Spring Shootout today. We finished 7 out of 50 some teams to make shootout. Won a skin. We lost on last hole to finish 2nd. I played well first 18 but my partner was a stud in the shootout. I hit it like sh*t but he made putts from everywhere.

Walterjn

You should maybe shift your focus for a while from speed training to keeping the ball in play. I have a feeling the speed training has your entire swing in a funk.

One other thing, when you play with friends it’s nice that you have a good time but…What used to happen to me was I’d be so caught up in conversation that I’d hit a shot, come up short and say to myself “what are you doing?” I really noticed it when I stopped playing there and all of the sudden I started playing better because I focused on the game, not my friends. Talk to your friends afterwards.

      Tried my new swing on Thursday after shooting 78 on Tuesday. Shot a less than impressive 91. Figured something out when I got home and played again today. Shot a 78 again and hit the ball great. I think I might be on to something.

        Typhoon definitely time to start hitting a proper range and working on my driver.
        Probably a good idea to have a few solo rounds as well. Speed training is going to take a back seat, and happen once, maybe twice a week.

            Walterjn FWIW Walter.....I have a buddy (good player!) who tried speed training last year. He spent $400-500 on a shaft and various weights that he was supposed to attach to it and swing every day, according to the instructions. He said he felt it screwed him up and gave it up after about 4-5 weeks.

                garyt1957 I’ll give you a week. 😀

                No, really, give it a good try. You’re gonna have bad days. When you do, go home and it will probably become clearer.

                    fatshot not playing with weights to swing. This is what I'm using.
                    https://aero-swing.com/pages/golf
                    Not expensive, not heavy.
                    So far, it hasn't screwed up my irons, then again I play with those every week. I've been playing my little executive par 3 course. No place for me to really hit my driver, aside from one hole, and that can go bad if you don't hit it straight.
                    The range at this course is only 200 yards, so I can't hit my driver there, and they have signs requesting that the range be irons only.
                    So, I don't use my driver very often at all.
                    I've been working on my irons there, and playing the course irons only. Not a difficult thing as the longest hole is listed at 257 on the score card.
                    That's working out to a good 4 or 5 iron, then a wedge. If I screw it up then, it can be a bad 4/5 iron, then a 7 iron, maybe a 9 iron.
                    My driver has been out of the bag, until I play a full size course. Then I'm struggling hit it well. I need to break down, pay the $ for range balls, and really work on my driver, and play the larger courses more.

                        fatshot yeah, she's not hard on the eyes...
                        I just don't get to do anything with her...
                        When I day not expensive, the sets I'm using are these. Kid brother got me one of every color.
                        https://aero-swing.com/products/aero-swing-pineapples-doubles
                        I've given 2 set away for a couple other people to try.
                        I have a set at home, on a driver shaft. I also have a set in my golf bag. If I don't get a chance to hit some balls, I can pull that out, put it on my club and swing a few times to loosen up a little.
                        They claim that both full size pineapples weigh about the same as a driver head, so the weight issue isn't really anything. It's all done with air resistance.

                          20 of us are taking the team game to Hot Springs Village for the next three days.
                          Here’s the view from the balcony of one of the houses we rented. It’s the 18th hole of one of the courses we’re going to play.

                            DonM Stayed there and played a couple of courses way back in 1998. They were great. Don't remember which two now though.

                              Shot the on course temp, 76....38/38.
                              11 FW. Ones missed were only a foot or so out, but...the ones hit were almost dead center, so.....big misses?
                              27 putts, again.
                              Only 6 GIRs, which may be a record for me.

                              Played with 2 drivers, both had stiff shafts in them. Did manage a few drives around 230, but that flex is not going out with me again!

                              Played the new MacGregor VIP irons. The heads themselves were very nice, great feel, almost like a forging when struck 'properly'😄. But, I got nothing from another build with shafts that are apparently 'my flex(A) & weight of the past'. I lost a lot of yardage due to the shafts flexing wayyy too much; a lot of very high shots that just dropped and stopped. Not sure yet what I'm going to do with them. Hate to pull the shafts(I can't use them and few here can/will) and rebuild into steel. I've got others ready to try.... (SMT 579 w/R flex steel).
                              A lot of rainy days coming this week, again, so I'll probably be figuring something out. And keeping busy.

                              Do I have to mention the wind in every post🤔, jeeeez......76-80* here, you used to be burning up. Now, it's kinda cool.

                                Got my butt kicked with an 88. I didn’t count putts but it was 40+. Driving and approaches were pretty good. I couldn’t get the ball to the hole and I was playing safe on approach shots so I had a lot of long putts. CPO and hilly terrain made for a 5 hour round. It’s rare to have a level lie here.

                                The course played long and I think tomorrow the captain is going to switch us to the silver tees.


                                77 at Timber Greens. Had two birdies. We were paired with a single this morning. Turns out we had played together before. He’s going to join us on Mondays. First out this morning. Went around in 3:15.

                                For the last few rounds I got my 84 year old buddy to move up to the shortest tee at 4119. The tees are painted blue. So he can tell people he plays off the blues. lol Today he shot an 88 (47-41). Had 5 pars on the back.

                                The difference is now he has a decent chance of hitting greens in regulation. Whenever we get paired with someone he lets his ego get in the way and says he’ll play the reds. But I drive the cart, so he’s forced to check his ego at the door and play the blues. lol

                                Played 9… felt like I shot 100. Shot even par but hit it awful. Didn’t hit one good shot. Went to the range afterwards. Gonna play tomorrow, was thinking of 18 but I’ll probably just do 9 and get some work done. Hitting the Stealth 2 with a regular flex shaft. One more day of that and I’m going to take out the G400max again for comparison.

                                Back to reality. Played 18 today at The Gauntlet. My VA PB Dye-abolical home track. Two weeks of rust results in an 86, but I usually don't break 80 here. 2 doubles and a triple in there. Good times tho. Beats the hell out of dealing with moving. The Paradym X still rules.

                                Another so-so round.....40-42-82 at Bedford Hills, straddling the state line between Ohio and Michigan, with about half the course in each state. Maybe the fastest greens I've ever played, and on the front 9 at least, the pin positions were impossibly tough.....right near the edges and tucked behind traps, making chipping and putting very difficult. Hit 6 GIR and 35 putts.