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  1. badandy519

    badandy519

  2. Xander Schauffele, imo.
  3. Dunno how I missed this thread up until now, I'm 100% right handed, but have always batted/golfed lefty. When we used to do one-hand tee and soft toss hitting drills in baseball practice, I'd have to flip around do them from the right side with my right hand, because it just felt more natural. But.. screwing around playing tennis, I'd always rather hit a backhand than a forehand and also I mentioned in the ping pong thread awhile ago that I hit just about everything backhand with my right hand, even on the wrong side of the table. Just weird... if you told me tomorrow that I had to golf one handed, I'd easily choose going right handed with my right arm. I've thought about maybe trying to putt right handed due to the right hand dominant/baseball thing, but idk.
  4. These frequently go on sale between $19.99 or $24.99 for 3 dozen. Actually a pretty darn decent ball at the $9.99/ dozen. http://www.golfsmith.com/product/30083475/lynx-black-cat-golf-balls
  5. There's a course right down the road from me that I love to play that's completely the opposite. It's one of the higher rated public courses in Texas for the money. It's got six each - par 3's, 4's, & 5's. I should play from the whites at about 6100 yards, but I usually end up playing with some better players and end up at the blues for 6600. Even then, it's not a ridiculously hard course. On topic, par 70's are out in my book. I don't even particularly like watching the pros play them on tv. I'd rather see some scoring opportunities on a par 5 with a tough pin or something rather then the the course be relegated to 2 shots less than it normally plays just fit what the tour wants.
  6. Nope, never even thought about getting into a league until you just mentioned it. Might have to look into that. Funny thing is, I never really struggled playing against anyone until this job. We have two or so tournaments each year that anyone can sign up for and you win a silly trophy and random restaurant gc or something... not really high stakes. There's about 6 or so of us that typically just beat each other up in the tourneys and in side games... a few Asian and Indian guys (no racist) and a couple that played high level baseball. Depends on the draw but we usually end up knocking each other off and being done in the early rounds of the tourneys and other people with no coordination make it through on the other side of the bracket. That's what makes it fun though.
  7. Yep, anything with a pad is way different than playing with the paddles that come in the generic sets. One thing, I prefer to play on pool table tops instead of stand-alone tables even though they should only be about an inch or two higher, that's what I grew up with and used to. Doesn't sound like a big difference, but every time I play on a regular table, it just feels too low. The other, I've never been a "smasher" one of those who just loads up and tries to slam every forehand they can. Probably 80% of my returns are backhand.... It's way easier imo to deaden and return a smash backhand and you can go at either side of the table with top/back/side spin. More of a finesse and serve & volley game for me, but it's what works. We have some pretty decent players at work and it can get pretty competitive. I can at least hold my own that way.
  8. What paddles did you end up with? My current one is nothing special.... a Butterfly that ran around $80 the with zipper case from Dick's a few years ago. It's at work cuz we have a table there. I'll find out the exact model Monday. Just curious as to what spin/hardness you prefer and what's considered lower- mid level these days :)
  9. Yeah, I read toms, have a subscription to Maximum PC, build my own computers and all that fun stuff - but I'm not really all that tech-y when it comes down to it. I was more asking specifically if there's any way I can possibly run a (my) single link DVI card in 1440p. Googling it and my particular GPU gives all kinds of confounded answers, with dual monitor setups to get 3840x2160 with HDMI, supposedly supported 4k resolution (but not really) yada yada - or if I'm stuck and going to spend around $100 on a new card.
  10. When I upgraded most of my desktop PC last fall, I skimped on the video card like always. I don't game much, mostly screw around with a couple older Madden and Triple Play sports games, so I've never spent much on graphics. Got a new 2560x1440 monitor today and come to find out, my card only has a single link DVI output and will only run it at 1920x1080. Looking around online, it seems some R7 240 cards come with dual link DVI and support 1440p, but mine doesn't? My card is: item 82E16814202055 on Newegg - I can't post the link - I ordered it a couple weeks after the new R series came out. Just trying to make sure that I'm not overlooking something dumb before I go spend $100 or so on a new card. Hopefully someone here can throw a little knowledge my way. Thanks in advance!
  11. Obvious answer is obvious.... Why isn't she on the Dan Plan already?
  12. Flower Mound and Keller are both great areas over that way. Keller would probably be about 25% shorter commute depending on which side of FM you'd be on, but neither drive would be that bad. As Patch said, traffic isn't THAT bad and you can usually find the backroad commute being roughly the same as taking the main roads and by doing that, you miss the frequent accidents and jams. I have a 15 mile/25 minute commute over my way. I could maybe save 5 mins each way by taking the highway, but as soon as it rains, gets foggy, construction or anything traffic gets backed up and the back way ends up being quicker and more consistent in the long run. FM is probably a little more rural-y with more open and undeveloped land, where Keller is more like a regular suburban city that has been growing for a few years with the restaurants and shopping and everything else. Beer Creek park in Keller is a great place to take the kiddos when they're a little older. Haven't golfed either of the places that you mentioned, but just played Tour 18 in FM for the first time last week and it was in really good shape, if you like that kind of course. Southlake is another really good spot in that area if you're still open to looking at other cities.
  13. badandy519

