GolfLug
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Option #1. Cuz chics love a fighter but also love a tragedy. 🙃
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How does this Min Woo guy have 5-7 mph ball speed on Rory?? I saw numbers as high as 194 mph today. Insane.
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I voted but my situation is very fluid due to possible family stuff evolving. I won't know if I can make it till we get closer. Thanks John. -
Par 3. Decidedly more fun than what sounds like a long/boring day (par 5). Of the ones I've played, the Sandbox (17 par 3 holes) was a hoot. Plus who wouldn't want quadrupled odds of a hole-in-one as a bonus..😊
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Oh.. I take yips by a mile I'm already a nervy putter and wouldn't be much skin off my back, but more importantly putting is bullshit. Not golf. Invented by some unathletic dufftard who couldn't strike a 'baw' to save their life but yet had to find relevance somehow. Plus I can always switch to sim golf full time if it gets too bad with an 8 feet gimmie setting. If I didn't have to hit another 4 footer for the rest of my life, it would be good riddance.
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Great advice from Newhart. IMO unless there is a serious mechanical flaw most have the ability to will themselves to a consistent tempo.
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Carry you a sprinkler head map.. 😂
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MSN J. J. Spaun relief from sprinkler head under fire for not being in the spirit of the game. While I understand the advantage he gains by dropping a ball that ended up in rough in the fairway doesn't seem to kosher in lot of people's eyes, but I suspect this happens more often than lot of people realize and players take the entitled relief every time when the opportunity present itself. Not fair to call him out as a person of 'no integrity' IMO. A lot of people do not know that both fairway and rough are part of the same general area and ROG does not distinguish them as far as relief is concerned.
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Roareeee! Congrats.
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Take this with a grain of salt but, when I see high speed/high leverage freewheeling swings like yours (from your swing video), it makes me think that considering the combo of outward and downward pressure required, you might not be applying sufficient downward pressure through impact. Tendency is more out than down. A good analogy is keeping an inflated ball pushed down underwater in a pool. I think it is the hardest force/pressure component to master. It's a guess. I also think back pain is a symptom, theoretically speaking.
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Fair enough but I think a firm message was warranted here. Having said that I hope the that the phone was returned later I would think it was.
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https://www.golfdigest.com/story/rory-mcilroy-fan-confrontration-players-2025 I am on Rory's side. I don't care that some think Rory to be thin skinned. I completely disagree. Justified and a bit satisfying. Heckling from that close is crossing a line. I love it when douchebags get put in there a place. BTW, I'm wondering if the phone was returned.
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Season underway. Home course Round 2 broke the ice with two birdies on hole 6 ((9 iron) and 9 (8 iron), both par 3s. I will try to be diligent in recording this year. Hoping to add at least one on the away course sheet at the end of March with my first ever overseas (Japan) round.
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Fair enough and I honestly wasn't trying to trip you up on semantics or rhetoric (I hate the eff out of it when someone does that to me so..). I thought it was a relevant clarification I asked for on what you meant and how I responded. So thanks. I can understand ways Option 1 would be great. For example 180 yards out, I would be thrilled to have only a 30 yard spread guaranteed given that distance would be spot on, but not from like 70 yards in. While what you say about lateral spread maybe true for the general golfing population I responded from a personal choice perspective, and I can honestly say if my lateral spread with a wedge was 30 yards wide, I would quit golf. I really would and it wouldn't even be about scores. Heck I would even say people underestimate how much of a gift 'dead straight' is. Anyway, anyone who is tight/loose straight-ways is probably similarly tight/loose sideways too so the set of choices are an improbable combination to begin with and we are just having a little fun here. Hoping all of it is taken in a light vein.
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Instructional Video Critique Topic
GolfLug replied to Phil McGleno's topic in Instruction and Playing Tips
Jeez.. Now this is bad. For starters, what he says (passive-activation of arms; not sure what that means other than that's a confusing oxymoron) and what he does do not look like the same thing at all. I also do not, not by a mile, understand terms like 'slingshot', 'bounce' etc. let alone know how to apply them in a golf swing. Maybe he means them as feel words, which we know ain't real. Muscles don't stretch and snap like a rubber band to create work motion as far as I know. That is straight up biologically wrong. Maybe he is trying to say 'don't throw your hands at the ball' or something to that effect. That would be my first thought and try. I guess I would probably spin out in trying to get arms caught up at some point if I leave them 'suspended' at A4. Again, what I'm seeing on the vid and what he does do not seem at all like the same thing. So now we are mechanically mislead too. I looked him up and he seems to have some followers on YT so this isn't exactly a victimless crime either. Ugh. -
So hit the😝 irons crooked AND play layup golf?? Hahaha.. no thanks. I would rather stay home. 😊
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Did you mean overestimate?
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Right, genie said he will banish you to terrible lateral accuracy (+/- 15 yards) under option 1.
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Option 1 for 8 iron and above. (150 yards and above), Option 2 for 9 iron and below. To pick one, since 75% or my irons are 9 iron or less (I play my rounds at 6,000-6,200 yards 90% times), I would settle for Option 2. Basically under Option 1 a 15 yards dispersion left or right for short irons and wedges would be terrible. I mean who wants to hit half wedges 15 yards left or right? That would make me quit golf. But OTOH the +/-10% (10 yards long/short variance but dead straight) would be manageable.
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The Stack System - A Conversation on Gaining Swing Speed
GolfLug replied to iacas's topic in Instruction and Playing Tips
I have it. Works good. As all things electronics, there are analog elements that can 'weaken' like the microwave signal emitting/receiving or the contact between it and conversion module, etc. Might be time for a new one. P.S. I've had it for a few years. Other than replacing the battery haven't had any periods of wild reads.- 271 replies
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Sorry, I missed your original post. Glad things are looking up with your wife's cancer. That's scary. Hope you can get back in to swing of things this year. I travel to Richmond quite a bit for son's soccer. I will reach out to see if we can get out together during one of the visits.
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Touche'. Fair point.
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I think it is only a matter of time before a voiceover app that can be applied to live telecast will come and rescue us one of these days. And I think it will be hilarious.
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I speak for myself. If I inventory my swing thoughts, swing tempo, optimum muscle tension and rehearse a swing before I take my address, then I pull the trigger reasonably quickly with usually acceptable results. Like a proper program download before deploying it. If I don't bother to by forgetting or just not caring, I am inclined to look for my cues while hovering over the ball after taking the address, while tension builds up and then I fire with a half ass program that is still buffering. I guess that's no better than rolling a dice. In other words, a good pre-shot routine does wonders. I am not advising folks to take 13 practice swings while the flowers wilt waiting for something to happen, but one or maybe two are reasonable and good for you. I am certain hitting half ass shitty shots and making double bogey takes longer than making a par. My desire this year is to just that as I have not developed a habit taking a practice swing and as a result have tendency to freeze over the ball after address, that is counter productive for both time and result. I think that is what @saevel25 is talking about in the OP.
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Feels like end of an era. From my perspective one of the great parents of all time from everything I have read and heard about her and Tiger's relationship during his early formative years. All my respect and hope she may rest in peace.
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