9 Handicap

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I got some Warbirds and Mojos i have found in the woods (yeah, my ball might have trickled in there too...) over the last couple weeks that I was saving just for this event. Looking forward to it!

Cobra Connect 5 participant 

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 :cobra-small: Big Tour 3 wood/ 5 wood w/ Fujikura X F3 60S shaft

 :cobra-small: 4 Hybrid w/ Project X Catalyst 80S shaft

:cobra-small: Copper MIM Tour Irons w/ KBS $ Taper Balck 120S shaft

:cobra-small: Snakebite 50, 54, and 58 wedges w/ KBS Hi-Rev 2.0 125S shaft

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6 hours ago, chisag said:

... LOL, you guys are nuts! (In a very good way 🤪

Why not join the fun?

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I can't wait to get this going! I'm hoping the rain will clear out by the weekend and I can get my first round of the challenge in. I'll be "ROCK"ing these:20200613_211555-01.jpeg.dfb4dbbc1113aa19e7ec0994136f10f3.jpeg
While my weapons of choice for my first round of the challenge will be these:20200530_183852-01.jpeg.44b2eac8560060f165e07986c880f0a4.jpeg20200625_164418-01.jpeg.5cfe475163a4447dc66429c2c6e773c6.jpeg
I'm already planning on kicking it off with the first tee shot with the 2 iron. I'll probably not set the world on fire with my score, but it should be a fun round.

Please be careful sir... I’ve read that thinning one of those long irons with one of those balls could register seismic activity and trigger a fault line earthquake.


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1 hour ago, sirchunksalot said:

I can't wait to get this going! I'm hoping the rain will clear out by the weekend and I can get my first round of the challenge in. I'll be "ROCK"ing these:20200613_211555-01.jpeg.dfb4dbbc1113aa19e7ec0994136f10f3.jpeg

While my weapons of choice for my first round of the challenge will be these:20200530_183852-01.jpeg.44b2eac8560060f165e07986c880f0a4.jpeg20200625_164418-01.jpeg.5cfe475163a4447dc66429c2c6e773c6.jpeg

I'm already planning on kicking it off with the first tee shot with the 2 iron. I'll probably not set the world on fire with my score, but it should be a fun round.

Going to need compression gloves for those!

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What's in the bag:
Driver - :cobra-small: F8 - Aldila NV Blue 60 ( S )
3 Wood (13.5*) - :titleist-small: 980F 
4 Wood (18*) - :cobra-small: F8 - Aldila NV Blue 60 ( S )
3 Hybrid (19*) - :taylormade-small: RBZ
4i - PW - :wilson_staff_small: D7 Forged - Recoil 760 ( S )
52* - :cleveland-small: CBX
58* - :cleveland-small: CBX Full Face 2
Putter - :ping-small: Craz-e
Bag - :1590477705_SunMountain: 2.5 (Blue)
Ball -  :titleist-small: AVX
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2 hours ago, fixyurdivot said:

Why not join the fun?

 

... LOL, not my idea of fun. I have spent years trying to control my ball around the greens and I have gotten to where I know how aggressive to hit my ball to make it stop instantly or roll out a little. Last time I aggressively chipped a Top Flite XL it should have taken one hop, stopped and trickled a few inches. Instead it just hopped, hopped again and didn't even consider stopping until it reached the fringe on the other side of the green. Takes an entirely different approach to play those things. But I tip my cap to you guys for making life difficult... and enjoying it! 👍 

Driver:     :taylormade-small:  Qi10 10.5* ... Ventus Red Velocore 5R
Fairway:  :cobra-small: Aerojet 3/5 ... Kai'li Blue 60R
Hybrids:  :ping-small:      430 Hybrid 22*... Steelfiber 780Hy 
                  :taylormade-small:  DHy #4 ... Diamana LTD 65r 
Irons:       :titleist-small:         '23 T200 5-Pw ... Steelfiber i95r
Wedges:  :taylormade-small: Vokey 50*/54*/58* ... Steelfiber i95r
Putter:     :cobra-small:  Sport-60 33" 
Ball:           Maxfli     Maxfli Tour

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We've had rain the past two days, but before that when I played a few days back, the local greens were firm enough that tour balls were having trouble stopping on them.  Ought to be fun!

