perseveringgolfer 4,792 Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 played ok today but the course is very wet, very muddy and the greens have been tined and a layer of sand on them. Not fun playing in that, plus it rained for 5 holes! On a positive I took out the Titleist TS3 demo club today and it was longer, more forgiving, nicer sound than my Cobra F9....damn! it's 9.5 and the flight was better than my 10.5 Cobra- go figure. 4 Quote Driver Awaiting NEW Driver (after 10 yrs) 4 Wood Callaway Big Bertha Steelhead plus 4+ Callaway shaft in 'Firm' flex Hybrid Titleist 910H 19* Diamana ahina 'flower' shaft in 'S' Irons Mizuno MP18SC 4-PW N.S Pro Modus3 Tour 105 in 'S' Wedges Callaway Mack Daddy forged in black 50* and 54* KBS Tour in 'R' Putter 'YES' Tracy 11 C groove 34.5" Link to post Share on other sites
cksurfdude 7,931 Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 On 8/12/2019 at 12:04 PM, TR1PTIK said: I noticed how effortlessly I pounded driver on #7 (the only hole where it comes out of the bag) and made a conscious decision to use a similar tempo and action for all swings the second time around. I gained nearly a full club in distance while producing the same or eerily similar trajectories! 1 Quote WITB of an "aspiring" play-ah ... ..Tour Edge Exotics EXS 3W/HL (17*) and EXS 7W (both Tensei CK Blue) ..Callaway Super Hybrid 23 (PX Catalyst) and Big Bertha 19 5H (Recoil ZTR) ..PXG 0211 6i-GW (Mitsubishi MMT) ..Cleveland CBX2 54 and CBX 60 (both Rotex graphite) ..Evnroll ER5 (33", 385g, P2 Reflex Tour) ..all in a Datrek Hybrid bag on a Bag Boy Quad XL push cart. Forum Member tester for the ExPutt Putting Simulator Link to post Share on other sites
cksurfdude 7,931 Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 On 8/12/2019 at 4:43 PM, PMookie said: I had to buy a shirt in the pro-shop just to get home without dripping. I throw a spare shirt into the car on those days! 3 Quote WITB of an "aspiring" play-ah ... ..Tour Edge Exotics EXS 3W/HL (17*) and EXS 7W (both Tensei CK Blue) ..Callaway Super Hybrid 23 (PX Catalyst) and Big Bertha 19 5H (Recoil ZTR) ..PXG 0211 6i-GW (Mitsubishi MMT) ..Cleveland CBX2 54 and CBX 60 (both Rotex graphite) ..Evnroll ER5 (33", 385g, P2 Reflex Tour) ..all in a Datrek Hybrid bag on a Bag Boy Quad XL push cart. Forum Member tester for the ExPutt Putting Simulator Link to post Share on other sites
Yadirtydog! 45 Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Played a relatively tough course on Saturday in the morning as to attempt to beat the heat. Still hot as hell, but ended up with a 75. Lots of missed birdie opportunities from well within 10 feet. It's golf. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post cksurfdude 7,931 Posted August 20, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 20, 2019 Went back to a fun little course I've played a number of times the past few seasons, but only once or twice this year. It's a short 9-holer, barely 2500 yds and unrated, with a few uphill/downhill shots and three doglegs. My goal .. as it is with any other course .. is to get down to bogey golf. Had not been able to do that here in the past ... always a few shots more than a bogey average. But I seem to generally be playing better more recently (including a career-to-date low of 92!) so went back there as sort of a test... Which I passed!! Finished at +8 (Par 35; one Par 5) thanks to four pars which offset a back-to-back Double and Triple, and also had three bogeys. Yea! The Double happened after a bad tee shot right on a dogleg right (yep - under the tree on the inside corner) .. then got the second close to about 10 yds left of the front of the green .. and instead of just bumping the third off a downslope to get onto the green I decided to get handsy (d'oh) and blade it all the way over the green.... And a too-tentative fourth didn't leave me close enough; two putt for a 6. The Triple on the next hole, a dogleg left Par 5 with an uphill approach, happened after I pulled my tee shot left into the trees OB. But on the flip side - I made very solid contact and that ball was MOOOVING! Second tee pushed right, but playable, so worked to