cnosil Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 40 minutes ago, Rickp said: One couple Maryland the other Georgia. Not the people I know; they are from Virginia. From what I understand the villages is pretty large and I don't know what part they live in; I just see their social media posts. cksurfdude and Rickp 2 Quote Driver: G400 Max 9* w/ KBS Tour Driven Fairway: TS3 15* w/Project X Hzardous Smoke Hybrids: 915H 21* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype 915H 24* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype Irons: TR20V 6-11 w/Vizard TR20-85 Graphite Wedge: 54/12D, 60/8M w/:Accra iWedge 90 Graphite Putter: Sacks Parente MC 3 Stripe Backup Putters: Milled Collection RSX 2, mFGP2, Futura 5W, TM-180 Member: MGS Hitsquad since 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickp Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 1 hour ago, cnosil said: Not the people I know; they are from Virginia. From what I understand the villages is pretty large and I don't know what part they live in; I just see their social media posts. The Villages has more than doubled since we moved here 10 years ago, Probably 140,000. When we moved here our house was on the edge of the Villages we are now in the middle. I’m thinking the way they are going well be able to take our cart to Disney! cksurfdude, fixyurdivot and cnosil 3 Quote Rick Left Hand, Driver; PXG 0311XF Cypher 50 gr Senior 5 wood; Ping 425, Senior Shaft 55 gr 7 wood; Ping 425, Senior Shaft 55 gr 5 hybrid; Cally Steelhead, Hazardous R2 Irons; Mizuno JPX 923HM 7-GW Recoil 460 F2 Wedges; Titleist S9 54*, Mizuno SW 56* Putter; Waaay too many to list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fixyurdivot Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 55 minutes ago, Rickp said: The Villages has more than doubled since we moved here 10 years ago, Probably 140,000. When we moved here our house was on the edge of the Villages we are now in the middle. I’m thinking the way they are going well be able to take our cart to Disney! Now when I hear The Villages referred to, I immediately think of Kathleen Madigan and her comedy skit... really funny. cksurfdude and Rickp 1 1 Quote G410 Plus, 9 Degree Driver G400 SFT, 16 Degree 3w G400 SFT, 19 Degree 5w ZX5 Irons 4-AW Glide 2.0 56 Degree SW (removed from double secret probation ) ER5v Putter (Evnroll ER5v Official Review) AI-One Milled Seven T CH (Currently Under Product Test) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirchunksalot Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 Today I finally got a chance to take "Johnny 5" a.k.a. My push cart out to the course for its maiden round. I've got to say, I'm really loving it. It rolls smooth, the foot brake is nice, and it was just an overall pleasant experience. There were some issues, more on that later. It wasn't a bad round, but it also wasn't my best. Shot a 54 with 19 putts and two of those being 3 putts. The greens were slower than I've seen in a long time and I think that had an effect. My driver was not on today and I finally made the move to go to 3 wood off the tee on the 7th and absolutely smoked one into the wind. I played fairly decently except for the par five 6th where I hit one in the pond, skulled the next chip, and skulled the one coming back. I posted a smooth 12 on that hole. Other than that disaster hole, I played fairly decent, mostly doubles and bogeys. I did manage to par the 9th after hitting a 3 wood to 94 yards and hit the approach to six feet. Shoulda had a bird, but I'll take the par. As far as the cart and the problem goes, my major issue was how my bag is set up. I had issues finding the clubs I was looking for because they were hanging down and covering the ones below them. On the eighth hole I let a group of riders play through and pulled every club out of the bag and fixed it. I still need to make an adjustment to where the 6 and 9 irons are not near each other. cksurfdude, Rickp, cnosil and 5 others 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickp Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 3 minutes ago, sirchunksalot said: Today I finally got a chance to take "Johnny 5" a.k.a. My push cart out to the course for its maiden round. I've got to say, I'm really loving it. It rolls smooth, the foot brake is nice, and it was just an overall pleasant experience. There were some issues, more on that later. It wasn't a bad round, but it also wasn't my best. Shot a 54 with 19 putts and two of those being 3 putts. The greens were slower than I've seen in a long time and I think that had an effect. My driver