DonM Doesn’t sound like the driver hurt you any!
I was spraying it and sometimes a low hook, sometimes high right. In play… but in the rough probably 30-40 yards shorter than where I should be. I’m not punching out of the trees. Just longer irons in, which I was hitting fine. But the putts end up longer…. A few weeks ago driver was great. Not missing fairways. Just need some range time to get it back
Sneakylong Smoked my 3 wood from 200 to 10 feet.
Those are special shots for guys like us.
Grandson Jesse and I were teamed up with 2 other Thursday league buds in a scramble today. 4 clubs total in the bag was the rule. We got to 4 under....1 stroke out of the $.
Played the slumpbuster from the "tips" 6066 yards. lol. There are some long par 4's though 402-442-414- and a 542 par 5 but some short ones too.
Shot 41-40-81. One birdie. Some pretty mediocre chipping kept it from being a really good round.
Typhoon Just need some range time to get it back
Made it to the range today. Just hitting driver. Figured either out. I was closing the face on the backswing. Sort of rolling my wrists “under”. So it would either go left or if I hung on it’d be a block.
To correct it I feel like half way back I roll back my wrists to open the clubface ( it actually only feels that way, it really just goes to square) and it was all good again. Hit both the Ping G400max and the Stealth 2 Plus. Damn Ping though is just an awesome club. Sort of locks me into wanting a Qi10 max to replace my Stealth 2.
I took a hour and half off of working on the house today to get some range time in. Tested some new things and I’ll gladly report the following:
@LogicalOne LX1.XW 56* sand wedge shafted with a Kinetixx wedge shaft (on closeout from golfworks). This thing is money and wish I would’ve shafted it up sooner. For me it’s got the perfect amount of bounce, looks great at address, feels fantastic at impact.
Tried the xcaliber phoenix 5 in the Maltby TC Pro driver head. Nice lighter weight option that was very tight in dispersion. I’m not totally convinced I could put it in play and be consistent with the lighter weight. I’ll keep testing it to see if I could make it work.
Built up that budget friendly maurader putter
from diamond tour https://www.diamondtour.com/golf-components/club-heads/putters-chippers/inazone-marauder-putter-component.html
Used a 2.5” putter hosel adapter I had left over from golfworks. Shafted with a xcaliber spin 100 graphite shaft, and a big dog pure red oversized grip. Honestly for the money this putter head is great. Very consistent rolls and slight mid hits are not punished. A very slight change in sound if you strike off center. It gets just a little ring to it, otherwise center strikes are a solid sound/feel. I know @DeepRed was interested in the feedback.
I’m going in a golf trip June 14–16 I need to get a couple rounds in before that. Maybe even a few 9 hole rounds would work.
sdandrea1 Did he give the Old Man a stern talking too?
Played the back nine twice again, CPO. I shouldn't have talked about my putter here, I jinxed it. Did not putt very well today. 83 with 6 greens and 34 putts. Nothing special to report.
I played yesterday and today, It's been a while since I've played two days in a row.
Yesterday I shot 48/46 which is a stroke or two above my average. My drives were all over the place but that wasn't getting me in trouble. My putting, which usually is decent, was terrible. I 4 putted the first hole and it didn't get much better after that. It could have been a decent round...that's golf.
Today I played again with 3 friends that are new to golf or getting back into it. We just played a 2 man scramble, switching teams every 6 holes. Not great golf but fun. Beer and sandwiches at a local brewey afterwards.
Got involved in a 4 man team scramble. We were a man short, so the 3 of us rotated who would take the extra ball. Had 3 nice clean hits with my 60, all 3 hits flew 90 yards. Hit a nice 8 iron downhill, into the wind, to 10' from 150. Had a 20 yard chip roll the edge of the cup and change course.
We tied with both teams at -3...
Got out of work early enough for a very slow 9 holes in near perfect weather.
Parred the first five holes and had a downhill 4-footer for par on 6 that I left short!
Seven was a disaster, with a drive that went left into the junk, an approach that was wide of the green by about 20 yards, and a double-chip. Yikes. Felt a little bit like Nelly on Thursday for a second.
On 8 I hit a drive in the center of the fairway, missed the green left but not by much, and failed to get up and down. On 9 I hit a nice drive, leaving me 80 yards slightly uphill, right into the sun. Hit a ball and never saw it. Felt ok. Dropped another ball just for fun and hit it. Never saw that one, either.
When I got up to the green area, I found that the first one flew the green long. The second one was about 15 feet from the flag. It was a tap-in par from the second ball. I tried Texas wedging the real ball when I probably should have chipped. Ended up nine feet past the hole and missed the par putt low by about two inches.
Overall, though, a decent outing other than the 7th hole. Had a good time, and, as I said before, the weather was fantastic. I know that won't last.
