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Is this like urinating on your hands so you don’t get blisters?
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urbanhack
Fight The Power!
Relax your grip, brah.
You want that club in your hands and fingers like a bird. Tight enough so he doesn't fly away, but not to tight that you kill it.
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
Hmmm, I’ve never heard that one
Try reading the 2nd half of mine faster. And think of your woman
CGRdrJoe
Footballguy
I'm of the exact opposite mind set, grip it firmly in the fingers and loosen up the wrists and arms
The Gator
Footballguy
Dodgers pitcher Rich Hill admits to urinating on his blisters
WASHINGTON -- Blisters can often be a burden on baseball players, since gripping bats and balls to propel them at unnatural speeds take a toll on the fingers and hands. But they're especially problematic for Dodgers pitcher Rich Hill, who threw his curveball on 42.4% of his…
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Judge Smails
Footballguy
Our big Member/Guest is this week. Practice round on Thursday, 5 matches on Fri/Sat followed by the Horse Race. Made it to the horse race once - want another shot at it.
Instinctive
Footballguy
good luck!!
Zow
Footballguy
Those are so fun.
Judge Smails
Footballguy
final prep for the Member/Guest. Just going to go out on the course and chip/putt as the greens will be FAST. Looking back at past performance, I'm wanting to freakin' relax. I've played nervous/rushed in tourneys, and I've played calm. Obviously played way better with the latter. Sometimes it takes a few holes, but sometimes the "rushing" stays with me all round. Going to try and focus on my preshot routine, which is Visualize, Rehearse, Commit, Accept. Breathe deep. Free wheel the swing. Need to find the way to be aggressive yet not in a hurry. Anything you guys do to help make that happen?
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
@Zow ….whiskey
Judge Smails
Footballguy
There will be plenty of that. It’s a drink fest with Bloody Mary’s starting at 7, unlimited bar and comfort stations stocked with top shelf stuff every 3 holes. I’ll have a little to relax but don’t like to drink hards until after the round.
Yankee23Fan
Fair Tax!
Played 2 rounds with new new single length irons.
On distance, the 4 and 5 irons probably have slightly less distance than the equivalent hybrids I used prior. But accuracy is much better simply because I'm not using a dozen different swings on the course. Feels very different too.
My 6 to PW though...amazing. Still getting used them especially with the 8 and 9 for some reason, but swinging a PW with the same stance is so much more comfortable for me that I'm mad I didn't do this sooner.
Chipping is a nightmare at the moment though. Like learning a whole new combination of swing mechanics.
Then there is the SW. I've never carried one as I always preferred a lob wedge and frankly my main courses don't take great care of the traps so it's more often like hitting off the cart path then sand. I can't control this thing yet at all...but when I do, holy **** is it an amazing club. The weight of the head seems to be forcing me to just let the club do all the work and when I do that it's good in the sand and absolutely perfect 50 to 75 out from fairway.
And, the main reason I did this was an old but never going away back injury. Previously after 18 holes I was in pain from all the torque on my back and just got used to it. With these, I played a second round and didn't feel a thing.
Once I master these as best I can I am absolutely getting fitted for another set and enjoying my 'senior' years on the course.
Granted my putting is a whole other bag of suck...
On distance, the 4 and 5 irons probably have slightly less distance than the equivalent hybrids I used prior. But accuracy is much better simply because I'm not using a dozen different swings on the course. Feels very different too.
My 6 to PW though...amazing. Still getting used them especially with the 8 and 9 for some reason, but swinging a PW with the same stance is so much more comfortable for me that I'm mad I didn't do this sooner.
Chipping is a nightmare at the moment though. Like learning a whole new combination of swing mechanics.
Then there is the SW. I've never carried one as I always preferred a lob wedge and frankly my main courses don't take great care of the traps so it's more often like hitting off the cart path then sand. I can't control this thing yet at all...but when I do, holy **** is it an amazing club. The weight of the head seems to be forcing me to just let the club do all the work and when I do that it's good in the sand and absolutely perfect 50 to 75 out from fairway.
