mrmiller8

Sorry guys I have been away from the forum for a little while....but whats all this "Evolvr" talk?

I want some pants straight out of Tin Cup. Like the ones Kevin costner wore on the final day of the US Open. They were definately a Parachute-esk.

Same here. You can play golf the rest of your life but organized baseball you can't.

The first time I ever listened to music on the golf course I shot a 79....I am a decent player but the music helped me keep my tempo and kept my mind off golf.....yeah Im a headcase..... I now have a small speaker that I plug into my iphone and I pop on the pandora app and start off on my round. It works great for me.

Ok, I have read every post on here and so far refused to post, but I do have a few points. Let me give you my background as well I currently work in the Golf Industry (and no I do not work at Dicks sporting goods or golf galaxy as "pro") I am currently registered in the PGA program to become a teaching professional. With that said here are my thoughts. 1. Cargo Shorts- could care less.....Golf is a business and if "johnny" wants to wear cargo shorts when he plays and has the 60 bucks to pay the fee...I could care less. Khaki's are khaki's unless they are mesh shorts.... 2. There is a reason that people in this world don't get along. Typical country club member likes the drinks and special treatment he gets from the cart staff and wants everyone to know how much money he makes and doesn't care about anyone else but himself and his few buddys that play in their weekly game. My opinion: Not generally a guy who I give two Sh*ts about. Now I have worked at both types of courses private and public and there are exceptions in all situations. I had members at some of the private clubs who I absolutely loved and would do anything in the world for and others who I wanted to piss on because of their lack of respect and thinking they owned the world. As for the course, our course was very very nice and it wasnt becuase the members took care of it, it was because we had the funds to care of it because our initioniation fees were outrageous. 3. Public courses (which i prefer the people at) are the places where golf was meant to be played. A lot of great players don't need fancy memberships. Just some clubs and course. There are great players at crappy courses and there is a lot of players that can't play for their lives and pay thousands and thousands of dollars for a nice club and pay the club pro for lessons....I love guys like that. The best golfers are never at the best clubs...unless they are touring pros. Great players come from all types of clubs and yes contrary to popular belief people who play public courses do know the rules of golf. 4. For you CC members out there, enjoy your fancy club with no public play now because you will not have in the next two years. You will either be closed, considered a "semi-private" with public play, or asked to pay to "development fee" in order to keep your club afloat in this economy, or closed.....

I concur with the fringe method of practicing. Another method that some pros use is looking at the hole while putting. Tried this a few times and it seems to help with the speed and more importantly the feel of your stroke. This allows you focus on both and many times you will be too strong. But line up the ball in the center of the clubface and stare at the hole and take your stroke this will help your feel over time.

I don't think that there is many players out there who couldn't work on this. Avoiding the blow up whole becuase your dumba$$ is what kills my rounds. I try to play low percentage shots and it ends up screwing me. This is definately a learned trait and its something that everyone could use some work with.

I think the things that you do very well are keeping that right elbow close to the body and the transition at the top coming into the downswing is very good concerning the pace. It looks like you have a very good smooth and controlled swing. The one thing I would try change that was mentioned above was lower body. Looks like there is a lot movement in the left leg especially making a very big hip turn on the backswing. Try to keep those hips a little quieter (you prolly hook a quite few from the looks) and worry more about the shoulder turn. but other than that it looked very good.

Wow I hope those girls are of age.....And i hope like hell thats not a high school gym class.......

I agree that someone is not an overly strong person is not going to be able to bomb it 290 yards just by changing their swing. But what I am saying is that a 15-20 yard gain in distance could be a result in a swing mechanic that generates a little more clubhead speed. (or a setup that allows a player to do something different with the body such as clearing the hips earlier and not blocking and this allows him to acheive his maximum clubhead speed at impact, just as an example) Regardless any change in the setup/swing/club/shaft could help an individual achieve a great clubhead speed but none of these changes are going to allow a guy to gain 40 yards in the blink of an eye.

Yup thats why I mark my Srixon ad 333 with a three leaf clover on the right of the logo. 1. not that many people play srixon ad 33's and 2. even less mark it with a three leaf clover. I think im safe here in proving my ball.

