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Congrats Kenny B!!!!

Modern Bag: :Sub70:  849 Pro 9*, Accra Tour Z M5 Flex;   :titelist-small:  915F 3w, Diamana S+ 70 S flex;  Snake Eyes 18*, & 23* Hybrids; :mizuno-small: JPX 900 Forged 5 - PW, PX LZ 6.0;  :Sub70: Raw 50*, Nippon Tour 120 X; :vokey-small: SM9 54* / 10* / S, Wedge Flex ;  :cleveland-small: Tour Action 57*, PX LZ 6.5;   :ping-small:  Heppler Fetch;  Ball - :Snell: MTB-Black; Bag - :1590477705_SunMountain: H2NO 

Shot Scope H4, MG600 Rangefinder

Classic Bag:  Driver - :wilson_staff_small: Persimmon; 3w - :Hogan: Speed Slot; 5w - :wilson_staff_small: Tour Block; 3 - pw - :wilson_staff_small: Dynapower; sw - Ram Tom Watson;  putter - bullseye standard or flange.

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15 hours ago, Kenny B said:

I've been talking about it all year... it was my goal for this year!!  After yesterday's round of 85 that was probably my worst ball striking round in recent memory, I didn't think it would happen today. 

I started the front nine pretty well; always a good sign, but so often hopes are dashed. Par, Par, Bogey, Par Par.
Then on the par 5 #6, I hit a poor drive but it ended up in the fairway just short of a bunker... Lucky!  🤪
2nd shot was a good 3H that put me in a 9i range of a back left pin; hit it pin high right.
My birdie putt was 10 feet slightly downhill with 2 foot break, most coming in the last couple of feet.  
Pars on #7 and #8
On the par 5 #9... good drive; 3H short of the pond, a SW to 6 feet and putt made for my second birdie.
Front nine score 36... one under par!!!  😃

After a Par, Bogey start on the back nine, I birdied the par 3 #12 with a 15 footer.
A good drive and decent 2nd shot on the par 5 #13 left me with a 9i to a back pin over a bunker; almost carried the sand, but fell back in the bunker... up and down sandy Par.
Scrambled for a Par on #14, then Bogeyed #15.
Pars on #16 and #17.

I wasn't keeping score; my wife was.  I thought I needed just a bogey to shoot my age.  All I needed to do on this par 5 #18... my nemesis hole was hit the middle of the fairway like I have most of the day .  Nope!!  Hit the middle of the left bunker instead.  😬  There really is no shot to advance the ball very far since the hole doglegs left with a large tree at the corner; going through the dogleg is in the bunker that runs all the way to the green on the right and pond beyond that.  I decided to hit a 9i to the dogleg... flushed it!!!  In the next bunker.  3rd shot... same 9i just to get the ball back in play in the fairway.  4th shot was a PW over the green into the rough.  5th shot on the green and 2-putt for a Double Bogey!!   I thought I had missed shooting my age by one shot.  BUT...
Back nine score 38... 3 over par.

36  +  38  =  74

Oh, By The Way (my doctor doesn't like Oh BTWs; you know, go in to see him for one thing and while I'm there... Oh BTW!  😂)  Along with my 3 birdies, my wife had 2 birdies, and the couple we play with also had a birdie each... 7 birdies!! Vanilla Rum shots for everyone but me;  I had 7 shots of Wild Turkey Honey Sting!!  Thanks again @fozcycle!!

Now I need a new goal for the second half of 2021.

Well done sir!  Now go do it again!

:ping-small: G 400 driver with Aldila DVS 55-SR shaft (FAIRWAY FINDING MONSTER)

:taylormade-small: Aero Burner 16 degree mini driver regular flex

:callaway-logo-1: Rogue Heavenwood regular flex 

:Hogan: Icon/PTX Pro Combo Set.  VKTR hybrid.

:Hogan: Equalizer Wedges 50, 54, 58 degrees

:callaway-small:Odyssey Two Ball Triple Track Putter, 32 inches  

LAB Golf Directed Force 2.1 putter, 32 inches, 70 degree lie angle

Right Handed. 

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Congratulations @Kenny B, quite an achievement!

