fixyurdivot Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 6 hours ago, MattWillGolf said: Sammy Hagar may not be able to drive 55 but I can score that for 9. Driver was spraying today, with the return of an ugly slice. I’m getting proficient at chipping out of trouble. Bah. I found water on 3 different holes. Two in the same pond, one on 3 and one 6. My putting was good, several tap ins and lip outs. Two 1 putts and one 3 putt. Of all the clubs in my bag my 4 iron is my most consistent club. Laughing with ya, not at ya. Sometimes its good to get one of these dumpster fires out of the way now and then. cksurfdude and sirchunksalot 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...
fixyurdivot Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 On 6/14/2022 at 8:48 AM, Thin2win said: On Sunday afternoon I got a hall pass to get out and go golf for a 3 hour window between the responsibilities of life. I met up with a single on the first tee. Nice guy, grew up right beside the course but only started playing last year in the covid boom. a college baseball player, and once he works out a consistent golf swing he is going to mash the golf ball. My game was fine, my short game was really good. 11 putts through 9 holes and a -1 total score. I got a par on 10, then birdied 11 to get to -2 for the round. This was easily the lowest score I have had on a course this late in a round. But... my 3 hour hall pass expired and I had to head off the course and to Home Depot to pickup some drywall screws and thin set... Yep, I left my best round going ever to get back to remodeling a bathroom... Next time you need help making a decision like this, reach out, we're here for you. cksurfdude, tommc23, Kenny B and 5 others 8 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...
Kenny B Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 7 hours ago, tommc23 said: Played a very tough course today, greens were rock hard and fairways were as well. Chips hit the front of the greens and they were gone right over the back. Hit 10 yards short bounce and roll off the green. I tried to hit high spin shots and they didn’t even stay. I also had some high spin shots that the club bounced and caused me to mishit the ball. I’m not happy with the round by any means but for how hard it was my friend who is normally a par golfer scored mid 80s and I shot 95. I’m consistently scoring similar rounds on different courses even when having bad days so I’m happy with that. You can watch more golf under those conditions the next 4 days; maybe pick up a few pointers. DiscipleofPenick, GaDawg, tommc23 and 4 others 1 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...
gavinski91 Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 Struggled a bit with ball striking, and rainy, soggy conditions exasperated my issues. Green speed varied by about 2, and at one point mid-transition my foot sank an inch into the ground just off the fairway. On the bright side, at least I’m getting all the bad shots out of my system before the PNW Spy meet. sirchunksalot, fixyurdivot, DStar and 5 others 8 Quote Driver - Radspeed XB, Aldila Rogue Silver 70-S 3 Wood - Radspeed, Aldila Rogue Silver 70-S 5 Wood - Radspeed, Fujikura Motore X F3 6-S 7 Wood - 0341x Gen 4, Mitsubishi Tensei AV Raw Blue 75-S Irons - Pro 225 4-5, 223 6-PW, KBS $-Taper 120 Wedges - King Cobra Snakebite 52° & 58°, KBS Hi-Rev 2.0 S Putter - Stroke Lab Black Ten 35" Ball - Chrome Soft X LS Powered by 2020 ExPutt Official Review | 2021 Cobra Connect Five Participant | 2023 SuperSpeed Official Review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommc23 Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 3 minutes ago, Kenny B said: You can watch more golf under those conditions the next 4 days; maybe pick up a few pointers. The sand at the US Open isn’t concrete hard so I think we played harder conditions . I can put spin on a ball but no matter how much I tried it was a no go. The rough was short so that doesn’t compare either but I will watch Kenny and hope I could hit shots like them as per normal Rickp, GaDawg, Kenny B and 3 others 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny B Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 2 minutes ago, tommc23 said: The sand at the US Open isn’t concrete hard so I think we played harder conditions . I can put spin on a ball but no matter how much I tried it was a no go. The rough was short so that doesn’t compare either but I will watch Kenny and hope I could hit shots like them as per normal I spent some time in our practice bunker; quite hard, very little sand. I did pretty well getting over a high lip with my high bounce 60º ... probably my next time in a bunker on the course, the sand will be deep and fluffy! GaDawg, DStar, sirchunksalot and 3 others 2 4 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...
