Popular Post MrBandit 826 Posted October 26 Popular Post Share Posted October 26 Finally was able to play the Rawls Course at Texas Tech. Lets just say its a great course and by far the WINDY AF course I have ever played. That back 9 the wind was steady at 20mph, making those 14-18 very long. Greens were very undulating and if you was on the wrong side of the slope, good luck making it in 2 putts. But you can make birdies, if you are in the correct side, greens are faster than they appear, struggle with them in the front 9 but figured them out by the back 9 11 Quote Driver: TourEdge Exotic Pro 9.5 with NIPPO N.S. Regio Formula MB+ 65 Stiff 3 -Wood: TourEdge Exotic C721 13.5 with Hrdz RDX Blue Stiff 4-Hybrid: Cobra King F9 Hybrid Irons: Mizuno MP-18 MMC - 5-PW , w/SteelFiber i125 Wedges: Cleveland RTX 4 RAW - 52 ,56, 60 Putter: Odyssey Stroke Lab Seven S, 34in Balls: TaylorMade Tour Response, TaylorMade TPx & Snell MTB-X- GPS: LX5 Watch TESTED: NIPPO N.S. Regio Formula MB+ 65 Stiff. TESTED: SkyCaddie LX5 GPS Watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny B 29,563 Posted October 27 Share Posted October 27 We had a tee time late in the morning, but noticed some more rain moving in shortly afterwards. I checked and there were some cancelations and we got out at 9:20. A little breezy and we didn't get wet until hole #16. Second round in a row for the Mizunos and I'm starting to love them. They send the ball right where I want... most of the time! Still working on getting the correct distance, and the wind didn't help! My driver was working much better today than on Sunday. Shot 42 (+5) on the front nine with a stoopid double on the par 3 #8 hole. My 4i sent the ball off the back of the green; combination of poor chip and poor green reading and... "put me down for a 5." I had a couple of bogeys starting the back nine, but my shot of the day was driving the green on the par 4 #14 hole. A little tailwind helped, clearing the bunker and rolling to 7 feet... drained it! Parred the rest of the holes, including a 18-footer that barely fell in on #18 in the rain. Shot 35 (Even) for a round of 77. 9 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 Sluggo42 6,919 Posted October 27 Popular Post Share Posted October 27 Shot ok, buttttt, 33 puts wit 2, yes I said 2!, … 3 putts!! gahhhhhh…. But,one was on the first hole to a tough pin, after a decent storm yesterday, and the other was like a 50 footer, and I lipped out, but 2! Omg. It was like hearing Adele fart for the first time… 5 5 1 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 E.A.S. #4 (“Fang” or “Adele”) ProV1x .Org 14 cart bag Adidas Tour 360 shoes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryB 470 Posted October 27 Share Posted October 27 Got the son to come out with me this morning and play the back nine at River Heights. It was cold but sunny so it wasn't too bad. I started out strongish and fell apart on the last few holes. Couldn't putt to save my life; missed everything outside of two feet. We had differing rounds but both finished with a 53. I had 22 putts. Playing in the cold, with really wet grass, meant that balls weren't traveling very far which we didn't adapt to very well. I also learned (the hard way) that my shoes are not water-proof. I didn't think about that when I bought them earlier this year but its definitely something I'll keep in mind when I buy my next pair! 8 Quote Titleist 385k driver Dunlop 3 and 5 wood Nickent 3DX 3 hybrid Cobra AMP 5-PW Titleist Vokey SM7 50° 54° and Cleveland 588 56° wedges PIng Anser putter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavinski91 1,415 Posted October 27 Share Posted October 27 17 minutes ago, JerryB said: Got the son to come out with me this morning and play the back nine at River Heights. It was cold but sunny so it wasn't too bad. I started out strongish and fell apart on the last few holes. Couldn't putt to save my life; missed everything outside of two feet. We had differing rounds but both finished with a 53. I had 22 putts. Playing in the cold, with really wet grass, meant that balls weren't traveling very far which we didn't adapt to very well. I also learned (the hard way) that my shoes are not water-proof. I didn't think about that when I bought them earlier this year but its definitely something I'll keep in mind when I buy my next pair! I find that having a single pair of shoes is difficult for keeping feet dry. If your shoes aren't waterproof, your feet will get wet on rainy days. If your shoes are waterproof, your feet will get wet (from sweat) on hot and sunny days. 5 Quote Cobra Connect 5 Competitor! 