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I haven't played in more than a year now.   :(

had frozen shoulder in both shoulders for most of 2018.  I think I'm physically ready, but have yet to visit a course this year.  Might try the range this weekend. 

 
I haven't played since the one time I posted earlier, because it rains every G-D day, and if it doesn't I have to get the grass mowed :hot:

 
On that topic, anybody familiar with the "18 holes with Jimmy Hanlin" series that runs on some of the Fox RSNs? It should really be called "18 holes with Jimmy Hanlin and a hot chick in tight pants (or short skirt)", as his co-hosts have included Natalie Gulbis and Holly Sonders. Outstanding camera work.

 
Quint said:
grab your favorite mid-iron (e.g. 7i, 8i) and put the ball in the middle of your stance,  take 1/2 swings - low and slow - with a good tempo until you start making solid contact. don't focus at all on distance. then move to 3/4 swings with the same drill. if possible, do this on grass instead of mats.
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Yep. I’ll even stand with my feet close together when doing this. Ensures tempo. 

 
Think I'm about to hang them up. 2 terrible outings and just don't play enough anymore.

Rather not play than go out and hack it around

 
No fun for me to be shooting 91 when everyone else is shooting 70s and low 80s  the 5 times manage to play nowadays shrug

 
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belljr said:
No fun for me to be shooting 91 when everyone else is shooting 70s and low 80s  the 5 times manage to play nowadays shrug
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So you’re throwing away 10+ shots per round based of off a 7 index. Where are the mistakes coming from (Wild drives, 3jacks, etc)? 

 
TheIronSheik said:
I said early on that I thought because of this exact reason, it would slow the game down.  The rule should state that the group all has to play the same way.  Decide on the first tee or sooner.  In our foursome, one of the guys wants it in.  And of course he's the slowest putter to begin with.  Doesn't like to hit out of turn, either.  So we are always pulling the pin, then putting it back in.  Pulling it and putting it back in.  I hate the new rule for this reason alone.
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I would stop playing with him. No joke. 

 
Andy Dufresne said:
Recommendations for courses to play near Lincolnshire, IL?
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Sorry I’m really late on this lol. 

The Marriot Lincolnshire resort course. 

Deerfield Public course is a nice track

Course in Buffalo Grove (Arboretum) right on Rte 22 is a decent value. 

Lots of private clubs around there. 

Farther north Pine Meadow is AWESOME but pricey (Libertyville)

The Prairie Course at Countryside in Mundelein is a great value. Also right next door Steeplechase is a great track a bit pricier. 

 
@tommyboy I’ve been clubbing down 1 club on irons, 3/4 shots, lower flight and hitting a lot more greens. 175 par 3 hit a 5 or 6 3/4 shot vs 7 full swing. Focus on contact. 

Been playing in the mid-70s consistently for the first time in years. If I could hit more than 40% of fairways I’d be playing close to par. 

 
mr roboto said:
@tommyboy I’ve been clubbing down 1 club on irons, 3/4 shots, lower flight and hitting a lot more greens. 175 par 3 hit a 5 or 6 3/4 shot vs 7 full swing. Focus on contact. 

Been playing in the mid-70s consistently for the first time in years. If I could hit more than 40% of fairways I’d be playing close to par. 
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its always something isn' it.

you'll do that, then not make any putts and still shoot mid 70's

but if you keep trying, eventually you'll shoot 70, 71, 72.  I know, i've done it before. its almost 100% mental confidence at that point.   If you're already in the mid 70's you're capable of 70.

on the fairway thing, try playing an entire round with a hybrid off the tee

then play another round where all you do is hit 60% effort drivers but focus only on hitting it to the areas you want to hit it  (basically, point and bunt)

then finally, go play normally but think about your potential worst case miss (your most common crappy drive type) and play only to NOT hit that shot all day.   The goal of all this is to increase the quality of your worst shots.   That really is the primary focus of all your golf practice, to increase the quality of your worst possible shots.

 
mr roboto said:
Sorry I’m really late on this lol. 

The Marriot Lincolnshire resort course. 

Deerfield Public course is a nice track

Course in Buffalo Grove (Arboretum) right on Rte 22 is a decent value. 

Lots of private clubs around there. 

