sdandrea1 Is the pot for the guy who made the ace, or just the drinks? Here it’s for the player, and he gets the drinks.

    DonM Here it’s for the player, and he gets the drinks.

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    Today 49-48- 97.
    I kinda got off to a rough start a double, and pair of single bogeys for the 1st 3 holes. Only 1 par, and 1 triple on the front. The back wasn't much better with 3 triples, 3 pars were nice. Had a good time, my 5 wood impressed the guys I was playing with. It was just reliable, and sent the ball down range nicely, nice high ball flight off the deck. Driver was ok, it got me into a little bit of trouble on a few holes. Putter was great, mostly 2 putts, with a few 3 putts and a few 1 putts tossed in for good measure.

      Walterjn Walter,!you play a short course… have you tried not using driver? Don’t know how good you are with irons or hybrids but teeing off with one of those amd leaving still a short iron to the green. Might save you more strokes than you think.

        Typhoon I have done that. Probably should try that again. Tee off with my 5 wood like I did on #16. That hole was 5 wood, 5 wood, wedge 2 putt bogey. It wasn't all trouble caused by my driver, I screwed up and hit my 7 iron fat a few times. There were a few times I pulled the wrong club for the conditions and fell short.
        My driver did leave me out of position a few times, yet I was able to advance the ball and get back into position fairly well. I'm thinking that even with my driver nor working really great, a few poor iron shots, 3 lost balls, that I walked off with 8 strokes over my absolute best round. I just need to play the bigger courses more often. The course yesterday was 6126 from the whites.

          garyt1957 My man!! You bring the tears of happiness when you post like this. 👍👍

          garyt1957 Screw that! Pay big money for the driver I'm hitting it, score be damned

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          Walterjn I started out playing some nearby shorter courses using 4i off the tee, then a large 3w, then a short heavy 12* driver before using a "regular" driver. Partly to use what worked best to keep in play and then to add distance as I got older and shorter.

          Monthly Saturday scramble at our club today. I subbed into a men's division team. We managed -9 gross, -14 with cap. 2 strokes out of the $. Lunch was included, though. 😏

            garyt1957 Another idea that I’ve done on short par 4’s is to hit a stinger driver. Tee it at normal height, take it halfway back and halfway through. Mid height running shot that’s dead straight. If Walter plays a flat course this would be an option. I hit it probably 20 yards shorter than an average drive

              Typhoon I hit something like that yesterday. I teed it up lower than normal and one of the guys playing from the blues was only 10 yards beyond me, he flat out drove me by 20-25 yards, and mine was dead straight and a runner. I just can't always make good contact when on the course with my driver. I'm inclined to keep playing it, and just try to get used to hitting it on the course. On the range I have all the time in the world to set up perfectly and not worry about how much time I'm taking. The course kinda requires less time spent on most everything, to keep pace of play. Been told a lot, you can suck at golf, just do it quickly. No 5-10 minute set up per hit.

              Typhoon I do that also. I'll also choke up to the end of the grip and use it on long par 3s. Trust it more than a 3 wood.

              77 at Timber Greens (par 71). Had 1 birdie. Made a long putt from off the green. Lag putted very well today. Typical of a high functioning hacker I didn't have my best stuff, but managed to hustle my ball around the course for a decent score.

                Shot 39-48/87 today with a birdie on the par 5 #9. I played about as well as I can on the front, and then the back nine was more of an adventure. Felt like I shot over 50, lol.

                Walked 9 at my local course here in CT. High 40's temp starting out, windy but sunny and got in into the 50s as I moved along. Shot a 41, with two birdies despite being inconsistent with the driver. Everything else was clicking though. Nice to get out.

                Beautiful cloudy cool day. I shot an 82 that felt a lot worse. One birdie and one double. 11 greens but 38 putts. I couldn’t make anything. 🤢🤢🤮

                Our team got our butts kicked. It looks like we lost the full ante of 10 bucks each.

                The counter weighted SS (Swing Science) irons are awesome. Seriously. I’m going to have to try it in the hybrids next. Plus, the SS irons spin a lot more than my TS2s. It’s night and day. I am convinced I need very low COG irons. The TS2s are not that. Or maybe it’s the spring face thing that is making less spin.

                After a long good run that saw my handicap drop 3 points since late August, In a little funk past week or so. Hit some good shots today particularly on the back where I hit 8/9 greens in reg but could not get any putts to drop

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