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[awil]

Have fun ! I always love when my parents are able to watch me play ! My mom claps for every shot I hit lol !

[agatha]

Have fun ! I always love when my parents are able to watch me play ! My mom claps for every shot I hit lol !

 

That's sweet, I think Megan will probably caddy for her brother too.. :)

[messtoph]

Well that head move got Duval to #1 in the world, and well Annika is #1 in my book, so that is pretty good company!

 

Safe travels Aggs and Megan. Should be a fun trip.

[Man_O_War]

basically any one hit wonder who has prevented Tiger from getting to 18 lol :

 

Yang

Campbell

Beam (duh)

one more.. forgettable

[QMany]

GoldenStateGolfTour ‏@goldenstategolf 13m13 minutes ago

 

-2016 Fresno Open- @MattHansenGolf 1st to arrive for the final round to begin warming up. Time to move up the board.

[Forged4ever]

http://gstour.com/TournamentScoring/Scoreboard.aspx?TID=3991

 

 

Have a Great weekend Aggs, Gals & Gents :)

 

 

Fairways & Greens, Pins & Cups 4ever My Friend,

RP

[jezlax]

Best of luck today Matt, solid 69 yesterday. Keep rollin' em in.

[masamitsu]

Keep up the good work Matt.

[Whatsinthebag]

 

GoldenStateGolfTour ‏@goldenstategolf 13m13 minutes ago

 

-2016 Fresno Open- @MattHansenGolf 1st to arrive for the final round to begin warming up. Time to move up the board.

 

Great shot. Love the ground fog in the bg.

[messtoph]

I only wish that the leaderboard was updated more often. Every nine holes just sucks!

[bu11dog]

Not sure how I missed this thread.

 

Good luck Matt.

[Whatsinthebag]

Just checked the leaderboard. Tough to beat 15 under. Best of luck Matt

[GolfingBro]

Top 15: that will work.

 

Some of you may wonder how far I was hitting it in Fresno this week. Here are my distances (about what I would play them when it got a little warmer in the morning)

 

Driver 290-310

3 wood 250-270

 

2 iron 235-245

4 215-225

5 200-210

6 190-200

7 170-185

8 160-170

9 145-155

PW 135-145

 

52 degree 100-130

56 degree 85-100

60 degree <80

[Forged4ever]

Nice job Matthew :)

 

Enjoy the Weekend!!

 

Fairways & Greens, Pins & Cups My Friend,

Richard

[agatha]

Fun trip, made it to Fresno by 630 and met up with Matthew and 2 other guys in tournament (both had missed cut) and it was his teammate from Davis Bday so we all had a nice meal. Found out the 3 of them all shared a hotel room and Matthew took the pullout sofa, the other guys joked that they should have opted for it since they missed cut. Anyway, fun dinner onto hotel sleep and up early as he had an early tee time. It was 2 somes and they had carts so it was fast and Megan did not caddy. It was nice to be pared with a guy from Oregon state whom we knew and his buddy who caddied for him (also missed cut).

Round was over by 11 and we were back home by 2.

Top 15 at this event get exempt into the So Cal Open next month, Matthew was already exempt so he didn't need that but I imagine it was good for some guys to get that.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Chomper]

Congrats Matt!

This is a great thread to follow!!

[Outlier]

Hi Matt-

 

What's a typical workout like for you? Is your gym regime Brandel Chamblee approved?

[Holy Moses]

Top 15: that will work.

 

Some of you may wonder how far I was hitting it in Fresno this week. Here are my distances (about what I would play them when it got a little warmer in the morning)

 

Driver 290-310

3 wood 250-270

 

2 iron 235-245

4 215-225

5 200-210

6 190-200

7 170-185

8 160-170

9 145-155

PW 135-145

 

52 degree 100-130

56 degree 85-100

60 degree <80

 

I have your same gaps in wedges. 105-112 is my gap. Hard to get my GW to go high and short of target. Choke down or take something off?

[Pert1862]

Great thread! I appreciate the post and best of luck.

