mellison24

I'm considering doing some plating on my old irons (I know the chemical processes involved), and obviously the best finishes would be if I took the head off the shafts. My question might be daft, but I presume I can just reattach my iron heads to the same shafts, and I don't need to buy new ones?

Hi all, I've always stuck by my original set of white dot Ping Zing 2 irons (3-SW) for a few reasons: 1. Emotional tie (first set, and inherited from my Grandad). 2. They were good enough for Lee Westwood for a decade, they're good enough for this 16hcp. 3. I play well enough with them, starting to regularly break 90 now. 4. I'm somewhat of an obsessive, I'll only play with Ping or Mizuno clubs. My question is, should I now be looking at a more modern set of irons (even a second hand set)? Can anyone recommend clubs that would be a suitable upgrade for someone looking to move forward in their game? I'm thinking any set from 2010 onwards, preferably forged, preferably Ping or Mizuno. Alternative is to wait another year or so and save up for a fitting.

From the 363yd tee, I'd play my driver. Average carry about 220-230, and a fade/slice. I'm aiming at the right edge of the bunker to put my ball on the right side of the fairway on the '+25' bit. Allows for the slope into the fairway middle. I love my 7 iron, which I hit 140-145 clean and straight, and I'm aiming for the back of the green. Gives me plenty of green to work with if short, while taking the bunkers out of play. Or go with an 8 iron if pin position is middle or front (aiming middle).

I'm missing McDs and PizzaHut in England ☹☹☹

Practised chipping into the washing machine. Fatted a chip up onto the worktop where a set of 6 plates were in a drying rack. 2 plates survived.

Less than £50, a bloody bargain! Essentially the wonderful book, brought to life with some extras thrown in. Brilliant. My only concern (from your POV) might be that people will get this instead of the book rather than 'as well as'. Best wishes though, LSW is some of the clearest insight I've had into the game! I need to post on here more and get more involved.

Is there a bifurcation issue here? I'm sure I read recently (possibly in Golf Konthly or Today's Golfer) that Pro players must play the same ball all round, while amateurs are allowed to change balls every hole. How would this 'changing warm balls' idea sit in competitions where amateurs and pros play together (like the sorely missed Masters)? Or have I misunderstood something?

I woke up in a bunker once. Apparently I’d hit the shot from the the bunker but it hit the lip and rebounded, hit me flush on the forehead. I say ‘apparently’ because I don’t remember it; only the waking up bit.

15 seconds is a bit of an exaggeration imo unless you’re hitting 40-footers or something. I reckon it takes me less time to simply work out which foot is higher in two spots than to stare at the hole from several angles. There’s a lot to be said for ‘letting your brain do the work’ with a quick glance, but why take a chance? A few extra seconds (although I don’t think it takes longer) is hardly holding anyone up.

Ahhh, I stopped after calculating the probability of one shot failing 😂 Tbf, a 1 in 2 chance is great! I’ll have a go. Middle class prison will be fine.

Definitely not don’t it right then 😂 Would you mind calculating odds to account for 7500 shots from the average golfer? I obviously couldn’t 😂

Using the same formula earlier in the thread but based on the full 7500 shots rather than just 4000. I’m not quite sure I did the ^ but right on an iPhone calculator though.

To my mind, you only ‘Break 80’ once; the first time. After that you score below 80. I think that will mean more to me (biased because I’m chasing it, perhaps?) than a single digit handicap.

If I’ve done it right, the odds (with 7500 shots) amount to 99.987%. I’ll try it!

Could use the ‘How did you score today?’ thread as your ‘diary’ 🙂 I enjoy reading how people play. I’m going to start posting in there more regularly this year.

Bloody typical ain’t it?

If ever my friends can’t make it for a round on an 18 holer, I just play my local 9 hole course for £10, then visit the range if I’ve noticed anything needing tweaking.

I find that on the course, although I hit wayward shots, they are generally far fewer, or less drastic, than on the range. I usually hit it roughly where I want it to go or somewhere I can hit another shot. I expect it’s an unconscious effect of changing club nearly every stroke and not getting the chance to do-over a shot, whereas on the range you end up changing swing subtly with every shot depending on your previous hit. Hence it’s so important to focus on very particular aspects on the range, rather than simply hitting ball after ball. But do I follow my own advice? Do I bollocks 😂

Sorry to be cheesy but the first round I played with my dad was awesome. I’d taken lessons privately, and he kept telling me how proud he was. I hit over 100, but it was the first of loads of great golfing days together. In terms of the GOLF, played in a local pub’s ‘open’ and scored 81, played out my skin, scrambling pars with ups and downs, was awesome!

Definitely scoring lower. Imagine striking it awesome and ending up with 100... how badly must you have to putt?

Hadn’t considered it for chipping, although today I didn’t have that many opportunities. Now that I’ve seen it work IRL, I plan to just aim for the middle of the green and hopefully that will improve my mid-irons by relaxing. That was my weak point today, actually getting to the green, but Darwen GC is a hilly course, and a storm came over from hole 14-18 😂 #OnceAHacker...

Played a round this morning, shite weather, wet and windy, hackers golf. 25 over. Only 30 putts though 😁

As an aside, my AimPoint pro recommended I ‘get hold of a book called Lowest Score Wins’, and he was genuinely thrilled when I said I had a copy on the way 😂

Finished my AimPoint lesson 10 mins ago. Sold! Have never putted like that in my life (also nicely explained why 4+% reads on holes cause so much chaos, and are so rare). I could’ve spent £129 on a new club, but I think I’ve just spent it on a miracle. The difference between the eye and the feet is chalk and cheese (and I bloody love cheese)!

This wonderful sport gave me a lot more time with my dad. It kept him walking and getting out and about, rather than wasting away after retirement and a terminal prostate cancer diagnosis. Had to hang up his clubs last year as he simply couldn’t manage anything more strenuous than putting, but now he walks the course with me and buddies on a round. And if it’s an empty course, we drop balls for him and have mini putting comps (play for pints on the 19th).