Medfloat Posted Thursday at 10:47 AM Share Posted Thursday at 10:47 AM 3 hours ago, Wolfstrum said: The firmer ball did make a difference for me, most noticeable with my short irons. Not sure others would experience the same results. I suspect it is related to my swing and how I strike the ball. Trajectory and ball flight were also different for me. I do like the change and will start adjusting accordingly. When I did found the green the ball held the green nicely. I was at a course I play regularly and the Model does not break as much on the greens as the Triad does. All subtle things I would not have noticed in years past when I was playing at most 4 times a year. Sounds like you found a good ball to meet your game. It took me a long time to learn not to use all kinds of different scrounged golf balls. I wasn’t “good” enough to recognize the differences but the more I played the more I paid attention. I finally settled on a ball and started to become more consistent. Since then my game has improved a bunch and moved on to a different ball to match the swing. The ball matters, it matters a lot. Hopefully you get dialed in quickly and play better each round. William P, Wolfstrum, sirchunksalot and 4 others 7 Quote Driver - Ping G410+ LA golf 65S 3wood - Ping G400 Aldia green 75S 5 wood - Ping G410 Aldia 75S 4-pw Iron - TM M3 steel fiber i110 Ping Glide 3.0 - 50, 54, 58 Nippon 115 Odyssey O-Works 2-ball ProV1x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
injectedcutty Posted Thursday at 07:33 PM Share Posted Thursday at 07:33 PM Was able to get out this morning and play with some friends for a change since I'm off work the rest of the week. Played at quail chase here in Louisville which used to be a privately owned public course until 5ish years back when the city took it over. It's one of the nicest public tracts, is a 27 hole layout. My driver was back to being a beast, but i tried a TSR3 and it went 10yds past mine on comparable strikes!!! Don't really need a new driver, buttttt if it has positives over my current PXG then I'm going to be looking. I played well, had a couple bad holes, but as posted in the Opus testing thread, these wedges just down right impress me. I marked on the card the holes I used them for either approach, or up/down scenarios. The 58° did work, and the Opus line saved my tail big time today....look at all the one putts..... Dweed, cksurfdude, MattF and 5 others 6 2 Quote Scott J PXG Driver, AP2 irons, Cleveland wedges and Odyssey white ice 2.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medfloat Posted Thursday at 07:38 PM Share Posted Thursday at 07:38 PM 4 minutes ago, injectedcutty said: Was able to get out this morning and play with some friends for a change since I'm off work the rest of the week. Played at quail chase here in Louisville which used to be a privately owned public course until 5ish years back when the city took it over. It's one of the nicest public tracts, is a 27 hole layout. My driver was back to being a beast, but i tried a TSR3 and it went 10yds past mine on comparable strikes!!! Don't really need a new driver, buttttt if it has positives over my current PXG then I'm going to be looking. I played well, had a couple bad holes, but as posted in the Opus testing thread, these wedges just down right impress me. I marked on the card the holes I used them for either approach, or up/down scenarios. The 58° did work, and the Opus line saved my tail big time today....look at all the one putts..... That’s an awesome sunrise photo. Nice to hear the wedges are top notch sirchunksalot, Dweed, William P and 2 others 5 Quote Driver - Ping G410+ LA golf 65S 3wood - Ping G400 Aldia green 75S 5 wood - Ping G410 Aldia 75S 4-pw Iron - TM M3 steel fiber i110 Ping Glide 3.0 - 50, 54, 58 Nippon 115 Odyssey O-Works 2-ball ProV1x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
