ejimsmith

Do others have the same issue I seem to have. Today when I was at Dick's, I decided to try a driver in the simulator stall. It felt really odd, like I was hitting a ball inside my house. I kept holding back, getting tense, and after I shanked a shot directly into the launch monitor I decided it was best to not continue. Years ago I hit in one when I was buying a driver. But thinking back on it, that was a much larger stall. I think the issue is the distance from me to the drop cloth that stops the ball. The one I was able to hit at years ago felt like 10+ feet to the drop cloth, whereas this felt like it was half that. Anyway, I can't hit in a stall. Bummer too cause I kinda wanted to see all the stats from my shots. Now... before my driver experience I did hit a 6I and 4I with little problems. However my shots were coming up about 15% shorter than than they do when I play. I'm not sure if I'm holding back in the stall, or if the clubs I was trying (Mizuno MP-25s with stiff steel shafts - I play regular graphite Taylormade R9s). If I felt more comfortable in the stall, then I can better use it to evaluate my swing. As it is now, then thing scares me....

I wasn't able to watch the TV broadcast. Do they replay it? Or can I find it online? Thanks! Never mind, the entire 5+ hour broadcast is on masters.com. Sweet!!

Actually, I'm ok with what you did - I don't see your response as rude. I love to see maniac's freak out too.

I see far too many cigarette butts on greens. I find that sooooo disrespectful! I've seen guys just flick their butts into bushes too. I have a thing about that. Seeing people throw butts out of their cars grinds my gears too.

Yeah, that's the case for most LA muni's on the weekend. Not quite 6 hours, but close. Like others said, Rancho is the worst. In Long Beach, Skylinks is the best I think, followed by Rec Park and El Dorado. Lakewood is always bad though, you can likely have a 6 hour round there on the weekend. I try to avoid muni golf on the weekends. Better to take the drive and pay a little more for someplace else. Skylinks will put out 5-somes before first light - I haven't played that early there in a while, but they use to give you balls that lit up when you hit them, and would have spot lights on the 1st tee box, and put you out in the pitch dark of the dawn. Wow, after typing all that out, I realize how much I hate muni golf on the weekends!

Yeah, I was impressed too. I may now buy a rifle scope from them too (those are lifetime warranty).

Got the offer, 60% off MSRP (+tax) for a new one. I'm going to get a gx-3i3 now. 🙂

UPDATE: No go, two year warranty. Lifetime is for their non-electronic scopes (like their rifle scopes). Probably just going to buy a Bushnell. The Tour 4 seems like a good price at $274 on amazon.

Ok, resureecting this thread - please ignore the silly argument. I'm having the same problem with my Leupold gx-4, my display shows just the crosshairs and the last digit of the yardage. At one point it showed only half of the battery life indicator, and seemed to slowly fade out more, starting from the bottom left of the viewfinder. I replaced the battery, but it did nothing. I may get a different battery (I was using a Duracell lithium cr2 before). But I'm concerned its the device itself. Any thoughts?

I asked for clarification. Do you have anything better to do than rip on strangers online?

What I want to know is can I repair it? As in fold the divot back into its hole? I have a feeling that the answer is no... :(

If the divot is folded over, can I repair it before I take my swing?

I will throw away my score card, which allows me to stop focusing. Then I'm in a mode where I play each shot as it is. I've played enough good and bad golf that I'm able to keep a "so-be-it" attitude. There was a time I'd be embarrassed in front of the strangers I'm playing with (and that I'll never see again). Throwing away the scorecard seems to allow me to not care about appearances nor score and just hit the ball around. If I get lucky and manage a birdie, or scramble for a nice par, then I take that away as a positive.

I'd never play in low 50's or under. And if its mid-50's, it better be first light where I can pull my jacket off before the 6th or 7th hole.

Agreed. Golf is a gentleman's sport. And a gentleman never accuses another of not being a gentleman. I'd prefer to not play with either the gentleman OP or his gentleman range buddy.

He can play golf, so no, he's not an actor. But producers of reality shows are the real stars because they are the ones that find these insane types of people, and fit them well into a show where there'll be plenty of drama. Plus the people that want to be on these shows may ham it up as well, for the opportunity to be on tv (and of course possibly win). Anthony said something in the last show.. when heading for elimination he remarked that if he loses, "everyone will have a right to hate me". So he's self-aware enough to know some of what he's doing. I'm unsure if he really knows he's a d-bag and instead is playing up to being the 'bad guy', or if he's truly a d-bag and believes this is how the gentlemen's (and lady's) game of golf is supposed to be played. He's entertaining, but I'm ready to see him get kicked off the show.

This doesn't bother me. The ball fell in, and it all seemed reasonable to me. I follow the rules, but I'm not a Nazi about it.

You've all made good points, thank you. In short, those that say I need more experience in these pressure situations are right. Some of my best shots come when I'm not "caring". While that's fine for most of the time I play, I do like improving my game, and the next step appears to be working on my "head" game.

I've always had problems with anything on the line. I've even played well for a few holes, then get into a skins game for the rest of the round, and immediately have the wheels fall off my game. This has all crept up into my head that I'm almost always done before the start. Last week, I even went to the range every lunch and after work to prep. Then, Saturday morning, my arm doesn't feel right -- either I was sore from too much range time or I was already in my head playing games with myself. And it was over after that. My best rounds seem to be a new courses with people I've never played with. People that don't know how I should be able to play, so no pressure to perform. I'd like to be able to play competitively. I may just need to force myself to get into those situations more to get used to them. Its hard though, as nothing makes you want to completely quit the game then getting an 11.

You just met me at the first tee. We have a good round. I maybe broke 80, with 3 birdies, maybe a lucky eagle. Pretty impressive. If not, some where around 83 with a bunch of good shots, just one or two trouble holes. I played well, we tell bulls**t stories at the 19th. Next week we are in the same group for the latest monthly tournament. I hit 120. You ask if I have a twin brother that's a single digit handicap. You drop your head and pat my back when I tell you that no, I'm the same guy. That round of 78 I hit, a week ago Monday. The 120 was last Saturday. Governor's Cup qualifier. I guess I'm just not cut out for tournament golf.

I too ini you're really stretching your argument here. find me someone that doesn't know what par means? you won't find them. i'll even let you include people that have never seen golf before, and bet they know what par means. and if, somehow, you find an alien that crash landed on earth, has never seen a human before, that we can agree doesn't know what par means, would take about 30 seconds to figure it out and never need to know again. extra and redundant information doesn't help, it hurts. if they have a graphic that says '2nd shot', and also have a 2 with a circle around it, that must mean something different because why would they need to tell me the same thing twice? i'd rather see more of the golf then have the top-right corner of my tv overloaded with redundant information.

Is Dean Greene an 8 year old? Or does he simply have a very poor command of the English language?

I too was wondering what they would've done had Sadena or another girl had taken the money. And I also think she's playing too safe. The other girls are obviously intimidated by her. At least she's staying humble and focused. Some of the dudes in previous big break seasons have egos way too big for their shoes.

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