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Teatowell said:
Marketing isn’t it. Apparently quite a number of clubs in the past have gone above that level as well.
Yep, utter tosh....get a ping g400 if you want forgivness. Why have x3 manufacturers fixated on this crap 10k this season, nothing new to see...all max, Ls, Ai....THE COR hasn't changed and neither will the ball in 28'
s94wht said:
Rick Shiels did a video recently with, iirc, a 2023 driver and a 20 year old driver, and his numbers were about 20yards difference. A 1 yard gain per year.
Which is amusing when he then reviews the new drivers and talks about how far they go
I do wonder why Rick isn’t better at golf. Only seen couple of his rounds but has to be spotted 10 strokes to a tour pro? Which is amusing when he then reviews the new drivers and talks about how far they go
I can see he’s not a great putter but his swing looks good to my eyes should be hitting 12-13 greens easily.. but he was all over the shop in the Bryson match
milesgiles said:
s94wht said:
Rick Shiels did a video recently with, iirc, a 2023 driver and a 20 year old driver, and his numbers were about 20yards difference. A 1 yard gain per year.
Which is amusing when he then reviews the new drivers and talks about how far they go
I do wonder why Rick isn’t better at golf. Only seen couple of his rounds but has to be spotted 10 strokes to a tour pro? Which is amusing when he then reviews the new drivers and talks about how far they go
I can see he’s not a great putter but his swing looks good to my eyes should be hitting 12-13 greens easily.. but he was all over the shop in the Bryson match
I imagine as the opportunities keep increasing and the video demands do too, the chance to keep a low handicap must just get less and less.
Fryer and Finch seem to be good golfers of the non-tour pro content I watch, but it’s probably no coincidence they do a lot of videos out on course.
milesgiles said:
I do wonder why Rick isn’t better at golf. Only seen couple of his rounds but has to be spotted 10 strokes to a tour pro?
I can see he’s not a great putter but his swing looks good to my eyes should be hitting 12-13 greens easily.. but he was all over the shop in the Bryson match
He does have a nice swing, he's improved it recently too.I can see he’s not a great putter but his swing looks good to my eyes should be hitting 12-13 greens easily.. but he was all over the shop in the Bryson match
He seems to hit spectacular shots now and again per round, typically overdraws his irons, and is, in my opinion, only an average putter, and a woeful chipper.
I like watching him play though, I also suspect that he might throw the odd hole when playing the Pros.
Bryson was a bit of a sulky douche with him early on, he was better in his match v Sergio, and the Bubba one, oh and the Lefty one. All good content for free I reckon
.If you're a golf perv, his witb is a brilliant video.
DuncanM said:
He does have a nice swing, he's improved it recently too.
He seems to hit spectacular shots now and again per round, typically overdraws his irons, and is, in my opinion, only an average putter, and a woeful chipper.
I like watching him play though, I also suspect that he might throw the odd hole when playing the Pros.
Bryson was a bit of a sulky douche with him early on, he was better in his match v Sergio, and the Bubba one, oh and the Lefty one. All good content for free I reckon.
If you're a golf perv, his witb is a brilliant video.
Agree chipping seems to be not great, I think he struggles with his attitude. He comes across very defeatist/negative a lot of the time which can’t be helpful. He seems to hit spectacular shots now and again per round, typically overdraws his irons, and is, in my opinion, only an average putter, and a woeful chipper.
I like watching him play though, I also suspect that he might throw the odd hole when playing the Pros.
Bryson was a bit of a sulky douche with him early on, he was better in his match v Sergio, and the Bubba one, oh and the Lefty one. All good content for free I reckon
.If you're a golf perv, his witb is a brilliant video.
He managed to beat Grant Horvat recently, who I’d consider to be quite a bit better/more consistent.
Seperately there’s some good Bryson content playing with Phil Mickelson.
leglessAlex said:
I mean I guess he just doesn’t play enough?
I imagine as the opportunities keep increasing and the video demands do too, the chance to keep a low handicap must just get less and less.
Fryer and Finch seem to be good golfers of the non-tour pro content I watch, but it’s probably no coincidence they do a lot of videos out on course.
Id love to not play as much as he does..I imagine as the opportunities keep increasing and the video demands do too, the chance to keep a low handicap must just get less and less.
Fryer and Finch seem to be good golfers of the non-tour pro content I watch, but it’s probably no coincidence they do a lot of videos out on course.
He did say somewhere that he was never much of a practise ground guy
Teatowell said:
Agree chipping seems to be not great, I think he struggles with his attitude. He comes across very defeatist/negative a lot of the time which can’t be helpful.
He managed to beat Grant Horvat recently, who I’d consider to be quite a bit better/more consistent.
Seperately there’s some good Bryson content playing with Phil Mickelson.
There is no way his chipping is worse than mine. He struggled round dunstanburgh, which is absolutely not a hard golf course (btw its a must play if you are in the area)He managed to beat Grant Horvat recently, who I’d consider to be quite a bit better/more consistent.
Seperately there’s some good Bryson content playing with Phil Mickelson.
Tbf I haven’t seen enough of his videos so I’m only going off what I’ve seen. I’m just surprised he seems to have a big two way miss at least on the course, which is pretty hard to play with
Edited by milesgiles on Saturday 13th January 22:48
milesgiles said:
There is no way his chipping is worse than mine. He struggled round dunstanburgh, which is absolutely not a hard golf course (btw its a must play if you are in the area)
Tbf I haven’t seen enough of his videos so I’m only going off what I’ve seen. I’m just surprised he seems to have a big two way miss at least on the course, which is pretty hard to play with
It’s all relative, he’s clearly significantly better than most, but I guess it just gets highlighted more when playing with some of the best.
