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Sorry, what has this to do with 'Tour stats'? If the idea is that you have to be a PGA Tour pro level short game to shoot low 70s driving it 160ish, then you may be overestimating the difficulty in doing so playing super short tees as @iacas mentioned. Obviously I don't know the course/courses your friend is taking about but we have quite a few super seniors (70+) at my home course who do just that from super short tees (5,400 yards). There's only one par 4 over 300 yards. Majority average 260ish. The two par 5s are less than 400 yards. From the short tees the margin of error in keeping the ball in play is super wide. Additionally they don't hit hard enough to hit big hooks and slices. They don't 'throw darts' but instead run up the ball on the green or around it all day. Not terribly hard.

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Thanks! It actually briefly dropped to 5.8 at some point in July, but it felt like it was too rich for my blood every moment of the whole two weeks I held the 'level' for me to sustain it. The term 'impostor syndrome' comes to mind.. :-)) I have certainly done better than I have in the previous years to stay the course in how and what I have practiced but yes, it's a high probability that I'm leaving a lot on the table.

Does confidence breed game or does game breed confidence? I would think it's both and that I have little of either at the moment. Have struggled to break 80 even on some easier tracks outside of my home course, which seemed like I had it in the bag on most days during the summer. The regression is evident in the variance that has creeped into my most trusted of game aspects, especially my short irons and wedges. I went through a three month period this summer where I couldn't mishit a wedge if I tried. Not exactly terrible but the sharpness is gone and so is the confidence. And as it almost always happens, it has affected my driving as well, which was also something I had made solid strides on. Admittedly, lot of it is self-created as as I am a perennially pathological tinkerer. I didn't bother posting a video I took yesterday as it seems like there is no point in posting it. I saw what I needed and let's just say in spite of all the academic help I have gotten from @iacas, @JetFan1983, @saevel25 and of course, @boogielicious I can only conclude that I am bit dense as a golf student. I will still see this as my best year yet and remain committed. Maybe a trip to Erie is in order at some point in the winter months.

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I have missed a week here or there for family or work trips. I feel for anyone sidelined by injury/illness. Hope all y'all Hurricane Helene affected folks get back into swing of things soon.

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For starters, you gotta manage your expectations knowing that in wet conditions you are behind the 8-ball all day. Here's what I think happens from my experience (I play in all conditions unless it is pouring down or the ground is frozen). Unless you are hitting tour quality strikes (ball first) your club will loose energy to the wet ground leading up to impact. Additionally, wet ground will also add more friction to the ball taking off (the very opposite of what happens when you get a fluffy flyer lie) even if you strike it cleanly. The reduced spin off the wet clubface will not add sufficient distance to overcome the wet ground effect. In summary, I suggest take more club, then add one more club to it and then strike it as cleanly as you can.

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'Stomp' down the ground to increase GRF?? Not only that makes very little sense, I have never understood the infatuation with increasing vertical GRFs in general as it is some unlimited source of clubhead speed. I think at some point in time someone took Tiger's comment about him snapping his left knee straight at impact to get extra yardage when needed and then ran with it. Ha.

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I can't comment on RC ticket as never been there but if you want a random comparison, this year my son and I went to Madison Square Garden for a UFC night for his birthday. Tickets were $780 each, nothing included. Watched 15+ fights over 6 hours. Our seats were back on the third level so nothing special. Before the night I thought prices were ridiculous. After, I thought they were still high but didn't feel like robbery or anything. Decent value. I suppose RC experience would be a solid one even with limited visibility of actual golf. But I am finding live special events are routinely coming at 3-4 times what I used to think they should be. And it's not just the dynamic pricing effect.

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