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[passedpawn]

I had a roommate about 20 years ago that built a sandblasting rig, so I sandblasted a design matching my tattoo onto a glass liter beer stein. Fun project. Haven't messed with sandblasting since.

Looking at the picture, is there still sand embedded into the clubface? It'll be interesting to see what it looks like after you've hit some balls.

No, there's no sand embedded there. That's not going to happen with SS. I'll probably get out tomorrow and hit a round, or at least driving range, I'll let you know. I'm interested as well.

 

[passedpawn]

Played a course in Tampa called Cheval. Not a great course, but the day was cool and I played better than usual. Lots of cypress swamps throughout.

 

[passedpawn]

Bought an old (1970's!) set of irons on ebay this week. The face of the club has a slot cut behind it - Wilson claims some magic there, we'll see. Will be cleaning these up this wkend (polish, sandblast face, fill paint, new grips). I swung them a bit in the front yard and they felt really good.

 

[passedpawn]

Polished, sand-blasted faces and back cavity, fill paint in lettering/branding, regripped. 50-yr old clubs look like new! I need to get to range and test them side-by-side with my current irons.

 

[passedpawn]

I'm in a bit of a groove. I'm interested in the differences in golf over, say, the last 100 yrs. You might find this interesting.

 

[Kee]

Polished, sand-blasted faces and back cavity, fill paint in lettering/branding, regripped. 50-yr old clubs look like new! I need to get to range and test them side-by-side with my current irons.

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About 40 years ago I bought Wilson X-31 irons in my first set (three persimmon woods were included) from JC Penney. They were better irons than the Pings I traded them for.

 

[passedpawn]

Finished up almost 7pm last night - last several holes in the dark. Had to break out the LED balls

 

[doug293cz]

Fire in the hole! Interesting looking pic.

Brew on

 

[Broothru]

Finished up almost 7pm last night - last several holes in the dark. Had to break out the LED balls
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"El Flama Rojo", or maybe just "Balls of Fire."

 

[passedpawn]

That ball flying through sky and hitting the green (hopefully) is an awesome sight.

 

[Ozarks Mountain Brewery]

Polished, sand-blasted faces and back cavity, fill paint in lettering/branding, regripped. 50-yr old clubs look like new! I need to get to range and test them side-by-side with my current irons.

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I astutely loved them, can you hit any spin with these old vgrove clubs

 

[passedpawn]

I astutely loved them, can you hit any spin with these old vgrove clubs

I tried them for the first time yesterday. Man they feel different than my cavityback Nikes - I kept blading the balls. I only took a few with me and abandoned them on the course - need to get to the driving range with them before I take them back on the course. And yes, with the sandblasting everything has tons of spin (IF you get under it).

 

[Ozarks Mountain Brewery]

I tried them for the first time yesterday. Man they feel different than my cavityback Nikes - I kept blading the balls. I only took a few with me and abandoned them on the course - need to get to the driving range with them before I take them back on the course. And yes, with the sandblasting everything has tons of spin (IF you get under it).

I suspect they are heavy capered to yours, I kind of like heavy clubs my self, I grew up playing on Jack Nicholson's golf clubs and woods< i miss those

https://www.golfclubsi.com/jack-nicklaus-golden-bear-golf-clubs.html

 

[passedpawn]

The old Reflex seem much lighter than the Nike's that I have. In the yard, I was sure I was getting much more head speed. On the course, they rattled in my hands when poorly hit the ball.

Of course, it's likely more a matter of my bad swing. Anyway, I'm going to reserve judgement until I've spent more time at the driving range. (I do not enjoy the driving range!)

 

[Ozarks Mountain Brewery]

The old Reflex seem much lighter than the Nike's that I have. In the yard, I was sure I was getting much more head speed. On the course, they rattled in my hands when poorly hit the ball.

Of course, it's likely more a matter of my bad swing. Anyway, I'm going to reserve judgement until I've spent more time at the driving range. (I do not enjoy the driving range!)

I spent years on the driving range hitting those rock hard balls, I under stand

 

[Kee]

 

[Kee]

Got to the course too late today to play with the group, but at least playing alone I could practice some shots and take a few photos. The dormant grass on the green doesn't look too pretty but it puts well.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

 

[passedpawn]

I've mentioned it before, but The Golf Omnibus (Wodehouse) will make you feel much better about your game.

 

[passedpawn]

I played last week for money. Broke even. Turns out, you can have lots of lousy holes as long as the hot shots keep tying on them, and the money pushes to the next hole. Then, if you time your par correctly (when the hot shots find the woods), you walk away with the the booty.

