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  1. allenc
    Obviously the add algorithm know I’m interested in sand traps. From this very page: https://imgur.com/gallery/rfd84Gu
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    I find Cobra drivers come down in price faster than other brands. You only have to go one or two generations back to find one in excellent condition for around $100. Ping and Titleist come down the slowest. I’m using a Cobra driver right now and it’s just as good as anything else I’ve ever hit. If you’re shopping for used drivers, I’d put Cobra near the top.
  3. allenc
    Have you ever tried standing closer to the ball? You are much farther away than most. For me, standing closer promotes more fade and standing farther promotes more draw, so there is a chance that will help.
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    I agree wholeheartedly with the bold. There are not many tricks you can do to shoot a much lower score or break 100 or whatever. You just need to play better! But if you have a terrible weakness you might shoot lower by playing around it. Constant OB drives: use a shorter club. Blading chips: putt from off the green. Etc. (I know you said you're finished Rec Golfer, I'm just speaking to the thread while using your last post.)
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    Sorry not to comment more than this but I'm just chiming in to say that the title of your post makes me happy.
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    I mean, it is good advice to a specific player if he's said he can't hit his driver worth a damn. There are many 100 shooters who's driver is their best club, they just can't hit an iron without chunking or blading it. But for those who are about the same with all their clubs, the driver usually helps when you hit it well more than it hurts when you hit it bad.
  7. allenc
    6, 7, 8, 9, PW, 52, 58, putter, driver, 21* hybrid. That lowers my wedge count by one and takes out a lot of clubs I don’t usually hit the green with anyway.
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    Very few mid handicappers can do something “magic” with any of their clubs. But if they can take their lob wedge and do exactly the same move as they might do with their sand wedge, then the ball will go higher and shorter, which is what they want. Also a 58 and a 60 are pretty close to the same thing.
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    Excellent advice! That will give most people a great chance of breaking 100 and will be a lot more fun as well. Terrible advice! Someone who can already shoot 90 might still be able to break 100 this way, but not someone who can't break 100. They are going to sometimes hit their 130 yard club 50 yards. Even if they play well (for them) on a hole they might be on the green in 4 then 3 putt on a par 4. If they play the hole poorly it will be far worse. They'll never have a chance at a par. Those, and bogies, compensate for a lot of the big numbers. Distance just counts for so much. Again, this might be good advice for a 9 handicap to break 100 if his life depended on it, but not for a "breaking bad" player.
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    When you get them post pics and a video of you knocking down a flag with one of them.
  11. allenc
    That's exactly me too. My GF will also fall asleep with a book in her hands. I have to specifically bring by reading or TV show to a conclusion before I can go to sleep. I watch to actually watch something specific, not just to have it on. And I'll worry about it being on all night if I don't turn it off.
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    I'm not an expert at hitting it out of the sand or anything but I make a half decent hit a nice majority of the time. Sometimes pro style contact, sometimes a "chunk and run," sometimes a little thin to the back of the green. And I find hitting out of green side rough MUCH easier. Not even close on average. In my opinion you'd have to be a tour pro with a great bunker lie to think otherwise.
  13. allenc
    I understand being put off at having to pay to have an official handicap, but how on earth do you think your handicap can be tracked without telling anybody your scores?
  14. allenc
    DJ is a great putter. Tiger, on the other hand, is one of the worst putters I’ve ever seen.
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    You certainly don’t need it, but it would properly fill out your set.
  16. allenc
    You are wrong that 225 - 240 carry is all you can get with 105 MPH swing speed. I get that with 95 mph swing speed per Trackman and Flightscope. You need to get higher ball speed by making more solid contact, and get higher launch with less spin by hitting it on the upswing. Tee it high and forward in you stance. Powder your clubface to see where you are hitting it and make adjustments to hit it more squarely. Also, perhaps get a driver fitting if you haven’t done that.
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    And if he didn’t get the pop up top right at the end he was going to have to say that whole thing again on the next shoot!
  18. allenc
    Maybe that’s why he wears them. Of course my comment doesn’t mean I think it’s any less funny.
  19. allenc
    Me neither. And the courses we play may be just slightly easier. Isn’t this what he looks like after most shots?
  20. allenc
    I only know of him, don't know him personally. I understand he's not long off the tee and you don't need to be for his home course. He's might be nearly as good as the tour pros there but not at bombers' courses.
  21. allenc
    You’re really depressed that the best players in the world are better than you?
  22. allenc
    I voted 1 - 3 just because I read that Ian Poulter was somewhere around there when he turned pro. I realize that was because he stopped playing the types of competition rounds that qualified to change your handicap, but still, he officially wasn't even close to scratch. There is also a guy around here that often carries a handicap of around +7. He had tried some pro mini tour events when he was younger but just wasn't quite good enough. Of course he is a +7 now just because he plays the same course over and over that sets up well for him to get low differentials. What I'm saying is that your handicap doesn't indicate perfectly whether you're good enough to play professionally. You do however need to be one of the best 500 or so out of 50 million or so golfers to make a nice living at it. So the answer is, get a random group of 100,000 golfers and you've got to be able to beat every one of them.
  23. allenc
    Yeah. After hitting the shot they said he had nowhere to go but the bunker. I’d assume he averages no worse than that going back to where he hit his second. Why not?
  24. allenc
    I guess there was a path to the green from Tiger’s drop we couldn’t see. From the coverage it almost seems better to go back and hit the shot again. There would be at least some chance of hitting the green.
  25. allenc
    As a lefty female you are actually ok if you get fitted and have your clubs built and shipped from the manufacture. You may end up wanting a selection of woods and hybrids, maybe shorter and lighter shafts. However you and your fitter decide, you’ll be able to get what you want if you custom order.
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