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Got out and played 9 at a new course for me. I didn't play particularly well but overall I'm happy with how I played this whole though. I've kinda been spraying driver so I pulled my second higher lofted driver and just tried to guide one. Ended up in the right rough, ball well above my feet and no line for a safe punch out. I had to go over the water. I checked my app and planned my shot. Pulled my 5 wood and put a cut swing on it, I watched the ball fly straight and hoped it would carry. Not only did it carry but it ended up in a good spot too. Then hitting a nice approach wedge and 2 putting for a par was just icing on the cake.

I've had a couple of good shots since the last time I posted, 1 a 90 yard approach that I manufactured with my gap wedge that I knocked to about 18 inches, 1 a ~140 yard 8 iron that I got to about 3 feet (pictured), but this week my best shot was a 60 yard pitch. It wasn't anything special but I did hit it out of a divot, so that's what I'm more proud of. Plus, i didn't really have any memorable shots this week.

So this was actually from last week, but I've been busy and I'm definitely not going to be making it out this week. I hit my drive on 18 into a fairway bunker, and those are tough for me. My home course only has greenside ones, so I just don't have much experience with them. Anyways I get to the ball, check the yardage, and pull my 7 iron, and think to myself, "you're trying to pick the ball off the top, not splash it out." I swing away and make good contact. First thought was just "yay, I did it," then I watch the ball's flight and I watch as it lands on the green and stops on the back right of the green about 15 feet from the hole. I then hit a really nice putt that stopped a couple inches from the hole on the high side.

Actually my best shot of the week was a putt. A putt that I didn't even make. I haven't been playing terribly lately but haven't made any great shots. This hole is one I don't usually play well, I pushed my drive to the right, but less right than usual, and hit a good approach shot and I'm on the green. Problem is the approach was a little longer than I would have liked and I'm just at the top of a hill with the flag on a lower tier. As I'm approaching the green I'm seeing the hill and planning my putt. It looks like one of those where you take a line that's almost 90° perpendicular to the hole and let the slope take it. I get to the green and it actually looks flatter than it did as I approached it. I think maybe I don't have to take the line I originally planned. I quickly banish that thought, and line up like I planned on the approach. I hit the putt on my intended line and watch the slope take it. The ball travels towards the hole and stops 6 inches from the hole. I sink the par putt. Wow, I basically have written a novel about this putt lol. I think it's because it was a very difficult putt, but I had made a plan and stuck to it, and the plan had good results. The fact that I parred a hole I usually struggle on helps too.

I voted yes unless they're willing to pay, but I would say it depends on time they booked it too. Early morning weekend tee time it's a completely selfish jerk move. Mid afternoon on a Wednesday, just pay the course.

Yes, par 3. I was so excited to talk about the shot.

Another 2 stick out to me. First one, I hit my drive into the trees, only play is to chip out. I approach the shot get my yardage, and it's actually a distance I'm pretty comfortable with. So I pull my 56° and hit a nice shot, lands right where I wanted and rolls out. The contours of the green take it right by the flag and it stops at about 4 feet, knock the par in and I've just one putted the toughest green on.the course. Second shot, which is really the best, was my tee shot on 8, a par 4 that's around 150 from the tees I'm playing. It's a bit of a sucker pin but it's not terrible. I address the ball, aiming for the center of the green, if it's straight good, fades awesome, hooks I have plenty of green to work with. As I'm standing over the ball I weaken my left hand grip just a touch, then swing. As I'm watching the ball fly it actually fades a touch and is right online with the flag. It lands a few feet short of the flag and hops forward and left. I'm pin high less than 3 feet, it was almost within the leather. Sank the birdie putt.

I would love to take lessons, but there are a few mitigating factors. The biggest are practice time and budget. Even if I did make practicing more of a priority, then budget becomes an even bigger issue. Yeah, I go out a couple times a week to get takeout, but that is basically the only social life a family member has unless he goes with me on an outing with a friend. The amount of money I spend on said takeout for a month would maybe cover one lesson. I will say lessons are great for ingraining fundamentals and would probably help beginners get around the course faster. I will say, I could probably make some different choices and save up some money for a tune up lesson too.

Taking part in an ACS fundraiser to hit 310 golf balls in July. I've gotten out 4 times and I've shot 42, 40, 48, 46. The 48 was a round where everything was just a little off, short game in particular, and just snowballed. Shot 46 today where the driver was good, but my short game touch is just awful right now. The greens are a little baked out, and even decent chips aren't stopping. I need to practice and adjust.

