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Committing to one brand of ball this year - Snell MTB Prime X, the 5 doz. pack. Like how they perform for me. At $18/doz., can live with cover scuffing. Iron regripping with GolfPrice MCC+4 Teams std. in red/navy. May be retiring Odyssey Dual Force after 30 yrs. Seems like I can't get it to the hole anymore. Kind of light and has lots of toe hang. My reg. group's hounding finally wore me down. From Callaway preowned - trying out the Odyssey Tri-Hot 5K in double wide (less toe hang) and triple wide (face balanced). Both also noticeably heavier...we shall see.

My wife & I (age 62/58) go on golf trips with 4-6 other couples, most who are around or 70+. The men don't want to play anything longer than 6000-6100, so if not marked, we will make up our own combo tees to keep in their comfort zone. It works great. The thing that is an issue though...there are forward tees for senior men, why aren't there any for senior women? Not enough of them to warrant the expense of tee markers? My wife (58) has a significant advantage over the older ladies so they really can't play any side games. Even par 3 proximity is out for 120+ yard holes. To avoid embarrassing her friends, she will sometimes play men's senior tees. Every guy prays she will be their blind draw partner $$$

Reason considering taking no balls is to make room for the rock/desert club. Driver draw has been maturing into a full-blown hook, so I'll miss a fairway or 2. 🤯. Or can you get/rent a rock club at the courses or golf shops?

Friend has set up a couples trip to Phoenix/Scottsdale mid March , my 1st time in AZ. Playing Longbow, Desert Canyon, Wickenburg Ranch, Gold Canyon Dinosaur, and Sunridge Canyon. Wife and I are leaving 2 days early, staying in Flagstaff to be close to the GrCanyon and Sedona, then Sedona again for a no-golf-day mid week with the group, then staying an extra day for Taliesin and areas east. Hoping to do some day hiking/sightseeing. Anything off-the-beaten-tourist-path that is a must-see? Also, considering taking NO balls to save travel weight and buying once there. Is that nuts?

That's the problem...my "feel" isn't repeatable. With same "feel", sometimes I feel jammed up on swing, other times I feel like I'm reaching. +/-1/2" strike on face is a big difference. Way back when I first started playing, I would lay the butt of grip on my thigh to kind of get an idea where I was. Looking for for something more mechanical like that.

Was viewing "Posture is Almost the Same for All Clubs" Instructional Droplet by @iacas. Setup for irons understandable, vert. arm drop, grip club and clubhead tells you where to be. I'm having a hard time with getting a consistent setup distance from ball with driver. Sometimes feel jammed up on swing, other times feel reaching. Droplet says "The only thing that really changes much is the angle at which your arms hang - a bit farther out for driver." What is a bit farther? I'm looking for a check/routine to get me a repeatable setup distance. What do you all do?

Skins game yesterday. Hit every range shot well, encouraging! Then proceeded to play a below average, bordering on poor round. Hole 13, par 5 - drive pulled short and left. Finally hit a good fairway wood (no usual draw) thru elevated fairway and over hill, leaving a blind approach from 152yds. Playing partners lined me up and I flushed a 7, just happy I finally hit a solid shot. Back up to fairway and see it ended up 3 ft. from pin. Rolled in putt for birdie. The best part...the birdie held up...for 11 Skin$500+! Whoo-Hoo! And yes, I ran a beer tab.

To me, seems about 3-4 yrs. ago when BT speakers got hot. Really pissed me off at first, but have become accustomed to it, IF the volume is reasonable. Funny how I can tune out music and even partners talking when preparing to make a drive/shot/putt, but can't tune out a whisper. Drives me nuts...they must be talking about me...right?

The more I research these Big Cup things, looks like they try to put the cup in the most extreme place on the green...true? Then below the cup, off the green even?

Playing in my first big (8") cup tourney this weekend. Scramble format from the tips. My team has no illusions of winning (these things tend to attract loaded teams, at least at this course), but offers decent prizes for finishing in the top 75%. Looking for any tips/thoughts about putting in particular. My downfall is leaving well read putts short, been working on that, so firmer than usual seems obvious, but how much? Firm enough to hit back of std. cup or firm enough to roll over back edge?

Happened just last night. On a dogleg right, have to get past trees on inside corner at 210 to have clear shot in, but you can drive through the fairway, especially since conditions have been dry and hard. Or you can take a chance on cutting corner but getting caught in clumps of ornamental grasses. Having a particularly unimpressive night, so had nothing to lose by cutting the corner. Hit best drive of the night, snuck through the grasses, ending up 30 yds. from front of green. It is a frontish pin on a green sloped severely back to front, with a plateau on back quarter, bunker in front. Hit a little G wedge pitch past the pin, up the slope, spent 5 seconds or more sniffing the edge of the plateau, then trickled back down slope to a foot below the pin. Tap in birdie...and that's what keeps you coming back.

I'm assuming you bought the 714s used? Have you checked shaft length and lie compared to your Pings?

For anyone who has put off updating your equipment... Have been playing fitted Titleist DCI 762s since 2003. Have been thinking of getting new irons for 5+ years now, but kept putting off because felt my swing "wasn't consistent enough". Finally decided to pull the trigger in June and got fitted for a new set - ended up with Mizuno 919 Forged. My game all of a sudden jumped a level in the enjoyment category. My misses tend to creep to the toe and were a club short and right (I'm a righty) so I would be pitching. Now my misses are still short and right, but I'm nGIR - on-fringe puttable or just-off chip and run. Scoring a birdie or 2 a round now, something I haven't managed in a long time. My scoring hasn't improved, but that's due to a balky driver at the moment. Can't wait for see what happens when it behaves. So I'm attributing this to my misses being much less penal with the new clubs, and as a testament to LSW doctrine of nGIR importance. So, my advice, don't wait another minute, put those dinosaurs in the basement and get fitted for new stuff. Its always fun to get something new and your game will be a lot more enjoyable!

Shot a 3 under 32 on a par 35 Front...then backed it up with a 41. Only time I've ever broken par on a nine. I'm definitely one who has trouble stringing 2 good nines together on same day!

New member here. Have been re-reading my LSW and finally decided to join TST. Break 90 semi-regularly, working towards breaking 80. How do I get the awards added to my signature?