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    I go to one here in DFW every couple of weeks. We've had a few work outings there as well. They have a phone app that lets you track your score history, against everyone there that day, change the TV station in your bay, etc etc. Food and drinks aren't any more than most restaurants. They have 8 week leagues with prizes that are always running, kid camps in the summer, and all kinds of other promos. We've taken people from work that have never swung a club in their life and everyone has a blast. During the week here, you can get one bay for $20 per hour before noon. With work, we usually go just before 11 and pay for 2 hours. With 4-5 people, we can get 100 or so balls per hour, but that's because nobody is in a hurry. Later in the day, it goes to $40/ hr and weekends up to $60, but it's still not that bad when you split it 5 ways or so.
  14. Some more of my favs that haven't been mentioned: Nice lay-up (after any shank/flub/etc) Good spot to come in from No pressure (putts to win or cancel a skin, tester for par, etc)
  15. Thurman Munson - a dead yank
  16. Got mine in the mail today.... Thanks!
  17. North Hills in Corry, PA and Overlake in Girard, PA were always on the nicer side of public courses that I've played. Haven't been up there to play either in about 7 years or so though.
  18. This is pretty much me except chocked down about an inch. I'd rather be 110 away with the 56*. I only hit my 60* about 75, 80 yds max comfortably, so there's a small gap inside 100 where I'm kinda in between clubs. I don't hit my less than full swings well at all anymore. Should probably work on that though.
  19. My favorite bang for the buck ball for a couple years has been the Lynx Black Cats. Can always get them at $10 per dozen, but I try to stock up when they go for 3 dozen for $25. They're not rock hard and feel pretty decent around the green and putting, and seem to be one of the softer "distance" balls that I've used. Edit - just checked, they're 4 dozen for $30. Guess I'll be ordering a few tonight.
  20. Sooo..... since schach23's question seems to be answered to his satisfaction.... and my question is kinda along the same lines as his, but slightly different - i hope he doesn't mind the hijack. (Mods, please move to a new thread if need be,...thanks) I've been playing early 90's Lynx Parallax irons since I got them new as demos in 1992 as a 14 yr old and had them re-shafted and re-gripped around 2003 -ish. I've never kept an official handicap, but don't score as well now as i did in my late teens/early 20s when I was playing multiple times per week. Back then, I would consistently shoot 84-88 and these days I'm more likely to be around 92-96. I only get to play about 10-12 times per year now and the bad scores are almost always due to a slow start... i.e. last week, I just shot 49-41 at a course I had only played once before about 4 years ago and probably could have shaved another 2-3 strokes with better course management... but it's always a dumb score like that.... 47-42, 51-40, 50-42 or something... a really bad front than somewhat decent back(for me). Anywho, back to my question - all things being equal, would/should I (or anyone else that plays sparingly) benefit from going out and dropping $300-$400 on a new set of irons for the "new technology"? I've been considering the Burner Plus or RocketBladez, the Callaway Razr X, Adams and a couple others in that price range. Having not hit anything else yet, I'm pretty darn happy with my irons as-is, and I kinda like the traditional lofts with my PW being a 50* and SW 55*. I tend to hit my irons well and mostly straight, with most of my misses just being dead pulls. I don't want to just shuffle distance between clubs by moving to newer, more modern lofts and still ending up with the same misses.... but if the newer clubs really are more forgiving, then I should be able to score better, no? For reference, I currently hit my clubs: Driver 265-280 3W 235-250 3i - 220 4i - 205 5i - 190 6i -180 7i - 165 8i - 155 9i - 145 pw - 135 sw -125 56* - 110 60* - 80
  21. I only play about 6-10 rounds per year, but I love my SkyDroid app. It's GPS and only costs $1.99. On top of the GPS, it also lets you track all kinds of stats, including putts, fwy%, gir, drive distance, shape & playability, avg drive distance, penalties, sand saves and tons of other things. It's not all that time consuming to fill out either, it has a pretty slick interface that lets you enter everything in about the same time it would take to fill out a scorecard.
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