finish with a bogey on that second ball from there which I did. Had another silly 2-chip on one of the Par 3s where (I was pin-high right about 5 yds off and) I left the first one short of the fringe and it stuck in the rough, plus two or three other places where I chipped a bit past my "spot" -- so still have plenty of work to do on trajectory and distance control. No 3-putts; plus had three or four decent chances to sink a nice 1-putt but couldn't quite get the speed and line exactly right... Overall happy with the progress of my game. Most tee shots are good or playable, and am starting to stretch out a bit of distance on a few of them; while second shots and approaches are also generally getting closer to their intended targets. Sure there are still misses and mis-hits (mostly due to my #1 swing error in not moving target-ward so hitting behind the ball...) but on the whole the trend seems to be positive!! 10 1 Quote WITB of an "aspiring" play-ah ... ..Tour Edge Exotics EXS 3W/HL (17*) and EXS 7W (both Tensei CK Blue) ..Callaway Super Hybrid 23 (PX Catalyst) and Big Bertha 19 5H (Recoil ZTR) ..PXG 0211 6i-GW (Mitsubishi MMT) ..Cleveland CBX2 54 and CBX 60 (both Rotex graphite) ..Evnroll ER5 (33", 385g, P2 Reflex Tour) ..all in a Datrek Hybrid bag on a Bag Boy Quad XL push cart. Forum Member tester for the ExPutt Putting Simulator Link to post Share on other sites
hartrick11 513 Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 I seem to have 2 nemesis holes on each of the 4 regular courses I play. The latest round was no different, doubling both of these holes, which along with a few putts that burned edges and a couple sloppy chips led to another uninspiring 85. The HC is officially trending up for the first time since February. Typically these holes involve trouble left, with either driver or long irons required off the tee, and my old standby miss is a pull hook. I have worked this year on a swing change to reduce the frequency of this miss (shoutout to Monte & Rebellion Golf!), but I have had an increasing number of misses from mis-alignment (not trusting the new swing & ball flight when I should) and also some new errors as I work to ingrain the new swing . I know overall the swing is in a much better place, but the doubt still creeps in at the worst times... 6 Quote Driver: TSi 3 10* w/ Graphite Design AD IZ 7X Fairway: TSi 2 15* w/ Graphite Design AD IX 7X Hybrid: 818H2 19* w/ Tensei White 90 Utility: GAPR LO 19* w/Tensei White 90 Irons: King Forged CB w/ KBS $ Taper 130 Wedges: SM7 54 S, 58 M w/ Modus 125 Putter: California Hollywood 34" Circle H Link to post Share on other sites
fozcycle 11,689 Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Shot 42/36; 78 at Babe Zaharias today.....with one Birdie(Par 3 # 8). Started with a double on the first hole then went par, par, par, par....seemed to be striking the ball well today. Got paid for two Closest To The Pins and one Skin for $68.....Sent from my iPad using MyGolfSpy 7 Quote Driver: Tour Edge Exotics EXS w/Mitsubishi ck Blue regular shaft BACKUP DRIVER: Cobra F8 w/Mitsubishi ck Blue regular shaft Fairways: Cobra King F8 3W(14.5*) & 5W(18.5*) w/Mitsubishi ck Blue regular shaft Hybrids: Tour Edge CBX 119 4H(22*) with Project X Evenflo regular shaft Irons: Wilson Staff D7 5 - PW w/Recoil 460 regular shafts Wedges: Wilson D7 GW(50*) & SW(54*) w/Recoil 460 regular shafts; Cleveland RTX Zipcore(58*) w/True Temper Spinner Wedge steel shaft Putter: 33" Slotline SSi 693 mid mallet Bag: Cobra Ultralite Cart Bag(Peacoat Blue). Link to post Share on other sites
Sluggo42 6,033 Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 New shirt the wife bought me, with buttons... +8 front 9 new shirt from pro shop at the turn... even on the back... for a 79 total... 4 3 Quote MavriK Sub Zero 9* on EvenFlow RipTide 6.0 50g Speedzone 3-wood on Tensi blue S F8 5/6 wood on Aldila NxT GEN MLT R Combo iron set -8,9,per Icon 5,6,7 PtxPro 4-UiHi on Recoil 780 ES f4 Stiff shafts (best clubs ever) Equalizer 50°, 54°, 60° wedges on Recoil 780 f4 ER3 34” ProV1x .Org 14 cart bag Adidas Tour 360 shoes Link to post Share on other sites