BIG STU Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 14 hours ago, tommc23 said: Played a very tough course today, greens were rock hard and fairways were as well. Chips hit the front of the greens and they were gone right over the back. Hit 10 yards short bounce and roll off the green. I tried to hit high spin shots and they didn’t even stay. I also had some high spin shots that the club bounced and caused me to mishit the ball. I’m not happy with the round by any means but for how hard it was my friend who is normally a par golfer scored mid 80s and I shot 95. I’m consistently scoring similar rounds on different courses even when having bad days so I’m happy with that. Man hate you played our course without calling me--- I am sad---- Oh wait you did not say anything about the 5/8 aeration holes----- Our course and range has been closed this week except for morning league play---- I did go up to the Tourist Trap range / Executive course up the road Monday and hit a small bucket which was all I could afford at their prices. I ended up doing very limited net work here at the house to stay loose since it is so hot and humid. The Shootout is on for Saturday and I am on the fence about playing. I basically "gave away" the team I had formed because I had one guy after I put the team together start inviting others without telling me anything. I told him last week it was now his team that he was responsible for signing up under his name and calling players I was out. We were having like 5 or 6 players showing up. Next week my running partner will be back from Pennsylvania where he also maintains a residence and we are putting the old team back together. Kenny B, GrumpyGolf, cksurfdude and 4 others 7 Quote Driver ---- Callaway Big Bertha Alpha Speeder 565 R flex- 5W TM V-Steel Fubuki 60r--- 7W TM V-Steel UST Pro Force Gold 65R----- 9 W TM V Steel TM MAS stiff---- Irons 2015 TM TP CB Steel Fiber 95 R--- GW Callaway Mack Daddy 2 52* shaft unknown junk pile refugee. SW Callaway PM Grind 56* Modified sole grind--- KBS Tour Wedge-- LW Vokey 58* SM5 L grind--- Putter Ping B90I Broom Stick G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommc23 Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 1 hour ago, BIG STU said: Man hate you played our course without calling me--- I am sad---- Oh wait you did not say anything about the 5/8 aeration holes----- Our course and range has been closed this week except for morning league play---- I did go up to the Tourist Trap range / Executive course up the road Monday and hit a small bucket which was all I could afford at their prices. I ended up doing very limited net work here at the house to stay loose since it is so hot and humid. The Shootout is on for Saturday and I am on the fence about playing. I basically "gave away" the team I had formed because I had one guy after I put the team together start inviting others without telling me anything. I told him last week it was now his team that he was responsible for signing up under his name and calling players I was out. We were having like 5 or 6 players showing up. Next week my running partner will be back from Pennsylvania where he also maintains a residence and we are putting the old team back together. Trust me Stu if I was in your area you’d know I’d be golfing with you MattF, cksurfdude, Rickp and 3 others 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG STU Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 19 minutes ago, tommc23 said: Trust me Stu if I was in your area you’d know I’d be golfing with you Trust me I know LOL chalk it up to "Firehouse Humor" from a retired Volunteer Firefighter. I sensed you needed it this AM cksurfdude, tommc23, fixyurdivot and 2 others 5 Quote Driver ---- Callaway Big Bertha Alpha Speeder 565 R flex- 5W TM V-Steel Fubuki 60r--- 7W TM V-Steel UST Pro Force Gold 65R----- 9 W TM V Steel TM MAS stiff---- Irons 2015 TM TP CB Steel Fiber 95 R--- GW Callaway Mack Daddy 2 52* shaft unknown junk pile refugee. SW Callaway PM Grind 56* Modified sole grind--- KBS Tour Wedge-- LW Vokey 58* SM5 L grind--- Putter Ping B90I Broom Stick G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fixyurdivot Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 1 hour ago, BIG STU said: Trust me I know LOL chalk it up to "Firehouse Humor" from a retired Volunteer Firefighter. I sensed you needed it this AM Tom's avatar kind of gives it away but I wonder how many more of the forum members are full time active or volunteer FD? I joined our AVFD in 2016 after I retired. We'd only been here about 6 months when the assistant chief stops his tractor on the bench road my wife, I and River (our lab) were walking. He say's "hey, I hear you're interested in joining the FD". Another guy at church I had met does the equipment maintenance. I had told him that if he ever needed help turning wrenches to give me a shout. Funny, the English language is . A former friend/neighbor in WA sent me a signed copy of Michael Perry's "Population 485" (meeting your neighbors one siren at a time). A really great read that so closely reflects rural life. cksurfdude, Kenny B, tommc23 and 1 other 3 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...
tommc23 Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 3 minutes ago, fixyurdivot said: Tom's avatar kind of gives it away but I wonder how many more of the forum members are full time active or volunteer FD? I joined our AVFD in 2016 after I retired. We'd only been here about 6 months when the assistant chief stops his tractor on the bench road my wife, I and River (our lab) were walking. He say's "hey, I hear you're interested in joining the FD". Another guy at church I had met does the equipment maintenance. I had told him that if he ever needed help turning wrenches to give me a shout. Funny, the English language is . A former friend/neighbor in WA sent me a signed copy of Michael Perry's "Population 485" (meeting your neighbors one siren at a time). A really great read that so closely reflects rural life. Ben and I are two of the career guys here. I do know there are a few others I’ve seen their intro posts, but I don’t know how many are very active continually like we are cksurfdude, fixyurdivot, Rickp and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny B Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 3 hours ago, BIG STU said: Next week my running partner will be back from Pennsylvania where he also maintains a residence and we are putting the old team back together. tommc23, GaDawg, Rickp and 3 others 2 2 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...