injectedcutty Posted Thursday at 07:46 PM Share Posted Thursday at 07:46 PM 5 minutes ago, Medfloat said: That’s an awesome sunrise photo. Nice to hear the wedges are top notch Sunrise golf is my favorite golf! Don't get me wrong, afternoon golf is good too since the course is dried out. However, something about teeing off when fog is rolling around is awesome! William P, Medfloat, cksurfdude and 3 others 6 Quote Scott J PXG Driver, AP2 irons, Cleveland wedges and Odyssey white ice 2.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big moose Posted Thursday at 08:14 PM Share Posted Thursday at 08:14 PM Shot 43, birdied 18 for a good skin that was the highlight of my round. Iron play was way off. Our trip to Augusta is canceled until next April. Dweed, sirchunksalot, cksurfdude and 4 others 7 Quote Frank musolino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micah T Posted Thursday at 08:25 PM Share Posted Thursday at 08:25 PM Back from a week of golf in Palm Springs, California. Bermuda can be quite perplexing for those of us that only encounter it on vacation. But there’s nothing like one last taste of summer before fall in Utah. Worst round was an 82, and best was a 76- all scores I’ll happily take the 1st time seeing a course! I also noticed no loss of distance on flushed iron shots: something I didn’t expect coming down to 400 ft from 4000. William P, sirchunksalot, Shapotomous and 5 others 8 Quote Driver - Cobra LtDxLS 3 Wood - Ping g410 LST 2iron - Titleist U505 Irons - Ping i59 Wedges - Vokey Sm9 Putter - Mizuno Mcraft IV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dweed Posted Thursday at 11:39 PM Share Posted Thursday at 11:39 PM A beautiful day today to play golf. Mid 70's, light breeze, sunny but only half course was open. Started their aeration project. Played good. Shot 38. Always happy with that. Now don't take me wrong, I like any birdie or par for that matter. I had a cross-slope putt of 11-12 feet. I aimed about 18 in on the high side. As it approached the hole it started slowing down and curving the way I had hoped. It curved a bit too high and curved around the back of the hole. Directly across from me. It was ever so slowly moving and plopped in. I was using one of those yellow and orange Srixon Z. The slow motion of yellow over orange looked so cool. Love that look. William P, jbern, Medfloat and 4 others 7 Quote D- Ping G 400 SFT 16*- Adams Tight Lie 19*- Adams Tight Lie 4H- Ping G 400 5-U- Ping G 400 SW- Nike 56*- Ping Glide 2 P- Sub70 004 Mallet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shapotomous Posted yesterday at 02:08 AM Share Posted yesterday at 02:08 AM I played at the Elkridge Club in Baltimore today as a practice round for a upcoming Sr. tournament. It is the first time I played there and it will definitely help. There are a lot of elevation changes that make a club or even two difference. It was good to see that as a preview. I played the back tees and shot an 80. I stayed out of trouble off the tee but lost a few approach shots with mis-clubbing and missed on the wrong side of the green. Knowing those things I feel I can improve on that score. The greens were about as fast as the backyard green so practicing at home should work out well for getting the pace correct. MattF, Dan Yates, jbern and 4 others 4 3 Quote Modern Bag: G410 LST 10.5*, Hzrdus Smoke RDX 6.5 Flex; 915F 3w, Diamana S+ 70 S flex; Mavrik 18* 5w; JPX 919 HM Pro 4i; JPX 900 Forged 5 - 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...
Popular Post Dan Yates Posted yesterday at 02:20 AM Popular Post Share Posted yesterday at 02:20 AM I’ve been on the road for work in Virginia since Tuesday evening, after putting in a full day at the office Tuesday in Gettysburg, PA. So I finished up a little early Wednesday afternoon and decided to see if I could get in a little golf on the trip. Rather than go to TopGolf, I looked around for a public course in the general direction of my next travel stop, and found Providence Golf Club southwest of Richmond. The description sounded pretty good, and I wasn’t disappointed! It had been sprinkling on and off, so the course wasn’t crowded when I got there, and I was able to warm up on their putting green and chipping area, but the range was closed due to all the rain the last week. But an advantage of largely sandy soil is how fast it drains, and other than a couple of low areas the course was in fantastic shape. They had aerated a couple of weeks ago, so the greens were slow and a little bumpy, but in good condition. I’m not used to playing on greens that slow this time of year, but it meant you could hit right to your number from almost anywhere. The course was immaculate - beautiful rolling hills through wooded parkland, lots of water, some strategically placed naturalized areas guarding greens or forcing layups, playing to specific yardages. Not knowing my way around I played pretty conservatively on the par 5’s that all seemed to have risk-reward considerations on the second shots: water, ravines, naturalized areas, mature trees. It made the course play longer than the 6529 yds it said it was from the gold tees (tips). I highly recommend the course. Lots of variety in holes, challenging position play, smart layout utilizing the hills and drainages smartly, some blind tee shots and tricky approaches. I think the controlled, conservative approach played well there, and I was in good control of my game for the most part. I shot 73 (par 71, rating 71.2), shooting 1 over on each nine, with two birdies. 