PING Apologist #9 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 I played "well" yesterday using my 3W shaft in my driver. Mucked-up the first hole real bad, but had 2 nice pars with the last on 18 after sculling my tee shot about 100-yds ahead, then pitched to within 3-ft! A great end to a not-so-bad back 9. One shot better (you know who you are-missed 4-ft par putt on 16! ) and I could've added to the "Milestone" thread of breaking 100-! fozcycle, Kenny B, Peaksy68 and 4 others 7 Quote In my DLX Cart Bag: Driver: G410 SFT, set to 9.5*, Mitsubishi Tensei CK Orange 60, stiff (MGS Official 2019 Tester) 3W: G-Series SF TEC, set to 16*, Aldila Tour Blue ATX, 65g, stiff 5W: G400 SFT, set to 19*, Aldila Tour Blue ATX, 65g, stiff 7W: G410 SFT, set to 22*. Alta CB 65 Red, stiff Irons: GMax, Green Dot, 5-PW, Project X Graphite Blue 6.0, 80-90g , stiff Wedges: Glide 2.0 Stealth, 50* SS, 54* ES & 60*/8 Forged MGS Special from the Wedge Wizard, Green Dot, Alta CB graphite, 84g, stiff Putter: Vault 2.0 B60 Copper, 33", black dot w/GP SNSR grip (PING Sigma 2 Fetch under "see-trials") Ball: MTB BLACK (MGS Official 2018 Tester for the MTB RED) Shoes: Classics Tour w/Black Widow Softspikes Disabled Marine Veteran. Semper Fi! #No apologies, just Play Your Best #Powertotheplayers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny B Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 The second day of our spring tournament, two man team with my son in law, fourth flight. First day was better ball, we finished +2 (74), middle of the flight but two teams went out to a pretty good lead. The greens yesterday were at 11.5 and pavement hard with plenty of undulation so we felt pretty good about +2. Today rain was forecast and it started on our first hole, .7 inch fell while we played. The greens were "only" at 11 today and eventually the rain softened them a little. Today was two man scramble format, we did a good job except never made a putt, burnt the edges off the hole time after time but nothing dropped. Again, finished at +2 with 16 pars and 2 bogies. With 4 over for two days, we finished third, second place was even and the winner was one under. There were a lot of putts that could have fallen in over the two days but that's the difference in winning and finishing third. That's pretty good coming from middle of the pack to third. Congratulations!! Rickp, fozcycle and ole gray 3 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...
Kenny B Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Yesterday was a nice day... 68* and only a slight breeze. Temps are warming up; looking at mid-80's this week. My wife and I played 18 holes and tied; both of us shot 84. A great round for her; not the best for me... 45/39. She was hitting ball well, so she said: "Let's play the front nine again!" I said "OK" and we grabbed a couple of Miller Lites. I birdied the first two holes and shot 39; kicked her arse!! Rickp, Peaksy68, GeekingGolf and 1 other 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...
