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2020 New Years Golf Resolutions


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What are my fellow WRX'ers resolving to do, golf-wise, in the new year? Using our boardroom/corporatespeak, what are some Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Time-Based (that's SMART, but you guys are smrt enuff to fgure that out).

I'm not a lofty-goals kind of guy. My tip-top priority is golfing enough to actually calculate a proper handicap - anything I've done in years past has just been fudging the numbers and estimating based on a few formulas I've found. I want to get 5 rounds of 18 holes in this year, so I can actually, really, properly calculate a handicap.

Secondarily, I've got a few things:

-New clubs, as my current set is all pre-Y2K (drivers and putters included). As a sub-point, I'm that lunatic that walks around with a driver, a crapload of irons, and no less than 6 wedges - I'd love to get a more balanced set that's sufficient for a hack like me. Don't have a specific brand or timeline in mind, so this is sort of on the back burner.

-Play some specific Michigan courses: Manistee Country Club, The Heathlands, Bear Lake Country Club, Diamond Springs, and LE Kaufman. These are really more broad-scope "bucket list" type things and aren't really specific to 2020 (unless the Heathlands guy sells the course like he's been threatening to since 1995).

-Play 9 holes with one ball. Not "net one" where you pick up as many as you lose, but actually one. The ball that you hit on the last putt is the same ball that you hit on the first drive.

What's In The Bag?

Srixon Z565 Driver, 4W, 4H

Ping G400 5-U

Kirkland Sig Wedges

Odyssey White Hot Putter

Hyundai Equus Alignment Sticks

KSig balls for now - in search of something new

 

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My ballstriking has been amazing the past 2 years however College schoolwork and pursuing my career took a toll on my shortgame and it prevented me from shooting anything to my standards this past year or so in tournaments. My goal? Dedicate way more of my available practice time to pitching. 45yards and inward. If I get my shortgame back I see no reason why I wont have respectable scores this year and ill begin to enjoy competitive play more than I have these past 2 years

 

2020 is your year! Hope everyone sets great healthy goals for themselves

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Play at least one round a week as a walk up single this season. On top of my usual weekly game with friends. Weather permitting of course.

Also getting my handicap down to single digits at some point this season. After my first 3 years of playing I got it down to as low as 10.9 this summer.

 

Cobra LTDX 9* Project X Hzrdus Smoke Blue RDX 60 6.0

Ping G400 17.5* Project X Hzrdus Yellow 75 6.0 

Taylormade SIM Max Hybrid 19* Fujikura Ventus Blue 7S 

Mizuno MP69 4-PW Project X LZ 6.0

Cleveland Zipcore 50* 54* 58* DG Tour Issue X100

Toulon San Diego

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Get down to scratch

shoot a PB of 67

gain 4mph of swing speed thru continued weight loss, training and improved flexibility and swing technique

be more consistent green side

Ping G400 LST 11* Ventus Black TR 5x

Ping G400 3w 15.1* GD AD IZ 5x

Ping G400 7w 19.5* Ventus Red 6x 

Ping G425 4h 22* Blueboard HY 80x

Ping i210 6i & s55 7i - PW Steelfiber 110s

Ping Glide Wrx 49*, 54*, 59*ES, Tour W 64* SF 125s

EvnRoll ER9
 

 

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A better Winter regimen of stretching, flexibility and weight training.

Continue to putt indoors (I live in Wisconsin).

Spend more time at the simulators over Winter, to try and stay in "Golf Shape".

Probably getting fit for new irons. I currently have Nike irons, about 5 years old. I've been getting rid of everything Nike ever since the Kaepernik thing. I'll never buy anything with the Nike name on it again.

 

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Just stay healthy. A back injury and each of my retinas detaching within 3 months of each other took a big chunk out of my golf season.

Driver- Tour Edge EXS 220

4W- Sub 70 949X

4H- Sub 70 949X

Utility- Sub 70 699U 21 degree

Irons- Sub 70 749 5-PW

Wedges - Sub 70 286 50+54 degree

                 Tour Edge 1 out 58 degree

Putter- Cleveland Huntington Beach #11

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I've decided to stop keeping score unless I'm playing for money.

 

I believe the scorecard is the one thing that prevents me from having fun on poor striking days.