tommc23 Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 30 minutes ago, Kenny B said: BIG STU, GaDawg, Kenny B and 1 other 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post edingc Posted June 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 16, 2022 Getting into some uncharted territory. Apologies as I'm waxing poetic for a bit here, but it's been a crazy week of golf. Played 18 on Tuesday, continued my poor tee game, and this time threw in some bad putting. Still, anytime you have three double bogies and lose two balls in a round, 84 feels like a decent score. Played 9 yesterday. Kept the ball in play, didn't hit it well overall, but my short game and putter were on fire. Two birdies, two bogeys for an even par 36. I had a lesson yesterday morning and it basically confirmed that I was never going to play very good golf consistently unless I made some changes. My coach gave me a few takeaways, I hit about 20 range balls in total afterward and figured my round this morning would be garbage. In a wild turn of events, I played out of my mind this morning. Three birdies on the front had me making the turn one under. I managed to keep that up all the way to 16, where I started to get uncomfortable and my driver fell apart. I hit one of the worst slices I've had in a long time and doubled the hole. After an "OK" drive on 17, I hit a very chunky pitching wedge to 60 feet but escaped with a pretty improbable two-putt par. One-over heading to No. 18. Another poor drive (did I mention I just felt very uncomfortable all of a sudden?) left me 150 out, over trees, from the wrong fairway. Not exactly scoring position, but I had an angle. Grabbed my pitching wedge, and just flushed a beautiful shot that climbed over the trees. It hit three feet past the pin and rolled back to about a foot. Tap-in birdie to finish at even par. So that's now 27 consecutive holes at even par. Definitely progress. What a game we play! tommc23, Kenny B, GrumpyGolf and 12 others 10 5 Quote Unofficial WHS Handicap: 7.5 / Anti-Cap: 13.0 (Last Updated Feb. 19, 2024) Driver: Callaway Paradym TD (10.5°, -1/N), 45.75", Fujikura Motore X F1 6X | Fitting Post 3 Wood: Cobra RadSpeed Big Tour (14.5°), 43", Fujikura Motore X F1 7X 20° Hybrid: PXG 0211 (2020 Model), 40.25", Mitsubishi Tensei AV RAW White 90X 4 Utility: Cobra KING Utility (2020 Model), 38.5", Aerotech SteelFiber i110cw Stiff 5-PW: Ben Hogan PTx Pro, 37" 7 Iron, Aerotech SteelFiber i125cw Stiff | Club Champion Fitting 50°, 54°, 58°: Edel SMS, V Grind, Nippon Modus 125 Wedge| Official Review Thread Putter: L.A.B. Golf DF 2.1, 36", 68°, Black with Custom Sightlines, BGT Stability Tour, L.A.B. Press II 3° | Unofficial Review Grips: Star Sidewinder, Undersized with Custom Tape Build-Up Ball: Snell MTB-X Optic Yellow Tracked By: Shot Scope H4 Bag: Personalized 2020 Sun Mountain Sync Riding On: Bag Boy Nitron | Official Review Thread WITB? | 2022 Reviewer Edel SMS Wedges | 2021 Reviewer Maxfli Tour and Tour X Balls | 2020 Participant #CobraConnect Challenge | 2019 Reviewer Callaway Epic Flash Driver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG STU Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Kenny B said: THATS IT!!!!! It will be a blast Kenny B, Rickp, cksurfdude and 1 other 4 Quote Driver ---- Callaway Big Bertha Alpha Speeder 565 R flex- 5W TM V-Steel Fubuki 60r--- 7W TM V-Steel UST Pro Force Gold 65R----- 9 W TM V Steel TM MAS stiff---- Irons 2015 TM TP CB Steel Fiber 95 R--- GW Callaway Mack Daddy 2 52* shaft unknown junk pile refugee. SW Callaway PM Grind 56* Modified sole grind--- KBS Tour Wedge-- LW Vokey 58* SM5 L grind--- Putter Ping B90I Broom Stick G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG STU Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 1 hour ago, tommc23 said: Ben and I are two of the career guys here. I do know there are a few others I’ve seen their intro posts, but I don’t know how many are very active continually like we are My hat is off to you guys I was never paid but did the volunteer thing on and off for 20 years or so. But you know folks think any firefighter is touched in the head because " When others run out of a burning building we run in WFO" fixyurdivot, Kenny B, cksurfdude and 2 others 5 Quote Driver ---- Callaway Big Bertha Alpha Speeder 565 R flex- 5W TM V-Steel Fubuki 60r--- 7W TM V-Steel UST Pro Force Gold 65R----- 9 W TM V Steel TM MAS stiff---- Irons 2015 TM TP CB Steel Fiber 95 R--- GW Callaway Mack Daddy 2 52* shaft unknown junk pile refugee. SW Callaway PM Grind 56* Modified sole grind--- KBS Tour Wedge-- LW Vokey 58* SM5 L grind--- Putter Ping B90I Broom Stick G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny B Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 1 hour ago, edingc said: Getting into some uncharted territory. Apologies as I'm waxing poetic for a bit here, but it's been a crazy week of golf. Played 18 on Tuesday, continued my poor tee game, and this time threw in some bad putting. Still, anytime you have three double bogies and lose two balls in a round, 84 feels like a decent score. Played 9 yesterday. Kept the ball in play, didn't hit it well overall, but my short game and putter were on fire. Two birdies, two bogeys for an even par 36. I had a lesson yesterday morning and it basically confirmed that I was never going to play very good golf consistently unless I made some changes. My coach gave me a few takeaways, I hit about 20 range balls in total afterward and figured my round this morning would be garbage. In a wild turn of events, I played out of my mind this morning. Three birdies on the front had me making the turn one under. I managed to keep that up all the way to 16, where I started to get uncomfortable and my driver fell apart. I hit one of the worst slices I've had in a long time and doubled the hole. After an "OK" drive on 17, I hit a very chunky pitching wedge to 60 feet but escaped with a pretty improbable two-putt par. One-over heading to No. 18. Another poor drive (did I mention I just felt very uncomfortable all of a sudden?) left me 150 out, over trees, from the wrong fairway. Not exactly scoring position, but I had an angle. Grabbed my pitching wedge, and just flushed a beautiful shot that climbed over the trees. It hit three feet past the pin and rolled back to about a foot. Tap-in birdie to finish at even par. So that's now 27 consecutive holes at even par. Definitely progress. What a game we play! So next time you are in that position, you will feel less uncomfortable. edingc and cksurfdude 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...