Tbf I haven’t seen enough of his videos so I’m only going off what I’ve seen. I’m just surprised he seems to have a big two way miss at least on the course, which is pretty hard to play with
It’s all relative, he’s clearly significantly better than most, but I guess it just gets highlighted more when playing with some of the best.
Edited by milesgiles on Saturday 13th January 22:48
milesgiles said:
I do wonder why Rick isn’t better at golf. Only seen couple of his rounds but has to be spotted 10 strokes to a tour pro?
I can see he’s not a great putter but his swing looks good to my eyes should be hitting 12-13 greens easily.. but he was all over the shop in the Bryson match
Needs to play more courses with Scots Pines.I can see he’s not a great putter but his swing looks good to my eyes should be hitting 12-13 greens easily.. but he was all over the shop in the Bryson match
Teatowell said:
I think he struggles with his attitude. He comes across very defeatist/negative a lot of the time which can’t be helpful.
This is the one that really gets to me - He's obviously got skills, but he does seem to really struggle with the mindset (and too much of a draw). Because of this, he seems to make bad choices and very rarely takes the percentage play (but equally, maybe that's just what YT golf is supposed to be)My amateur psychobabble would say : He is probably quite similar to lots of people in that he was better at age 16 than he is now and deep down he can't quite accept it......
I have often thought that if he employed a mental coach, he would improve his game more than by hitting golf balls on the range. Compare his approach to that of Guy on his channel in the break 75 vids, who is way more accepting of his golf.... I actually prefer watching Guy to Rick because of this.
Went to practice near me for the first time this year. Having a chat in the shop afterwards and they were getting clear of last years drivers. Fitting done, and replaced my old Callaway XR with a Paradym. While I’ve gained a bit of distance what it gave me was consistency - its setup perfectly. Looking forward to playing a lot more this year and driver has always been a pain point, spent a lot of time last year with lessons sorting my swing so hopefully a bit more consistency off the tee will help with the scoring this year!
Compared it to cobra Aerojet, which when caught went flying but I was much more consistent with the Callaway.
Compared it to cobra Aerojet, which when caught went flying but I was much more consistent with the Callaway.
Played yesterday and knocked it around in +4 gross. Course conditions were overall very good considering the recent weather and greens were surprisingly slick. Very little run as you would expect though which is what I most dislike about winter golf (as well as the cold!).
2 birdies, 6 bogeys, 9/14 FIR, 13/18 GIR and 34 putts. Have a issue in winter which is a combination of the 5 layers of clothing and struggling to stay warm/warm-up properly where I anytime I try to go after a drive I'm hitting it 30 yards right so the driving is dialled back and just about trying to find the fairway. Overall iron play is good even if distances are 10+ yards down in the cold, but a couple of unexpected thinned pitching wedges caused at least 2 shots to be dropped.
If I can play to those FIR and GIR numbers in the summer then I feel I could see some good scores being possible.
2 birdies, 6 bogeys, 9/14 FIR, 13/18 GIR and 34 putts. Have a issue in winter which is a combination of the 5 layers of clothing and struggling to stay warm/warm-up properly where I anytime I try to go after a drive I'm hitting it 30 yards right so the driving is dialled back and just about trying to find the fairway. Overall iron play is good even if distances are 10+ yards down in the cold, but a couple of unexpected thinned pitching wedges caused at least 2 shots to be dropped.
If I can play to those FIR and GIR numbers in the summer then I feel I could see some good scores being possible.
Ashfordian said:
Played yesterday and knocked it around in +4 gross. Course conditions were overall very good considering the recent weather and greens were surprisingly slick. Very little run as you would expect though which is what I most dislike about winter golf (as well as the cold!).
2 birdies, 6 bogeys, 9/14 FIR, 13/18 GIR and 34 putts. Have a issue in winter which is a combination of the 5 layers of clothing and struggling to stay warm/warm-up properly where I anytime I try to go after a drive I'm hitting it 30 yards right so the driving is dialled back and just about trying to find the fairway. Overall iron play is good even if distances are 10+ yards down in the cold, but a couple of unexpected thinned pitching wedges caused at least 2 shots to be dropped.
If I can play to those FIR and GIR numbers in the summer then I feel I could see some good scores being possible.
Great golf this time of year! 2 birdies, 6 bogeys, 9/14 FIR, 13/18 GIR and 34 putts. Have a issue in winter which is a combination of the 5 layers of clothing and struggling to stay warm/warm-up properly where I anytime I try to go after a drive I'm hitting it 30 yards right so the driving is dialled back and just about trying to find the fairway. Overall iron play is good even if distances are 10+ yards down in the cold, but a couple of unexpected thinned pitching wedges caused at least 2 shots to be dropped.
If I can play to those FIR and GIR numbers in the summer then I feel I could see some good scores being possible.
Regarding the clothing, surely you need better base layers? No one should need 5 layers, 3 at max?
danneth said:
RayDonovan said:
Lovely place..played it last year and really enjoyed it.
The 1st is a complete b
d though
Funny fact, I'm yet to score better than a double bogey on the first hole. The 1st is a complete b
d though Granted I've only played it 4 times, but as a 6hcp I need better starts
Is it a lot more uphill than it looks?
Played again today and got round in 102 on a par 72. Approach play and short game a lot better than lost time, driving a lot worse and putting so so. Holed a few long ones including lipping out a 40fter. Driving reverted to slice which I’d not seen for a while which was frustrating.
Overall was quite pleased though seeing as I’d not played the course before and was a best overall on my previous 104 on a 69 par.
Overall was quite pleased though seeing as I’d not played the course before and was a best overall on my previous 104 on a 69 par.
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