that’s so awesome Franky! Good for you man!!

Edit—- were you putting with your Scotty Cameron?

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+1, that was cool to read!


Play yesterday evening at Silver Lake North Course. Was a picture perfect day for golf, and the course was in Immaculate shape. I shot 50-49 so not all that well, but I hit the ball much better overall then I had my previous two rounds out. Putted pretty well, 1 one putt and 1 three putt. Several 30'+ lags to tap in distance.

Played with my old man and two buddies. Cold beer, two lefties, four Sox fans. Glorious.

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Nice round!

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lol...no, it's in time out

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Ugh, I've gone four weeks without playing. A mix of travel to Chicago, a junior statewide amateur event at the course where I play, a burst of activity with work, and bad weather during the week. Tomorrow is the course senior members tournament (no, I'm not crazy enough to enter) and then it's going to rain the rest of the week.

Looks like I'm going to have to break down and play somewhere early on Wednesday morning before the rain comes. First world problems!

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Shot 79 today. After a horrible April and (most of) May my game is finally rounding into shape. I got fitted for a new driver - a Titleist TSi2 and I love it. I've been working on a few things and the practice is finally paying dividends. Practice and doing some drills helps with golf. Who knew?

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my new one is in there as well and my old trusty model is doing some heavy lifting

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Coastal/Island Golf:

On Monday I played Moody Gardens Golf Course. Wind was screaming out of the southeast. On the 7th hole, a par 5, which from the blacks plays about 560, I went 3 wood/3 wood/3 wood, and was about a foot on the green putting for birdie. And I mean I vaporized all three of those shots and was barely on the green.

I played for the first time this year. 86. I've had some back stuff the past year and this was the first year i've noticed it. I'm playing a course i frequent pretty well. my short game was pretty inconsistent. long game surprisingly was fine. and my woods I hit with very little slice or pull which is unusual and i typically play to. I feel like my back caused me to not swing outside myself and let the clubs do the work. but 9 to 60* was not good.

that said due to these new back issues, my drives were avging 260-270. which is fine. however this has slowly dwindled as i've aged. 4-5 years ago i could poke it pretty good 285ish (cue rolleyes) I run X flex shafts on a TM SLDR driver and Rocketballz 3w. i'm almost 41. i was suggested X flex when i was fitted in my 20's and its what i've always bought since then. As you can tell I don't upgrade often. my driver before hand i bought in 2009 was a FT3. and i believe i bought the SLDR in 2015.

my question is (and i know the real answer it to go get fitted again) what happens if I drop down to a S shaft (maybe even r flex?). I imagine i've been out of the X flex sphere for some time (100+ club speed?). estimate 90-95 today. will new drivers and a drop down in shaft improve any of my distance. if this is the new normal that's fine I can play within that easily.

I am no club expert but my guess is it would help with more consistent distance and probably some accuracy as well. If you have a Golf Galaxy or Dicks near you even they can help with some fitting options for you and I don't think they charge for it, although I could be wrong. It can be a crapshoot at places like that who you get helping you. A PGA Superstore has quality folks there, I have used them in the past and put me into a driver I absolutely love. Again I don't know if I paid for the session or if it was cleared off my bill when I bought the $400 driver.

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Yeah my inkling is that it won't really matter a ton.

I guess the other suggestion I would have is to find out if any golf manufacturers are having a fitting day at a course near you. I know all of the major manufacturers come to my course at one time or another during the season. Nothing is better than testing clubs outside instead of against a virtual screen.

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Backed up a nice 77 yesterday with a 79 today. Game is getting into shape to the point where I feel confident over every shot. The big member-member tournament is next Saturday and I hope I can keep it up because my handicap is dropping rapidly.

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Been playing solid, but second day in a row I had two doubles which hurt my score a bit. I eagled a par 5 I’ve always wanted to hit in two for about ten years. It’s 540 yards and the green is up on a hill about 25 feet above the fairway. Right is tree trouble and left is a big drop off and likely a lost ball. Even after a good drive I’m usually more than 250 out and laying up. Today I found myself 245 out and I went for it. Hit a perfect shot leaving me with a 12 foot uphill putt. I’ve been hitting my 3 wood and hybrid pretty solid this year and it’s been a game changer.

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Good luck next weekend!

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Thanks. It's a fun event. 27 holes - 9 scramble, 9 alternate shot, and 9 best ball (count both on 3 holes). My partner can get wild at times so the alternate shot could get interesting. Thankfully it's a modified alternate shot where we pick the best drive and alternate in from there. Last year we took 3rd. I'd just like to finish top 6 and get in the money.

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Nice! That's a good feeling.

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The course I play is usually a little wet plus I play early in the morning with dew so with the drought conditions there is a lot more roll and chances to reach a couple of par 5s which were previously out of range. There are three more I have on my radar screen for the season. Two are not reachable at all and I’ve now eagled 3 of them over the years

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We took 2nd in our flight in the member-member. We lost by less than 2 strokes (with % of handicap you get scores like 107.1). I missed a one footer (ugh!) and my partner missed a two footer. We also took a 6 on a par 3 in the alternate shot (bad luck!). Still should be a pretty good pay out.

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Been hitting the ball well lately but still haven't been able to put it all together. 73 on Saturday with a double bogey on a par 5 but shot 34 (-2) on the back. Yesterday I turned in 39
but shot -1 on the back nine of the other course to come in with a 74. Just can't make any putts outside of 10 feet lately. Not complaining with the final results. Taking most of this week
off as I am out of town so hopefully will still be able to keep it going when I get back. Hoping it cools down and the humidity goes away a bit as well.

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I've never bought a driver before. I've only used hand me downs. What would you recommend?

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

If you are going to spend the money, get fitted. You will get to hit several of them and then determine which one is the best one for your swing.

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I was terrible yesterday. Everything was a little bad not one single thing to focus on improving. Very frustrating. A few holes I was double par and picked up.

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No golf for me in 2021. Back surgery #8 instead. This time getting 2 level fusion (L4 through S1). Hopefully get it done before August.

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looks like the first time out this year could be at Turtle Bay on my birthday. If not there, then somewhere on Oahu.

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Shakes, sorry to hear and all the best.

Doug, that wouldn't be a bad place to have play your first round.

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Yikes.

I hope it goes well.

No more Macabees games for you?

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I’m putting off rotator cuff surgery until September dues to golf and boating.

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I'm one of the 2 coaches for the old man team in 2022. Was at tryouts over the weekend. Hoping to get surgery ASAP so i have time to recover before our next team tryout in September.

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Holed out from 105 today for eagle which I hadn’t done for years. One par3 from 223 I put to 8 ft and made it and another par 3 from 252 to 2 ft and made birdie on both. 73 which was a good score but missed a bunch of putts. Happy Father’s Day to all.

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