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[nutmegchoi]

Spine angle, huh...
Something to think about.
Thank you, Wooley!!!

[wooley12]

What I'm getting from the vid is no matter that the take away and wrist cock sequence is, if your spine angle at address is the same as the spine angle at and through impact it's a good goal . Balance and tempo are key. I'm working to get back to the balance and tempo I need to be so we're climbing the same mountain. The spine angle thing is covered by the 1st of 3 rules my mentor gave me for playing good golf. "Keep your head steady". I do that by looking at the back of the ball. Unless I forget to. Rule 1A was to see the tee when the ball is gone. (You can't do it but it works, sometimes)

Talking golf instead of golf swing, in Fridays Old Couples and we used to have dinner league, I played the par 5's in 1 under. I turned the #2 hole par 5 dog leg left into 600 yds by over cooking my draw off the tee and bouncing off a tree and 60 yds right. Taylormade Burner 3 wood to 187 second shot. Carried a 6 iron with a 1 club wind at my back to 10 yds in front of the green. Bounced once and rolled to 12'. Made the straight uphill putt. Just like I'd planned it.

[4matic]

What I'm getting from the vid is no matter that the take away and wrist cock sequence is

NL has a good takeaway. It can be wristy but it has to (must) originate from the club head. If your wrists lead the takeaway it just won't work. Call it one piece takeaway or whatever you want. When you drive with high tee ball you want the spine angled back Like this \ to promote an upward blow. Hitting irons is with a straight spine angle which promotes a downward blow.

Rather than keeping your head steady (it isn't) I think it is better advice to keep your eyes steady. The focus should be on hitting the sweet spot of the club and that is accomplished with eyes like you said, focused on the back of the ball.

[wooley12]

ok

When I'm on the course as opposed to on the practice tee, the swing advice that comes to mind is what my HS football coach once gave me. "Don't think Wooley, you'll weaken the team.!!"

[philth]

The view from our 19th hole never gets old...


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[FussyDutchman]

The view from our 19th hole never gets old...


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Fine view indeed. We need to get that mag outing on the calendar later this summer or at the least a home and home. Your track is on my list of VT courses I have yet to play.

Nutmeg, glad to hear you are back to 100% and the game continues to improve.

[philth]

I’m down with that Fussy [emoji106]


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[f=ma]

Talking golf instead of golf swing, in Fridays Old Couples and we used to have dinner league, I played the par 5's in 1 under. I turned the #2 hole par 5 dog leg left into 600 yds by over cooking my draw off the tee and bouncing off a tree and 60 yds right. Taylormade Burner 3 wood to 187 second shot. Carried a 6 iron with a 1 club wind at my back to 10 yds in front of the green. Bounced once and rolled to 12'. Made the straight uphill putt. Just like I'd planned it.

I remember playing a round at Chambers with my buddy, who's an elite golfer. On a 460~ yard par 4, he bombs, yet pushes his drive down into a rock quarry. Then he thins his second shot and flies the green down into another rock quarry. Then he cans his recovery shot from 40 yards out and 10 feet vertical below the green. Ugliest birdie I have ever seen. That was years ago and I still bring it up all the time.

[nutmegchoi]

Played Winged Foot East with 3 other girls.
Thick roughs, FAST and tricky greens and bunkers ate us alive, but we had such a great time.
What a way to spend Monday.
Tomorrow, going back to the office after 3 month lockdown.

[liv2ski]

Nice^^^^^super happy to see that post. I hadn't seen you for awhile and was getting worried. Have a great week.

[nutmegchoi]

Nice^^^^^super happy to see that post. I hadn't seen you for awhile and was getting worried. Have a great week.

Thank you!
Lived groundhog days for 3 months.
Same day in and day out.
Weekend golf was the only thing I was looking forward to it.
Still can’t believe I’m going back to the office tomorrow.

[4matic]

Do you have a push cart? Nice course. That looks really fun.

[nutmegchoi]

Do you have a push cart? Nice course. That looks really fun.

Yeah.
I got mine last year and I’ve been walking most the rounds.
When the course gets really hilly, I carry my bag instead.

West is the championship course but the East also has plenty of challenges to keep things interesting.

Winged Foot normally don’t allow push carts.
It’s walking and carrying or walking with caddie.
(you’ll need a doctor’s note to ride a cart)
But the pandemic shut down the cart and caddie so now they allow push carts just during the COVID.

[4matic]

Sweet

[booner]

Playing Shenendoah at Turning Stone on Sat...can't wait

[nutmegchoi]

Boyfriend is broken.
(left shoulder torn labrum repair surgery)
No golf for me til next weekend.

[wooley12]

Too bad. Why won't you be playing? I always found it was easier to join a group as a walk on single.

[nutmegchoi]

He’s in a lot of pain and can’t really do things by himself.
I took 3 days off from work to get his meals, meds and ice packs.
Depends on how he does, maybe I’ll get to get out after work next week.

[Ski220]

Too bad. Why won't you be playing? I always found it was easier to join a group as a walk on single.

A lot of the times I have gone out this year have been as a single joining another group. Feel a little strange jumping on someone else's party but that's the way things work. Been OK for the most part and have even made a couple of new "golf buddy's".

How do you all feel about a stranger camping onto your outing?
This is a lower tier municipal course so...

I have been going out late so most of the times the other people have quit after nine holes and I get to play the back 9 by myself or just one other. Working out well for me.

[4matic]

How do you all feel about a stranger camping onto your outing?

Like playing with Lee Trevino; funny but annoying. That's the game. Always has been. I remember when being maybe 10 yo my mom would drop me off at the golf course by myself. I wasn't allowed on the course till after 2pm and still remember the look on the old guys faces when I strolled up with my cart to get paired with them. They learned quickly I wasn't playing a kids game.

[54-46]

My mom used to play as a single and felt it helped her game because she wasn’t concerned about how the rest of the foursome was playing. Can be liberating.

[4matic]

Getting paired single is necessary to learn etiquette.

[wooley12]

If I don't count the 30 years of leagues, I've probably have played more rounds as a walkup single than a planned 4some. And I've played more rounds than most on public courses all over NYS as a walkup. Sometimes a starter would make the hookup. Other times I'd pick a group and just say" 2some? Mind if I join you? Never had a refusal and more often than not, at the end the round, because of my style of play, I get a "Gee, it was really fun playing with you."

My "style" of play is happy chatty with impeccable golf ettiquite. Score isn't important to me. I tell all my golf jokes and stories. I listen to theirs. I yell my ball to bounce left or carry or whatever. I never beat myself up ever a shank or chili dip. I usually say " I've seen[Tiger do that." I played 18 last week with a friend from my old fart league and asked him "On a scale of 1 to 10, how annoying is my chatter?" He said "About a 7, but you're really fun to play with."

[nutmegchoi]

I actually play as a single 75% of the time since my boyfriend is a “fair weather” golfer.
I never had a bad experience playing with 3 other strangers.
They always been very polite and helpful.

[f=ma]

Getting paired up with strangers is a great way to meet interesting people. Case in point, last weekend I got paired up with a bunch of corporate pilots.