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  1. Then yeah, that looks to be how we played it. I misinterpreted the diagram above- thought he was dropping closer to the hole if there wasn't enough real estate to make a unobstructed drop behind the water.
  2. I think the driver you're referring to looks really sharp, haven't hit one yet but I don't think the blue would bother me. It's better than white imo
  3. Wow, when I went to take my playing ability test for the PGA program, they insisted it couldn't be nearer to the hole in any circumstance, and if there was no room to drop in the bunker behind the water, you would then need to take an unplayable and proceed to drop outside the bunker. I don't know if it was a local rule for the setting, but I'd assume we'd do everything by the book for a PGA playing assessment. Half the bunkers were flooded that day, and a guy in my group got hit by that rule multiple times, he tried making a case to the official but was ultimately penalized around 4 or 5 strokes over 36 holes. I'm going to look this rule up when work gets slow today and see what I can come up with.
  4. Amateurs play in the masters, it's a pretty good question actually.
  5. I'm pretty invested. I practice fairly seriously and play often, half the time by myself. I enjoy playing with different types of golfers as I think there's a time to be serious and reserved and a time to play loosely and casual. I mostly just try to match the atmosphere of the group of people I'm playing with. But as far as my favorite style of golf to play, I love playing competitive rounds with friends, it's a good mix between comradery and competition.
  6. It depends on condition. Are the grooves in good shape or are there nicks or dings in the club face? The heads themselves will remain good as technology hasn't progressed that much in blades. The shafts are another story though, I believe that if you're playing a blade, it will only perform as well as the shaft you have in them. I would recommend getting fitted with a current shaft that will optimize your ball flight and spin, especially with such an unforgiving club. As far as lofting goes, most bladed clubs come with traditionally-style lofts, meaning the wedge will probably be about 47 degrees, sometimes higher depending on how old they are. As most blades are usually forged rather than casted, you could probably get them bent a few degrees stronger if needed, but anymore than that would mess up the bounce and make it easier to hit shots fat.
  7. It is, better players usually do not need the added distance and forgiveness that their irons offer and elect to go with a blade-style wedge to gain more feel and control.
  8. Exactly, there's a lot of different ways to take this question. If you are talking about how far would your average low handicap/scratch golfer need to drive to just maintain a card, the answer would probably be 315+ yards of carry and extremely straight. But if we're talking about if you were to have an (PGA tour) average iron and short-game skill set, it would probably be around 265-270 yards, given you found a great number of fairways. Something to remember is that amateurs and pros don't have the correlations between stats. For amateurs, how far someone can hit a 7 iron, or drive the golf ball, usually shows a pretty consistent correlation to how well they usually score. The Tour, however, is a much smaller sample size of the best players on the planet, and each of them is there for a reason. So although you would have somewhat of an advantage to be able to hit the long ball, it doesn't always translate to how good a given touring pro's scoring averages are.
  9. Driving stats aren't really a good representation at how competitive a player is in a lot of cases since it doesn't directly correlate to scoring. Just because someone drives close to the Tour's median yardage doesn't mean they are in the middle of the pack for scoring. I have been looking at some stats lately of what the current leaders are averaging off the tee, and I would say that the shortest competitive players are carrying it at least 265 yards with the driver. Most I would guess carry it about 280-290, though.
  10. I like to stick to a couple brands in my bag, it's been a long time since I've found a company where I can comfortably play their entire line.
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