Keyser_Soze posted:

Call in an Emergency "Code Reed" to troll and antagonize the euros

Anno posted:

https://twitter.com/stu_fraser/status/1708151846378901867?s=46&t=IW0MSOWK0Lh4VsB3wVLoOA

ElGroucho posted:

I have literally no one else in my life who would give a poo poo. All the people I golf with barely keep score. But after 3 long years of grinding, I'm finally at single digit.

RCarr posted:

Anywhere near me only books a week in advance. If I want to play golf I book a tee time at midnight exactly a week ahead of time. Good luck playing at all in season if you don’t do that.

Suprfli6 posted:

I watched six different “ONE SECRET MOVE TO ADD 30 YARDS TO YOUR DRIVE!” youtube videos last night so I’m excited to rip a 500 yard bomb tonight.

GEMorris posted:

Every green being the same seems... weird. Unless they are going all out with some sort of dynamic synthetic green where they can at least change the slope if not the overall shape.

Suprfli6 posted:

Just finished our second round on this golf trip and this course has just as many balls in the rough/woods/hazards as last year so I guess it isn’t a fluke. I’m not spending nearly as much time looking for balls as some guys but I still have gotten 18 ProV1s and about 80-90 balls total after two days. Some of the guys brought backpacks and fanny packs just to toss balls in as they go lol. I think my partner with ~200 balls has the most out of anyone so far. It’ll be fun to see what the total number is after Friday with all 15 guys.

Oodles posted:

How poo poo should I be at my level? I’m almost breaking 105, and feel like I have unrealistic expectations of good I should be.

My 8 iron (and to be fair, my 7, 6 and 5) all go 120 yards. My driver is 165 yards, and all off to the right. I routinely fat approach shots, and thin chips. I can’t read a green to save my life.

The only saving grace is I’ve been getting lessons the past 5 months, as opposed to the past 15 years where I’ve just hacked my way about.

torgeaux posted:

120 yard 8i is shortish. A 265 yard drive is well above average.

His current instructor hasn't addressed his driver yet, he shouldn't be hopping instructors yet.

Omerta posted:

Has anyone played in NZ/Tasmania? I am going in a couple months and would love to hear any thoughts/recommendations. Current plan is to play:
- Te Arai
- Tara Iti
- Royal Melbourne
- Cape Wickham
- Ocean Dunes
- Barnbougle

daslog posted:

I can guess. "I stayed to stand up for the PGA until they caved and took the money for themselves so I'm not going to leave half a billion on the table"

torgeaux posted:

On this, my 60th birthday, I shot a 79 at 6600 yards. 35 mph winds, again. I've played four rounds with my new irons, and the one day it wasn't windy it was 34 degrees and you could not estimate how far your balls was going to go between rock hard fairways and rock hard greens. I have literally no clue on the distances on these clubs, still. Love them, great feel, but no idea.

Highlight? 626 yard par 5 #9. Driver into the wind balloons and ends up going just 220 yards. 7 wood to 200 out. 7 wood to pin high, just off the green, chip and a putt for par. Driver, 7w, 7w and one of guys in my four ball hit driver, 3w, hybrid for his par.

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Oodles posted:

Can you buy me a hat?

Legit, not joking.

Anno posted:

Tiger's new clothing looks nice, but I really don't care for the branding.

https://twitter.com/PGATOUR/status/1757231925096222811?s=20

mattfl posted:

I read somewhere that there are 15 stripes representing his 15 majors and if he wins a 16th the logo will be updated. I'm having trouble counting those stripes though lol

SquirrelGrip posted:

What do they go for in the us? It converts to like… $500 usd?

daslog posted:

Once you go 7 wood you never go back. My league course has a few holes where the doglegs start at 200 yards from the tee and the 7 wood rarely fails me.

nerdz posted:

Thanks for the input!

I've done some research and bought two used iron sets at around the same price point (around $30 per iron), with free returns from ebay. I plan on keeping the one that makes the most sense for me and returning the other one. I'm going to the sim this weekend with both to compare them. Both are standard length, which feels right to me at 6ft.

1) 2015 mizuno jpx 850 forged, with extra stiff true temper dynamic gold shafts and MCC align grips. 7-GW, rated 'good' condition by the seller, $150. Its a beauty, the grips are amazing, lots of dings and bumps (not in the face though), the previous owner left a pretty impressive wear pattern on the sweet spot but the grooves feel sharp. This is the one that I feel could be a dumb way to start especially because of the x stiff shafts, but I'm thinking that I can use them to improve my ball striking and as short irons/wedges maybe I can get consistent enough with them compared to longer irons. I could complement them with more forgiving longer irons/woods/hybrids in my bag.

2) 2016 mizuno jpx ez forged, with stock standard shafts and grips. 4,6-8,PW,GW, rated 'excellent' condition by seller, $200. These really look brand new (like just shop testing usage, they probably never seen a divot), the range coverage is a lot wider with the 4i and 6i, it could probably be all I need for beginner par 3 courses. They are one step above the JPX 850 in forgiveness while still being forged and have standard shafts, both things that feel more adequate to a beginner.

From what I read, the JPX-850 is a GI set that dips into player's territory and the JPX EZ-F is one step below, very much in the GI set but probably less forgiving than non forged GIs.

So summing up, the EZ-F are in much better condition, cover more range, have a shaft flex that's probably good for me to start building my golf muscles and are more forgiving (while still being a forged GI club, so I still have my work cut out for me). I guess I'm being stubborn about the JPX-850 with x stiff flex shafts. I think once I finally try them out I'll have the answer I already know. If anyone has played them, I'd love hearing about it

waffle enthusiast posted:

Is the Callaway Edge set still considered the best option for its price point? Background: I haven’t played a ton of golf outside of Par-3s, but have hit a fair few buckets of balls. So I enjoy golf; I’m just not confident in how much time I’ll have to play regularly. My conundrum is I feel like I’m somewhere in between babbys first set of clubs and whatever the next level is. Used makes me nervous because I don’t know what I don’t know about model lineups.

I went to the local golf shop and they suggested another path would be to pick up a fitted set of something like 5/7/9, wedge, 3w, putter and then build it out next year if I stick with it (assuming I would pick up the same model of irons etc). Their take was “you wouldn’t just buy a suit off the rack and expect it to fit.” yes, yes I would

Omne posted:

Heading to Augusta tomorrow for Monday’s practice round. Cannot believe I’ve been lucky enough to go twice.

My dad is tempting fate. He’s trying to convince us we should stop putting in for practice rounds, and only accept tournament days since we’ve been there done that.

Omne posted:

Took that one in the car; I can take more if needed

ETA: I'm kicking myself for not snagging a few more pair on our way out

torgeaux posted:

Or, because it's golf, you'll have a great day, and your next round, now with high expectations, will crash.

nerdz posted:

hmm, so at the driving range I noticed they use practice balls, as opposed to the sim. Do they fly lower/shorter than regular balls? I'm trying to get my hopes up that I actually didn't lose distance, I just stopped playing at the sim. I guess I'll have to go there every now and then to track my club head speed and real distances if that's the case.

GEMorris posted:

Usually there is a sign for this, but yeah that's why they have bag stands outside.

Stodgier and private clubs may also make a fuss about wearing hats of sunglasses inside.

Then of course you've got "appropriate attire"

Here's a video all new golfers should probably watch.