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I give Tiger an A and people's grades an A. I think Tiger did exactly what he's been saying for a year, which is one of the firsts for him with regard to an injury. I think people's expectations have finally fallen to reality, otherwise he would have gotten an F since he didn't win by 10 strokes. BTW, why is there no poll associated with this thread?

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell? Dreams of loneliness, Like a heartbeat, drives you mad In the stillness of remembering, what you had, And what you lost and what you had and what you lost...

I lose balls all the time at munis. Not so much at decent courses. Usually it's because someone stole it. I did, however, lose a ball once on a par-3. The ball came up short, and disappeared into the fringe as soon as it landed. When I got up there, I saw a hole, but no ball. When I reached my hand in, I found there was a small pipe with a ball inside. Ace!

Not to go back on what I said before, but the more I think about it, the more I feel like length might be only somewhat relevant. For example, since one of my swing faults is failure to regain flexion on the downswing, I do a drill where I grab say a 7-iron down by the shaft, hover it about 4 inches above the ball at normal address, and then hit it. You really have to go down and get it with a really deep tush line and your head still "against the wall". I can hit it just fine with practically no loss of distance this way. So get your mechanics right and then figure out what length helps you preserve the best mechanics. I'm 6'3" BTW and I play standard length. By the wrist-to-floor measurements, I should be +1".

Also, are your clubs the right length? I tend to think most clubs are actually too long for people. The right length will let you hang your arms comfortably where the sole pretty much hovers above the grass. You want to catch it on the bottom grooves of the club, not the middle. Maybe this isn't an issue, but it's worth ruling out since it's simple.

That's slightly better. Let your left hip sink down into a straighter right leg on the backswing. Like this guy: That will get your shoulders turning down the line more and give you some leverage to drive the hips forward.

Hey Aguirre, some people are selfish, hot-headed, and that makes them near-sighted and narrow-minded. Sometimes you run into these people. My advice is to let them say what they want, go on your way, and don't expect to defend or justify yourself to someone who obviously is too blinded by their own selfishness to see what's going on. They won't get very and there will be a reckoning someday. I remember a time in traffic when I needed to turn left into my office building's parking lot, but I noticed a cyclist heading my way who would have had to avoid a car in some way if I turned, so I waited the extra 3 seconds to let him pass. Some guy in a BMW came up behind me going way too fast and just laid on the horn waving his arms up in the air, I imagine saying things like, "WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR!!?" in his car. I didn't respond but acknowledged the cyclist because there are way too many damn people in Austin not watching out for these guys and I didn't want to be one of them. The guy in the BMW raced around and peeled out and nearly hit the guy. It was the saddest thing I think I've ever seen, for someone to be so consumed and enslaved by their own selfishness that they can't see 50 feet in front of them. People like these are slaves to their own rage. Don't be one of them.

-3 on the back 9 at Crystal Falls. 5 birdies 2 bogeys. Getting ready for a tourney so I hit driver on every hole I would normally take a long iron. Should probably do that more often, according to the stats, but more importantly, anecdotal experience. :) Swing felt really good, lots of speed and left arm connection through impact. I think previously my shoulders were tending to get just a bit too square, or at least what felt like square at impact. Also, need to sharpen the 50-65 yard wedge shots a bit. Keep swing on short side, nip it with rhythmic speed.

Step away from the golf balls. You need to think VERY carefully about your next steps. You should follow the following flowchart each time you encounter this situation:

I am likely going to stay the same or get worse. I've gotten about 1mph slower with the driver with each passing year. That adds up to higher scores unless I play from the forward tees. But I fool myself by saying things like, "I'm just playing smarter golf."

I cannot possibly imagine tournament play without a driver or 3 wood. I don't think I've ever even heard of it, in fact. Imagine you hit every fairway and green but you putt the same way you do. Do you think you could break 90? Imagine you took your long game to the course except you holed every putt inside 20 feet. Do you think you could break 90? Fix your swing. Get some lessons. That's probably better advice than "Practice your driver"

I shot 35 (-1) on the front 9 at Crystal Falls in Leander. Drove the ball extremely well with decent iron play (7 GIR) and 100% scrambling. Putting was so-so. Missed 3 birdie putts inside 8 feet.

Welcome Joe! Steep is a symptom. Why would you try to fix a symptom? Fix the cause. My suggestion is to understand how the movement of the body affects the path and face and the low point of the swing. Good luck in your journey.

You should be nipping wedges with very little divot, almost thin and middle to slightly towards the toe for the most spin. The more you interact with the turf, the more you bring earth into play. Any matter on your clubface reduces the friction and therefore spin significantly. Low friction wedge shots launch high with low spin. Err on the side of more bounce, get something with all the milling on the face and pay for a premium ball. Clean your clubs, but leave the sand on them after bunker shots.

Do pull ups. Go deep. Hang. Then pull. No boots required.

My guess is, Europe.

People are doing data science with golf. For example: http://www.golfdigest.com/story/the-golf-digest-tournament-predictor-for-the-2017-us-open Predictors appear to be previous tournament success, scoring average, driving distance to course length, etc. Probably every stat you can grab from the pga tour website, tournament results for the players, plug it into a gradient boosting tree regression model and see what it spits out. My guess is, the RMSE would be unsurprising. e.g. Brian Harman on Erin Hills !?

Even par at Crystal Falls. 0 birdies, 0 bogeys. Perfectly boring round.

I think Iacas is talking about interest from other people. It's not a rule, just a diagnosis of perhaps why you had to bump the thread. I'm not convinced your legs are driving your swing. Hip tilt seems too flat at the top, right leg seems too bent, left leg straightens a bit too quickly, right foot rolls outward instead of inward. All of these affect your shoulder path in some way or another which affects your head position and movement. Clean up your leg action and see what happens to your head.

I was watching Graham McDowell on the range at Austin Country Club during the WGC Dell Match Play event this year and saw him flat out top a couple of shots due to some technical issues and lack of concentration. A few others were wedge shots with not quite enough spin. When he went out to play, his performance and concentration were pretty impressive, and he struck the ball pretty decently. I play with a lot of good plus handicaps who are fit guys with great swings and the big difference I notice between them and tour pros is the ability to ramp up the performance when the situation demands. Most people don't have whatever talent that is attributed to. So are we just talking about taking a tour player out of that environment, sans caddie and event and sticking them on our home course? I honestly wouldn't expect scores much lower than mid-60s because, what's the point to them? Where's the glory to reward deep performance? Plus, you can hit great putts all day long and the under-repaired pitch marks and generally poor agronomy make you miss.

Definitely better. Handicap for one has gone from 4 to 2 to 0.6 over the three years '14 to '16. Increased GIR from 64.1% to 71.9% over that time, for probably the most telling stat. Also instructive is that what I focus on in order to improve has also changed a bit over that time from solid ball striking to get from 4 to <1 to where now I'm focusing more on landing spots and yardages and wedge distances and green complexes. While I certainly don't take anything for granted in this game, it feels now like a given that I'm going to hit the ball long and straight with the right shape. It's more a matter of controlling the spin, reading the wind, and choosing the right landing spots. I play within myself nowadays and spend a lot of time staying patient until a few putts start dropping and other good things happen. Bit of a different game now, but still a lot of grinding, just on a different level...