was not on today and I finally made the move to go to 3 wood off the tee on the 7th and absolutely smoked one into the wind. I played fairly decently except for the par five 6th where I hit one in the pond, skulled the next chip, and skulled the one coming back. I posted a smooth 12 on that hole. Other than that disaster hole, I played fairly decent, mostly doubles and bogeys. I did manage to par the 9th after hitting a 3 wood to 94 yards and hit the approach to six feet. Shoulda had a bird, but I'll take the par. As far as the cart and the problem goes, my major issue was how my bag is set up. I had issues finding the clubs I was looking for because they were hanging down and covering the ones below them. On the eighth hole I let a group of riders play through and pulled every club out of the bag and fixed it. I still need to make an adjustment to where the 6 and 9 irons are not near each other. Nice setup!! sirchunksalot, cksurfdude and Syks7 3 Quote Rick Left Hand, Driver; PXG 0311XF Cypher 50 gr Senior 5 wood; Ping 425, Senior Shaft 55 gr 7 wood; Ping 425, Senior Shaft 55 gr 5 hybrid; Cally Steelhead, Hazardous R2 Irons; Mizuno JPX 923HM 7-GW Recoil 460 F2 Wedges; Titleist S9 54*, Mizuno SW 56* Putter; Waaay too many to list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syks7 Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 (edited) From Friday. Weird day. Weirder than 43/44 an 87 would indicate. I had a lesson the day before and try as I might I couldn't banish technical thoughts from my head which made for a very mixed striking day. I just kind of rolled with it and had a very feast and famine type of day. At times I was locked in, others I was floundering around in the dark. My old downswing and older chipping technique were fighting against the stuff I learned yesterday. I hit some truly great shots and some head scratchers that had me visiting parts of the course I'd never had to recover from before. . Including a beautiful 8 iron on a par three that I pulled that hit behind a greenside bunker, struck something solid and had me pitching back into the green from 70 yards away just off the green of another hole... and I came within 1/2" of getting up and down! Off the Tee: Either in the center of the fairway 250-270 out or 150 yards left, right, up, down, etc. Woods/Hybrid: Okayish, struck well but not at all on line. I hit one to pin high on 17 from 235 that was 30 yards left of the green next to a drainage swale. Irons: See the driver. Either throwing darts or an unpredictable mix of everywhere. Wedges: Same as the rest. Either the yips or putting me in position to get up and down. Putter: 4-3 putts but also 5-1 putts -- most of them beyond 10 feet. I was just a little off from very long range. On the 3 putts I was pretty far out from the pin (beyond 35 feet) and left myself 5-6 feet out. Brushed those just to the side of the cup and tapped in for the 3rd one. All things considered I'm pretty happy with an 87, especially with 4 doubles. Headed to the range tomorrow to work on the drills that will start to solidify some of these swing adjustments. Edited January 9, 2022 by Syks7 MattF, Kenny B, CarlH and 4 others 7 Quote Driver 0311 Gen 5 -- Tensei CK Orange 60 Woods 0341 3W -- Tensei AV Raw Blue Hybrids 0317X 2&4 -- Tensei AV Raw Blue Irons ZX7 4/AW -- C-Taper Lite 110 Wedges T7 55º @55/7 -- TT DG Spinner Putter DF2.1 or Link.1 -- Accra Ball Zstar Diamond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattF Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 6 hours ago, Syks7 said: From Friday. Weird day. Weirder than 43/44 an 87 would indicate. I had a lesson the day before and try as I might I couldn't banish technical thoughts from my head which made for a very mixed striking day. I just kind of rolled with it and had a very feast and famine type of day. At times I was locked in, others I was floundering around in the dark. My old downswing and older chipping technique were fighting against the stuff I learned yesterday. I hit some truly great shots and some head scratchers that had me visiting parts of the course I'd never had to recover from before. . Including a beautiful 8 iron on a par three that I pulled that hit behind a greenside bunker, struck something solid and had me pitching back into the green from 70 yards away just off the green of another hole... and I came within 1/2" of getting up and down! Off the Tee: Either in the center of the fairway 250-270 out or 150 yards left, right, up, down, etc. Woods/Hybrid: Okayish, struck well but not at all on line. I hit one to pin high on 17 from 235 that was 30 yards left