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#426
#426
Someone hand me my reading glasses. I can't make out that small print. My favorite golf saying:

"Sex and golf are the only two things you don't have to be good at to enjoy" Tin Cup
 
#428
#428
GAVol said:
Personally, I think it's a little extreme, but Pelz is a big proponent of the 4th wedge.
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Yes, he is, and it does help in some situations. If you don't like hitting a 3/4 60, hit half of a 56. I never could figure out which club to take out of the bag, though.
 
#429
#429
Lexvol said:
Cotton, when will you be swinging again? Any guesses?
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Going through PT right now, so I don't really know. I still don't have full extension of my left arm. Our company golf tournament is the weekend of 6/1, so that is a goal, but right now it is very questionable as to whether I will do more than put.

Thanks for the concern, though:salute:
 
#430
#430
I played in a charity tourney this past Friday with some deputies from a Sheriff's Office that I represent. They brought in one ringer. First hole, a par 5 at 500 yards, uphill, the kid takes out driver and hits it 330 yards dead center of the fairway. Our approach shots were hit with 6 and 7 irons.

He hit pitching wedge 150 and 6 iron pin high from 210.

I have never seen anything like it, except at the Bayhill tournament and guy like Tiger and Singh. Needless to say, the kid won the long drive competition out of 120 players.

I contributed on one hole. We were stymied off the tee (400 yards, and we were 80 yards out, just off the fairway thanks to "the kid" again). I hit one of those draw shots with a hooded five iron, keeping the ball about 5 feet off the ground most of the way there and letting it roll up to the green. I then sank a 45 footer for bird. We shot a collective 60 and got second (someone claimed to have shot 58).

Thing is, after watching that guy hit and realizing that he routinely smacks the ball 80 yards further than I have ever hit it on even my best day, it is sort of discouraging.
 
#431
#431
Those kids that grew up hitting these Flinstone sized drivers simply know how to hit a golf ball off of the tee. They are fearless.

Don't get discouraged Gator. Just keep hit'em straight.
 
#432
#432
Lexvol said:
Those kids that grew up hitting these Flinstone sized drivers simply know how to hit a golf ball off of the tee. They are fearless.

Don't get discouraged Gator. Just keep hit'em straight.
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Well, see, if I could do that then I'd keep at it. LOL.

I mean, a year ago I was hitting a pretty constant 240, occassionally getting some roll with the wind to 260, and always in the fairway. Nice little draw.

Now I'm swinging over the ball and banana-hooking it, or popping it up, or fading it just a degree or two short of a full-fledged slice.

I know!! I'll do the time-tested cure-all that every golfer knows works... I'll replace the driver as clearly there is something wrong with it.
 
#433
#433
Lexvol said:
Right now I have a 53 and a 60. If I add a third it would probably be a 56. My 53 is ok from 110 to 100 when I feel I can take a full swing. My 60 is ok from 60-50 when I can take a full swing. Maybe a 56 will solve my problems from 100- 60 yards. Otherwise I should consider playing for the 150. I get more realistic birdie opportunities with an 8 or 9 iron in my hands than I do with those wedges.
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Sounds like you need to find some wedges that work for you.

I had a similar problem. I hit a 54 degree SW 100 yards and had trouble with it in the 80 yard range and I never felt confortable trying to hit a lob wedge that far. My solution was that I ditched my 60 degree wedge and went instead with a 58 degree wedge with some bounce and it made all the difference in the world. Those 10 extra yards with the L-Wedge took all the pressure off me trying to do too many things with the SW.
 
#434
#434
lawgator1 said:
Well, see, if I could do that then I'd keep at it. LOL.

I mean, a year ago I was hitting a pretty constant 240, occassionally getting some roll with the wind to 260, and always in the fairway. Nice little draw.

Now I'm swinging over the ball and banana-hooking it, or popping it up, or fading it just a degree or two short of a full-fledged slice.

I know!! I'll do the time-tested cure-all that every golfer knows works... I'll replace the driver as clearly there is something wrong with it.
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Better get the SUMO or the New Calloway square head
 
#439
#439
It's all about old friends, a lot of drinking and some average golf. By the time noon hits everyday I doubt I could see a windmill.

:)
 
#441
#441
I head for LA tonight and Vegas next week. I MAY play golf in Vegas. But there's just so much else to do....
 
#442
#442
GAVol said:
Sounds like you need to find some wedges that work for you.

I had a similar problem. I hit a 54 degree SW 100 yards and had trouble with it in the 80 yard range and I never felt confortable trying to hit a lob wedge that far. My solution was that I ditched my 60 degree wedge and went instead with a 58 degree wedge with some bounce and it made all the difference in the world. Those 10 extra yards with the L-Wedge took all the pressure off me trying to do too many things with the SW.
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That's too much analyzing. I just use my standard loft S2H2 sandie for anything 100 and in. Trade up to a 6 iron for bump and run opportunities in close.
 
#443
#443
vol_in_ar said:
That's pretty good chasing a 4 year old around the golf course
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Mentally, it works for me. My golf game is weakest between the ears. I'm more into just setting up and swinging when I know he's around somewhere or lining up to hit at me.
 
#444
#444
GAVol said:
Believe me now and hear me later . . . EMBRACE THE FADE with the driver. If you don't have a problem with distance off the tee, it's one of the best shots in golf.
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ALL TRUE. I have a natural fade. Can very seldom draw the driver. Can do my 3 wood, long hybrids and even most of my irons if I really push it, but not the driver. I have found if I set up and play it, I drive it further and actually straighter than trying to counter with a draw set up. That is what got me into the red tee dribbles.
 
#445
#445
I sometimes wonder why I carry two wedges when throughout the time I played competitively I somehow did just fine playing 10 different shots with a standard Sand Wedge.
 
#446
#446
GAVol said:
I sometimes wonder why I carry two wedges when throughout the time I played competitively I somehow did just fine playing 10 different shots with a standard Sand Wedge.
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One or two different swings with one club is much more efficient than ten swings with one club. That is not even mentioning opening and closing the club face.
 
#447
#447
GVF said:
That's too much analyzing. I just use my standard loft S2H2 sandie for anything 100 and in. Trade up to a 6 iron for bump and run opportunities in close.
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My grandad is 80 and shot a 71 from white tees the other day, but when I get him out of the "low country" around Savannah, GA where he can't hit bump an run on 16 out of 18 holes, I can compete with him.
 
#448
#448
Lexvol said:
My grandad is 80 and shot a 71 from white tees the other day, but when I get him out of the "low country" around Savannah, GA where he can't hit bump an run on 16 out of 18 holes, I can compete with him.
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There's nothing worse than trying to beat a guy playing "old man" golf on a flat, 5,800 yard golf course with super slow greens. :mf_surrender:
 
#449
#449
GAVol said:
There's nothing worse than trying to beat a guy playing "old man" golf on a flat, 5,800 yard golf course with super slow greens. :mf_surrender:
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Can I get an AMEN? Please add narrow fairways to that description.
 
#450
#450
And with doglegs that make you spend all day hitting 5 irons off the tees.

And with no grass around the greens that make you chunk 2 or 3 pitch shots off hard pan.

And with fairways cut at a strategic height to ensure that you airmail at least 2 or 3 greens when you catch a flyer.

And with yardage markers that you finally figure out are about 5-7 yards shorter than what they actually read.

...meanwhile Grandpa is hitting his 3rd shot from 50 yards short of all the Par 4s and getting up and down like Tiger Woods.
 
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