MD/DC/VA Golfers - Twelve Monkeys Mental Divergence

[davechen]

> @eagle1997 said:

> > @XHoop24 said:

> > > @eagle1997 said:

> > > m g s must be salivated at the thought of "testing" the new ksig 4 piece vs the new prov1.

> > >

> > > in other news, tex fit me (in like 15 mins) into a new iron shaft that produces higher, longer shots and my impact went from toe side to a barrage of center faced contact. being on the trackman was really, really cool.

> > >

> > > much appreciated bud.

> > >

> > >

> >

> > Interesting - what did you use to play versus what was the TexFit? Keeping same iron heads?

>

> been playing the stock truetemper stiff in my cobra one lengths. tried out a couple different options, but the amt 105 regulars were the clear standouts. picked up 10+ yards in carry, easy. gonna try going back to variable length irons with the mizzy hot metal pros for the year, see how that goes. otherwise, i'll end up rebuying my one lengths with different shafts in 2020.

 

Hey, let me know when you tired of those Mizunos. I think my son might like them.

[FAbb]

My one-length fad prediction is heading for validation, just like my mini driver prediction.

[SullGolf]

THDC is already calling dibs on irons Eagle doesn't even have yet. Love it.

[eagle1997]

i thought @FAbb could wait more than 10 minutes before an "i told you so" post.

 

sadly i was mistaken.

[FAbb]

Yeah, fat chance on me containing myself at all.

 

The best part is that DC switched away from one-lengths, and he was the biggest defender when I trashed them.

 

Also, THDC Jr wants sweet blades, but dad is trying to score him some SGI shovels with lightweight reg flex steel shafts. Fantastic.

[eagle1997]

> @FAbb said:

> Yeah, fat chance on me containing myself at all.

 

@FAbb you've got to be one of the most annoying people i know, besides myself.

[FAbb]

I wouldn't have thought this was possible, but I think Endless pesters people about stuff more quickly, and frequently than I do. It's just a matter of time until the perfect storm of him and me pestering makes somebody on a Hive committee snap.

[FAbb]

Some good material for Reed's new swing coach, Justine, to work from.

 

https://www.golf.com/Instruction/2019/03/25/patrick-reed-golf-swing-analysis-artificial-intelligence

 

I ran @jhbangas swing through Swing AI. The resulting score: Trash.

[eagle1997]

> @FAbb said:

> I wouldn't have thought this was possible, but I think Endless pesters people about stuff more quickly, and frequently than I do. It's just a matter of time until the perfect storm of him and me pestering makes somebody on a Hive committee snap.

 

speaking of pestering... u guys thinking about playing next sunday in the [thing](http://dcgolftour.com/ "thing") at hivemore?

 

threadizens in so far:

goose/gmen

dom/dmitri

eric/britt

ol kenty n son

 

approx. 32 players total, which is a good start. looking to get 60. a free replay round included with the entry is a pretty good bonus.

[davechen]

> @SullGolf said:

> THDC is already calling dibs on irons Eagle doesn't even have yet. Love it.

Eh, I know you club hoes.

 

I've been playing the same irons, Ping G30s, since I've been hanging with y'all, about 5 years. How many sets of irons has the average WRXer gone through in the same time span?

[eagle1997]

pivot: dunno how many of you besides @TheCityGame saw 'hereditary.' it's on prime. it's weird, in a wonderful way. an A24 movie (ex machina, green room, swiss army man, killing of a sacred deer, under the skin, moonlight +many more). same director as 'hereditary.' anyway, i can't wait to see it.

 

trailer:

[2moreTerps]

i like 98% enjoyed myself yesterday. frustration came out for a bit at the start of the back nine. i didn't know it was possible for me to play that poorly. if i played today there's basically no chance i'd be that bad.

 

very interesting on those rain totals. i was way wrong on that. i thought anything over an 1" was pretty rare. The course was stunningly unwet yesterday.

 

a big part of my methodology at the match play has been to identify groups of four where multiple players are struggling with their game. that's definitely harder than normal this year because both sawgrass and valspar are volatile AND very very different from austin country club. i don't even remember who i picked last year but they were in bubba's group. I heard guys talking him up that week and thought it was the dumbest thing ever. welp. guess they were right! i like picking this event. lots of strategy.