fozcycle Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Happy Anniversary Kenny! Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy Kenny B 1 Quote Driver: 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: Titleist T300 48* GW w/Fubuki MV Senior shaft and Edison forged 53* and 57* wedges with KB PGI Senior shafts(80 grm). Putter: 33” Evnroll ER2 w/Evnroll Gravity Grip or Nike Method Core Drone w/Evnroll Gravity Grip Bag: Vice cart bag(Black/Lime). Ball: Maxfli Tour CG, Titleist Pro V1x or Titleist TruFeel Using Shot Scope X5 and MG4000 Rangefinder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cksurfdude Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Foz, Matt and my dear, dear friend Gene and I had more fun than four guys should be allowed to have on a course today. Ten years okay Gene was told that he had a zero chance of living six months unless he tried a stem cell transplant. He did at a 50/50 shot. He hit the trifecta and so got to play with us today. Classmate of mine at Seminary who was once a great player. He marveled that Foz and I had putters by Guerin Rife!!! The highlight of the day was when he had a 10 footer and I a 6 footer for birdie. I looked at him and said, “Just like the old days, Gene. And Foz is playing the role of Rick. The next thing we knew Foz, who was behind trees and a ball washer, pitched his ball on the green. And Gene smiled.†What a great day Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy Wow .. what a really nice story! A day like that .. unfortunately all too rare .. just makes it all very worthwhile. fozcycle, Rickp, MattF and 1 other 4 Quote WITB of an "aspiring" play-ah ... ..PXG Gen5 0311XF (PX EvenFlow Riptide CB 50/5.0) ..Callaway Bertha Mini 1.5 (UST ProForce V2-HL 5/F3) ..Cleveland XL Halo Hy-Wood (PX Cypher 40/5.0) ..Callaway Rogue ST Max OS 4H (PX Cypher Black 50/5.0) ..Tour Edge Exotics EXS 7W (Tensei CK Blue 50/R) ..Calaway Big Bertha 5H (Recoil 460 ESX/F3) ..PXG 0211 7i-GW (Mitsubishi MMT 60/A) ..Cleveland CBX2 54 and CBX 60 (Rotex graphite) ..EvnRoll ER5 (P2 Reflex grip) or MLA Tour XDream (P2 Reflex grip) ..all in a Datrek bag on an MGI Zip Navigator electric cart. Official Forum Member tester for the Paradym/X driver (2023) Forum Member tester for the ExPutt Putting Simulator (2020) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cksurfdude Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Played 9 yesterday afternoon and - in what hopefully it's a preview of more good things to come this season - hit 8 of 9 tee shots well or "almost". This is a huge departure from all previous seasons where I've generally struggled off the tee. Cannot brag as much about my second shots, though ... those were a bit 50/50, but did have two really nice ones: a 6i from about 158 out and just into the right rough to a very small and very sloped green that went high and straight but faded off just a touch at the end to land about 3 feet right of the green (but from that distance heck I will take that all day every day!); and a lob wedge from about 62 (right side rough again...) and uphill that ended within a makeable distance. Stupid thing was I'd forgotten my putter at home, so was trying to put with the hybrid. Was generally starting them online but did not have the proper distance control... Also didn't have the gap wedge which I definitely could've used a few times. Close-in chipping needs more work. cnosil and Kenny B 2 Quote WITB of an "aspiring" play-ah ... ..PXG Gen5 0311XF (PX EvenFlow Riptide CB 50/5.0) ..Callaway Bertha Mini 1.5 (UST ProForce V2-HL 5/F3) ..Cleveland XL Halo Hy-Wood (PX Cypher 40/5.0) ..Callaway Rogue ST Max OS 4H (PX Cypher Black 50/5.0) ..Tour Edge Exotics EXS 7W (Tensei CK Blue 50/R) ..Calaway Big Bertha 5H (Recoil 460 ESX/F3) ..PXG 0211 7i-GW (Mitsubishi MMT 60/A) ..Cleveland CBX2 54 and CBX 60 (Rotex graphite) ..EvnRoll ER5 (P2 Reflex grip) or MLA Tour XDream (P2 Reflex grip) ..all in a Datrek bag on an MGI Zip Navigator electric cart. Official Forum Member tester for the Paradym/X driver (2023) Forum Member tester for the ExPutt Putting Simulator (2020) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zylem Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 I was able to play both Friday and Saturday. Both rounds had some ups and downs. I really had trouble reading the speed of my putts which left me with quite a few 3 putts. What was surprising though was my tee ball. I only missed one fairway total for both rounds. Normally my tee shot is the weak point and I am able to make up for it with my great short game. But the past few rounds it's been the opposite. Man, you just have to love this game sometimes... Going to try to slip out this weekend and work on chipping and putting. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk Rickp, cksurfdude and Kenny B 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undershooter Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Last Friday was my practice round for the state 4ball. Hadn't played the course in over a decade and didn't remember it at all. I only hit a grand total of 4 fairways (2 with irons) and still managed to shoot 69 playing it down/ putting it out.Golf is hilarious in that the second you figure out one part of your game, another part leaves you. Peaksy68, MattF, cksurfdude and 2 others 5 Quote Driver- Tmag 2017 M2 tour issue 8.5* actual loft 7.8* w/ HZRDS Green PVD 70TX" Fairway Metal- Taylormade SLDR Mini Driver 12* w/ Fujikura Rombax TP95-X" Utility- Mizuno MPH5 1 iron w/ Aldila RIP 85X (depending on course/ conditions) Irons- Mizuno MP- FLI HI 2i w/ Aldila Proto ByYou 100X Mizuno MP59 4i-6I w/ PX 6.5 Mizuno MP69 7i-PW w/ PX 6.5 Wedges- Scratch 8620 Driver/Slider set. 50*, 54* bent to 55* and 60* Putter- Taylormade Spider Tour w/ flow neck Ball- Bridgestone Tour B X Bag- Sun Mountain C130 Supercharged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickp Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Got only 5 holes in this morning before the deluge!! I was playing OK nothing great but 4 th hole was a trip. Hit a killer drive 80 yds to the hole on a narrow kidney shaped green with a bunker in front and water in back. Well blew the 80 yarder, hit out of trap almost in the water, 1chip, 2 putts. What a waste of a great drive Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy MattF, ole gray, MaxEntropy and 2 others 5 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...