Driver: Cobra Speedzone 10.5 Mitsubishi AV Blue S flex

Wood: Cobra Bio Cell 3-4 Grafalloy Pro Launch Blue (low launch original version) S flex

Hybrids: Taylormade GAPR 3 KBS graphite shaft

              Strata 4 and 5 hybrids R flex

Irons: Strata 6-PW R flex

Wedges: Texan Classics 52, 56, 60 R flex

Putter: Odyssey Red Ball mallet

Ball: Srixon Q Star Tour

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22 hours ago, chisag said:

... LOL, you guys are nuts! (In a very good way 🤪

 

12 hours ago, chisag said:

 

... LOL, not my idea of fun. I have spent years trying to control my ball around the greens and I have gotten to where I know how aggressive to hit my ball to make it stop instantly or roll out a little. Last time I aggressively chipped a Top Flite XL it should have taken one hop, stopped and trickled a few inches. Instead it just hopped, hopped again and didn't even consider stopping until it reached the fringe on the other side of the green. Takes an entirely different approach to play those things. But I tip my cap to you guys for making life difficult... and enjoying it! 👍 

Aw come on, Sam!  It only takes 9 holes of misery to learn that you don't want to do it again....and then one year later....and one year later.  

On second thought, I think I'm starting to notice a trend.  I may need help.

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I played my first round of the 2020 Hard Rock Challenge today. Scoring wasn't great and I definitely didn't have anything that would qualify for either closest to the pin or longest drive. Before I go into details, here's a video of my first shots with both the 2 iron to kick the round off and my first shot with the persimmon driver. 

A pull and a pop up, in that order. 

How about the scoring? I played from the white tees at Chatata Valley Golf Course and shot a +13 49 playing to a 17.5 Arccos handicap. I hit 5 fairways with zero greens in regulation and 17 putts. I just noticed I counted the x's on my scorecard and put 3. Sometimes I just can't math. Almost forgot to mention that my ball for the round was a Top Flite XL 2000.

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Here's the slope and handicap rating from the USGA website.

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It was a fun day on the course, albeit a painful one on my hands. There's nothing like the vibrations of a Rock Flite shimmering up the shaft and hitting your hands like a jackhammer. You can truly feel a slightly thinned golf shot and know you made a mistake. I'm thankful that I didn't snap a shaft every time I hit this rock a groove low, and I did that a lot.

What hurt me scoring wise today was the woods, I just couldn't figure out how to hit them and had a lot of short drives. Off the fairway I topped every 4 wood I hit and I feel like I could have scored better playing an all irons round. The 2 iron off the tee was money after the pull on the first hole. The PW was a pin seeking machine on both chips and full shots. Here's a shot with it from 60 yards on the 7th hole to 8 feet saving par.

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My shot of the day came on 9. I hit 2 iron off the tee, topped a 2 iron from the fairway, hit 5 iron from 163 just short of the green, and duffed a chip landing 30 feet from the hole. I then sunk the putt for bogey to end the round. 

I didn't have Arccos for the round, my woods don't have a hole in the grip for the sensors and I couldn't think of a viable workaround. 

 

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53 minutes ago, sirchunksalot said:

I played my first round of the 2020 Hard Rock Challenge today. Scoring wasn't great and I definitely didn't have anything that would qualify for either closest to the pin or longest drive. Before I go into details, here's a video of my first shots with both the 2 iron to kick the round off and my first shot with the persimmon driver. 

A pull and a pop up, in that order. 

How about the scoring? I played from the white tees at Chatata Valley Golf Course and shot a +13 49 playing to a 17.5 Arccos handicap. I hit 5 fairways with zero greens in regulation and 17 putts. I just noticed I counted the x's on my scorecard and put 3. Sometimes I just can't math. Almost forgot to mention that my ball for the round was a Top Flite XL 2000.

20200704_175052-01.jpeg.2aa9e6cf7b91e27b987770a33084b292.jpeg

Here's the slope and handicap rating from the USGA website.

20200704_192035.jpg.62757aef7eee81d1d5a14bddf2e510dd.jpg

It was a fun day on the course, albeit a painful one on my hands. There's nothing like the vibrations of a Rock Flite shimmering up the shaft and hitting your hands like a jackhammer. You can truly feel a slightly thinned golf shot and know you made a mistake. I'm thankful that I didn't snap a shaft every time I hit this rock a groove low, and I did that a lot.

What hurt me scoring wise today was the woods, I just couldn't figure out how to hit them and had a lot of short drives. Off the fairway I topped every 4 wood I hit and I feel like I could have scored better playing an all irons round. The 2 iron off the tee was money after the pull on the first hole. The PW was a pin seeking machine on both chips and full shots. Here's a shot with it from 60 yards on the 7th hole to 8 feet saving par. My shot of the day came on 9. I hit 2 iron off the tee, topped a 2 iron from the fairway, hit 5 iron from 163 just short of the green, and duffed a chip landing 30 feet from the hole. I then sunk three putt for bogey to end the round. 

I didn't have Arccos for the round, my woods don't have a hole in the grip for the sensors and I couldn't think of a viable workaround. 