Farther north Pine Meadow is AWESOME but pricey (Libertyville)

The Prairie Course at Countryside in Mundelein is a great value. Also right next door Steeplechase is a great track a bit pricier. 
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This is where we stayed so it was where we played.

Decent enough and the rate was good. But they'd had SO MUCH RAIN. It was like golfing on a sponge.

 
Andy Dufresne said:
This is where we stayed so it was where we played.

Decent enough and the rate was good. But they'd had SO MUCH RAIN. It was like golfing on a sponge.
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Yeah the Midwest got way too much water. I played in Minneapolis (Hiawatha - not a super nice public course) and my drives were plugging. 

 
tommyboy said:
its always something isn' it.

you'll do that, then not make any putts and still shoot mid 70's

but if you keep trying, eventually you'll shoot 70, 71, 72.  I know, i've done it before. its almost 100% mental confidence at that point.   If you're already in the mid 70's you're capable of 70.

on the fairway thing, try playing an entire round with a hybrid off the tee

then play another round where all you do is hit 60% effort drivers but focus only on hitting it to the areas you want to hit it  (basically, point and bunt)

then finally, go play normally but think about your potential worst case miss (your most common crappy drive type) and play only to NOT hit that shot all day.   The goal of all this is to increase the quality of your worst shots.   That really is the primary focus of all your golf practice, to increase the quality of your worst possible shots.
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I have a Tour Edge exotics 4 wood I hit like 260 and honestly on the courses I play this is all I probably need to hit on most par 4s. I practiced putting all winter (I work from home and my basement carpet is decently quick) so I’m draining a fair amount of 5-15ft putts which makes all the difference. 

 
mr roboto said:
I have a Tour Edge exotics 4 wood I hit like 260 and honestly on the courses I play this is all I probably need to hit on most par 4s. I practiced putting all winter (I work from home and my basement carpet is decently quick) so I’m draining a fair amount of 5-15ft putts which makes all the difference. 
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That's long. 

I haven't been hitting the driver as far this year so I spent an hour on a simulator looking at all the stats. I couldn't get more than 102mph. When I bought this driver last summer I was at 106. I've been 105-112 my entire adult life.

So I saw some YouTube video with this physics guy teacher helping a guy increase his swing speed. He basically said if your want a faster downswing you need to speed up your backswing. I tried that today and consistently outdrove everyone in my 4 some. One of the guys is very long and i outdrove him on most of the holes. 

It was us open day they had our course tricked up from the blacks. I've never broke 90 on us open day at our course and I'm 7. Scratch guys shoot 80 or higher. I shot 81. I think I might win something

 
How do you guys handle playing as a single?

I don’t have a membership/home course so I play all over. I have really only 1 buddy that plays regularly. I’m a mid-to-high single digit and he’s probably a 10 so we can play pretty quickly. 

When I play with others (get paired up) on some of these public tracks I have bad luck getting paired with people who really don’t play well at all. I don’t mind bad players but sometimes it borders on distracting. And really slow.

I never complain and I also compliment them when they hit a good shot etc but it’s hard for me to enjoy myself. 

 
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mr roboto said:
How do you guys handle playing as a single?

I don’t have a membership/home course so I play all over. I have really only 1 buddy that plays regularly. I’m a mid-to-high single digit and he’s probably a 10 so we can play pretty quickly. 

When I play with others (get paired up) on some of these public tracks I have bad luck getting paired with people who really don’t play well at all. I don’t mind bad players but sometimes it borders on distracting. And really slow.

I never complain and I also compliment them when they hit a good shot etc but it’s hard for me to enjoy myself. 
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I quite enjoy playing by myself.  For that, though, I typically aim for tee times noon and later as the chance to actually go out alone increases greatly after the morning rush.  I’m in the 14 handicap range, not great but not slow because I’m chasing the ball all over the course.  If I’m paired with interesting people, I’ll stick it out with them.  If they’re not too interactive and I’m a third wheel, I’ll wait until 3rd or 4th hole and politely ask/suggest that I go ahead on my own.  No one has ever had a discernibly negative reaction to that moment, so I’m assuming it’s an acceptable request.  Similarly, when I’m with a buddy and we get a single thrown on board with us who is clearly better and looks to want to keep rhythm, I’ll suggest to them a few holes in that they go on.  Some have taken the opportunity, some stay and play.  I don’t know if any of this is afoul of course etiquette, but it generally makes the round more enjoyable for each party so I view it as a positive 

