Golf - 2020

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They’re not C Taper, they’re $ Taper, different animal I think!

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Phew! Thought I’d be going to the gym to turn into Bryson when they turn up

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danneth said:

Rosscow said:

Ordered new clubs!

Mizuno MP20 MMC. 1/2” long, 2.5 degrees upright.

KBS $-Taper X-Stiff 130g shafts.

Also 50, 54, and 58 degree T20 wedges.

Can’t wait!

Edited by Rosscow on Monday 22 June 18:07

Please dont pictures... Pretty much the favourite to replace my p790s

Enjoy them

I hope I will!!

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bodhi said:

Very nice, make sure you post pics when they arrive.

Will do!

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Warm day alright!

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That’s a lovely track! Hope you enjoyed it

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Time goes extremely slowly when you’re waiting for new clubs, doesn’t it!!

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I’m hoping 7-10 days (which is what the pro told me) which would mean end of this week.

However, Mizuno UK have tweeted that they are currently working on 10-14 days..... let’s see!

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kiethton said:

Getting a little frustrated, in the last few rounds I've shot level par gross for 9 holes of the round (front/back respectively), only issue was I shot my handicap (9) for the other half of the round!

First medal this weekend - lets hope i can combine the good bits for that....

So annoying how the front/back nines play so differently for no reason! Good luck in the medal

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danneth said:

I'm getting old so.

Ha, I've been looking at the complete opposite! Quite fancy a classic Jones carry bag:

https://www.jonessportsco.com/collections/carry-ba...

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Left heel up these days seems to be a thing - enables more turn of the hips and upper body and therefore greater club speed.

I don't think I'm in any position to laugh or comment - maybe I'll put one up of mine soon (once I've had a haircut!!).

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Haha, it's a sod of a game sometimes!!

Clubs hopefully here this week......

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Handicap down to 10.3

Still waiting for clubs!

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Clubs are at the pro shop!! Going down in the morning

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Blackpuddin said:

My handicap high (ie low) point of 13 seems like a distant memory now. I'm supposedly on 18 these days but can't remember when I last shot that. Neck, shoulder and back are all buggered on the right side, think I've got a trapped nerve somewhere, desperate to get some acupuncture but will have to exit Wales to have any chance of that.

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Well.... they look lovely! Had time for a quick bucket on the turf range and hit some cracking 7 irons so that's a good sign!

Had a few chips and pitches with the wedges and they felt good. Can't wait until Saturday!

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SpeckledJim said:

Now, they are handsome indeed!

Thanks Jim. they certainly are! First new irons/wedges for nearly 6 years, during which time handicap has almost halved. Hopefully these will push me down further!

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thebraketester said:

Who’s better a ball lands on a path/some gravel on your first round.

I'll take a drop and a penalty!!

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SpeckledJim said:

milkround said:

Well I'm two lessons into my starting out on the golf. And it's about the most frustrating game I've ever tried playing. When you get one thing working the other goes to bits. I was working with the pro on my irons. And he slowed my swing right down. Pointed out I was using mainly my arms and got me using me shoulders and hips. And I got some traction with that. Then I couldn't hit the fairway woods... Then I get the fairway woods going okay but the irons are not working again. Let's not even think or talk about chipping and pitching... I'm actually looking at getting a chipper as it's soul-destroying being 20 yards away on a par 5 after two good shots and then scoring an 8 because you bladed the chip over the green into a bunker, then take 2 or 3 to get out. Then 2 or 3 put. The pro says to not buy anymore clubs but just practise and get confident... Easy for him to say when he can hit all his clubs properly.

Yeah, but he only got there via lots of good quality practice. You're doing the right thing. Keep doing it. There are no short-cuts.

milkround said:

Out of interest how far is everyone else hitting their clubs? When it's working my 7 iron is consistently going about 150 yards. But I met a lad on the range who's 7 iron goes 165... Now I know it doesn't matter as I could just use a 5 iron. But he was telling me more modern clubs go much further because they have taken the loft down, and if you want to put any sort of decent score up you need some of these new clubs. My 7 iron has 34 degrees of loft according to google and he said that is far too much. I will discuss this with the pro but I wanted to get a feel for what everyone else is doing. I can't be making this game any harder for myself.

That guy is talking absolute, absolute rubbish. There's no mention on a scorecard about the number embossed on the club you used.

Iron loft-drift has been going on since manufacturers realised that if a new set of irons goes further than the old set, then they're an easier sell. So a very simple thing to do is just make them all steeper. So they do. Extra bonus for the manufacturer: now you need a gap wedge at the top!

He's boasting that his lower-lofted club goes further than a higher-loft club? Well, duh, it will, won't it!

But if his 6 iron is the same loft as your 5 iron, then they're effectively the same club. He's effectively hitting a 5 iron, and getting the results of a 5 iron, but getting to call it a '6 iron'. Johnny Large-Potatoes.

The flip side of the argument, if we're getting into the weeds, is that he'll be getting the dispersion of a 5 iron from his '6 iron', which is a bad thing.

Edited by SpeckledJim on Wednesday 8th July 09:02

Listen to Jim!