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Thanks GG194. Yup, bought LSW, read it...yup getting close to the green...understand the concept Trolling...nope...just commenting on the little green book Laying back...got the concept...if your going to lay up...then lay up...don't hit into the trouble you know you can't get past BTW...this site is so very welcoming Enjoy the winter

Starting Mr. P's green book. End of season winter reading has started. Always find a nugget per read I didn't bond with before. So far, its the comments on Laying Up. Us amateurs try to get as close as we can, take too much club, and roll on in. Gotta lay back. Been trying to lay back when I know its a 1 in a 100 shot. I'm not a risk taker and the lay up fits my personality

I have not been fitted and started out with a Wilson putter in a starter set. After two or three years started going to a local golf town and would putt for an hour on Sundays, in winter, almost every week. My putting got much better. I tried every left hand putter in the store until I discovered a comfort letter with any mallet style, 34 inch with an offset. It just felt more comfortable and fit my eye. Been using a Monte Carlo ghost for quite some time. Putting seems very unique to the individual and doesn't require much athletic ability, just a bit of practice.

I bought LSW. Along with Harvey Pennicks books, Hogans books thats all I read, every winter. Those books have taught me: Spending some time on short game is the fastest way to shave some shots off your game. Don't need to be a professional athlete to putt or pitch/chip adequately. Not to follow a bad shot (we all make them) with a stupid shot to try and compensate for the bad shot. Course management;Hero shots do not lower scores. Shoot to your safe shot shape Full swing distance is all important. Thirty yards closer to the cup is thirty yards closer to the cup. times 18. That will save you the most strokes Just my two cents

A friend of ours, son, just came out of an induced coma. 9 weeks. He contracted Covid before he had a chance to get vaccinated. Bad timing for him. 49 years old , A third degree practicing black belt (Kyokashin 1)and one of the fittest men I know. He is sitting up and breathing on his own. Long term effects to him. Unknown. Long term effects of the covid vaccine. Unknown. I took my chances on a double Pfizer. I was trying to cut down on the possibility of a covid coma.

In around '71, a friend of mine gave me $50 to write his algebra exam at Uni. Of course I forgot all about that, until he stopped by to remind me. I was in the building where we were writing and had just finished one of my own. and then had dropped some acid. Didn't blink an eye. Just went on in and proceeded to pass that exam for him. But to take a drink while golfing and possibly screw up my game, not a chance.

I picked up a used set of Eye 2 + for $100 a couple winters ago. Got them for the nostalgia. Got them regripped with my golf pride mediums. I swap them out with my regular, newer set every few months just for the variety. Doesn't make much difference. I can triple bogey a hole using any club.

My wife broke her arm in three places in august. I slipped on the ice in November and landed on my right shoulder, injuring all that rotator cuff stuff. We are both still doing our exercises and both are back golfing three times a week. Just thankful that at 68/69 we are still swinging and still walking.

Because of covid, I have chosen to stay away from driving ranges. Just my choice. But kept up with indoor super slo swings all through the winter. Sometimes 50, usually 10-20 swings, daily. Its really helping me know and keep , where my club face is at impact. Just concentrating on the basics. Been out this season maybe 8 times. 6 9's and 2 18's. The last two rounds, feeling like the rust is off. Managed 6 over on the last 9. My only goal, to eliminate triples and strategically manage doubles. and try to turn my brain off when I'm setting up and hitting

This covid situation has shown me that society sure has different differing attitudes today. We vote for public officials to make decisions, which we don't want to make. Then we complain when they make decisions that are based on facts we have never seen in our lifetimes. This covid thing is a real shit storm. Its not like the flu, kills more, spreads like wildfire, screwing up health care in developed countries, decimating highly populated non developed countries. IMHO-there is no right way, covid's here to stay Thank goodness Golf is allowed. Stay safe/stay well

I'm an 18. I try to play the same ball until I run out. I seem to "think" by playing the same ball I will get consistent results, assuming the same strike. Which as an 18, doesn't happen as often as say a 5. Last season decided to use all the non broken balls I have collected over the past 9 years. Handicap reduced by 4 or 5 points. Broke 90 for the first time. Don't think it had anything to do with the ball used. I "think" it had to do with better ball striking and better course management. I did notice tho, an expensive ball vs a cheaper ball-sinks equally as fast and when in the woods, hides just as well.

Seems pretty obvious, I'll never be that booking guy. I'm asked to do this for customer groups at work. PITA. Its like herding cats. I book one round with some workmates, annually. Never ending changes and non commitment. I book once a year with in-laws for the annual golf trips. PITA. Cat herding.

