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Just had my new handicap through. Quite disappointingly I've gone from 7.9 to 9.8, which with our course and slope rating means I'm playing the first comp next season off 11. Going to have a word with the club though, as it seems to have missed all the good rounds I put in at the end of last season - in fact it's only picked up 3 rounds for the whole of 2019, which seems a bit wrong.
Looks like I'm spending the winter (where possible) trying to eliminate the 1 or 2 drives OOB that have killed me all season....
Looks like I'm spending the winter (where possible) trying to eliminate the 1 or 2 drives OOB that have killed me all season....
bodhi said:
Just had my new handicap through. Quite disappointingly I've gone from 7.9 to 9.8, which with our course and slope rating means I'm playing the first comp next season off 11. Going to have a word with the club though, as it seems to have missed all the good rounds I put in at the end of last season - in fact it's only picked up 3 rounds for the whole of 2019, which seems a bit wrong.
Looks like I'm spending the winter (where possible) trying to eliminate the 1 or 2 drives OOB that have killed me all season....
Looks like I'm spending the winter (where possible) trying to eliminate the 1 or 2 drives OOB that have killed me all season....
siovey said:
Nah, i don't take it seriously enough. Its just great fun and good exercise for me. I think bothering to play seriously would take away all the fun for me. 
I thought the juxtaposition of these two posts was interesting. I offer this without comment as everything I typed made me look like a sanctimonious t
t.Although I am very firmly in the "great fun and exercise" camp, I freely admit that one of the reasons I rarely work out my score over a round is that I generally can't count that high
Interesting how we're all different.
Am about to unlock the wallet for a Mizuno ST200 driver to go with the recently bought MP54s which I love but I can't decide between the straight 200 or the X, which has the superlight shaft and draw bias, both of which I like the sound of as I'm tending to hit drives right at the moment. But I'm wondering if going for the X might be a copout that i might regret if I eventually get the drives going straight through a good swing rather than through good technology. I'm 67 but reasonably fit, playing off 18 now but was on 14 a couple of years back and feel I can get back towards that if all the stars align.
Am about to unlock the wallet for a Mizuno ST200 driver to go with the recently bought MP54s which I love but I can't decide between the straight 200 or the X, which has the superlight shaft and draw bias, both of which I like the sound of as I'm tending to hit drives right at the moment. But I'm wondering if going for the X might be a copout that i might regret if I eventually get the drives going straight through a good swing rather than through good technology. I'm 67 but reasonably fit, playing off 18 now but was on 14 a couple of years back and feel I can get back towards that if all the stars align.
I've got the bug for it back, played a lot as a junior member from the age of about 9-16 (until i was told i had to pay my own membership). I think i was playing off about 16 when i gave it up.
I gave it up as golf wasn't cool, but drinking and going out was.
Didn't play for about 10 years & went on a corporate golf day, had a good laugh, but didn't even get anywhere near scoring much playing off a 28 handicap, did win the longest drive though.
I've recently taken it up again (after 18 years off), after having a mess about on the local 18 hole pitch & putt.
We have a corporate membership so I've been taking advantage of that, played to about a 28 handicap after the first round, birdie & a few pars, but plenty of doubles.
Second round was down to about about a 24 handicap, 3rd round down to about 16, 4th around 18.
Going to make use of the corporate membership over the winter before joining my junior club in the spring, i have a plan in my head to get down to single figured hopefully inside a couple of years with coaching & practice, just getting my lad into it, so hopefully something we can do together as well.
I gave it up as golf wasn't cool, but drinking and going out was.
Didn't play for about 10 years & went on a corporate golf day, had a good laugh, but didn't even get anywhere near scoring much playing off a 28 handicap, did win the longest drive though.
I've recently taken it up again (after 18 years off), after having a mess about on the local 18 hole pitch & putt.
We have a corporate membership so I've been taking advantage of that, played to about a 28 handicap after the first round, birdie & a few pars, but plenty of doubles.
Second round was down to about about a 24 handicap, 3rd round down to about 16, 4th around 18.
Going to make use of the corporate membership over the winter before joining my junior club in the spring, i have a plan in my head to get down to single figured hopefully inside a couple of years with coaching & practice, just getting my lad into it, so hopefully something we can do together as well.
Have been trying to buy a set of Inesis wedges because why wouldn't you at £30 a pop, especially when Neil Tappin from Golf Monthly was struggling to find any performance difference between them and the £100 more expensive Callaway Jaws. Unfortunately it's impossible to get them because Decathlon's stock levels in the simple specs that most folk would want are pretty much non-existent. Have tried my hardest to give them money this afternoon but no luck.
deckster said:
I thought the juxtaposition of these two posts was interesting. I offer this without comment as everything I typed made me look like a sanctimonious tt.
Although I am very firmly in the "great fun and exercise" camp, I freely admit that one of the reasons I rarely work out my score over a round is that I generally can't count that high
Reading back my post it does seem like I'm not enjoying the game which is entirely untrue - I just don't enjoy finding out my handicap has gone up to 10 on a wet Monday morning t.Although I am very firmly in the "great fun and exercise" camp, I freely admit that one of the reasons I rarely work out my score over a round is that I generally can't count that high
You do raise a very valid point however in that trying to improve is great, but when it starts taking the fun out of the game you need to step back a little and remember why you started in the first place. Blackpuddin said:
Interesting how we're all different.
Am about to unlock the wallet for a Mizuno ST200 driver to go with the recently bought MP54s which I love but I can't decide between the straight 200 or the X, which has the superlight shaft and draw bias, both of which I like the sound of as I'm tending to hit drives right at the moment. But I'm wondering if going for the X might be a copout that i might regret if I eventually get the drives going straight through a good swing rather than through good technology. I'm 67 but reasonably fit, playing off 18 now but was on 14 a couple of years back and feel I can get back towards that if all the stars align.