I had a lot of good shots today but two in particular stand out. First one is hole 6 at my home course, a 200 yard par 3 but downhill generally plays 185. I pull my tee shot left, but it gets knocked down by some trees and luckily still on hole 6. I walk up to the chip, gage the distance and pull my pitching wedge. I knock the chip to about 3 feet and tap it in for par. The next shot is on hole 7 a par 5, I pushed my tee shot to the right and I'm on the 5th hole. Luckily/unfortunately it's a position I'm pretty familiar with. I'm roughly 180 out going after an elevated and small green with a false front. I see that I have a shot at the green but it's over some trees and shrubbery. I have enough room in front of me to clear it and I already decided before the round that this was one I wasn't going to keep score so I decided to go for it. I pull my 4 hybrid out, setup, and swing. I make good contact and watch the ball soar over the trees in the direction of the green. I try to look through a gap in the trees to see it land, but no dice. I walk towards the green and see that I'm pin high on the right fringe. I then proceeded to putt it and the read was good, it hits the flag and rolls out to a few feet. What followed was one of my worst shots of the round, leaving the birdie putt an inch short. When I decided to not keep score it was looking like a really good decision for my mental health, I absolutely butchered the first 2 holes. However I went on a hot streak after that. I had a "birdie" (played 2 balls), 4 straight pars, then a bogey, and finished with a par. I played so poorly on the first 2 holes that I can't remember what I would've scored.

My home course hasn't seemed to raise rates but there are some things they've done to offset inflation. One thing has been eliminating twilight rates. They did have a special last year of $9 before 9, $9 before 9am, may have come with cart. I know of another course that I really like that had a small rate increase, but they also are trying to update the clubhouse.

Been playing at least once a week for awhile now but haven't really been scoring. Mostly not great, one part of the game works but something else is off. I've usually been scoring around 46 on a par 34. Today however was a round of good and bad, and when it went bad, it was really, really bad. I shot a 47 with 4 triples. However the day before I played terribly, probably was in the 50's and I also got my first birdie of the year. It kind of feels like I'm back on the upswing a little bit after a down period. I'm making some good shots, but making some terrible ones too. I should probably get a lesson, get some kinks worked out.

Clic gear has the best reputation for sturdiness and has a lot of add-ons. One thing to think of is the storage space and how big your trunk is. I went from a 2 wheel pull cart that fit easily with my clubs in the trunk, to a 3 wheel one that took up too much space for my liking. I now have an Amazon brand of the big max blade ip. I like that it fits behind my seat in the car and I could probably put it in the trunk if I absolutely need to. I am sacrificing the ability for add-ons aside from an umbrella.

Got my second round of the year in, I'm hoping to get out again this week but a) who knows and b) this was a heck of a shot for me. First hole I hook a drive left, I have an opening between some trees but I still need to put a fade on it to hit the green. I weaken my grip slightly, slightly open my stance, and swing. I actually caught it a little thin, but the ball starts on my intended line, and starts to fade. I was hoping for more center of the green but it turns into a hole hunter and I'm left with a very makeable birdie putt of probably less than 10 feet. I miss the putt, but tap in for par. Considering my skill level and that I generally don't try to shape shots, I was very happy with what I pulled off.

I honestly have no clue how many balls I use/lose over a season. My home course has a couple holes that can eat up balls, but you can also spend a couple minutes and come out with a half dozen in good shape. I would say I lose 1 ball per round, but often come out ahead on the day.

I have enough clubs to give someone a full set and still have a backup bag and some spares. The joys of being a club enthusiast. My backup set is my previous clubs that have been replaced over the past few years. I've spent too much money on my primary set and don't really have a good reason to replicate it. Perhaps in the future I'll buy duplicates of certain clubs for a practice bag, but that's all I can really think of.

The picture of the similar hole @boogielicious posted is a good example of good hole design, in my opinion. The tee box direction combined with the shape of the fairway, it seems to invite people to hit away from the house line. They also have a little bit of a buffer area built in for people taking the reasonably aggressive line. The hole in question with the lawsuit, I don't really see a landing area from the tee and the overhead view shows a wide landing area but it seems like you'd be going over the trees with a fade, or trying to hug the tree line with a draw. If you take the fade route you risk a pull or possibly a double cross of a hook that could bring the house into play. The draw route can bring the house into play too. It's also terrible design on someone's part to have a house roughly 75 yards from the center of the fairway at a yardage that most people that are hitting that yardage could easily have a dispersion circle that wide especially on a mis-hit.