Think I'll get out this weekend. Woot.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

I played last week for money. Broke even. Turns out, you can have lots of lousy holes as long as the hot shots keep tying on them, and the money pushes to the next hole. Then, if you time your par correctly (when the hot shots find the woods), you walk away with the the booty.

Think I'll get out this weekend. Woot.

Yep. Used to play in a group with a couple of coworkers where we had two decent players and two hacks. I was in the latter category. So we played skins and the hacks got a stroke a hole.

Well, the sticks mostly tied each other most of the time, and so any time one of us hacks simply made a par it was a net birdie and usually winning the hole (as long as the other hack didn't do the same).

Unfortunately in my current group I'm the low man, which reverses things on me. But the indexes aren't so disparate that it's a stroke per hole, so it's usually a couple holes a side that I have to worry about a birdie pushing with a par [net birdie], or a par pushing with a bogey [net par].

But, in our group there has been more than one instance of someone winning a skin with a double bogey when everyone else blows up the hole lol.

 

[passedpawn]

Played Tarpon Springs yesterday. It's hilly (for Florida) - love it! This hole, below, is a hard dogleg left par 5. Drive to the turn, then up the hill. Water on the right off the tee, so if you slice right you're screwed. I had a par attempt and blew it.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

Played San Juan Hills today. Finally freaking broke 100 there. Very penal course.

Here's the tee for #15. 413 par 4, second toughest hole on the course. Very narrow landing area threading water left and trouble right, on a dogleg where a straight shot with driver will run through the dogleg out of the fairway.

 

[passedpawn]

Played San Juan Hills today. Finally freaking broke 100 there. Very penal course.

Here's the tee for #15. 413 par 4, second toughest hole on the course. Very narrow landing area threading water left and trouble right, on a dogleg where a straight shot with driver will run through the dogleg out of the fairway.

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No way. That landing area for tee shot - bikini small. Besides the skinny, looks nice.

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

6" of hard frozen corn snow from last night. Suppose to get close to 0° tonight.

Time to take the private virtual jet to Nantucket to play Miacomet

And this is makes me virtually throw my club into the woods. I took this as my last shot

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

Ok @TheDudeLebowski now you're just showing off

 

[passedpawn]

Awesome to have a sim in your house! Though, with cheap courses all over the place down here, and good weather, I don't really need it. Played a round yesterday, I won't tell you what the weather is like down here right now - you probably don't want to hear that.

 

[Broothru]

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Ouch!

Bare lie, just short of the water, tough pitch to a green that appears to have no grass upon which there is probably no bite. If you skull the shot, you're wet. If you somehow loft it with spin and it does check up, it'll roll all the way to the lake, given the apparent slope of the green (or is it brown?). If you land it past the flag, you'll be putting downhill and will probably also end up in the water anyway.

Pick it up, card an equitable 8, move on to the next tee and consider yourself richer for not having sacrificed an otherwise serviceable ball. You can thank me later.

 

[Kee]

Ouch!

Bare lie, just short of the water, tough pitch to a green that appears to have no grass upon which there is probably no bite. If you skull the shot, you're wet. If you somehow loft it with spin and it does check up, it'll roll all the way to the lake, given the apparent slope of the green (or is it brown?). If you land it past the flag, you'll be putting downhill and will probably also end up in the water anyway.

Pick it up, card an equitable 8, move on to the next tee and consider yourself richer for not having sacrificed an otherwise serviceable ball. You can thank me later.

The photo's lack of perspective doesn't show that the ball is on a tee box of the par 3 11th hole. That hole used to be my nemesis, but yesterday, with the pin left, I aimed for the middle, overdrew it, and had a 7 footer for birdie, left the putt on the lip. (I wasn't going to pass up mentioning that.) I've only been in the water there once or twice but routinely miss the green right, bailing out, yea, but also because the other tee, the one we usually use, lines up toward the right. This green holds better than some of the others, maybe because it's in a low spot.

The course, Woodland Hills, is not exactly plush, even in the spring and summer, but really looks rough in the winter. The green are puttable, though, if slightly bumpy. Barring any bad luck, the greens will be smooth and green in a couple of months.

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Awesome to have a sim in your house! Though, with cheap courses all over the place down here, and good weather, I don't really need it. Played a round yesterday, I won't tell you what the weather is like down here right now - you probably don't want to hear that.

Oh no. My club has a couple of sim bays up in the attic along with a bar. Sims have gotten cheaper tho. We had a couple of days near 60 and this is the time of the year where I start to get itchy for golf. Was the second time ever using a sim. Takes some getting use to but it's fun