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DJExile posted:https://twitter.com/brodylogan/status/1413460581877653505?s=21 This is what Shooter McGavin warned us about 25 years ago. Holy poo poo, Happy Gilmore was 25 years ago, I feel old as gently caress right now.
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DJExile posted:https://twitter.com/brodylogan/status/1413460581877653505?s=21 wtf lol amazing what you get away with when you're confident about it AndrewP fucked around with this message at 20:08 on Jul 9, 2021 |
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Went in for a putter fitting today and bought a white hot og #7 with stroke lab shaft. The guy said my stroke with my old putter — this ancient top flite xl piece of steel — was surprisingly good, considering, but with the white hot (and a 1 inch shorter shaft) I had a demonstrably better angle and cluster of hits around the center of the face rather than on the toe. I sank actually slightly more putts with my old putter than the new one in the test, but my misses on the new one were all much closer to the hole than my misses with the old putter, so hopefully that will play out over the long run. Was more expensive than I had hoped but felt real nice so let's see if it works!
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Jul 9, 2021 20:29
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Suprfli6 posted:This weekend I won my club championship for the 4th straight time in the last 5 years (2019 was rained out and never rescheduled). It was the first club championship that my score wasn’t lower than the previous year after 7 straight years of doing that which was disappointing but I knew that streak had to end sooner rather than later. Congrats dude! What format is your CC?
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Petey posted:Went in for a putter fitting today and bought a white hot og #7 with stroke lab shaft. The guy said my stroke with my old putter — this ancient top flite xl piece of steel — was surprisingly good, considering, but with the white hot (and a 1 inch shorter shaft) I had a demonstrably better angle and cluster of hits around the center of the face rather than on the toe. I sank actually slightly more putts with my old putter than the new one in the test, but my misses on the new one were all much closer to the hole than my misses with the old putter, so hopefully that will play out over the long run. I love my stroke labs number #7. Out of curiosity is this a similar style putter you would’ve bought without a fitting? Idk what I would do if I got fitted and had the best numbers with a center shafted putter 
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Jul 9, 2021 21:19
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BCRock posted:Congrats dude! What format is your CC? It's just two rounds of stroke play. Our turnout is pretty bad though and I really wish the owner would commit to some better incentives like 2-3 flights and discounted memberships the following year for anyone in the top 3 of a flight or something like that. I got a free polo with the course logo on it for winning lol. It's also rough to have it on 4th of July weekend especially since another nearby course has theirs the same weekend and quite a few people are members at both and always choose to play in that tournament instead of ours.
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Jul 9, 2021 23:00
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God I fucking love Diablo 3 gold, it even paid for this shitty title
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Rocking a Versa #7 for years now. I've had other putters but it keeps finding it's way back in the bag. I especially like how easy it is to pick my ball up with
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dangling pointer posted:I love my stroke labs number #7. Out of curiosity is this a similar style putter you would’ve bought without a fitting? Idk what I would do if I got fitted and had the best numbers with a center shafted putter Take it back! Center shafted putters are my jam
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Jul 10, 2021 00:24
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oh yeah, Top Tracer report from last Saturday. It worked well enough and ball speeds were off 10 mph and distance 10 yds as expected with the lovely range balls. I only did the practice mode. Also my local mega-range was packed by 7:05 AM, the non-Top Tracer side was not though, lol.
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Jul 10, 2021 00:43
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I hate, hate slow greens. Practice green, fast. Starter: the greens are like the practice green and will be fast today. Me: 3 putt first hole. Leave first putt well short, convince myself it was slightly up hill. Twenty putts on the front nine, two over even though I hit all nine greens in regulation. 17 putts on the back only because I chipped to within a foot on one of the four greens I missed into the back nine. On the eighteenth hole I left a long putt well short. Made the six footer for par when it dropped in with nothing left on the front of the cup. 18 holes, never had the speed registered.
