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#6,128
Played 9 today, shot 4 over. If I had played a halfway decent course it would have eaten me alive. I played horrible.
 
#6,131
#6,131
Never understood why he seems to go out of his way to be confrontational..

He survivied the Rose interview, so he'll probably survive this one too
 
#6,132
#6,132
I hit about 4,000 pitches, chips and putts yesterday. Will hit about 500 6-8 irons today.
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#6,139
#6,139
85. Timing off and blocked a few drives bad. Having issues transferring weight back to front and keep getting stuck.
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#6,142
#6,142
BigPapaVol said:
My first day was solid, second was hideous. I flat couldnt chip it inside of about 10'.
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Part of the problem I had was that the course I was playing was had nothing but tight lies on dormant bermuda around the greens. I couldn't hit a decent pitch shot to save my life.
 
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#6,143
#6,143
GAVol said:
Part of the problem I had was that the course I was playing was baked and had nothing but tight lies around the greens. I couldn't hit a decent pitch shot to save my life.
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Much of mine was that trampled dormant crap. If I'm sharp, I like that lie because I can spin it, but if I'm not - damn.
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#6,144
#6,144
It doesn't help matters that I've got some crazy deal going now where I'm scooping pitch shots left and right and hitting them fat. I know a lot of it is just not playing, but I've tried every swing key imaginable and I'm still sticking it in the ground a lot.
 
#6,146
#6,146
Open that dude up more and try letting the bounce keep it from digging at all. Slide that flange across it. Sounds odd, but that's what the bounce do.
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#6,147
BigPapaVol said:
Ugh. You know it's pure confidence.
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Sure it is. It's comical how many different bounce/loft combos I've been through in the past few months. I actually found a used Ping Eye2 SW about a month ago and went back to a 2 Wedge set because I got so tired of hitting craptastic lob wedge shots. I'm as good opening up a SW and using the bounce as I am hitting a LW.

In the end, it's purely a matter of for the first time in my life I'm not playing semi-regularly.
 
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#6,148
GAVol said:
Sure it is. It's comical how many different bounce/loft combos I've been through in the past few months. I actually found a used Ping Eye2 SW about a month ago and went back to a 2 Wedge set because I got so tired of hitting craptastic lob wedge shots. I'm as good opening up a SW and using the bounce as I am hitting a LW.
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My game came back when I put up the LW and started hitting about 90% of my shots around the greens with my 54. I have to have a special need to hit my 60 now. I practice with it, but I wear out my SW. I play almost all from a pretty open face to use the bounce and that effective loft plus the tighter lip in my 60 just make it a tough shot a lot of times.

Amazing how easy bump and runs are and how often I quit using them and work the prettier shots. I can be an absolute moron at times. Should have dropped back to my 8 iron when I couldn't chip.
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#6,149
#6,149
I know exactly what you mean. The flops and spinners are just more fun . . . but the bump and run and Texas Wedge sure are easier to execute when you're not playing as much.
 
#6,150
#6,150
BigPapaVol said:
Just Nantz 'cause he's a Freddie homer.
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I mean, I like Freddie and all, and I feel for him and his chronic back problems, but too many people talk about him as if he's one of the all-time greats, when his career record is almost identical to that of Jim Furyk. (1 major, 15 total PGA wins for Couples, 1 major, 16 total PGA wins for Furyk.) And Furyk has about half the swing that Couples does.
 
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