 
I'm mostly a late afternoon guy, so I play by myself a fair amount (when my brother, who is also a member, isn't available)

The starter at our place knows me so when I do play with randoms, he knows not to put me with anyone bad. (not that I'm good, but I'm decent and play at a good pace)

Having slow people in the group in front of me is more of a problem. When I play in the afternoon on the weekends, i tend to get stuck behind older couples, which SUCKS (especially since we've been cart path only so often this year). For some reason, the husbands would rather ignore me (I try not to hit right up their ###, but I'm close enough that they know I'm  there)  and force their wife to rush than just let me go by. Its brutal.

 
I play probably 80% of my rounds solo, usually because I can only get out on Mondays and my golf friends are all at work. 

I’m planning on getting out tomorrow at the local track. Shooting for 12:30, so I can miss the AM rush of seniors and get a break on green fees after 12:00. If I get paired with another single or twosome: fine. 

Ideally, I’ll get to roll out solo. Throw the blue-tooth speaker on the cart, play some metal (not too loud as to disturb anyone else), drink a bit of whiskey along side a beer or two, and enjoy the sunshine. In past rounds, I’ll kinda gauge the pace of play. If I catch up to another group, and there’s plenty of room ahead of them, I’ll ask to play through. If there’s a bunch of other groups ahead placating slow, I’ll just slow down my own play and lay back so I don’t seem like I’m pressing anyone. Frankly, I enjoy the 4 hours alone and not having to make small talk. 

 
Yeah I don’t mind playing slowly behind another group. I will actually chip/putt/practice bunker shots after I hole out. 

Its when I’m paired up with others that I tend to get annoyed. I mean literally I played with 2 other guys on Wednesday afternoon neither of whom broke 130. 

 
mr roboto said:
Yeah I don’t mind playing slowly behind another group. I will actually chip/putt/practice bunker shots after I hole out. 

Its when I’m paired up with others that I tend to get annoyed. I mean literally I played with 2 other guys on Wednesday afternoon neither of whom broke 130. 
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Ooof. Brutal. 

 
mr roboto said:
How do you guys handle playing as a single?

I don’t have a membership/home course so I play all over. I have really only 1 buddy that plays regularly. I’m a mid-to-high single digit and he’s probably a 10 so we can play pretty quickly. 

When I play with others (get paired up) on some of these public tracks I have bad luck getting paired with people who really don’t play well at all. I don’t mind bad players but sometimes it borders on distracting. And really slow.

I never complain and I also compliment them when they hit a good shot etc but it’s hard for me to enjoy myself. 
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Play more expensive courses or play during the morning.

 
[scooter] said:
Play more expensive courses or play during the morning.
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If you are a single that arrives right before they open, they will almost always let you go off first by yourself. At least that was my experience. It has been years, but when i got really into it thats what i would do and i was only denied once that i recall. It was because tgere was an outing scheduled so people were out on the course setting things up and they didnt want them getting hit. 

It was so nice just flying through 18 and i wasnt even good. 

 
parasaurolophus said:
If you are a single that arrives right before they open, they will almost always let you go off first by yourself. At least that was my experience. It has been years, but when i got really into it thats what i would do and i was only denied once that i recall. It was because tgere was an outing scheduled so people were out on the course setting things up and they didnt want them getting hit. 

It was so nice just flying through 18 and i wasnt even good. 
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I could play in like 2 hrs this way probably. 

 
mr roboto said:
How do you guys handle playing as a single?

I don’t have a membership/home course so I play all over. I have really only 1 buddy that plays regularly. I’m a mid-to-high single digit and he’s probably a 10 so we can play pretty quickly. 

When I play with others (get paired up) on some of these public tracks I have bad luck getting paired with people who really don’t play well at all. I don’t mind bad players but sometimes it borders on distracting. And really slow.

I never complain and I also compliment them when they hit a good shot etc but it’s hard for me to enjoy myself. 
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When I play single I usually go twilight or first tee time in the morning. Twilight is more enjoyable.

If you get stuck with people that are slow just say it's ok to hit bad shots but play them quickly. Play ready golf if you putt out first go to the next tee.