Damn, I thought swing thoughts were difficult. I think I'd be booking for the times I want, letting the guys know, and golf with whoever shows up.

During the winter months, I go to golf town on Sunday afternoons and putt for half an hour while my better half shops. I have no intention of buying, just try every left handed 34 inch putter that fits my eye. Putting at golf town on a Sunday afternoon has overcome any nervousness I ever had about putting with strangers. You are dealing with folks trying to use the balls you are using, three year olds running past you and the "pros" trying the latest SC, but can never sink a putt. Its really taught me how to tune everything out. and my putting has improved.

I'm ok with bad shots. My goal is to remember to not follow a bad shot with a stupid shot, in an effort to recover the distance. Stupid shots make doubles and triples.

Just reading a news article were local police busted an illegal lounge/bar / restaurant. 77 people in a penthouse apartment. Menus, bar, tables. Third party in two weeks. Locals called it in. No mask, no distancing. Complete disregard of any health laws/rules/suggestions. Sorry...Buy 20 bottles, a few bags of weed, stay home and get loaded, if thats what you want. F-----g idiots.

My son is a swim coach. He tells me that his current teaching has limited stretching until the kids have warmed up through a bit of running or jacks, a couple of slow laps, whatever. I try to swing a golf club 10 or 15 swings before I start a round and then start stretches around #4 or 5 at the turn and as required.

I just have a driver cover. It has a magnetic closure so I attach it to any club it grabs. Then replace after each driver use. Took the putter cover off on day one, threw it away. (As I do with all clubs) It is chipped and beat up, other than the face. Love my old putter

I'm gonna stick with last years activities. Reduce my handicap by 3, from 18 to 15 through: -Better course management. I know, generally, my club distances. I have to remind myself of that fact every time I get to any 185+ obstacle. I won't clear it. (Driver 205 max, with roll). GIR +1 is OK -Stop hitting stupid shots after a bad shot. Have to remind myself, I'll lower my score faster through fewer double and triples, rather that a birdie once a month. -continuing to work on strength and stretching-Been walking , doing pushups, planks, stretching and no ball club swinging for almost two years. Less tired when walking the back 9 and hitting the ball a little further. Finished 2020 at 18. Finished 2019 at 19.8. Finished 2019 at 23.3 Slipped on the ice in November and fell on my shoulder. Right now, attacking physio like its a job. I want to golf in April. Its coming along pretty good. Nothing broken. Just extreme bruising.

I voted No. It seems to me, an over weight grumpy old hacker, that distance for a large % of golfers is not an issue. The impacted courses appear to be those that house PGA (mini tour) events. They are extremely wealthy and extremely private and if land is available, can expand to what ever length they want. If the USGA and RAA really represent all golfers, they will not make those changes. There is a question tho: are they driven by the majority of golfers or contract revenue.

Did the same. Bought Eye2+ two seasons ago. $100 in a used bin at GC. 5 through W. Just bought them for the nostalgia. No fitting, no thought. Got my own grips put on. Grips were crumbling. Contact just feels so right. Used them exclusively this season. They have replaced a GI set with graphite. And when golfing with strangers, often creates something to chat about. Especially Ping users.

Good to hear you are staying home. You will be saving some ones life. I can't spend time bargaining/debating stats. Real folks are dying and our hospitals are almost unable to help the non covid cases. My individual rights-is to do my part to help the society that has been so good to me.

Maybe see what that fitting suggests. I had one fitting and bought a set of irons and wedges. The actual heads were KZG. Never heard of them but know them now. But the shafts and grips are not (Matrix and Golf Pride.) I know nothing about heads. Nothing about shafts (I think I can tell the difference between Steel and Graphite). But I know how important the right size grips are to me. Since then, I picked up a set of ping eye 2+...early 90's, steel shafts, in a used bin for $100. Got the fitter to put the same golf pride grips on (with the extra roll). Hit them longer, straighter. They feel like butter. There is just so much out there, and we are all so different. Keep an open mind.

Hip turn-I find if I concentrate on starting the back swing and downswing with my hips, less mechanical things go wrong. Especially on the downswing. It feels (I know, feel ain't real) like my hands and arms drop down and have a clear path through. More in to out. My ball flight is just more consistent.

Throw the sanitizer and mask in every car I drive. Gas pumps; use the sanitizer in the car before I start the car or close the door. Good hand wash once I get to my destination (or more sanitizeder) or home.