THEZIPR23 5,139 Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 71 8/14 fir 12/18 gir 29 putts Finally getting my body to consistently repeat what I have been trying to do all year. Good things coming. 7 Quote SIM 9.5* (GD XC 6X) SIM 15* (GD DI 7X) 2 DHY (GD DI HY8X) ZX7 4-PW (KBS C Taper S) Vokey SM8 49 08 F ( KBS 610) Vokey SM8 55 08 M (KBS 610) Vokey SM8 59 04 L (KBS 610) Studio Stock 28 Slotback 33.5" Tour BX Twitter @THEZIPR23 "One thing Golf has taught me, is that my muscles have no memory." Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Kenny B 23,266 Posted August 21, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2019 My wife and I were in Seattle this past weekend. Yesterday we played 9 holes with her brother on his course south of downtown. Here's a view down #. Seattle skyline in the distance, and if you look closely up in the sky, you can see a jet landing at SeaTac airport. They fly over at 90 sec intervals; drove me crazy!! I started off triple, double, bogey, par. Horrible, but I got better each hole I played, so there was that. Didn't get much better; didn't even keep score. Today we played at Mt. Si GC just off I-90 east of Seattle on our way home. We played with a bunch of friends that we see about once a year. We had 3 groups; two groups of guys and one group of ladies. So, of the 8 guys I was the third youngest at 72; five guys were between 75 and 79. Myself and the two younger guys played the White tees at 6100y; the others played the Gold tees at 5475y, which was also where the ladies played. The game was the two best scores per hole from the ladies group vs. the two worst scores per hole from each group of guys. The ladies won!!! I shot 80 with only one birdie and 2 doubles. 9 fairways 6 GIR 29 putts I've played this course once before about 7 years ago. 10 Quote “We don’t stop playing the game because we get old; we get old because we stop playing the game.” Link to post Share on other sites
Kenny B 23,266 Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 7 hours ago, hartrick11 said: I seem to have 2 nemesis holes on each of the 4 regular courses I play. The latest round was no different, doubling both of these holes, which along with a few putts that burned edges and a couple sloppy chips led to another uninspiring 85. The HC is officially trending up for the first time since February. Typically these holes involve trouble left, with either driver or long irons required off the tee, and my old standby miss is a pull hook. I have worked this year on a swing change to reduce the frequency of this miss (shoutout to Monte & Rebellion Golf!), but I have had an increasing number of misses from mis-alignment (not trusting the new swing & ball flight when I should) and also some new errors as I work to ingrain the new swing . I know overall the swing is in a much better place, but the doubt still creeps in at the worst times... Best of luck on the new swing. Just finished a clinic this weekend in Seattle with Monte. Lots of good stuff, and I have one big issue to work on. If I can accomplish it, I think I will be playing some of my best golf. Lots of practice coming up!! 5 Quote “We don’t stop playing the game because we get old; we get old because we stop playing the game.” Link to post Share on other sites
Kenny B 23,266 Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 14 hours ago, cksurfdude said: I throw a spare shirt into the car on those days! My wife calls my car... "a closet". I'm prepared for anything!! YES, anything!!!! 1 3 Quote “We don’t stop playing the game because we get old; we get old because we stop playing the game.” Link to post Share on other sites
