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7 Wood is my most dependable club also. Hit it anywhere from 140-170 yards. I use it on mid to longer par 3's. 3 Wood is hit pretty well, If my driver is failing me (often), I will switch to 3 wood off the tee. Not as dependable hitting off the deck, if I am hitting the 3 wood bad off the deck, I switch to 5/7 wood. Better to advance the ball straight 150+ yards than pull a 3 wood 200. In my older age (53), I have abandoned any iron below a 7 iron. I have 3/5/7/9 woods / fairway metals. It looks just like your typical old man golf bag, LOL. I have since replaced it, but was at Sams Club one Sunday years ago, purchased a Billy Club 7 wood for like $29.95. Best $30 I ever spent. Immediately hit the club great and quickly became my go to club. It aged and better technology came and I replaced it with a Callaway 7 . it is a Big Bertha Warbird, i actually to this day still use the Callaway Big Bertha driver. My 3/5/9 are also Callaway but the Steelhead edition. Hell my irons are the old ass X14's. Sorry for the long rant, kind of got away from the 3 wood discussion, but 7 wood talk got me.
Yeah, this past year was the first time I got to go to the Barbasol. I was shocked at how far away they put a lot of the restrooms and it wasn't easy to get around to various holes. Course is also just a pitch and putt for a lot of the pros.
I'm glad Kentucky has a TOUR event, though.
Crucial part of hitting a wood is to relax the arms. Too many people tighten up trying to hit with any wood and end up topping the shot.
All that said, I much prefer to use a 5 wood because I can hit it more consistently (and it is a really old club I use with the clubhead still wooden!).
Can't disagree (I am a member), but it wasn't like that the first two years, I think due to Covid, they had far fewer on course facilities and concessions this year. And then they had more than twice as many fans attend this year, which didn't help matters. Hole #14 had the only concession and restrooms on the back nine and the lines were LONG on Sunday afternoon.
As to getting more fans on the course, I think they should seek some advice from other tour events that are in real estate developments like Champions, there has to be a way to get more fans to the far reaches of the course, shuttle, temporary walking easements, something. Also, if the crowds get much bigger, they are going to have to think about allowing fans on both sides of the fairways, only one side per hole is open.
Agree with everything you said. Just started golfing again last year, after a 20 year break. I’m now 61 and it’s incredibly difficult re-learning how to hit a golf ball. Can’t hit a 3 wood consistently worth a damn. Finally bought a 7 wood (Wilson), on E-bay, and it’s amazing how much easier it is to get the ball in the air and not sacrifice distance. I’m sold on high loft woods.
Stephanie Meadow is not wearing a bra.
In other news, Nelly Korda has a 3 stroke lead.
In other news, Nelly Korda has a 3 stroke lead.
UK woman Jen Castle is in the finals of the US Womens Amateur today. Currently 1 up through 9. It is a 36 hole final. It's not on TV right now but is on golf channel at 2.
Of all the tournaments I have been to, the ones w/ the logistical nightmares for fans are the ones in neighborhoods. The ability to go from a hole on the front to a hole on the back is extremely limited, or non-existent due to homes/streets. You are pretty much forced to navigate the course as it is played, either front to back or vice versa.
Difficulty on courses for the pro's has very little to do with distance these days. I doubt the tour wants this event to be anything but a birdie fest, regardless of where it played. -18 is the highest score in its 6 year history.
The best course for this tourney in Central KY would be Kearney....they can meet all the requirements for logistics and fans, especially given they had a senior event there for 8 years. The scoring would be low, naturally, but it can be stretched to 7400 if needed, and there are numerous trouble areas, including waste areas/tall grasses.
Nice. She hits a 15 footer on the 71st to win 2 and 1. I can't believe she didn't go nuts when it went in.
Her balling striking looks really good to me but she has to work on her chipping. It wasn't very good.
Her balling striking looks really good to me but she has to work on her chipping. It wasn't very good.
IF this was a sanctioned tournament, why was he not DQ'd ? Not playing it as it lies and being OB without assessing himself a penalty stroke(s) is signing a inaccurate scorecard which would be a automatic DQ.
Absolutely I would report it, then I would try to have a conversation with him later privately telling him to knock that ish the F off, or we won't be friends much longer. That is really some bad crap you are describing. And it will haunt your friend forever, word will get around.
Absolutely.. That reputation will follow him forever.