of the green next to a drainage swale. Irons: See the driver. Either throwing darts or an unpredictable mix of everywhere. Wedges: Same as the rest. Either the yips or putting me in position to get up and down. Putter: 4-3 putts but also 5-1 putts -- most of them beyond 10 feet. I was just a little off from very long range. On the 3 putts I was pretty far out from the pin (beyond 35 feet) and left myself 5-6 feet out. Brushed those just to the side of the cup and tapped in for the 3rd one. All things considered I'm pretty happy with an 87, especially with 4 doubles. Headed to the range tomorrow to work on the drills that will start to solidify some of these swing adjustments. It took me a good 3 months for my "new" swing to ingrain itself. You'll likely see weird stuff happen for a while. Kenny B, Syks7, russtopherb and 2 others 5 Quote In the bag: Driver: Darkspeed X 9° UST Mamiya LIN-Q M40X Blue 7F4 Fairway: Apex UW 19° & 21° Project X HZRDUS Smoke RDX Black 5.5 Irons: JPX 923 HMP 5-PW UST Mamiya Recoil 95 F4 Wedges: T-22 Denim Copper 48°, 52° & 56° UST Mamiya Recoil 95 F4 Putter Sycamore 005 Wide Blade Bag: Fairway 14 stand bag Balls: Chrome Tour Cart: CaddyLite ONE Ver. 8 God Bless America, God save the King, God defend New Zealand and thank Christ for Australia! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fozcycle Posted January 9, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 9, 2022 Saturday was my last round before shoulder surgery. I shot a 49/42:91 and had several tries at birdie. I did par the last hole, #18 which is one of the hard3st holes on the course(#3 handicap). Looking ahead, I am positive that my shoulder will be so much better and I can rehab with a strong Spring ahead of me. Shapotomous, GolfSpy_SHARK, sirchunksalot and 10 others 13 Quote Driver: 0311 XF 10.5* w/Project X Cypher 40 gram Senior shaft or 0811 XF 12* w/Evenflo Riptide CB Senior shaft Fairways: 0211 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 Irons: Titleist T300 5-PW w/Fubuki MV Senior graphite shafts w/Golf Pride Tour Wedges: Edison forged 49*, 53* and 57* wedges with KB PGI Senior shafts(80 grm). Putter: 33” Evnroll ER6R or ER2 or Bellum Winmore Model 707, or Nike Method Core Drone w/Evnroll Gravity Grip Bag: Vice cart bag(Black/Lime). Ball: Snell MTB Prime X, Maxfli Tour/S/X CG, Titleist Pro V1x or Titleist TruFeel Using Shot Scope X5 and Pinned Rangefinder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickp Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 38 minutes ago, fozcycle said: Saturday was my last round before shoulder surgery. I shot a 49/42:91 and had several tries at birdie. I did par the last hole, #18 which is one of the hard3st holes on the course(#3 handicap). Looking ahead, I am positive that my shoulder will be so much better and I can rehab with a strong Spring ahead of me. Good luck with the surgery. Did my shoulder while ago and it’s been great, you’ll be back better than ever. sirchunksalot and GolfSpy_SHARK 2 Quote Rick Left Hand, Driver; PXG 0311XF Cypher 50 gr Senior 5 wood; Ping 425, Senior Shaft 55 gr 7 wood; Ping 425, Senior Shaft 55 gr 5 hybrid; Cally Steelhead, Hazardous R2 Irons; Mizuno JPX 923HM 7-GW Recoil 460 F2 Wedges; Titleist S9 54*, Mizuno SW 56* Putter; Waaay too many to list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowNLow Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 39 minutes ago, fozcycle said: Saturday was my last round before shoulder surgery. I shot a 49/42:91 and had several tries at birdie. I did par the last hole, #18 which is one of the hard3st holes on the course(#3 handicap). Looking ahead, I am positive that my shoulder will be so much better and I can rehab with a strong Spring ahead of me. Best wishes with your surgery and rehab. GolfSpy_SHARK, sirchunksalot and fozcycle 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirchunksalot Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 Best of luck with the shoulder surgery @fozcycle. Hopefully you will be back on the course and pain free in no time. SlowNLow, Grand Stranded and GolfSpy_SHARK 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnosil Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 3 hours ago, fozcycle said: Saturday was my last round before shoulder surgery. I shot a 49/42:91 and had several tries at birdie. I did par the last hole, #18 which is one of the hard3st holes on the course(#3 handicap). Looking ahead, I am positive that my shoulder will be so much better and I can rehab with a strong Spring ahead of me. Hoping for a successful surgery and a quick recovery. SlowNLow 1 Quote