garyt1957 That's called any Tuesday for Typhoon

Nope, that would be a bad round for him because he would’ve been over par. lol

    I played Bethpage Black (white tees) yesterday. It was 90 degrees and humid. I ran out of sweat by the 16th hole. Only good news is the heat kept my back loose 😆 I slept like a baby last night.

      Taki27 OMG yeah the humidity here in the East was horrible this past weekend. Bethpage ain't flat either!

      I played Saturday after the storms and they wouldn't let carts out. Walked 18 and collapsed. Tournament the next day carts were allowed so not as tiring, but still just as hot and humid. Cold showers and LOTS of fluids.

        Sucky. Shot 50. Started out 8 over through 3, then parred the #1 handicap hole then finished with 4 bogeys and a double. Greens were lightning and I only hit one in regulation. Had some trouble hanging onto the club on a few shots with the super humidity. Need to try and find some cord grips. Really miss the old tour wrap cords.

        The SpeedSoft ball played short just as Par4QC said. Lost 20 yards off the driver and 10 yards off the irons. I did get good launch from it, but no extra carry. It’s ok, but I get better performance with the Costco v2 ball.

          johnnydoom The SpeedSoft ball played short just as Par4QC said. Lost 20 yards off the driver and 10 yards off the irons.

          Remind me who makes the Speedsoft ball so I never buy any

              garyt1957 TaylorMade - who makes balls I like, but don't want to pay for. Had high hopes for this one, but perhaps the compression is just too low.

                  Today was GEA/FGI retro bag day...featuring lots of things that had been filling up my golf cabinet. This weekend I pulled out the heads and shaft boxes and got busy. Here was the lineup....

                  Drivers: Geek Fail Safe 3 on Kinetixx A flex, Geek DCT on Xcaliber Avalon 5 S.
                  Fairways: My gamers are still the Tommy Armour Atomic 3w and 5w.
                  Irons: Golfsmith P2 on Wishon Interflexx (3i-8i), and Xcaliber Pro95R (9i-pw).
                  Wedges: Inazone Chrome Mist on TT Score.

                  THE RESULT......my highest score in 5 1/2 years!

                  The P2 irons were fine, no issues there, but they were a good 15 yards shorter than modern clubs. Still, they were pretty solid all day.
                  The wedges did nothing special, and a few things less than special. In fact, after yet another chunked chip, I decided the 60* needed to be 19" long.
                  The C-Ray was good, except it seemed like when I just walked up to tap in a 3 footer, the C-Ray would sit on the ground cocked left and I would miss left by a ton. Happened a few times on the front, so I switched back to the gamer after 9.
                  The driver(s) absolutely killed me today. FS3 on the front 9. DCT on the back 9. They were just all over the place. And I played with a friend that I play with 6 or so times per year. We have always been comparable in distance, but today when I did hit one straight, I was still a good 20-30 yards behind him.

                  The retro bag experiment is concluded after 1 round.

                    Sparky The laughter you might have just heard was coming from farther South of me. Maybe even a bit East.
                    Was. Not. Me.🤣

                    I do this in Aug/Sept most years. Don't get really terrible results & I don't care if I do when I take them out. 'Silly season', more or less.
                    Don't have any Geek left, but plenty of SMT. And a ton of Snake Eyes hybrids. My clone irons are 20 years old, so they will have to do, with the 20 yr. old shafts......Precision.

                      40-49=89
                      The driver went to the bench after 2 holes. Enter the three wood and had some surprisingly long drives.
                      Front nine was a Seve day. Miss a shot or two on a hole to be followed by a great chip, pitch or short iron and or drain a putt.
                      Example: 4th shot on par 5 ...35 yard bunker shot with ball below my feet. Hit to 8 ft and made putt for par.
                      Made 5 putts from 8-15 feet. Never had a 9 like this one.
                      Ran out of steam and magic on the last six holes with 5 doubles and 1 par.
                      Driver sucks..........getting mental now.

                        potbunker

                        Turns out my 40 + 49 = 89 yesterday was good enough to win my division / 3rd flight ..........net of handicap with a 74.

                        Surprisingly there were no net scores in the 60's in the entire field, which is what you usually need to win. Guess the heat and course took it's toll. Pulled a Rory and didn't stick around for the posting of results thinking if I'm not in the 60's / net.....no chance.

                        Overall I finished 14th out of 108 players.
                        Is that better than two tournaments ago where I finished #106 out of 108? 😭🤬 thankfully if you play all 9 tournaments your worst tournament gets dropped. 😍

                          I shot 40-42-82 at Bedford Hills GC in Temperance, Mich. today. Played OK, except my lower back got tighter and tighter on the back nine, and I limped home with double-par-double. Disappointing finish......6 GIR, 31 putts, 0 birdies.....

                          Shot 43 in league last night and we lost again. I stupidly piped tee shots OB on 14 and 15; just double crossed with big pull draws instead of my usual fade. I did finish with a tap-in birdie and a skin so that was nice.

                          I played today. The first 18 hole round in a month. The remnants of Beryl passed over us yesterday, but the course was in decent shape.

                          I started out Bogey, Birdie, Par. I should have quit after that. The front nine was decent, but I completely fell apart on the back. I just couldn't maintain my focus. That's all I'm going to say about that. I've put it behind me.

                          Tee game = Piped a couple great ones into position but overall underwhelming
                          Approach game = Above average
                          Short game = meltdown
                          Putting = sucked

                          Managed to shoot the end of round outdoor temperature…94

                            40 at Tarpon Springs. Only got 9 in because of the weather. Gave us a raincheck for the full 18 for next time. 👍

                            42/37 in a quota tournament. 2 short of my quota, and no skins. The greens were punched. Anyway it was a strange round with 11 greens but a lot of poor iron swings too. I was shocked to break 80 and shocked when I added up 11 GIR. It felt more like 89, not 79.