jod0565
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Don't worry about that, Girl, we all do - we're not on T.V.
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Don't worry about that, Girl, we all do - we're not on T.V.
jod0565
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60 bucks to a good cause / tax write off won't be that bad...my game on the other hand...
Yeah, if I really play consitantly I can consistantly break 80. I'd say my low handicap was about a 7. I have a course I can see from my house though and know everyone there and they let me play free. Par 70. Goal some day down the road when I retire (30 years, likely) would be to get to about a 5.
I can break 35 when I play 9 but some reason I want to shoot so low 18 comes much harder for me.
That said my game struggled quite a bit last year and I was usually puting up something like an 82 (on a par 72).
Free lessons if you're ever in Los Angeles :hatsoff:
I'm actually a damn good teacher (he says with great modesty lol)
Guaranteed 5 or more strokes off your score the first lesson from short game tips alone.
Really? Ha, that's interesting
Free lessons if you're ever in Los Angeles :hatsoff:
I'm actually a damn good teacher (he says with great modesty lol)
Guaranteed 5 or more strokes off your score the first lesson from short game tips alone.
Really? Ha, that's interesting
That's the biggest mistake amatures make - they don't spend nearly enough time on their short games. And the thing about it is, it's FREE. I figure the way I play I'm generally around the green on a 4 within 2 stroke, 1 on a par 3 and if I'm bombing it (I was puting it out there close to 300 two years ago) I can make a birdie fairly easy on a par 5. So yeah, I can find where those strokes were adding up last year - the short game.
I need to stop dickin' around with all my putters and settle on a flat stick.
yes
and yes.
Too much money is spent slamming range balls while repeating the same bad swing habits over and over.
Negative muscle memory.
You can practice your short game anywhere, even indoors.
There's a great executive course near me - 18 holes and the longest is just 120 yards. A perfect place to hone the short game. And best of all, during daylight savings it's free to play after 5 PM, and surprisingly few people take advantage of that.
You're the opposite of me. I've been using the same putter for 20 years - a black Spalding T.P.M. 16
Prior to that I used an original Ping. I liked it a lot but ended up preferring a blade.
And the thing is ALL the greatest putters - Faxon, the Boss of the Moss, Janzen, Stricker, of course Tiger Tom Watson - simply don't monkey with their putters and pretty much all of them have used the same putters literally forever. I know Nicklaus used a GeoLow for what seemed like forever as well. He began to switch it up later in his career but he has to be one of the clutch putters ever.
The problem with me is I've come across sooo many putters that it's hard not to try them. Honestly, a simple Bulls Eye was really making some clutch putts for me back in the day but I let that go. I've got like four Bulls Eye putters sitting in my collection right now but none of them seem to have captured the magic of my last one.
This year I will go with this old school Wilson Forged 300, pretty much identical to Nicklaus's. Nothing like a forged club - the feel is great.
kingoftherodeo
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Fuck Honma, but I love the ***-forged irons. I have Miura CB202s. They are sweet irons. But, I also have some newer Mizzy mx300s and I played those more than the miura's last year fwiw. I know Honma, never tried one, but I think their prices are ridiculous. I am still using (and loving) an old Ping Tisi driver 8.5 loft and 323cc head...way small for todays standards but I hate the oversized heads. I just refuse to get rid of this driver.
Definitely.
I tried a buddy of mine's on a putting green once and was amazed at what little feel it had. And yet look at a guy like Corey Pavin who's done remarkably well with it - not to mention many guys waaaay back in the day (the 1960's yes?) when it was the new kid on the block
Also hit some MP-17s (they weren't no more than a 100 bucks, they have that infamous "wearing" of the metal faces on their clubs) and loved them. As far as feel in a blade they were up there with any club I have ever hit.
Far as Honma, I've never understood the astronomical prices either, but they are apparently (from what I've heard) incredible product.
Yes Pavin went to a Cameron for a little while and right away went back to his old Bullseye. And of course Notah Begay had the coolr, milled silver Cameron Bullseye made for him and he was always a good putter (two way putter, you probably know).
I'm getting one of those Cameron Bullseye putters from my buddy soon when I give him my R7.
GibbsGrad2002
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I do like it. It does look different with the white head it cost me $428
kingoftherodeo
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The only guys I've ever seen hit a Honma are older Asian dudes who buy one on tourspec and like to show their friends that they're playing the new jdm stuff. Can't see how these drivers hit any better than any Titleist, Taylor Made, Ping, Adams, etc...I'm sure they're nice drivers but they are mostly gimmick/overpriced for this market imo.
You are correct, good sir.
Yeah, I know how that is. I used to always have at least one of my buddies wanting to go every weekend, but now they almost all have families that keep them occupied more often than not. Those are all beautiful courses from what I've seen of them too.
You are correct, good sir.
What a gorgeous setting. I visited there when I was 6 years old, before there was a Princeville.
Wailea is ok - nothing to write home about. Kaanapali is worth playing. Not a great course but a very good one. Kapalua is a pretty awesome, both the course and the scenery. Brutal opening hole - spectacular finishing hole.
Got out for a few today at my local muni for the first time in over 4 months. Was the only one out there. The ground has just about dried up entirely in many places and almost all snow is gone. Pulled out an '07 Lynx Predator 460cc I had laying around and I was threading that bitch every drive. Was only puting it out about 260 because of shaft modifications but it couldn't have been straighter. I tinker with my shit too much. 
Trying to dig out a flat stick for good and dump all the rest I have - I have way too many. Picked up a Cameron Caliente for $30 at Play it Again and a Kirk Currie SSP1 for $10 - both are sick. Thinking I will bag these and ditch the rest. Also have my eye on a DFX 1100. Did I say I tinker with my shit too much?
Trying to dig out a flat stick for good and dump all the rest I have - I have way too many. Picked up a Cameron Caliente for $30 at Play it Again and a Kirk Currie SSP1 for $10 - both are sick. Thinking I will bag these and ditch the rest. Also have my eye on a DFX 1100. Did I say I tinker with my shit too much? shows you how out of it I am.
Is 260 considered short now?
Damn, back when I was playing regularly I'd have taken 260 every time.
I seem to remember 250 being the gold standard back in the persimmon driver/steel shaft days.
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I guess maybe. I'm 6' 200lb and toned from many years of weight/dryland training. Compared to some guys I see I feel puny, but according to some statistics I am just at or above "average" for an American male.
I will not be content until I am consistently flirting with the 290s but maybe I am over estimating myself. :dunno:
What I need to do is get fitted for correct specifications on all clubs but I just have sooo much stuff I keep dickin' around with all of it.
jod0565
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Took about a month off of hitting the range after a car accident.
Still working on improving. Mainly trying and getting better at finding the bottom of my swing arc.
I'm now placing the ball in the same position for every iron. This seemed to work for that pro golfer, what's his name? Oh yeah. Jack Nicklaus.
Anyway, supposed to play this Sunday at the same course I played last Saturday.
Should be fun.
Still working on improving. Mainly trying and getting better at finding the bottom of my swing arc.
I'm now placing the ball in the same position for every iron. This seemed to work for that pro golfer, what's his name? Oh yeah. Jack Nicklaus.
Anyway, supposed to play this Sunday at the same course I played last Saturday.
Should be fun.
I picked up some Mizzy MP-30s from a a thrift store last Sunday, missing the 8 and PW. I was so hoping those clubs would be there but they weren't. I went out last week with my M455s and I was loving the long irons. Even thought they are "game improvement," I can work both a draw and a fade with them. I have 6 sets of irons now, some of them missing a club and therefore I can't go to my local purveyer and trade them in.
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