golfertrb 1,529 Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 My wife and I were in Seattle this past weekend. Yesterday we played 9 holes with her brother on his course south of downtown. Here's a view down #. Seattle skyline in the distance, and if you look closely up in the sky, you can see a jet landing at SeaTac airport. They fly over at 90 sec intervals; drove me crazy!! I started off triple, double, bogey, par. Horrible, but I got better each hole I played, so there was that. Didn't get much better; didn't even keep score. Today we played at Mt. Si GC just off I-90 east of Seattle on our way home. We played with a bunch of friends that we see about once a year. We had 3 groups; two groups of guys and one group of ladies. So, of the 8 guys I was the third youngest at 72; five guys were between 75 and 79. Myself and the two younger guys played the White tees at 6100y; the others played the Gold tees at 5475y, which was also where the ladies played. The game was the two best scores per hole from the ladies group vs. the two worst scores per hole from each group of guys. The ladies won!!! I shot 80 with only one birdie and 2 doubles. 9 fairways 6 GIR 29 putts I've played this course once before about 7 years ago.Looks beautiful - I was in Seattle on business several years ago and had no time to play but there was a lovely course near the church where I was consulting and it was SO lush - looked amazing. The planes would be annoying...Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Ping G400 LST 8.5* Graphite Design DI 6 stiff 45" Taylormade RBZ Proto 14.5* Oban Kiyoshi 85 04 42.5" Adams 4555 19* Matrix Ozik Altus 80 S/X 42" Ping G410 Crossover 2 Project X Even Flow Blue 85 6.0 40" Ping i500 4-8 Modus 105 Stiff Ping Blueprint 9-P Modus 105 Stiff Fourteen RM-12 53* and 58* Tour Issue Black Onyx s400 Odyssey Tour Black Series 9 35" Flatso 1.0 Srixon Z Star XV 2018 Ping Hoofer Link to post Share on other sites
golfertrb 1,529 Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Shot 42/36; 78 at Babe Zaharias today.....with one Birdie(Par 3 # 8). Started with a double on the first hole then went par, par, par, par....seemed to be striking the ball well today. Got paid for two Closest To The Pins and one Skin for $68.....Sent from my iPad using MyGolfSpyI played there years ago - I remember enjoying it but it's been awhile. I played with some high school golfers last week and one of them asked me the best courses I have played and most of them were in Florida - I miss Florida golf - especially in February That said, I know the rain is terrible there now. My mom's property is about underwater.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Quote Ping G400 LST 8.5* Graphite Design DI 6 stiff 45" Taylormade RBZ Proto 14.5* Oban Kiyoshi 85 04 42.5" Adams 4555 19* Matrix Ozik Altus 80 S/X 42" Ping G410 Crossover 2 Project X Even Flow Blue 85 6.0 40" Ping i500 4-8 Modus 105 Stiff Ping Blueprint 9-P Modus 105 Stiff Fourteen RM-12 53* and 58* Tour Issue Black Onyx s400 Odyssey Tour Black Series 9 35" Flatso 1.0 Srixon Z Star XV 2018 Ping Hoofer Link to post Share on other sites
MaxEntropy 6,517 Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Last night was a strange night for me in our league. The first hole started well - 3W right down the middle, GW to the back of the green, 2-putt for par. Every other tee shot was either a high flare to the right (two times) or a pull hook (three times). I hate it when the two-way miss shows up. I scrambled fairly well from there, ending up +11 with 14 putts. I also had 3 penalties due to the crappy tee shots, so I feel like it could have been a nice round for me if I could have gotten off the tee. 7 Quote Driver: Tour B JGR 9.5* Recoil 460ES cut to 45" 3W: Tour B JGR 15* Recoil 460ES 3H, 4H: Tour B JGR 19*, 23* Recoil 780ES 4-PW: Tour B JGR HF2 Modus3 Tour 105 AW: S5 52* SW: 588 LW: MD3 Putter: Stroke Lab Marxman Bag: Tour B Stand Bag Ball: Z-Star Pushcart: BigMax iQ+ Tester Starting Driver Speed on PRGR Monitor: 102 mph Final Driver Speed (end of Level 2): 120 mph Link to post Share on other sites
cnosil 14,651 Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 if you look closely up in the sky, you can see a jet landing at SeaTac airport. They fly over at 90 sec intervals; drove me crazy!!You would really go crazy around my area. I occasionally play a course that is down the street from an Air Force base and F-22s are flying around. Seems like they are only a few hundred feet above you when landing. At the end of the day, they are landing at a regular interval. 6 Quote Driver: G400 Max 9* w/ KBS Tour Driven Fairway: TS3 15* set to 16.5* w/Project X Hzardous Smoke Hybrids: 816H1 19* set at 18* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype 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: 588 54-14, 58-12 Putter: Ten S Backups: 6330, ER2.2, Member: MGS Hitsquad since 2017 Link to post Share on other sites