Unfortunately most public courses are overbooked and the avg golfer shoots 90-110. You will get stuck for 5-6 hours on a mid day start.

This is why I finally joined a club.

However today I played the local Muni with my bil at 5:51 am. We finished at 9:45 so if you don't mind getting up really early that's the best way to go

 
I play terrible with a really slow player, especially if we start to fall off pace.  I end up rushing trying to "make up" for the slow guy.

They are usually oblivious too.  

We were playing cart path only.   And he would walk to his ball get distance then go get a club...grrrrrrr.

I told him to take clubs with him but he is so OCD that he freaks out.

Never again will I play with him

 
I made impulsive decisions recently.  A left handed Cobra one length hybrid showed up on Facebook market place locally for $30, so I jumped on it immediately.  The only “used” aspect of it was no plastic wrapping around the head, I don’t think it had ever hit a ball.  Hit the range with it twice, good lord was it comfortable, reactive, and consistent.  Shortly after buying this club a set of new, still in the box Cobra F8 one length irons showed up on eBay for all of $300.  They’ll be here tomorrow and I will hit the course Tuesday or Wednesday for initial test.

 
Played my first Rd of the yr yesterday. I'm not a great golfer.

Hit more good ones than bad. As usual, didn't make a putt

Had a blast! 👍

 
Today started out great:

got off at 12:30 as a solo. 6 oz of whiskey, a light beer, and Judas Priest. First 9 in 90 minutes, playing at a casual pace and didn’t wait on s shot. 

Now on 14. Waiting on every shot. Whiskey running low....beer is gone. No cart-tender. Driver and putter working, irons are all over the place. Getting dire. 

 
I walk alone after work at least once a week.  It's a brutal, hilly walk but the views are great and the exercise and solitude does me good.   I play with buddies Friday and/or Sunday, and we have a lot of fun.  Driving it great, hitting irons solid, but can't make a putt to save my life - burning edges.  I feel like I'm about to break through with a low round, but know that once my putting comes around, I'll start hitting it crooked.  Tough game.

 
Broke 80 for the first time this year. Index has floated up to 11.7 after a low of 10.2 last year. Really hoping this is the year I get to a single-digit index. 

 
belljr said:
I play terrible with a really slow player, especially if we start to fall off pace.  I end up rushing trying to "make up" for the slow guy.

They are usually oblivious too.  

We were playing cart path only.   And he would walk to his ball get distance then go get a club...grrrrrrr.

I told him to take clubs with him but he is so OCD that he freaks out.

Never again will I play with him
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This is me with "temper tantrum" guy.  I end up just wanting to be done and have no focus on my own game.

 
Thorn said:
Broke 80 for the first time this year. Index has floated up to 11.7 after a low of 10.2 last year. Really hoping this is the year I get to a single-digit index. 
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Also congrats on breaking 80. That's a great mental milestone to get through. Now you can dream about 70.

Coaches tip the main difference between shooting 80 and 75 is short game

 
My buddy finally gave up on the flag stick thingie.  Thank God.  He had a putt that hit the flag and didn't go in.  That was it for him.   :lol:

Thing is, I love Dave Pelz.  But he's wrong.  He put calculations out showing that there's enough space for the ball to go in every time.  But that's if the kid changing holes in the morning making minimum wage while on break from college does it just perfect.  If he's off even slightly, that flag stick can actually knock your ball away at a speed where it would normally drop in.

 
belljr said:
I play terrible with a really slow player, especially if we start to fall off pace.  I end up rushing trying to "make up" for the slow guy.

They are usually oblivious too.  

We were playing cart path only.   And he would walk to his ball get distance then go get a club...grrrrrrr.

I told him to take clubs with him but he is so OCD that he freaks out.

Never again will I play with him
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Sounds like an idiot. I would insist he take some clubs or kick him out of the cart if that failed. That is so rude

 
belljr said:
I play terrible with a really slow player, especially if we start to fall off pace.  I end up rushing trying to "make up" for the slow guy.

They are usually oblivious too.  

We were playing cart path only.   And he would walk to his ball get distance then go get a club...grrrrrrr.

I told him to take clubs with him but he is so OCD that he freaks out.

Never again will I play with him
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This is me 100%.

 
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