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What sort of lady garment is there beneath the Miuras? :D

 

Funnily enough, I took my MP-4s out for the first time this year and I shot by far my season-best 81, +10. Two birdies and a third one was close rolling over the hole but bouncing out from the back of the hole.

 

I can't say it was down to the irons though as I kept hitting them slightly thin. The shafts are very different in feel (105 grams vs counter-balanced, 120 grams) and I couldn't get it exactly right yet. The ones I did get right felt so, so sweet though.

 

I had puta couple of for sale posts online about my MP-650 fairway woods but they got a chance today and boy did they deliver. Another round like that and I'm not sure if upgrading is worth it even though the 917 is better.

 

As for confessions, I confess I put a safe lay-up shot with a PW into a water hazard. :D Also, I can barely walk at the moment. I decided to go jogging on Friday evening and ended up doing a 21 km run (a half marathon but I hate the term). I could barely walk on Saturday, today was better but downhills were still a struggle. I could've not gone jogging on Friday and played even three rounds over the weekend but stupid is what stupid does. :)

 

I can't even READ the words "half marathon" without feeling it. Yikes.

 

MP-650 woods are great clubs.

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I can't even READ the words "half marathon" without feeling it. Yikes.

 

MP-650 woods are great clubs.

 

I wouldn't be able to run a marathon if I tried so the 21 is close to my maximum, at least without anything to eat and drink on the way. Of course, the idiot in me is inevitably going to try 30 km one day.

 

The 650s are definitely good clubs but the shafts are probably a bit too whippy for me.

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I can't even READ the words "half marathon" without feeling it. Yikes.

 

MP-650 woods are great clubs.

 

I wouldn't be able to run a marathon if I tried so the 21 is close to my maximum, at least without anything to eat and drink on the way. Of course, the idiot in me is inevitably going to try 30 km one day.

 

The 650s are definitely good clubs but the shafts are probably a bit too whippy for me.

Down here some of these yuppies run around with the little circular signs that read like 5.5 etc on their shiny SUVs I am the counter culture I have one that says 0.0 :taunt: . Actually had some yuppie confront me on that basically said my fat a** needs to run. I told him I might not can run 5.5 or what ever but bet $1000 I could whip his butt :stink: But seriously if that is what you like to do and enjoying doing it well my hat is off to you.

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I can't even READ the words "half marathon" without feeling it. Yikes.

 

MP-650 woods are great clubs.

 

I wouldn't be able to run a marathon if I tried so the 21 is close to my maximum, at least without anything to eat and drink on the way. Of course, the idiot in me is inevitably going to try 30 km one day.

 

The 650s are definitely good clubs but the shafts are probably a bit too whippy for me.

Down here some of these yuppies run around with the little circular signs that read like 5.5 etc on their shiny SUVs I am the counter culture I have one that says 0.0 :taunt: . Actually had some yuppie confront me on that basically said my fat a** needs to run. I told him I might not can run 5.5 or what ever but bet $1000 I could whip his butt :stink: But seriously if that is what you like to do and enjoying doing it well my hat is off to you.

 

I like cross-country skiing but I'm not a big fan of cycling and jogging. Either I get the idea to go out and after that it's just determination to go a certain distance. I just feel the need to do that stuff to stay in some kind of condition and to be able to do things the older I get. Some years ago it was a bit of an eye-opener when I witnessed how quickly my grandfather went from a strong (not farm and steel mill strong but strong) man to the fragile state in the end.

 

It's better to make a habit out of exercising now before it's too late. As a kid I wasn't very good at sports and gym at school and PT in the military made me hate sports. Considering that, I've certainly found some joy in going out on my own.

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I can't even READ the words "half marathon" without feeling it. Yikes.

 

MP-650 woods are great clubs.

 

I wouldn't be able to run a marathon if I tried so the 21 is close to my maximum, at least without anything to eat and drink on the way. Of course, the idiot in me is inevitably going to try 30 km one day.

 

The 650s are definitely good clubs but the shafts are probably a bit too whippy for me.

Down here some of these yuppies run around with the little circular signs that read like 5.5 etc on their shiny SUVs I am the counter culture I have one that says 0.0 :taunt: . Actually had some yuppie confront me on that basically said my fat a** needs to run. I told him I might not can run 5.5 or what ever but bet $1000 I could whip his butt :stink: But seriously if that is what you like to do and enjoying doing it well my hat is off to you.

 

I like cross-country skiing but I'm not a big fan of cycling and jogging. Either I get the idea to go out and after that it's just determination to go a certain distance. I just feel the need to do that stuff to stay in some kind of condition and to be able to do things the older I get. Some years ago it was a bit of an eye-opener when I witnessed how quickly my grandfather went from a strong (not farm and steel mill strong but strong) man to the fragile state in the end.

 

It's better to make a habit out of exercising now before it's too late. As a kid I wasn't very good at sports and gym at school and PT in the military made me hate sports. Considering that, I've certainly found some joy in going out on my own.

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A couple of pro-like moments for me lately. I got a note in the mail telling me I had a package from our golf union waiting to be picked up. There were a couple of polo shirts, a cap, winter mittens and a very nice, water-proof jacket equipped with the union logos and "Rules" imprint on the sleeves. It's a bit of a shame they didn't send any pants though, I wouldn't like to go Donald Duck while officiating. :)

 

Secondly, a bit of a brag, I hit the longest drive I've ever hit on Sunday. GPS measured exactly 310 meters, or 339 yards. I had about 150 yards left to the middle of a top-of-a-hill green on a par 5 with wind blowing behind my back. The confession? I decided to go for a smooth 8 iron rather than a full-out 9 iron but I didn't hit it smoothly, I hit it lazily and fat and ended up with an easy par. :D

 

For the past couple of years we've barely had dry fairways but with three weeks of "heat wave" (20-27ºC, 68-80F, we didn't crack 77F once all of last year), we're actually getting some hard fairways and balls actually leap forward, not simply plugging (and bouncing backwards) or rolling a feet or two.

