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PostPosted: Mon Nov 18, 2024 8:17 am 
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Played yesterday. 5 bogies, 4 birdies, for a 71 (+1). Nothing on the 2 week forecast shows golfing weather, so this was probably the last round until spring, unless a unexpected Florida or Arizona trip pops up.

Back to the 'stats' post, here is where I ended up in the categories TheGrint app calculates. I guess a year from now, I can see if things were better or worse next season.
Index: 1.7 (Lowest all year was 1.6).
"Anti-Handicap" 5.7 (takes 8 worst scores in last 20 rounds and gives an index)

Putting: 32.5 putts per round (4.7 one putts, 11.8 two putts, 1.4 three putts)

Driving Accuracy: 56% hit

GIR: 62% (66% on par 3, 58% on par 4, 69% on par 5). Hit the fairway, 70% GIR. Miss the fairway, 49%


Those are some pretty solid numbers, especially the accuracy off the tee and the GIR. Does it calculate your scrambling percentage? I ended the year with a 2.4 handicap which I was pretty happy with. I think if the putting mat I bought gets used and work on getting stronger the next few months I may be able to get it down a bit.

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 18, 2024 9:37 am 
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It does keep scrambling stats, but that section has been glitchy the last month or so.
Overall, I'm 49% saving par when missing the green. But I can't get the breakdown of sand saves, etc.

The app also uses GPS to calculate shot distance, but I haven't used that feature yet. I really like the app for scoring and GPS (especially on courses I'm not familiar with), but I don't want to be constantly on my phone during the round.


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PostPosted: Mon Nov 18, 2024 10:51 am 
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It does keep scrambling stats, but that section has been glitchy the last month or so.
Overall, I'm 49% saving par when missing the green. But I can't get the breakdown of sand saves, etc.

The app also uses GPS to calculate shot distance, but I haven't used that feature yet. I really like the app for scoring and GPS (especially on courses I'm not familiar with), but I don't want to be constantly on my phone during the round.


Totally get it. I put my phone away when I'm playing and don't want to be bothered with texts or anything else. Just find it very distracting.

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 21, 2024 3:37 pm 
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Seeing that I had 4 drivers in my basement, this afternoon I decided to sell one off to Play It Again Sports. I know they don't give you what you could probably get for it haggling with someone online but I walked in and 10 minutes later had $95 bucks in my pocket. Ended up letting go of my Callaway Rogue Sub Zero. I never hit it all that well for some reason, and at some point I traded the heavier shaft for a 55 gram one in my local pro shop and that was too damn light. I usually use a 70 gram. While I was in there I saw that someone had turned in a TSR 10 degree with a Tour Ad X stiff shaft on it. Really nice club. They were asking $319 for it which is probably about as much as the shaft was roughly worth at one time. I usually drop in there a few times a year just to see what they have on the rack but have been pretty good about not buying stuff there. I've sold a set of TaylorMade's there and a few wedges here and there.

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 01, 2024 6:29 am 
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Long shot here but looking for possible reviews or experience with a couple items. Considering setting up a very basic golf range in my garage this winter. I have a net and mat. Looking at a little Rapsodo unit for swing and ball speed as well as carry distance. I need to make some measurements today and would likely only use irons as I may have a clearance issue. Anyone have or maybe used this unit?

https://rapsodo.com/products/mobile-lau ... ant=single

Other thing I would need would be a portable heater. I’m not looking to get the garage to 70 degrees but if I could get it to 55 or 60 I’d be thrilled. My garage is not insulated. Anyone have any experience with propane heaters that push out some good heat? I found one with 18000 BTU that was a slick design and on wheels but not sure how well it would work.

https://www.mrheater.com/18-000-btu-cabinet-heater.html

I’d guess that my practice sessions would be maybe 30-45 minutes max. Thought it would be a reasonable way to work on yardages especially with scoring clubs. Just not sure if I’ll get the atmosphere I’d like with the bare minimum tools. Thanks in advance for any insight.

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 05, 2024 8:05 am 
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Well I looked at setting up that hitting bay and crunched the numbers a bit. Eventually I looked myself in the mirror and told myself the truth, which was that I likely wasn't going to go through all the trouble of warming up the garage to hit balls for 30 minutes into a net without knowing where they were going. :lol: I'll use the $350 it was going to cost me to set it up and just use that towards some simulator golf between Dec - Feb. I'll likely meet up with a buddy once before Xmas as I have a little time off and I'll get to try out the new driver and 3 wood a little bit. I have made it down to my gym a little bit in the offseason but not consistently and not for long enough periods of time so I will try to get that going again by this weekend. Work is just kicking my ass and when I get home the last thing I want to do is lift weights.

