Wanzo
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I’m really curious to see vaccination rates in that young demographic and how that plays out since the risks are so low.
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Instructional Video Critique Topic
Wanzo replied to Phil McGleno's topic in Instruction and Playing Tips
-60-120 sounds like a lot but I have no idea how it compares. -I would think it benefits face control to reduce it. Or maybe the shallow the shaft/sasho stuff making it easier to close is relevant to discussion but either way that amount of closure happens? -I think it happens. -my guess is others have less with more body rotation. But it’s a straight up guess. -
Some good trends overall. Hot spots moving north and west though https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/covid-cases.html Reports of new cases continue to trend steadily downward. Around 86,000 cases are being identified each day, down from more than 160,000 daily at the beginning of September. While most of the country is rebounding from the summer case surge, trouble spots remain. Colorado, Vermont and Michiganare among a handful of states seeing sustained case growth. The situation continues to improve in the South, the region that suffered the worst this summer. Florida now has one of the lowest average daily case rates in the country.
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Personally, I'd be more interested in tuning in to these events if they had players with better personalities for TV. Justin Thomas, Phil (obviously), Peyton Manning was good, etc.. Bryson was painful to listen to at the last one IMO. Maybe Brooks will be good, but i doubt it.
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Phil and Kostis Tweet Re: Over/Under Speed Training
Wanzo replied to Vinsk's topic in Instruction and Playing Tips
Here's an interesting thread from Mike Carroll on the topic. He is pretty knowledgeable and has reservations about the opposite swings doing much to help in speed training and he recommends quite a few less reps than the super speed protocols. For me personally, I've "tweaked" some things trying the left handed swings so I typically avoid them now so I don't risk injury. -
Just curious, how did you notice this? How often do you get to play? I'm always curious someone in the golf industry, what does your average week look like as far as practice and play?
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i didn't read the last two pages in full, but this was my main initial thought. it could be wrong, but it's why i came to my conclusion. I'd end with this. Does the same logic work for 100 yard shots where making it is not statistically relevant, the skill is simply how close can you hit this ball to the hole on average. A good player versus poor player with perfect conditions. Then add in random lies and gusts of wind. I would think it increases the average proximity for the poor player more. Now in the putting example, it would totally depend on the lengths and types of putts you are talking about. shorter putts with a decent chance of making, i get the reasoning why less makes (1-putts) so helps narrow the gap.
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The Morning: Covid is in retreat Some hopeful news for Monday Morning....quotes from NYT article below. "Worldwide, cases have also dropped more than 30 percent since late August." “We’ve ascribed far too much human authority over the virus,” "The recent declines, for example, have occurred even as millions of American children have again crowded into school buildings." "The number of Americans hospitalized with Covid has fallen about 25 percent since Sept. 1. Daily deaths — which typically change direction a few weeks after cases and hospitalizations — have fallen 10 percent since Sept. 20. It is the first sustained decline in deaths since the early summer." "Covid also isn’t going to disappear anytime soon. It will continue to circulate for years, many scientists believe. But the vaccines can transform Covid into a manageable disease, not so different from a flu or common cold. In the past few weeks, the country appears to have moved closer to that less grim future. Whatever this autumn brings, the worst of the pandemic is almost certainly behind us."
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Great news.
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It will be interesting how things play out in the NBA with teams like ny requiring vaccine (local mandate) and Kyrie not vaccinated yet. Might not get paid if doesn’t play. Then guys like porter jr. who just signed a 200mm deal in Denver saying he won’t get vaccine. But being in Denver he can play except in cities that require it, I think. I doubt porter gives in. He’s from the town I live in and I know his story pretty well. Nuggets' Michael Porter Jr.: "I don't feel comfortable" taking vaccine Michael Porter Jr. isn’t comfortable with taking the vaccine and is adamant there shouldn’t be a mandate for...
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I've never been into autographs, so this doesn't interest me, but I can see some people thinking it's cool and unique. Seems smart of Tiger and Bryson to try it.
