Peaksy68 4,092 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 3 minutes ago, chisag said: ... LOL, that would work for me. I do have 6 pair of Ecco Biom Hybrids with 4 in rotation and 2 in reserve so probably set on shoes. Of course I am always very happy for any golfer that gets a HIO. Thanks for the well wishes and while I have mentally given up on a HOI, anything is possible. ... I have 2 Albatross (double eagles) and while some say that requires more skill, and admittedly it does take 2 really good shots, I was certainly not aiming at the flag for either one just trying to find the green and just got lucky. OTOH, I have had good yardages and aimed right at the flag hundreds of times and a HIO remains elusive. In 35 years I have scared the hole coming up 1" short twice and spun back an iron hitting the flag stick and bouncing away a few inches once. My cousin who has never broken 100 has 4 HIO's. I saw him top a 5 wood down a hill from 160yds, jump over a little stream, bounce on to the green and roll in the hole. He was pretty stoned as usual and shot 103 that day. A second HIO came after a 30 yard slice hit a tree, bounced back on the green and rolled in the hole. Without the tree he would have missed the green by 40 yards away and in the woods. Ya gotta love the Golf Gods. 2 Albatross is amazing. I’m going to forecast your first HIO. Long par 3, water front and left of green, pin cut on the left. You’ll aim for centre of green, pull it, think it might be wet, get a kick back to the right and into the hole. After that you’ll have one a year for 3 years. So remember this whenever you play a long par 3 with water left 6 Quote G400 SFT Aldila Xtorsion Copper Stiff F8 3 & 5 Woods Project X Evenflow Blue 6.0 TS2 7 Wood Project X Evenflow Blue 6.0 MP18 MMC - Project X LZ 5.5 Zipcore Wedges 50,54,58 - Project X LZ 5.5 MLA Tour Mallet 33" Z Star Pioneer bag buggy Link to post Share on other sites
chisag 12,202 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 42 minutes ago, Peaksy68 said: 2 Albatross is amazing. I’m going to forecast your first HIO. Long par 3, water front and left of green, pin cut on the left. You’ll aim for centre of green, pull it, think it might be wet, get a kick back to the right and into the hole. After that you’ll have one a year for 3 years. So remember this whenever you play a long par 3 with water left ... I like your style! 3 Quote Driver: TaylorMade SIM2 Max ... Diamana Limited 60R Fairway: Cobra SZ 14.5* ... Atmos Blue TS 7S Utility: Callaway Super Hybrid 17* ... Diamana Limited 65R TaylorMade DHy 19* ... Diamana Limited 65R Irons: 4-Pw Cobra King Tour MIM ... Nippon 950gh r-flex Wedges: Cobra Snakebite 50* ... Nippon 950gh r-flex Mizuno T20 58* ... Nippon 950gh r-flex Putter: Cleveland Hunting Beach Soft 11S 33.5" Ball: TaylorMade TP5x (2021) Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post yungkory 10,331 Posted January 25 Popular Post Share Posted January 25 1 hour ago, chisag said: ... LOL, that would work for me. I do have 6 pair of Ecco Biom Hybrids with 4 in rotation and 2 in reserve so probably set on shoes. Of course I am always very happy for any golfer that gets a HIO. Thanks for the well wishes and while I have mentally given up on a HOI, anything is possible. ... I have 2 Albatross (double eagles) and while some say that requires more skill, and admittedly it does take 2 really good shots, I was certainly not aiming at the flag for either one just trying to find the green and just got lucky. OTOH, I have had good yardages and aimed right at the flag hundreds of times and a HIO remains elusive. In 35 years I have scared the hole coming up 1" short twice and spun back an iron hitting the flag stick and bouncing away a few inches once. My cousin who has never broken 100 has 4 HIO's. I saw him top a 5 wood down a hill from 160yds, jump over a little stream, bounce on to the green and roll in the hole. He was pretty stoned as usual and shot 103 that day. A second HIO came after a 30 yard slice hit a tree, bounced back on the green and rolled in the hole. Without the tree he would have missed the green by 40 yards away and in the woods. Ya gotta love the Golf Gods. I'd trade my HIO for your index/ability/consistency in a nanosecond. I'm honestly just stoked that I had witnesses, even cooler that the group ahead of us waved us on. I always had a fear that I'd make one playing solo, or that I'd just never make one, but I had come to peace with that idea. I would love to consistently threaten shooting par, and even break par on