 

Still struggling a bit with the MP-4s, trying to find the balance with hooks and pushes to the right but it's about the differences in the shafts. I also put new grips on the 650s, built them up with 2-3 extra layers of tape but didn't insert any counter-balance weights. Maybe the bigger grip will give a bit more of control and feel.

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Nice update Halebopp. A 339 yd drive earns you WRX "average" drive status.

 

On Saturday I had my first eagle on a par 4. 180yds to a tight pin at the front of the green. My ball was in the rough with an uphill lie and above my feet. Hit a 3i (baby blade, baby!). Nutted it pure and straight at the flag. The ball landed 5 yds in front of the green, bounced to the fringe and rolled straight into the cup. I was playing with a few WRXers and WishIPlayedMore just about tackled me in a congratulatory hug. It was probably the finest shot I've ever hit.

 

And I still only shot 87. Too many triples (1-3 per round) has been killing me lately. Short game is still struggling. Sunday was a little better with an 85 in howling afternoon winds.

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Well done, that's a good distance away to hole out!

 

I'm still in search of my first eagle on a par 4 and by today's performance, it's a long way away. Hook, hosel eocket, hook, hosel rocket... Even on partial wedge shots. It was a good walk spoiled. I have my work cut out for a range session or two in the very near future.

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Halebopp if I never make a hole-in-one at least I'll have that shot. The next farthest hole out that I ever had was a 50 yard pitch from the fairway for birdie.

 

I've been practicing after work more often lately with focus on short game the most and slowly but surely I am getting more confident and more accurate. I finally think I am going to make some headway on the course because I (confess) that I used plain and simple physics to correct my pitches and chips. I had been both chunking and skulling shots with my wedges and I had no confidence in the bottom of my swing on any short game shot. To fix I learned to relax my shoulders and arms better in the swing but more importantly I started making a tighter and slightly more up tempo turn with my hips. As per one of my swing flaws, my loosely positioned hips and "drift" of them targetwards in the downswing was moving my impact position and finally I figured out that is the same thing that has plagued my full swing. Hips stability is so key to consistency. And now after the last few practice sessions I am making really clean contact with the ball and it pops nice off the face on all my chips.

 

Also with my putting I improved my stroke by bending over at my hips more so my eyes are right over the top of the ball. Also I sit back and get my butt past being over my heels to counterweight my forward bend. And now since I'm not standing so close to the ball I can rock my shoulders up and down more consistently and with a straighter stroke and more room for my arms to hang straight down.

 

I'm engineering my game to get better one variable at a time now and I'm once again loving the game and seeing nothing but improvement down the road because the path is more crystal clear to me than ever. My ball striking is as good as it ever has been due to detailed technical focus on proper swing mechanics.

It has been to the detriment of my short game but now with my engineering approach to troubleshooting my issues with it I am learning how to correct my own issues. I confess that I've never been in this space before and I attribute a lot of it to my WRX experience on these boards and being able to type up what I "see" in my mind. It's been very helpful and a big part of it has been alignment of what I'm saying with fellow WRXers, most of all with other confessors in these threads.

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Your problems sound very familiar to me, the blow-up holes, issues controlling the low point of the stroke etc. I hit the range on Saturday and after hitting two buckets of very questionable wedge shots from around 50-60 yards (a fair share of shanks), I went to check Youtube for some ideas as I wasn't sure what was wrong. The first video I came across was Crossfield's and he said shanked wedge shots are usually from out-to-in path and suggested doing a bit of a loop to get the club back inside. It worked and I was able to figure out the new path without doing the loop. Needless to say, last year my problem was too flat a swing coming too much from the inside. :D

 

Even so, I was still pulling the wedge shots to the left and I couldn't completely cure my irons of the hooks. We headed out to play today and played the front +2 with a birdie-birdie finish. There's a bit of wind, there's actual warnings as the gusts can be north of 30 mph and on the 9th hole I hit this absolutely perfect approach 5 iron off the deck as it was about 175 to the back of the green and the 5 is around 180 for me. The dead-straight, straight-into-the-wind shot flew almost 145 yards but landed on the green and set up the bird.

 

Then the tires fell off, I didn't even make a single par on the back nine. :D The shots weren't terrible, just slightly bad and exactly in the wrong places. 5 yards longer, shorter or more to the right or left would've saved a fair share of them. Until the last hole that is where I hit 3 shots OB with the 917 16.5 3 wood set to 18 degrees. The tees are on the side of a hill, about 65 feet above the bottom of the hill, exposed to wind from the left (from where it was blowing hard) and with OB on the right. All three attempts sailed OB with no control whatsoever.

 

It got me slightly suspicious about the whole club but maybe it was just a one-time thing. I did hit three other good tee shots with it and one decent. Off the deck I hit it well 4 times and only topped one into the water when I was gripping down to take some distance off. Otherwise no fats or tops or overly off line shots.

