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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,594
    edited November 2020
    mrussel1 said:
    The Juggler said:
    This fucking game. Played yesterday. Putting was on point. One three putt all day. Drove the ball better than I have most of the year. Iron game was okay. But the short game around the green, which is usually my strength was utter trash. Finished with a fucking 95 but felt like it easily could've been closer to 85. Oh well. 
    Did the same on Friday.  I left at least 6 strokes in the table with bad chips.  I think my total putts were 2 under,  one penalty stroke all day,  etc. It was all chipping.  I do find that this time is the year the greens and green side play gets harder as everything is more inconsistent. Different speeds,  different lengths of rough,  etc.
    Yeah, great point about this time of year. Plus the course I played was not the best so that adds to the inconsistencies.

    We teed off off at 8:15 and the temperature was a robust 29 degrees! I think that's the coldest its been for me on a course. No wind, though. and it did get up to around 50 on the back 9. 
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  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,879
    The Juggler said:
    mrussel1 said:
    The Juggler said:
    This fucking game. Played yesterday. Putting was on point. One three putt all day. Drove the ball better than I have most of the year. Iron game was okay. But the short game around the green, which is usually my strength was utter trash. Finished with a fucking 95 but felt like it easily could've been closer to 85. Oh well. 
    Did the same on Friday.  I left at least 6 strokes in the table with bad chips.  I think my total putts were 2 under,  one penalty stroke all day,  etc. It was all chipping.  I do find that this time is the year the greens and green side play gets harder as everything is more inconsistent. Different speeds,  different lengths of rough,  etc.
    Yeah, great point about this time of year. Plus the course I played was not the best so that adds to the inconsistencies.

    We teed off off at 8:15 and the temperature was a robust 29 degrees! I think that's the coldest its been for me on a course. No wind, though. and it did get up to around 50 on the back 9. 
    I teed at 1215 and it was about 65 degrees.  Shorts and a windbreaker.  Fantastic weather.  However they didn't cut the bermuda rough, even around the greens, so you had to hunt balls that were five feet off.  Super annoying.  Plus, you could not get even the slightest bit of sauce on a chip from the rough.  So I would leave them 12 foot short or 12 foot long, best case.  I didn't have one greenside save all day.  Brutal.  
  • bbiggs
    bbiggs Posts: 6,964
    If this doesn’t convince everyone that the golf ball needs to be dialed back, nothing will.

    https://www.golfwrx.com/642935/bryson-dechambeau-watches-on-in-awe-at-302-yard-8-iron-strike/
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,879
    bbiggs said:
    If this doesn’t convince everyone that the golf ball needs to be dialed back, nothing will.

    https://www.golfwrx.com/642935/bryson-dechambeau-watches-on-in-awe-at-302-yard-8-iron-strike/
    Yeah I can hit mine maybe 165 here on the east coast, at least with proper ball flight.  However I don't want my ball dialed back.  As I get older, I appreciate the technology.  
  • bbiggs
    bbiggs Posts: 6,964
    ^ I don’t want it dialed back for me either, being an average hack.  I do think something has to change for tour pros though, or many courses will need to be stretched out to 8,000, 9,000+ to present a proper test for them. 
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,026
    Bifurcation 
  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,910
    That dude is a long drive champion who swings like a complete maniac.  It's hard to see USGA or R&A doing anything at this point.

    In sad news, my local muni officially closed for the season.  Always a sad day when I drive by and see the "golf course closed" sign.  The only good thing about 2020 is that I played a ton of golf since that was just about the only thing to do all summer.  Need to get a new driver this winter...got so fed up with my old one that I took it out of the bag and teed off with my utility 3 iron majority of the time.
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,594
    About 6-8 inches of snow out there and the 10 day forecast is mostly in the 30's. Looks like there's a chance I played my last round of 2020...
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  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,879
    The Juggler said:
    About 6-8 inches of snow out there and the 10 day forecast is mostly in the 30's. Looks like there's a chance I played my last round of 2020...
    We got 2 inches of rain from the storm.  But sunny and 50s for the next week.  Tee time of 1130 next Wednesday.  Hopefully 90 degrees

  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,256
    Driving to Hilton head for two - three weeks.  Will bring my home work setup and just get a nice change of scenery with some golf sneaked in. 
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,594
    you sons of bitches
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  • cutz
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    https://youtu.be/jNa64ZP0V8o
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,594
    ^
    Yeah that will be cool to watch this weekend
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,273
    tiger  and charlie. tiger and charlie. tiger and charlie....

    STFU! what, tiger is suddenly father of the year??? robert fucking young? what about all those years tiger was banging hos?

    fuck tiger. good luck to his son.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • eddiec
    eddiec Posts: 3,959
    Wobbie said:
    tiger  and charlie. tiger and charlie. tiger and charlie....

    STFU! what, tiger is suddenly father of the year??? robert fucking young? what about all those years tiger was banging hos?

    fuck tiger. good luck to his son.

    Shes A Nice Lady GIFs Tenor
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,594
    Ladies and gentlemen, we have a Robert Young reference.

    Who is Robert Young?
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  • cutz
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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,026
    The first real hole of golf I ever played I made par. Hit it Into trees, drilled it over the green hit a tree and bounced back onto green.

    First tournament I played in I topped the ball on the first tee and it went maybe 15 yards. Shot over 100 and came in next to last.  Probably around 13 years old.

    This little punk makes his first eagle on tv
  • bbiggs
    bbiggs Posts: 6,964
    I cannot wait to see what the future holds for this kid. 
  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,910
    Cliffy6745 said:
    The first real hole of golf I ever played I made par. Hit it Into trees, drilled it over the green hit a tree and bounced back onto green.

    First tournament I played in I topped the ball on the first tee and it went maybe 15 yards. Shot over 100 and came in next to last.  Probably around 13 years old.

    This little punk makes his first eagle on tv
    I'm 37 and still looking for my first eagle.  He's 11 and had his first eagle on national TV.  

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