GolfJunkie302 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Today was our first day of good weather. Played terribly but it was 72° and sunny! Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk Rickp, cksurfdude, Kenny B and 1 other 4 Quote 2017 M1 460, Project X HZRDUS Black 6.0 JPX EZ 3 wood Fly-Z 4H MP-60, 3i-PW, True Temper Dynamic Gold S5 54° & 58°, True Temper Dynamic Gold California Monterey Pro V1x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cksurfdude Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 ... Golf is hilarious in that the second you figure out one part of your game, another part leaves you. Oh yeah .. we're all laughing hysterically .. totally LOL'ing...... JAGolfore, Undershooter, MattF and 3 others 6 Quote WITB of an "aspiring" play-ah ... ..PXG Gen5 0311XF (PX EvenFlow Riptide CB 50/5.0) ..Callaway Bertha Mini 1.5 (UST ProForce V2-HL 5/F3) ..Cleveland XL Halo Hy-Wood (PX Cypher 40/5.0) ..Callaway Rogue ST Max OS 4H (PX Cypher Black 50/5.0) ..Tour Edge Exotics EXS 7W (Tensei CK Blue 50/R) ..Calaway Big Bertha 5H (Recoil 460 ESX/F3) ..PXG 0211 7i-GW (Mitsubishi MMT 60/A) ..Cleveland CBX2 54 and CBX 60 (Rotex graphite) ..EvnRoll ER5 (P2 Reflex grip) or MLA Tour XDream (P2 Reflex grip) ..all in a Datrek bag on an MGI Zip Navigator electric cart. Official Forum Member tester for the Paradym/X driver (2023) Forum Member tester for the ExPutt Putting Simulator (2020) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny B Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Yesterday was my Monday walking round with guys at the club. I had been playing poorly until the second nine on Sunday, then played a third nine on Sunday where I was +2. So I was not sure which Kenny B was going to show up on Monday. One of the guys I play with is a retired USMC colonel pilot and a very good stick. Some days we can be very close, but he usually whips my arse. He has a killer short game; or at least he usually does. Not Monday. I beat him by 10 shots!! I've never seen him miss so many shots!! I shot 79. I didn't hit many GIR, but I did get up and down 9 of 13 times from inside 20 yards. My highlight for the day was on #18. Seems like it's always my nemesis hole; a dogleg left par 5 with a big tree at the dogleg and sand and water running all the way to and in front of the green from 170y out on the right. I don't hit the ball far enough to get a good look around the corner, so I have to go under, over, or around that tree. I decided to try a low draw because from my lie the tree is too high to go over. Ball didn't draw... in bunker 140y out with a lip to go over. Punched a 9i out to 80y for my 3rd shot. Hit a poor wedge for my 4th that barely cleared the sand to the front part of the green... pin in the back. Dang! Putt was about 40 feet for par. I thought a two-putt would be good and a score of 80. As soon as I struck the ball, I had a feeling that it was going in, and I yelled it out to my buddies when it was halfway to the hole. Perfect line; perfect speed. Rickp, Undershooter, StrokerAce and 2 others 5 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 April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Yesterday was my Monday walking round with guys at the club. I had been playing poorly until the second nine on Sunday, then played a third nine on Sunday where I was +2. So I was not sure which Kenny B was going to show up on Monday. One of the guys I play with is a retired USMC colonel pilot and a very good stick. Some days we can be very close, but he usually whips my arse. He has a killer short game; or at least he usually does. Not Monday. I beat him by 10 shots!! I've never seen him miss so many shots!! I shot 79. I didn't hit many GIR, but I did get up and down 9 of 13 times from inside 20 yards. My highlight for the day was on #18. Seems like it's always my nemesis hole; a dogleg left par 5 with a big tree at the dogleg and sand and water