occasion. My HIO was dog lucky: high, 3y cut into the wind that DUNKED in the hole (with the Covid foam in it) how can you get any luckier? As I mentioned, we were playing greenies and my mom's cousin had just hit it to about 5' so I said prior to hitting the shot, "well, now there's no pressure because I'm not getting inside of that." The proceeded to dunk it with minimal damage to the cup, almost a swish: Also, an albatross/turkey vulture is 100x cooler and while I had come within inches on at least three other occasions to making a HIO, the closest I've ever gotten to an albatross is like 8 feet, once. 11 1 Quote Driver: SIM Max 10.5 Fujikura Motore X F3 5S 3w/5w: TSi2 Tensei AV Raw Blue 75S 4h: CLK 22* Hybrid Tensei CK Pro Blue 80HY S Irons 5-PW: JPX 919 Forged Nippon Modus 3 Tour 105 S Wedges: RTX Zipcore Tour Rack 50, 54, 58 Modus 3 115 Wedge Putter: L.A.B. DF 2.1, 34.5", BGT Stability Tour, 71* lie angle, Press II 3* Grip Ball: Tour B X Link to post Share on other sites
Tom D. 380 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 2 hours ago, yungkory said: Also, an albatross/turkey vulture is 100x cooler Just had a guy out here in the east bay (SF Bay Area) get a CONDOR on a par 6 last week. 5 Quote I'm decidedly brand agnostic -- In my Datrek - DG Lite II cart bag attached via Top-Lok to my - Quad XL: - G400 Max 10.5 - Graphite Design Tour AD DI 5 R - TS2 4W - Graphite Design Tour AD DI 6 RS & TS2 7W - Alta CB 65 R - Baffler 23* - Aldila NV-HL 65 R - Original Series 0211 - 5-PW - MMT 80 S - CBX2 50 / 54 / 58 - Rotex - Directed Force 2.1 (Nickel) - KBS Tour - Press No. II 3* - MTB Black Tracked by Shot Scope V2 Link to post Share on other sites
Shapotomous 2,106 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 HIO's..... Is it worse to never have one..... or have one while playing a practice round alone on the second ball you hit while trying knock down shots with different irons? That was back in the late 70's and I been waiting for the first real one ever since. 6 Quote Modern Bag: Ping G410+ 9*, Accra TourZ X265 M5; Callaway Mavrik 16.5* 4W, EvenFlow Riptide 6.0 S 70g; Mizuno JPX 919 HMP 4i, PX LZ 6.0; Mizuno JPX 900 Forged 5 - PW, PX LZ 6.0; Cleveland Tour Action 49*, 53*, 57*; PX LZ 6.5 ; Ping Heppler Fetch; Ball - Snell MTB-X; Bag - Sun Mountain H2NO Classic Bag: Driver - Wilson Staff Persimmon; 3w - Hogan Speed Slot; 5w - Wilson Staff Tour Block; 3 - pw - Staff Dynapower; sw - Ram Tom Watson; putter - bullseye standard or flange. Link to post Share on other sites
StrokerAce 11,256 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 1 hour ago, Shapotomous said: HIO's..... Is it worse to never have one..... or have one while playing a practice round alone on the second ball you hit while trying knock down shots with different irons? That was back in the late 70's and I been waiting for the first real one ever since. One of the last rounds I played this year with 3 others at a private club and there was a guy playing solo behind us (it was 40 degrees) and we could see the green of the par 3 we just finished from our tee box and one of the guys in our group went "holy sh*t, he just made that!".... the guy who hit the ball didn't even react and when he got to the green the 4 of us gave him some applause but he was kind of ho-hum.... I suppose if you're playing solo it doesn't have the same effect. 7 Quote P G410 LST | C King F7 | C SuperHybrid | T 818 H2 | S Z785 | C ZipCore | Bettinardi SS38 armlock Link to post Share on other sites
Rickp 22,232 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 64* this morning, light breeze beautiful weather to play.Even Par after 6 holes then I started thinking, bad very bad. Ended up 4 over with doubles on 7 & 8 and Par on 9.It’s pretty much official that the G710 irons & TSI2 driver are staying in the bag for foreseeable future. Hard to keep the Mizzies on the shelf but G710’s are more just a little more forgiving.Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy 9 Quote Rick Left Hand, Driver; Titleist TSi2, Kuro Kage 50 gr R2 5 Wood; Cally Steelhead 5 Hybrid; Cally Steelhead, Hazardous Vista Pro R2 Irons; Ping G710 6-GW, Recoil 460 R2 Putter; Waaay too many to list Link to post Share on other sites