G430 LST 9.0 Ventus TR Red 6s

G430 LST 3 wood Ventus TR Red 7s

Stealth 2 Plus 5 wood Ventus TR Red 8s 

Callaway Apex Pro 3 hybrid Ventus Blue 8s

0311 XP 5 PX LZ 6.5

0311 P 6 P LZ 6.5

0317 T  7-P  PX LZ 6.5

RTX Zipcore  52, 56

PM Grind 60

Lab Link 1 

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Courses wise. A trip to North of Scotland and a trip to Notts, Sherwood Forest and Ganton on way back.

Fitness. Back to Pilates and regular massages to fend off middle age and a desk job.

Footwear. Two new pairs of shoes needed. Looking at Ecco spikeless and some new FJs.

Bag. Imminent. A waterproof carry bag.

Irons. Au revoir shovels. Back to a more workable set with Modus 3s.

To play as much as possible seeing as fees are jumping above inflation. Again.

 

 

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Equipment - Leave it alone, son. Got a spectacular bag put together. Travel - Head back to the east coast and visit mom in Myrtle Beach and play some of the old courses dad and I used to play every summer. Bandon would be nice too.Play - Gonna be tough to play more than I have in 2019. I can't think of too many weeks I didn't play at least one round. But hey, let's play more. Lessons - More of them. Getting together with Monte in a little over a week to kick off the year properly. Irvine ain't far from LA. Practice - More focus. I feel like I got better towards the end of the year with it but having some more concrete goals would be beneficial. Fitness - Get this old banged up back in better shape. Too much time spent sitting around writing code over the last 20 years has made it weak. Overall - Bring this index down closer to 0. Better focus, less fucking around. Play the game I know how to play. Get back into some competitive play when I feel I can actually compete.

Titleist TSR3 10° Ventus Black

Titleist TS2 18° Diamana D+

Titleist TSR2 21° Diamana D+ 

Titleist TSi2 24° Diamana D+

Titleist T100 5-7, 620MB 8-PW Axiom 105S

Vokey 50.8°F, 56.14°F, 60.12°D Axiom 125X

Scotty Cameron Newport MMT Putter Concept

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First and foremost. Play. I've played about 5 times the last two years. Before that I would play 80 times at least.

Second. Settle on new irons. My woods are set. ( M2 driver/3wood). Been playing 710MB's for the majority of the time since they came out.

Third. Try and get to a plus handicap. Being in my early 50's times running out!! Currently close, although it's based on scores from three years ago.

 

Fourth. Have fun. Even in tournament play. Be less hard on my self and have a better frame of mind through the entire round.

 

 

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I have now got all the equipment I really need and time to own up to it. I could use a lesson for sure, but not until spring. Looking for the right ball, but the RX is pretty good as it is. Looking at stretches mostly, so I can avoid injuries. I will always want a sub 80 round for next year, but as a 16 will have a hard time doing that. I saw 81 last year, but all the planets were aligned correctly. I mostly just want to walk nine and enjoy that. I really hate tournaments, don't really have the time for it, but may play 4 next year. The Fort Campbell Commander"s CG is always on my list.

Bag is in overhaul mode

Clubs identify as hacker set

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Awesome topic.

Equipment: I have completely sold out to an 8 club bag. I started 10 years ago (wow), but have always wanted to bounce back and forth. No longer... need to settle on the driver spot, but will look to invest in a putter. I'm looking hard at the new Scottys.

Practice: Less mechanical work and more target oriented stuff with the regular sticks... The opposite with the flat stick. Play more, practice less. I feel like with the short bag, effective practice is working on a variety of shots from a variety of lies... I will be focusing on this more.

Gaming: Honing a "gamer" mentality. I trip over it at times, but fall out of it too often. If a shot or situation doesn't require full focus, then it doesn't get it from me, this leads to the next shot requiring a butt load of focus and it's difficult to switch gears for me.

Current to 2020 strengths: Currently, the more difficult the shot (typically) the stronger the result for me... within reason, speaking more about gapping not about "tour" level difficulty. I want my strength to be the easier things to control. Meaning, putting, short game and driving. This is where my strokes leave me. Even with the 8 club bag, my strokes are lost on poor tee shots and crummy play with 20 yards (yes, i said within 20 yards).