29 putts, which was the best part to me. Made a 36’ birdie putt on the par 5 #5, and two great sand saves - one on #2 from the green side bunker to a short side pin to 3’, and the best one from a deep, steep faced bunker that just caught my approach and kicked it back to about 28 yds to a tucked pin short side, downhill from the lip that I hit a spinny one hop and stop to 2’. My best approach I saved for #18 - a par 5 I hit a 270 yd drive to mid fairway, then a blind 4 hybrid 210 yds to the center of the fairway, leaving about 45 yds to a shallow green, downhill, hidden for all but the top of the flag by a wide naturalized wetland encircling the entire front half of the green. I hit a perfectly struck 56 degree wedge to 3’ leaving a slightly uphill left to right putt that curled in perfectly for a finishing birdie. I loved that it was a fast 3:12 round, the course was beautiful (pictures don’t do it justice) and it plays as good as it looks. Happy with how I hit my driver 10/14 fairways, my new Qi10 4 hybrid was a laser, and my approaches were mostly good 10/18 gir. But my wedges were dialed from everywhere, including the beach. I really feel like the Golf Forever workouts are helping a lot with my mobility, balance, strength through range of motion and endurance. The breathing techniques they teach for lowering heart rate and calming nerves are spot on too. My only regret is that the season is closing in on us in PA. Go play Providence Golf Club next time you’re in Richmond, VA with some time to play a round! Shapotomous, injectedcutty, jbern and 7 others 10 Quote Dan Yates, 55 year old trying to qualify for PA Senior Amateur in 2024; searching for some magic in my game again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medfloat Posted 16 hours ago Share Posted 16 hours ago On such a perfect morning, who can argue with this? Not this guy… William P, injectedcutty, Dweed and 3 others 5 1 Quote Driver - Ping G410+ LA golf 65S 3wood - Ping G400 Aldia green 75S 5 wood - Ping G410 Aldia 75S 4-pw Iron - TM M3 steel fiber i110 Ping Glide 3.0 - 50, 54, 58 Nippon 115 Odyssey O-Works 2-ball ProV1x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbern Posted 15 hours ago Share Posted 15 hours ago (edited) I played an 18 hole match of wolf with 3 of my golf buddies on Wednesday. I had the game won by the 10th hole because they all had a pretty rough front 9s and I scored a 1v3 birdie (which doubles points). Wolf points: Me=29, vs 17, 9, & 7 respectively. I ended up shooting a +8, 77. I’m not upset with the score, but my approach game was pretty bad. Even though my approach game was terrible, I played par 3s very well! I was within 15 feet on 4 out of the 5 par 3s. Here are some photos of where I ended up on a couple of the par 3s: Hole 4, 189yd, 5i, 8’ long Hole 11, 172yd, 6i, 9’ short Stats below: FWs: 6/13 =0.462 , Playable Dr: 9/13 =0.692 GIRs: 5/18 =0.278 Putts: 27 Up&Down: 6/13 =0.462 Overall, my driving was ok (2 bad and 2 ended up bad). My GIR was terrible! If you don’t count Par 3s, I hit 1 GIR!! Chipping was ok, but I made a couple of bad club choices. Putting was solid, but didn’t make any long putts (my longest putt made was 8’). Bottom line, I had a great time! But there’s always room to improve! Edited 15 hours ago by jbern Dan Yates, sirchunksalot, William P and 4 others 6 1 Quote WITB (link to detailed post here): Driver: LTDx 9* (ProjectX BlueSmoke Stiff) Fairway metals: 3W TSR2 14.25* (ProjectX BlueSmoke Stiff) | 5W Gen4 0341XF (Mitsubishi Tensei Blue 75 S) Hybrid: 4H Gen4 0317XF (Mitsubishi Tensei Blue 75HY S) Irons: 659 CB 5-AW (Project X Rifle 6.0) Wedges: 286 54* & 58* (KBS Tour 120 S) Putter: DF3 OFFICIAL MEMBER REVIEW HERE ‘24 Ball: pro drip: red & blue | Tour S Pushcart: 4.0 | '23 MGS Clicgear 4.0 Pushcart Tester | Link here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
