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Where exactly are these stats. I like them
Go nuts - https://www.reddit.com/r/golf/comments/lwucyg/understanding_the_handicap_and_average_scoring/
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Out today for the Wed medal, absolutely Baltic but played some good stuff. All 18 winter greens due to the frost and frozen ground.
Started off with 5 straight pars, then a birdie at the 6th followed by double bogey, bogey, double bogey for a +4 front 9. Very steady on the back 9: 8 pars and 1 bogey.
Playing in this frost is quite interesting, on the approach shots you get a crazy first bounce and then it quickly stops due to the frost accumulating on the ball
Started off with 5 straight pars, then a birdie at the 6th followed by double bogey, bogey, double bogey for a +4 front 9. Very steady on the back 9: 8 pars and 1 bogey.
Playing in this frost is quite interesting, on the approach shots you get a crazy first bounce and then it quickly stops due to the frost accumulating on the ball
haha - nice - minus 6 here today most of the day so no chance I'm going out
-6 during the day?! Gotta love the south, toasty 4 degrees or something, that's +4c btw 
Planning to play tomorrow and Friday, both will be +ve during the day, not by much, but negative overnight... Hoping the ground won't freeze enough for the courses to close.
Then on Monday I fly to Marrakech for 4 rounds of golf, where it looks to be ~20c, that'll be nice
Although also thinking it might be a bit weird getting used to 'summer' club selection again...
Planning to play tomorrow and Friday, both will be +ve during the day, not by much, but negative overnight... Hoping the ground won't freeze enough for the courses to close.
Then on Monday I fly to Marrakech for 4 rounds of golf, where it looks to be ~20c, that'll be nice
Although also thinking it might be a bit weird getting used to 'summer' club selection again...
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Crail is basically £90 a round so double that for both courses. I can get both courses for £45ish each.And me
Although I think Crail isn't 'that' expensive if we just did it normally for a bunch of us? St Andrews isn't that bad either really I think... Except the Old Course...
A lot of the courses in St Andrews are actually decently priced, I can get a few discounts around there as well.
I would suggest a round at Dumbarnie but it's extortionate if you're not from Fife.
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I picked the wrong damn sport to obsess over. Too bloody broke to keep up with you guys
I picked the wrong damn sport to obsess over. Too bloody broke to keep up with you guys
yeah, it ain’t a cheap sport is it.
but you can’t beat it..
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Just bought these BOA shoes. Just its a cracking deal so I thought I would post, its double on Amazon atm.
www.hotgolf.co.uk
Just bought these BOA shoes. Just its a cracking deal so I thought I would post, its double on Amazon atm.
MIZUNO WAVE HAZARD BOA GOLF SHOES – WHITE – Hotgolf
www.hotgolf.co.uk
Didn't mention it yesterday but had a lesson yesterday and the outcome is that the next thing I need to work on (still got a bit on closing the face but the path/angle of attack are ok) was to keep the hands 'ahead' of the head, e.g. shaft lean/de-lofting/whatever you want to call it, it feels weird as hell tbh But I was 'flicking' a bit so my 27 degree 7i was more like 29-32 degrees dynamic loft, with the hands forward bit it varied a bunch but was around 22-26 ish dynamic loft so a massive difference, like 2-3 clubs, but also feels like I've 'lost' the speed a bit in the process of the adjustment.
I also picked up a 3 wood, for the lols, the Cobra King Radspeed 3w.
Anyway, main reason for posting, I took my new swing and new club out on the course today in the frigid wastelands of Bristol... It was cold... I kinda like the cold, but it was really cold
I played well though, or at least consistently solid, 9 bogeys and 9 double-bogeys for a +27/98... Actually beat my playing partner gross (he had a bad for him round with 99, so one stroke. At one point I was ~6-7 strokes up gross, went into the last home 1 stroke back he quadrupled it and I 'just' double-bogeyed it. Obviously I thrashed him by miles on the net/stableford
Could do better still Wedges were a bit 'meh', often short. Irons were actually good with the new swing, not always distance wise but lovely and straight. 3 wood was 'ok', 50/50 for good shots really but 3 from the deck (kinda tee'd up with the preferred lies) and only one off the tee. Putting was 2.2 average, Fairways at 31% and GIR at 6%, really not good numbers but just kept it in play, didn't lose a single ball for only the 2nd time, actually found 3 \o/
But I was 'flicking' a bit so my 27 degree 7i was more like 29-32 degrees dynamic loft, with the hands forward bit it varied a bunch but was around 22-26 ish dynamic loft so a massive difference, like 2-3 clubs, but also feels like I've 'lost' the speed a bit in the process of the adjustment.I also picked up a 3 wood, for the lols, the Cobra King Radspeed 3w.