running all the way to and in front of the green from 170y out on the right. I don't hit the ball far enough to get a good look around the corner, so I have to go under, over, or around that tree. I decided to try a low draw because from my lie the tree is too high to go over. Ball didn't draw... in bunker 140y out with a lip to go over. Punched a 9i out to 80y for my 3rd shot. Hit a poor wedge for my 4th that barely cleared the sand to the front part of the green... pin in the back. Dang! Putt was about 40 feet for par. I thought a two-putt would be good and a score of 80. As soon as I struck the ball, I had a feeling that it was going in, and I yelled it out to my buddies when it was halfway to the hole. Perfect line; perfect speed. I love Happy Endings Well Done Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy cksurfdude and Kenny B 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...
ole gray Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 42 + 42 / 84 today. My chipping was absolutely horrendous today! I will say we had torrential down pours last night and the course was cart path only. It's hard to chip in muddy conditions. MattF, Kenny B, MaxEntropy and 3 others 6 Quote TaylorMade Stealth 2 HD Driver 9 Degree TaylorMade Stealth 2 HD 3 Wood TaylorMade Stealth 2 4 Hybrid TaylorMade Stealth HD Irons 5 - PW Cleveland CBX ZipCore 48 52 56 & 60 Degree Wedges TaylorMade Spider X Hydro Blast Single Bend Putter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cksurfdude Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Yesterday was my Monday walking round with guys at the club. I had been playing poorly until the second nine on Sunday, then played a third nine on Sunday where I was +2. So I was not sure which Kenny B was going to show up on Monday. One of the guys I play with is a retired USMC colonel pilot and a very good stick. Some days we can be very close, but he usually whips my arse. He has a killer short game; or at least he usually does. Not Monday. I beat him by 10 shots!! I've never seen him miss so many shots!! I shot 79. I didn't hit many GIR, but I did get up and down 9 of 13 times from inside 20 yards. My highlight for the day was on #18. Seems like it's always my nemesis hole; a dogleg left par 5 with a big tree at the dogleg and sand and water running all the way to and in front of the green from 170y out on the right. I don't hit the ball far enough to get a good look around the corner, so I have to go under, over, or around that tree. I decided to try a low draw because from my lie the tree is too high to go over. Ball didn't draw... in bunker 140y out with a lip to go over. Punched a 9i out to 80y for my 3rd shot. Hit a poor wedge for my 4th that barely cleared the sand to the front part of the green... pin in the back. Dang! Putt was about 40 feet for par. I thought a two-putt would be good and a score of 80. As soon as I struck the ball, I had a feeling that it was going in, and I yelled it out to my buddies when it was halfway to the hole. Perfect line; perfect speed. Nice - great save, old ;-) man !!! Rickp and Kenny B 2 Quote WITB of an "aspiring" play-ah ... ..PXG Gen5 0311XF (PX EvenFlow Riptide CB 50/5.0) ..Callaway Bertha Mini 1.5 (UST ProForce V2-HL 5/F3) ..Cleveland XL Halo Hy-Wood (PX Cypher 40/5.0) ..Callaway Rogue ST Max OS 4H (PX Cypher Black 50/5.0) ..Tour Edge Exotics EXS 7W (Tensei CK Blue 50/R) ..Calaway Big Bertha 5H (Recoil 460 ESX/F3) ..PXG 0211 7i-GW (Mitsubishi MMT 60/A) ..Cleveland CBX2 54 and CBX 60 (Rotex graphite) ..EvnRoll ER5 (P2 Reflex grip) or MLA Tour XDream (P2 Reflex grip) ..all in a Datrek bag on an MGI Zip Navigator electric cart. Official Forum Member tester for the Paradym/X driver (2023) Forum Member tester for the ExPutt Putting Simulator (2020) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chisag Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 ... After playing a ton of courses in Phoenix