Popular Post CarlH Posted June 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 17, 2022 Today was MGA day and the format was a Ryder Cup style game. 2 man teams, 6 best ball, 6 scramble, and 6 alternate shot. I was very pleased with my personal play today. Couple of oops, but good play all around. Played the 6 best ball holes at 2 over gross (1 under net). My partner and I came in at 4 under (net) for the round which gave us 4th place in our flight (flighted by tees played) which paid $0.00. After the round, we had a nice shrimp boil dinner for the MGA that was really good! edingc, MattF, cksurfdude and 8 others 11 Quote Driver: Rogue ST Max (10.5* set at -1 and neutral) -- Mitsubishi Tensai Blue 55g R shaft Fairway: Rogue ST Max 3 wood (16.5*) and Heaven Wood (20*)-- Tensai Blue 55g R shaft Hybrids: Rogue ST Max 5H (23*)--Tensai Blue 55g R shaft Irons: Apex CF19 6-9, PW, AW -- KBS Tour Graphite TGI 70 shafts R +1/2 inch 3* upright Wedges: Edison 53* and 57* KBS PGI 80 Graphite +1/2 inch 2* upright Putter: L.A.B. DF 2.1 -- BGT Stability shaft Ball: Maxfli TourX...Golf Bag: Pioneer...Shoes: Hyperflex... Glove: Red Rooster Feather My Photography can be seen at Smugmug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom the Golf Nut Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 On 6/13/2022 at 11:59 PM, BIG STU said: Man you do get around. It was so humid here yesterday that you could cut it with a knife. They aerated the greens at Indigo last week and the course was closed Wednesday through Sunday but they did play the Shootout Saturday. This week they are opening for the morning mostly league play and closing the afternoons to water the greens. I agreed with that decision because those greens as you saw are stressed out and we are within inches of loosing all of them. I know all last week the Mens and Ladies leagues played elsewhere and we had a sparse turn out Saturday. I think the morning deal this week is because the leagues raised the devil about going elsewhere and they are scared of loosing that base of players. Some of them are selfish and could care less if we lose the greens or not. I did put together 2 teams last week for AJ and he called me yesterday and I think I have 2 put together for this Saturday I know I have at least one because I gave my recent team to one of the guys that was trying to take over anyhow. My old running partner will be back from his Native Pennsylvania a week from Saturday so we are putting that team back together again. Yesterday I did go up to Tupelo and hit a small bucket of balls and putted some. Like I told AJ if those guys do not show up for the one team I can do the tag along thing or go home whatever. I do get around a bit. Im in Kansas City right now. Played Falcon Valley this morning before my meetings. I'll post on Southern Hills soon. If not tonight then it will be on Saturday when I'm back in TN. sirchunksalot, BIG STU, cksurfdude and 2 others 5 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, Tour UST Recoil 95 R Flex (6 - Gap) Wedges, Snakebite KBS Hi- Rev2.0 54* & 60* Agera 35" Ultralight 14-way Cart Bag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom the Golf Nut Posted June 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 17, 2022 Sorry for the length. My experience at Southern Hills is complete. It wasn’t a round of golf but rather an unforgettable experience. As soon as you get to the main gate you are greeted by an attendant in a suit. You pull up to the bag drop and your car is unloaded for you, your bags are put on a reserved cart. You are directed to the men’s locker room and assigned a locker for the day. This was a locker room like no other! Once you are ready to roll and get back outside you are given a caddy. We did about a five minute range warm up and another five on the putting green. A little bit about the course conditions to start. The temperature was 94 degrees and it was windy. You had to wait between gusts to hit. The rough, fairway and greens were still at the tour conditions. In fact most of the tents were still up and a few were in the process of being taken down. Talk about fast greens! Glad we hit the practice green. The rough was about 4 inches deep but it was a soft airy type of turf. The ball would just disappear and you had to be right over it to see it. But if you found it you did not lose that much distance hitting back out as long as you came down on the back of the ball. Trying to sweep though was not an option. The fairways were fast as get out. I now can see why the Pro’s get so much roll. I’m a decent driver of the ball off the tee for my age but the distance increase was welcomed. You easily got another 25 to 35 yards. As an example on hole #13 a par five of 495yards I only had 200 yards left. The course layout was amazing. My only complaint was the sand in the bunkers. It wasn’t sand it was like very small stones. It’s hard to describe but here is a picture. I’m good out of the sand but if you got one of those pebbles between the ball and the club you didn’t know where it was going. And it was all hard packed. The caddy was young but was helpful finding any balls that missed the fairway. Unfortunately some of his suggestions on what yardage to hit on lay ups was a bit off and his reading of the putts for some of the guys was just ok. After several holes I turned him off in my head and just trusted my own judgement. Then I was playing much better. The pars started coming and then a birdie thrown in here and there. This was a challenging layout to say the least. You had to know where to hit and how far to hit and take into consideration the roll you were going to get. On the first hole I learned what not to do. I hit a great drive but it kept on rolling, crossed the fairway and rolled in the fairway bunker. I learned the sand was not real sand and the bunkers are deep. You have to take your medicine