 

I was already buying the 16.5 at the turn but they didn't have one in stock and told them I'd e-mail the order tomorrow. Now I'm doubting the club again because of that final tee box. :)

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Your problems sound very familiar to me, the blow-up holes, issues controlling the low point of the stroke etc. I hit the range on Saturday and after hitting two buckets of very questionable wedge shots from around 50-60 yards (a fair share of shanks), I went to check Youtube for some ideas as I wasn't sure what was wrong. The first video I came across was Crossfield's and he said shanked wedge shots are usually from out-to-in path and suggested doing a bit of a loop to get the club back inside. It worked and I was able to figure out the new path without doing the loop. Needless to say, last year my problem was too flat a swing coming too much from the inside. :D

 

Even so, I was still pulling the wedge shots to the left and I couldn't completely cure my irons of the hooks. We headed out to play today and played the front +2 with a birdie-birdie finish. There's a bit of wind, there's actual warnings as the gusts can be north of 30 mph and on the 9th hole I hit this absolutely perfect approach 5 iron off the deck as it was about 175 to the back of the green and the 5 is around 180 for me. The dead-straight, straight-into-the-wind shot flew almost 145 yards but landed on the green and set up the bird.

 

Then the tires fell off, I didn't even make a single par on the back nine. :D The shots weren't terrible, just slightly bad and exactly in the wrong places. 5 yards longer, shorter or more to the right or left would've saved a fair share of them. Until the last hole that is where I hit 3 shots OB with the 917 16.5 3 wood set to 18 degrees. The tees are on the side of a hill, about 65 feet above the bottom of the hill, exposed to wind from the left (from where it was blowing hard) and with OB on the right. All three attempts sailed OB with no control whatsoever.

 

It got me slightly suspicious about the whole club but maybe it was just a one-time thing. I did hit three other good tee shots with it and one decent. Off the deck I hit it well 4 times and only topped one into the water when I was gripping down to take some distance off. Otherwise no fats or tops or overly off line shots.

 

I was already buying the 16.5 at the turn but they didn't have one in stock and told them I'd e-mail the order tomorrow. Now I'm doubting the club again because of that final tee box. :)

 

If you think about the size of the ball, how far away it is from the body, and that the leading edge of the club has to "fit" somewhere between the ground and equator of the ball while also having a consistent path and face angle, the physics of a consistent swing becomes a very precise and exacting task. It really isn't that "easy" and a lot can go wrong.

 

And for me, like with all golfers, finding and fixing my inconsistencies has been a saga of trial and error over years, only to be accelerated and truly improved by my application and understanding of physics.

 

For example 5+ years ago, I fixed my swing plane issue of it being too flat and low through trial and error and the advice of my club pro. This was before I understood the physics of why it was too low and flat and why it is technically bad.

 

And by contrast, now that I understand the ideal swing physics better, I fixed my footwork and balance issues and also my wrists hinge issues through detailed troubleshooting and application of physics over the last year. I now see and understand causes and effects of swing and equipment changes much better. All those variables tied to the swing make much more sense to me, and the trial an error to get better has become a more streamlined process. But it still takes the body to execute what's on my mind and this, in and of itself, is also a challenge.

 

And as to clubs and the variation they bring to the swing, for me luckily I have pretty much fixed that variable. I have engineered my bag to the point now that I'm chasing comfort like all leather grips in everything rather than what to use. I have already incorporated the best technology as possible in all my clubs using physics so now I have pretty much set it, and I am only tweaking things for comfort and minor technical improvement. LOL my understanding of the physics always brings me back to a swing issue and not an equipment one.

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My left arm got a teenie cut on it somehow, maybe a bug bite, dunno. Non-injury until it erupted into a massive bacterial infection. The perks of traveling all over I suppose.

 

IV antibiotics, hospital stay, orthoscopic(sp?) surgery, and pain, pain, and more pain. good gravy.

 

No fun

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dan360 that sucks. Keep your sh*t clean.

 

Shot 37-42 last Sunday with a quad on a par 3 and a few other stupid mistakes. It could have been a career round. Had 12 GIRs and 2 birdies.

 

My game is coming around. (I *think*.) Time will tell...

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dan360 that sucks. Keep your sh*t clean.

 

Shot 37-42 last Sunday with a quad on a par 3 and a few other stupid mistakes. It could have been a career round. Had 12 GIRs and 2 birdies.

 

My game is coming around. (I *think*.) Time will tell...

 

Yessir the doc says all humans have about a 1 in 14,000,000 chance of staph entry into a wound of any size. We all carry it on our bodies but up here in the PNW it's all over the environment as well.

 

This one was MRSA. I've had intestinal parasites in 3rd world countries that didn't hurt as bad as this stuff does/did.

 

Coming around now--I heal quick. Hit balls this morning at the range. Tee'd up only though.

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Hope you're fine by now, dan!

 

A confession: I had a Tin Cup moment on Wednesday. We had nothing to do during the pro-ams in the tournament I'm working in as a rules official, I asked if I could use the range and the staff said it's ok. Set myself up trying to stay clear of the pros practicing. Everything was going well until I started hitting some wedges. Shank city, here we come! Who hit that shot? I had to skip the wedges and go back to full swing to avoid any further embarrassment. :D

 

The wind picked up today and with dry, hard fairways it was ridiculous to watch the longest guys hitting 360-yard drives on certain holes. 300 yards was fairly common. The worst of all, they make it look so unbelievably easy.

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Halebopp if my range game was an indicator of my actual skill level I would be both a scratch golfer and a hack that can't break 120 at the same session. It varies so much because I treat it like a swing lab, a place where I experiment a lot. Shanks are a common occurrence but then again so is going on a 10 ball run of striping pure shots.

 

I can't wait until Sunday. My fitter is reshafting a TEE CB2 3w and 5w for me and also cutting both my putters down to 33" and putting leather grips on them. He should be done by Sunday. The CB2s are getting an upgrade to Fujikura Motore F1 stiff flex shafts with kangaroo leather grips and also my two putters, a Piretti Bosa and an Odyssey Tri-Hot #1, are also getting kangaroo leather grips. It will be my first time with leather putter grips. Can't wait to try them out.

