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52* this morning @ 7:20 Tee Time.  Little chilly but not horrible.  Hit the ball pretty well but hands were cold.  One nice bird on 336yd par 4.  Hit a decent 7wood 2nd shot to about 6’.  Getting used to the 7w and really starting to count on it.

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*

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Typically don’t practice or play in Jan/Feb but this year in spite of some very cold temps, we have had some 60s, so the past month I’ve had a handful of range sessions and played 3 weeks ago. Have been working on a tough home improvement project the past 8 days, but finished yesterday.  Had a decent practice session a few days ago, and again this morning that i summarized in the ‘What did you practice today’ thread.

Am working on 2 swing/setup changes. Temp got up to 72* today and played 9 this afternoon and felt I did well.  Shot 42 (par 36) that included 2 double bogies, 3 pars, 1 birdie and one 3 putt by missing a 3’ putt.  Greens were very tricky - extremely fast w/ grain, extremely slow against grain.  Because of coloring on the greens, they were difficult to read and kind of unpredictable. I chunked a couple partial wedge shots (typically very good with these), but also hit some very good shots while staying committed to my changes. 

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:callaway-small: Driver: Fusion, 9 deg, UST Recoil 450 ES F3

:taylormade-small:: Rescue 3 & 4, Aldila Reax 65 S

:ping-small:: G15 5i -SW, AMT S

Iron A Nelson: 58 deg, LB 

:ping-small:: Putter, 2i B60

:srixon-small:: Q-Star Tour

 

 

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17 hours ago, Kenny B said:

My wife was playing with the ladies group today so I decided to keep practicing my short game.  It was sunny, 48º and about a 10mph breeze; nice day, so I thought... why not walk 9 holes!  I warmed up; got some short game practice in; putted and got called to join a twosome on the tee.  Turns out it was one of the "kids" that works in the pro shop and his buddy.

Of course they were playing from the Blue tees, so I decided to play there; I've been playing Whites and haven't teed it up from the Blues in almost a year.  They said it was fine if I played the Whites, but they were in a cart and I was walking; it just seems easier to play the same tees.  They bot hit the ball pretty well, but were all over the place; their short games were worse than mine!!  Overall, I think I scored better than they did.

I shot 44 (+7)... two doubles and three bogeys which is a little worse than I used to score a year ago, but not terrible.  However, it reinforced my decision to move up to the Whites.  I hit a total of 3 iron shots excluding wedges; one poorly struck 8i that went in the water on #3 for one of my doubles, 5i off the tee on the par 3 #4, and a mis-clubbed 9i after a poor drive and a layup on #7 (my second double).  Every other shot besides driver and wedges was a fairway wood.  I hit some pretty good 3W shots, but I don't like to hit it on most every hole.  #backtothewhites 

Yup, stay where you’re comfortable.

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*

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I found the basement of my game today.  52/49 101....  Not a particularly difficult course but I had a day like I haven't had in some time.  I was just totally lost and could not find any feel no matter what I did.  It was frustrating to say the least.  2 Shanks and one block slice OB did significant damage.  8,9,7. but the reality was that from tee to almost green I was atrocious.  Very short approach was fine and putting was serviceable otherwise it might have been 107. 

Didn't figure  out what the fault was until I was walking to the 17th tee even though it should have been obvious from the shanks and the lack of power.  A healthy dose of Early extension helped along with a whole lot of head lifting.  🤬  Such a weird day compounded by a fault that isn't one of my normal mistakes.  I was frustrated but realized its such a huge outlier that there's no sense in dwelling on it.  At least I know how to diagnose that fault now.

Driver

311062546_PXG_LogoSmall.jpg.1ff58b767d1fb1cdfeac9a387718766e.jpg  0211 -- Tensei AV Raw Blue75

Hybrids

:tour-edge:  C722 -- 2&3 hybrid Ventus Blue 8S

Irons 

:srixon-small: Z585 4/PW -- TT Elevate Tour

Wedges

:mizuno-small: T22 47°, 52°, & 58°  -- TT Elevate Tour 

Putter

:bettinardi-small: Innovai 6.0 CTR

Ball

:srixon-small:  Zstar Diamond

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3 hours ago, Syks7 said:

I found the basement of my game today.  52/49 101....  Not a particularly difficult course but I had a day like I haven't had in some time.  I was just totally lost and could not find any feel no matter what I did.  It was frustrating to say the least.  2 Shanks and one block slice OB did significant damage.  8,9,7. but the reality was that from tee to almost green I was atrocious.  Very short approach was fine and putting was serviceable otherwise it might have been 107. 