and just get out. Now out and going for the green I only had 60 yards to green center. I hit a perfect lob wedge. High and right at the pin. It landed about 3 feet from the pin and the caddy said that was perfect. The ball was just barely crawling toward the cup then the wind picked up and now my ball was 20 yards off the green. Chip back up and two putt for a double. The second hole was the number 1 handicap hole and I made par which impressed the caddy. Not to mention I was pleased with myself after a rough opening hole. I got onto another par three and was the first to tee it up. I hit a great shot into the green and the ball sat about 15 feet from the pin. The other three guy hit but did not get on the green. Then another wind gust came and then my ball was gone. I get around the back side of the green and it was now 40 feet off the back. With the re-design of the golf course they rounded off all the greens to add challenge. Not fun for mere mortals. Another thing that was interesting. I never got to hit a 3 wood or a 5 wood all day. The par fives greens were so well guarded that going for them in two would be a life altering experience. The others in my group tried and failed miserably. I played smart, layed up and made pars. I don’t think I ever played a course with that many bunkers. As we got toward the end of the round I was looking forward to hole 18 after watching it on TV. I hit a great drive on 18 leaving 192 yards to the uphill green surrounded by bunkers. Last hole no guts no glory. I pulled my 7 wood and crushed it up onto the green 15 feet below the pin. My member friend said “in the 16 years I have been playing here with other friends and members, it was the first time he ever seen anybody on the green in two.” After finishing up I couldn’t have been happier with the day and the experience on the course. Let me say that the dining areas in the club house were nice and the food we had for dinner was amazing. I had a filet and it was probably one of the best I ever had (and I have been to a lot of good places). Let me say that this course was no joke. Placement of the ball was critical. The worst round shot in the PGA Championship was an 80. So my goal was to break 80. Did I do it? No. But I was so freaking close with an 81. There were a few doubles, some bogies a bunch of pars and two birdies. The front nine was rougher on the score card due to figuring things out and learning that the caddy was not always right. I shot a 42 on the front. The back 9 I did on my own and pulled out a 39. The yardage was 6306 with a rating of 72.2 with a slope of 134. I think if I got to play it again I could pull off breaking 80 there. My playing partners scores were 109, 101, and 93. The 93 came from another single digit handicapper. cnosil, JohnSmalls, cksurfdude and 13 others 8 8 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, Tour UST Recoil 95 R Flex (6 - Gap) Wedges, Snakebite KBS Hi- Rev2.0 54* & 60* Agera 35" Ultralight 14-way Cart Bag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sluggo42 Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 91% relative humidity this morning… in California no less… cksurfdude 1 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...
BIG STU Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 3 hours ago, Tom the Golf Nut said: Sorry for the length. My experience at Southern Hills is complete. It wasn’t a round of golf but rather an unforgettable experience. As soon as you get to the main gate you are greeted by an attendant in a suit. You pull up to the bag drop and your car is unloaded for you, your bags are put on a reserved cart. You are directed to the men’s locker room and assigned a locker for the day. This was a locker room like no other! Once you are ready to roll and get back outside you are given a caddy. We did about a five minute range warm up and another five on the putting green. A little bit about the course conditions to start. The temperature was 94 degrees and it was windy. You had to wait between gusts to hit. The rough, fairway and greens were still at the tour conditions. In fact most of the tents were still up and a few were in the process of being taken down. Talk about fast greens! Glad we hit the practice green. The rough was about 4 inches deep but it was a soft airy type of turf. The ball would just disappear and you had to be right over it to see it. But if you found it you did not lose that much distance hitting back out as long as you came down on the back of the ball. Trying to sweep though was not an option. The fairways were fast as get out. I now can see why the Pro’s get so much roll. I’m a decent driver of the ball off the tee for my age but the distance increase was welcomed. You easily got another 25 to 35 yards. As an example on hole #13 a par five of 495yards I only had 200 yards left. The course layout was amazing. My only complaint was the sand in the bunkers. It wasn’t sand it was like very small stones. It’s hard to describe but here is a picture. I’m good out of the sand but if you got one of those pebbles between the ball and the club you didn’t know where it was going. And it was all hard packed. The caddy was young but was helpful finding any balls that missed the fairway. Unfortunately some of his suggestions on what yardage to hit on lay ups was a bit off and his reading of the putts for some of the guys was just ok. After several holes I turned him off in my head and just trusted my own judgement. Then I was playing much better. The pars started coming and then a birdie thrown in here and there. This was a challenging layout to say the least. You had to know where to hit and how far to hit and take into consideration the roll you were going to get. On the first hole I learned what not to do. I hit a great drive but it kept on rolling, crossed the fairway and rolled in the fairway bunker. I learned the sand was not