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228 yd Par 3, little down hill, into a slight breeze, hit 2H 7 inches from the hole! Made the putt, took my birdie and walked away smiling!

My bag:

Driver: Cobra AMP 9.5 degree w/ GD6 stiff flex shaft

3 Wood: Ping Anser 14.5 degree THC-800 stiff flex shaft

Hybrid: Titleist 910H 19 degree Mitsubishi Kiani Blue stiff flex shaft

Irons: Nike Pro Combo Tour 4-PW Dynamic Gold S300 shafts

Wedges: Titleist Bob Vokey 52-8, 56-11 and 60-4

Putter: 2-Ball White Steel, 34" bent 1 degree flat


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Got a chance to play Harding Park in Daly City, CA.
I've never been on the course; I've only seen it on TV when they play tournaments on the course.
holes playing center.
1st shot slammed a driver to be within a 9 iron. Hit the shot a little short. I'm nervous. 2nd round i've gotten to play all year so far (being from NJ).
had a 15' putt uphill breaking left at the end. Hit it to go birdie.
Shot a 40 in the front 9... BUT MESSED UP and shot a 45 in the back. I GOT NERVOUS!
DJ Yoshi
Official DJ: Rutgers Football
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In My Bag
HiBoreXL 9.5 White Board D63 Stiff Exotics CB2 5 Wood, Exotics CB3 3 Wood MP-60 5.5 Flighted Shafts 54 & Cleveland CG-10 60 Newport 2

Posted
One Tuesday last week. 4 iron into a par 5 green ( second shot )..... pitched 10 yards away from the hole and rolled within 2 feet. Short put for eagle, holed it. great shot!

Posted
Yesterday I was in the trap on a par 4 3rd shot. I figured I'd shoot nice and easily to the right and leave myself with a two-put. I accidentally crush it. It goes on a fringe slope, rolls down and ends up 5' from the hole. I happily tap it in for my only par. haha

Posted
Last Thursday, golfing with my Dr. of all people, slammed a 97 yard pitching wedge into the cup for an eagle, no bounce or anything! Best shot I ever hit in my life. Back to reality, bogey the next hole!!

Posted
430 Par 4 #16 - 3' off the green in 3, 35' to the pin. Chose to putt it, it circled the hole completely before dropping in for par.
I've spent most of my life golfing - the rest I've just wasted.

In my bag todayâ¦.
Driver: 2009 S9-1 10.5
19d Hybrid4-SW:2008 FP 58/10 Mizuno MP T-10Putter: White Hot XG Sabertooth

Posted
Highlight shot of the week-
Hit my drive behind a Pine tree in the left fairway with about 150 yrds to the pin that was slightly uphill. I barely hit the 4 iron(only 13 yrs old) that had a good draw and landed about 10 ft from the pin. 2 putted for par.

In my bag:
Driver: Hi-Bore 11.5*
3 Wood: Hi-Bore 15*
3 Hybrid: Halo 22*
4-SW: 2007 FPGW: CG11Putter: Sophia 32"Check out this website-http://devilwearsnada.com


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310 yard dog leg left. Hit a 3 iron off the tee and cut the angle down very nicely. Hit a hard draw up and out, i expected to cut the corner but I got a very nice roll, ended up hitting a LW from 55 yards out. I wound up paring the hole.

In the bag:
Driver: r7 quad v2 stiff
3-Wood: XLS
Hybrid: X
Irons: CG Golds 3-GWSW: x forged 56/13LW: Vokey sm 60/.08Putter: Callie 35''Ball: pro v1


Posted

par 3, 160 yards or so. ball flies and lands on the rim of the cup, bounces 20 ft away and i 3 putted....

Sticks
driver- X460 tour 9.5 Aldila NVS 75
irons- X-forged 3-PW TT BlackGold stiff
wedges- x-tour vintage 52, 56, 60
hybrid- FT-hybrid #2 17* putter- Sophia 33" "If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough."_Mario Andretti

Posted
I think two shots, same hole Saturday and Sunday.

Saturday, par 5, 3rd shot PW from 105 ends up 15" from the hole for a tap-in birdie.

Sunday, 3rd shot lob wedge from 60 yards almost goes in and ends up 4" from the hole for another tap-in birdie.

I was likin' that hole!!

Golfunit

In the Bag:

Driver: FT-5 10° Speeder 652 Stiff4-Wood: Taylor Made V-Steel Regular 14.5ºHybrids: Taylor Made Mid 19º and 22ºIrons 4-W MP-60 DG S300Wedges: MP-T 51°06 and 56°10Putter: Red-X


Posted

I have two shots that I would consider my best shots of the week.

The first one was coming in on the par 4 9th. Pulled my tee shot slightly left of the fairway and ended up with a tree right in my line. I had to play it left and unfortunately there was no way I could cut it in (not something I'm all that good at anyway). Ends up I hook it long! End up with an 80 yard shot, downhill and over a mound with the green sloping away from me and blind due to the mound. Open up my 53° and swing hard......ball flight was super high but I figured I landed on the green and rolled off. One of my playing partneres says "That was a pretty good shot.". I walk up to where I can see.....4 ft. away from the cup. Now that was an adventurous par!

The other one was just a 50 yd pitch into the high side of a green (3rd shot of par 5) and watched it roll to within 2 inches. Not exciting....just that I actually executed what it was that I wanted to do.


Posted
First birdie of the season!
Par 4 - Left my approach shot right of the green and on the fringe, 25 ft from hole. Putted it in! I can't remember the last time I made a putt over 10 ft, so I was very happy and boy did that feel good.
"When I play with him, he talks to me on every green. He turns to me and says, 'You're away.' "
-Jimmy Demaret referring to Ben Hogan

In The Bag:
Driver: Cleveland HiBore XL (10.5 -conforming)3 Wood: MacGregor V-FOIL5 Wood: Mizuno MP-001Irons: Ben Hogan BH-5 (4-PW)Wedges:52 - Nike SV Tour56 - Cleve...

Posted
311 yard par 4. Fairways were pretty hard and hole plays downhill. Instead of taking driver, I went with 3 iron to lay up. I ended up a yard short of the green. Chip and putt for birdie.

Posted
Best shot last week was a spoon from 230 metre. I had 230 left to the pin, I took my spoon and prepared, swinged and the ball landed about 2 inches from the pin. That was my 2nd shot on a par 5 hole so it was an easy Eagle :D (first this year btw)

Posted
550 yard par 5 dogleg right, 250 yards left after drive, ball just off the right ruff. Played a fade out of the ruff with my 3 wood to with in 3 feet of the pin. Missed the eagle putt, made birdie.

In my Titleist Premium Stand Bag

909D3 8.5 VS Proto 70 X
909 f2 13.5 V2 75 x
G10 15 Degree Grafalloy Red X MP-32 3-pw X100 Vokey Spin 52, 56 SS Newport 2 Pro V1


Posted
260 yard dogleg over the trees onto the green and stuck it and made the eagle put

in my x72 stand bag
g10 driver 10.5
g10 3-wood 15.5
g10 3 iron hybrid
cg gold with actionlite flighted vokey spin milled oil can 56 t35 60 degree anser 2 putterz urs


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