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.

        DonM well you do know that if his driver was working for him, he would have been at -14... over 9...😁

            Walterjn DonM well you do know that if his driver was working for him, he would have been at -14... over 9...😁

            Funny f#ker you are😁

                colej Tried the xcaliber phoenix 5 in the Maltby TC Pro driver head.

                How is the head overall? It looks awesome and makes me want to build a 44.5" driver with 75g shaft again and see if I can hit the ball straighter......but I'd probably do better with the TC Max version built that way 😞

                    KCee

                    It’s really good and I think it would be perfect candidate for a shorter then “standard length” The feel and sound at impact is right up there with the big OEMs.

                    It sits very flat though!

                      colej
                      Thanks for the info, I think putters are grotesquely overpriced since almost none of them work more than a couple of rounds. Lol
                      Looks like a real bargain.

                          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.

                            DonM The last couple rounds I was channeling some old Don putting. Not 3 putting but missing left and right. This morning I went down to the putting green to try and figure out my problem. Found I did not have my eyes over the ball.

                              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.

                                Spartan . My putting, which usually is decent, was terrible

                                I posted this 5 days ago on one of Don's posts, it's almost always true:
                                " In the end, it's almost always about the putting"

                                    garyt1957 For me it seems like high scores include poor putting, but low scores are from good ball striking. I never putt so great that it turns 81 into 76. But ball striking, yes.