Didn't figure  out what the fault was until I was walking to the 17th tee even though it should have been obvious from the shanks and the lack of power.  A healthy dose of Early extension helped along with a whole lot of head lifting.  🤬  Such a weird day compounded by a fault that isn't one of my normal mistakes.  I was frustrated but realized its such a huge outlier that there's no sense in dwelling on it.  At least I know how to diagnose that fault now.

Ahhh, winter golf.  I never know what’s going to show up in my game until April/May.  Next round will be better!

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

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2 minutes ago, Kenny B said:

Ahhh, winter golf.  I never know what’s going to show up in my game until April/May.  Next round will be better!

Yeah the only way is up...

I’m a hacker who loves nothing more than to change how I play, be that grips shafts and heads its all fair game lol…

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44 minutes ago, Kenny B said:

 Next round will be better!

It has to be!  😆

There were times today where I was questioned whether I'd ever actually swung a golf club before.  Then, when I remembered that I had and managed to banish those negative thoughts from my head I'd step up and take another swing -- which would lead to me into questioning whether my memory of the game was an illusion.  This would inevitably lead to me questioning whether I was mentally sound.  😜

All joking aside I think I've come a long way in the last year.  I would have been apoplectic if I'd had a day like this last year.  Now I'm capable of recognizing this as a day that is in no way representative of my actual game. 

It also helps that I have a weird habit of playing some of my best golf after a humbling like this.  

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Driver

311062546_PXG_LogoSmall.jpg.1ff58b767d1fb1cdfeac9a387718766e.jpg  0211 -- Tensei AV Raw Blue75

Hybrids

:tour-edge:  C722 -- 2&3 hybrid Ventus Blue 8S

Irons 

:srixon-small: Z585 4/PW -- TT Elevate Tour

Wedges

:mizuno-small: T22 47°, 52°, & 58°  -- TT Elevate Tour 

Putter

:bettinardi-small: Innovai 6.0 CTR

Ball

:srixon-small:  Zstar Diamond

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7 hours ago, Rickp said:

Friday Bacon Boyz, 60*+ @ 7:20 Tee Time with 10 mph breeze.  
Everything was working, 0211 PXG driver was straight & long even with wet grass from rain last night.  
Greens & fareways in pretty lousy shape, putty was hard to keep from bouncing.  I was +3 so pretty happy with that, ummm really very happy with it.  
Breakfast of course, diner was packed for Bird Season!!

 

... Good round! I always love Fridays as you are done and home posting Rick and I won't be playing for another 1.5 hours. 🤣  If anyone is watching/watched the Phoenix Open today, that's the 15 mph winds we will be playing in. At least coming from the east and not that chilly northern wind we had yesterday. 

Driver:     :cobra-small: Aerojet Max 10.5* ... Kai'li BlueR
Fairway:  :cobra-small: Aerojet 5 & 7 ... Kai'li Blue 60R
Hybrids:  :cobra-small: KING Tec 19* ... MMT Hy70R
Irons:       :cobra-small: King Tour 4-Pw ... Recoil 95R
Wedges:  :cobra-small: Snakebite 51* & 58* ... Recoil 95R
Putter:     :cobra-small: King Sport-60
Ball:           Maxfli     Maxfli Tour '23

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35 minutes ago, chisag said:

 

... Good round! I always love Fridays as you are done and home posting Rick and I won't be laying for another 1.5 hours. 🤣  If anyone is watching/watched the Phoenix Open today, that's the 15 mph winds we will be playing in. At least coming from the east and not that chilly northern wind we had yesterday. 

Thanks, Phoenix Open not on until 2:00 today.  Looking forward to it.   
I don’t like 15 mph winds, that’s too much for us Ole Guys.   
Okay well!!

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*

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36 minutes ago, chisag said:

 

... Good round! I always love Fridays as you are done and home posting Rick and I won't be laying for another 1.5 hours. 🤣  If anyone is watching/watched the Phoenix Open today, that's the 15 mph winds we will be playing in. At least coming from the east and not that chilly northern wind we had yesterday. 

Jason Day is going ok, has he got any chance of winning or just making up the numbers?

I’m a hacker who loves nothing more than to change how I play, be that grips shafts and heads its all fair game lol…

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5 minutes ago, fozcycle said:

Best round of the year….38/38:76 with a 9 Hcap, that’s net 67.

FIR: 8/14 57% GIR 11/18 61% 32 Putts with 14 pars and 4 bogies(2 on each side).

No birdies, just solid golf.

 

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Well done!!  

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*

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1 minute ago, Bang60 said:

Jason Day is going ok, has he got any chance of winning or just making up the numbers?

I personally would like to see Jason Day back in the mix on weekends, always liked that kid!

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

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