And, the main reason I did this was an old but never going away back injury. Previously after 18 holes I was in pain from all the torque on my back and just got used to it. With these, I played a second round and didn't feel a thing.
Once I master these as best I can I am absolutely getting fitted for another set and enjoying my 'senior' years on the course.
Granted my putting is a whole other bag of suck...
Golf is such a funny game. I have been walking 9 holes once or twice a week in the afternoon with my retired Dad's group when I can. I usually score anywhere from 3 to 8 over but have had one round at even par and a few 2 overs. Yesterday I was just off the green on hole 1 and hit the ground too early with my chip and left me a 20 foot par putt which I somehow made. Next hole is a short par 5 and hit a great drive leaving me 145 yards to the hole. I pushed it right and had a 50 foot eagle putt from the fringe somehow go in. Parked the next hole before a bogey. Smoked my drive on hole 5 down the middle leaving me 98 yards to hole. Easiest shot for me with my wedge and club sticks in ground and club face stays opens and I push it right into and behind a tree. Proceed to get a triple bogey. Got so frustrated that a proceeded to bogey or double bogey remaining holes to finish 8 over. Unreal.
Instinctive
Footballguy
I'm playing hyper aggressive right now as I figure out what the driver carries, dispersion, etc now that I know how to hit it. It is leading to some awesome stuff and some obvious "ok, clearly can just go hybrid off the tee here" learnings. There's this one hole at a course we played this weekend that dog legs hard left, and the hole is quite uphill until the dogleg, then SUPER downhill. So basically if you can carry this bunker and cut the corner just a little, you could catch the slot and roll all the way down like 100+ extra yards to the green. Usually I just put a 3H 200 yards up near the leg out to the right safe from the bunker, and have a 160-170 shot in that plays much less because of the severe slope.
Well I hit the driver, and my miss was just a little left, so i hit a provisional, and it was equally a little left. Both balls could be up, could be gone.
When I got up there, the second ball had clipped a branch, fallen and would require punching out. The first ball had rolled to like 80 yards, hit the cart path as it crosses, and came to rest against the edge rather than keep rolling. So I got relief, and had either a full 58 degree or a partial wedge. I'd rather have had my usual 8i or so!
That kind of stuff is what I'm learning, whereas before I just take what I can get and go from there.
On a funnier/braggier note, this course has a very nice practice and warmup area. I took the liberty to practice in the bunker for a while, and felt pretty good. I then proceeded to be in the sand on a ridiculous 12 holes. 6 up and downs. 1 where I still believe I got up and down but the place I was in the sand was SUPER wet (and I didn't notice) so my first one went nowhere, stayed in, and second sand shot I put to 2 feet. It was pretty cool - whole group was like "how tf do you know how to do that?" I don't really have an answer except that when I first learned in grad school we did a bunker week, and the technique's not that hard, and it's pretty fun.
Well I hit the driver, and my miss was just a little left, so i hit a provisional, and it was equally a little left. Both balls could be up, could be gone.
When I got up there, the second ball had clipped a branch, fallen and would require punching out. The first ball had rolled to like 80 yards, hit the cart path as it crosses, and came to rest against the edge rather than keep rolling. So I got relief, and had either a full 58 degree or a partial wedge. I'd rather have had my usual 8i or so!
That kind of stuff is what I'm learning, whereas before I just take what I can get and go from there.
On a funnier/braggier note, this course has a very nice practice and warmup area. I took the liberty to practice in the bunker for a while, and felt pretty good. I then proceeded to be in the sand on a ridiculous 12 holes. 6 up and downs. 1 where I still believe I got up and down but the place I was in the sand was SUPER wet (and I didn't notice) so my first one went nowhere, stayed in, and second sand shot I put to 2 feet. It was pretty cool - whole group was like "how tf do you know how to do that?" I don't really have an answer except that when I first learned in grad school we did a bunker week, and the technique's not that hard, and it's pretty fun.