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dangling pointer posted:I love my stroke labs number #7. Out of curiosity is this a similar style putter you would’ve bought without a fitting? Idk what I would do if I got fitted and had the best numbers with a center shafted putter Yes. I was already putting with a similar shafted, one-inch-longer, mallet putter with a rounded back. But the numbers convinced me the manta ray shape was superior. I putted great with it yesterday while walking 18 at the little local course. I was totally unconscious actually — shot 5 over for the front 9 with no warmup, which is by far my best ever, but then 13 over on the back, lol. In fairness to me, with Elsa, the back 9 was a total swamp, with huge ponds of standing water in some fairways. But I only paid $30 to walk 18 in 3 hrs and it was a nice night.
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Petey posted:Yes. I was already putting with a similar shafted, one-inch-longer, mallet putter with a rounded back. But the numbers convinced me the manta ray shape was superior. I putted great with it yesterday while walking 18 at the little local course. I was totally unconscious actually — shot 5 over for the front 9 with no warmup, which is by far my best ever, but then 13 over on the back, lol. In fairness to me, with Elsa, the back 9 was a total swamp, with huge ponds of standing water in some fairways. But I only paid $30 to walk 18 in 3 hrs and it was a nice night. Three hour rounds are the perfect balance. I play alone in 2 with a cart, but I don't enjoy it as much as 3 walking.
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Jul 10, 2021 15:37
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Big Beef City posted:I hit a 40 yard liner into the middle of the fairway from the base of a tree, left handed using the back of my 3 iron today that made my wife roll her eyes and say 'you're ridiculous' The left hand punch out is my second favorite goofy punchout. The backward, right handed, one handed punch out is king.
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Jul 10, 2021 17:25
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I really need to get a reliable driver swing. Right now I'm leaving it in the bag and just hitting out of every tee box with my 5 iron. It's working pretty well since I can hit it straight, but there' just less room for error when my second shot is so far out. The driver just feels like such a different swing, and any swing that feels close to natural tends to slice off the planet.
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Jul 10, 2021 18:22
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AndrewP posted:I really need to get a reliable driver swing. On the range, tee the driver up high, grip it so far up the shaft your hand is almost hanging off and swing so hard you hurt yourself. Do five or so like that until you really connect with one (slice, hook, doesn't matter), until you feel like center of the face. Now, grip down about an inch on the club and try to hit a ball about 150 yards with a real 50% swing. Then slowly increase your swing speed. None of this will cure any real swing defect, but it can go a long way towards getting you some comfort and out of a bad head space.
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Jul 10, 2021 19:46
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Been golfing for about 5 years and finally broke 90. Shot an 85. Feels good to finally have a full, competant round. Left a lot of puts out there, as well as some bad bump and runs, but it feels great to finally get a breakthrough round.
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Jul 10, 2021 20:19
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I broke my Callaway edge 3W that I got from Costco and Callaway replaced it with a Mavrick 3W for free 
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this is a fun one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Sw1IMJmV74
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Shot a 53 on 9 today, lost my swing almost completely on the last two holes, but on 8 I 1-putted a 40 yard or so bomb to save par and I bogeyed 9 after chipping one over the green, leaving the next chip short by 10 feet and sinking the third. e: 40 foot not yard putt Plank Walker fucked around with this message at 02:33 on Jul 12, 2021 |
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Jul 12, 2021 00:47
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Plank Walker posted:Shot a 53 on 9 today, lost my swing almost completely on the last two holes, but on 8 I 1-putted a 40 yard or so bomb to save par and I bogeyed 9 after chipping one over the green, leaving the next chip short by 10 feet and sinking the third. That's some awfully good stuff going on to build on.
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Jul 12, 2021 01:29
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AndrewP posted:this is a fun one: A man of culture, I see
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In case anyone else is interested, the guy who posted the Garmin R10 review did a QA on a few of the big questions regarding the device itself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXrMqvmAM6s Looks like it's doing an educated guess on spin, which makes since...not sure how the device would really do that without a frame of reference (like that silver dot) if it's doppler based. Still, it looks very impressive! He gave glowing feedback on how accurate it is - moreso than the Approach G80 even.
