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cnd01
I have been second guessing my reads on puts which has cost me a few strokes a round here recently. I have the huge tendency to find break in puts that have none. :dopey:
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That's where I'm probably losing strokes too, I see people putt from similar spots and look at their break, but when I putt my ball does the totally opposite thing :lol:
 
Stavingo
That's where I'm probably losing strokes too, I see people putt from similar spots and look at their break, but when I putt my ball does the totally opposite thing :lol:
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I putted one the other day that broke up a hill. :dopey:
 
Bahahahahaha, I only had 1 putt today but made it worth my while, 2 EAGLES today!!!! Sank the other from 180m out lol, 8 points for me today lol
 
Bahahahahaha, I wish I had something to blame other then myself but I can't, the driver was all over the place, I wiped a hole before I got passed the locals tee block, just was a bad day,
 
TDZdave
Bahahahahaha, I wish I had something to blame other then myself but I can't, the driver was all over the place, I wiped a hole before I got passed the locals tee block, just was a bad day,
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Yeah well we all have those bad days, at least I 'hope' I got my bad shots out today and hopefully I don't keep them for tomorrow.
 
Bahahahaha, I just had no luck today, someone stole my ball on the first, sprayed 2 out of bounds on the second, plugged in a bunker under the lip on the third, flew the green for a difficult chip shot I hit fat twice on the fourth, pulled the drive into the trees punched out into a divot and bladed short, eagled the 6th, missed had 4 shots before I got off the tee block on 7, put 1 out of bounds and 1 in the water on 8, drove to the trees at the dog leg on nine and hit a tree root on the punch shot, while addressing the ball on ten I hit it backwards while aiming up 2 shot penalty, got a lucky bounce off a tree on 11 but it split the ball didn't realize until I picked it up on the green, eagled 12, 4 putted for a wipe on 13, hit 2 bunkers and the flag stick and it flew off on 14, put 6 tee shots in the water on 15,16 and 17, then drove the 18 green had a 30 ft putt it caught the break and rolled off, had 3 chips to get it back on, lol
 
TDZdave
Bahahahaha, I just had no luck today, someone stole my ball on the first, sprayed 2 out of bounds on the second, plugged in a bunker under the lip on the third, flew the green for a difficult chip shot I hit fat twice on the fourth, pulled the drive into the trees punched out into a divot and bladed short, eagled the 6th, missed had 4 shots before I got off the tee block on 7, put 1 out of bounds and 1 in the water on 8, drove to the trees at the dog leg on nine and hit a tree root on the punch shot, while addressing the ball on ten I hit it backwards while aiming up 2 shot penalty, got a lucky bounce off a tree on 11 but it split the ball didn't realize until I picked it up on the green, eagled 12, 4 putted for a wipe on 13, hit 2 bunkers and the flag stick and it flew off on 14, put 6 tee shots in the water on 15,16 and 17, then drove the 18 green had a 30 ft putt it caught the break and rolled off, had 3 chips to get it back on, lol
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Sounds awfully familiar to what I would do, just you had eagles, I normally get bogeys.
 
The 6th hole if you get good tee distance its an easy eagle, most common eagled hole on the course! I've eagled it about 7 times now, I cracked the driver about 330m off the tee hit a 4 iron on to 3 feet and sank the putt, the 12th has only been eagled by pro's, longest hole on the course, I sprayed the driver into the trees, hit 6 iron from 170 out bounced twice and went it, couldn't do it again if I tried, lol
 
Haha I wish I could eagle a par 5, I've been close but alas no cigar. Well I'm heading off to play at my local club today, hopefully I can shoot another good score :)

Edit: Eh I had 36 points today, could've been more but im just glad I'll be off 12 next week.
 
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I'm getting ready for a round today once I get off of work. I have hit 2 par-5s in 2 at my course. The par 5s are all designed very narrow which makes it very difficult to hit. The fairways are narrow as well. We have hybrid bermuda fairways and ruff at my C.C., and we got buckets and buckets of rain during the summer which means that the grass is extra thick. I have to go 2 clubs up in most occasions in the ruff. The par-5's are uphill too which makes them play a lot longer than they really are. There is a par-5 which the sign says 490 yards, but it is easily could play 550 because it is so far uphill. I went for the green on Monday on the most treacherous par-5, and I almost got it up on the green. That hole goes uphill for about 200 yards with a fairway that is about 30-40 yards wide after 200 yards. The fairway slants heavily to the right where a creek is. Out of bounds is to the left. I cracked a 275 yard boomer down the center. At 275 yards, the fairway opens up to 100 yards wide and makes a dog-leg right. The creek crosses the fairway about 90 yards in front of the green. After the creek the hole goes uphill to the green. I hit 3-wood on my second shot to the fringe where I chipped up and missed an 8-foot birdie.
 
Stavingo
^^ How did your round go?
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I careered on the front-nine shooting a 35. I lost it all on the back by shooting 47. I pulled all my points though 👍 I ended up +3 because of the birdies. I had to pull 25, and I pulled 21 on the front 9 alone.
 