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I played the tournament course on Saturday after the tournament had finished. Pretty much 7000 yards from the back tees and greens comparable to Challenge Tour, or even European Tour events (according to the winner Kim Koivu, who's won on Challenge Tour this year and played some ET events). An LET pro said to me the greens and pin positions were possibly even more difficult than what they usually have.

 

The distance wasn't an issue as the fairways were hard, best drives closing in on 300 yards off the tee with a little bit of help from the wind and around 260 coming the other way, the 3 iron was good for around 235 off the tee and off the deck. For comparison, we played at my home club yesterday and I was hitting the driver as well as I had done the day before but the absolutely crushed drives went about 260.

 

The circus show started on the greens though, the couple I played with quit at the turn. I've played on some fast greens before but these were FAST, throw in Sunday pin positions and 4-putting was very easy. It was ridiculous. I did manage to play par/bogey golf for the final 12 holes with the exception of two blow ups due to a bad drive and a bladed green-side bunker shot.

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hello all!

 

Dan sorry to hear about the MRSA. Nasty stuff. Run into it somewhat often in my line of work and it can suck for many. Glad you got taken care of though and hopefully heal fully soon,

 

Good job Ninja! hope it continues

 

Bopp, would be pretty cool to warm up on the same range though haha.

 

I think I mentioned it in here when I did it, but I broke 80 for the first time just before the new years, well since then I have had a pretty decent game going until the last month or so. the last 2 weeks though have been very good. ball striking on point, distance with driver getting better, and all because I decided to take one or two things I have been working on, and integrating it into my natural swing. Haven't gone back to full on hunched over arms hanging, but I did back away a tad (except when Im trying to draw the ball), and I went back to a more flatish swing sorta like Fowler. Club speed is up to about 100 with driver :)

 

I shot 79 again about 2 weeks ago on the same course I broke 80 on the first time. well i had my annual marathon day of golf this week on the solstice, and out the gate on a course back home, I freaking played my tail off and shot 77 (and left a few easy strokes out there from mental mishaps). Funny thing was, this 77 seemed light years better than the 79s. I hit 60-70% of my FIR and I hit 13/18 greens!!! Most i have ever hit before then was like 9 haha. I felt in control of my swing and my game. it was an awesome feeling.

Forever Changing at this point.......

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Pappy J-Dub breaking 80 more than once is a good trend. Really cool to hear and that you have a solid correlation with your swing changes.

 

I'm in a similar space with my game too. In the past I broke 80 from what I would call luck and short game "hot streaks". Now I do it through simply more consistent ball striking and only a decent but not luck ridden short game. I keep feeling that the day I get hot with my short game is the day I will have a career low because I'm now confident my ball striking is going to be there on a more regular basis. Now it's a matter of all facets of my game coming together. And yeah it feels good to have this confidence about my swing. I feel closer to "owning" it than I ever have and a lot of it has to do with understanding all of the causes and effects. I am truly able now to correct issues in the middle of the round and don't feel lost about exactly what I need to do. And it is a really good place to be.

 

Specifically right now I have really been refining a consistent wrists hinge at the top and how those specifics work in conjunction with my grip. And I'm talking dirty details here that I never thought about to that level before. I've come to the (LOL slow) realization that the importance of the grip is really tied to how one hinges the wrists and moreover how one unhinges the wrists coming into impact. It's an integral part of squaring the clubhead at impact and only now after having fixed other issues like my legs stability I am realizing this.

 

And to your point about flattening your own swing to help it I fully agree it is very important to find an optimal and consistent swing plane angle. The club and arms form a total mass that has to orbit the body on a consistent 'plane' where that total mass must be balanced throughout the orbit. And so to me a golfer has to find this orbit plane and when it is right and optimal his swing becomes more powerful and consistent. It sounds like you are finding that optimal plane for your own swing and yes over time and improved ball striking the set of that plane will become natural to you.

 

And outside of my technical improvements to my swing I am mentally trying to maintain a bit of emotional separation and almost an aloof attitude towards every shot. It's a combination of having confidence and positivity but at the same time having only a distant care of whatever the outcome will be. In the past I think I would stress more about executing perfectly to the point that it didn't help.

 

And on top of all this I just love, love, love my bag now. Of course my #1 love is my baby blades. After a full season with my black borons I have adjusted to their distances, and wow bar none they are they the most consistent, best feeling, and easiest to hit clubs that I have ever played. They truly are amazing clubs. Best. Clubs. Ever. But not to be left out I love both my TEE 3w's, my Miura black wedges (I confess I am an utter Miura fan boi now), and last but not least my Piretti Bosa. I had it cut down to 33" and put a kangaroo leather midsize pistol grip on it and I am loving it. The butt no longer rubs my loose shirts and jackets during my stroke and I can set my eyes directly over the top of the ball with it.

 

As far as watching the game and the overall business of it, I confess that I don't give much of a rat's Word not allowed about any of it anymore. I didn't watch the US Open and don't plan on following the professional sport anymore. Also I can't stand seeing golf club advertisements anymore, in any media. All I care about with this game is playing it with my clubs and my swing as per my own personal engineering of all of it. And from all this I am a happier, better, and much less confused golfer.

 

But with all that said I still enjoy hearing how my fellow confessors are doing with their games.

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Papa, that's some very good golf! Starting to shoot sub-80 rounds more often must give a nice boost of confidence.

 

Confessions, I'm really, really tired right now. I've been playing for four days straight and had a lesson on Monday, we rebuilt my stance and downswing, backswing wasn't the tough part. Now my shoulders, core and arms are hurting from all the golf and the new moves. The swing is definitely improving, some more repetitions and practice, another lesson and I might be hitting some good scores again.

