Judge Smails
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We played there in a complete downpour. Raining sideways. What an experience. If you get close to Sligo I loved County Sligo the best in Ireland
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MAC_32
Footballguy
Unfortunately, Silgo was just a drive through county. We spent 2+ days in Donegal then another 2+ days in Mayo. Assuming Silgo is like the rest of the western coast (it's where we spent most of our trip) I have no doubts what you shared was accurate. Our best days on the trip were as we expected spent along the Atlantic coast.
TLEF316
Footballguy
She lost 3 and 2.
Posted a 90 at one of the harder city courses. Greens were pool table fast which normally makes for an even worse short game for me but I was able to keep the damage to only two 3-putts.
My drives weren't as good as I normally hit them. Irons were ok but I didn't really give myself a lot of chances a makeable birdie putts. Lots of missed putts for birdie and par but only really one blow-up hole.
I went with the other managers at my office and I just assumed that I would get my butt kicked but turns out that they aren't much of golfers, but rather out there to bust your balls and drink some booze. 10/10 would hack it up again.
Question for the general masses: I need new irons. I've played Cobra irons for almost 30 years and haven't really swing much else. I have Cleveland wedges and Taylor Made woods so I'm not super brand loyal even though it might look that way. Any recommendations for irons that are a game changer these days?
My drives weren't as good as I normally hit them. Irons were ok but I didn't really give myself a lot of chances a makeable birdie putts. Lots of missed putts for birdie and par but only really one blow-up hole.
I went with the other managers at my office and I just assumed that I would get my butt kicked but turns out that they aren't much of golfers, but rather out there to bust your balls and drink some booze. 10/10 would hack it up again.
Question for the general masses: I need new irons. I've played Cobra irons for almost 30 years and haven't really swing much else. I have Cleveland wedges and Taylor Made woods so I'm not super brand loyal even though it might look that way. Any recommendations for irons that are a game changer these days?
Zow
Footballguy
As the productivity of a quality iron and shaft combination (the shaft is more important than the iron itself) varies per the individual, there is no ultimate game changing irons. What is "game changing" is finding the best iron and shaft fit for your swing. In other words, all the major brands make quality stuff and you need to start with the thought of "what does my swing need and what iron best fits that need" versus "what irons work for other people."
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The Gator
Footballguy
Updates?
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Pretty much everything is good these days. It just matters what fits you specifically.
Instinctive
Footballguy
Another good lesson. Working on little things now. A lot is going to come down to practice and repetition. Next week we do on course more focus on strategy.
belljr
Footballguy
Strategy lesson 1 grip it an rip it
Strategy lesson 2 don't ever forget lesson 1
BeTheMatch
Footballguy
Some growing pains, to be sure. Very different. They're closer to a blade, especially compared to the fat Callaway Rogues I had been playing for years.Updates?
But I'm encouraged. I'll be better on the other side of it, but it's going to be a process. Playing again this weekend and next.
Hope to be more comfortable with them by our guys' trip in mid September. That's life and death, Ryder Cup style.
Zow
Footballguy
"Swing hard, take chances."
The Gator
Footballguy
Judge Smails
Footballguy
Index at an all time low 4.8. Pretty much shooting in the 70’s 4 out of 5 rounds and sometimes low to mid. Happy with ballstriking and course management. I’m starting to get too feathery with putts though. Making my fair share but not getting make of them 2 feet past the hole. Several coming up short. I’m respecting the speed a little too much. Need to get more pace on my roll. Focal point this week. Leaving too many putts in the jaws short.
TLEF316
Footballguy
Weird 9 tonight. Played our back 9.
Started with a ~40 foot chip in birdie (hardest hole on the course), hit one to 5 feet and and missed another birdie putt on 11 and then chipped in AGAIN for birdie on 12. 2 of the 3 hardest holes on the course checked off my annual "birdie every hole on the course" challenge.
Then hit one into the hazard on 13 and made double. Almost chipped in for a third time on 14 for a tap in par. Bogey'd 15, double due to a bad drive and then a bad wedge on 16. 3 putted 17 and 18 for bogey after good drives and good wedges for GIR's.
Rough to finish with a 41 after being 2 under through 3 (really should have been 3) holes. Literally didn't make a non-tap in putt all night.
Stupid game.
Started with a ~40 foot chip in birdie (hardest hole on the course), hit one to 5 feet and and missed another birdie putt on 11 and then chipped in AGAIN for birdie on 12. 2 of the 3 hardest holes on the course checked off my annual "birdie every hole on the course" challenge.
Then hit one into the hazard on 13 and made double. Almost chipped in for a third time on 14 for a tap in par. Bogey'd 15, double due to a bad drive and then a bad wedge on 16. 3 putted 17 and 18 for bogey after good drives and good wedges for GIR's.
Rough to finish with a 41 after being 2 under through 3 (really should have been 3) holes. Literally didn't make a non-tap in putt all night.
Stupid game.
Yankee23Fan
Fair Tax!
41 on the front 9 five days ago ... 51 today...