In the bag:
Driver: :titelist-small: TSR2 Project X HZRDUS Black 5.5
Fairway: :Sub70: 949X 5 wood 18° Project X HZRDUS Smoke RDX Black 5.5
Hybrid: :mizuno-small: Fli Hi 3 & 4 Project X HZRDUS Smoke RDX Black 6.0

Irons: :mizuno-small: JPX 923 HMP 5-PW UST Mamiya Recoil 95 F4
Wedges: :mizuno-small: T-22 Denim Copper 48°, 52° & 56° UST Mamiya Recoil 95 F4
Putter :Sub70: Sycamore 005 Wide Blade
Bag: 
:Ogio: Alpha Convoy 514
Balls: :mizuno-small: RB Tour or RB Tour X

Cart: :CaddyTek: CaddyLite ONE Ver. 8


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Congratulations Kenny!  Here's hoping you can repeat the performance during the PNW Spy Meet-up!

:ping-small: G410 Plus, 9 Degree Driver 

:ping-small: G400 SFT, 16 Degree 3w

:ping-small: G400 SFT, 19 Degree 5w

:srixon-small:  ZX5 Irons 4-AW 

:ping-small: Glide 2.0 56 Degree SW   (removed from double secret probation 😍)

:EVNROLL: ER5v Putter  (Evnroll ER5v Official Review)

 

 

 

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14 hours ago, tony@CIC said:

Maybe we can get the mods to create a 'shot my age' badge 😂

Congrats Kenny that's quite an accomplishment. 

Good idea, we'll look into it.  I think it would be a very small but elite group, so it needs to be a special badge! 

:titelist-small: TSR2 10.0 HZRDUS Red CB 6.0 

:titelist-small: TSiR2 10.0  Tensei Blue X ink 55g 

:titelist-small: TSR2 16.5 PX Evenflow 5.5 60 g 

:titelist-small: TSi1 20 and 23 degree hybrids Aldila Ascent Shafts R

:titelist-small: T200 5-GW SteelFiber I80 

:titelist-small: SM8 48F/54/58 D Grinds 

:scotty-cameron-1: Select 5.5 Flowback 35" 

:titelist-small: ProV1X Play number 12

 

 

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Just incredibly impressive!!!

Congratulations!

:titelist-small:  TSR 3   9.0  GD Tour AD - DI 6S Stiff

:titelist-small:  TSi 3  15.0 GD Tour AD - DI 6S Stiff

:titelist-small: TS3 21 Hybrid Tensei AV Blue 65 HY Stiff

:titelist-small: U-510 19 Utility Iron HZDUS Smoke Black 6.0 Stiff

Haywood  5-PW Signature Irons - Recoil 780 ES F4 Stiff - Bent 2 deg flat

:taylormade-small:  52 - 09 Tour Preferred EF  - KBS Tour Wedge 

Haywood   56 - 12 KBS Tour Wedge

:taylormade-small:  60 - 10 Tour Preferred - KBS Tour Wedge 

image.gif.2bc8a27613a423a3721fd3b955802132.gif Scotty Special Select - Squareback 2 - 35”

 :srixon-small: Z-Star XV 

 :titelist-small: Players 4 bag  image.png.939559f85230fe16347ecf2765438915.png

 :Arccos: Official Tester - 2021

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Congratulations Kenny!  That is an amazing accomplishment. 

 

 

 

What is in my Sun Mountain C-130 bag

Driver:    :ping-small: G430 LST 9*(set at big minus) with a BGT Brava X shaft @ 45.25”

Fairway: :srixon-small: F85 3 wood with a XPhplexx Agera X @ 42.5”

 :srixon-small: F85 5 wood with a UST Elements Chrome 7F5 @ 41.5"

Driving Iron: :ping-small: Rapture 2-Iron 

Irons: :srixon-small: ZX5 4-PW with Modus 105S 

Wedge: :cleveland-small: Zipcore 50* bent to 48*

Putter:  SIK Jo slant neck @ 33”   

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Congrats El Conquistador!

Driver: image.png.6ba1c8a254ad57aa05e527b74c2e04ba.png0811 XF 12* w/Evenflo Riptide CB Senior shaft

Fairways:  image.png.80321f01fc46450b6f428c7daf7b3471.png0211 5W & 7W w/ Evenflo Riptide CB  regular shaft and Tour Edge E521 9W w/Fubuki HD50 regular shaft

Hybrid: None in bag at the moment

IronsTitleist T300 5-PW w/Fubuki MV Senior graphite shafts w/Golf Pride Tour

Wedges: Titleist T300 48* GW w/Fubuki MV Senior shaft and Edison forged 53* and 57* wedges with KB PGI Senior shafts(80 grm).

Putter: 33”   Evnroll ER2 w/Evnroll Gravity Grip or Nike Method Core Drone  w/Evnroll Gravity Grip

Bag: Vice cart bag(Black/Lime). 

