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This happens all the time at my home course. We have a certain type of bird that eat the eggs and newborns of another type of bird. Sometimes they confuse golf balls with this eggs so they pick them up and fly away. Off course we are allowed to put another ball in play without penalty were we think the stolen ball was originally resting.

1- I'm not. If I have to be honest I've been around +1 and 3 handicap for the last decade. Currently at 0,7. But I changed a lot my swing in the last year witch make me enjoy more my ball striking and I have less pain in my back. 2- I'm working on a more consistent, pain free, neutral swing in hopes that in one year I can enjoy even more playing golf and also reduce a couple of strokes per round.

Yesterday I played a Mid-Am competition on the afternoon, I followed the first hours of the masters over the phone. I was paired with an ex PGA latinoamerica. The guy bombed his drive 50..60 yards past me on every hole (my average yesterday was around 275), he told me that his ball speed in trackman was 190 (Rory's is 185). He shoot 68 without to much of a trouble, he played a total different course than me, It was really fun to watch. When i finished I flew home to watch the last 4 holes and the play-off.. Roller-coaster of emotions, dramatic movie all around but with a happy ending. Amazing Sunday overall.

I take 2nd, is a confirmation that you can eventually win your major and also is good material for having a laugh about it in the distant future.

#1. I rather lower my score by 3 instead of making an eagle... but a hole in one is a hole in one and I'm still didn't make one.

#2, Golf would get really boring if you only play Par 3's. Par 5s let you have a lot more strategy and design to play with. Also.. as a short hitter I'm normally laying up on the 2nd shot.

Are there going to be episodes outside teaching and lessons or is it the heart of the podcast? Me personally, as a self-tough player, don't find this segments appealing to hear. I do love the idea of short episodes straight to the point.

Show the stats or give a convincing argument. Just because you said it is not enough argument. An even at that distance and with a disadvantage in dispersion I think that missing short/long is better than left/rigth. So? One.. he said this in a world were statistics weren't a thing yet and also he was talking about real golf, not and invented trhead where you need to decide if it's better to be straigth or really (insert here world that describe that you hit the ball exactly the distance you want) #1 Give me putting yips. My home course have 90% OB left.

Yeap, tried a couple times but always ended with back pain after a month so I abandoned that route and focused on improving my swing to be more efficient in order to gain speed. Yes, this is what I can't figure out. When I go after it with irons I can increase club speed (more ball speed), but with driver I cannot drive it faster than my normal on tournament speed. In fact, changed from 716 AP1 to Callaway APEX pro 2023. The new ones are slightly softer in loft and a little heavier in shaft.

Totally, but keeping the ball in line i will keep you a LOT more out of trouble. I agree! but still, in average greens are more depth than wide so what you are showing are less normal in golf courses. Take the time and you will see that even on your own home course you have a lot more greens that have more depth than width. So having less dispersion sideways is better than in depth just because of how greens are made in general. Also average greens generally have more danger sideways than directionally so makes it even more important to keep it straight. Perception of reality is on thing, numbers that backup your ideas is another.

In a normal 30x20 green, a left/rigth 15 yard miss is going to be missing the green, probably in the bunker. A short/long 15 yards miss is still going to be in the green. Scoring average is always going to be lower if you have 100% GIR. Unbeatable. I love this tool I created. Is an spreedsheets that calculate the scoring average of a dispersion in a certain green with the flag you want. I set both dispersions in order to score as low as they can in this Par 3 from 150 yards, in this case avoiding going into the water. Option 1: Scoring average: 2.96 GIR: 59% Option 2: Scoring average: 2.79 GIR: 97%

3 years ago I made a Driver fitting. Started with my on course speed and was almost 150 ball speed. I tested a lot of drivers and went after them with all I had reaching 160 ball speed. In the last 3 years I improved my swing and now my on course speed is around 158 but no matter how much I force the issue I still cannot hit the ball faster than 160. Not even when I hit the ball perfectly in the middle and gave it all I have, the numbers are never more than 160.. 161. Club speed also is stuck on the same number. On the other hand for every other club in the bag I also started hitting it farther with the new swing on course but I'm able to gain 6..7 miles of ball speed if I go after them. As an example, I'm around 121 ball speed with my 6 iron but I can muscle it to 128 without much trouble and also club speed jumps 4..5 miles. Any ideas?

No, you club down so the longer ball still hold the green and the shorter roll closer to the green.

In addition, the roll after the ball lands is going to be better in option #2. On option 1 the ball is travelling a couple degrees away from the target so after it lands is going to roll a couple more yards away from the target making the dispersion wider. This don't happen with option 2, the ball is travelling straight to the target so after it lands it will roll in the same direction. More importantly, in general, the landing areas around the greens slopes away from the hole so the balls that miss left or right of the green are going to bounce away from the hole even more. In case 2 the slope on the green and short is normally slopping against the flight of the ball so it not going to roll out away from the target, it's going to help stopping the ball.

I go with option #2. Since my average approach shot is around 130-150, both dispersions are almost equal but I think that in general missing the green short is better than missing left or right. Of course missing long is in general the worst but I can club down and always be on the green or short.