One guy at champions that has a reputation of hitting it in the woods and being in there hacking it out left and right and when you ask him what he got, he says par. Everybody knows the guy and everybody laughs at him and doesn't take him seriously.
There was a really wealthy guy at my club who got caught cheating in a club tournament a long time ago. He died a few years ago, but even today, if someone mentions him, almost immediately someone will mention that he got caught cheating.
Moral to the story: Don't do it. Ever.
If you're playing with someone in a competition, one of your jobs is to help protect the field. If you knowingly are letting obvious issues slide because it's your buddy, you're guilty as well. If this is obviously happening, your buddy already has the reputation. Don't let yourself get that reputation as well.
I purchased my daughter a Lady Cobra F8 in a 5 & 7 wood. They came in yesterday so we took them out to the range and man what a difference it made compared to her 3 wood. She had been pretty inconsistent with her 3 wood, 5 & 6 hybrids so her 2nd shot was usually a 7 iron which was putting her at a major disadvantage. She new she needed the extra distance but just felt more comfortable hitting a 7 iron due to consistency. Last night she was hitting the 5 wood around 140 and a couple of good clean hits rolled out closer to 155. The 7 wood was going 10-12 yards less than the 5 wood. I was really impressed how much better she hit both clubs. She is excited to use them in her tournament today.
My daughter played in a high school tournament last week with a girl who cut at least 10-12 strokes off of her score. Just one example was she hit a great tee shot on a par 3 and stuck it about 4 feet from the hole. Then she putted about 3 feet past the hole, putted it about 2 feet, didn't set up and instead slapped one handed at the ball which stopped short and she had to tap it in. So tee shot and 4 putts which even with common core math would be 5 but when my daughter asked what she had she said 3. 😂😂
***UPDATE*** My wife is at the match with my daughter today because I couldn't get off work. Anyway she is burning my phone up about to lose her mind because the girls my daughter is playing with are cheating. One girl lost 2 balls on a long par 5 and had to take penalty strokes and still said she only had a 6. Another par 4 hole a girl was hitting 2 shots for every 1 my daughter hit and my daughter ended up with a 6 and that girl said she had a 5. I may have to go bail her out of jail before its over. She hates when those girls cheat like that but I tell her they are just hurting themselves.
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I wonder how much of it is cheating with intent versus the player not knowing how to keep score? For example, in high school, there were times where a player would be like "I got a 5" and then I'd explain they got a 9 and then they'd realize they had a 9. They weren't being nefarious, they just didn't know how to keep score.
They'd typically shoot 20-30 strokes higher in practice than they would in tournaments. For example, in practice, a number of players would shoot anywhere from 60 to 70 on 9 holes but in tournaments, they'd shoot 100 over 18 holes.
Also bear in mind tournaments would have much harder conditions and yet they somehow would shoot better.
Where do ya'll tee off from? I'm looking to get back to playing golf after a 16-year break from it. I use to play from the tips, not because I had the game to do so but because tournaments required it. At my best, I'd shoot bogey golf but this was in practice. In tourneys, I'd be lucky to shoot 110.
Read the other day that you can play from any tee box but should play from the one that best suits your skill level. With that being said, is there anything wrong with playing from the front tees and moving back once your game is at a certain level? Or is there a stigma shooting from the front tees?
I know even as a child my dad would tell me to not play from the red tees, he'd make me tee back with him which kinda made the game difficult starting off.
Read the other day that you can play from any tee box but should play from the one that best suits your skill level. With that being said, is there anything wrong with playing from the front tees and moving back once your game is at a certain level? Or is there a stigma shooting from the front tees?
I know even as a child my dad would tell me to not play from the red tees, he'd make me tee back with him which kinda made the game difficult starting off.
Moved up to the white tees this year, and still suck. My advice is to play (A) where you are having fun while (B) not holding up the golf course playing too long of a course, making bogey and double bogey on every hole. My goal is to get back to breaking 80 semi regularly from the white tees, then maybe I will play the blue tees for more of a challenge.
One thing I disagree with is making everyone in the foursome play the same set of tees. If you want to play the tips, have at it, I can wait to play my tee shot, not a problem if everyone stays ready to go.
I agree that guys should play from the tees that makes it fun and not feel like they have to play the long tees.
It was a very nice gesture for Miner Mound to change the name to "The Cullan at Mineral Mound" in honor of Cullan Brown. I just recently played the course, I always enjoy it when down that way. Now even more so with them doing such a great thing, I will not even consider playing other courses in the area.