Really?
Really?
I have probably already posted this in here so apologies…but I wish I could explain how terrible the chipping yips feel. I used to be so good at it, and now…insanity. I liken it to waking up one morning forgetting how to read and trying to learn all over again. It’s so bad that despite watching countless videos and spending hours and hours trying to getting it back, I have to resort to chipping with one arm (trail arm) to make consistent contact. I loathe being a head case. Yes, drinking to the point of being tipsy helps. I don’t love that.
How DARE you, sir!
Zow
Footballguy
Are you saying you don't like to hit nuke drivers and rip whisky?
Speaking of, on day two today of my club's championship. Played with two guys yesterday who won the thing a total of 17 combined times and can still compete from the tips. Due to a poor putting day by me (but for one errant tee shot my ball striking was good) they both beat me by several strokes - was a joy to watch and fun to be able to play and hang with the best players in my club.
Also got the good news that I am representing my club in the interclub match on Monday at a really nice course.
Golf!
Zow
Footballguy
I mean, Torrey…
CGRdrJoe
Footballguy
played like **** today out of the gate on the front 9 (10 over) but settled down and was 4 over on the back. I didn’t really help my teammate out but with all that crap i managed to birdie the par 3 8th hole. I didn’t think much of it as it wasn’t the toughest hole but a bit of a tricky pin, well out of the 44 in our league i was the only one to birdie that hole. Some how some way every other hole was a tie or no birdie, I scooped the pot for all the skins! sounding like $680 as not everyone buys in
Brunell4MVP
Footballguy
I am currently a +2 and was there for about a year in my early 50s. Chip yips happens to a lot of people. Heck, Fitzpatrick and Cink are chipping left hand low. I tried it but wasn't for me. I blamed it on age. Tried to learn to use the bounce more, tried 14 degree wide sole wedges, whatever Bob Vokey and Youtube told me. Blah, blah, blah. Randomly I went to a wedge with almost no bounce, and it worked like a charm. Don't need to use bounce if you hit the ball first. I tried everything I could to get out of it, and this was all I found that worked for me.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
The most important thing I've learned about chipping is that the lie dictates almost everything - particularly when it comes to the bounce.
If chipping from a tight lie - which can include the fairway, a hard sand bunker, or if the ball is buried in deep rough - I have to either put the ball way back in my stance for my wedges (because it reduces the bounce) or just use my gap wedge that has almost no significant bounce.
Bounce only is useful for me in fluffy sand, soft fairways (which we don't really have in MN), or not buried in the rough.
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MAC_32
Footballguy
Yep! It's all about 2 things- that lie and your mind. I love my 60 and use it more than I probably should, but I've learned it has its limits. I also probably over use my putter, but if I'm looking at a shot and am not confident in the chip shot, I'll pivot to the blade if I think I can get it within 7-10 feet on speed alone. And that gets to the most important thing with chipping- your mind.
I'm not a good chipper. Consistency anyway. I used to be good, but no more. Every few rounds I'll nail the first one and find my stroke for the day, but that's more exception than rule. So I adapt my play. Hit the shot you think you can hit, not the one you're supposed to hit.
And if only I could translate that advice to shots between 65 and 90 yards. That 1/2 - 3/4 wedge is the beign of my existence.
Instinctive
Footballguy
My chipping has been a lot better since my coach has been drilling into my brain that playing golf is about making shots, not striking golf balls. We have been doing on course work where he picks the club for the shots and it's literally never the club you "should" use.
120 out in the fairway? 6 iron. 85 yards? Hybrid. That kind of stuff.
Then we translate it to a chipping practice area. The single biggest thing is we work with the 54 and the Pitching wedges and force the ball to different trajectories and spins and rolls - the point being if you swing it well you can hit a low 54 that lands 4 feet on and rolls 20 feet out. You can hit a pitching wedge 12 yards pretty high with fade and it stops right at the hole. And you can do everything in between.
It's making me a LOT better. Short game has always been my strength, but I've made it to a 14 HI and basically I had a 14 index short game for years but a 30 index tee game and a 20 index iron game. Now everything is a 14 level so it's time to get the short game of a scratch golfer! (Gotta have goals).
For example, yesterday I was 14 over on a tough course (11 differential and that's before a playing condition adjustment for punched greens). I dropped 1 stroke chipping and 1 stroke putting out of those 14. And I got up and down six times (4 times from 55-60 yards) by putting the ball within four feet.
I think of it like free throws. The best FT shooters are not the guys who practice FT the most. They're the guys who shoot it super well from everywhere.
120 out in the fairway? 6 iron. 85 yards? Hybrid. That kind of stuff.
Then we translate it to a chipping practice area. The single biggest thing is we work with the 54 and the Pitching wedges and force the ball to different trajectories and spins and rolls - the point being if you swing it well you can hit a low 54 that lands 4 feet on and rolls 20 feet out. You can hit a pitching wedge 12 yards pretty high with fade and it stops right at the hole. And you can do everything in between.