[FAbb]

> @2moreTerps said:

> The course was stunningly unwet yesterday.

 

My drives were backing up. I had multiple mud balls. I almost had a citygame step in mud over the top of my shoe moment a couple times, helping look for balls.

[TheCityGame]

> @FAbb said:

> > @2moreTerps said:

> > The course was stunningly unwet yesterday.

>

> My drives were backing up. I had multiple mud balls. I almost had a citygame step in mud over the top of my shoe moment a couple times, helping look for balls.

 

You mean they weren't plugging 6 inches deep? Sounds pretty dry.

[FAbb]

Good point. They were at least partially above ground, or actually jumped back from their mark. Firm and fast, at last!

[2moreTerps]

guys in the field who have missed two of the last three cuts: mickelson, noren, hatton, haotong li, aphibarnrat, kyle stanley has missed all three cuts, JB holmes has missed both cuts after his win LOL, shane lowry, andrew putnam, chez, kodaira,

[TheCityGame]

> @2moreTerps said:

> i like 98% enjoyed myself yesterday. frustration came out for a bit at the start of the back nine. i didn't know it was possible for me to play that poorly. if i played today there's basically no chance i'd be that bad.

>

> very interesting on those rain totals. i was way wrong on that. i thought anything over an 1" was pretty rare. The course was stunningly unwet yesterday.

>

> a big part of my methodology at the match play has been to identify groups of four where multiple players are struggling with their game. that's definitely harder than normal this year because both sawgrass and valspar are volatile AND very very different from austin country club. i don't even remember who i picked last year but they were in bubba's group. I heard guys talking him up that week and thought it was the dumbest thing ever. welp. guess they were right! i like picking this event. lots of strategy.

 

I've got a guy.

 

I was following the golf scores on my phone driving home yesterday and I told wife, "I want this guy to win. I'm the only guy who picked him this week."

And she goes, "if other people pick him, do you split the points?"

And I was like, "no. that's d--- hmmmmmm......"

That's actually kind of a cool idea. You all want DJ for Augusta? If he wins, you split the dollars. LOL. I mean, it's kind of like all the guys split Patrick Reed's points this week, except with positive numbers.

[thechief16]

> @TheCityGame said:

> > @2moreTerps said:

> > i like 98% enjoyed myself yesterday. frustration came out for a bit at the start of the back nine. i didn't know it was possible for me to play that poorly. if i played today there's basically no chance i'd be that bad.

> >

> > very interesting on those rain totals. i was way wrong on that. i thought anything over an 1" was pretty rare. The course was stunningly unwet yesterday.

> >

> > a big part of my methodology at the match play has been to identify groups of four where multiple players are struggling with their game. that's definitely harder than normal this year because both sawgrass and valspar are volatile AND very very different from austin country club. i don't even remember who i picked last year but they were in bubba's group. I heard guys talking him up that week and thought it was the dumbest thing ever. welp. guess they were right! i like picking this event. lots of strategy.

>

> I've got a guy.

>

> I was following the golf scores on my phone driving home yesterday and I told wife, "I want this guy to win. I'm the only guy who picked him this week."

> And she goes, "if other people pick him, do you split the points?"

> And I was like, "no. that's d--- hmmmmmm......"

> That's actually kind of a cool idea. You all want DJ for Augusta? If he wins, you split the dollars. LOL. I mean, it's kind of like all the guys split Patrick Reed's points this week, except with positive numbers.

 

It is? So you have the likelihood of situations where the guy who picked the third place finisher is rewarded more than the guy than the guy who picked the winner? Sure, it adds a bit of complexity, but does it actually reward the guy who picks the player who performs best on that week? Isn't that the whole point??

[2moreTerps]

am i mis-remembering that tee shots are uber important here?

 

I'm dreaming of like a Reed, Noren, matt wallace, D player pod. something like that. you go through the A guys and there are not many i'll be targeting as losers.

[TheCityGame]

> @thechief16 said:

> > @TheCityGame said:

> > > @2moreTerps said:

> > > i like 98% enjoyed myself yesterday. frustration came out for a bit at the start of the back nine. i didn't know it was possible for me to play that poorly. if i played today there's basically no chance i'd be that bad.