injectedcutty Posted 14 hours ago Share Posted 14 hours ago Got out this morning again for some sunrise golf. I was the first out and basically had the course to myself. This allowed my daughter to help shoot some footage I'll post in the Callaway Opus thread in regards to testing. Shot my lowest round at my home course, my GIR was garbage but the Opus line is serious and continues to save my tail! Also, if anybody gets Nike Victory Pro 3 spiked shoes, swap out the garbage stock softspikes and get some better ones. I was slipping around yesterday, swapped to the tour flex pro spikes and those made a huge difference going from 6 contact points to 9!!!!.... Fore67, William P, cnosil and 5 others 8 Quote Scott J PXG Driver, AP2 irons, Cleveland wedges and Odyssey white ice 2.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medfloat Posted 12 hours ago Share Posted 12 hours ago 2 hours ago, injectedcutty said: Got out this morning again for some sunrise golf. I was the first out and basically had the course to myself. This allowed my daughter to help shoot some footage I'll post in the Callaway Opus thread in regards to testing. Shot my lowest round at my home course, my GIR was garbage but the Opus line is serious and continues to save my tail! Also, if anybody gets Nike Victory Pro 3 spiked shoes, swap out the garbage stock softspikes and get some better ones. I was slipping around yesterday, swapped to the tour flex pro spikes and those made a huge difference going from 6 contact points to 9!!!!.... Noooooooo William P, Dweed, injectedcutty and 2 others 4 1 Quote Driver - Ping G410+ LA golf 65S 3wood - Ping G400 Aldia green 75S 5 wood - Ping G410 Aldia 75S 4-pw Iron - TM M3 steel fiber i110 Ping Glide 3.0 - 50, 54, 58 Nippon 115 Odyssey O-Works 2-ball ProV1x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fore67 Posted 10 hours ago Share Posted 10 hours ago Rainy day today, but mild in the Pacific Northwest. Started at 10 Celcius and got to about 12 by the time I finished. First one out at 7:30 and played in a quick 2 hours and 5 minutes. Playing partner had the same pace I did and we just flew around the course. Hit 10 fairways, 14 GIR, 30 putts, 2/4 up and ins. 4 birdies 2 bogeys for 69. Have been playing so poorly of late, the last 2 games have seen a significant turnaround. Can't say what it might be a result of, my 60th round of the year, maybe just playing out of the crappy stuff. Now, really looking forward to the last month of Men's Club and getting swings in before the weather turns really awful. Have a great weekend everybody! Cheers and FORE! Mike Medfloat, Tom the Golf Nut, Dan Yates and 5 others 5 3 Quote Played this wonderful game for 54 years now. Still love it! Driver - Callaway Rogue Reg shaft 10 degree (Circa 2018) 3 Wood - Callaway Big Bertha 3 Metal (2014) Hybrids - Callaway X-Hot Pro 16 and 20 degree (2014) Irons - Callaway Apex Pro Graphite Shafts 4-A (2014) Wedges - Callaway Mac Daddy 56 (2014) and 58 (2019) Putter - Kayson Mallet 34" (2023) Bags - Carry: Sun Mountain (2005) Cart: BagBoy Easy Rider Lite (2019) Pull/Push Cart - BagBoy Compact3 (2019) "Can't birdie them all if you don't birdie the first 2" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medfloat Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago 51 minutes ago, Fore67 said: Rainy day today, but mild in the Pacific Northwest. Started at 10 Celcius and got to about 12 by the time I finished. First one out at 7:30 and played in a quick 2 hours and 5 minutes. Playing partner had the same pace I did and we just flew around the course. Hit 10 fairways, 14 GIR, 30 putts, 2/4 up and ins. 4 birdies 2 bogeys for 69. Have been playing so poorly of late, the last 2 games have seen a significant turnaround. Can't say what it might be a result of, my 60th round of the year, maybe just playing out of the crappy stuff. Now, really looking forward to the last month of Men's Club and getting swings in before the weather turns really awful. Have a great weekend everybody! Cheers and FORE! Mike Great score Mike. when was the first time you broke 70? Dweed, William P and sirchunksalot 3 Quote Driver - Ping G410+ LA golf 65S 3wood - Ping G400 Aldia green 75S 5 wood - Ping G410 Aldia 75S 4-pw Iron - TM M3 steel fiber i110 Ping Glide 3.0 - 50, 54, 58 Nippon 115 Odyssey O-Works 2-ball ProV1x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom the Golf Nut Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago Got out for a round this afternoon. Felt good to be back on the course after having to take almost two weeks off. I was ecstatic to find out I haven’t lost too much distance. I haven’t had solid food in two weeks so so was worried about stamina. But I walked the course without an issue and managed two under on the front 9 and two under on the back 9 for a 68. The Vice irons are still working out wonderful. I couldn’t be more pleased with them. cnosil, William P, Medfloat and 5 others 3 4 