RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted July 11, 2020 Author Share Posted July 11, 2020 I’m been changing my thought process lately...going away from some things I learned last season and over the winter... and I find this guy to be simple but technical. Here is a good video on transition, which is where I struggle and probably many of us do. Follow him on youtube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S&P Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 7 hours ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said: I’m been changing my thought process lately...going away from some things I learned last season and over the winter... and I find this guy to be simple but technical. Here is a good video on transition, which is where I struggle and probably many of us do. Follow him on youtube. I have seen his vids, he Is good, I bookmarked one on takeaway and staying on plane by position of your left elbow, which I struggle with 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 23 minutes ago, S&P said: I have seen his vids, he Is good, I bookmarked one on takeaway and staying on plane by position of your left elbow, which I struggle with Me too. I always had a tendency to roll my elbow during my backswing so the video you mention has helped me to be mindful to keep it pointing down as much as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TauntonBlizzard2013 Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 I for some reason have a lot of trouble getting a good hard swing on my irons. Can’t get the mechanics to all lock in for a nice shot. It’s kind of a wonky swing unless I just do a short like half burst almost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 2 minutes ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said: I for some reason have a lot of trouble getting a good hard swing on my irons. Can’t get the mechanics to all lock in for a nice shot. It’s kind of a wonky swing unless I just do a short like half burst almost Actually...Try not to swing hard with irons. I think most of my flush shots have a slower tempo where I’m not trying to max it out but more focused on pure contact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S&P Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 55 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said: Actually...Try not to swing hard with irons. I think most of my flush shots have a slower tempo where I’m not trying to max it out but more focused on pure contact. 1 hour ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said: I for some reason have a lot of trouble getting a good hard swing on my irons. Can’t get the mechanics to all lock in for a nice shot. It’s kind of a wonky swing unless I just do a short like half burst almost Tempo is key , slow on the takeaway, then use your lower body to generate power/ speed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 8 hours ago, S&P said: Tempo is key , slow on the takeaway, then use your lower body to generate power/ speed The first time I went to PGA event tempo was driven home to me. I went to the Greater Hartford Open and was standing behind the 13th tee, close enough to almost grab the club in their backswing. The hole is a par 5 and the steady tempo really stood out. None of the players looked like they were swinging hard and were putting the ball 300+ yards Smooth tempo is so important. Now if I could just follow that mantra consistently. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modfan2 Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 So, what are some of the better SNE public courses? I had always liked Raceway in Thompson CT for the 18 holes, cart, and lunch deal they offered. Blissful Meadows in Uxbridge Ma is another decent course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 42 minutes ago, Modfan2 said: So, what are some of the better SNE public courses? I had always liked Raceway in Thompson CT for the 18 holes, cart, and lunch deal they offered. Blissful Meadows in Uxbridge Ma is another decent course. Conn National in Putnam. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 5 hours ago, mreaves said: The first time I went to PGA event tempo was driven home to me. I went to the Greater Hartford Open and was standing behind the 13th tee, close enough to almost grab the club in their backswing. The hole is a par 5 and the steady tempo really stood out. None of the players looked like they were swinging hard and were putting the ball 300+ yards Smooth tempo is so important. Now if I could just follow that mantra consistently. That's what my practice swing always looks like. I honestly think 90% of my problems could be solved with a "slow back and accelerate through" but I tend to accelerate back and overswing. I know I'm doomed when I can see the club head out of my left eye cross the plane at the top of my backswing (I'm right handed). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TauntonBlizzard2013 Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Had a decent round today at West Bridgewater Country club.... 92 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 7 hours ago, Modfan2 said: So, what are some of the better SNE public courses? I had always liked Raceway in Thompson CT for the 18 holes, cart, and lunch deal they offered. Blissful Meadows in Uxbridge Ma is another decent course. 3 CT courses off the top of my head...Wintonbury Hills in Bloomfield. Fox Hopyard in East Haddam. Oxford Greens in Oxford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 MA: The Ranch in Southwick and Crumpin Fox in Bernadston. I’ve heard Pine Hills is awesome but I haven’t played it yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 2 hours ago, OceanStWx said: That's what my practice swing always looks like. I honestly think 90% of my problems could be solved with a "slow back and accelerate through" but I tend to accelerate back and overswing. I know I'm doomed when I can see the club head out of my left eye cross the plane at the top of my backswing (I'm right handed). Yea. I like Morikawa’s slow takeaway. No coincidence he’s one of the best iron players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S&P Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 7 hours ago, OceanStWx said: That's what my practice swing always looks like. I honestly think 90% of my problems could be solved with a "slow back and accelerate through" but I tend to accelerate back and overswing. I know I'm doomed when I can see the club head out of my left eye cross the plane at the top of my backswing (I'm right handed). LoL , been there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TauntonBlizzard2013 Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 Playing acushnet Friday afternoon this week and hillside in Rehoboth Sunday morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S&P Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 12 hours ago, Modfan2 said: So, what are some of the better SNE public courses? I had always liked Raceway in Thompson CT for the 18 holes, cart, and lunch deal they offered. Blissful Meadows in Uxbridge Ma is another decent course. Depends on your price tolerance, there are 3 classes in my mind . $40-60 week day with cart, 60-100 and 100+ like raceway , CT national in 1st category, lots of others , one course that’s 100+ now, I used the play it for the less than 50 walking before new ownership , is NEWPORT national in Middletown RI will cost you buck 25 now give or take, but it’s a great layout and gets very little play , so in great condition. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professional Lurker Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 I’m been changing my thought process lately...going away from some things I learned last season and over the winter... and I find this guy to be simple but technical. Here is a good video on transition, which is where I struggle and probably many of us do. Follow him on youtube. That guy is good, he's out of Bethlehem pa. I also like Zach Allen's videos. He's all about shallowing the club at the beginning if the downswing. In fact, I was thinking about ponying up the $60 to get his more in-depth lessons. Haven't pulled the trigger on it yet. Sent from my SM-A505U using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisrotary12 Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Playing Windham Country Club (Windham, NH) tomorrow. Shot 80 there last year when I played it first time. Hoping for about the same. Really wish this game wasn't so expensive. Perhaps an annual membership somewhere would make it worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TauntonBlizzard2013 Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 5 minutes ago, Chrisrotary12 said: Playing Windham Country Club (Windham, NH) tomorrow. Shot 80 there last year when I played it first time. Hoping for about the same. Really wish this game wasn't so expensive. Perhaps an annual membership somewhere would make it worth it. I’m keeping track of how many times I golf and how much I spend to see if a membership somewhere would be worth it. Do you use golf now? Some decent deals on that. We typically like to be under 60 dollars for 18 with a cart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 15 minutes ago, Chrisrotary12 said: Playing Windham Country Club (Windham, NH) tomorrow. Shot 80 there last year when I played it first time. Hoping for about the same. Really wish this game wasn't so expensive. Perhaps an annual membership somewhere would make it worth it. 8 minutes ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said: I’m keeping track of how many times I golf and how much I spend to see if a membership somewhere would be worth it. Do you use golf now? Some decent deals on that. We typically like to be under 60 dollars for 18 with a cart The thing I love about having a membership is that I can go over anytime I want and hop on. I can ply 3 or 4 holes if that's all I have time for. Of course we aren't a big, busy course like the ones down near you guys but it's a nice perk. The downside is that I don't travel to play nearly as much as I used to and I miss that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted July 17, 2020 Author Share Posted July 17, 2020 Not sure if anyone is watching but Muirfield beat up the best players today. Crazy how they can make the course that much more difficult in one week. Cut line will probably be + 2 or +3. Very US Open-ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 1 hour ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said: Not sure if anyone is watching but Muirfield beat up the best players today. Crazy how they can make the course that much more difficult in one week. Cut line will probably be + 2 or +3. Very US Open-ish. Watching it now. Interesting how Jack said he didn’t like playing his best on the first day of a tournament. He said he like to feel like he was getting better each day. Tiger quite often follows that same pattern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted July 17, 2020 Author Share Posted July 17, 2020 1 hour ago, mreaves said: Watching it now. Interesting how Jack said he didn’t like playing his best on the first day of a tournament. He said he like to feel like he was getting better each day. Tiger quite often follows that same pattern. Yea. That’s why you also usually see no-names put up low scores on day 1 in big events, then fade. Tough to have your A game 4 days in a row but if you can trend upward by being patient and feeling the course early instead of attacking aggressively...because you can’t win tournies early but you can lose them. I’m perplexed how caught off guard some big names where with the course. Maybe they didn’t respect how much tougher it would play compared to last week so they weren’t as precise. The wind was a factor, sure, but big names shooting 80?! Dunno...interesting round tomorrow though to see who can bounce back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S&P Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 Watching now on DVR, haven’t finished watching 2nd round, but my guess is someone comes out of the field to win, not many big names on the 1st page though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 Haven’t seen it yet but DeChambeau’s blow up 10 let Tiger make the cut. Roid rage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TauntonBlizzard2013 Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 Shot a 99 at acushnet.... ALL over the place today. Some monster drives and a lot of awful putting. Drove one hole to within 10 yards of the green and ended up with a 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S&P Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 7 hours ago, mreaves said: Haven’t seen it yet but DeChambeau’s blow up 10 let Tiger make the cut. Roid rage? Tin cup!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 Playing on Tuesday for the first time this year. Only played once last year too. Either playing Juniper Hills (Northborough) or Shining Rock (Northbridge) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 21 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said: Playing on Tuesday for the first time this year. Only played once last year too. Either playing Juniper Hills (Northborough) or Shining Rock (Northbridge) Having a kid has done a number on my handicap (only 4 rounds so far this year) but every once and a while it still comes together for me. Played with Ekster last week and split the fairway in half on 1 about 280. Had about 120 in and parked it to 1 foot. Probably should've just walked back to the parking lot though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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