russtopherb 6,241 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 7 hours ago, StrokerAce said: I suppose if you're playing solo it doesn't have the same effect. It doesn't. Mine was solo and I was sure the ball hit the pin and rocketed away. I didn't have anyone to help me look for it, so after wandering aimlessly around the green for a while trying to find it I looked in the cup and I was like... OH! My only eagle had 2 witnesses from the next fairway, and they started whooping it up. Honestly that was way cooler. 4 Quote In my carry bag: Big Bertha Mini (the D7 is in time out) GBB 3W (lofted to 4W) V-Series Heavenwood Baffler XL 5i-PW CBX 54* iWedge 58* #10 Twitter: @russtopherb Link to post Share on other sites
Getoffmylawn 2,828 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 19 minutes ago, russtopherb said: It doesn't. Mine was solo and I was sure the ball hit the pin and rocketed away. I didn't have anyone to help me look for it, so after wandering aimlessly around the green for a while trying to find it I looked in the cup and I was like... OH! My only eagle had 2 witnesses from the next fairway, and they started whooping it up. Honestly that was way cooler. I've had one ace in my golfing life, December 1st 2017. Unusually warm day in Nebraska, but still high 40's/low 50s with some wind, so the course was pretty empty. I was supposed to play with my boss and his deputy; twenty minutes before the tee time he sends me a text and tells me something came up and they couldn't make it, but to enjoy my round. Which means that when my flighted 9-iron from 148 on #7 at Willow Lakes Golf Course found the cup, not a soul on earth saw it happen. 4 Quote Driver: TR20 460, Vizard 60g Stiff FW: CBX 119 3w, 15, Project X Evenflow Blue 75g Stiff Hybrids: TS3 3 & 4H, Project X Evenflow Blue 85g Stiff Driving Iron: MP-20 HMB 3i, UST Mamiya recoil ES 780 F3 Iron: JPX 919 Forged 4- GW, Project X 6.0 Wedges:SM8 54 S Grind, 60 M Grind Putter: ER7B Tested the Honma TR20 460 driver Link to post Share on other sites
tony@CIC 18,627 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Gorgeous day here in Fl. Light breeze, mid to high 70's and sun behind clouds some of the time. All 3 made it very pleasant. My wife and I played Cypress Creek, she wanted to play from the men's tees and just bombed her drives - a couple even came close to mine . It was a tale of nines for me; 47 on the front and 43 on the back. Drives were great, fairway shots not too bad. Putter and wedges are in "time out" for being non-cooperative. Here's a pic of one of the par 4's on the back and of course the ubiquitous alligator which we still haven't gotten use to seeing. 7 Quote Left Hand orientation G410 SFT driver Cobra King F-9 5 wood 410 Hybrids 22*, 26* Cobra Speed Zone 6-GP/Recoil ESX 460 F3 Shafts SM7 54* Wedge Glide 3.0 60* Wedge O Works putter NX9-HD - 4 Wheel - too many shoes to list and so many to buy And BAG Boy Golf Balls: Snell MTB-X 2020 Official Tester Beginning Driver Speed - 78 2019 Official Tester 410 Driver 2018 Official Tester C300 Link to post Share on other sites
fozcycle 12,536 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Pushcart Mafia on the course today.....weather was foggy with 55*-75* .Shot a 38/43:81 with no birdies, just solid shot making all day long. The Cobra Speedzone Extreme was on target (10/14) and my Wilson D7 Irons were straight(GIR 28%). My Evnroll ER6R was shining with only 29 putts. Overall very enjoyable round........and I was Walking!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
zrumble 550 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Local course was brutal today with firm but just watered greens and 25mph wind gusts. Kept it together and shot 79. Had some absolute bombs with the new (to me) SiM Max. Had 2 330y+, one 375y and I put one in the green side bunker on the 414 yard par 4. Only reason the scores weren’t lower was the putting. I watched balls stop at the hole then roll 14 feet down the slope. My buddies shot in the 90s, and I only kept it low-ish by overpowering the holes where I had wind help. 3 Quote Stats: 5'4", Male, R-Handed, Moderate Tempo, Driver SS 115mph Driver: Taylormade SiM Max 9*, TM Ventus Blue 6X 3w/5w: Callaway X-Hot, S-flex Fubuki shafts 3h: Tour Edge EXS Pro, Smoke Black 80g 6.0 4i-PW: Mizuno MP-4, DG S300 Wedges: Titleist SM7 56* Wedge: Callaway Jaws w/ 12* of bounce Link to post Share on other sites