Driver: G400 Max 9* w/ KBS Tour Driven Fairway: TS3 15* w/Project X Hzardous Smoke Hybrids: 915H 21* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype 915H 24* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype Irons: TR20V 6-11 w/Vizard TR20-85 Graphite Wedge: 54/12D, 60/8M w/:Accra iWedge 90 Graphite Putter: Sacks Parente MC 3 Stripe Backup Putters: Milled Collection RSX 2, mFGP2, Futura 5W, TM-180 Member: MGS Hitsquad since 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syks7 Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 23 hours ago, sirchunksalot said: As far as the cart and the problem goes, my major issue was how my bag is set up. Try this. I found this layout for a 14 divider bag very helpful all around for (Push cart, cart, and carry) Putter in top well, Drivers, Woods, Hybrids down the left. Irons left to right from top with wedges on bottom. Keeps it pretty solidly organized and easy to find stuff in almost every situation. 4 hours ago, fozcycle said: Saturday was my last round before shoulder surgery. I shot a 49/42:91 and had several tries at birdie. I did par the last hole, #18 which is one of the hard3st holes on the course(#3 handicap). Looking ahead, I am positive that my shoulder will be so much better and I can rehab with a strong Spring ahead of me. Good luck with your recovery. Keep up with your Physical Therapy after it's done. My FIL & father both had knees replaced. One did all of his PT work and the other didn't. I'll give you a guess which one is having problems again. sirchunksalot, Grand Stranded, MattF and 2 others 4 1 Quote Driver 0311 Gen 5 -- Tensei CK Orange 60 Woods 0341 3W -- Tensei AV Raw Blue Hybrids 0317X 2&4 -- Tensei AV Raw Blue Irons ZX7 4/AW -- C-Taper Lite 110 Wedges T7 55º @55/7 -- TT DG Spinner Putter DF2.1 or Link.1 -- Accra Ball Zstar Diamond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnosil Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 First round of the new year and I played pretty well. 40/36:76 8 FW, 12 GIR, 34 putts. CarlH, sirchunksalot, Grand Stranded and 6 others 6 3 Quote Driver: G400 Max 9* w/ KBS Tour Driven Fairway: TS3 15* w/Project X Hzardous Smoke Hybrids: 915H 21* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype 915H 24* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype Irons: TR20V 6-11 w/Vizard TR20-85 Graphite Wedge: 54/12D, 60/8M w/:Accra iWedge 90 Graphite Putter: Sacks Parente MC 3 Stripe Backup Putters: Milled Collection RSX 2, mFGP2, Futura 5W, TM-180 Member: MGS Hitsquad since 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickp Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 3 minutes ago, cnosil said: First round of the new year and I played pretty well. 40/36:76 8 FW, 12 GIR, 34 putts. Well done!! sirchunksalot and cnosil 2 Quote Rick Left Hand, Driver; PXG 0311XF Cypher 50 gr Senior 5 wood; Ping 425, Senior Shaft 55 gr 7 wood; Ping 425, Senior Shaft 55 gr 5 hybrid; Cally Steelhead, Hazardous R2 Irons; Mizuno JPX 923HM 7-GW Recoil 460 F2 Wedges; Titleist S9 54*, Mizuno SW 56* Putter; Waaay too many to list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirchunksalot Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 2 hours ago, Syks7 said: Try this. I found this layout for a 14 divider bag very helpful all around for (Push cart, cart, and carry) Putter in top well, Drivers, Woods, Hybrids down the left. Irons left to right from top with wedges on bottom. Keeps it pretty solidly organized and easy to find stuff in almost every situation. I'll give that a try! I feel like is going to be a work in progress to get happy with how the bag is set up. I've played so long with a certain organization that's optimal (to me) for riding. I like the way everything there in your bag is easier to find. Syks7, Grand Stranded, Rickp and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickp Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Monday morning 9, 63*, light wind & cloudy. Par, Birdie, Par start then Bogie, Par, Dbl Bogie and final 3 holes Birdie, Birdie & Par. Fun morning with even Par 9. CarlH, Grand Stranded, sirchunksalot and 5 others 8 Quote Rick Left Hand, Driver; PXG 0311XF Cypher 50 gr Senior 5 wood; Ping 425, Senior Shaft 55 gr 7 wood; Ping 425, Senior Shaft 55 gr 5 hybrid; Cally Steelhead, Hazardous R2 Irons; Mizuno JPX 923HM 7-GW Recoil 460 F2 Wedges; Titleist S9 54*, Mizuno SW 56* Putter; Waaay too many to list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amrish777 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 47/44 for a 91 on Saturday. Went from hitting gentle fades 4 days earlier to