I have an ok short game and really dont practice all the much. I am able to consistently shoot in the low 80s and high 70s with this but when i do practice I think its important to try all different kinds of shots. When I am at my club we have a chipping green with a high side, a low side, a fairway(fringe) side, and a bunker. I generally grab two or three bags of balls and scatter them all around the green (except in the bunker, but i will throw some behind the bunker and play some flops) I also have the green to myself most of the time so it makes it easy. I practice chips from the rough both medium and long, chips and flops from tight lies and never try to hit the same shot twice (becuase we never do in golf anyway) Doesn't mean i wont stay in the same vicinity and hit 8-10 balls but then i will move. Just an idea of how get creative and work on hitting all types of different shots...

Lets not forget that the golf swing is mechanical method that has been studied for years and years. And changing on little thing in a swing path can "kind of" increase club speed. What most ametuers do and this results in a slower clubhead speed at impact (which is the key word in all of this) is come hard from the top (creating the highest club head spread at the beginning of downswing). A smoother controlled swing generally results in the the club head speed topping out at the impact point (which is ideal for more distance). So techincally CPT is right, one change isnt probably going to change your clubhead speed but its where your clubhead reaches its highest speed is what's important.

I would say I hit about 3-6 downright crappy shots a round.....Not that all of those other shots are good but they are managable. Those 3-6 shots are ones that i know im completely capable of doing fairly well but I just F*ck em up so bad! Nothing more makes me angry in a good round. I think its just a lock of concentration when your playing well and you think its an easy shot and then POOF there goes my score in the 70's. What can I say its golf.

It is true that weather makes it tough but when you combine courses running low on funds they are less likely spray as many times as they normally would with a decreasing budget. Not saying that the economy is the only reason why courses are struggling to keep up with the weather, but it is definitely another to factor to our playgrounds not being in good enough shape.

The Iswing is a good app for a break down of your swing you can see key points in your swing (takes 20 photos or something, like snapshots of your swing). If you dont know what you are looking for then it doesn't really matter.

I think the point we are missing here is the economy. Clubs all over the country have significantly less of a budget than in the past and most of the time the problem with the greens could be fixed with a little money (spray, more water, Etc). The last thing the club pro is gonna tell a member is that their budget is much less and they dont have the money to upkeep their greens. Money is the issue here not weather. Its not like this is the strangest weather we have had since the 1800's. Its an upkeep and budget issue (most of the time).

That sucks. I would be pissed if that happened to me. Prolly feel like a lost puppy dog when it came down to it because I wouldn't be able to play and I play like three times a week so. Good luck on finding them or getting your insurance to cover them.

Just chip ins for me.

Stick that dumba$$ move in the back of your mind and learn from it. The chances of actually hitting someone on a golf course aren't that great but the chance of seriously hurting someone when you hit them are pretty good. Also you might be the best 22 cap in the world off the tee.

The sets of tees really don't matter that much they are all reflected in the handicap anyway. I love to play different sets of tees for a couple of reasons especially the shorter ones, but I play the tips a lot as well. One being that its freaking fun! Two I play the same courses a lot and like a change of pace and new dimension to each hole. The other time I would do it is when your playing with someone not as skilled as you are and makes you play a different game. A low handicapper can always go down on the teeboxes but a high handicapper cannot always go higher on the teeboxes and nor should he becuase he will slow play and probably not have a very good time.

Play in Jacksonville, FL all the time during the dead of the day. Its the cheapest and I can play the fastest then. My tricks are never drink beer during this time. The other is Icetowels.... they work wonders and having the right equipment helps a ton on only wear dri-fit shorts and shirts and then ring out the ice towel on myself. It lowers the body's core temperature and when you catch some breeze it will cool you off a lot better than hot sweat. Also about 80% of the golf shirts I own are dri-fit white so this helps with the sun. I typically tee off on the weekends around 12-2 and then about 4-5 on weeknights....

Its all relative in what your goal in the game is. If you are just a guy that is playing a couple times a month to drink some beer and get away from life then anywhere from 12-24 would be fine. If you are a guy who who plays a couple times a week becuase you just simply have a passion for the game or you have the time....you should be at least a 12-5....And if you plan on playing in some ametuer tournaments and being a serious golfer you should be a 5 or less...

I thought golf was meant to coincide with beer....?

I pretty much always play with guys who are a higher handicaps than me and I also never consider myself playing against them either. High handicappers go out to enjoy the game and the time away from their real lives...thats what golf was created for....