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  1. Randy4h

    Randy4h

  2. I find it comical that a 15 hdcp is offering expert criticism of very successful tour pros. Somehow Casey and Donald manage to scruff around the golf course just fine. As far as Faldo, I don't know what he might shoot today, but I would guess he could manage a par or two, even though he is so much shorter than everyone here on the Sand Trap.
  3. Does the 9-iron have a bent shaft, or auto glass fragments?
  4. Randy4h

    old vs. new

    I didn't read the post where someone claimed that today's players are weaker than previous generations. Today's players are bigger, stronger, better conditioned, etc. no question. An argument could be made, however, that with today's purses, one doesn't have to win anything and can still live a million dollar lifestyle. For those players, being in contention to win tournaments, especially majors, is not comfortable. We have seen this happen in years past with Mickelsen, Garcia, Westwood, Love, Couples and many others. When it came time to make a shot to win, many times they didn't perform. In Mickelsen's case, that has now changed. But I bet the other names mentioned would agree that they let tournament slip away that they shouldn't have. What has set Tiger apart from the others is that he has, for the most part, not let tournaments slip away when he had the lead. The same could probably be said of many pros in Jack's era as well, but there did seem to be a number of players who could stare down Jack and win. Certainly Watson and Trevino come to mind immediately, but there were others like Billy Casper, Gene Littler and Hale Irwin. When they were in the mix on Sunday afternoons, they rarely folded. Whether that was due to their internal makeup or whether they needed to win in order to cash a big check is up for discussion. In any event, it's good to see some of today's players starting to step up to challenge Tiger. Certainly makes for more interesting TV viewing.
  5. If the quotes of Kostis and Faldo used in the original post had said that, I would agree. But they don't. Kostis says maintain some flex, Faldo says to keep the knee solid. Both are good advice, especially for those who don't stay balanced and lose their weight to the outside of their back foot. That's the killer move, in my opinion. It takes some real athletic ability to get back centered over the ball on your downswing if your weight gets outside your back foot.
  6. After reading through 10 pages of point-counter point on this, I'm wondering why it even matters. Straighten a little, straighten a lot, don't straighten, what does it matter as long as you don't shift your weight to the outside of your back foot. The back foot has to be braced, period. Makes me wonder whether the OP was really interested in anything except bad-mouthing Kostis and Faldo (a common occurence here).
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    Driving Distance

    Easy there, cowboy. Be aware that there may be people here who might be familiar with the course you are playing (I assume you are a Harmony Longhorn, right?).
  8. Backspin: Aren't you the guy who is offering advice on how to spin your wedges? Sounds like you may need a little more work with those suckers around the green. 15 over with only 6 missed greens. Short game...short game...short game...
  9. Certainly would have made more sense if you would have said the course exit which crosses the driving range tee area . I couldn't figure out what you meant either. Now it makes sense.
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    old vs. new

    Of course they would. The Dolphins are all over 60 years old now.
  11. I have read a couple of Patrick Cohn's books, and he is quite good. If you go on his website http://www.peaksports.com/index1.php , you can opt to receive periodic email "lessons" and/or free e-books.
  12. Randy4h

    Driving Distance

    Here's an example of why driving distance discussions are so "interesting": The other day I was playing in about a 20 mph wind. One hole had exactly 227 yards to carry a fairway bunker, directly into the wind. I tried to carry it, didn't quite get all of it, but hit it OK, I thought. Unfortunately, the ball hit right into the face of the bunker. So I hit that drive 226. The next hole was directly downwind, a 535 yard straightaway par 5, with a fairly firm fairway. I hit my drive pretty good and, when I got to the ball, my GPS said I had 238 to the center of the green. So I hit that drive around 300. Same swing, same ball, same person. So I could say I hit my drives 300, or I could say I hit my drives 226. In actuality, the important distance is carry distance, and I know that routinely I hit it 245-250 in the air, the rest is determined by wind, bounce, roll.
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    old vs. new

