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birdman03

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  1. Yes, you do need a member login. I did it without specifying phone#, age, or gender.
  2. I have used SC300 for several years. It is reasonably good for gapping your club carry distances. You have to be careful about placing the unit behind the ball on level ground as specified in the manual. Also keep in mind that carry and total distances are calculated from algorithms. You will get best accuracy on your carries by hitting to targets at known distances on the range. Look closely at your Smash Factor numbers - those will tell you if your strikes are optimal. Should be around 1.35 for 7I and 1.48 for Driver. I also recommend using face tape or powder spray to check for center contact. You may not be getting maximum distance on your driver hits because you are not hitting in the center of the face and/or the club path through the ball is off. I recently upgraded to SC4 Pro. It does allow measurement of clubhead speed without hitting a ball. It also measures start direction, which can tell you something about your swing path. SC300 does not do either of those things.
  3. In response to the first question, yes - I have reduced my average score in 9-hole league rounds by about 3 strokes. As the attached plot chart shows, my high scores decreased and my low scores also deceased. So I am scoring in an overall lower range. For the second question, I expect to make some improvement next year based on the results I am seeing in my recent practice rounds. However, I have noticed that "plateaus" in scoring (and many stats) can persist for long time periods and can be permanent. With advancing age and decreasing swing speed I may be mostly just working to maintain my current skill level. I do expect a more consistent range of scoring as the result of frequent practice and overall playing experience.
  4. A 5400 yd course is not that short for gents driving it 160 yards considering the approach shot lengths they are going to be faced with on Par 4s. Also, for the course you are referring to I estimate the Par 4s have to average longer than 260 yds, because the Par 5s are 800 yds or so, and if there are four Par 3s averaging 130 the total is 1320 yds. This leaves 4080 yds remaining for 12 Par 4s. That is an average of 340 per hole. Anyway, if there are super seniors driving it only 160ish and breaking 80 consistently, they must be elite/exceptional in other aspects of their games. I play a lot of golf with 65-75 yr old seniors on a 5400 yd course. They all drive it 180-200 or so, but many are slicers and poor iron players. None can break 80. I am 66 and drive it 200 yds. My average score is 76. On that course my average approach shot on Par 4s is 125 yds. The ten Par 4s average 313 yds. By that comparison the 160 yd driver of the ball would have 165 left when attempting GIR on those holes.
  5. I like writing down my approach shot distance to the flag after a safe, in play drive off the tee. I then subtract those distances from the hole length to determine the drive distance. This gives me a meaningful average that doesn't include severe mishits or drives into the trees. It has the added benefit of showing my average approach shot distance into Par 4's, which is my main criteria for tee box selection. This also reveals how many times I had an open GIR attempt as opposed to a punch out or layup. To me just counting total GIR doesn't tell the whole story.
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  7. It usually make sense to join other golfers when play is backed up and I am moving faster than the people in front of me. I do this often and have noticed that "respectable handicap" often correlates with these characteristics of desirable playing partners: They are aware of the pace of play and whether or not they are holding you up or are falling behind the group ahead. They are playing off the tees that are appropriate for their skill level (this is a big one!) I am usually shooting high 70s from senior tees (5600-6000 yds). With beginners the contrast becomes obvious and they often move up to join me. The wild drivers never do. I often wondered if those guys could play senior tees and use their length shoot low 70s? Probably not. They understand ready golf and position themselves and their carts effectively (no driving back and forth in front of green and across fairway, etc). They abandon ball search after reasonable time and pick up after proceeding further with a blowup hole would be senseless (I suggest hole HC +2) If I end up with players that are generally clueless about these things I move on or skip ahead at the earliest opportunity.
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