> > >

> > > very interesting on those rain totals. i was way wrong on that. i thought anything over an 1" was pretty rare. The course was stunningly unwet yesterday.

> > >

> > > a big part of my methodology at the match play has been to identify groups of four where multiple players are struggling with their game. that's definitely harder than normal this year because both sawgrass and valspar are volatile AND very very different from austin country club. i don't even remember who i picked last year but they were in bubba's group. I heard guys talking him up that week and thought it was the dumbest thing ever. welp. guess they were right! i like picking this event. lots of strategy.

> >

> > I've got a guy.

> >

> > I was following the golf scores on my phone driving home yesterday and I told wife, "I want this guy to win. I'm the only guy who picked him this week."

> > And she goes, "if other people pick him, do you split the points?"

> > And I was like, "no. that's d--- hmmmmmm......"

> > That's actually kind of a cool idea. You all want DJ for Augusta? If he wins, you split the dollars. LOL. I mean, it's kind of like all the guys split Patrick Reed's points this week, except with positive numbers.

>

> It is? So you have the likelihood of situations where the guy who picked the third place finisher is rewarded more than the guy than the guy who picked the winner? Sure, it adds a bit of complexity, but does it actually reward the guy who picks the player who performs best on that week? Isn't that the whole point??

 

I guess that's the whole point of THIS pool. The thing about this pool is that there's no reward for a clever pick, finding a diamond in the rough. . .like Fabb picking Im this week. Good pick, but still only as good as if you took someone more obvious like Bubba, or Oostie. There's no incentive whatsover when there's 30 tournaments to ever take a shot on a guy, or go scouring for the up and comer. It's just like point and pray.

 

So, maybe I'm just describing a different kind of pool. I used to be a bowling pool where you took 4 guys each week and used "dollar values" on each one, so you had to dig deeper.

 

Or maybe if you did what I was describing, you would have to take away the "one and done" aspect of it. So, you can pick a great player more than once, but you need to value it against the likelihood that other people pick him.

 

 

 

[FAbb]

Yeah, firing Sungjae and getting a T4 seems clever on the surface.

 

... except City fired the defending champ, who was a consensus top contender, and picked up a cool million more dollars than I did this week.

 

It was a weird week for picks. So many people on Sergio, and Reed, and then basically everybody else was the only person who had their guy.

[baddomes]

Was in NYC this weekend with the wife hanging out with friends. Really fun trip.

 

PSA: If you are travelling anywhere, especially to another city, make sure you check with xhoop first. The man (and his roommate) are excellent at recommending restaurants. We followed their advice this weekend and ended up having the best cheeseburger either of us have ever had (at a pizza place).

[jhbangas]

A few of you here seem a touch thirsty.

 

> @FAbb said:

> Some good material for Reed's new swing coach, Justine, to work from.

>

> https://www.golf.com/Instruction/2019/03/25/patrick-reed-golf-swing-analysis-artificial-intelligence

>

> I ran @jhbangas swing through Swing AI. The resulting score: Trash.

 

We out here on the range


 

[ceejay81]

> @baddomes said:

> Was in NYC this weekend **with the wife**

 

Does your roommate know?

 

[baddomes]

> @ceejay81 said:

> > @baddomes said:

> > Was in NYC this weekend **with the wife**

>

> Does your roommate know?

>

 

It was a role play

[gsrjc]

Played PB Dye yesterday at noon and was surprised of the price of $45. I would have thought more. Tested the M5 tour out as I'm looking for a new driver head just for kicks. I have the M3 tour currently. Put the M5 tour head on my current shaft and wow does it look small. I think it's the matte finish that makes it look smaller. After testing the M5 tour on a few holes, it spins more than my M3 tour which shouldn't happen. Needless to say, no bueno for that head. Moving on to maybe the Mizuno ST190G head to try out.

[eagle1997]

 

[FAbb]

More thoughts on the 2019 Pro V1 tomorrow morning.

[gsrjc]

Has anyone tried the new TPX5? Are they longer than ProV1X?

[Johnny T]

> @FAbb said:

> More thoughts on the 2019 Pro V1 tomorrow morning.

 

Can we get an AVX review too?