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 4 Hybrid - Radspeed, Mitsubishi MMT 80 S Irons - Radspeed 5-GW, KBS $-Taper Lite S Wedges - King Cobra Snakebite 52° & 58°, KBS Hi-Rev 2.0 S Putter - Stroke Lab Black Ten 35" Ball - Z-Star XV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sirchunksalot 13,849 Posted October 27 Popular Post Share Posted October 27 My work isn't running production this week in my shift, so I took off Thursday and Friday. Well, I found out yesterday that we're going to get rain until Sunday and I decided to leave early today so I could get a round in. I'm not going to say I shot well, because I didn't. At least it was a beautiful day on the course. It was 54 degrees at 11:30 when I teed off and warmed up nicely as the day went on. The worst part of that was I think everybody and their brother decided it was also a good day to play, so it was slow. Shot 54/59 for a 113 with 34 putts. My driver was meh along with most of my irons and wedges over 50 yards. I started out the day with a horrible case of the shanks that got in my head. The star of the day was my fairway woods. I hit several shots that were some of the best I've seen in a long time. I did have a couple of stinkers sprinkled in, but for the most part they were solid. My ball striking wasn't the best and I had a few mistakes that cost me a LOT of strokes. I had a lost ball and a 7 on a par 3, two wayward drives on a par 4 for a 10, and just fell apart on another par 4 for a 9. It wasn't all bad, I'm starting to see some flashes of what my swing change is going to do for me. I've just got to work on it more and really get the feel for all the changes. I'm also going to say the Odyssey White Hot OG 2 Ball Putter in testing is a real treat. I'm averaging 1.7 putts a hole over the 27 holes I've played with it so far. I went into better detail over in the testing thread. 15 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryB 470 Posted October 27 Share Posted October 27 4 hours ago, gavinski91 said: I find that having a single pair of shoes is difficult for keeping feet dry. If your shoes aren't waterproof, your feet will get wet on rainy days. If your shoes are waterproof, your feet will get wet (from sweat) on hot and sunny days. That never would have occurred to me, thanks! 2 Quote Titleist 385k driver Dunlop 3 and 5 wood Nickent 3DX 3 hybrid Cobra AMP 5-PW Titleist Vokey SM7 50° 54° and Cleveland 588 56° wedges PIng Anser putter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickp 26,216 Posted October 27 Share Posted October 27 4 hours ago, gavinski91 said: I find that having a single pair of shoes is difficult for keeping feet dry. If your shoes aren't waterproof, your feet will get wet on rainy days. If your shoes are waterproof, your feet will get wet (from sweat) on hot and sunny days. Up until recently I played multiple (3-4) times per week. Because of water or dampness by what’re means rain, irrigation, sweat, morning dew or just sneaky standing water I keep a t lest 3 pair. Right now I have 5 pair, 3 in real good shape & 2 other pair who are not long for play. I’ve found old golf shoes are great for working in the yard. 4 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny B 29,563 Posted October 27 Share Posted October 27 39 minutes ago, Rickp said: Up until recently I played multiple (3-4) times per week. Because of water or dampness by what’re means rain, irrigation, sweat, morning dew or just sneaky standing water I keep a t lest 3 pair. Right now I have 5 pair, 3 in real good shape & 2 other pair who are not long for play. I’ve found old golf shoes are great for working in the yard. I have too many "working in the yard" golf shoes for the amount of time I spend in the yard. At this point they just have to go. 1 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 7,120 Posted October 28 Popular Post Share Posted October 28 Was able to take a break from packing for the move and get on the course today. Started off well, but had issues on the par 5s .... opening hole is par 5 and lipped out my birdie putt. Next 2 par 5s, my drive was about 6 inches OB and I ended up doubling both of those. The final par 5, I left my eagle putt dead in the heart but short. Wound up with another double on the finishing hole to come in with an 82. Guess I shouldn't complain too much as it was only my 2nd round in the last 6 weeks. Hoping to play again on Sunday. With the pending move, there's a lot of things going on that's keeping me off the course. 10 Quote Driver: G400 Max 9 degree set to +1, Aldila Extreme Green 55 gram R shaft Fairway: M4 3W (16.5*) 5W (21*) 7W (24*) -- stock R shafts. Irons: Apex CF19 6-9, PW, AW KBSTour Graphite 70g shafts R Wedges: CBX2 52,56, 60 degree wedges Putter: Stroke Lab 7S Ball: MTB-X My Photography can be seen at Smugmug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny B 29,563 Posted October 28 Share Posted October 28 The sun came out this morning after yesterday's rain, but along with came the wind... 15-20 mph. My wife played with her Ladies Club, so I decided to walk 9 holes. Joined up with 3 other old guys; nice guys, don't hit the ball very well but they also don't take much time playing. We moved at an enjoyable pace. I drove the ball pretty well for as windy as it was, and I made probably 40-50 feet of putts; two long par saves and a birdie. The guys were impressed, especially when I did my best Phil impression and touch the bill of my hat... #toursauce! Had three bogeys to go with the birdie, so +2 round of 39. 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...