for the first time and several a few times, it was nice to finally play Naperbrook, one of my familiar courses back home in Chicago. Very windy and the greens had just been aerated and were just silly slow, a bad combination. Somehow I managed to hit 16 greens and had 4 birdie putts inside of 2 feet making all of them. Had quite a few more around 6 feet and had very little chance of making them as they bounced around like a game of Chinese Checkers. Ended up with a 2 under 70 and it could have really been really low with normal greens. This was my first round under par in awhile as I hit par a few times in Phoenix but never under as, it was always a learning experience on new courses. Good start to the season and I am looking forward to some warm weather here! StrokerAce, cnosil, MaxEntropy and 6 others 9 Quote Driver: Aerojet Max 10.5* ... Kai'li BlueR Fairway: Aerojet 5 & 7 ... Kai'li Blue 60R Hybrids: KING Tec 19* ... MMT Hy70R Irons: King Tour 4-Pw ... Recoil 95R Wedges: Snakebite 51* & 58* ... Recoil 95R Putter: King Sport-60 Ball: Maxfli Maxfli Tour '23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxEntropy Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 42 + 42 / 84 today. My chipping was absolutely horrendous today! I will say we had torrential down pours last night and the course was cart path only. It's hard to chip in muddy conditions.I had the same problem today. Sloppy conditions made for a rough short game. I drove the ball pretty well today considering half the drives were plugged, but irons were a disappointment. I continue to be a bit amazed the way the Snell Reds stop when I actually strike the ball well. Sent from my BLN-L24 using Tapatalk Rickp, ole gray and MattF 3 Quote Driver: Epic Speed 9* (set -1) MMT 70X 3W: RAZR Fit TourAD something or other 3H, 4H: Tour B JGR 19*, 23* Recoil 780ES 4-AW: Tour B JGR HF2 Modus3 Tour 105 SW: Zipcore Black Satin 54* LW: Zipcore Black Satin 58* Putter: Stroke Lab Marxman Bag: BigMax Dri Active Lite Ball: TP5x Pix Pushcart: BigMax iQ+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickp Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 I had the same problem today. Sloppy conditions made for a rough short game. I drove the ball pretty well today considering half the drives were plugged, but irons were a disappointment. I continue to be a bit amazed the way the Snell Reds stop when I actually strike the ball well. Sent from my BLN-L24 using Tapatalk Yup on the Snell Reds Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy MaxEntropy 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...
ole gray Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 I had the same problem today. Sloppy conditions made for a rough short game. I drove the ball pretty well today considering half the drives were plugged, but irons were a disappointment. I continue to be a bit amazed the way the Snell Reds stop when I actually strike the ball well. Sent from my BLN-L24 using Tapatalk I'm a fan of the Snell balls and no doubt will be ordering some more. So far I've only lost one out of the dozen I purchased and the other two I put in play are holding up well. Rickp and MaxEntropy 2 Quote TaylorMade Stealth 2 HD Driver 9 Degree TaylorMade Stealth 2 HD 3 Wood TaylorMade Stealth 2 4 Hybrid TaylorMade Stealth HD Irons 5 - PW Cleveland CBX ZipCore 48 52 56 & 60 Degree Wedges TaylorMade Spider X Hydro Blast Single Bend Putter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickp Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 I'm a fan of the Snell balls and no doubt will be ordering some more. So far I've only lost one out of the dozen I purchased and the other two I put in play are holding up well.Lost 3, not sure how many holes but substantial. Hold up well. Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy ole gray 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...
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