Anyway, main reason for posting, I took my new swing and new club out on the course today in the frigid wastelands of Bristol... It was cold... I kinda like the cold, but it was really cold
I played well though, or at least consistently solid, 9 bogeys and 9 double-bogeys for a +27/98... Actually beat my playing partner gross (he had a bad for him round with 99, so one stroke. At one point I was ~6-7 strokes up gross, went into the last home 1 stroke back he quadrupled it and I 'just' double-bogeyed it. Obviously I thrashed him by miles on the net/stableford
Could do better still
Wedges were a bit 'meh', often short. Irons were actually good with the new swing, not always distance wise but lovely and straight. 3 wood was 'ok', 50/50 for good shots really but 3 from the deck (kinda tee'd up with the preferred lies) and only one off the tee. Putting was 2.2 average, Fairways at 31% and GIR at 6%, really not good numbers but just kept it in play, didn't lose a single ball for only the 2nd time, actually found 3 \o/
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Yeah I've got these, they're very comfy. I mainly use them at the range and sometimes in summer.HEADS UP:
Just bought these BOA shoes. Just its a cracking deal so I thought I would post, its double on Amazon atm.
MIZUNO WAVE HAZARD BOA GOLF SHOES – WHITE – Hotgolf
I've also got the non-boa version which are leather, these are the best pair of golf shoes that I've ever owned and I recently bought a backup pair for when the current ones depart to show heaven
Yeah I've got these, they're very comfy. I mainly use them at the range and sometimes in summer.
I've also got the non-boa version which are leather, these are the best pair of golf shoes that I've ever owned and I recently bought a backup pair for when the current ones depart to show heaven
great to know, cheers. I must admit, I love the BOA mechanism on golf shoes.
looking forward to trying these on.
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If you suffer from terribly cold hands during the winter months, and can't even feel the clubs you're holding, this is for you!
Bought one of these for an early Christmas present for myself:
It's a godsend, I was worried it wouldn't be warm enough, but it's boiling! Keeps my hands toasty and at one point, had to turn it down, my hands felt too hot in there.
Playing at 11am today, and with how cold it is, this is a MUST for me.
I'm carrying at the moment, so it's fine.
Don't know what it's going to be like when Im pushing my trolley around, as hands are going to be on that. I'll figure that out, will be carry all winter anyway..
Bought one of these for an early Christmas present for myself:
It's a godsend, I was worried it wouldn't be warm enough, but it's boiling! Keeps my hands toasty and at one point, had to turn it down, my hands felt too hot in there.
Playing at 11am today, and with how cold it is, this is a MUST for me.
I'm carrying at the moment, so it's fine.
Don't know what it's going to be like when Im pushing my trolley around, as hands are going to be on that. I'll figure that out, will be carry all winter anyway..
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SkyTrak original is OK
Great for irons, shows mainly ball data, but only swing speed for club-data.
You HAVE to line up the logo of the ball to face the camera, or its got a chance of missing the shot.
Misses the occasional shot, maybe 2-3 out of 100, so not the end of the world.
Good quality unit, perfect for home use, as it sits next to you, rather than 6+ feet behind your swing.
I sold mine and bought a 2nd hand Foresight GC3
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Just bought these BOA shoes. Just its a cracking deal so I thought I would post, its double on Amazon atm.
MIZUNO WAVE HAZARD BOA GOLF SHOES – WHITE – Hotgolf
nice but having just bought 2 pairs of new shoes - I don't think the wife would allow me another
The BOA fasting is excellent
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I have flat feet. Anyone know if these shoes have aggressive arch support or mainly flat when you run your hand through the them? i basically wear sketchers for everything since they tends to be best for flat feet.