real sand and the bunkers are deep. You have to take your medicine and just get out. Now out and going for the green I only had 60 yards to green center. I hit a perfect lob wedge. High and right at the pin. It landed about 3 feet from the pin and the caddy said that was perfect. The ball was just barely crawling toward the cup then the wind picked up and now my ball was 20 yards off the green. Chip back up and two putt for a double. The second hole was the number 1 handicap hole and I made par which impressed the caddy. Not to mention I was pleased with myself after a rough opening hole. I got onto another par three and was the first to tee it up. I hit a great shot into the green and the ball sat about 15 feet from the pin. The other three guy hit but did not get on the green. Then another wind gust came and then my ball was gone. I get around the back side of the green and it was now 40 feet off the back. With the re-design of the golf course they rounded off all the greens to add challenge. Not fun for mere mortals. Another thing that was interesting. I never got to hit a 3 wood or a 5 wood all day. The par fives greens were so well guarded that going for them in two would be a life altering experience. The others in my group tried and failed miserably. I played smart, layed up and made pars. I don’t think I ever played a course with that many bunkers. As we got toward the end of the round I was looking forward to hole 18 after watching it on TV. I hit a great drive on 18 leaving 192 yards to the uphill green surrounded by bunkers. Last hole no no glory. I pulled my 7 wood and crushed it up onto the green 15 feet below the pin. My member friend said “in the 16 years I have been playing here with other friends and members, it was the first time he ever seen anybody on the green in two.” After finishing up I couldn’t have been happier with the day and the experience on the course. Let me say that the dining areas in the club house were nice and the food we had for dinner was amazing. I had a filet and it was probably one of the best I ever had (and I have been to a lot of good places). Let me say that this course was no joke. Placement of the ball was critical. The worst round shot in the PGA Championship was an 80. So my goal was to break 80. Did I do it? No. But I was so freaking close with an 81. There were a few doubles, some bogies a bunch of pars and two birdies. The front nine was rougher on the score card due to figuring things out and learning that the caddy was not always right. I shot a 42 on the front. The back 9 I did on my own and pulled out a 39. The yardage was 6306 with a rating of 72.2 with a slope of 134. I think if I got to play it again I could pull off breaking 80 there. My playing partners scores were 109, 101, and 93. The 93 came from another single digit handicapper. Sounds fun except the walking part ( for me) And I will debate you here old buddy you are more than a decent driver of the ball you crush it. You also crush your fairway woods. I will also say you had a great round for a first time on that course. I would also bet 2 to 1 that if you played that course a couple more times you could easily break 80 with your game. Even with a local caddie and a local player one has to get used to the lies you get in the rough and the texture of the traps for sure. sirchunksalot, JohnSmalls, Tom the Golf Nut and 2 others 5 Quote Driver ---- Callaway Big Bertha Alpha Speeder 565 R flex- 5W TM V-Steel Fubuki 60r--- 7W TM V-Steel UST Pro Force Gold 65R----- 9 W TM V Steel TM MAS stiff---- Irons 2015 TM TP CB Steel Fiber 95 R--- GW Callaway Mack Daddy 2 52* shaft unknown junk pile refugee. SW Callaway PM Grind 56* Modified sole grind--- KBS Tour Wedge-- LW Vokey 58* SM5 L grind--- Putter Ping B90I Broom Stick G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG STU Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 6 hours ago, CarlH said: Today was MGA day and the format was a Ryder Cup style game. 2 man teams, 6 best ball, 6 scramble, and 6 alternate shot. I was very pleased with my personal play today. Couple of oops, but good play all around. Played the 6 best ball holes at 2 over gross (1 under net). My partner and I came in at 4 under (net) for the round which gave us 4th place in our flight (flighted by tees played) which paid $0.00. After the round, we had a nice shrimp boil dinner for the MGA that was really good! Yep I love events like that now---- For me now it is not about money and prizes it is all about the fun. Basically even though it is a scramble our Saturday Shootouts are always like that. Rickp, sirchunksalot, JohnSmalls and 3 others 6 Quote Driver ---- Callaway Big Bertha Alpha Speeder 565 R flex- 5W TM V-Steel Fubuki 60r--- 7W TM V-Steel UST Pro Force Gold 65R----- 9 W TM V Steel TM MAS stiff---- Irons 2015 TM TP CB Steel Fiber 95 R--- GW Callaway Mack Daddy 2 52* shaft unknown junk pile refugee. SW Callaway PM Grind 56* Modified sole grind--- KBS Tour Wedge-- LW Vokey 58* SM5 L grind--- Putter Ping B90I Broom Stick G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirchunksalot Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 5 hours ago, Tom the Golf Nut said: Sorry for the length. My experience at Southern Hills is complete. It wasn’t a round of golf but rather an unforgettable experience. As soon as you get to the main gate you are greeted by an attendant in a suit. You pull up to the bag drop and your car is unloaded for you, your bags are put on a reserved cart. You are directed to the men’s locker room and assigned a locker for the day. This was a locker room like no other! Once you are ready to roll and get back outside you are given a caddy. We did about a five minute range warm up and another five on the putting green. A little bit about the course conditions to start. The temperature was 94 degrees and it was windy. You had to wait between gusts to hit. The