The Golf Thread

[Demographic Shift]

Buy whatever feels good in your hands...

Lots of guys sell sets after a year because they just don’t like them..check with the pro at the pro shop to see if he knows who might have a set for sale or he might even have a couple of sets on consignment for sale...

Masters next week....
Tiger has a shot..Phil playing well..Speith ? Dustin? Rory ?
A cinderella story?

[Joey]

Time to dust off this thread, and dust off the clubs...I booked my first tee time for Sunday! Fore Mothafucka!

What's the golfers here thoughts on new clubs? I played a round in BC last week with my brother in laws set and was hitting 20 yards further..I highly doubt it was just me suddenly improving..I think its time, any advice for not paying an arm and a leg? Willing to buy older models, they would still be an upgrade..

Ya, I had playing with the same clubs for 15 years probably (and they were my dads before that) until last season when I got a set of the Wilson Staff D200 Irons on clearance at GolfTown, and then the Taylor Made M2 Driver for a decent price as well. Makes a world of difference, love those Irons, and Wilson Staff are pretty bottom of the barrel in terms of price.

[Superjudge]

Time to dust off this thread, and dust off the clubs...I booked my first tee time for Sunday! Fore Mothafucka!

What's the golfers here thoughts on new clubs? I played a round in BC last week with my brother in laws set and was hitting 20 yards further..I highly doubt it was just me suddenly improving..I think its time, any advice for not paying an arm and a leg? Willing to buy older models, they would still be an upgrade..

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-golf/markham...ationFlag=true

[Superjudge]

Grab a decent set... but eff pro sets or blades, they are for the ego, not your happiness.

Titleist AP1 Irons are fantastic... I was eyeing them up before kids became too expensive.... Get them Used off Kijiji, if you don't swing fast, or aren't a low handicapper look for a regular shaft, stiff if youre athletic. Stay away from x-stiff....just a world of hurt brought on by ego.



https://www.titleist.ca/golf-clubs/irons/718-ap1

[KeonClark]

Time to dust off this thread, and dust off the clubs...I booked my first tee time for Sunday! Fore Mothafucka!

What's the golfers here thoughts on new clubs? I played a round in BC last week with my brother in laws set and was hitting 20 yards further..I highly doubt it was just me suddenly improving..I think its time, any advice for not paying an arm and a leg? Willing to buy older models, they would still be an upgrade..

[Apollo]

Yep.. I never thought he would get another win...

The tour has to be pretty happy their number one draw is back on track...

I'm not sure how long lived it will be. He's in his 40's and doesn't have the same mobility because if his spine fusion surgery. Jack started to fall off in the phase Tiger is entering. I think Jack won his last major at age 45 though.

[Bendit]

This is why they won ... no fighting over girl friends... haha.


https://twitter.com/RyderCupEurope/s...liwood-star%2F

[Superjudge]

I love it

[Demographic Shift]

Waited a LONG time for this post ...


Watching Woods walk up on 18 through that SEA of people was amazing. Never seen anything like that.

Win #80. Knew he'd get it.

Yep.. I never thought he would get another win...

The tour has to be pretty happy their number one draw is back on track...

[Joey]

Waited a LONG time for this post ...


Watching Woods walk up on 18 through that SEA of people was amazing. Never seen anything like that.

Win #80. Knew he'd get it.

[Joey]

Never really liked Spieth, so I'm okay with this. He's no Tiger... I miss Tiger.

Ummm ... So how about Tiger Tiger Woods y'all? Is he actually back?? 4-Under already on the day today, 10-under for the weekend, and only 4 back of the lead.

This tournament has 13 of the Top-25 players in the World, and Tiger (ranked like 900?) looks like he's in his element.

[Joey]

Quick little read on it ...

An intrigued Rory McIlroy peered into the bag of a potential rival for the Abu Dhabi title last week and marvelled at the unique set of clubs.

The four times major champion wasn't alone - other big names, including Ernie Els, peppered the clubs' owner with questions. Never mind that Bryson DeChambeau is more than half Els' age, the big South African wanted to learn from the young amateur.

Throughout the bag, each iron is 37 and a half inches long, whether it is a three-iron or a wedge. He wields them with the same upright swing, wrapping his palms around chunky grips rather than using his fingers to hold the club.

"They're all the same length," DeChambeau told BBC Sport. "Same lie angle, same shaft, just different loft. Same bounce configuration as well on each and every one of them.

"But it's four degrees of loft difference between them and it works pretty well. It helps me keep my same posture, same set-up, same everything, and allows me to perform quite nicely with my irons."

The idea came from a book called 'The Golfing Machine', self-published by Homer Kelly, a Seattle aircraft mechanic, in 1969.

............
"We thought there has to be a better way to play golf," he told me.

"It's a long story, but to keep it short I pretty much chose this variation of the golfing machine where it allowed me to swing on the same plane.

"And when I did that, I realised I couldn't do it with a wedge and a three iron because it would mean changing body motions. That doesn't make sense, so I said why don't we make them all the same lie and angle and the same length?

Source

Would be super weird for sure, but I wonder if he's on to something, with the whole idea of maintaining ONE swing throughout the length of each hole, regardless of where you lie.

[Apollo]

I love my 4 iron on windy days or if my timing is a little off with my woods. It would mess with my game if I was playing my 4 iron with a 7 iron shaft. That's potentially some serious yardage I'd be giving up off the tee or on long approach shots.

[Joey]

Dont tell that to Dechambeau, he's busy pissing off everyone in the Golf industry right now, using the equivalent to the Satanic Bible to hone his game. I love it!!!!

Man, that guys got a funny stance and swing, doesn't he?

Pretty sure all of this Irons are the same length as well (equivalent to a 6 or 7 Iron).

[Apollo]

Maybe I'll give that a look some day. Between the above two and Jack Nicklaus' "Golf My Way" I didn't think I'd ever need to read another book on mechanics or strategy ever again. Hogan, Nicklaus and Watson all gave me a different set of tools for approaching the game. Now if only I ever had time to play on weekends anymore...