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It sounds and feels weird, but give it a shot. I'm no kinesiologist or whatever but it seems to me that a little lower back arch gives a definite feeling of stability that comes from activating your core muscles. And it helps keep your hands inside the ball, too.Quote:
Originally Posted by MotherFucker
I mostly forget to do it but always get good swings when I remember.
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The Address:
http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/...h/000_0172.jpg
See how your back is curved at the top? Don't worry though, not everyone needs a leadbetter academy swing to play good golf. Ask Masters champion Angel Cabrera.
http://www.golfgalaxy.com/Clearance-...0120629_eNewsA
You're welcome.
Proper spine angle promotes a better turn and less arm generated swing.
Nah, Rubber band wound, liquid center, balata covers. We did occasionally kick a "Bramble" out from the underbrush. Still have the clubs with "modern" aluminum shafts and a sweet spot about the size of a dime.Quote:
Originally Posted by skiballs
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-e...0/000_1028.JPG
Played a local course yesterday, not horribly difficult but it has its moments. Shot a 57 on the front, 44 on the back. Go figure. I hate golf (not really, but yeah, really).
how long does anybody use a ball before it's considered too damaged to be reasonably effective? i'm playing with used balls, but i've made friends with the head caddy (he's letting me use his clubs) and i tell him in advance when i need balls and he picks the best ones he has for me and some of the look like they may have been struck once.
after playing with them for a while, i cull out the ones that have any cracks or similar impacts on the exterior or the dimples are really worn or don't roll evenly on the green. other than the wobbly ones, i'm curious how much i lose with the ones that have worn dimples or look used but not significantly damaged.
"Use'em til you lose'em" is my motto.
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Originally Posted by spook
I play a lot and modern balls are so durable I'm not sure why your seeing that kind of damage on golf balls. Unless it hits a cart path I rarely see anything that would affect my level of play.
Did anyone see the additional 50% off golf galaxy link? It's really making me want a pair of those adipure shoes.
I have a problem with golf balls. Every time I use my gap wedge, sand wedge, or lob wedge from the fairway (3 different wedges), I shear the ball, wether it be an NXT, ProV1, V1x, doesn't matter. It makes 4-6 lines right on the impact spot, and I have to wipe off golf ball from my club face. Drives me nuts. If I get a couple of those on there, it goes in my practice ball stash, sometimes even if it's once if it's been well used (2 rounds of golf), or a cart path, sometimes a tree mark. I don't want anything adding curve to my ball, and I almost never lose them, so using 2-3 a round is not a big deal to me, especially since I don't get to play nearly as much as I used to.
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Originally Posted by 4matic
i'm not seeing terrible damage, except for the one the neighbors dog chewed to a pulp. nothing i haven't seen before, although they have a lot of "jardines" (gardens) here that are filled with very course little rocks and topped with boulders and all manner of cacti and other plants. as i noted elsewhere, though, the rough here is really rough, several of the fairways are very narrow and surrounded by trees, or rocks or what have you.
but mostly i'm just talking about balls that have varying degrees of damage to the exterior - anything from slice from being hit thin or hitting hard objects or perhaps being exposed to ecuadorian sun and used for a long time. the sun here is much more intense than say oregon. i'm sure over time it must have an impact.
Spook , just shove the ball up your ass between holes , then wash it of in your mouth .
Maybe I'm a pussy but I've never damaged a ball with my swing enough to not play it. I'll even play cart path damaged balls as long as it's not ridiculously scuffed. Never though about playing a ball more damaged than that.
Just got back from the range and I fucking hate practicing full shots for more than 30 or 40 balls. Sitting there and pounding balls over and fucking over; I can't see how that's productive for anyone's game. It doesn't even come close to resembling the game and it dicks up my tempo every goddamn time. From here on out, if I'm going to hit balls, it's ONE small bucket then the rest of the time spent on my short game. I need a consistent practice routine.
Got some pictures of the swing I'll post once they're uploaded.
He does identify with Jerry Sandusky...Quote:
Originally Posted by skiballs
Have you tried headphones? Works for me but I also love practice. With my headphones on I can hit balls for as long as my joints hold out.Quote:
Originally Posted by MotherFucker
I still have no idea what you are talking about with having some sort of fucking "U" in the lower back. Please don't try to explain it though. It wouldn't be a helpful tip to anyone anyways. Headphones, decent tip. As long as you don't go from K-Ci and Jo Jo to Rob Zombie. Switching clubs every shot or two keeps it more interesting also.Quote:
Originally Posted by 4matic
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Originally Posted by 4matic
That might work. When it comes to playing the game, I have full-on ADD and can't do a fucking thing with unnatural noises around me while swinging a golf club. While I hate making excuses for why I hit the ball like shit, staying out on a crowded range is like hitting balls in a sold out Pepsi Center; everything imaginable distracts me then I just get more and more pissed. Guroo witnessed it today. It's not a pretty sight. Once the attitude goes, I might as well pack it up and leave for the day.
