Official Golf Thread

I never thought golf would be this addicting. I finally broke 90 for the the first time Sunday (shot an 88). Swing felt awesome. 5 pars, 1 birdie. I'm pretty pleased with that for only having started about 6 months ago.

Originally posted by KidFlippy I never thought golf would be this addicting. I finally broke 90 for the the first time Sunday (shot an 88). Swing felt awesome. 5 pars, 1 birdie. I'm pretty pleased with that for only having started about 6 months ago.

That's amazing for 6 months! Your swing must be coming along nicely. Are you taking lessons? I was lucky enough to have a team at my high school and played for 2 years. My handicap was around a 8-9 at the time. Playing as an adult is much more fun. Golf is better slightly buzzed.

Originally posted by steezemisterr Shot the worst round of my life yesterday. Not one drive got further than twenty yards. I need to take lessons from Chubbs Peterson I think, It's all in the hips.

Don't worry. I bet you're better at golf than me. The only golf I've ever played is mini golf

haha.. funny thing for me is, I can hit 5 pars and a birdie and still score a 100... triple putts and four putts everywhere!!

3/4 putts are unfortunately all to common for me. I can put a 60' putt within 5 feet of the hole, then for whatever reason, i'll push the next 2-3 shots a half an inch left of the hole. i can feel my form falling apart in the foreswing.. i just need to practice it more so I won't try to overcompensate.
My 5-iron used to be my favorite club to swing.. but lately i can't get that #(%*er to put a ball in the air. On the local course there's a 165-yd par 3 (white tees) and i used to use that club with a relaxed, soft swing and put it near the pin every time. Lately it's just been hitting em all fat or punching it way off into the wheat field off to the left. I've stepped back to using the 6 and had some much better results as far as trajectory, but unless the flag's at the front of the green, I'm guaranteed a long-ass putt or a chip shot. either way, a birdie's just about out of reach :(.

^like he said, it's all about timing!

I've been playing with the same set of irons since I was 13-yesterday I finally got a new set-deciding on the TM burner 2.0's. Excited to take them out to the range on thursday

going to be playing at a nice course this weekend. once again without any practice. haven't played in a few months also.

J_lucky, ya i did alot of shopping around, considering both new and used but a new set of burners just felt the best-im feeling good about the decision

Originally posted by timpiper J_lucky, ya i did alot of shopping around, considering both new and used but a new set of burners just felt the best-im feeling good about the decision

Hope ya enjoy em :).

I forgot i've gotta babysit this Saturday, as my sis is getting surgery (and since she was the one kind enough to drive me over to portland last month for mine, it's the least i can do). I fear it MAY cut into my plans to go golfing this weekend (Sunday is already prebooked with playing football, watching football, and doing my volunteer work), but I might be able to drag my ass out of bed for an early tee time.. Now comes the problem of trying to find someone else willing to wake up that early lol.

I love that Bubba is pulling a Happy Gilmore off the first tee and having the crowd go nuts as he smokes his tee shot. Cool way to get the fans pumped up and have some extra fun.

Originally posted by HAVEN2135 I love that Bubba is pulling a Happy Gilmore off the first tee and having the crowd go nuts as he smokes his tee shot. Cool way to get the fans pumped up and have some extra fun.

Any guy with a pink driver is cool by me lol. Oh, and of course, the fact that he's a lefty makes him even more awesome B-)

How in the hell did the US lose the ryder cup with a 10-6 lead going into sunday? Only one word can describe their collapse and thats pathetic

I loved that Ryder cup yesterday, the whole USA chants are very annoying to me for whatever reason so I liked seeing Europe take it.  I thought both fans were pretty classless with the cheering of the other teams bad shots.  No one should be cheering when you put one in the water.

Originally posted by ctoma Originally posted by timpiper How in the hell did the US lose the ryder cup with a 10-6 lead going into sunday? Only one word can describe their collapse and thats pathetic Let's count the ways: Tiger Woods missed a 3½-foot par putt on the 18th hole, and then conceded a par to Francesco Molinari of about that length to halve their match. That extra half-point made it a clear-cut win for Europe, 14½-13½. Woods and Stricker, the anchors in the lineup, didn't win a single match at Medinah. The biggest match might have belonged to Justin Rose. He was on the verge of losing to Phil Mickelson when Rose holed a 12-foot par putt to halve the 16th, made a 35-foot birdie putt from the back of the 17th green to win the hole, and then closed out Mickelson with a 12-foot birdie on the last hole. Six of the 12 matches went to the 18th hole on Sunday. The Americans won only one of them.

Ive always hit a fade-since i started playing when i was young. Now, all of the sudden, outta nowhere, im hitting a pretty gnarly draw-especially on long irons and woods. Make it stop!!! At least make it more manageable

Originally posted by timpiper Ive always hit a fade-since i started playing when i was young. Now, all of the sudden, outta nowhere, im hitting a pretty gnarly draw-especially on long irons and woods. Make it stop!!! At least make it more manageable

I'm FINALLY gonna get out and play another round (only 9 holes, as the work schedule really cuts into the daylight hours). This'll be the first time in like 4 months i've swung the sticks around. I should probably hit the driving range first, but eff it. Wouldn't tame my slice anyway lol

Originally posted by j_lucky84 I'm FINALLY gonna get out and play another round (only 9 holes, as the work schedule really cuts into the daylight hours). This'll be the first time in like 4 months i've swung the sticks around. I should probably hit the driving range first, but eff it. Wouldn't tame my slice anyway lol

Farkin lame, the buddy i was gonna go golf with this afternoon didnt get to the office til 10am this morning,so he cant bail early.. so no golf for me.

Originally posted by grapeape2669 Originally posted by timpiper Ive always hit a fade-since i started playing when i was young. Now, all of the sudden, outta nowhere, im hitting a pretty gnarly draw-especially on long irons and woods. Make it stop!!! At least make it more manageable You should be happy if in fact you're hitting a draw.  Good players hit draws, and bad players hit fades in general.  But from the sounds of it you're hitting a snap hook.  Slightly different story, but it's still better than a slice.

Same story here.  Sliced, then faded, now stap hooks and/or pushes are my miss.  I guess they're caused by misalignment issues (no need to close the stance anymore), or by the many bandaids that my old swing had.

I have, over night, developed the gnarliest hook on my long irons, woods, and driver

Ya i struggle off and on with trying to hit it too hard. I can feel my swing getting a little handsy as opposed to well balanced as well

I'm all for the ban on long wands.  When adam suck errr... scott used his at the Open Championship this year as his "one club length" club, i was outtie 5 on the whole movement.

I finally have a day off tomorrow that would allow for me to play a round of golf but its raining!!!

Its my birthday today, so I woke up and ordered myself Mizuno MP 68's. happy birhtday to me. Driver and wedges are next to be replaced