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 05, 2024 8:27 am 
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Long shot here but looking for possible reviews or experience with a couple items. Considering setting up a very basic golf range in my garage this winter. I have a net and mat. Looking at a little Rapsodo unit for swing and ball speed as well as carry distance. I need to make some measurements today and would likely only use irons as I may have a clearance issue. Anyone have or maybe used this unit?

https://rapsodo.com/products/mobile-lau ... ant=single
You are too good of a golfer to enjoy this one. It's only going to be 95% accurate. I've got the Garmin R10 in a very cheap garage setup where I have to move the car and pull down a net I have against the wall. I really like it but I'm still at the "If the ball went straight I did a good job" phase so just the process of making a good swing and repeating it over and over helps me improve. Spin numbers are normally pretty useless with the sub $1,000 range.

Even with that, I think about upgrading it about once a month though I don't use it in the summer since I can just go play on actual grass.

Also, be sure to pay attention to how much space you actually need. If it's a radar, you need 15-25 feet from radar to the net. Camera based systems don't really matter that much as long as you can fit the net in.

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Other thing I would need would be a portable heater. I’m not looking to get the garage to 70 degrees but if I could get it to 55 or 60 I’d be thrilled. My garage is not insulated. Anyone have any experience with propane heaters that push out some good heat? I found one with 18000 BTU that was a slick design and on wheels but not sure how well it would work.
My garage is normally around 10 degrees warmer than the outside temp. I've discovered that I can normally stay warm enough with a fairly low key electric heater. I think it's like 1500W. If you get too cold, you just stand next to it for a minute. However, make sure you can have the garage closed with any heater you get. That's far more important than how much heat it puts out. The one you posted says outdoor only. They do have propane heaters that can be used indoors.

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I’d guess that my practice sessions would be maybe 30-45 minutes max. Thought it would be a reasonable way to work on yardages especially with scoring clubs. Just not sure if I’ll get the atmosphere I’d like with the bare minimum tools. Thanks in advance for any insight.
If you want that you need a camera based solution. This one is more expensive but if you truly want to improve your game it's the bare minimum to trust the results. There are downsides to it especially since you have to pay double for club data and there can be a yearly fee to connect to the simulator software stuff. https://www.dickssportinggoods.com/p/bushnell-launch-pro-ball-enabled-23busulnchprbllnbtch/23busulnchprbllnbtch?sku=25312959 It's the same unit as the GC Quad I believe which is a pro level simulator. If you are considering this option I can go further on it before you spend the money on it to give you the real cost based on what you want to do with it.

There is a new thing out called Square Golf. https://squaregolf.co.uk/ The price is amazing. It's camera based which is better than radar. I haven't used it and the accuracy is considered good but not great but that's compared to the $5k to $20k options. Can't use it outdoors though.

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 07, 2024 6:05 am 
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Hoffy . did you buy your clubs or decide on what you’re getting yet? I just saw that sub 70 is having a 20% off sale on the 699V2 irons if youre still in the market


I ended up holding off because I need to get a new air condenser. I'm waiting until I finish paying off my kid's college in two years when I may have money again.

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 16, 2024 9:24 am 
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No golf played, but stocked up for next season. Course not far from my house had their "winter, everything must go" sale over the weekend. Anything on the floor of the pro shop was 50% off. Picked up 3 dozen Pro-V's for $30/dozen, and a couple gloves.


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PostPosted: Mon Dec 16, 2024 9:50 am 
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Made a 9am tee time this coming Friday at my local X-Golf to play 18 with a buddy of mine. I was able to find our home course on one of those websites that can make a print of the course layout, kind of what you might see on a scorecard. I liked this one because all 45 holes are on the same picture. I got him one and framed it myself so hopefully he likes it. I got one for myself and hung it in my golf cave this weekend.

https://golfcourseprint.com/products/br ... lf-courses

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 20, 2024 12:20 pm 
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We got in 16 holes at Pebble Beach in an hour so that was pretty fun after not picking up a club for so long. Hit the new driver and 3 wood pretty well. Looked like I picked up some distance which is what I was hoping for. Probably need to make some adjustments with the Surefit system to open the face a bit on both clubs.

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