    Obviously you never saw Jack Nicklaus play.
  14. Randy4h

    old vs. new

    It's impossible to compares sports eras. Equipment, course conditions, nutrition, fitness training, all of these are very different now than even 10 years ago, let alone 25 or 50. My feeling is the elite athletes of each generation would be roughly equivalent. Jones=Hogan=Nicklaus=Woods. It would be interesting to have todays young guns play a tournament using the equipment of the 60's (persimmon woods, balata balls) and play with the course conditions back then (shaggy greens, unsanded divots).
  15. The really good news is that you know exactly what part of your game needs work.
  16. I don't think so. I believe it's OK to brush a growing piece of grass on your backswing in a hazard (so long as you don't ground your club), but not a loose impediment (dead branch or stick). It does seem odd that loose impediments are specifically mentioned in the rule.
  17. Randy4h

    Driving Distance

    With that distance, you would be hitting driver-wedge on just about every hole. How can you be a 10? Are you that bad a putter?
  18. Native of Augusta? Charles Howell? Native of Georgia? Cink/Love? Native American? Begay?
  19. Not that it matters in this thread, but a ball hit to a downhill green will actually get less roll, not more. The approach angle is more vertical because of the lower elevation.
  20. My advice is not based on trying to swing in-to-out. It is based on trying to swing square to where you are aiming (which may or may not be the flag). Say the flag is back left, and I want to draw the ball into it. I could set up so the flag is my "target", open the face a little, then swing in-to-out some amount more than the face is open -OR- I could set up so the middle of the green is my "target", close the face a little, then swing squarely toward the middle of the green. Either way would work, if done correctly. My opinion is that it is easier for the average golfer to preset the clubface and swing normally, than to either manipulate the clubface or manipulate the swing. Others may/will disagree, I guess.
  21. After watching him on Trump's World of Golf, I knew he wouldn't do much against the pros, but that's OK. Does make it more interesting to watch, for sure. An interesting sidelight: I checked his average driving distance for day one on PGAtour.com. It was 255 yards. I also checked some of the other pros, mainly concentrating on the shorter hitters I knew of, like Len Mattiace, Esteban Toledo. They were hitting it over 270. Maybe Jerry should get some advice from the 280 yard knockers here in the SandTrap>
  22. Randy4h

    Jerry Rice

    Rice has been playing serious golf for many years. He himself said that, for over 20 years, he has been hitting balls and/or playing golf every day (except during the season). I posted this elsewhere, but the Nationwide announcer said that no ex-athlete from another sport had ever come within 10 strokes of making the cut in a Nationwide event. The only ex-athlete from another sport who even made a slight mark on the Champion's tour was Jon Brodie, unless I am forgetting someone. I guess my response to your point that ex-athletes could make it on the pro, Nationwide or Champions tour is: why don't they? Where is Rick Rhoden, Stan Humphries, John Elway, Michael Jordan? The truth is that they just don't have the game, plain and simple.
  23. Randy4h

    Driving Distance

    Is it just me, or does anyone else notice that the really long drivers here all have relatively high hdcp's, and the "naysayers" all have very low hdcp's? I guess it could be that as one's handicap gets lower, they automatically lose distance. Or it could be that as one's handicap get lower, they actually know their true distance. Maybe that's because they can find their ball in the fairway. At any rate, I would like to thank the really long drivers who visit my home course. I never have to buy golf balls. Just an easy stroll through the woods every week gives me all the Pro V1's I need.
  24. I agree, the video is very good. I am not trying to disprove ball flight laws; I understand why the ball flies the way it does. I was attempting to suggest that trying to manipulate the clubface to impose a draw leads to inconsistency. It is far better to preset the face angle, regrip the club,then swing along the path line. The ball will draw back to the final target. I did not suggest the clubface should be preset to the final target, only that it should be closed relative to the path. As the video says, the difference between the swing path and the clubface at impact will determine the amount of sidespin.
  25. The inconsistency you talk about may in fact be a major swing flaw that you are not even aware of. Someone who is knowledgable about such things (doesn't have to be a pro) may be able to spot it right off. Is your grip perfect? Are you aligned properly to your target? Is the ball position correct? Do you keep your weight balanced (not shifting to the outside of your back foot)? Do you consistently swing in balance? Can you hold your follow-through (the sign of a balanced swing)? These are questions that someone should be able to check for you. Or, you could video yourself and then check them yourself. Or, you could post yourself on here, and get 20 other ideas. Good Luck.
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