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I use my 52 for just about anything inside 100. Been getting pretty good at controlling my distances with that club.

The two courses I play are 72.8/134 and 72.8/133 from the tees I play. I hover around the low 80s a good amount, but I can't get over the hump :( I actually haven't updated my handicap in like two years, though. I should probably set up a GHIN profile or whatever through my club.

I dunno, I didn't invent the handicap formula

I'll try to get a video up at some point this week. I've been hitting the ball farther than I've ever hit it before, and it doesn't even feel like I'm trying to. Not sure if it's from better fitness or an improvement in mechanics, but I'm guessing it's a combination of the two. Either way, I'm not complaining.

Electronics aside (cell phone and computer), I have a 10-inch dobsonian telescope that's pretty awesome. I want to take it up to Cherry Springs State Park in North Central PA, since much more can be seen there than in Philly.

Because some men just want to watch the world burn, I voted for the sod

Only 7 pars on the day? Not impressed

I couldn't edit again (waited too long, I guess), but what causes the early extension?

Got my phone replaced, so here's a video from earlier this evening. I'm trying to get a steeper shoulder turn (I probably should keep the clubs I use in these swing videos consistent, oops), but it doesn't look like I'm actually much steeper with the irons than before. I was hitting a lot of shots off the upper part of the toe with the driver, but I hit a lot of nice iron shots. Due to my inability to properly position the camera, the iron video looks like I'm aiming way more right than I actually am.

when keeping it real goes wrong

My club uses 12-minute intervals for one course and 15 for the other. I couldn't imagine what it'd look like with 8-minute intervals...

Got back about half an hour ago, but in the time between these posts, my phone randomly got stuck in a bootloop and it doesn't seem like something I can fix

I went to the range today and worked on getting a steeper shoulder turn. After a while it started to feel a bit more natural and my shots were looking better, but I needed to make a conscious effort to steepen my shoulders. Then again, correcting a 11- or 12-year-old swing fault (or however long I've been playing this damn game) to the point where it feels natural isn't going to happen overnight, I guess. I'll probably post a video tonight or tomorrow; I'm not at my computer right now.

My personal best is nine pars. The one time I broke 80, I only had four pars.

If it's quiet enough that other groups aren't able to hear it unless they're really close, I don't have an issue with it, but it doesn't sound like that was the case for the OP. Interestingly enough, if I heard someone blasting Journey in the middle of the fairway, I'd be totally fine with it.

Shit like this is why I play at a private club

No matter how hard I try to maintain posture through impact, I still end up "standing up." I'm coming over the top, too, so I'm guessing those are connected in some way, and I have no idea where to start in terms of fixing it.

Upload the video to YouTube and embed the YouTube video

I thought about going to this, but by the time I decided to get Saturday tickets, they were sold out. I guess I could get tickets from something like StubHub, but I have no interest in dealing with North Jersey traffic (I don't know whether Union County is North or Central Jersey, since Wikipedia says it's both).

USA Today's definition of tantrum is a lot different than mine

I do the opposite and leave my entire shirt unbottoned. Gotta show off the chest hair. Granted I'm not like Bubba and it doesn't look like I'm wearing a sweater.

Two good DTL views are at 1:10 and 2:35

I saw this thread a few days ago, so I figured I'd do one. I spent the first several holes messing with camera angles and what-not, a lot of which didn't even have me in the picture. My phone ran out of juice shortly after I started to get the hang of it, so I only got four holes in. I didn't feel like doing a voice-over for this, but I will for the next one. I'll post a hole-by-hole recap in here. I need to remember to charge my portable battery so I can get in a full round. I think I managed to record the shortest stretch of four holes on the course... Forgive the vertical video; I used my cell phone and balanced it in one of the side pockets of my bag. Hole 8 Nice bit of product placement for Cobra to start the video. This hole is short but it can be tricky, because the ball will be below your feet for your second shot if you're a righty. I hit a good tee shot, though I was a bit disappointed with the distance. I had about 130 into the middle. The flag was a bit back of the middle, and it was an uphill shot, so hit a 7-iron. I hit it a bit fat, but it just caught the front of the green. This green usually gives me a lot of trouble, but I made a pretty good two-putt for par here. Hole 9 Another short hole, driver here can be a bit risky, due to a couple bunkers on the right side of the fairway, but it's not a very difficult hole if you're in the fairway (or even the rough, really). I hit a pretty good 3-wood here, but again the distance could've been better. I was about 130 from the middle, with the flag front left. I just went for the middle with an 8-iron, and struck it pretty well. Not the greatest putt (the part where I start tapping the green with my putter is some weird tic after I hit a lousy putt, I guess), but I'll always take a two-putt for par. Hole 10 This hole makes me nervous, because it runs right along the parking lot, and I'm always afraid I'm going to pull-hook the crap out of my tee shot and send it through someone's windshield. My tee shot missed on the front right side of the green (that's usually where I miss). There's a deep bunker about five feet behind me (you can't see it in the video), so if I'm going to miss, front right is the spot. Decent second shot, probably should've made that putt, but oh well. Hole 11 Another short-but-tricky hole. The fairway is pretty wide, and it's a downhill tee shot, but the fairway runs uphill so you don't get much roll from your tee shot. I was about 120 to the middle with the flag towards the front, and it was an uphill shot, so I figured a soft 9-iron would do the trick. I struck it well, perhaps a bit too well because the ball ended on the back of the green and left me with a difficult putt that I wasn't able to get close. This is the toughest green for me to putt on. Three-putt for bogey.

I started when I was in 8th grade (I think that means I was 13...). I'm 24 now, and I feel like I haven't gotten particularly good until the last couple years or so. There are few things that you're too old to start at age 16, and golf isn't one of them, especially when you've presumably been playing sports most of your life.