Yankee23Fan
Fair Tax!
Wait, there's a technique in the bunker?
I've been using the "just hit the ball and pray method," since I was 30.
Yep, some idiot tried to tell me to swing behind the ball instead of at the ball. Everyone thinks they are an expert these days.
Zow
Footballguy
I mean, yeah, that's terrible advice if you were in a fairway bunker and still need to hit a 150 yard shot...
Zow
Footballguy
Right... I was being facetious.
Zow
Footballguy
Get fitted.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Had room in the bag for one more club. Since the highest loft I currently have is a 54 degree (Cleveland CBX2 - love it) I decided to get a 58 degree Cleveland CBX Full Face 2.
Can't wait for it to arrive tomorrow. Sounds like it's a bit of a cheat code club. Gotta get better around the greens. I hope this helps.
Can't wait for it to arrive tomorrow. Sounds like it's a bit of a cheat code club. Gotta get better around the greens. I hope this helps.
CGRdrJoe
Footballguy
ugh, had a tourney on sunday and putted like absolute dog ****. It's amazing how different the greens are in so cal compared to nor cal and of course the day before when I wanted to play it freaken rains. It never rains in orange county except for the one day where it ****s me. Time to switch back to my 2 ball odyssey putter and take a break from the Scottie blade for a while.
Judge Smails
Footballguy
Just recovering from our Member/Guest. As always it was first class with setup, food, drink, etc. We came out of the gates hot winning first 2 matches in our flight. Lost our last match day 1 to the team that finished 2nd in our flight (and ended up getting in the horse race and lost in a chip off) as these guys (12 and 14) never made worse than par. Then the last day was like playing in Bandon. No lie. Pouring rain. I'm not a mudder at all. Just dealing with rain gloves, keeping the clubs dry, umbrellas, layers - just hate it. Swing got fast and out of sequence. Played better the 2nd match but still lost to our flight winners who went undefeated. Overall, my ball striking didn't hold up throughout the tourney. Bummed about that. Back to work as our 12 on 12 Ryder Cup tourney is the end of May.
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Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
You and me both. That sucks
Judge Smails
Footballguy
What a terrible story about John Elway and his agent. John driving a golf cart in La Quinta, agent falls out, head hits concrete. Dies. Supposedly no negligence on Elway’s part but oh man
SouthJersey
Footballguy
Finally did it -- got my first hole-in-one this weekend at my club's member-member!! Still buzzing from finally draining one!
It happened on a 162-yard par 3, playing about 170 with an uphill elevation and a right-to-left wind. I pulled 5-iron, flushed it, and watched it take off right at the center of the green. The pin was tucked back left, but from the tee box you can’t actually see the green — total blind shot.
As we drove up, we saw three balls: one about 10 feet short of the pin, one in the left rough, and one short right. We immediately knew whose balls those were. I figured I hit mine too pure and it must’ve run off the back, so I grabbed my wedge and started walking toward the back of the green.
Then my playing partner strolls over to the cup, peeks in, and casually says, “Who’s playing a Bridgestone? …You drained it.” I completely lost it. High fives, shouting, pictures — the whole thing. I was so jacked up I topped my next drive.
Still can’t believe it. Only thing missing was seeing it drop, but I’m definitely not complaining.
It happened on a 162-yard par 3, playing about 170 with an uphill elevation and a right-to-left wind. I pulled 5-iron, flushed it, and watched it take off right at the center of the green. The pin was tucked back left, but from the tee box you can’t actually see the green — total blind shot.
As we drove up, we saw three balls: one about 10 feet short of the pin, one in the left rough, and one short right. We immediately knew whose balls those were. I figured I hit mine too pure and it must’ve run off the back, so I grabbed my wedge and started walking toward the back of the green.
Then my playing partner strolls over to the cup, peeks in, and casually says, “Who’s playing a Bridgestone? …You drained it.” I completely lost it. High fives, shouting, pictures — the whole thing. I was so jacked up I topped my next drive.