StrokerAce 10,475 Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 another league day, another 3 under round.... one more week to go and an 8 stroke lead; pretty happy with how I played this year, worst round was even par and everything else was under and, being a best ball league, we use my shots more than 50 percent of the time. (ed: it's a 9 hole league) 7 Quote G410 LST | King F7 | 818 H2 | Srixon Z785 | ZipCore | Newport 3 Link to post Share on other sites
bmaru99 154 Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 6 hours ago, Kenny B said: My wife and I were in Seattle this past weekend. Yesterday we played 9 holes with her brother on his course south of downtown. Here's a view down #. Seattle skyline in the distance, and if you look closely up in the sky, you can see a jet landing at SeaTac airport. They fly over at 90 sec intervals; drove me crazy!! I started off triple, double, bogey, par. Horrible, but I got better each hole I played, so there was that. Didn't get much better; didn't even keep score. Today we played at Mt. Si GC just off I-90 east of Seattle on our way home. We played with a bunch of friends that we see about once a year. We had 3 groups; two groups of guys and one group of ladies. So, of the 8 guys I was the third youngest at 72; five guys were between 75 and 79. Myself and the two younger guys played the White tees at 6100y; the others played the Gold tees at 5475y, which was also where the ladies played. The game was the two best scores per hole from the ladies group vs. the two worst scores per hole from each group of guys. The ladies won!!! I shot 80 with only one birdie and 2 doubles. 9 fairways 6 GIR 29 putts I've played this course once before about 7 years ago. That is what they call, hitting for a cycle in baseball. It's a shame it isn't a good thing in golf. Regarless, that course is looking clean 2 Quote WITB 2019 Driver: Taylormade M2 8.5 w/ Xstiff Aldila RIP Beta shaft 2 Iron: Talormade P790 UDI 17 degree w/ Hazardus Xstiff driver shaft 4-PW: Taylormade PSI iron w/ KBS C-taper stiff iron shafts 52 degree: Cleveland RTX 3 56 degree: Callaway Mac Daddy 4 60 degree-:Taylormade milled grind Putter: Scotty Cameron Dual Balance X5 Ball:ProV1x Link to post Share on other sites
cksurfdude 7,931 Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 11 hours ago, Kenny B said: Just finished a clinic this weekend in Seattle with Monte. Lots of good stuff, and I have one big issue to work on. If I can accomplish it, I think I will be playing some of my best golf. Lots of practice coming up!! Looking forward to seeing the new, improved swing!! 1 Quote WITB of an "aspiring" play-ah ... ..Tour Edge Exotics EXS 3W/HL (17*) and EXS 7W (both Tensei CK Blue) ..Callaway Super Hybrid 23 (PX Catalyst) and Big Bertha 19 5H (Recoil ZTR) ..PXG 0211 6i-GW (Mitsubishi MMT) ..Cleveland CBX2 54 and CBX 60 (both Rotex graphite) ..Evnroll ER5 (33", 385g, P2 Reflex Tour) ..all in a Datrek Hybrid bag on a Bag Boy Quad XL push cart. Forum Member tester for the ExPutt Putting Simulator Link to post Share on other sites
fixyurdivot 8,536 Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 7 hours ago, cnosil said: You would really go crazy around my area. I occasionally play a course that is down the street from an Air Force base and F-22s are flying around. Seems like they are only a few hundred feet above you when landing. At the end of the day, they are landing at a regular interval. Same when we play Desert Hills in Yuma. MCAS Yuma flies the F-35 and it's hard not to stop and watch them; especially when they hover and rotate 360 degrees. 3 Quote G410 Plus, 9 Degree Driver | Official 2019 MGS Tester G400 SFT, 16 Degree 3w G400 SFT, 19 Degree 5w G410 Irons 4-UW Glide 2.0 56 Degree SW (removed from double secret probation ) B61 Putter Link to post Share on other sites
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