rough, fairway and greens were still at the tour conditions. In fact most of the tents were still up and a few were in the process of being taken down. Talk about fast greens! Glad we hit the practice green. The rough was about 4 inches deep but it was a soft airy type of turf. The ball would just disappear and you had to be right over it to see it. But if you found it you did not lose that much distance hitting back out as long as you came down on the back of the ball. Trying to sweep though was not an option. The fairways were fast as get out. I now can see why the Pro’s get so much roll. I’m a decent driver of the ball off the tee for my age but the distance increase was welcomed. You easily got another 25 to 35 yards. As an example on hole #13 a par five of 495yards I only had 200 yards left. The course layout was amazing. My only complaint was the sand in the bunkers. It wasn’t sand it was like very small stones. It’s hard to describe but here is a picture. I’m good out of the sand but if you got one of those pebbles between the ball and the club you didn’t know where it was going. And it was all hard packed. The caddy was young but was helpful finding any balls that missed the fairway. Unfortunately some of his suggestions on what yardage to hit on lay ups was a bit off and his reading of the putts for some of the guys was just ok. After several holes I turned him off in my head and just trusted my own judgement. Then I was playing much better. The pars started coming and then a birdie thrown in here and there. This was a challenging layout to say the least. You had to know where to hit and how far to hit and take into consideration the roll you were going to get. On the first hole I learned what not to do. I hit a great drive but it kept on rolling, crossed the fairway and rolled in the fairway bunker. I learned the sand was not real sand and the bunkers are deep. You have to take your medicine and just get out. Now out and going for the green I only had 60 yards to green center. I hit a perfect lob wedge. High and right at the pin. It landed about 3 feet from the pin and the caddy said that was perfect. The ball was just barely crawling toward the cup then the wind picked up and now my ball was 20 yards off the green. Chip back up and two putt for a double. The second hole was the number 1 handicap hole and I made par which impressed the caddy. Not to mention I was pleased with myself after a rough opening hole. I got onto another par three and was the first to tee it up. I hit a great shot into the green and the ball sat about 15 feet from the pin. The other three guy hit but did not get on the green. Then another wind gust came and then my ball was gone. I get around the back side of the green and it was now 40 feet off the back. With the re-design of the golf course they rounded off all the greens to add challenge. Not fun for mere mortals. Another thing that was interesting. I never got to hit a 3 wood or a 5 wood all day. The par fives greens were so well guarded that going for them in two would be a life altering experience. The others in my group tried and failed miserably. I played smart, layed up and made pars. I don’t think I ever played a course with that many bunkers. As we got toward the end of the round I was looking forward to hole 18 after watching it on TV. I hit a great drive on 18 leaving 192 yards to the uphill green surrounded by bunkers. Last hole no no glory. I pulled my 7 wood and crushed it up onto the green 15 feet below the pin. My member friend said “in the 16 years I have been playing here with other friends and members, it was the first time he ever seen anybody on the green in two.” After finishing up I couldn’t have been happier with the day and the experience on the course. Let me say that the dining areas in the club house were nice and the food we had for dinner was amazing. I had a filet and it was probably one of the best I ever had (and I have been to a lot of good places). Let me say that this course was no joke. Placement of the ball was critical. The worst round shot in the PGA Championship was an 80. So my goal was to break 80. Did I do it? No. But I was so freaking close with an 81. There were a few doubles, some bogies a bunch of pars and two birdies. The front nine was rougher on the score card due to figuring things out and learning that the caddy was not always right. I shot a 42 on the front. The back 9 I did on my own and pulled out a 39. The yardage was 6306 with a rating of 72.2 with a slope of 134. I think if I got to play it again I could pull off breaking 80 there. My playing partners scores were 109, 101, and 93. The 93 came from another single digit handicapper. It sounds like you had a great experience at Southern Hills and that's a great score, Tom. To be able to get that low with those conditions is a testament of how good your game is. I'm glad you had a good time and I hope you have a safe trip home. GrumpyGolf, cksurfdude, JohnSmalls and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DiscipleofPenick Posted June 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 17, 2022 86 in a tournament yesterday. Not the worst, but finished towards the bottom. I hit 11 greens, had no lost balls, but had 40 putts. I just couldn't get the ball close to the cup on any putts or chips, and it felt like I was putting down hill all day. It seemed like every cup was in a little bowl or had a ledge right behind it. If I got the ball to hole and missed, it rolled out another 5-6 feet. If I eased it, felt like I only got it half way there. Had some squirrely drives as normal but hit great recoveries. Got froze out on two tees, including #1, by a cart girl not paying attention. I know I didn't play my best, but I have to say that while this would still be a top level public course, for a club it was a little dumpy. It used to be a resort that turned into a private club