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[Fabs23]

IN!
just got to golf in naples florida last weekend.
Im starting to get obsessed with Golf.
Started in 8th grade and played on and off because of expenses but its getting easier for me to afford it now.


I own a white head Burner 2.0 driver i got for mad cheap from a teammate.
ROSSA daytona 1 putter from back in the day that i still love.


Looking into getting a set of irons between 300-400 bucks.
Looking at the burner 2.0 set, the COBRA s3 maxes, and some Nikes. Does anyone have any ideas/opinions on those?
i have a superrr cheap set of irons from sports authority that costed like 150 bucks for the whole set of woods irons and bag...lol

Im still pretty intermediate of a player, still inconsistent with my short game. All i can do is ****in mash the driver every time but im sure here on BB.com most people are like that.

id try and demo the irons, make sure you get the right shaft for your swing. my guess is steel stiff. Personally of those three I'd go with the Taylor's or Cobra's. Both will be relatively easy to hit. Depends on which Nike ones you are talking about....I dont know much about Nike except when I demo'ed them a couple years back they were very ordinary...but again there are lots of different models.

EDIT---Baby Gunz beat me to it!

[schabowy90]

id try and demo the irons, make sure you get the right shaft for your swing. my guess is steel stiff. Personally of those three I'd go with the Taylor's or Cobra's. Both will be relatively easy to hit. Depends on which Nike ones you are talking about....I dont know much about Nike except when I demo'ed them a couple years back they were very ordinary...but again there are lots of different models.

EDIT---Baby Gunz beat me to it!

awesome. Yeah I wanted to try them at golf galaxy in florida but they didn't have either. I most definitely will get stiff steel shafts.

I hit some forged irons though, Mizunos and Titleist AP2s and my god did those feel nice. I'm not ready for forged irons though nor would I pay so much considering I don't really deserve clubs that good yet. Might invest in a lesson or two

Thanks for the input guys, ill keep you up to date.

My hockey coach who shoots like a 6-7 handi helped me with my swing too later on. I essentially don't move my hips at all, use all upper body. Need to hit the range and use a whole body fluid motion more.

[Fabs23]

awesome. Yeah I wanted to try them at golf galaxy in florida but they didn't have either. I most definitely will get stiff steel shafts.

I hit some forged irons though, Mizunos and Titleist AP2s and my god did those feel nice. I'm not ready for forged irons though nor would I pay so much considering I don't really deserve clubs that good yet. Might invest in a lesson or two

Thanks for the input guys, ill keep you up to date.

My hockey coach who shoots like a 6-7 handi helped me with my swing too later on. I essentially don't move my hips at all, use all upper body. Need to hit the range and use a whole body fluid motion more.

I'm a hockey player in a former life....it takes some work and lots of practice time to keep the hands quiet and swing like a golfer and not like a hockey player playing golf.

[mtomjr14]

I'm a hockey player in a former life....it takes some work and lots of practice time to keep the hands quiet and swing like a golfer and not like a hockey player playing golf.

yeah it's the same way with baseball...i played ball year round from age 6-18 and even now at age 25 that damn baseball swing likes to come out every now and then and screw things up

[BabyGunz76]

yeah it's the same way with baseball...i played ball year round from age 6-18 and even now at age 25 that damn baseball swing likes to come out every now and then and screw things up

Same here this is where the hard hitting hook comes from with me

[NYG]

Good man. From my experience I know the MP's feel a bit smoother then the AP's and are also more appealing to the eye at setup. I have tons of friends with MP's and AP's. Most like the MP line because of what I mentioned, but to each their own in the end.

I use the mp68 and they're good, but feel too light in the head. looking at the new titleist ap2 and it's much more slim with less offset. the next clubs I get are going to be professionally fitted so I can get every little thing exactly as I want it. gonna wait for the new titleist 913 woods to come out before I do that though.

