Love Golf?

[murphyslaw]

Driver and wages arrived today. Irons tomorrow.

Just wish they came a week earlier. It was 65* this past weekend and the forecast says 30* this upcoming weekend.

 

[doug293cz]

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.

Yeah, I would never go with a blade at my skill (almost none) level. You didn't mention the higher rotational moment for cavity backs, which helps keep the club face from twisting due to off center hits. Love to hear what you have to say about shafts.

Brew on

 

[HoppyDaze]

Recently did a club fitting to get new irons and there was little difference in spin rate, launch angle and ball speed between blades, cavities and my current Taylor Made cavities so I spent money on the Callaway Epic driver. Pretty big difference in all the measurements there ... hitting it at least 20 yards further when square up

 

[applescrap]

Thats what I always found and is why I havent upgraded. That said seeing is believing and I was 1 plus clubs longer with his and they were much easier to hit. I am going to get some. I am not surprised your tm cavitites performed similar. They are probably the same angle as new ones and the face "hotness" is theoretically limited. But my friends are convinced my r7 460 driver is outdated. I am sure it is. What was your old driver? 20 yds? Thats huge. Make me ten years younger!

Recently did a club fitting to get new irons and there was little difference in spin rate, launch angle and ball speed between blades, cavities and my current Taylor Made cavities so I spent money on the Callaway Epic driver. Pretty big difference in all the measurements there ... hitting it at least 20 yards further when square up

 

[passedpawn]

Innisbrook South really opened up at the 5th hole. The 6th hole had the biggest deepest longest bunker I've ever seen - must have meandered 200 yards along the left side of the fairway. Nice day for playing hookey and golfing - temps in the low 80's.

 

[HoppyDaze]

Thats what I always found and is why I havent upgraded. That said seeing is believing and I was 1 plus clubs longer with his and they were much easier to hit. I am going to get some. I am not surprised your tm cavitites performed similar. They are probably the same angle as new ones and the face "hotness" is theoretically limited. But my friends are convinced my r7 460 driver is outdated. I am sure it is. What was your old driver? 20 yds? Thats huge. Make me ten years younger!

My old driver was a TM Burner. Like 10 years old

 

[passedpawn]

Cloudy today! I hit a 92, which is a pretty good round for me. My boy there in the pic hit a 73! Was warm out, but they say cooler weather is coming.

This is Chi Chi Rodriguez course, right down the street from me. $15 for the round, with a cart. Oh yea. My buddy, who golfs with me all the time, walked the course. But the threat of rain meant I need a quick getaway car.

 

[passedpawn]

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.

My oldest son, who's a pretty good golfer, hit those blades for a few years. He got tired of how unforgiving they were, and just recently bought a new set of cavity backs ( Titliest APT - forged cavity backs). He loves them and says he has gained several strokes.

 

[passedpawn]

Had an awesome round today. Local course.

You can see a couple of canadian tourists hanging out on the edge of the elevated green.

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Feeling left out here. Single digits lows here windchills below zero. There's still hope tho. Received this yesterday altho the dates messed up I can dream.

This course has to be one of the coldest courses I've ever played. Surrounded by 40° water temps from Narragansett Bay.

 

[passedpawn]

Feeling left out here. Single digits lows here windchills below zero. There's still hope tho. Received this yesterday altho the dates messed up I can dream.

This course has to be one of the coldest courses I've ever played. Surrounded by 40° water temps from Narragansett Bay. View attachment 663361

Go check it out! Looks like a great course (well, links style is very appealing to me). I've got a son who's going to be in Boston for the summer, I expect to get up there at least a couple of times. Maybe we'll golf there

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

It's my go to place. They try to stay open as much as possible in the winter. Plus the frost line is usually a good 30 miles north. Altho I've played there in the 40's with a cold wind and it's felt worse than playing single digits on a calm day in NH.

I got plenty of course recommendations. Even if you want a good 19th hole without the golf and a good view of Boston and the harbor is Granite Links. Plus many have good breweries close by. If you want hit me up and I'll get you on Wentworth by the Sea. Old Donald Ross course that is like a mini Pebble Beach. I've posted plenty of pix on here.

 

[passedpawn]

It's my go to place. They try to stay open as much as possible in the winter. Plus the frost line is usually a good 30 miles north. Altho I've played there in the 40's with a cold wind and it's felt worse than playing single digits on a calm day in NH.

I got plenty of course recommendations. Even if you want a good 19th hole without the golf and a good view of Boston and the harbor is Granite Links. Plus many have good breweries close by. If you want hit me up and I'll get you on Wentworth by the Sea. Old Donald Ross course that is like a mini Pebble Beach. I've posted plenty of pix on here.

Yes, so much!!! My son is a medical student, doing research at Harvard He's also an avid golfer. Care to join us at one of those courses? I'll be coming up sometime late in May, I think - does it thaw out by then? That Wentworth by the Sea sounds just about perfect. Off to search for pics...