[GolfingBro]

Top 15: that will work.

 

Some of you may wonder how far I was hitting it in Fresno this week. Here are my distances (about what I would play them when it got a little warmer in the morning)

 

Driver 290-310

3 wood 250-270

 

2 iron 235-245

4 215-225

5 200-210

6 190-200

7 170-185

8 160-170

9 145-155

PW 135-145

 

52 degree 100-130

56 degree 85-100

60 degree <80

 

I have your same gaps in wedges. 105-112 is my gap. Hard to get my GW to go high and short of target. Choke down or take something off?

 

It all depends on the situation. If I need to spin something I go hard at the less club to get it to go that distance. If there is no need to try to spin it, I chock up a little and shorten my swing. In certain situations I am able to hit my wedges as short or as far as I have to. For example I played a 125 yard SW in my second round, I could've used a PW or 52 from here but it was slightly downwind and long was no good. I hit the club that had zero chance of going long, plus it ended up just 9 feet away.

 

For wedges you want to be able to have a stock shot (a favorite shot for each club). Me its 60 yards with a 60 degree, 85 yards with a 56 degree and 105 yards with a 52 degree (each of those swings is what I call a 3/4 swing).

[lumberman2462]

Another good week. Congrats.

 

Good luck on the next tournament.

 

How often do you carry the 2 iron vs switching it out with hybrids?

 

Only asking because very few carry 2 irons these days....but I like you style.

 

I use my 2 iron as an alignment stick.

 

 

[messtoph]

Great work Matthew, keep it up!

 

Which club do you normally use out of green side bunker and what is the bounce of it?

[GolfingBro]

Hi Matt-

 

What's a typical workout like for you? Is your gym regime Brandel Chamblee approved?

 

I actually have hired someone professional to put together a plan for me.

 

http://www.pacificfitnesshealth.com/janet_alexander

 

Janet, in the link below works with many professional athletes. She located weaknesses in my body to improve not only my swing but also prevent any future injuries. I have specific stretches to loosen my hips, quads, back, and hamstrings as well as exercises to strengthen these areas.

 

Specific training is great and I also do other explosive exercises such as clean and jerk, back and front squats, and lunges. Since golfing is an explosive, fast and short movement I do exercises that enhance that. For the average person any type of workouts are beneficial, especially lower body and core.

[GolfingBro]

Another good week. Congrats.

 

Good luck on the next tournament.

 

How often do you carry the 2 iron vs switching it out with hybrids?

 

Only asking because very few carry 2 irons these days....but I like you style.

 

I use my 2 iron as an alignment stick.

 

I only have a 2 iron. When I first went to the oven 6 years ago when I still was using a 2 iron I tried the hybrids but I could never get fit into one since my ball flight is so high. The most powerful guys on tour hit 2 irons (Tiger however has no spin on his ball thats why he uses a 5 wood, at least thats what they told me at Nike)

 

Great work Matthew, keep it up!

 

Which club do you normally use out of green side bunker and what is the bounce of it?

 

I use a 60 degree with a bounce of 10 for high soft shots. I uses a 56 with a bounce of 14 for the longer or mid range shots.

[midweston]

Sweet thread and best of luck going forward!!

[firemedic679]

man, you were in my hood! thats my home course dragon fly! great playing. wish i would have known, i would have come out and watched.

[meeks7]

If you will be playing at the United Leasing Championship in Indiana I would love to help out. I am starting my professional journey this year and am waiting to hear back on an exemption for the ULC. I live/grew up an hour up the road from Victoria National. I would loop for the week or help out anyway if you'd be interested. Good Luck this season!!

[masamitsu]

Great playing this week. Keep up the good work.

[GolfingBro]

If any members have any questions please feel free to ask.

[Pert1862]

If any members have any questions please feel free to ask.

 

For starters, thank you for taking the time to make/update this thread. As a hack golfer, I love getting the insight of what it is like competing on the various tours.

 

My question is, how did you get started in the game? And what do you think is the best way to get a junior in to the game?

 

Thanks again for the time.