Ball: Maxfli Tour CG, Titleist Pro V1x or Titleist TruFeel

Using Shot Scope X5 and MG4000 Rangefinder

 

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Well done, sir 🙂 

:cobra-small: RADSpeed 9° Matrix Black Tie X-Flex 🐺 

:cobra-small: F9 3/4 Wood Aldila NV 2KXV Blue 

:mizuno-small:CLK 19° Hybrid Speeder Evo HB S 

:mizuno-small: MP54 4-PW Nippon Modus³ Tour 115 X

:titleist-small: SM8 50° F-Grind 

:titleist-small: SM8 54° F-Grind 

:titleist-small: SM8 58° K-Grind 

DStar 'Malvern' Putter 

:titelist-small: AVX & -ProV1X

:footjoy-small: Tour-X 

"Hey mister, your clubs are the wrong way round"..

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10 hours ago, SlowNLow said:

Congrats, KB (Spartacus).  

If you shoot 73, is that good too?

 

Absolutely!!  I feel like I could do it, but all parts of my game have to be performing at peak efficiency.  That doesn't happen often.  

We don’t stop playing the game because we get old; we get old because we stop playing the game.”

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On 5/30/2021 at 4:59 PM, Kenny B said:

I've been talking about it all year... it was my goal for this year!!  After yesterday's round of 85 that was probably my worst ball striking round in recent memory, I didn't think it would happen today. 

I started the front nine pretty well; always a good sign, but so often hopes are dashed. Par, Par, Bogey, Par Par.
Then on the par 5 #6, I hit a poor drive but it ended up in the fairway just short of a bunker... Lucky!  🤪
2nd shot was a good 3H that put me in a 9i range of a back left pin; hit it pin high right.
My birdie putt was 10 feet slightly downhill with 2 foot break, most coming in the last couple of feet.  
Pars on #7 and #8
On the par 5 #9... good drive; 3H short of the pond, a SW to 6 feet and putt made for my second birdie.
Front nine score 36... one under par!!!  😃

After a Par, Bogey start on the back nine, I birdied the par 3 #12 with a 15 footer.
A good drive and decent 2nd shot on the par 5 #13 left me with a 9i to a back pin over a bunker; almost carried the sand, but fell back in the bunker... up and down sandy Par.
Scrambled for a Par on #14, then Bogeyed #15.
Pars on #16 and #17.

I wasn't keeping score; my wife was.  I thought I needed just a bogey to shoot my age.  All I needed to do on this par 5 #18... my nemesis hole was hit the middle of the fairway like I have most of the day .  Nope!!  Hit the middle of the left bunker instead.  😬  There really is no shot to advance the ball very far since the hole doglegs left with a large tree at the corner; going through the dogleg is in the bunker that runs all the way to the green on the right and pond beyond that.  I decided to hit a 9i to the dogleg... flushed it!!!  In the next bunker.  3rd shot... same 9i just to get the ball back in play in the fairway.  4th shot was a PW over the green into the rough.  5th shot on the green and 2-putt for a Double Bogey!!   I thought I had missed shooting my age by one shot.  BUT...
Back nine score 38... 3 over par.

36  +  38  =  74

Oh, By The Way (my doctor doesn't like Oh BTWs; you know, go in to see him for one thing and while I'm there... Oh BTW!  😂)  Along with my 3 birdies, my wife had 2 birdies, and the couple we play with also had a birdie each... 7 birdies!! Vanilla Rum shots for everyone but me;  I had 7 shots of Wild Turkey Honey Sting!!  Thanks again @fozcycle!!

Now I need a new goal for the second half of 2021.

 

Congrats and well done!  You inspire the rest of us old coots 😉

TaylorMade Stealth 2 HD Driver 9 Degree
TaylorMade Stealth 2 HD 3 Wood
TaylorMade Stealth 2 4 Hybrid
TaylorM
ade  Stealth HD Irons 5 - PW 
Cleveland
CBX ZipCore 48 52 56 & 60 Degree Wedges
TaylorMade Spider X Hydro Blast Single Bend Putter

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

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Congratulations.  We are same age.  I had been so close for a few years now but finally managed to do it twice since March.  

Again CONGRATULATIONS!!!  Great accomplishment.

WITB

Driver - Taylormade M6

3wd - Taylormade RBZ

Hybrids - Taylormade RBZ

Irons - Taylormade RSi1

Putter - Macgregor Smoothie

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