Hittin' the links: Golf talk

[BigRedBuster]

Ever since my kids were little, I have always said they come first and golf comes second. There are three tournaments I have wanted to play in for a long time. Well....this year is the first year NONE of my kids have summer activities that would take priority. They have jobs and the rest of the time is free.

WELLLLL.......Just so happens then I have nephews that decided to schedule weddings on two of them and the course changed the date of the third to a weekend I already am schedule to be out of town.

 

[ColoradoHusk]

Live update of NUance working on his puttting:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeBmSTvIug8

Ernie has been my favorite golfer the past 15 years or so. Sad to see.

 

[NUance]

Bought a couple of wedges yesterday. Last year's spin milled Vokey--a 52.08 and a 56.14, both in brushed chrome finish. Similar to the one above, except different bounce. I'll probly pick up a 48 to match those two, when I find one.

I picked up the Vokey SM5 48.08 a few days ago. Have a matching set now.

 

[ColoradoHusk]

Bought a couple of wedges yesterday. Last year's spin milled Vokey--a 52.08 and a 56.14, both in brushed chrome finish. Similar to the one above, except different bounce. I'll probly pick up a 48 to match those two, when I find one.

I picked up the Vokey SM5 48.08 a few days ago. Have a matching set now.

I assume the decimal is the bounce on the wedge. I am curious why you decided to go with a different bounce for your 56 degree wedge, compared to your 48 and 52?

 

[NUance]

Bought a couple of wedges yesterday. Last year's spin milled Vokey--a 52.08 and a 56.14, both in brushed chrome finish. Similar to the one above, except different bounce. I'll probly pick up a 48 to match those two, when I find one.

I picked up the Vokey SM5 48.08 a few days ago. Have a matching set now.

I assume the decimal is the bounce on the wedge. I am curious why you decided to go with a different bounce for your 56 degree wedge, compared to your 48 and 52?

Sand!

 

[NUance]

I tweaked my back last week doing yard work. Thought it might be a while before I'd be playing any golf. But I felt pretty good Friday afternoon, so I thought I'd play a couple holes after work and see how things felt. First four holes I went birdie, birdie, bogey, and par. Then the wheels fell off and I went triple bogey, lost ball (didn't finish the hole), bogey. Oh well. That's golf.

 

[QMany]

"That's golf." I say that far too often.

 

[Mavric]

Hopefully this isn't your home course:

https://twitter.com/OPDOfcBossman/status/729828902370086912

 

[NUance]

Played a nine hole par three course a couple days back. Shot four over par. Now why can't I do that on a full length course? Why??

 

[NUance]

Been working on my putting quite a bit lately. I've done ten or so 20 minute practice sessions over the past couple of weeks. My new favorite drill: Drop nine balls on an area of the practice green, lag them to the nine holes on the practice green, and then putt them out. Trying not to three putt. (It's hard to get all nine in without a three.) I do this three or four times from various parts of the green, which is roughly an oval of 110 x 70 feet. So some of the putts are pretty long.

 

[QMany]

Good stuff, NUance. I do something similar every practice session. One ball, nine holes randomly from 30-80 feet. Par is 18, and I keep track each week. I make a point to go through my full routine.

 

[NUance]

Played in a Memorial Day scramble yesterday, and had a solo eagle on a short par four (325 yards). Drove the green. Sunk the 12 foot putt.

:

I've been bragging about it to everyone I know because it's not likely to ever happen again.

 

[Mavric]

Played in a Memorial Day scramble yesterday, and had a solo eagle on a short par four (325 yards). Drove the green. Sunk the 12 foot putt.

:

I've been bragging about it to everyone I know because it's not likely to ever happen again.

NUance on the tee box:

 

[NUance]

Played in a Memorial Day scramble yesterday, and had a solo eagle on a short par four (325 yards). Drove the green. Sunk the 12 foot putt.

:

I've been bragging about it to everyone I know because it's not likely to ever happen again.

NUance on the tee box:

Ha ha! Yeah!

The fairway is level and flat, up to about fifty yards short of the green. Then it slopes down into the green. If you can reach the slope it feeds down toward the green. My drive was probably around 270 or so, which is very long for me. And the slope helped me another forty yards or so. I'm generally out there around 225 to 250 on a decent drive.

 

[NUance]

Played in a Memorial Day scramble yesterday, and had a solo eagle on a short par four (325 yards). Drove the green. Sunk the 12 foot putt.

:

I've been bragging about it to everyone I know because it's not likely to ever happen again.

So I played that same hole again last night. This time from the white tees where I normally play, about 50 yds further back. The result? Pulled drive left into the trees. Lost ball. Back to the tee box to hit another. Ended up with a snowman. A two on Saturday, and an eight on Thursday. That's where my game is at right now.