chisag 15,078 Posted October 28 Share Posted October 28 3 hours ago, Kenny B said: I have too many "working in the yard" golf shoes for the amount of time I spend in the yard. At this point they just have to go. ... LOL me too! When I played Foot Joy Athletic shoes they were very comfortable to walk in, but the support broke down in about 1 year or less. I bought them on sale and always rotated 2 pair so I had plenty of "mowing shoes". Switching to Ecco Biom's I expected them to last longer and have 4 pair I rotate, although not evenly and bought 2 new pair when they were 50% off. Problem is the very first pair I bought is still working well after 3 years. So my 2 new pair sit on the shelf waiting for that day when one or more pair finally lose their support or get a tear or get too wet or SOMETHING! that lets me replace them. 4 Quote Driver: TaylorMade SIM2 Max 10.5* ... Diamana Ltd 60R Fairway: TaylorMade SIM2 Max 15* ... Tensei Raw Blue 65R TaylorMade SIM2 Max 18* ... Tensei Raw Blue 65R Utility: TaylorMade UDi 18* ... Even Flow Black 85R TaylorMade DHy 19* ... Diamana Ltd 65R Taylor Made Sim Hybrid 22* ... Diamana Ltd 75R Irons: 4-Pw Cobra King Tour MIM ... Steelfiber 95R Wedges: Cobra Snakebite 50* ... Steelfiber 95R TaylorMade MG3 58* LB ... Steelfiber 95R Putter: Cleveland Hunting Beach Soft 11S 33.5" Ball: TaylorMade TP5x (2021) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chisag 15,078 Posted October 28 Popular Post Share Posted October 28 ... Ok I have a confession to make. I cheated today. Yea, I am sheepishly admitting it on MGS. I CHEATED. I feel so ... so ... soooo good about it! Since I am 68yrs old I know I am allowed to play from the senior tees, but I never have and it sure felt like cheating. 3 guys in their early 60's and high index players talked me into joining them on the gold tees. As you can see from some of the yardages, the gold tees are much friendlier on the 1st, 2nd and 4th hardest holes. Four 3's in a row to end the front 9 and then we hit 2 groups waiting on #10 and my momentum kinda disappeared. ... What I found interesting is I have eagled 2, 4 and 10 from the Silver tees and birdie them quite often, but moving up I didn't birdie any of them from the gold tees. Twice I evidently thought I was a high index player swinging too hard because it was so tempting to easily get on in two and I hit poor tee shots. The other 2 I lipped out my birdie putts. The opposite of my norm on the par 3's playing them 1 under. Seven 3's and a 2 was pretty cool. I have to admit it was a ton of fun playing the golds and I felt like a Tour player having such short yardages into greens. But you still have to hit accurate shots and make your putts. LOL after the front 9 I was thinking this could go really low but after the 25 minute wait to tee off it was back to one shot at a time. I might do this again if I get paired up with 3 guys playing the gold. 10 Quote Driver: TaylorMade SIM2 Max 10.5* ... Diamana Ltd 60R Fairway: TaylorMade SIM2 Max 15* ... Tensei Raw Blue 65R TaylorMade SIM2 Max 18* ... Tensei Raw Blue 65R Utility: TaylorMade UDi 18* ... Even Flow Black 85R TaylorMade DHy 19* ... Diamana Ltd 65R Taylor Made Sim Hybrid 22* ... Diamana Ltd 75R Irons: 4-Pw Cobra King Tour MIM ... Steelfiber 95R Wedges: Cobra Snakebite 50* ... Steelfiber 95R TaylorMade MG3 58* LB ... Steelfiber 95R Putter: Cleveland Hunting Beach Soft 11S 33.5" Ball: TaylorMade TP5x (2021) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DStar 786 Posted October 28 Share Posted October 28 Midweek stableford yesterday and had one of those 'if only' rounds. Ended up with a 91 for 34 points but had 3 putts on the 1st 3 holes all from around 8 ft. Then played steady but had at least 8 putts that ended up a roll or two short, bang on line too. A bit more pace on the greens and I could've had a nice low 80's. They've had their winter treatment so not in great condition. Presentation day shotgun on Saturday so will see how the new X-stiff driver shaft works - hoping for good things. 