 

Nice going!  Thanks for the write up! Nice touch with the video—looks like the gauntlet has been set.  Those clubs sound so good!
 

I should have the spreadsheet live tomorrow.  

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:wilson_staff_small: 1973 Staff Dynapower 4-PW

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I played my first round of the 2020 Hard Rock Challenge today. Scoring wasn't great and I definitely didn't have anything that would qualify for either closest to the pin or longest drive. Before I go into details, here's a video of my first shots with both the 2 iron to kick the round off and my first shot with the persimmon driver. 
A pull and a pop up, in that order. 
How about the scoring? I played from the white tees at Chatata Valley Golf Course and shot a +13 49 playing to a 17.5 Arccos handicap. I hit 5 fairways with zero greens in regulation and 17 putts. I just noticed I counted the x's on my scorecard and put 3. Sometimes I just can't math. Almost forgot to mention that my ball for the round was a Top Flite XL 2000.
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Here's the slope and handicap rating from the USGA website.
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It was a fun day on the course, albeit a painful one on my hands. There's nothing like the vibrations of a Rock Flite shimmering up the shaft and hitting your hands like a jackhammer. You can truly feel a slightly thinned golf shot and know you made a mistake. I'm thankful that I didn't snap a shaft every time I hit this rock a groove low, and I did that a lot.
What hurt me scoring wise today was the woods, I just couldn't figure out how to hit them and had a lot of short drives. Off the fairway I topped every 4 wood I hit and I feel like I could have scored better playing an all irons round. The 2 iron off the tee was money after the pull on the first hole. The PW was a pin seeking machine on both chips and full shots. Here's a shot with it from 60 yards on the 7th hole to 8 feet saving par.
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My shot of the day came on 9. I hit 2 iron off the tee, topped a 2 iron from the fairway, hit 5 iron from 163 just short of the green, and duffed a chip landing 30 feet from the hole. I then sunk the putt for bogey to end the round. 
I didn't have Arccos for the round, my woods don't have a hole in the grip for the sensors and I couldn't think of a viable workaround. 
 

Bro my screen cracked watching that you tube video from the vibrations.

Actually they both sounded better than I was expecting for hitting a rock. Swing is looking good too man!


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First round today, at the local First Tee course.  Here's the tale of the tape:

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Try not to be too jealous.

The rock of choice?  The sparkly, pearlescent orange Titleist Velocity.

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Because the only thing better than an orange rock is a sparkly orange rock.  Amirite?

I actually played OK, which was surprising, because I've been playing like crap lately.  These things are like a freight train around the greens.  Once you get them going, they do. not. stop.

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Oh, and no shots quailifying for closest to the pin on a par 3.  But what's the maximum distance for closest to the pin on a par 4?

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This was on 17.  The back nine wouldn't have been bad except for two stupid doubles.

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Driver - :cobra-small: F8 - Aldila NV Blue 60 ( S )
3 Wood (13.5*) - :titleist-small: 980F 
4 Wood (18*) - :cobra-small: F8 - Aldila NV Blue 60 ( S )
3 Hybrid (19*) - :taylormade-small: RBZ
4i - PW - :wilson_staff_small: D7 Forged - Recoil 760 ( S )
52* - :cleveland-small: CBX
58* - :cleveland-small: CBX Full Face 2
Putter - :ping-small: Craz-e
Bag - :1590477705_SunMountain: 2.5 (Blue)
Ball -  :titleist-small: AVX
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22 minutes ago, HardcoreLooper said:

First round today, at the local First Tee course.  Here's the tale of the tape:

image.png.ce090dbf07d04c1573bacf4b8923d364.png

Try not to be too jealous.

The rock of choice?  The sparkly, pearlescent orange Titleist Velocity.

image.png.d253b91a2356d9dcb3949f014996f68f.png

Because the only thing better than an orange rock is a sparkly orange rock.  Amirite?

I actually played OK, which was surprising, because I've been playing like crap lately.  These things are like a freight train around the greens.  Once you get them going, they do. not. stop.

image.png.17cc10157e1d656093e681b24a781e72.png

Oh, and no shots quailifying for closest to the pin on a par 3.  But what's the maximum distance for closest to the pin on a par 4?

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This was on 17.  The back nine wouldn't have been bad except for two stupid doubles.

Great round and I'm gonna say you might have the closest to the pin on a par 4. That's a great drive! That Velocity is just dead sexy and probably felt like you made a bad decision. 

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4 minutes ago, sirchunksalot said:

Great round and I'm gonna say you might have the closest to the pin on a par 4. That's a great drive! That Velocity is just dead sexy and probably felt like you made a bad decision. 

Thanks!  I go for that green all the time, and I rarely hit it.  I'm usually in the trees on the left.  It finally worked out.  I hit it maybe once a year.