pull hooks in the first 7 holes. Couldn't get comfortable with my wedges all round but am chalking that up to the persistent rain we were up against. Most importantly, one birdie and zero 3 putts! MattF, Kenny B, JerryB and 3 others 6 Quote Wilson Staff FG Tour F5 Driver Wilson Staff FG Tour F5 Irons Mizuno MP R12 Wedges TM Daytona 1 Rossa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fixyurdivot Posted January 10, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 10, 2022 I played Las Barrancas yesterday and shot a 44/41 and 42/49 playing a two ball format from the quartz tees which is 6300 yards. I normally play the copper tee (5578 yards) with the group as all but one simply do not have the length. My scores definitely reflected the 700 yard difference. GIR's on a handful of holes were just unobtanium even with well struck shots. Also, it made three of the par 3's 170+ and even #16 playing 177 as they had it in the far back portion. That said, a couple of holes actually took typical hazards out of play but, ultimately, lengths over 6000 just seem too much for me. I've oft felt the copper tee is a bit on the short side and believe my optimum length, depending on slope/rating, to be 5900. It was fun playing these tees as most of the holes provided an entirely different perspective but, unless wind conditions are near clam, will go back to the copper. I started off with a Callaway ERC vs. Hex Chrome contest but lost the triple track on #4 It's replacement was a e12 but that one was lost on #6. So I pulled a yellow Q-star and a Maxfli Tour which both survived the rest of the round. The Srixon nearly got me kicked out of the "Still Aceless" thread. Here are some more views of the course. #14 556 yard into the wind. Driver + 3w + 5w = 10 yards short. Hole #4 Hole #15 sandpounder, edingc, sirchunksalot and 8 others 9 2 Quote G410 Plus, 9 Degree Driver G400 SFT, 16 Degree 3w G400 SFT, 19 Degree 5w ZX5 Irons 4-AW Glide 2.0 56 Degree SW (removed from double secret probation ) ER5v Putter (Evnroll ER5v Official Review) AI-One Milled Seven T CH (Currently Under Product Test) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Micah T Posted January 11, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2022 1st round of ‘22 was a 9 over 81 at the Ledges in St George, Utah. Managed to 4 putt a par 3 that I hit in regulation. 7 firs 8 girs and 6/9 on up & downs. Still only 30 putts… MattF, Kenny B, fixyurdivot and 8 others 11 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...
Sluggo42 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Finally got out after 3 weeks off due to the removal of my gallbladder.. stunk to high heavens… felt lousy. Turns out it was the first day of a 5 day flu- even though I had the flu shot! Can’t catch a break lately it seems. did I mention I stunk? Peeuuuuu! anyways, feeling a lot better today, so off to the lake tomorrow… Kenny B, JerryB, fixyurdivot and 4 others 7 Quote TSr2 on tensi blue stiff Speedzone 3-wood on Tensi blue S Epic Max 5 and 7 woods on HZRDUS Reg flex Paradym 9 wood on HZRDUS reg flex P770 / P790 combo set on Ventus R-6 shafts 6-AW T22 Denim Copper 54°, 58° on Kinetic X Trajectory ER3 or, E.A.S. #4 (“Fang” or “Adele”) ProV1x, or, Maxfli Tour X .Org 14 cart bag Adidas Tour 360 , or Sketcher shoes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickp Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Tuesday morning 45*, cloudy & 12-14 mph north wind. Miserable morning, have no clue what I shot! Lost 1 ball and was happy I finished. One guy left after 4th hole, should have left with him. cnosil, fixyurdivot, MattF and 4 others 7 Quote Rick Left Hand, Driver; PXG 0311XF Cypher 50 gr Senior 5 wood; Ping 425, Senior Shaft 55 gr 7 wood; Ping 425, Senior Shaft 55 gr 5 hybrid; Cally Steelhead, Hazardous R2 Irons; Mizuno JPX 923HM 7-GW Recoil 460 F2 Wedges; Titleist S9 54*, Mizuno SW 56* Putter; Waaay too many to list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny B Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 15 minutes ago, Rickp said: Tuesday morning 45*, cloudy & 12-14 mph north wind. Miserable morning, have no clue what I shot! Lost 1 ball and was happy I finished. One guy left after 4th hole, should have left with him. Here, he would have been called a wuss for leaving. sirchunksalot, MattF, fixyurdivot and 2 others 3 2 Quote “We don’t stop playing the game because we get old; we get old because we stop playing the game.