 

Another confession, the Evil Empire, also known as TM, has made a fantastic club in the Hi-Toe lob wedge. It looks better than the Callaway PM grind and works much better off the grass for me, out of dry sand it was ridiculously easy. We had a Titleist/TM demo day yesterday and if I were in need of a new lob wedge, I'd definitely get one, even now I might need to really think about it even though it's TM.

 

I also demoed different shafts for the 917 fairway wood but came to the conclusion the Speeder is the most suitable shaft for me. I used it twice today, the first one came out fat but the second one left me with a long eagle putt.

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The Speeder line was an excellent line of shafts. My 652 turned me into a Fujikura fan but now I've migrated to the F1 Motore line.

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Puerto Rico is a hot humid place that smells. The golf is good though in certain areas.

 

Finally home for a bit. Now I gotta get my baby blades done.

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We are in the middle of a massive heatwave, it's been hot for a while but now it's been north of 30ºC for a couple of days now and my apartment is even warmer. We didn't reach 25ºC even once last year.

 

Cold showers and swimming are in a premium right now. I did play 27 holes yesterday but gave up as I was hooking the heck out of my irons and started to build up mental fatigue.

 

I did play my best stretch of golf ever during the first 18 holes when I went birdie, birdie, bogey, birdie, birdie with two short par 4s and a two par 5s. Unfortunately I didn't make even a single par on the final seven holes thanks to my hooky irons (I didn't hit a single green on all the 7 par 3s I played yesterday).

 

We have a Rules Officials' meeting tomorrow. On Saturday we are assigned to groups as walking officials for the final round of our national stroke play championships. Just like the previous tournament I worked at was during the U.S. Open, I will be missing a couple of days of the Open too but it should be an interesting experience.

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We ended up playing an evening round today. I won the match 7&6, the similarities between the two rounds were amazing, the same hook misses with the irons, yesterday I was +2 after 11, today I was +3 (birdied 10 & 11 on both days) but the only par on the final 7 holes was on the 13th, a par 5 where I didn't need an iron. Combine the rounds and I'm +5 for the first 11 holes and +18 for the last 7 where the missed irons hurt a lot more as the recoveries are more difficult.

 

Driver is great, the wedges and putter are good but those darn irons, usually the backbone of my game, have gone AWOL, no GIRs on par 3s in the last 12 attempts. :D

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Pappy J-Dub breaking 80 more than once is a good trend. Really cool to hear and that you have a solid correlation with your swing changes.

 

I'm in a similar space with my game too. In the past I broke 80 from what I would call luck and short game "hot streaks". Now I do it through simply more consistent ball striking and only a decent but not luck ridden short game. I keep feeling that the day I get hot with my short game is the day I will have a career low because I'm now confident my ball striking is going to be there on a more regular basis. Now it's a matter of all facets of my game coming together. And yeah it feels good to have this confidence about my swing. I feel closer to "owning" it than I ever have and a lot of it has to do with understanding all of the causes and effects. I am truly able now to correct issues in the middle of the round and don't feel lost about exactly what I need to do. And it is a really good place to be.

 

Specifically right now I have really been refining a consistent wrists hinge at the top and how those specifics work in conjunction with my grip. And I'm talking dirty details here that I never thought about to that level before. I've come to the (LOL slow) realization that the importance of the grip is really tied to how one hinges the wrists and moreover how one unhinges the wrists coming into impact. It's an integral part of squaring the clubhead at impact and only now after having fixed other issues like my legs stability I am realizing this.

 

And to your point about flattening your own swing to help it I fully agree it is very important to find an optimal and consistent swing plane angle. The club and arms form a total mass that has to orbit the body on a consistent 'plane' where that total mass must be balanced throughout the orbit. And so to me a golfer has to find this orbit plane and when it is right and optimal his swing becomes more powerful and consistent. It sounds like you are finding that optimal plane for your own swing and yes over time and improved ball striking the set of that plane will become natural to you.

 

And outside of my technical improvements to my swing I am mentally trying to maintain a bit of emotional separation and almost an aloof attitude towards every shot. It's a combination of having confidence and positivity but at the same time having only a distant care of whatever the outcome will be. In the past I think I would stress more about executing perfectly to the point that it didn't help.

 

And on top of all this I just love, love, love my bag now. Of course my #1 love is my baby blades. After a full season with my black borons I have adjusted to their distances, and wow bar none they are they the most consistent, best feeling, and easiest to hit clubs that I have ever played. They truly are amazing clubs. Best. Clubs. Ever. But not to be left out I love both my TEE 3w's, my Miura black wedges (I confess I am an utter Miura fan boi now), and last but not least my Piretti Bosa. I had it cut down to 33" and put a kangaroo leather midsize pistol grip on it and I am loving it. The butt no longer rubs my loose shirts and jackets during my stroke and I can set my eyes directly over the top of the ball with it.

 

As far as watching the game and the overall business of it, I confess that I don't give much of a rat's Word not allowed about any of it anymore. I didn't watch the US Open and don't plan on following the professional sport anymore. Also I can't stand seeing golf club advertisements anymore, in any media. All I care about with this game is playing it with my clubs and my swing as per my own personal engineering of all of it. And from all this I am a happier, better, and much less confused golfer.

 

But with all that said I still enjoy hearing how my fellow confessors are doing with their games.