PMookie 13,122 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Played on a sim (Nip it Golf) in Longview, TX, today. Second time here. They have a TON of great courses, so today I played the Plantation Course at Kapalua since it’s one of my favorites to watch on TV. Plus, they say it has the widest fairways on Tour, so talk about building confidence! Ha! Shot 3 over from the blues. I’d love to see it in real life because the undulations in the fairways were CRAZY!!! So cool. Then I had just enough time to play the back 9 of Torrey Pines. Picked it since the tournament is there this week. MUCH narrower fairways. Shot even. The sledgehammer was money again! So good. So fun!!!!!! 4 Quote Driver: King F9 Speedback, Xphlexxx Busa 2 Liquid, XX stiff, 45” Fwy: Hybrid: X2 Hot Pro, 20*, Rombax 8D07HB TM27 X Irons: TR20 Tour P 4/5, Tour V 6-10, Dynamic Gold X100 Wedges: Vega VW-06 50*/54*/58*, Dynamic Gold S400 Putter: EAS 1.0 Link to post Share on other sites
TR1PTIK 2,893 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Put up a monster score of 104 (ESC 100) yesterday at Tangle Ridge in Grand Prairie, TX. It was my first round of 2021 and first round with the new irons and putter as well. Driving was erratic at times causing a few penalties and forcing me to pitch out from a bad spot two or three times. Irons performed surprisingly well. I did notice a slight drop in distance, but probably won't be more than half a club when the dust settles. Highlights were 7-iron on 2 and 6-iron on 10; both of which stuck pin-high about 12-feet left of the hole. Short game was average, but serviceable seeing as I haven't played in a month. Putting was the worst. It's the first time I've had the new putter out in daylight on a green and I didn't really start to get acquainted with it until the 13th hole - including an hour of practice before the round. Once I got the putter moving right though, everything came together in terms of feel and distance control. Highlights were a downhill 30-footer for birdie on 13 that trickled over the front edge, and an uphill 20-footer from just off the green at 15. Thought I was going to make another long putt on 18, but it turned in the last foot or so to miss by a couple inches. All said and done, 42 putts... OUCH. The greens at this course are diabolical to say the least and pin placements are oftentimes downright cruel, but considering my previous round (with a different putter) required just 28 putts and my previous average was 31, I clearly missed the mark. That's golf though! At least I snapped a few pictures (including the approach on 10): 5 Quote Driver: Mizuno ST190 9.5* Aldila RIP Alpha 60 S Fairway Wood: Mizuno ST190 15* Fujikura Atmos Blue 6S Hyrbrid: Mizuno CLK 19* Fujikura Speeder EVO HB Irons: Bridgestone J40 CB (4-PW) Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 Wedges: Bridgestone Tour B XW-1 50*, 54*, & 58* Nippon Modus 3 105 Putter: Cleveland Huntington Beach SOFT Premier 4 34" Ball: Snell MTB-X Bag: 2017 Titleist Players 5 Stand Bag Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post CarlH 5,342 Posted January 28 Popular Post Share Posted January 28 Played well through 10, then the winds picked up and temps dropped while I choked for 5 holes, and finished up par, par, par. 38/42 for an 80. On the 16th hole, the sun peeked out nicely. (I'm the clown on the left ). 10 Quote Driver: G400 Max 9 degree Alta CB55 Stiff shaft Hybrids: M4 3W (16.5*), 5W (21*), 7W (24*), Atmos shaft R Irons: Apex CF19 6-9, PW, AW KBS Tour Graphite 70g shafts R Wedges: CBX-2 52*, 56*, 60* wedges. Stock shafts. Putter: Stroke Lab 7S Ball: MTB-X My Photography can be seen at Smugmug Link to post Share on other sites
Shapotomous 2,106 Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 12 hours ago, CarlH said: Played well through 10, then the winds picked up and temps dropped while I choked for 5 holes, and finished up par, par, par. 38/42 for an 80. On the 16th hole, the sun peeked out nicely. (I'm the clown on the left ). If you're the clown on the left, is that the joker on the right and are the other two guys stuck in the middle again??!! (a reference that gives away ones age) 2 1 1 Quote Modern Bag: Ping G410+ 9*, Accra TourZ X265 M5; Callaway Mavrik 16.5* 4W, EvenFlow Riptide 6.0 S 70g; Mizuno JPX 919 HMP 4i, PX LZ 6.0; Mizuno JPX 900 Forged 5 - PW, PX LZ 6.0; Cleveland Tour Action 49*, 53*, 57*; PX LZ 6.5 ; Ping Heppler Fetch; Ball - Snell MTB-X; Bag - Sun Mountain H2NO Classic Bag: Driver - Wilson Staff Persimmon; 3w - Hogan Speed Slot; 5w - Wilson Staff Tour Block; 3 - pw - Staff Dynapower; sw - Ram Tom Watson; putter - bullseye standard or flange. Link to post Share on other sites