Yeah may be the case sometime but if you 4 putt on a par 3 and say you got a par that isn't not knowing how to keep score or shouldn't even be due to miscounting. It is shocking how often it happens in these tournaments. That particular girl turned in that she had around 115 and my wife kept up with her score and it was actually closer to 140.
I'm about an 18-20 handicap shooting consistently in the 90s, and I only play from the whites. I'll consider the tips if I ever get to the point of shooting in the 80s consistently. I'm out there to have fun and improve not be pissed off all the time.
Anyone here belong to a private club? I'm a public course guy, but with all of the new golfers over the last year it seems harder and harder to get good tee times unless you book far in advance. Additionally I seem to be playing more 5 hr rounds than I ever have before because munis pack the tee times together and usually don't have marshalls to monitor pace of play.
I'm not some great golfer, but I also don't play slow either.
So, to anyone that is a member at a private club, is it generally easier to get a tee time and is pace of play an issue?
I'm not some great golfer, but I also don't play slow either.
So, to anyone that is a member at a private club, is it generally easier to get a tee time and is pace of play an issue?
Sorry for spamming this thread today, but I'm also curious what most of you guys do in situations where you hit a ball, see exactly where it landed, but still can't find it when you get up to it.
My buddies and I started playing the "gallery rule" a couple of years ago meaning that if there was a gallery like at a PGA tour event, those types of balls would be found and marked by some volunteer, so we just drop where everyone in the group thinks it should be and don't take a penalty. Obviously if it's in the trees or it's not a friendly game, we would take the penalty. I'm talking more of balls lost in or just off the fairway.
My buddies and I started playing the "gallery rule" a couple of years ago meaning that if there was a gallery like at a PGA tour event, those types of balls would be found and marked by some volunteer, so we just drop where everyone in the group thinks it should be and don't take a penalty. Obviously if it's in the trees or it's not a friendly game, we would take the penalty. I'm talking more of balls lost in or just off the fairway.
My buddies and I have always kind of unofficially played that way. If it’s a “there’s no way that should be a lost ball” situation we usually all agree dropping without penalty is fine. This is when we’re all just out having a good time of course, no money involved.
It truly amazes me how a ball can just disappear even in fairly short grass. I know sometimes it can roll or take weird bounces and not be where you think it should be but other times it just rolls up under some grass or leaves and you just can't find the little crapper.
It really is amazing. A couple of weeks ago I hit a drive right down the middle of the fairway. The fairway sloped down towards the green so while I could see the ball land, we couldn't see the final resting spot from the tee since it started to roll down the hill. We got up there and looked for a few minutes, and it was nowhere to be found. If there was a group ahead of us I would have sworn somebody stole my ball, but it was just us on that hole. That one was a gallery rule all day long.
Also, golfing in the fall it gets even worse with all of the leaves everywhere.
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Above is the no. 1 reason I joined a private club 30 years ago, as soon as I could afford to. Just did not have time to sit around at Lakeside and Tates Creek waiting to be paired up if I was a single and then taking 4.5 or 5 hours to play.
As for pace of play, yes, generally much quicker than public, but can be a bit slow on Saturday and Sunday AM especially.
Glad to hear that.
I can afford it now, but I just want to make sure it's going to be worth it if I'm shelling out that kind of cash.
Just started golf again after not playing since I was 40, (I’m now 61). I play different tees, depending upon the difficulty of the hole. I usually shoot around 100, give or take. If I ever break 90, I’ll stick with a certain tee until I can break 80. Which, at my age, may never happen, cause I only get to go golfing 2 or three times a month.
Member at Keene Run in Lex for about 5 years. Used to play 2-3 times a week at public courses in Lex.
Now I guess I am a private course snob. Can't imagine playing public courses on the regular.
Most of Keene is always in great shape, can make tee times on our app, and a 4some usually gets in their round in 3.5 to 4 hours. Can go out to either course after 5 as a single and get in 18 uninterrupted.
Slow play is rarely an issue, and that is what matters to me. I may not be that good, but I at least play quickly.
Now I guess I am a private course snob. Can't imagine playing public courses on the regular.
Most of Keene is always in great shape, can make tee times on our app, and a 4some usually gets in their round in 3.5 to 4 hours. Can go out to either course after 5 as a single and get in 18 uninterrupted.
Slow play is rarely an issue, and that is what matters to me. I may not be that good, but I at least play quickly.
