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  1. didn't think it would happen this soon, but the boy beat his dad today. stuck a 5 iron to inside 2 feet on a par 5 (502 yards from the ladies tee's he was playing) to make birdie and shoot a 39. He's moving to the seniors tee's tomorrow!
  2. Fair question. Baseball, he's the best kid in our town, but he doesn't take it seriously, so it wouldn't go anywhere. Hockey, he's the first line RW on a top 5 nationally ranked team that has won multiple international tournaments. Hockey was his first love and been his obsession up until about a month ago. Golf and Hockey work together where we live.... Golf and baseball, not so much. Still, we're making it work so far. Right now with a condensed schedule, he's playing 4 baseball games a week and we get in 3-4 rounds a week plus practice time. In regards to lessons, I 100% agree. He's at a point where someone else needs to teach him, and I'm actively working on finding that person
  3. He is learning what his weakness is. He played a long par 4 beautifully today, but missed a 3 footer for birdie. Walking off, I heard him mutter "it really all comes down to putting it in the hole". I just explained to him that there's 2 guys from the club that made the quarter finals of the state amateur that would be happy o have a 3 footer for birdie on that hole, and he seemed happy. I like playing skins with him because he's learned he's never out of it. If it's lopsided I can "shank" a shot or two, and he'll get a couple carry-overs and he knows he's one hole away from taking the lead. Plus, the way our course sets up there's 3-4 holes a side where he has such a distance advantage he's usually going to win the hole. There's one hole where you will gain 50 yards of roll if you clear a bunker. he can reach it from his tee's, I can't from mine. Gotta find another reward besides taco bell though!
  4. Great idea. I can do that at home, too. He can learn to control the ball in the back yard
  5. Charter Oak CC, Hudson Mass. Robert Trent Jones Jr. Course I give it a 6. Course is almost always in truly fantastic shape. Lots of great, challenging holes, mixed with a few likely birdies if you're swinging it well. Some of the best Amateur's in the state typically come from this club. The only thing keeping me from giving it a 7 is the layout: it drives me crazy. The back is significantly harder than the front and I don't hit my driver until the 6th. The holes are fine, but they could have been numbered in a different order to give it a better mix. This is difficult to explain if you don't know the course, but if the 3rd hole was the 18th the course would be a lot better. On the other hand, if #1 was anything other than the first hole it would get birdied all the time.
  6. I have an odyssey (#8?) putter that's a direct knock off of the 8802. I got it when I lived down south, but I still use it when the greens get fast. I just find I have better touch with it on fast greens. fantastic feel and design. The beauty of golf is everyone plays their own game..... use what you want.
  7. My 10 year old played a couple of rounds last year and loved it, which gave me the ammo required to get a club membership past the wife. He's been playing with 10 year old Ping Moxie's, but I recently got him a junior F9 driver. Scores are dropping like a stone. I recently moved him from Women's (2700) to seniors (2950) tee's. He's an elite level hockey and baseball player, so hitting the ball hard has been natural for him. As the other kids tell him, "he hit's bombs". He recently won the club junior championship for the 10-11 age group with a 46 (9 holes), which was before his new driver (legit 35 yards further). He's now been bitten by the bug, and we're playing 4 times a week. He has recently learned the value of putting, but his short game is absolute garbage. if he doesn't hit his approach to 10 feet it's a guaranteed double bogey. Gotta find a way to get past this. He wants to play more tournaments. At what point do I say "then lets work on your short game!) When he plays with kids his age, he just overpowers them, but I'm sure there's plenty of kids that hit it longer than him, and either way, that won't last forever. On the other hand, He's my ticket to getting away with playing 4 days a week, and he's won enough pro-shop money to buy his own golf balls. By the way, is there anything better in life than playing a friendly but competitive match against your child? On friday's we play a skins match, and tonight on 18 he stuck his 3rd shot on a 465 yard par 5 to 3 feet to make birdie and take the match. That meant Taco Bell for dinner.
  8. I thought I'd update - I'm playing a ton, 3 times a week. mostly because.... - My 10 year old has been bitten by the bug. He wants to play every single day, and this past weekend he won his age group in the junior club championship, as the only 10 year old in the 10-11 age group. He birdied both par 5's in the 9 hole event. If we can get his emotions under control he'll be a legit player - pain free, not so much. Elbow's are killing me, icing after every round, wearing the straps. I'll let it heal this winter and figure out a plan for next year. it's holding me back a bit this year. - Handicap is down to 8.4 and dropping. Ball striking has been really good lately, just have to make some puts. When the puts drop, I get into the 70's where I want to be.
  9. I'll keep that in mind. Any interest in a swap for some AP3's? lol
  10. The International in Bolton, Mass closed this year. A real tragedy, was two outstanding tracks. The owners just grabbed the money from the deposits for functions (it was a big wedding venu) and locked the doors. Hopefully someone buys it, I know it's driving a lot of members to my club.
  11. So I bought a set of AP3's last year on sale, and I hate them. They're too big and too offset for me. I pulled the old 690 MB's out of the closet this weekend and struck the ball much better and felt more comfortable, but my game isn't what it once was, and I was wondering what kind of difference I'd see between them and a modern set of blades in regards to distance and forgiveness. I get that CB's or AP2/T100's might be a good compromise, but if I wanted blades, what are the more forgiving options? Anyone play the King forged combo? I'm a lefty, so my Mizuno options are limited (Never should have sold my MP 54's!)
  12. That’s a great point. In 1968, there were 4 rinks within 45 miles of my town in the Boston suburbs. Today there is 92, and many call them “the houses that Orr built”. As someone that moved here from the south, with no knowledge of hockey, it’s taken me quite a few years to get it.
  13. I think players like Karlson or Doughty are a pretty comparable style. They don't do what Orr did because they can't, not because they don't want to. Obviously the game has changed, but it's changed from when #99 changed too. In a way, that supports your argument as well, because I think Mario's game translate's better to today than Wayne's would.
  14. I have a handful: - Play twice a week. It's been years since I played golf regularly. After some great conversations with my wife (and her best friend's husband also wanting to) we just joined the local country club. Fantastic course, 7 minutes from home. I have no more excuses. - Get my HC to 8 or better. 5 years ago, the last time I was playing a lot, I was a 6. 8 is pretty realistic for me, as long as...... - Stay pain free. I have problems with Tennis elbow when I play a lot. I love the range, but I'm going to have to manage this if I want to reach my other goals. - Really teach my 10 year old son the game. He got into it last year, and can hack it around the course. Funny thing about hockey players, golf seems to come easy. This year, at a more prestigious club than the goat track we played last year, I want to focus on rules, etiquette, and respect for the game. He can work on his swing at golf camp!
  15. At the risk of being the new guy that gets everyone mad at him on his first day posting, if you're going to talk about potential without injuries, Bobby Orr replicating his numbers over a 20 year career at defense would be the most valuable player in the history of hockey
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