CarlH 5,342 Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 2 hours ago, Shapotomous said: If you're the clown on the left, is that the joker on the right and are the other two guys stuck in the middle again??!! (a reference that gives away ones age) Indeed! And I'm wondering what it is I should do 2 3 Quote Driver: G400 Max 9 degree Alta CB55 Stiff shaft Hybrids: M4 3W (16.5*), 5W (21*), 7W (24*), Atmos shaft R Irons: Apex CF19 6-9, PW, AW KBS Tour Graphite 70g shafts R Wedges: CBX-2 52*, 56*, 60* wedges. Stock shafts. Putter: Stroke Lab 7S Ball: MTB-X My Photography can be seen at Smugmug Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post chisag 12,202 Posted January 29 Popular Post Share Posted January 29 ... Got hit by a golf ball today. Last second I saw a ball just before it hit my arm straight on after one hop, stung pretty good. Guy hit a low hook from the other fairway and kinda yelled fore AFTER the ball hit me. Guy came over and I said "Next time, please yell fore before the ball hits someone so they have a chance to avoid it." He replied "I didn't think it would get to you" so nowhere to go with someone like that as he didn't even say he was sorry. One of my pards said "You hit him and we heard the smack it was moving so fast, the least you could do is apologize." What he said next verified my nowhere to go with someone like this "hey he got hit and my ball didn't go as far as it could have if he had not been in the way. We both loose". CJ started to walk toward him and I said just let it go. He he isn't a hot head so he just sighed, shook his head and we moved on. Thankfully folks like this are very few and far between but I already have a bruise. 3 9 Quote Driver: TaylorMade SIM2 Max ... Diamana Limited 60R Fairway: Cobra SZ 14.5* ... Atmos Blue TS 7S Utility: Callaway Super Hybrid 17* ... Diamana Limited 65R TaylorMade DHy 19* ... Diamana Limited 65R Irons: 4-Pw Cobra King Tour MIM ... Nippon 950gh r-flex Wedges: Cobra Snakebite 50* ... Nippon 950gh r-flex Mizuno T20 58* ... Nippon 950gh r-flex Putter: Cleveland Hunting Beach Soft 11S 33.5" Ball: TaylorMade TP5x (2021) Link to post Share on other sites
Kenny B 25,178 Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 1 hour ago, chisag said: ... Got hit by a golf ball today. Last second I saw a ball just before it hit my arm straight on after one hop, stung pretty good. Guy hit a low hook from the other fairway and kinda yelled fore AFTER the ball hit me. Guy came over and I said "Next time, please yell fore before the ball hits someone so they have a chance to avoid it." He replied "I didn't think it would get to you" so nowhere to go with someone like that as he didn't even say he was sorry. One of my pards said "You hit him and we heard the smack it was moving so fast, the least you could do is apologize." What he said next verified my nowhere to go with someone like this "hey he got hit and my ball didn't go as far as it could have if he had not been in the way. We both loose". CJ started to walk toward him and I said just let it go. He he isn't a hot head so he just sighed, shook his head and we moved on. Thankfully folks like this are very few and far between but I already have a bruise. Something like this? Happened to me a few years ago the day before I was to leave on a 2 week golf vacation. I still went. Actually, people like that are not far and few between. Happens quite a bit at our muni. The people that apologize are the rare ones. In the 5 years that I have been a member, I have averaged about 25 balls a year that land within 10 yards of me. Most of the time, the people hitting them don't know you are there, and being next to an interstate, no one would hear a Fore! It's the one thing about my course that I don't like, and although I joined again this year, next year we might move. 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 post Share on other sites
yungkory 10,331 Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 +3 40 3/7 FiR 4/9 GiR 16 Putts Should've been a 39, but I got greedy on #9 and went for the green in 2, with like a 20 mph wind in my face. Like an idiot, I toe hooked it almost pin high, but 25y left and had to chop it out from the bush Actually hit a decent shot considering my backswing was restricted, and it was in some deep crap, but couldn't stop it on the green. Few putts away from a solid 9-holes for me, struggling with speed a bit still. 7 Quote Driver: SIM Max 10.5 Fujikura Motore X F3 5S 3w/5w: TSi2 Tensei AV Raw Blue 75S 4h: CLK 22* Hybrid Tensei CK Pro Blue 80HY S Irons 5-PW: JPX 919 Forged Nippon Modus 3 Tour 105 S Wedges: RTX Zipcore Tour Rack 50, 54, 58 Modus 3 115 Wedge Putter: L.A.B. DF 2.1, 34.5", BGT Stability Tour, 71* lie angle, Press II 3* Grip Ball: Tour B X Link to post Share on other sites
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