Rush or delay your own pace and you are probably going to suffer in the long run. PGA pro are well oiled machines that work on an specific pace, it's not surprise that if you move them out of their normal routine things are going to go sideways. I normally don't rush shots, but I sometimes delay the trigger if I'm not feeling it. The result is a lack of athleticism, I kind of get a little stiff and I could loose some yards and accuracy.

Argentina: I read about the 3 or 4 clubs challenge in several countries. Here in Argentina, once a year, on several clubs, "Torneo de Brujas" (The witches tournament) is played. It consist on the same concept, only 4 clubs are allowed but the difference is that only woman can play it. What amaze me is that the winning scores are almost the same as if they were playing with all 14 clubs. Seems like sorcery to me..

I agree with you both, the bigger you are it's going to be easier to lose weight. We are 70/80% water. So loosing water weight is a big part in dieting. You can loose a lot of weight during an intense workout the same way you can retain a lot of water after a big salty meal. Weight yourself naked every morning before doing anything an pick an average of the week and look at the trend of the month. If you are not going down in weight then add a couple more exercise to the week or reduce 500 calories for you daily diet. The key is patience, it took you years to pack a little extra weight. It's going to take you years to cut them off, that's way most people don't succeed. A magic pill / diet / routine is not going to make it happen a couple weeks before summer.

All of my life I been a feel player. I always swung with my arms and hands. Never been consistent but it lead me to a respectable index around 1. Since I started to have more rotation in my swing and feeling that I'm hitting the ball with my right shoulder I kind of get a little bit more consistent with my longer clubs. At least for me it always felt like hitting, I've never been able to feel that I'm swinging and the ball is getting in the way.

I try to hit the same shot over and over from Driver to P. Maybe changing a little bit the AoA in case I want a higher or lower angle of descent. Since I have 10 yards between each I just pick the club that is closer to the hole towards the middle of the green. With this clubs for me is more important to hit them straight than pin-high. From P to 60 (since I have 15 yards between each club) I grip a little bit stronger when I'm between clubs to get a little less loft at impact so I'm able to hit a couple more yards to fill the gaps. Yes, this will also generate a little more draw bias, but since it's wedges the extra draw is easy to manage. Shorter than a full 60° is all about feel for me with the 60°.

Is all about the balance between calories consumed / digested vs calories burned though the day. The best way to lose weight is to keep your mouth shut! eat less. Consume less calories than your body needs and you will loose weight eventually. Slowly but surely. Off course you can ad extra workout to your day to burn more calories but it's a lot easier to avoid eating that 2nd burger than going out to run an hour or more to burn it. I went from 75 kilos down to 63 in 1 year just because I wasn't able to eat without pain. In that year I didn't exercise at all in that period, I was feeling bad every day. It was all about not eating enough. 2 years later I regained all my weight, just because I started eating more because I was feeling better. Also in that period I started to hit the gym and play more golf. Burned a lot more calories but also eat a LOT more food. Fast and slow metabolism is a thing but is just an excuse to quit. If you have a slow metabolism and you want to lose weight is going to be harder for you to lose weight than a person that have fast metabolism, but is possible if you really commit to it. Bonus track... the bigger the muscles, the more calories they burn during the day even when they are resting. So lifting weight while dieting is better than dieting with cardio. What is real in a diet? The ideal number is to eat 500 calories less than you burn per day. In 2 week you will be 7000 calories down. That equals to 1 kilo or 2 pounds. So the idea is to loose 2 kilos / 4 pounds a months... it seams to little but over a year is a whopping 24 kilos / 48 pounds. Remember... if you commit to loose way Slowly but surely you will lose weight. Never believe when someone try's to sell you, that you can loose 20 pounds in one month. Is not possible or healthy. Another thing when you start to diet is don't get discouraged if after a week you stop going down in weight, even you start to go up. is normal, when you start to diet, you normally loose a couple pounds in water, yes that water is from water retention from your previous diet. Just keep on grinding and you will keep loosing weight eventually. Also worth pointing out, the body always tends to stay the same. If your weight is 100 and you start a diet, you body is going to notice that the calories intake is been dramatically reduced, so in order to keep you at 100 kilos is going to slow down your metabolism in order for you to burn less calories. Eventually this is not going to be enough and you will start to loose weight but your body is not going to make it easy on you.

I saw a couple videos on YouTube about this league. It seems it started a few days ago. thoughts?

I wouldn't buy but for free it would be a good opportunity to go with family or friends that are not into golf. Yes.. it is golf.. but louder! .. music, drinks with golf in the background cant be that bad.

Par is just a guideline, a reference for a hole or a course. At the end of the tournament the player that took less strokes to hole out is the winner, no matter how much it is against the Par of the course. 35 under par is not desirable? then change a few holes par.. make all reachable par 5's as par 4's. Every hole below 350 is a par 3.. This will make those 7200 courses play "harder" with a par of 66..67. (Ridiculous, let's just appreciate the amazing game this players have).

I totally agree with this but beginners are not good players that can adjust to almost every club setup. A ping certified fitter, ex pro that plays at my home course, told me that the idea of the fitting in this case is to give the player the clubs that are at least suited for his body type in general. (body, arms, hands, strength, speed, etc) so he can go an play or have lessons with clubs that are not perfect for him but close enough. From there is up to the player to come back for another fitting in the future in case he feels his current clubs are no longer suited for his new swing/mechanics. So.. I vote basic club fitting then lessons.