I have always played my putters at 33" for the exact same reasons you stated. And you have finally seen the light and adopted my philosophy of playing your own game your own way. And yes you are happier and much less confused and better. Remember in an indirect way I know exactly how your mind works. I still watch golf on TV if there is absolutely nothing else to do. Commercials I laugh at. You know seeing the light and knowing makes golf equipment commercials funny to me

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Pappy J-Dub breaking 80 more than once is a good trend. Really cool to hear and that you have a solid correlation with your swing changes.

 

I'm in a similar space with my game too. In the past I broke 80 from what I would call luck and short game "hot streaks". Now I do it through simply more consistent ball striking and only a decent but not luck ridden short game. I keep feeling that the day I get hot with my short game is the day I will have a career low because I'm now confident my ball striking is going to be there on a more regular basis. Now it's a matter of all facets of my game coming together. And yeah it feels good to have this confidence about my swing. I feel closer to "owning" it than I ever have and a lot of it has to do with understanding all of the causes and effects. I am truly able now to correct issues in the middle of the round and don't feel lost about exactly what I need to do. And it is a really good place to be.

 

Specifically right now I have really been refining a consistent wrists hinge at the top and how those specifics work in conjunction with my grip. And I'm talking dirty details here that I never thought about to that level before. I've come to the (LOL slow) realization that the importance of the grip is really tied to how one hinges the wrists and moreover how one unhinges the wrists coming into impact. It's an integral part of squaring the clubhead at impact and only now after having fixed other issues like my legs stability I am realizing this.

 

And to your point about flattening your own swing to help it I fully agree it is very important to find an optimal and consistent swing plane angle. The club and arms form a total mass that has to orbit the body on a consistent 'plane' where that total mass must be balanced throughout the orbit. And so to me a golfer has to find this orbit plane and when it is right and optimal his swing becomes more powerful and consistent. It sounds like you are finding that optimal plane for your own swing and yes over time and improved ball striking the set of that plane will become natural to you.

 

And outside of my technical improvements to my swing I am mentally trying to maintain a bit of emotional separation and almost an aloof attitude towards every shot. It's a combination of having confidence and positivity but at the same time having only a distant care of whatever the outcome will be. In the past I think I would stress more about executing perfectly to the point that it didn't help.

 

And on top of all this I just love, love, love my bag now. Of course my #1 love is my baby blades. After a full season with my black borons I have adjusted to their distances, and wow bar none they are they the most consistent, best feeling, and easiest to hit clubs that I have ever played. They truly are amazing clubs. Best. Clubs. Ever. But not to be left out I love both my TEE 3w's, my Miura black wedges (I confess I am an utter Miura fan boi now), and last but not least my Piretti Bosa. I had it cut down to 33" and put a kangaroo leather midsize pistol grip on it and I am loving it. The butt no longer rubs my loose shirts and jackets during my stroke and I can set my eyes directly over the top of the ball with it.

 

As far as watching the game and the overall business of it, I confess that I don't give much of a rat's Word not allowed about any of it anymore. I didn't watch the US Open and don't plan on following the professional sport anymore. Also I can't stand seeing golf club advertisements anymore, in any media. All I care about with this game is playing it with my clubs and my swing as per my own personal engineering of all of it. And from all this I am a happier, better, and much less confused golfer.

 

But with all that said I still enjoy hearing how my fellow confessors are doing with their games.

I have always played my putters at 33" for the exact same reasons you stated. And you have finally seen the light and adopted my philosophy of playing your own game your own way. And yes you are happier and much less confused and better. Remember in an indirect way I know exactly how your mind works. I still watch golf on TV if there is absolutely nothing else to do. Commercials I laugh at. You know seeing the light and knowing makes golf equipment commercials funny to me

My friend in my confusion over trying to learn this carney game through commercial channels I have always viewed you as a guiding light and validation from real world experience as what I could only theorize in my mind. And when I didn't have all the technical pieces exactly as per theory, I always had you to give me confidence that my mind was on the right track. And I'm talking during times when I was getting trolled hard on WRX. You were always one of the few that supported me. I wouldn't have seen all the light without you. Thx bro.

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Well, I hesitate to complain on the internet, but here goes anyways.

 

 

 

No secret I've been running on a surgically repaired back for quite awhile. March 31, 1999 was the first one. October 14, 2004 was the second one. Other than being too fat to have a weak back, I've been alright for the most part. Stretches, massage, watching how I do things, et al. Been pretty good can't complain.

 

The last 6-7 months have been difficult. Something is amiss and not sure why. Feels like no matter what I do there's something down there in the L4-L5-S1 area that just needs to 'move' if that makes sense. Stiffness at best, pain at worst. Been having numbness in my right leg after sitting for awhile. Comes and goes, some days fine, others not so much. Well, a couple weeks ago after a rather intense PT session it began hurting worse. Had an MRI and L4-L5 is confirmed wrecked. I was scheduled to play 18 with DeNinny and his peeps down in Portland yesterday about a 1.5 hour drive. I spent the last week taking care of myself trying homeopathic rehab and massage. I carry my clubs most of the time but borrowed a push cart from a buddy just in case.....

 

Woke up at 7 yesterday ready to go, did my exercises, all good. Loaded up my crap and headed out. Got about halfway, began getting sore. Stopped to walk and stretch a bit. Uh oh....my right foot is 'dropping'.....hard to explain but type "drop foot syndrome" into your google machine. tough'd it out, got back in the car, turned on the climate controlled seat and off we go.

 

Popped 2 Tylenol with a bottle of water.

 

Got to the course, still not good. Signed in, paid, tried to hit a small bucket of balls Got 10 balls off and was pretty sore. Finished off the bucket with half swing pitches.

 

Headed over to the tee where DeNinny and his friends were. Tee'd off. Couldn't swing, basically a half a** turn and a top down about 70 yards. Next shot, more of the same with a big ZZZZZZZZONK across the base of my torso. Uh oh.