[scott_donald]

I use the mp68 and they're good, but feel too light in the head. looking at the new titleist ap2 and it's much more slim with less offset. the next clubs I get are going to be professionally fitted so I can get every little thing exactly as I want it. gonna wait for the new titleist 913 woods to come out before I do that though.

thats easy just adjust swing weight... you 68 are far nicer than titleist anything... imo...

ya the 913 D3... will interest me greatly...

[scott_donald]

tonight- par 3 146 yards... belted a PW went soooooo high... carried pin high ten feet to the right of flag... wasn't on the green or the fringe so in rough but plugged... i played it as it lay and only got it just onto green... did i do the right thing???

[BabyGunz76]

tonight- par 3 146 yards... belted a PW went soooooo high... carried pin high ten feet to the right of flag... wasn't on the green or the fringe so in rough but plugged... i played it as it lay and only got it just onto green... did i do the right thing???

How far was the ball plugged? In Hawaii I had a couple balls sink completely so I looked up the usga rule and it was an unduly lie where you could pull ball out fix ground and replace ball. But the ball was completely sunk into the ground

[scott_donald]

How far was the ball plugged? In Hawaii I had a couple balls sink completely so I looked up the usga rule and it was an unduly lie where you could pull ball out fix ground and replace ball. But the ball was completely sunk into the ground

completely...

[BabyGunz76]

completely...

The rule isn't completely clear but it does fall under an unduly/unplayable lie due to up keeping of fairways, rough and etc.. You remove the ball fix the lie and place it back down without costing a penalty stroke. I beat my buddy after I proved to him this rule

[Fabs23]

completely...

The rule isn't completely clear but it does fall under an unduly/unplayable lie due to up keeping of fairways, rough and etc.. You remove the ball fix the lie and place it back down without costing a penalty stroke. I beat my buddy after I proved to him this rule

You get a free pick and clean, it is handled same as any other free drop. Just want to check with your playing partners/opponents first...basically make sure they see the plug.

Stop hitting your wedges so damn high and you wont have that problem!!

[hindes204]

FFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU



forgot to set my fantasy lineup

[BabyGunz76]

You get a free pick and clean, it is handled same as any other free drop. Just want to check with your playing partners/opponents first...basically make sure they see the plug.

Stop hitting your wedges so damn high and you wont have that problem!!

Happened to me on a draw 7 iron lol

[tmac34]

took a golf class this semester

before i couldnt hit the ball every single time

ive improved a lot, im semi-decent now.

still dont have clubs tho

i borrow my friends when we play

[BabyGunz76]

I have a superfast 2.0, 9.5* driver with matrix ozik stiff 4.8 shaft and I am really looking for something new kind of want to try the tietlist 910 d2 or d3 9.5* with stiff shaft.. Not sure If I should try new driver or new shaft

[tmac34]

I have a superfast 2.0, 9.5* driver with matrix ozik stiff 4.8 shaft and I am really looking for something new kind of want to try the tietlist 910 d2 or d3 9.5* with stiff shaft.. Not sure If I should try new driver or new shaft

u should try it mang.

if looking to get rid of any clubs i am in need..

i needa buy some asap

[scott_donald]

The rule isn't completely clear but it does fall under an unduly/unplayable lie due to up keeping of fairways, rough and etc.. You remove the ball fix the lie and place it back down without costing a penalty stroke. I beat my buddy after I proved to him this rule

You get a free pick and clean, it is handled same as any other free drop. Just want to check with your playing partners/opponents first...basically make sure they see the plug.

Stop hitting your wedges so damn high and you wont have that problem!!

dammit...

it did go so high but didn't have enough club and just belted it!!!!

i would have won in the end too if it wasn't for that...

[scott_donald]

Here's a couple shots from The Country Club. 3 buckets of brand new practice balls on putting green. All have their course logo on the ball. One bucket labeled "ProV1" another "ProV1x" and "NXT Tour"...kind of excessive. Course played tough, shot a 77, was in the sand 9 times!