It's making me a LOT better. Short game has always been my strength, but I've made it to a 14 HI and basically I had a 14 index short game for years but a 30 index tee game and a 20 index iron game. Now everything is a 14 level so it's time to get the short game of a scratch golfer! (Gotta have goals).
For example, yesterday I was 14 over on a tough course (11 differential and that's before a playing condition adjustment for punched greens). I dropped 1 stroke chipping and 1 stroke putting out of those 14. And I got up and down six times (4 times from 55-60 yards) by putting the ball within four feet.
I think of it like free throws. The best FT shooters are not the guys who practice FT the most. They're the guys who shoot it super well from everywhere.
Judge Smails
Footballguy
Good coach. It isn’t about the prettiest swing. It’s about making shots. That being said, even though my index keeps going down (4.4 after 77 and 78 Fri/Sat) I would kill for getting better low point control. Just watched a guy in Reddit who makes an effortless swing and takes perfect divots. Has an alignment rod horizontally at the ball and strikes in front every time. I’m not there.
Had my best round as far as score goes yesterday although I don't feel great about it for some reason. I play 9 holes once a week with my Dad and his retired friends. They give everyone 1 mulligan off the tee each 9 holes.
Started out par, birdie, par, par, par so 1 under through 5. Number 6 is a short 310 yard par 4 but trees on right and not a lot of room on left. I hit my worst drive of the day and topped it and it rolled out get off fairway on the right about 150 yards from pin. I decided to hit my "mulligan" and slice it right into the trees where I could possibly have an opening. I walk down and see my first drive is not in bad shape expect for 1 tree branch that I may hit. I decide to just play it and of course my ball hits the tree limb and bounces into the fairway about 135 yards out. Now I am super frustrated and take a quick swing and pull my next shot into the bunker. I am terrible out of the sand, and proceed to hit it over the green by 10 yards. At this point I said F it I am playing my mulligan. I went and found my ball and had to punch ot through the trees short of a bunker. Chipped up and 2 putted for bogey. I ended up with pars on final 3 holes for even par round if I take the mulligan. However, I know I would have gotten a likely double or triple without the mulligan.
So now, instead of feeling good about my round I can't because I feel like it was a 1 or 2 over round (which would still be one of my best scores ever). A few years ago I had an even par 9 holes which was my best. Lately I have scored 5 over, 10 over, and 4 over so I am all over the place.
Started out par, birdie, par, par, par so 1 under through 5. Number 6 is a short 310 yard par 4 but trees on right and not a lot of room on left. I hit my worst drive of the day and topped it and it rolled out get off fairway on the right about 150 yards from pin. I decided to hit my "mulligan" and slice it right into the trees where I could possibly have an opening. I walk down and see my first drive is not in bad shape expect for 1 tree branch that I may hit. I decide to just play it and of course my ball hits the tree limb and bounces into the fairway about 135 yards out. Now I am super frustrated and take a quick swing and pull my next shot into the bunker. I am terrible out of the sand, and proceed to hit it over the green by 10 yards. At this point I said F it I am playing my mulligan. I went and found my ball and had to punch ot through the trees short of a bunker. Chipped up and 2 putted for bogey. I ended up with pars on final 3 holes for even par round if I take the mulligan. However, I know I would have gotten a likely double or triple without the mulligan.
So now, instead of feeling good about my round I can't because I feel like it was a 1 or 2 over round (which would still be one of my best scores ever). A few years ago I had an even par 9 holes which was my best. Lately I have scored 5 over, 10 over, and 4 over so I am all over the place.
coopersdad
Footballguy
Same song 900th verse. Youngest son going back to college today, so on Monday we went out w/ his older brother and my 2 1/2 year old grandson to play one last time this summer. Probably my 20th round of the year and 90% of rounds go this way.
Won't complain as a day out with the boys is better than ANYTHING..............
Front nine +1 (37).
Holes 10-12 (-1)
Holes 13-18 +8 (2 doubles into the drink)
80 for the day
I work out enough that I should be in decent enough shape to not get tired, but at age (almost 60), I can feel it the last 1/3 of every round.
Mental thoughts of "take an extra club", "slow steady swing", etc......................
It like clockwork.
Won't complain as a day out with the boys is better than ANYTHING..............
Front nine +1 (37).
Holes 10-12 (-1)
Holes 13-18 +8 (2 doubles into the drink)
80 for the day
I work out enough that I should be in decent enough shape to not get tired, but at age (almost 60), I can feel it the last 1/3 of every round.
Mental thoughts of "take an extra club", "slow steady swing", etc......................
It like clockwork.
Zow
Footballguy
Do you take any sort of supplement at the turn?
I take like a Magic Mind, 5 hr energy, Ethan's clean energy, etc. to try to stay as sharp for the back nine (in addition to my
CGRdrJoe
Footballguy
just ordered a ping G430 7 wood with CP2 wrap for the grip, figured half the skins money should go towards golf and the rest towards my next flight to so cal to play with that group. A few months away from turning 50 so may as well make golf as easy as possible these days.
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