All our course is narrow, well.... Every person from other courses say they suffer from tunnel vision, but I guess that's what happens at one of the oldest golf clubs in australia and the world, 1 of my favorite par 5s is on it, its a gradual. Dog leg, ascending up hill to the landing then rolls down and around and back up to the island style green, and its one of the 10 smallest greens out of 8 courses on the south coast, so its not the easiest to hit but I know I can naturally fade a 3 wood and I'm comfortable using my 4 wood- 5 iron, its harder by being an island style green, specially if the pins at the front, there's about 4 ft square you need to land the ball to get it to kick up instead of through so it stops on the green,

My first favorite par 5 is at our rivals course, there's an elevation difference of 93m or 105yrds just out of hitting distance for average hitters, its hard ground and all land falls to the middle of the fairway at the bottom, exactly 105 out from green centre, but the green is huge, its designed to be 3 different greens, so if your not on the right level, you can expect to 3 putt,
 
I'm looking at buying a 52 degree wedge to split the gap in clubs I have. Currently, I go from a standard 47 degree pitching wedge to a 56 degree. I need a club I can hit 115 yards lol. Any suggestions?
 
Titleist vokey wedges for that distance, for 50-58 degrees, anything under that go cleveland wedges, I got a vokey at 54' with 3 inches added to the shaft, its almost as long as the 3w lol, but it does the job well for me anyway, I was in a bunker about 100yrd out, and plopped it within 3ft, when ever I'm unsure of distance inside 100 I always go for it and usually don't go wrong,
 
TDZdave
Titleist vokey wedges for that distance, for 50-58 degrees, anything under that go cleveland wedges, I got a vokey at 54' with 3 inches added to the shaft, its almost as long as the 3w lol, but it does the job well for me anyway, I was in a bunker about 100yrd out, and plopped it within 3ft, when ever I'm unsure of distance inside 100 I always go for it and usually don't go wrong,
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I'm looking at buying a 52 degree to split the gap. I can hit the pitching wedge about 130 and the 56 degree 100 yards.
 
Can anyone recommend some good beginner golf clubs? I was looking at rockbottomgolf.com and saw a complete set of Wilson Ultras on sale for $100, which I am considering buying. I was also interested in the adams golf tight lies.
 
Jello18
Can anyone recommend some good beginner golf clubs? I was looking at rockbottomgolf.com and saw a complete set of Wilson Ultras on sale for $100, which I am considering buying. I was also interested in the adams golf tight lies.
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If you have a used sporting goods store in your area that might be a good place to start. It gives you a chance to really feel out your desire to put in more money into the game. It even gives you something cheap to use while you save up for a nicer set of clubs.
 
Jello18
Can anyone recommend some good beginner golf clubs? I was looking at rockbottomgolf.com and saw a complete set of Wilson Ultras on sale for $100, which I am considering buying. I was also interested in the adams golf tight lies.
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$100. is not a bad deal for a set of beginner clubs. The bad thing is, if you buy them and decide you don't like them, then you have the hassles of repackaging and returning the clubs and waiting for a refund.

Do you have a Golf Galaxy near you ?

The nice thing about them is that they do sell used club sets at a reasonable price AND ... they have an in store driving range where you can try them out before making a final decision as to what you may want to buy. ;) While at a Golf Galaxy, try out the putters as well. You will need one that you are comfortable with. After all, putting is basically half of your score.

Tight Lies are not that bad of a choice for a beginner. I'm thinking you'll have somewhere around $300 - $400 in a new set. You may get lucky and find a used set for maybe around half of that.

Good luck and welcome to the world of golf. Golf, the game you LOVE to HATE. :lol:
 
Yeah, I don't believe you should buy your first clubs online, new or used, unless your playing golf as a social thing as oppose to the competitive side, your always going to find good deals online, I suggest to go to a golf store, explain your situation and they will sort you, if they are pricey then tell them you will have a think about it, then get online and purchase,
 
Hmm, can't really remember my first set of clubs but it was a half set from some brand called Young Gun.

cnd01
I was told when I started playing about 4 years ago that they should make prisoners play golf everyday as punishment :lol:
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Haha that would be immense plus the course would get ripped up too :lol:
 
I would not mind seeing Furyk win. He has got some work to do today if he wants to pull one off. He'll start out 3 strokes behind the leaders - Brandt Snedeker and Justin Rose. Oh, there is also a Tiger Lurking ... just 4 back. Lefty, (Mickelson) will start the day at a +2. C'mon Phil, turn it up.

Leaderboard - heading into Sunday's final round.
 
Congrats Brandt. :cheers:

Next weekend the Ryder Cup comes to the Medinah Country Club located in Medinah Illinois.

GO GO TEAM U.S.A.
 
I have just found this forum! I`m a keen golfer. I started playing about 7 years ago and got compltely hooked. I currently play of a handicap 5. For last 3 years or so I have been of 5/6 just can`t get any lower:ouch: Every winter I always say okay I`m going to hit the range 2 nights a week etc but it never happens:lol:

Currently in my bag is Taylormade R7 Superquad TP driver, Taylormade Resuce Dual 19 degree, Taylormade R9 TP irons (dynamic gold s300), Taylormade 52, 56 & 60 degree wedges and a Rossa Suzuka putter. My driver and resuce are extremly old but I love them. Will probably upgrade for next season and get a new scotty cameron.

Looking forward to the Ryder Cup this weekend. Going to be very close I think but europe will edge it:P
 
^^ yes you really want to update that driver lol, if you do, look at the RBZ or 910D, I use an R11 get great distance but the 910D is more consistant and its easier to shape, same with the RBZ, well for me anyway
 

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