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Driver - :cobra-small: F8 - Aldila NV Blue 60 ( S )
3 Wood (13.5*) - :titleist-small: 980F 
4 Wood (18*) - :cobra-small: F8 - Aldila NV Blue 60 ( S )
3 Hybrid (19*) - :taylormade-small: RBZ
4i - PW - :wilson_staff_small: D7 Forged - Recoil 760 ( S )
52* - :cleveland-small: CBX
58* - :cleveland-small: CBX Full Face 2
Putter - :ping-small: Craz-e
Bag - :1590477705_SunMountain: 2.5 (Blue)
Ball -  :titleist-small: AVX
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Awful round today.  +4 37.  Bogey, Double start led to me trying to play long ball, which didn't work out well for me.  I did have a 280 yard drive that finished three feet in the rough.  And I caught up to a slow group that wouldn't let me through, so I wound up just playing nine.

What's in the bag:
Driver - :cobra-small: F8 - Aldila NV Blue 60 ( S )
3 Wood (13.5*) - :titleist-small: 980F 
4 Wood (18*) - :cobra-small: F8 - Aldila NV Blue 60 ( S )
3 Hybrid (19*) - :taylormade-small: RBZ
4i - PW - :wilson_staff_small: D7 Forged - Recoil 760 ( S )
52* - :cleveland-small: CBX
58* - :cleveland-small: CBX Full Face 2
Putter - :ping-small: Craz-e
Bag - :1590477705_SunMountain: 2.5 (Blue)
Ball -  :titleist-small: AVX
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21 hours ago, HardcoreLooper said:

But what's the maximum distance for closest to the pin on a par 4?

Maybe we need to add a new category? 🙂  Nice shot.

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I've been icing my hands/wrists nightly in preparation for the pain they are about to endure - tomorrow is the big day. Choice of ball may be a game-time decision, but it will be either an XL2000, Pinnacle Gold, or, if I can still find it, the trusty old Molitor from last year. OK, I haven't really been icing, but perhaps I should have been.

Bring on the PAIN!

...and the lack of bite on chips

...and the sound of hitting a billiard ball

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On 7/4/2020 at 9:10 PM, HardcoreLooper said:

First round today, at the local First Tee course.  Here's the tale of the tape:

image.png.ce090dbf07d04c1573bacf4b8923d364.png

Try not to be too jealous.

The rock of choice?  The sparkly, pearlescent orange Titleist Velocity.

image.png.d253b91a2356d9dcb3949f014996f68f.png

Because the only thing better than an orange rock is a sparkly orange rock.  Amirite?

I actually played OK, which was surprising, because I've been playing like crap lately.  These things are like a freight train around the greens.  Once you get them going, they do. not. stop.

image.png.17cc10157e1d656093e681b24a781e72.png

Oh, and no shots quailifying for closest to the pin on a par 3.  But what's the maximum distance for closest to the pin on a par 4?

image.png.cea3a04083f6b7dff8fe09c5317b914c.png

image.png.b7ca323202436e5a5bc0727f21addcd6.png

This was on 17.  The back nine wouldn't have been bad except for two stupid doubles.

Dang! A 33? I assume a net 30 (or thereabouts) is probably safe score to take home the prize. Great shootin'!

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4-AW:bridgestone-small: Tour B JGR HF2 Modus3 Tour 105
SW: :cleveland-small: RTX Zipcore Black Satin 54*
LW:Sub70: TAIII Black 58*
Putter:ping-small: Scottsdale TR Senita
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On 7/4/2020 at 7:43 PM, sirchunksalot said:

I didn't have Arccos for the round, my woods don't have a hole in the grip for the sensors and I couldn't think of a viable workaround. 

The sensor in my driver's "connect grip" has been dead for a little while, I finally figured out the problem/temporary solution before changing the sensor.  Just like adding a missed shot post round, you can do it during the round.  Before/after your shot, pull your phone out where your ball is, in the app hit 'edit' and press the corresponding club. The app should add the shot and will pick up any subsequent shots into/on the green with clubs that have a sensor on them.

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17 minutes ago, JohnSmalls said:

The sensor in my driver's "connect grip" has been dead for a little while, I finally figured out the problem/temporary solution before changing the sensor.  Just like adding a missed shot post round, you can do it during the round.  Before/after your shot, pull your phone out where your ball is, in the app hit 'edit' and press the corresponding club. The app should add the shot and will pick up any subsequent shots into/on the green with clubs that have a sensor on them.

Thank you @JohnSmalls! I didn't think about that and will give it a go the next time I take them out. The woods have the Spalding logo on the ends and it terrified me to think about what I'd need to do. I'll just sensor up the irons and try that. 

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