I'm the same age, always sliced the ball 1st few years I played. If I could have fixed it with a new club back then I would have but glad I had to fix my swing instead. Been a natural drawer of the ball for years now, sometimes a good old fashioned hook......Am about to unlock the wallet for a Mizuno ST200 driver to go with the recently bought MP54s which I love but I can't decide between the straight 200 or the X, which has the superlight shaft and draw bias, both of which I like the sound of as I'm tending to hit drives right at the moment. But I'm wondering if going for the X might be a copout that i might regret if I eventually get the drives going straight through a good swing rather than through good technology. I'm 67 but reasonably fit, playing off 18 now but was on 14 a couple of years back and feel I can get back towards that if all the stars align.
Tomm3 said:
Blackpuddin said:
Interesting how we're all different.
Am about to unlock the wallet for a Mizuno ST200 driver to go with the recently bought MP54s which I love but I can't decide between the straight 200 or the X, which has the superlight shaft and draw bias, both of which I like the sound of as I'm tending to hit drives right at the moment. But I'm wondering if going for the X might be a copout that i might regret if I eventually get the drives going straight through a good swing rather than through good technology. I'm 67 but reasonably fit, playing off 18 now but was on 14 a couple of years back and feel I can get back towards that if all the stars align.
I'm the same age, always sliced the ball 1st few years I played. If I could have fixed it with a new club back then I would have but glad I had to fix my swing instead. Been a natural drawer of the ball for years now, sometimes a good old fashioned hook......Am about to unlock the wallet for a Mizuno ST200 driver to go with the recently bought MP54s which I love but I can't decide between the straight 200 or the X, which has the superlight shaft and draw bias, both of which I like the sound of as I'm tending to hit drives right at the moment. But I'm wondering if going for the X might be a copout that i might regret if I eventually get the drives going straight through a good swing rather than through good technology. I'm 67 but reasonably fit, playing off 18 now but was on 14 a couple of years back and feel I can get back towards that if all the stars align.
Blackpuddin said:
Have been trying to buy a set of Inesis wedges because why wouldn't you at £30 a pop, especially when Neil Tappin from Golf Monthly was struggling to find any performance difference between them and the £100 more expensive Callaway Jaws. Unfortunately it's impossible to get them because Decathlon's stock levels in the simple specs that most folk would want are pretty much non-existent. Have tried my hardest to give them money this afternoon but no luck.
Just watched that review on the Inesis wedge, and I am impressed. I need a wedge to fill in the gap between my PW and 52 and im wondering if a 50 could do that?Been looking at loads on ebay, for the same money I could have one brand new.
Challo said:
Blackpuddin said:
Have been trying to buy a set of Inesis wedges because why wouldn't you at £30 a pop, especially when Neil Tappin from Golf Monthly was struggling to find any performance difference between them and the £100 more expensive Callaway Jaws. Unfortunately it's impossible to get them because Decathlon's stock levels in the simple specs that most folk would want are pretty much non-existent. Have tried my hardest to give them money this afternoon but no luck.
Just watched that review on the Inesis wedge, and I am impressed. I need a wedge to fill in the gap between my PW and 52 and im wondering if a 50 could do that?Been looking at loads on ebay, for the same money I could have one brand new.
Shame Inesis have next to no stock and no way to even order one. I had a long email convo with one of their operatives yesterday. I'd have blown ninety quid on a set without a second thought. Makes you wonder.
A pitching wedge in a proper loft is normally around 46 degrees.
Personally I'd go 46, 50, 54 (and possibly a 58 if you like). Which is exactly what I've got!
A 52 degree wedge always seem a strange fit to me, unless you have extremely weak lofted clubs with as you say a 48 degree wedge?
Personally I'd go 46, 50, 54 (and possibly a 58 if you like). Which is exactly what I've got!
A 52 degree wedge always seem a strange fit to me, unless you have extremely weak lofted clubs with as you say a 48 degree wedge?
Rosscow said:
A pitching wedge in a proper loft is normally around 46 degrees.
Personally I'd go 46, 50, 54 (and possibly a 58 if you like). Which is exactly what I've got!
A 52 degree wedge always seem a strange fit to me, unless you have extremely weak lofted clubs with as you say a 48 degree wedge?
Personally I'd go 46, 50, 54 (and possibly a 58 if you like). Which is exactly what I've got!
A 52 degree wedge always seem a strange fit to me, unless you have extremely weak lofted clubs with as you say a 48 degree wedge?
Blackpuddin said:
Challo said:
Blackpuddin said:
Have been trying to buy a set of Inesis wedges because why wouldn't you at £30 a pop, especially when Neil Tappin from Golf Monthly was struggling to find any performance difference between them and the £100 more expensive Callaway Jaws. Unfortunately it's impossible to get them because Decathlon's stock levels in the simple specs that most folk would want are pretty much non-existent. Have tried my hardest to give them money this afternoon but no luck.
Just watched that review on the Inesis wedge, and I am impressed. I need a wedge to fill in the gap between my PW and 52 and im wondering if a 50 could do that?Been looking at loads on ebay, for the same money I could have one brand new.
Shame Inesis have next to no stock and no way to even order one. I had a long email convo with one of their operatives yesterday. I'd have blown ninety quid on a set without a second thought. Makes you wonder.
Used to play Mizuno JPX 825 Pro irons and the PW was 45, but now play F8 One Lengths and the PW is 44. Huge gap between that and the 52. Plus the PW is cavity back so loads of help on mis-hits, but the 52 is blade style so if I dont hit it well it drops off and falls well short.
I think the best option would be a 48, with a worst case a 50 degree.
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