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickp Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 6 minutes ago, Kenny B said: Here, he would have been called a wuss for leaving. Air Temp is not the problem, north wind in the teens can be nasty. He’s getting over the Flu so he gets a pass…..this time. Kenny B and sirchunksalot 2 Quote Rick Left Hand, Driver; PXG 0311XF Cypher 50 gr Senior 5 wood; Ping 425, Senior Shaft 55 gr 7 wood; Ping 425, Senior Shaft 55 gr 5 hybrid; Cally Steelhead, Hazardous R2 Irons; Mizuno JPX 923HM 7-GW Recoil 460 F2 Wedges; Titleist S9 54*, Mizuno SW 56* Putter; Waaay too many to list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Stranded Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 So when is 93 a decent score? Today. 38* with 10+ mph winds when I teed off. It “warmed up” to 43* entually, but the wind made it feel below freezing. I played with my Tuesday league. We usually have between 40-50 players in 2 flights, but today we had 24 knuckleheads, lol. They combined everyone into one flight and played Gross Stableford. Somehow I managed to finish 3rd despite missing my number by 5. Tough day at the office, not a lot of fun. I’m playing a 2 man tournament that starts Thursday, I’m just hoping I don’t get sick. I feel something coming on right now. cnosil, MattF, JerryB and 4 others 7 Quote Driver: G425 Max 10.5* Fairway: Stealth 3HL & 7W Hybrids: Stealth 25* Irons: E722 6-AW Wedges: Jaws Raw Face 54-10 RTX Zipcore 58-6 Putter: ER7 34” 14th club? Speedzone 4H 21* E722 GW 51* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickp Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 6 hours ago, Grand Stranded said: So when is 93 a decent score? Today. 38* with 10+ mph winds when I teed off. It “warmed up” to 43* entually, but the wind made it feel below freezing. I played with my Tuesday league. We usually have between 40-50 players in 2 flights, but today we had 24 knuckleheads, lol. They combined everyone into one flight and played Gross Stableford. Somehow I managed to finish 3rd despite missing my number by 5. Tough day at the office, not a lot of fun. I’m playing a 2 man tournament that starts Thursday, I’m just hoping I don’t get sick. I feel something coming on right now. Be careful, we’re not used to cold weather. Grand Stranded 1 Quote Rick Left Hand, Driver; PXG 0311XF Cypher 50 gr Senior 5 wood; Ping 425, Senior Shaft 55 gr 7 wood; Ping 425, Senior Shaft 55 gr 5 hybrid; Cally Steelhead, Hazardous R2 Irons; Mizuno JPX 923HM 7-GW Recoil 460 F2 Wedges; Titleist S9 54*, Mizuno SW 56* Putter; Waaay too many to list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syks7 Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 (edited) Good, but also really, really bad? 47/43 -- 90 It was another Jeckyll/Hyde day. Way too many doubles today coming from a variety of sources. I'm just misfiring right now while trying to implement the swing adjustments. Still though, when the swing was working it was great. The high point of the round is 5 pars on the back 9 and a tap in Birdie on the front. Driver -- Got better, but it's still out of sorts. I hit it OK most holes and awesome on a couple. Woods -- Worst day with my 3W in a while. I should have left it in the bag after the first two times I topped it 30 yards... But hey, I needed to make sure I could do it twice more. Hybrid -- Also not great. I only pulled it once and the result was much like the 3W. I haven't figured out to hit these clubs consistently from the slot yet and I refuse to continue hitting outside in with them just to get a result. So I'm guessing more pain is in store for a bit. Irons -- Pretty good when I kept my swing smooth. Lots of range work is starting to make the addition of dropping the club into the slot feel more natural. I just don't have the best feel for face control yet so my misses are blocks or pulls. Not a lot of movement. The ones I do hit well are getting good height and landing and sticking. Best shot today was a 5 Iron from 193 that I stuck to 5 ft. Lipped the birdie out.... Wedges -- I'm not playing confidently with these right now. Got some yips and it's showing. I warmed up and felt fine, but just did not do well pitching or chipping today. Putter -- Ugly day. My speed was off and every lag putt blew by the hole to 6 ft. There were many three putts and at least three lip outs that I can think of. I will say though that I didn't miss from inside 4 ft so that was a plus. I'm going to take a breather for a few days. Maybe till Monday. I've been going really hard since my lesson last Thursday and I'm sore and think I may have overdone it. Time to let my body and mind have a few days off to approach everything fresh again. PS: Also, I think the fact that this 330lb dude is now