Still can’t believe it. Only thing missing was seeing it drop, but I’m definitely not complaining.
Mookie
Footballguy
Congratulations! As someone who has played for 40 years and still doesn't have a hole in one, I now officially hate you. How much was the bar bill after the round?
Mookie
Footballguy
You need to work on your fundamentals (Youtube has lots of tutorials about reading greens, set up, stroke, lag putting etc.) and then put the time in to practice. The putter is irrelevant until you get to where you are making a repeatable stroke. At that point, you will know if you putt on an arc (blade putters) or straight back and through (mallet putters).
SouthJersey
Footballguy
Our club has hole-in-one "insurance." They charge all golf members $2.50 anytime there is a HIO and then use that pooled money to pay the bar tab. All golfers then have a couple hour window to get a free drink in the clubhouse. On a slow day if there is any leftover money after the tab is paid the $$ goes to the player, but mine was on a tournament day so I'm not getting anything back -- but totally fine with me.
Judge Smails
Footballguy
Congrats South Jersey! I have a dream
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
"Nobody who is in the cup, I see."
Zow
Footballguy
My club does the same. Though I think we're at $5.
We've had two since I've been there and my understanding is that the insurance does a pretty good job covering most of the bill. Where it gets pricey is if it's during a club tournament.
SouthJersey
Footballguy
Supposedly our club eats the additional cost if the tab is more than the pooled insurance money, but we’ll see. I’ll gladly pay the balance. It was definitely more fun having drinks to celebrate in a full clubhouse rather than draining one on a random weekday afternoon when there are only a few folks there.
Mookie
Footballguy
I get your point, but at this point in my life, I'd happily settle for the random weekday afternoon. Must be a great feeling to relive that shot over and over. Congratulations again!
SouthJersey
Footballguy
Thanks bud. I for sure don't care either way, just happy to finally get one.
Definitely still reliving the shot and the ride up to the green. Funny enough the 2nd day of the tournament our group started out on that hole. I proceeded to hook my tee shot into the brush and ended up with a double.
Played 9 holes again today and started really well. Par, Birdie, Par, Par, Par. 1 under after 5. Proceeded to hit drives the few holes that left me behind trees which caused me to go bogey, double bogey, bogey. On green in 2 on 9 but three putted from 20 feet. 4 over 41 on the day when it could have been so much better. Ball striking was great but putting let me down again with 20 total putts including 2 three putts. Missed multiple Birdie putts within 15 feet and a 12 foot eagle putt.
If I could just figure out how to putt I could be posting some good scores.
If I could just figure out how to putt I could be posting some good scores.
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
Same. I putt like a ******* clown most of the time
TLEF316
Footballguy
Got to play a "$100k+ to join" course yesterday because one of the client groups in my company's annual charity outing cancelled at the last minute. (usually I just ride along with a group and keep them honest with their scores since the winning team gets to go to our national finals which are always at a top 15 destination type place in the Fall). Nice surprise when I got the call at 3:30 on Tuesday.
Still playing bogey golf right now but I'm at least mostly enjoying myself. Even though I'm still really struggling with confidence off the tee it was nice to play someplace with big wide fairways and no white stakes (unlike my club which is basically white stakes EVERYWHERE). Could have easily been 4-5 shots better but i had a couple of short game screw ups and lost 1 ball that we should have found.
And Monday I get my annual outing at a fancy mostly Jewish club out in Westchester Its a scramble in which we'll be non competitive (2 of our 4 are complete non-factors) but still beats work.
Still playing bogey golf right now but I'm at least mostly enjoying myself. Even though I'm still really struggling with confidence off the tee it was nice to play someplace with big wide fairways and no white stakes (unlike my club which is basically white stakes EVERYWHERE). Could have easily been 4-5 shots better but i had a couple of short game screw ups and lost 1 ball that we should have found.
And Monday I get my annual outing at a fancy mostly Jewish club out in Westchester Its a scramble in which we'll be non competitive (2 of our 4 are complete non-factors) but still beats work.
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