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ElGroucho posted:A man of culture, I see NLU is probably my favorite golf youtube channel. The recent film room of Soly blowing up a tournament is amazing. This one went up today and i find a few of these guys obnoxious as gently caress but the title surprisingly is not clickbait. The two most bonkers back to back shots I've ever seen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nEbNJZ37zs&t=503s
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Yeah some of the Goodgood guys tend to be annoying imo but that was a crazy series of shots. The R10 looks really impressive but I want to see a good video with someone hitting a variety of shots and comparing the R10 data to GCQuad or something similar.
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Jul 12, 2021 03:37
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God drat imagine having to stand near those people for more than 30 seconds.
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Jul 12, 2021 03:55
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Does anyone else not break/hinge their wrists during their swing? While waiting around for the folks in front of us today and chatting with my dad and brother on the tee box I realized that I basically don't break my wrists at all, which is apparently...not how their swing works.
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Petey posted:Does anyone else not break/hinge their wrists during their swing? my father has a waist high backswing with no wrist hinge at all. all his clubhead speed comes from his lower body and forearms. he was down to a 1 in his prime.
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Petey posted:Does anyone else not break/hinge their wrists during their swing? so at the top of your backswing the club is just sticking straight out behind you?
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Isn't that basically what a one plane swing is? That's what I use to great effect combined with one length clubs. Folks say my swing looks "stiff" but it's to build consistency with my shot.
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Jul 12, 2021 06:26
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 British Open thread is up https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3973228
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Jul 12, 2021 11:35
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Josh Lyman posted:
Open Championship*
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Suprfli6 posted:Open Championship* Nah it’s the British this year. England just Englanded hard in the Euros so this seems an appropriate way to memorialize it
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Petey posted:Does anyone else not break/hinge their wrists during their swing? Addressing my putter, I make 'finger guns' and let my left index finger shoot 'down the barrel' of my right, while putting more weight into my right hip, Are you telling me that's not how putting works??? 
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Under Armour's doing their big semi annual sale if any of y'all need stuff. I still swear by their pants.
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Petey posted:Does anyone else not break/hinge their wrists during their swing? That left handed dude from TXG doesn’t seem to break his wrists. And he absolutely roasts the ball
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Critical posted:my father has a waist high backswing with no wrist hinge at all. all his clubhead speed comes from his lower body and forearms. he was down to a 1 in his prime. AndrewP posted:so at the top of your backswing the club is just sticking straight out behind you? My backswing is higher than that, but (as I try to break it down for the first time ever), I think it's because of my grip. I hold the club basically with my left hand on the top, and my right hand almost under, like a tennis racket. This, plus torso rotation, allows me to get it up and back, but then my clubhead speed comes from my torso rotation and forearms. Although I also try to avoid using my hips too much, because if I do that I generate more speed but always slice. With my strength and mobility, I can get enough speed with just that. Kirios posted:Isn't that basically what a one plane swing is? That's what I use to great effect combined with one length clubs. Folks say my swing looks "stiff" but it's to build consistency with my shot. Yeah, I got the Moe Norman book (or the book about Moe Norman) and realized I basically have taught myself to try to do that (I've never had lessons), except without one length clubs. I posted a lot about trying them last year but didn't. But yes, that was what I intuited myself to over many years, and what I'm trying to master now that I've actually had some clubs fitted to me. Of course, now the proof will be if I can get down to a sub 10 handicap like Critical's dad. Maybe!
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you know I know golf is frustrating and that's part of the game, but I'm getting real sick of "lost in plain sight" balls and having to take stroke and distance penalties because there's a hill preventing me from seeing where the ball landed
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AndrewP posted:you know I know golf is frustrating and that's part of the game, but I'm getting real sick of "lost in plain sight" balls and having to take stroke and distance penalties because there's a hill preventing me from seeing where the ball landed Don't, then.
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Big Beef City posted:Don't, then. I should probably switch to yellow or pink balls
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Big Beef City posted:Don't, then. Same. It's not like you have an army of spotters out there.
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