#18

had lunch with my dad.... he has played there 4 times now... all with members... went over before the last walker cup in the US... with someone from the USGA...

he said tee to free course is easier but the greens were so hard...

[Fabs23]

had lunch with my dad.... he has played there 4 times now... all with members... went over before the last walker cup in the US... with someone from the USGA...

he said tee to free course is easier but the greens were so hard...

yeah its not super difficult tee to course, the things that make the course play hard or easy are the pin placements and trouble with the deep pot bunkers and all the angled lies you get....even in the fairway.

Since we are talking rules I got a question that happened at this course. 18th green is a blind second shot..you can see the pin but the bunker and elevation actually prevent from being able to see the ball on the green. I hit PW into the green and it appeared to be a pin seeker...but couldnt see where it lied. one of the guys in my 4 some knocked his second shot into the front greenside bunker,(still not able to see my ball) so as with etiquette I waited for his sand shot before walking up to green. Problem is his sand shot landed on the green and apparently his ball hit mine as we saw the bounce of both moving unnatural different directions simultaneously. Now no one saw where my ball landed or lied. The greens were hard so my PW didnt leave a ball mark. I am confident I was inside 10 feet putting for birdie before the incidental contact of our balls. (go ahead make a joke I got money on Stig attacking that one). Golf is a game of honor, but had no visual of where my ball actually was...behind hole, in front of hole, tap in birdie not sure. So I played the 20 foot as the ball lied and 2 putted for par. And no other members saw the ball on the green until we got into the club house and one of the guys that was eating said he saw it and I was tight....too late now

What is the correct play here as far as placing the ball? Did I make a mistake not going ahead to my ball to mark it? Im just all over not sure what could have been done different.

[FrankMirin]

playing this weekend for the 3rd time this year. went to the range 3 times throughout the week and my ball striking is improving. fuuuuu i hate long layoffs from golf when my game goes to ****.

[BabyGunz76]

Fabs-

Just ask them next time if no-one saw it then you are SOL. I someone did see it ask them to put it where they saw it.

[mtomjr14]

anyone ever had golfers elbow?

best way to deal with it?

I've been having bad elbow problems ever since i started really getting back into golf like 1.5 years ago...i can only do like 20% of the exercises in the gym that i could do before...feels really bad man

[scott_donald]

boom just played and shot best round in a long time -

71 - level par

1 birdie
16 pars
1 bogey

bogeyed the last hole after lipping out for birdie on the second last...

[FrankMirin]

boom just played and shot best round in a long time -

71 - level par

1 birdie
16 pars
1 bogey

bogeyed the last hole after lipping out for birdie on the second last...

well done. how long is the course? how did you bogey?

[scott_donald]

well done. how long is the course? how did you bogey?

6517yards
only hit driver 4 times...
146 to flag... 40 degrees out and into the wind that had gone so hit a full 9... only flew about 136 so was short and just a bad chip to 10 feet and missed the par putt...

[schabowy90]

Witnessed a hole in one today. I was the only one to see it. The two at the tee box thought it went over the green. 69 yr old phillipino haha.


Really cool experience, watched it travel the whole way.

[Fabs23]

Fabs-

Just ask them next time if no-one saw it then you are SOL. I someone did see it ask them to put it where they saw it.

yeah no one saw it...it was a friendly round like $10 Nassau so no big deal...just like to learn for when that situation arises in a real match or tourney.

[devincanada]

anyone know any companies that make nice golf bags? i've seen a few nice ogio bags at my course, but im not a fan of any of their 2012 stuff

edit: and aside from sun mountain, im looking at them right now as well

[NY Money Mike]

anyone know any companies that make nice golf bags? i've seen a few nice ogio bags at my course, but im not a fan of any of their 2012 stuff

edit: and aside from sun mountain, im looking at them right now as well

I have a nice ogio cart bag I would sell for half whatever the price is. I cna take pics on Sunday. Just saying