a few years ago. They have 36 holes, the course we played was designed by Bruce Devlin & Robert von Hagge in the 80s. The other course is Tom Weiskopf & Jay Morrish opened in the late 90s. There was a lot of bare spots in the rough, burnt out fringe around the greens, and crowned tee boxes. ejgaudette, GrumpyGolf, GolfSpy_SHARK and 7 others 9 1 Quote Take Dead Aim Driver: PXG 0211 10.5* Fairway: Titleist 917 F3 15* Hybrid: Adams Idea Pro Boxer Gold 18* Irons: MacGregor MT-86 Pro Wedges: Vokey 50/54/58 Putter: SeeMore X2 Costa del Mar Ball: Srixon Z-Star Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Berg Ryman Posted June 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 17, 2022 Before the skies opened and I learned how hard rain could be again... I was even through 4 with a 25 footer for bird on 5 and killing in my match, being 5 shots and 4 holes up with strokes. Had chances, took one. Got the raincheck, the most important win off the round. Just have to keep the momentum going from time to time. JerryB, ejgaudette, cksurfdude and 9 others 12 Quote In a Hoofer Lite bag TSR2, 10 degrees, A1 setting, Fujikara Speeder NX Blue 50-S Stealth, 15 degrees, VA Composites Nemesys 70-S E722, 19 degrees, Oban Devotion 80-S JPX 921 Hot Metal Pro 4-P, Nippon 950GH Stiff Flex CBX Zipcore 50* (bent to *49) and RTX Zipcore Tour Rack 54* (bent to *55), DG 115 Spinner, Tour Issue Staff Model TG 60*, Dynamic Gold 120 S300 SIK Golf Flo-C Tour B-XS (2022 Model) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CarlH Posted June 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 17, 2022 One of those days one would rather forget today. Front side I had 3 penalty strokes (1 OB and 2 unplayable lies) to come in with a 43. On the back, things got worse. First it was hot and muggy and the greens were slow. I couldn't seem to focus on my shot, either from the heat or some outside force (including a playing partner that constantly asked questions about his ball, game, etc)...In any case, I struggled all day, shooting bogey golf. Carded an 88. Better days tomorrow, one hopes! GolfSpy_SHARK, cksurfdude, JerryB and 8 others 11 Quote Driver: Rogue ST Max (10.5* set at -1 and neutral) -- Mitsubishi Tensai Blue 55g R shaft Fairway: Rogue ST Max 3 wood (16.5*) and Heaven Wood (20*)-- Tensai Blue 55g R shaft Hybrids: Rogue ST Max 5H (23*)--Tensai Blue 55g R shaft Irons: Apex CF19 6-9, PW, AW -- KBS Tour Graphite TGI 70 shafts R +1/2 inch 3* upright Wedges: Edison 53* and 57* KBS PGI 80 Graphite +1/2 inch 2* upright Putter: L.A.B. DF 2.1 -- BGT Stability shaft Ball: Maxfli TourX...Golf Bag: Pioneer...Shoes: Hyperflex... Glove: Red Rooster Feather My Photography can be seen at Smugmug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JerryB Posted June 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 17, 2022 Owen and I played the front nine at River Heights yesterday. It was encouraging in that it felt like we played badly but actually played pretty much to our normal recent scores. He was +8 and I was +12. We were allowed to play through a couple groups and I at least felt the pressure and was pretty wayward. My putting was atrocious. He birdied and I got my only par on nine, so we left on a positive note. ejgaudette, Kenny B, BIG STU and 7 others 10 Quote Cobra Aerojet Max driver Cobra Aerojet Max 3 wood and 7 wood Cobra Aerojet 4/5/6 hybrids Cobra Aerojet 7-PW, GW Cobra Snakebite 52° and 58° wedges Cobra King Stingray 20 putter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Micah T Posted June 18, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 18, 2022 75 today at the Siena club: I’m beginning to realize I’m good for about 5-6 bogeys a round, and it’s only a matter of if I’ll get any birdies to balance those out. Chip-in eagle and a birdie on the back 9 gave me a 39/36. Only 9/18 Gir but 9/14 Fir… got up and down like a boss today 6/9. Plus my wife shot her new personal best of 80! CarlH, BIG STU, Kenny B and 10 others 13 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...
BIG STU Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 3 hours ago, Micah T said: 75 today at the Siena club: I’m beginning to realize I’m good for about 5-6 bogeys a round, and it’s only a matter of if I’ll get any birdies to balance those out. Chip-in eagle and a birdie on the back 9 gave me a 39/36. Only 9/18 Gir but 9/14 Fir… got up and down like a boss today 6/9. Plus my wife shot her new personal best of 80! Good Shootin----- Hey there are not any pictures or explainations on the score card---- This may sound strange but these days my most fun rounds are those I scramble in. Of course for me it reminds me of my younger days playing. In those days my FIRs and GIRs literally sucked but I could get up and down out of a trash can. I think that is one of the reasons I enjoy my vintage golf so much. Good example I know darn well for a fact I can not hit a 2 iron 220 any more but will try anyhow and come up short by 40 yards or so. Next challenge getting it up and down and another fun factor for me is at least I tried to hit the 2 iron and that is fun within itself. Really now days I do not sweat the score except in the weekly Shootout and there I will try my best and I do have fun. Do not keep a real handicap only one for my purposes which there I do not know why since I do not take golf so seriously any more JohnSmalls, Kenny B, CarlH and 3 others 6 Quote Driver ---- Callaway Big Bertha Alpha Speeder 565 R flex- 5W TM V-Steel Fubuki 60r--- 7W TM V-Steel UST Pro Force Gold 65R----- 9 W TM V Steel TM MAS stiff---- Irons 2015 TM TP CB Steel Fiber 95 R--- GW Callaway Mack Daddy 2 52* shaft unknown junk pile refugee. SW Callaway PM Grind 56* Modified sole grind--- KBS Tour Wedge-- LW Vokey 58* SM5 L grind--- Putter Ping B90I Broom Stick G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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