Golf Thread

6thElement · 30 Mar 2013 at 22:07

First round of the year today, hadn't swung a club since August I think. Few dodgy shots on the front nine, around the turn and back nine was much better though. 41 on the back nine even with a quad bogey 8 to ruin it...eek

MikeTimbers · 1 Apr 2013 at 15:44

Just back from the range for the first time in ages; practice swings stop short of parallel but real swings go over. Cannot break the muscle memory

booyaka · 1 Apr 2013 at 15:50

6thElement said:
First round of the year today, hadn't swung a club since August I think. Few dodgy shots on the front nine, around the turn and back nine was much better though. 41 on the back nine even with a quad bogey 8 to ruin it...eek

Where about do you play in NY??

6thElement · 1 Apr 2013 at 15:55

Dozens of different courses around to play at. I was playing here:
http://www.meadowsgolfclub.com/

booyaka · 1 Apr 2013 at 18:30

Cool - played a few when I've been over visiting family in upstate New York.

Played Doral Arrowhead (9 hole course but very good), Rye Golf Club etc.

6thElement · 1 Apr 2013 at 19:26

I'm not a member of anywhere, I just randomly play the huge number of courses around here.

Saint · 2 Apr 2013 at 12:35

Bought one of these yesterday from AG - ~£65 brand new:

** No hotlinking ***

hoping it will add to my game

booyaka · 2 Apr 2013 at 12:41

Saint said:
Bought one of these yesterday from AG - ~£65 brand new:

** no hotlinking **

hoping it will add to my game

i have a love/hate relationship with my 60 wedge! Sometimes play some great shots with it, then sometimes play some shockers with it!!

[ASSE]Hinchy · 2 Apr 2013 at 12:55

Saint said:
Bought one of these yesterday from AG - ~£65 brand new:

Titleist weg[ /IMG]

hoping it will add to my game[/QUOTE]

I have the same in a 52deg and have been tempted by the 60 :)

Saint · 2 Apr 2013 at 14:10

[ASSE]Hinchy;24047043 said:
I have the same in a 52deg and have been tempted by the 60

Out of interest, what's your thought process when deciding which angled wedge to use?

booyaka · 2 Apr 2013 at 16:18

Saint said:
Out of interest, what's your thought process when deciding which angled wedge to use?

I have a 52 degree and 60 degree. Normally the 52 I can hit from just under the 100 yard mark and use it around the greens etc. the 60 degree I generally use for bunker shots and if feeling confident, the flop shot. Also use it if I've short sided myself to try and get it up and down fast. However this is very easy to "thin/knife" it doing this.

6thElement · 2 Apr 2013 at 17:42

I have a SW and a PW, my though process is, is this too far or is the ground too hard for the SW.

Mark M · 2 Apr 2013 at 17:48

I only have a PW currently, how do I know what other wedges that I need? And how do I know what degree my PW is?

Cosmic182 · 2 Apr 2013 at 21:35

Sorted my clubs out today, although in need of a clean! Brought them out of hiding ready for a game soon. Used to be a really keen golfer going several times a week then it just died out as I got busier. Really looking forward to picking it back up and getting back in to the weekly hobby/outing

They're a few years old now, but certainly wouldnt think about changing/updating them, especially with being so rusty now. Tempted to swap the bag tho for a stand bag. Be much easier to lug around.

[ASSE]Hinchy · 2 Apr 2013 at 21:48

Saint said:
Out of interest, what's your thought process when deciding which angled wedge to use?

I'm not at a stage where I can spin the ball etc yet, so the deciding factor for me is how much or little run I want on the ball hitting the ground.

Swagger187 · 3 Apr 2013 at 08:33

Well played plenty of golf this Easter break and needed to after how little I played over the Winter. The most annoying this is when coming back after a layoff and not being able to hit the shots you want even tho you know you can. Very frustrating game at times. I have been hitting a small slice recently and whatever I tried would seem to work. My mate the realised my shoulders were open on the 7th tee (already 3 over). 5 birdies and another 4 bogeys later I shot a 2 over par 72. It's amazing how such a small adjustment works. There was me thinking it was my swing, duh!

Regards to the wedge talk above I use a 54 and a 58. Strong sand wedge and strong lob wedge. I do however, struggle on occasion to get any sort of distance on them and something that I am working on. I use the Nike VR Pro's and they have a nice feel, spin rate when struck correctly.

pmbuzz · 4 Apr 2013 at 10:20

Anyone used AKGolf before ?
They have the VRS driver @ £195.99, with a lot of different shaft choices too.
I've never heard of them before and don't wanna get ripped off

http://www.onlinegolfbrands.com/index.php/nike-golf-vrs-covert-driver.html

booyaka · 4 Apr 2013 at 10:24

pmbuzz said:
Anyone used AKGolf before ?
They have the VRS driver @ £195.99, with a lot of different shaft choices too.
I've never heard of them before and don't wanna get ripped off

http://www.onlinegolfbrands.com/index.php/nike-golf-vrs-covert-driver.html

looks like it's a pro shop at a golf course - give them a call to check it out.

Looks fine on the surface of it, contact details etc etc

coupe69 · 4 Apr 2013 at 11:44

Swagger187 said:
Well played plenty of golf this Easter break and needed to after how little I played over the Winter. The most annoying this is when coming back after a layoff and not being able to hit the shots you want even tho you know you can. Very frustrating game at times. I have been hitting a small slice recently and whatever I tried would seem to work. My mate the realised my shoulders were open on the 7th tee (already 3 over). 5 birdies and another 4 bogeys later I shot a 2 over par 72. It's amazing how such a small adjustment works. There was me thinking it was my swing, duh!

What's your handicap? +2?

Cosimo · 4 Apr 2013 at 13:40