carrying instead of pushing a cart is probably a major contributor to the tiredness. Fortunately the replacement backpack strap (the original arrived with a broken buckle) for my SL2 will arrive tomorrow. I think that will be a lot easier on my back walking. Edited January 13, 2022 by Syks7 JerryB, Kenny B, cnosil and 3 others 6 Quote Driver 0311 Gen 5 -- Tensei CK Orange 60 Woods 0341 3W -- Tensei AV Raw Blue Hybrids 0317X 2&4 -- Tensei AV Raw Blue Irons ZX7 4/AW -- C-Taper Lite 110 Wedges T7 55º @55/7 -- TT DG Spinner Putter DF2.1 or Link.1 -- Accra Ball Zstar Diamond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny B Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Course is still closed. Nearly all the snow is gone, but the ground was frozen for so long that the water hasn't sunk in to our sandy soil. Puddles on the greens. The good news is that high temps will be in the 40's for the next 10 days; lows around freezing at night. The pro thinks it might be possible to play this weekend. My wife and I are signed up to play in a 2-person scramble on Saturday. I'd like to play at least one more time before I leave for Palm Springs next week. Probably still taking my MacGregor irons since I have played them most recently in December before it snowed, and they worked pretty well. fixyurdivot, cnosil, GolfSpy_SHARK and 3 others 6 Quote “We don’t stop playing the game because we get old; we get old because we stop playing the game.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fixyurdivot Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Played Desert Hills with @kahl2069and our friends from Canada yesterday. I carded a 36/44 and my first even par nine in a couple of years . One bogey on the #1 handicap and one birdie on #2 par 5. All excited from the results, I started the back nine with a DB . I managed to keep the lug nuts on and caught a couple of breaks on errant drives but it was one of those penthouse to the outhouse rounds. They were having a PING Demo and I had a few minutes to test out the i59 with the Recoil ES780 shaft (one of my short list from the fitting). They are close to Blueprint like in appearance and definitely one I think the player style aficionados should have a look at. I hit about 20 balls and really liked it, both in sound and feel. It was a standard lie, so I was catching mostly toe side, but ball flight was quite consistent. I then asked about "the one with the black sock on it"? "Sorry, that one's not available for test". It was the i525 . My quick search found very little intel on these except a golfwrx thread with an incorrect link. Being a diligent spy, I asked if I could take a photo and got denied. New construction and materials from the i500 and with "much better sound" - clearly the folks at PING worked to improve that commonly stated con. He said it was scheduled for retail sale early April... what a tease . MattF, Grand Stranded, Kenny B and 4 others 7 Quote G410 Plus, 9 Degree Driver G400 SFT, 16 Degree 3w G400 SFT, 19 Degree 5w ZX5 Irons 4-AW Glide 2.0 56 Degree SW (removed from double secret probation ) ER5v Putter (Evnroll ER5v Official Review) AI-One Milled Seven T CH (Currently Under Product Test) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnosil Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 33 minutes ago, fixyurdivot said: I then asked about "the one with the black sock on it"? "Sorry, that one's not available for test". It was the i525 . My quick search found very little intel on these except a golfwrx thread with an incorrect link. Being a diligent spy, I asked if I could take a photo and got denied. New construction and materials from the i500 and with "much better sound" - clearly the folks at PING worked to improve that commonly stated con. He said it was scheduled for retail sale early April... what a tease . No photos of clubs under embargo. I’d show you some of the new Ping putters but couldn’t take a picture of them, but will say they do feel great and roll the ball amazingly well. fixyurdivot, MattF, GolfSpy_SHARK and 2 others 5 Quote Driver: G400 Max 9* w/ KBS Tour Driven Fairway: TS3 15* w/Project X Hzardous Smoke Hybrids: 915H 21* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype 915H 24* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype Irons: TR20V 6-11 w/Vizard TR20-85 Graphite Wedge: 54/12D, 60/8M w/:Accra iWedge 90 Graphite Putter: Sacks Parente MC 3 Stripe Backup Putters: Milled Collection RSX 2, mFGP2, Futura 5W, TM-180 Member: MGS Hitsquad since 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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