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  1. One thing I learnt as I aged is that club head speed slows down and how well you hit your longer irons suffers. I can still hit my 3 iron well and get distance on it, but the consistency is way down. I now start from the 6 iron. I am guessing the same is true for you, though if you got new clubs a few months ago, I have to assume you got fitted. I would believe you should drop the 5 iron based on what you say
  2. Ideally go for a fitting and if any shaft is better consider getting it. And better isn't just about length. It involves dispersion and ideally a consistent shot shape, though you might choose to shape it both ways
  3. I once played a tournament round with a low single digit handicapper who used to win a lot of club tournaments with a self taught swing. He had a fitted set of clubs and landed up having forgotten to bring his clubs. He then borrowed a set from a friend who lived close by. Specs were totally wrong for him. First couple of holes he struggled but once he understood the swing speed and tempo necessary he improved. I was chatting with him and he said to me that he understood how the shaft loaded up and was able to play reasonably well. He may have shot low double digit or possibly high single digit. He didn't win because he was so much above his handicap and some other low handicappers won gross. But the thing I noticed was he could adjust his swing to suit the clubs. Didn't quite get his normal distance and perfect shot shape, but reasonably close. Try the same thing with a high handicapper and he will struggle. Yes, fitting can be over-rated for some people and companies might be making too much out of selling it a fix for all golfing problems, but there is definitely value in a fitting
  4. Not bad, Final round of his second tournament and AK shoots 7 birdies and 2 bogeys to be 5 under. I guess the game is still there underneath the rust and supposedly decade long party.
  5. I think the reason people say this is one bad hole is more recoverable from with a higher handicap. The margin of error is so much less the lower your handicap is. You need birdies to make up a bad hole, whereas higher handicap golfers need pars
  6. A couple of years back a friend was selling his Garmin watch and I trialed it for a couple of rounds to see whether I wanted it. I found a minimal difference between that and using my Apple watch along with free golf apps on my iPhone. I doubt watches are much better than the golf apps currently available. Just check out this option before buying another watch.
  7. All our club tournaments have a gross and net winner. Admittedly no money is involved so I may look at it differently than you, but I am totally for both gross and net. It gives everybody a chance
  8. This entirely depends on the course. For example my home course is a short one, in the region of 6000 to 6500 yards from the furthest tees (I forget the exact yardage now because they are trying to extend the tee boxes wherever possible) and relatively flat for 14 of 18 holes. Only four holes have a rather steep climb. One 9 was a paddy field and hence is really flat. A 4 hour round is easy to achieve. In fact playing single 2.5 hours is the maximum I need. In a 4 ball on a busy day the time needed is 3.5 and generally a maximum of 4 hours. I suppose it helps that there are few golfers who actually play except on Thursday and Sunday. Another similar course is built on a race course and hence is totally flat. Similar timings though you get a lot more golfers there. On the other hand, in the city where I live, a longer course is there (at least 7000 yards) and it is always crowded. A 4 hour round is the minimum and 6 hour rounds are common on weekends. What holds people up there isn't the course itself but the fact the course is crowded all the time and you tend to wait on every hole, especially on weekends.
  9. The one constant I have found is that overall a fitting benefits a high handicapper far more than a low handicapper. Most low handicappers are talented enough that they could use different clubs and adjust to it within a round. It isn't ideal but their score wouldn't change a great deal, unlike a higher handicapper. On the other hand, fitting a high handicapper means they can actually get a decent result regularly. Of course in OP's case, if the player only uses the clubs once a month and doesn't care about score, then a static fitting for an off the rack shelf is best. Length, shaft flex and lie if possible.
  10. I suppose both these are possibilities but in my view, the biggest contributor to slow play tends to be people taking forever over the ball. Of course, this is just an average so all scenarios are possible. So I understand why the rules officials have decided that the easiest way to police slow play is to address the one time limit which can be easily quantified and measured. Walking fast or slow can be determined by many factors. A level course is quicker to walk than a mountain course which is either uphill or downhill pretty much all the time. Also, if you are pulling or carrying your own bag as opposed to using a caddie times can vary. Then the type of terrain, distance between tee box and green and weather can all affect your walking speed.
  11. The 16 only needs to have one good day to win this bet. The 3 always needs to be on his game. This favours the 16 because anybody can strike form and have a lights out round once in a decade or so. And that is reflected in the voting of 90+% to the 16 handicapper, which I also contributed to.
  12. After 2 months with zero golf and my golf clubs at my parents place, came there Saturday and first touch of my golf clubs was a club tournament on Sunday. Miserable round though I started to find some game mid way through. Then played a round yesterday (Tuesday) and another today (Wednesday). A birdie on 8 yesterday, which is a short 300 yard par 4. Decent drive and ok PW to about 10 to 15 feet and managed to make the putt. Bit of luck I suppose but also decent putt. Then today a birdie on 17. About 525 or so yard par 5. Brilliant drive to about 260 or so and a nice 4H of about 210 or so. Was between the 100 and 50 markers but don't really remember exactly how far from the pin. Half PW which was perfect and landed inside 5 feet. Bit of a sidehill breaking putt which I made.
  13. The rumour is his insurance cheques were 10 million a year and that is what is guaranteed to him by LIV. Any prize money he wins is extra I guess.
  14. Well, that means if you are taking 5 minutes a shot but still not out of position, the group in front of you or the leader who is holding everybody else up is slow and needs to be penalised. Will that ever happen is more debatable
  15. I have watched many PGA tour broadcasts and have seen players take much longer and have yet to see them getting penalised, other than via a financial penalty. A stroke penalty is the only way these pro's will learn. It is like a financial penalty in the NBA. None of those players really care about it. They earn too much to care about a small sum for them, but something that is a large sum for the average joe watching golf
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