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New York Declares State of Emergency as Vaccine Mandate Chaos Looms Tens of thousands of hospital workers are likely to be fired on Monday when the state’s vaccine mandate kicks in. State data shows that 84 percent of the state’s 450,000 hospital workers are vaccinated, along with 83 percent of its 145,400 nursing home workers. Even still, that means as many as 94,000 workers are unvaccinated, leaving a potentially dire shortfall in workers from Monday.
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My observations from being there on Friday.... 1. What a beautiful course. I'd love to get back and play it someday. The Irish course looked great too, just inland of the straits course. 2. If you love golf and get the chance to go, I'd highly recommend it. The buzz of being there is hard to describe. I'm looking forward to the next time at Bethpage already. 3. I wish there would have been more European fans there, That would make for a different feel. 4. People always seem to write about fan behavior at Ryder Cups, I didn't personally see anything that was out of line. I think it's overblown a little bit. 5. We walked around most of the morning session to see a lot of the course. In the afternoon, we went ahead of the groups and sat in the grandstands on the par 3 twelfth. Pic below. This was my favorite part of watching the action. The pin moved from where you see it to the front and there were a lot of close shots on the short hole.
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Good luck today Phil.
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Do you think it's the actual reason they are not getting the vaccine? It seems it's more of a way to try to defend their decision. Once there is confusion or lack of trust, it's hard to gain it back... quote: "This misunderstanding, born out of confusing statements from public-health authorities and misleading media headlines, is a shame" There's also a lot of very nuanced and confusing things happening now that make it challenging to keep the messaging consistent. Places with very high vaccination rates seeing a surge in cases (i.e. singapore or even Vermont). I get there are reasons and explanations, but it makes the messaging of just get the vaccine tougher.
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Cool video and thanks for the tip. We were thinking about walking straight down to grandstands near 3/6/7. Yeah I wouldn’t even bother trying for 1 or 18. Looks chilly but supposed to warm up some Friday.
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thanks! Did you walk around most of the time or was there a spot you liked hanging out to watch particularly?
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The thing is, there's not in my question back. The initial question makes more sense if it's about holed putts. I guess that was the intent since that's how you did the math on the answer. I don't think your answer takes into account strokes to hole out from longer distances, increased dispersion on those, three putts. But whatever, I'll move on since you keep saying it's simple.
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agree, but my question is....if there is not a hole, putt to a dot, does the gap between a good and bad putter increase (larger dispersion)....the initial question ( with my tweak of "no hole" 🙃.)
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so if the task is putt to this dot on the ground, no hole, then the average distance or dispersion from the dot increases more for the poor putter. I understand there's a hole, just confirming.
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larger distribution leads to more 3 putts on longer putts.
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Folks focusing too much on short putts and makes/misses IMO.
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Thanks for sharing. I’m going Friday so need to figure out a plan of attack on where to watch.
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What would happen to the bad putter? He makes a few more but maybe his bad misses that get knocked off line even further cause him to 3 putt a percentage of them? I know probably not from 5 feet, but if you apply the logic to all putts and not just 5 footers?
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Why are you only assuming that the bumps hurt the bad putter? I could rephrase your part in bold to say "Bad putters have more bad putts that get even better" Bumps hurt the good putter too. I probably am not explaining my thought process well, and good chance I'm totally wrong since I'm in the minority in the poll 😀. But if you use the shotgun approach, say the average proximity on all putts for the good player is 2 feet. And the average for the poor putter is 3 feet. Then the randomness kicks in acts as a multiplier, some putts get better and some putts get worse. When the multiplier is applied to the 2 proximities, the number increases more for the poor player. say the multiplier is 1.5, 3x1.5=4.5 (new proximity average) 2x1.5=3 (new proximity average) good player new versus old proximity...3-2=1 foot increase bad player new versus old proximity....4.5-3=1.5 foot increase The poor player's shotgun increases by a wider margin.