6 Quote F6+ Matrix Black Tie 65M4 X-Flex F9 3/4 Wood Aldila NV 2KXV Blue 816 H1 19° Aldila Rogue Black 85H 816 H1 21° Fubuki Z80 MP54 4-PW Dynamic Gold S300 MP-32 4-PW Dynamic Gold S300 CG12 52° Gap CG15 56° Sand CG15 60° Lob DStar #1 Putter AVX Balls "Hey mister, your clubs are the wrong way round".. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnosil 21,618 Posted October 28 Share Posted October 28 8 hours ago, chisag said: ... What I found interesting is I have eagled 2, 4 and 10 from the Silver tees and birdie them quite often, but moving up I didn't birdie any of them from the gold tees. Twice I evidently thought I was a high index player swinging too hard because it was so tempting to easily get on in two and I hit poor tee shots. Interesting comments. Out of curiosity, would you say there was a mental issue/lack of commitment that had some influence on the quality of the shots? 1 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: 54-10S 588 58-12 Putter: mFGP2 Backups: 6330, TM-180, Milled Collection RSX 2, Bellum Winmore 787 Member: MGS Hitsquad since 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyBobby_PR 7,912 Posted October 28 Share Posted October 28 19 hours ago, gavinski91 said: I find that having a single pair of shoes is difficult for keeping feet dry. If your shoes aren't waterproof, your feet will get wet on rainy days. If your shoes are waterproof, your feet will get wet (from sweat) on hot and sunny days. That’s a sock issue and not a shoe issue. Buy wool socks or get some stance golf socks. Evolve golf has good ones as does kentwool. You won’t have that problem. 2 Quote Driver: PXG 0811 X+ Proto w/UST Helium 5F4 Wood: TaylorMade M5 5W w/Accra TZ5 +1/2”, TaylorMade Sim 3W w/Aldila rogue white Hybrid: PXG Gen2 22* w/AD hybrid Irons: PXG Gen3 0311T w/Nippon modus 120 Wedges: TaylorMade MG2 50*, Tiger grind 56/60 Putter: Scotty Caemeron Super Rat1 Ball: Titleist Prov1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny B 29,563 Posted October 28 Share Posted October 28 2 minutes ago, RickyBobby_PR said: That’s a sock issue and not a shoe issue. Buy wool socks or get some stance golf socks. Evolve golf has good ones as does kentwool. You won’t have that problem. Love my Kentwool socks. I got rid of all my other socks; wear them all year long. 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...
RickyBobby_PR 7,912 Posted October 28 Share Posted October 28 Just now, Kenny B said: Love my Kentwool socks. I got rid of all my other socks; wear them all year long. I have a bunch of kentwool and like you wear them all the time. Depending on golf shoe I wear either evolve ones which are thinner or switch to the stance golf socks. When I wear some of the non golf stance socks I have to add some fun into the golf attire I can tell the difference in how me feet feel 1 Quote Driver: PXG 0811 X+ Proto w/UST Helium 5F4 Wood: TaylorMade M5 5W w/Accra TZ5 +1/2”, TaylorMade Sim 3W w/Aldila rogue white Hybrid: PXG Gen2 22* w/AD hybrid Irons: PXG Gen3 0311T w/Nippon modus 120 Wedges: TaylorMade MG2 50*, Tiger grind 56/60 Putter: Scotty Caemeron Super Rat1 Ball: Titleist Prov1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavinski91 1,415 Posted October 28 Share Posted October 28 1 hour ago, RickyBobby_PR said: That’s a sock issue and not a shoe issue. Buy wool socks or get some stance golf socks. Evolve golf has good ones as does kentwool. You won’t have that problem. All my socks are merino wool hiking/running socks. It’s the same thing trail running - if I’m wearing GoreTex shoes on a hot day, feet are gonna get wet. 1 Quote Cobra Connect 5 Competitor! 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 4 Hybrid - Radspeed, Mitsubishi MMT 80 S Irons - Radspeed 5-GW, KBS $-Taper Lite S Wedges - King Cobra Snakebite 52° & 58°, KBS Hi-Rev 2.0 S Putter - Stroke Lab Black Ten 35" Ball - Z-Star XV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyBobby_PR 7,912 Posted October 28 Share Posted October 28 22 minutes ago, gavinski91 said: All my socks are merino wool hiking/running socks. It’s the same thing trail running - if I’m wearing GoreTex shoes on a hot day, feet are gonna get wet. I don’t experience that at all and Ive worn the socks mentioned in the middle of DC hit and humid weather where you sweat just opening the house door. Ive also worn them in July in Orlando with no issues. Ive used them with FJ, Puma, Nike and Adidas. Worn them during hiit cardio and never had issues 1 Quote Driver: PXG 0811 X+ Proto w/UST Helium 5F4 Wood: TaylorMade M5 5W w/Accra TZ5 +1/2”, TaylorMade Sim 3W w/Aldila rogue white Hybrid: PXG Gen2 22* w/AD hybrid Irons: PXG Gen3 0311T w/Nippon modus 120 Wedges: TaylorMade MG2 50*, Tiger grind 56/60 Putter: Scotty Caemeron Super Rat1 Ball: Titleist Prov1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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