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1 hour ago, iacas said:

Where are the videos, people?

I figured I'd try it this weekend. Flopping might be funnier with more witnesses.

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Is this any better than my first or do I still need to go higher?? This is my work shirt and I decided to catch it in my shirt pocket  

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I just had to find a lie that had some sand underneath to get the bounce of the wedge helping me.  Just a nice and easy swing is the trick.

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Had to get the "old fart" legs moving to make the catch.  

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4 hours ago, iacas said:

Where are the videos, people?

I'll have a new one coming soon. Finally went and played today and didn't have a camera so didn't try...

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Is this any better than my first or do I still need to go higher?? This is my work shirt and I decided to catch it in my shirt pocket

 

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59 minutes ago, TN94z said:

Is this any better than my first or do I still need to go higher?? This is my work shirt and I decided to catch it in my shirt pocket

 

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9 hours ago, TN94z said:

Is this any better than my first or do I still need to go higher?? This is my work shirt and I decided to catch it in my shirt pocket.

Well I don't have a logo to give you for that, but well done! :-)

I plan to film some flop shot catches today at the TST East Coast/VA outing taking place. After I go to Duck Donuts.

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Had to get the "old fart" legs moving to make the catch.

 

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This is hilarious! I might give it a shot after work! An award I may be able to achieve. It would also be nice if I break 100 this weekend also!

 

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Flop shot challenge level 2, hit flop, pick ball out of air with full swing.  :-P

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32 minutes ago, nevets88 said:

Flop shot challenge level 2, hit flop, pick ball out of air with full swing.  :-P

I hit one when I was filming mine where I could not catch up to it. So, I stuck my wedge out and caught it on the downfall and popped it back to me. The thought went through my mind to attempt to hit it with a swing..haha

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Wow, I clearly underestimated this challenge! I've been at it for over an hour... plus side is im learning to do a flop shot. 

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Okay, I'm not sure this fits the criteria enough to earn the award but I gave it all I have at the moment. (Just started playing about 8 months ago. About 8 rounds total.) I had some good flop shots but way out of range for me to get to and catch. This was a ton of fun and I got way more practice than I would normally. Here it is. Best I could do... 

And here is what I was dealing with the entire time I was attempting this...

Please do more stuff like this! It was a blast and I got some good practice in. Short game is definitely my weakness. 

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@TN94z I appreciate your video much more after about an hour and a half trying to make one myself. Nice job man! Impressive! 

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1 hour ago, CMartis said:

Okay, I'm not sure this fits the criteria enough to earn the award but I gave it all I have at the moment. (Just started playing about 8 months ago. About 8 rounds total.) I had some good flop shots but way out of range for me to get to and catch. This was a ton of fun and I got way more practice than I would normally. Here it is. Best I could do... 

 

No, sorry… gotta be a flop shot, not a shot that doesn't get above head high. Just swing a little harder! You'll get it!

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10 hours ago, nevets88 said:

Flop shot challenge level 2, hit flop, pick ball out of air with full swing.  :-P

+1 for the multiple levels idea. This challenge is on my to-do list (to try) this weekend, but I did have the thought of, "okay, but what's next?" ;-)

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35 minutes ago, roamin said:

+1 for the multiple levels idea. This challenge is on my to-do list (to try) this weekend, but I did have the thought of, "okay, but what's next?" ;-)

No multiple levels. One award is plenty… ;-)

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Damn I keep forgetting to do this!

Will make sure to get it done tomorrow or Friday.

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17 hours ago, nevets88 said:

Flop shot challenge level 2, hit flop, pick ball out of air with full swing.  :-P

Now you really want me to hurt myself!

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