 

Next shot, same thing, actually involuntarily doubled over and had to squat down, ala Tiger......I knew something was wrong, I knew I couldn't play. Hell I could barely walk.

 

I left my ball where it sat in the rough and bowed out. Long slow embarrassing limp waddle walk back to the clubhouse and ended up needing a marshall to help me put my bag and borrowed push cart into my car.

 

It's a 1.5 hour drive from home to course, and 1.5 hour back. It took my 6. Stopped multiple times, forget how many, actually laid down in the water at a public swimming spot near Woodland, WA for about an hour trying to combat the spasms.

 

I have an ice machine and called my poor dad to go over and get it ready. He had an ice bath ready to go for me, into it I went. Heat is bad, cold works. Fell asleep in the tub and about gave myself hypothermia--woke up shivering. lol kids these days...

 

At any rate, today has been spent moving gingerly with ice and relaxed stretches while I contemplate my immediate and long term future. I was told in 04 that another surgery in that area would mean probably a fusion, possibly artificial disc(s) depending on technology.

 

So, here we go I guess. One more thing to do. lol Cheers, all

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Well, I hesitate to complain on the internet, but here goes anyways.

 

 

 

No secret I've been running on a surgically repaired back for quite awhile. March 31, 1999 was the first one. October 14, 2004 was the second one. Other than being too fat to have a weak back, I've been alright for the most part. Stretches, massage, watching how I do things, et al. Been pretty good can't complain.

 

The last 6-7 months have been difficult. Something is amiss and not sure why. Feels like no matter what I do there's something down there in the L4-L5-S1 area that just needs to 'move' if that makes sense. Stiffness at best, pain at worst. Been having numbness in my right leg after sitting for awhile. Comes and goes, some days fine, others not so much. Well, a couple weeks ago after a rather intense PT session it began hurting worse. Had an MRI and L4-L5 is confirmed wrecked. I was scheduled to play 18 with DeNinny and his peeps down in Portland yesterday about a 1.5 hour drive. I spent the last week taking care of myself trying homeopathic rehab and massage. I carry my clubs most of the time but borrowed a push cart from a buddy just in case.....

 

Woke up at 7 yesterday ready to go, did my exercises, all good. Loaded up my crap and headed out. Got about halfway, began getting sore. Stopped to walk and stretch a bit. Uh oh....my right foot is 'dropping'.....hard to explain but type "drop foot syndrome" into your google machine. tough'd it out, got back in the car, turned on the climate controlled seat and off we go.

 

Popped 2 Tylenol with a bottle of water.

 

Got to the course, still not good. Signed in, paid, tried to hit a small bucket of balls Got 10 balls off and was pretty sore. Finished off the bucket with half swing pitches.

 

Headed over to the tee where DeNinny and his friends were. Tee'd off. Couldn't swing, basically a half a** turn and a top down about 70 yards. Next shot, more of the same with a big ZZZZZZZZONK across the base of my torso. Uh oh.

 

Next shot, same thing, actually involuntarily doubled over and had to squat down, ala Tiger......I knew something was wrong, I knew I couldn't play. Hell I could barely walk.

 

I left my ball where it sat in the rough and bowed out. Long slow embarrassing limp waddle walk back to the clubhouse and ended up needing a marshall to help me put my bag and borrowed push cart into my car.

 

It's a 1.5 hour drive from home to course, and 1.5 hour back. It took my 6. Stopped multiple times, forget how many, actually laid down in the water at a public swimming spot near Woodland, WA for about an hour trying to combat the spasms.

 

I have an ice machine and called my poor dad to go over and get it ready. He had an ice bath ready to go for me, into it I went. Heat is bad, cold works. Fell asleep in the tub and about gave myself hypothermia--woke up shivering. lol kids these days...

 

At any rate, today has been spent moving gingerly with ice and relaxed stretches while I contemplate my immediate and long term future. I was told in 04 that another surgery in that area would mean probably a fusion, possibly artificial disc(s) depending on technology.

 

So, here we go I guess. One more thing to do. lol Cheers, all

 

Damn dude. I did not realize how bad it was. Sounds like it will be months at least before you can play again. If you haven't tried acupuncture, I recommend it.

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Well, I hesitate to complain on the internet, but here goes anyways.

 

 

 

No secret I've been running on a surgically repaired back for quite awhile. March 31, 1999 was the first one. October 14, 2004 was the second one. Other than being too fat to have a weak back, I've been alright for the most part. Stretches, massage, watching how I do things, et al. Been pretty good can't complain.

 

The last 6-7 months have been difficult. Something is amiss and not sure why. Feels like no matter what I do there's something down there in the L4-L5-S1 area that just needs to 'move' if that makes sense. Stiffness at best, pain at worst. Been having numbness in my right leg after sitting for awhile. Comes and goes, some days fine, others not so much. Well, a couple weeks ago after a rather intense PT session it began hurting worse. Had an MRI and L4-L5 is confirmed wrecked. I was scheduled to play 18 with DeNinny and his peeps down in Portland yesterday about a 1.5 hour drive. I spent the last week taking care of myself trying homeopathic rehab and massage. I carry my clubs most of the time but borrowed a push cart from a buddy just in case.....

 

Woke up at 7 yesterday ready to go, did my exercises, all good. Loaded up my crap and headed out. Got about halfway, began getting sore. Stopped to walk and stretch a bit. Uh oh....my right foot is 'dropping'.....hard to explain but type "drop foot syndrome" into your google machine. tough'd it out, got back in the car, turned on the climate controlled seat and off we go.

 

Popped 2 Tylenol with a bottle of water.