I am a believer in golf instruction, but I'm not the best student. I much prefer to play rather than practice, and when the off season comes I get pretty busy and don't take the time to practice. I've had instructions from 2 different people and I've liked both, but I had my back issues start up when I just started with one. I find people like the gentleman in the op exasperating. I don't care if you don't want to bother with golf instruction, but I also don't want to listen to your rant. Read the room, so to speak.

went out for quite possibly my last round of the season, played my favorite course, but didn't play particularly well 47 on a par 34. The best shot I can remember was on a hole that I generally have trouble on the tee. It's a hole that really shouldn't give me problems, a big green that is slightly downhill with a singular bunker. The green itself is elevated, and it makes me think of an island green that the lake dried up. I was playing from the tips and the hole was playing 165~ to the center with a front pin. The green slopes down from back to front. I'd been hitting it a little short all day so I pull my 4 hybrid, figuring this could easily reach the middle with how short I've been hitting it, but wouldn't go too long. I do my preshot routine and step up to the ball. I swing away and make great contact. I see the ball soar high and straight towards the green. I watch it land at the back of the green, that's kind of how the entire round went, even my good shots had meh results. I did end up like a foot from a previous hole and thought about taking a joke picture "this close to my first hole in one". I can't complain though, it was almost November and we had 60° f highs in Minnesota.

I have several really good shots. I played 2 days ago. I hadn't played in almost a month and my first drive after the long break - dead straight, a little short because I didn't do much warm up and swung easily. Actually I hit every fairway that round. However I have two chips that come to mind, both on the same hole and from similar positions. First chip I piped a drive straight down the middle, but was in between clubs, I clubbed down and tried to hit more of a stinger, but just ended up hooking it and leaving myself short sided, over a bunker, and branch trouble to an elevated green. I have to try a shot I haven't tried often, the low spinner. I set up, narrow stance, weight well over the front foot, ball at the back of my stance and swing. I pull it left slightly, which actually helps avoid the branches and it ends up on the fringe, but close enough to give me a decent enough birdie chance and I get the 2 putt par. Now for my truly best shot of the week. Same hole as the last chip I described, but this time I made a meal of the whole. Top slice a drive into the 5th fairway, duff a 3 wood, hit a great 8 iron, but it's a blind shot over some shrubbery and it's a little left. I ended up pin high, but in the left greenside bunker this time, and it's a couple inches from the lip. Luckily the hole is on the other side of the green today so I wasn't short sided. I'm seriously considering asking one of the people I'm playing with if I could borrow a wedge because they're left-handed. Instead I grab my 60, and I'm bent over almost like I'm trying to reach my toes. I swing and hope, but I watch it get out and land and I see that it will actually check up a little. I ended up about 5 feet from the pin. Unfortunately I blast the putt about 5 feet past burning the lip, but I sink the knee knocker comebacker for the bogey.

I quit because I have to. It's kind of difficult to golf through 3 feet of snow. Right now my issue is a lot of family demands and very little light. Also I often have issues with heightened expectations when I haven't been playing great as of late. Since becoming an avid golfer, I haven't really quit golf, I've just put it on pause.

Went out about a week ago and shot a 45 through 8, pretty much how I generally score at that particular course. I did have my longest drive ever. Went out to an executive course a couple days ago and shot 82. While I'm disappointed in the score, it's pretty much where my game is at right now. Don't feel bad, the round I scored 45 I hit the approach shot to about 8 feet for eagle. I 3 putted that myself.

Went out to the course closest to my house today. Shot 100, had a good chance to break 100 by hitting a birdie putt on 18. It's funny because I wasn't even paying attention to the score, I had already resolved early that it was going to be a rough round, but I was going to push through and still keep score. It's a longer course than I usually play, lost a couple strokes just on fatigue alone I think. I actually putted ok today, only putt I left woefully short was one where my body just quit mid stroke.

98% of the time I have driver lofted down to 8.5 or 9° a 15° 3 wood, a 17.5° Adams XTD ti super hybrid into a 23° 4 hybrid. I've built the bag this way because it fits what I need and it allows me to have a good wedge setup at the bottom of the bag. I bought the super hybrid for one hole in particular on my home course and it's my favorite club to hit. I do have a gap between the super hybrid and the 4 hybrid, but it's a distance that rarely ever comes up for me. Now I did buy a 16° driving hybrid to swap out with the 3 wood for days when it's really windy and when I was trying it out it seemed to serve it's purpose, but now that it's in the backup bag, it usually just stays there. We haven't had any super windy days lately anyways, so that helps, but I generally don't plan that much anyways lol.

The main issue I'm seeing is gapping. The 50° and 52° would be very close, with probably too much overlap, especially on full swings. It seems to me like the 52° is doing a pretty good job for you already for what you want the 50° for. I would recommend looking for another 48° to have consistent gapping. Unfortunately I don't have ready access to any guides or anything, but I'm sure if you search for wedge buying guide something will pop up.