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Late May is perfect spring weather. It may be chilly for FL people but that's when everything is coming out including the mosquitoes ;-) Wentworth is a nice scenic drive North of Boston. It's close to the ocean and might be chilly due to the ocean but my home course is due west and warmer if it gets too inclimate l. Ping me when u think you'll be up

 

[passedpawn]

Tee time at Wailea Golf Club two weeks from today!

Well?

I hit a round today. It was kinda cool here, my game was shat. But I still love being out there. Dunedin Golf Club.

 

[HoppyDaze]

I never golfed...other plans were priority. If my wife could hit a golf ball it would be different.

 

[passedpawn]

I never golfed...other plans were priority. If my wife could hit a golf ball it would be different.

Booooo! Well, I'm sure whatever you did, it was fun. Living in Florida year-round, I doubt I'll ever go to Hawaii. But I hear it's pretty awesome.

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

I never golfed...other plans were priority. If my wife could hit a golf ball it would be different.

Oh. Snap!

 

[HoppyDaze]

Booooo! Well, I'm sure whatever you did, it was fun. Living in Florida year-round, I doubt I'll ever go to Hawaii. But I hear it's pretty awesome.

Florida is nothing like Hawaii. Go to Hawaii

 

[passedpawn]

Florida is nothing like Hawaii. Go to Hawaii

I'm sure I'd love HI. But if one of the reasons to go is to find warm weather in the frozen winter, that isn't important to me. Also, note it's a shorter flight to Paris, France from here. So when you consider the time travelling to get to hawaii, there are a lot of options.

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

I do the same math with going to Edinburgh

 

[HoppyDaze]

Took us four and half hours to get home...not bad.

 

[applescrap]

Played the other day, meh, but had fun! Ledt 7 strokes out there with the putter. Winter putting has been tough this year.

 

[passedpawn]

Played the other day, meh, but had fun! Ledt 7 strokes out there with the putter. Winter putting has been tough this year.

Was it frozen? I thought CO was cold right now?

Know where it's not cold? Clearwater FL! Quite warm this afternoon, so my son and I went out and hit a round. We got stuck behind a pokey family (literally, dad mom and kid) and only finished 16 before the sun came down. I use yellow balls for late rounds - I find them easier.

$15 golf - can't beat that.

 

[Thorrak]

Was it frozen? I thought CO was cold right now?

Know where it's not cold? Clearwater FL! Quite warm this afternoon, so my son and I went out and hit a round. We got stuck behind a pokey family (literally, dad mom and kid) and only finished 16 before the sun came down. I use yellow balls for late rounds - I find them easier.

$15 golf - can't beat that.

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It's cold, wet, and miserable up in NYC, and it's only getting worse. Thankfully, at least the simulator place I've been going has a full bar.

 

[applescrap]

Hasn't stopped here either. Sucks, a foot, then 4 more, then 4 more, then 3 more...

No it wasnt to frozen. I think Flordia is one of the few states that outshine Colorado. Used to be expected to keep a secret, but word is out. Its nice here. This has been a miserable winter, but Ill be golfing in a week or two. It gets hot, goes from 70 to 20, snows, melts. Then our spring comes and its the worst time of year imo. The winds get stupid strong and march is our snowiest month. Good time to ski and golf in same day.

Looks nice in Clearwater. I could move. I love it here, but honestly gettimg tired of the cold.

 

[passedpawn]

Hit a round this morning - 7am tee time. Hazy all day, but mid 70's so very comfortable. Lots of water holes - two in pictures below. First one, the green is behind that lake there. It's drivable, but if you can't keep it 250 in the air you'll end up in the drink. Second one is a 160 yd par 3 with water on the left - we all hit it on the green (or fringe) today.

We were off the course by 10:45. Nice way to get the day started

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Hit a round this morning - 7am tee time. Hazy all day, but mid 70's so very comfortable. Lots of water holes - two in pictures below. First one, the green is behind that lake there. It's drivable, but if you can't keep it 250 in the air you'll end up in the drink. Second one is a 160 yd par 3 with water on the left - we all hit it on the green (or fringe) today.

We were off the course by 10:45. Nice way to get the day started

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1st pic is a spitting image of Jimmy Clay #1 here in Austin. Tried driving it once..yeah, only once. [emoji6]

 

[passedpawn]

1st pic is a spitting image of Jimmy Clay #1 here in Austin. Tried driving it once..yeah, only once. [emoji6]

I gave it a shot today. Had a really nice drive, got up high, came down 10 or 20 yds short into the water. Took the drop/penalty and ended up with a bogie I think. I normally play the hole properly, but my drives were banging this morning, so I gave it a shot. Who am I kidding, haha.

I was on that exact green one time, putting, and a ball came over the water and bounced onto the green and right up to the cup. Incredible shot, but I was a little peeved. The dude caught up with me on the next hole and apoligized - apparently he was attempting to put it up the fairway and had an awful, errant shot, that somehow flew the lake and nearly earned him an albatross.

 

[SEndorf]

I love the "Love Golf" thread.....
While Passedpawn laments his errant drives, I'm lamenting 16 below with winds approaching 35 mph and windchill factor of minus 36 degrees.
Enjoy your game...…..