1 Quote Driver, TSi 1 S Flex 3 wood, Aerojet Max UST Helium Nanocore R Flex 5 wood, Aerojet Max UST Helium Nanocore R Flex 7 Wood, Aerojet Max UST Helium Nanocore R Flex 5 Hybrid King Tec MMT R Flex Irons, Vice VGI01 Mitsubishi Wiz 60-gram regular flex (6 - PW) VGW01, 50 Degree. Mitsubishi Wiz 60-gram regular flex, Wedges, Snakebite KBS Hi- Rev2.0 54* & 60* Putter, Sacks Parente Drac Center Shafted 35" Ultralight 14-way Cart Bag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Emmons Posted 8 hours ago Share Posted 8 hours ago It’s 80 degrees and sunny in October, so what’s not to love about that? Nice round with my Wife and a friend. Was told by both of them that I looked very relaxed during the round which can sometimes be a challenge. I told myself that I wasn’t going to really care about what actually happened during the round, and just hit the shot that was in front of me. Hit an awesome drive on the first hole (Ranger completed me), hit some good shots, hit some bad ones. Made some pars, made some doubles. Starting to get back my confidence with my wedges (really need that). Score wasn’t great, but was able to spend a Friday afternoon on the course instead of the office, and I’ll take that every time. Dweed, rkj427, injectedcutty and 4 others 7 Quote Taylormade Sim Max driver Titleist TSI2 5 wood Callaway Rogue 3 hybrid Taylormade M2 irons Cleveland & Titleist wedges Odyssey 7 putter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fore67 Posted 8 hours ago Share Posted 8 hours ago 1 hour ago, Medfloat said: Great score Mike. when was the first time you broke 70? Thanks! I've been playing now for 54 years . . . I've had a single digit handicap for probably 50 years, down to a 2 when I was in my 20's. First time breaking 70 was in Edmonton at the Mayfair Golf and Country Club in. It was a par 70 and I finished my junior career there before moving back to Calgary. So, when I was 18 or 19. Cheers and FORE! Mike injectedcutty, William P, Medfloat and 3 others 6 Quote Played this wonderful game for 54 years now. Still love it! Driver - Callaway Rogue Reg shaft 10 degree (Circa 2018) 3 Wood - Callaway Big Bertha 3 Metal (2014) Hybrids - Callaway X-Hot Pro 16 and 20 degree (2014) Irons - Callaway Apex Pro Graphite Shafts 4-A (2014) Wedges - Callaway Mac Daddy 56 (2014) and 58 (2019) Putter - Kayson Mallet 34" (2023) Bags - Carry: Sun Mountain (2005) Cart: BagBoy Easy Rider Lite (2019) Pull/Push Cart - BagBoy Compact3 (2019) "Can't birdie them all if you don't birdie the first 2" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkj427 Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago Managed to get the opportunity to play both yesterday and today at the same course with the same people making up our foursome. Thursday was a 12:00PM tee time, today was an 11:00AM start. Weather both days very different too. Thursday was a picture-perfect day for golf, low 70's at the start reaching upper 70's through the afternoon, with plenty of sunshine and no wind to speak of. Today was much cooler, low 50's to start, low 60's through the afternoon, and a strong 15-20MPH wind from the northeast. Today the I had the mindset to hit approach shots lower, taking the wind out of play if possible, and it led to less GIR's, but unless the ball is on the actual putting surface, I don't count it as a GIR. Some pictures and both cards from each day are below. THURSDAY Hole 2 Par 3 - Note pin position Fall colors - Hole 6 green My approach shot from 105 yards with a gap wedge on Thursday Hole 18 - Par 5 from tee area - narrow, tree lined fairways make driver off the tee on all of the par 5's on this course a risk/reward that I choose to play safe on FRIDAY Hole 2 - Par 3 - note pin position this day Hole 3 - Par 5 - another risk/reward tee shot with driver, that I choose to play safe Closer view of green on hole 3 showing some of the fall colors My longest tee shot of the day using driver, 262 yards with 102 left to the flag. My approach shot here just rolled onto the fringe left of the pin. I over drew the shot. (My nemesis, being left-handed but playing right-handed) Medfloat 1 Quote Driver & Fairway: Titleist GT2 8 degree - Ventus TR Red & TSR3 15 - Hzrdus Black Gen 4 Hybrid: TSR2 21 degree - Hzrdus Black Gen 4 Irons: Titleist T200 3G (4) & T150 - (5-G) - Modus 105 Wedges: Vokey SM9 54, and 58 Putter: Cameron Phantom X 5 Ball: Pro V1 & Maxfli Tour Link to Motocaddy M7 w/Remote Trolley & Bag Review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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