 

Got to the course, still not good. Signed in, paid, tried to hit a small bucket of balls Got 10 balls off and was pretty sore. Finished off the bucket with half swing pitches.

 

Headed over to the tee where DeNinny and his friends were. Tee'd off. Couldn't swing, basically a half a** turn and a top down about 70 yards. Next shot, more of the same with a big ZZZZZZZZONK across the base of my torso. Uh oh.

 

Next shot, same thing, actually involuntarily doubled over and had to squat down, ala Tiger......I knew something was wrong, I knew I couldn't play. Hell I could barely walk.

 

I left my ball where it sat in the rough and bowed out. Long slow embarrassing limp waddle walk back to the clubhouse and ended up needing a marshall to help me put my bag and borrowed push cart into my car.

 

It's a 1.5 hour drive from home to course, and 1.5 hour back. It took my 6. Stopped multiple times, forget how many, actually laid down in the water at a public swimming spot near Woodland, WA for about an hour trying to combat the spasms.

 

I have an ice machine and called my poor dad to go over and get it ready. He had an ice bath ready to go for me, into it I went. Heat is bad, cold works. Fell asleep in the tub and about gave myself hypothermia--woke up shivering. lol kids these days...

 

At any rate, today has been spent moving gingerly with ice and relaxed stretches while I contemplate my immediate and long term future. I was told in 04 that another surgery in that area would mean probably a fusion, possibly artificial disc(s) depending on technology.

 

So, here we go I guess. One more thing to do. lol Cheers, all

 

Damn dude. I did not realize how bad it was. Sounds like it will be months at least before you can play again. If you haven't tried acupuncture, I recommend it.

 

I'm game to try it. The fatty ness is bad too. I weighed 146.1 kg yesterday. That's 322 in murican. No bueno.

 

Do I look 322? No. But. Honey Badger gives no S. Neither does the back.

 

On the bright Ninja last time we played I was 151 kg....

 

lol

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Well, I hesitate to complain on the internet, but here goes anyways.

 

 

 

No secret I've been running on a surgically repaired back for quite awhile. March 31, 1999 was the first one. October 14, 2004 was the second one. Other than being too fat to have a weak back, I've been alright for the most part. Stretches, massage, watching how I do things, et al. Been pretty good can't complain.

 

The last 6-7 months have been difficult. Something is amiss and not sure why. Feels like no matter what I do there's something down there in the L4-L5-S1 area that just needs to 'move' if that makes sense. Stiffness at best, pain at worst. Been having numbness in my right leg after sitting for awhile. Comes and goes, some days fine, others not so much. Well, a couple weeks ago after a rather intense PT session it began hurting worse. Had an MRI and L4-L5 is confirmed wrecked. I was scheduled to play 18 with DeNinny and his peeps down in Portland yesterday about a 1.5 hour drive. I spent the last week taking care of myself trying homeopathic rehab and massage. I carry my clubs most of the time but borrowed a push cart from a buddy just in case.....

 

Woke up at 7 yesterday ready to go, did my exercises, all good. Loaded up my crap and headed out. Got about halfway, began getting sore. Stopped to walk and stretch a bit. Uh oh....my right foot is 'dropping'.....hard to explain but type "drop foot syndrome" into your google machine. tough'd it out, got back in the car, turned on the climate controlled seat and off we go.

 

Popped 2 Tylenol with a bottle of water.

 

Got to the course, still not good. Signed in, paid, tried to hit a small bucket of balls Got 10 balls off and was pretty sore. Finished off the bucket with half swing pitches.

 

Headed over to the tee where DeNinny and his friends were. Tee'd off. Couldn't swing, basically a half a** turn and a top down about 70 yards. Next shot, more of the same with a big ZZZZZZZZONK across the base of my torso. Uh oh.

 

Next shot, same thing, actually involuntarily doubled over and had to squat down, ala Tiger......I knew something was wrong, I knew I couldn't play. Hell I could barely walk.

 

I left my ball where it sat in the rough and bowed out. Long slow embarrassing limp waddle walk back to the clubhouse and ended up needing a marshall to help me put my bag and borrowed push cart into my car.

 

It's a 1.5 hour drive from home to course, and 1.5 hour back. It took my 6. Stopped multiple times, forget how many, actually laid down in the water at a public swimming spot near Woodland, WA for about an hour trying to combat the spasms.

 

I have an ice machine and called my poor dad to go over and get it ready. He had an ice bath ready to go for me, into it I went. Heat is bad, cold works. Fell asleep in the tub and about gave myself hypothermia--woke up shivering. lol kids these days...

 

At any rate, today has been spent moving gingerly with ice and relaxed stretches while I contemplate my immediate and long term future. I was told in 04 that another surgery in that area would mean probably a fusion, possibly artificial disc(s) depending on technology.

 

So, here we go I guess. One more thing to do. lol Cheers, all

 

Damn dude. I did not realize how bad it was. Sounds like it will be months at least before you can play again. If you haven't tried acupuncture, I recommend it.

 

I'm game to try it. The fatty ness is bad too. I weighed 146.1 kg yesterday. That's 322 in murican. No bueno.

 

Do I look 322? No. But. Honey Badger gives no S. Neither does the back.

 

On the bright Ninja last time we played I was 151 kg....

 

lol

 

At the very least the acupuncture will help ease the pain and at best it may help to heal some actual spinal muscle or tendon/ligament damage.

 

And yes I didn't want to call it out but definitely weight loss will help. Lighten the load. LOL keep that trend going. Next time we play you should be below 140 kg.

 

And WTF is a redneck Washingtonian and red blooded 'murican like you doing using metric units for weight? Please confess.

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