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FWIW I've owned a few golf GPS devices and have friends with them. Some areas of some holes are always problematic with getting an accurate distance quickly.

We blame it on topography and trees. Some of the courses around here are cut out of forest with large elevation changes.
 
I'm sure that the "time to fix" ("lock in") is a function of the GPS hardware in your phone, and not controlled in any way by any app that uses the GPS. No app is going to write it's own GPS driver code, as it's trivial to just use the system function that tells you what the current location is.

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Certainly possible, but seemed to happen on the iPhone 5 about as much as the iPhone 7 I have now. I’ve always thought it might be an issue with gps signal strength at a particular location but have no tech info to back that up.
It’s a pretty rare occurrence and since it’s a rare occurrence that I hit my shot the distance I’m supposed to, everything works out in the end.
 
Regripped my irons today, they really needed it, old ones were super slick. I got the Winn midsize dritac, they feel great, probably save some strokes.
 
Did you use compressed air to slide the new grips on, or slide on with isopropyl alcohol?

I actually was on amazon for grips and found the dritac grips, but only had blue ones. I wanted black so I just went to the seller and got black for less money and the solvent and tape to answer your question.
 
Out Xmas shopping. Merry Christmas to me!!!
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Need a 3 wood or mini driver for 2020. Maybe a wedge set. 48, 54, 58 degree. My 60 degree has been banished to the garage in recent years
 
The more you use your 60 the better your scores will get. Just keep using it ... practice. The ability to just pop it up and stay makes for a lot of one putts. Don’t scoop, soft strike
 
The more you use your 60 the better your scores will get. Just keep using it ... practice. The ability to just pop it up and stay makes for a lot of one putts. Don’t scoop, soft strike

It was a Cleveland with a wide ass recovery sole on it, which is what I'm blaming it on. I had a few decent years with it, and then it, as well as the rest of my game (if I can call it game) went really downhill.
 
Awesome passed. Love the cart and watch. Isnt it nice to always have the distance? I know you have had some way to measure distance, but I loved my watch for being always on for all the short shots I was too lazy to pull my phone out of pocket for. I reallly enjoy walking and something like that bridge is heaven to me.

I havent replied in a while. After literally years of playing in the 70s, I took a few months off and I cant remember how to play. Its literally like I am a beginner again. I dont know if its a slump or I literally think I forgot how to play. The part of my brain that knew how to golf is missing it seems. The mission I remain on is to try and play out of it and most importantly have fun. I think I am turning a corner but mostly the short game needs to improve dramatically. Also I am trying to keep up with my bil who has really learned to play and cant. He is hitting his 7 185 carry and my ego isn't allowing me to pull the 5 iron I need for the same shot. The answer I am finding is to focus on the target.
 
Awesome passed. Love the cart and watch. Isnt it nice to always have the distance? I know you have had some way to measure distance, but I loved my watch for being always on for all the short shots I was too lazy to pull my phone out of pocket for. I reallly enjoy walking and something like that bridge is heaven to me.

I havent replied in a while. After literally years of playing in the 70s, I took a few months off and I cant remember how to play. Its literally like I am a beginner again. I dont know if its a slump or I literally think I forgot how to play. The part of my brain that knew how to golf is missing it seems. The mission I remain on is to try and play out of it and most importantly have fun. I think I am turning a corner but mostly the short game needs to improve dramatically. Also I am trying to keep up with my bil who has really learned to play and cant. He is hitting his 7 185 carry and my ego isn't allowing me to pull the 5 iron I need for the same shot. The answer I am finding is to focus on the target.
Gotta play your own game. Forget what your playing partners are doing. Play the course, not your opponents.

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Gotta play your own game. Forget what your playing partners are doing. Play the course, not your opponents.

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Good advice. Last few times I golfed, we played skins or similar. It adds stress to my game (especially when I'm not doing well), and that's not why I golf. I think I'm going to go back to just scoring my own round and skipping the games.
 
Good advice. Last few times I golfed, we played skins or similar. It adds stress to my game (especially when I'm not doing well), and that's not why I golf. I think I'm going to go back to just scoring my own round and skipping the games.
You can play the games, but worrying about them won't help you make better shots.

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Oh man that looks nice hoppydaze. Especially since I played today in 40 ish degrees. Had heater and stuff prepared but with little wind it was fine. Played really well! Hit my inlaws clubs. So my 7i was struggling to get 160 at best. His big 8i flew 175 in the air sky high with a range ball. What I noticed was a lot more forgiveness on miss hits. He struggled to hit my 4iron. His 4 iron had high flight and was easy to hit. I see new clubs in my future.
 
Oh man that looks nice hoppydaze. Especially since I played today in 40 ish degrees. Had heater and stuff prepared but with little wind it was fine. Played really well! Hit my inlaws clubs. So my 7i was struggling to get 160 at best. His big 8i flew 175 in the air sky high with a range ball. What I noticed was a lot more forgiveness on miss hits. He struggled to hit my 4iron. His 4 iron had high flight and was easy to hit. I see new clubs in my future.
So, what were these easy to hit clubs?

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Mine are titelist 755s his were taylormade rocketballz irons. Not necessarily easy to hit but massively high ball flight and distance. Big heads and forgiving.
The "forgiving" part is what most interests me. I also have a tendency towards low ball flight (even off of my 11° driver.) I have an older set of Taylor Made irons.

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Warning I am going to ramble on about clubs. Clubs come either forged or cast. Generally speaking forged are for players(better control) and cast are more forgiving. At one time, top end was all exclusively forged and expensive. Not so much now. Great examples of both can be found. I think back to my first macgregor dx tourneys which were a quality club in their day that I grew up with, the weight was all middle. And they were blades. Weight has been moved lower in modern clubs and center of gravity has been moved as well.

I played with mizuno mp 33. They were like butter when hit right. Forged iron, vs forged steel (my 755s), forged iron were sweet. Miss a forged blade a pinch and totally awry. Blades vs cavity. The cavity is what its all about. My clubs are more muscle back, a blade with a cut of some kind. Cavity is a hollow cavity behind face, making a hot face, but not as workable or sensitive. My first real clubs top flite xl 2000 had big cavity faces. I could hit that four a mile. I always loved titleist irons and tm drivers. Clevland or vokey wedges.

Cavity, the rocketball z irons were, fairly large cavity. With a pinch of offset. Offset being the twist at the bottom, giving a little more time fornthe hands and wrists than mine which are near straight at the bottom. I recognized the ball flight well, high, long, and balooning. More a machete to the scalpel titleist but I always thought who cares? I mean really if its off a little from 180 I am cool if its on the green. Miss hit a forged blade and its not finding the green. Face a little left, way left. Honestly the titleist are better and more exact feeling imo to the clumsier rbz irons. Titelist ap 1 irons seemed awesome to me. At this point distance is somewhat controled by the rna and golfs other governing bodies. So they give distance by having less angle. So an 8 in my set is a 9 in his based on designed face tilt angle. My 5 his 7 etc.

Tldr, a cast cavity back larger face iron will be very forgiving and fly long and high. A forged muscle back or full blade iron will give more feel and control over ball flight. I didnt get into shafts but will at some point.
The "forgiving" part is what most interests me. I also have a tendency towards low ball flight (even off of my 11° driver.) I have an older set of Taylor Made irons.

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