Overall, I want to hone more variable skills and promote a "spider man" or "spartan" mindset on the course. If thinking too much is Batman, and relying totally on physical stuff is Superman- I want to be instinctual and feel based. Work on some basic physical principles, allow my knowledge of myself and "golf dynamics" to enhance my intuition on the course.

Statistically: I average 5 fairways a round, would love to see north of 7.5. Putts pair with greens hit. So, I think a mor fair putting metric for me would be putts per hole... optimistically, I would like to see south of 2.... more reasonable expectation would be 2.3.... I have relocated from Vegas to Florida and I have to say the game is harder here. So, my handicap being at 8, trending up to 12 is expected/allowed of me, I would like to normalize at 10 (at least)

A little drawn out, but it's more fun this way.

 

Cheers to 2020.

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Try to get through 2020 with my current bag (?)

Play more with my vintage equipment

Successfully defend both Match Play tournaments I won in 2019

Better physical condition, weight, strength and flexibility


Titleist TS2 9.5* Tensei AV Blue 
Titleist TS2 15* Tensei AV Blue 
Titleist TS2 18* Tensei AV Blue
Titleist Hybrid (816) 23* Basarra HL 
Titleist AP1 718 5-GW 48Tensei Graphite 
Vokey 52.08, 56.10 SM9
Scotty Cameron Phantom X 5.5 35”
Tiltleist 14 Hybrid
Titleist Pro V1

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Easy: Stick to my pre-shot and pre-putt routines religiously.

Also easy: Stick with the putter I was fit for. It'll work if I believe in it.

Harder: Join a local league.

Related to the "Harder": Play more golf outside of my usual weekend game. I played exactly three rounds of golf at courses I'm unfamiliar with this summer. Not enough. This was out of 45ish rounds.

Callaway Rogue ST Max 10.5 deg.

Callaway Rogue ST Max 3L

Srixon ZX 3 hybrid

Ping S55 irons

Ping Glide 3.0 54 & 60 deg.

Bettinardi BB-1W

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Gear - Clear out the extras and save some money this yearLong game - Work on straightening out driverMid game - consistencyShort game - work on puttingGoals Break 90Play 9 with 1 ballGain flexibility

@SynapticGolf
WITB

- Stealth 9* - Speeder 661 VI  X

- 4w/7w Stealth - HZRDUS Blue RDX 70 6.0

- Scratch McCoy 2i - KBS $-Taper 110 Black PVD

- 5-PW  NCW DW Cavity/Blade Combo set - KBS $-Taper 110 Black PVD

- 48/53/58 NCW McCoy - KBS $-Taper 110 Black PVD

- Legend Golf "Planetary" Firebird CS / Scratch McCoy 1of1 Fastback Mid Mallet

 

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I had a heart attack in Oct 2018, so last year was a lot about recovery. Played a lot of 9 hole rounds, and the quality of play was good. Kept my handicap around 4. I feel great, so I need to get back to playing 18 more often. After a lot of 9 holers, my body has recovered, but I have a 9 hole brain, and that might be giving myself more credit than I deserve. Trying to keep my head in it for 18 will be a challenge.

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My goals are pretty simple:

Find an online coach this spring (I live in rural Nebraska and find the local pros lacking when it comes to good instruction)Improve my driver striking. Currently hit my 4 wood as long or longer than driver and more consistently. I'd love to have a driver I can count on.Buy new equipment - I haven't bought a new club in 7 years. My gear is worn down after 100+ rounds a year for the past 3 years.Do more yoga and work on stretching, tightness.Pretty short list. I'm a decent player mid 70s to low 80s and had a great finish to last year's season. Just have a few weak spots I'd like to shore up.

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Having spinal fusion on Jan 6th. A pinched nerve toward the end of 2019 cost me a ton of distance, and I assume it hurt my swing somewhat as well.

So my first goal is to recover from the surgery and play again, and hopefully get back my distance, etc.

Second goal is to actually play to my handicap. It’s a long story, but I had a series of good rounds late 2018 and early 2019 that got me down to an 8 at one point. Then, a combination of work, travel, etc caused me to not be able to post many rounds after about May of 2019. Of the few that I could post, I’d play horribly in 4 out of 5 of them, but that one good round kept my handicap from getting “out of control”. So I’m in a weird spot where I’m a 9 handicap but would have a hard time breaking 90 if I played tomorrow, given how poorly I played toward the end of the year (and again, maybe pinched nerve didn’t help this situation any).

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