Guroo, did you really just reference K-Ci (?) and Jo-Jo? Where the fuck did that come from. lol
Just imagine what is would be look to play 18 holes with spook .
I practice at the Cal home course. All the college kids are wired. I wear them when I play.Quote:
Originally Posted by MotherFucker
It's called an arch. I wouldn't expect you to understand it; you have all the answers anyway. Post your scores and index so we can see how good you really are.Quote:
Originally Posted by guroo270
I did. I was a big fan of R&B in middle school, 93-97 ish. I used to be half black back in the day. Top Dawg T shirts, Dickies and Ben Davis pants, Jordan's, the whole bit. I still hold quite a huge grudge agains Cisco for single handedly killing the genre when he took Dru Hill in a new direction starting with the thong song. Montell Jordan, Brian McKnight, love all those guys. I still think they heard the thong song from Dru Hill and just said, "Ight, I'm out."Quote:
Originally Posted by MotherFucker
..."cause Alllllll myyyyyyy liiiiiiiife, I pray for someone liiike you." Got it stuck in my head now. Although, I literally like everything. I credit San Jose's school district when they decided to bus kids in from all over the county for all this. I even got asked by one of my buddies if I wanted to join the Family Crips. Before that I almost got beat up one day after school walking through the soccer fields and two big, older Mexican kids came up to me and said, "What's up homes?! You down for blue or red, eh?" I answered, I like blue better, why? I thought they were going to kill me. I found out they really like the color red. Good thing they sagged their pants and I could out stride them.
No thanks. I think I'm going to make my ignore list 1 longer, with a population of one. I just can't stand how long winded his posts are, and how tortured he seems. It just makes me depressed. I don't really think he's an asshole or anything, I just can't stand anything the guy types.Quote:
Originally Posted by skiballs
Here's a shot of the top of my swing from today. Personally, I like the one from last night more.
http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/...h/000_0398.jpg
Here's a couple shots of Guroo's swing.
http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/...h/000_0389.jpg
http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/...h/000_0390.jpg
Eeessh, i need to lay off at the top a little. :nonono2:
Advice please:
I just upgraded my really old hand me down irons that my Dad told me he got in 1986, making them almost as old as me. I got a new (to me) set of SGI irons (Taylor Made Burner Plus, if it matters) and played my first 9 with them the other day after work. I scored pretty well but the clubs just seem kind of strange after using those other old clubs for so long.
First of all the club heads are comparatively huge and look very foreign/strange at address, almost like a hybrid compared to my old sticks, but the clubs themselves are much lighter. I felt like it was hard to get underneath the ball – my shots were going farther as advertised but with a much lower ball trajectory like I was blading everything, hitting them thin. On a couple holes my approach shot landed a few feet short or on the very front edge of the green and was going so fast it ended up rolling off the back side into the rough. Also of note, when I did manage to get underneath, my shots had a pretty strong draw which is a new development.
Also, when I lay the club down to address the ball it looks like I should be opening the club face to get it to line up straight. As is it looks like it is pointing significantly to the left. I got a new hybrid that has the same issue, are you just supposed to know to open the club face or just hit it like that? (I hope this makes sense) I suspect this is what's causing the hooking/drawing.
Have any of you guys switched from old clubs (presumably blades, but I’m not too sure on that terminology) to newer, SGI type irons? Is there anything I should be doing differently when hitting them?
Just to give you an idea about me: I’m 28 and have been “playing golf” since I was like 10 or 12 but never more than a handful of times in a calendar year, some years not at all. This year I bought a pass at the local muni and I have already played more times this spring/summer than in the last 5-10 years combined. I am a high handicapper and have never broken 90 in my life, but came close recently (93) but usually shoot around 100.
Practice with a purpose or a goal. Hit one ball every 2-3 minutes.
Stance - Feet shoulder width apart. Make like you are going to sit down on a bar stool. Something you should be familiar with. Keep your head up. See the ball over the tip of your nose.
you are feeling the effects of the "SGI", strong draw-bias, and huge sweet spot to minimize bad effects of mis-hits. The lofts are strong too, so your "9 iron" will hit more like an old 7 or 8... IIRC they come only in 4-AW, but lofts are more like 3-PW. They are designed to get the ball up in the air so are you hitting them thin? Could be they are new and feel different, so you are mis-hitting it and just seeing better results for your mishits. Did you hit any "pure" that behaved differently?Quote:
Originally Posted by JaytaeMoney
I did notice that the lofts seem screwy, and now I feel like I have a huge gap in my bag? Yesterday I was between 120 and 130 away from the green, did 3/4 swing with the PW and the damn thing went over the green... I'm playing in Aspen at 8k elevation but come on...
When I get a "pure" strike the ball flight is nice but the draw is always there especially with the longer irons. I probably just need to practice with them more, I haven't even hit them at the range yet. Just took em out and started playing.
If the shafts are too light and too soft for your swing that will contribute to a hook and also make it harder to dig the ball out. What shafts are they? The SGI's are an offset club head which are designed to fight a fade so they will also promote a hook if you're not careful.Quote:
Originally Posted by JaytaeMoney
The most common mistake amateurs make is at the top of the back swing and it's something I'm working on.Quote:
Originally Posted by MotherFucker
Look right at 7:50 on this video and notice the back leg at the top of the swing. It's straight. Not bent:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwwmXUrs0so
I'm unemployed right now, so I don't feel good about going out and playing, so I haven't gotten to play much this year. 4 rounds maybe? My best this year is 78 so far from the tips. I'm a 5.1 index. Last year I posted my first even round par since high school at Indian Peaks from the tips, 39, 33 (on the tougher 9 by far).Quote:
Originally Posted by 4matic
I didn't get to play at all in college or the few years after. I used to be good though. I have two 69's, one at Almaden Country Club from the blues (Par 72), and one at Angel Park in Las Vegas (Par 70). Plenty of 71's and 72's at Almaden CC. Now you just see flashes of who I used to be, then I'll top a 3 wood, leave a ball in the bunker, hit a drive with 60 yards of fade out of nowhere, or have a 3 putt or two. Mistakes I didn't use to make ever. I also placed 3rd overall in my high schools' regional individual championships played at Rancho Cañada with a 72 on the west course. I used to always play with this kid Nate Smith in the regionals, who is now a pro. He was one of my favorite guys to play golf with. I hated playing against Christina Kim from Oak Grove HS. She's a total bitch, which may have changed since she's got a few mil in the bank, but she was the only person who could make the game unenjoyable for me. I've beaten her twice even though she got to play the reds.
I grew up playing as much golf as I wanted, so I never practiced, just went out and played 45 holes a day, 4 days/week. I'm having to transition to a person that practices on the range now. Hopefully I get to go back to the way it was someday.
I'm playing Coal Creek with MOFO on Monday at 4:03 if anyone wants to join us. I just took a 3 week hiatus from playing, so I'm not feeling all that great about my game right now, but I'll be sure to post up my score for you.
GOLF OFF!
which is it going to be, long drive or putt-putt guys?
I'm 5'7", so putt-putt?
i had my best day on this course until the sun went down. can't wait to get back tomorrow.
i love it when people tell me they're putting me on ignore. it's one more childish whine. i'm not tortured although my mental space may torture others. i'm pretty comfortable with it. i'm not calling everybody cunts and fags and douchebags every other post. i'm in this thread to talk about golf and that's it.
@Motherfucker-- Your divots tell the tale. Over the top and out to in with your swing. Try swinging as if you're hitting a line drive down the 1st base line.
just watched a vid of someone at the driving range working with his driver off the rubber tee and there was a box in front of the tee with an automated arm that sets a new ball on the tee. i've never seen one before? are they common?
would have taken more pics, but we were losing light fast.
from tee box at hole 1
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approach to hole 2: water right and left, sand in back of green.
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driving range is the attachment. not sure why that happened.
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Originally Posted by MotherFucker
twinsies!!! how cute!!
how many of you wear golf shoes with soft spikes? i bought a pair of nike waterproof ones " on sale" har har a couple of years ago and they are super comfortable and i love them.
unfortunately, my better half talked me out of bringing on this trip and then i lucked into this membership and have been playing in running shoes. it's not horrible, but i miss the security of the extra grip. i've had two surgeries on my left knee (and i'm a righty) so the occasional slippage when i swing makes me a little nervous.
According to the Darrell Survey 99 percent of woods played on the PGA Tour are composite graphite, while only 12 percent of graphite is played in irons.
Graphite shafts in irons, the final frontier?
http://www.golfwrx.com/30740/graphite-shafts-in-irons-the-final-frontier/
the flex pics between steel and the more advanced graphite is pretty amazing. the vid i took of myself with my shitty clubs was significantly worse than the the steel.
Always get a chuckle when someone says "I used to be good" or "I just slap the ball around" or whatever when they say their index is still >10. I would take a crowbar to all of your knees if I could break 80 consistently with a few broken 70s a season. I know we all want to improve but if you're >10, you're pretty damn good IMHO. What do you guys think?
Played with a guy a few weeks back that shot like a 76 then bitched about ball contact or some shit over a beer in the CH. Contact my balls with your mouth, dude. You just shot a fuckin' 76.
I'm inconsistent as shit so I'd love just to be able to shoot in the low 80s consistently. I'd consider myself good at that point becuase you can go out and kill the average golfer during any said round. I know it's not a competition amongst friends but I still like beating people.