mreaves Posted July 17, 2024 Share Posted July 17, 2024 On 7/14/2024 at 3:14 PM, GaWx said: If anyone here is interested, I’m doing one more AmericanWx pool this year, the British Open pool. If so go to the PGA Tour thread and make your picks there. This time I’m asking for 7 picks (instead of 6 picks) in addition to you picking the final score to par of the tourney winner. Make sure that your 7 picks aren’t identical to anyone who picks earlier. All scoring rules will be the same as what was used for the US Open. Deadline is 11:59PM EDT Wed 7/17. I have entered my picks in the thread. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisrotary12 Posted August 8, 2024 Author Share Posted August 8, 2024 55 degrees for my 6am tee time tomorrow morning. Yes please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaWx Posted August 12, 2024 Share Posted August 12, 2024 Go to PGA Tour thread if interested in Fedex Playoffs contest. See rules there. Deadline: 6AM Thu 8/15 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisrotary12 Posted September 27, 2024 Author Share Posted September 27, 2024 Broke par for the first time ever this week. Competing in the New Hampshire mid-amateur championship next week. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisrotary12 Posted October 3, 2024 Author Share Posted October 3, 2024 On 9/27/2024 at 11:06 AM, Chrisrotary12 said: Broke par for the first time ever this week. Competing in the New Hampshire mid-amateur championship next week. Missed the cut in the mid-am, but damn that was fun. Guy I played with shot 63 in round 2. Best round I've ever seen. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted October 3, 2024 Share Posted October 3, 2024 4 hours ago, Chrisrotary12 said: Missed the cut in the mid-am, but damn that was fun. Guy I played with shot 63 in round 2. Best round I've ever seen. What did you shoot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted October 3, 2024 Share Posted October 3, 2024 1 hour ago, DavisStraight said: What did you shoot? It looks like the cut was +15 after the second round. The first thing I saw when I went to the NHGA website was the final round pairings and it just happened to have a kid, well a kid to me, who is from this area of VT and played and worked at my former golf course. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted October 6, 2024 Share Posted October 6, 2024 @kdxkeni took a few more pictures of the from the front 9 at my course this afternoon. You’d also be interested in the numerous trees they have marked to take down over the off season. Some really big, old sugar maples that are at the end of their life, a few ash and several big white pines. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdxken Posted October 6, 2024 Share Posted October 6, 2024 27 minutes ago, mreaves said: @kdxkeni took a few more pictures of the from the front 9 at my course this afternoon. You’d also be interested in the numerous trees they have marked to take down over the off season. Some really big, old sugar maples that are at the end of their life, a few ash and several big white pines. It looks like such a great old timey golf course. Can't tell you how many similar I've played. The kind where folks play through any kind of weather until they're told to get off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted October 6, 2024 Share Posted October 6, 2024 20 minutes ago, kdxken said: It looks like such a great old timey golf course. Can't tell you how many similar I've played. The kind where folks play through any kind of weather until they're told to get off. Pretty much. Celebrated our centennial this year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted October 6, 2024 Share Posted October 6, 2024 We used to go up to Cooperstown every July during induction weekend and we golfed at a course built in the late 1800s, odd layout but fun. The lowest score on the course was from the early 1900s when they used 4-5 clubs, amazing to think a guy shot a 30 with the old clubs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisrotary12 Posted October 7, 2024 Author Share Posted October 7, 2024 On 10/3/2024 at 12:42 PM, DavisStraight said: What did you shoot? 78-82 Just didn’t make enough birdies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modfan2 Posted October 28, 2024 Share Posted October 28, 2024 Currently a structure fire at the clubhouse at CT National Country Club in East Putnam CT. Heavy fire in the basement and main floor of the building Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QCD17 Posted October 28, 2024 Share Posted October 28, 2024 Oh boy, that sucks. At least they should be able to keep the course running with a temporary pro shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisrotary12 Posted October 28, 2024 Author Share Posted October 28, 2024 Is that like the 3rd or 4th clubhouse fire in last few years?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted October 31, 2024 Share Posted October 31, 2024 So I bought new irons earlier this year and I’ve done ok with them. Still need lots of work from the fairway. I seem to hit them better with a little grass underneath the ball and our fairways tend to give pretty tight lies. Late in the year I made what I consider my best golf purchase ever, a Ping G430 driver. I didn’t get a massive increase in distance but my consistency has greatly improved. It’s especially noticeable with my mishits. Don’t get me wrong, I’m still a 19-20 handicap but my driving is so much better. I sort of don’t want the season to be ending. At least it’s gone out on a beauty. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisrotary12 Posted November 1, 2024 Author Share Posted November 1, 2024 Got fitted and ordered new irons last week. Titleist T150s. Vokey Wedges. And a taylormade driving iron. First new irons and wedges in 12 yrs. Wicked excited. The new driver and woods over the summer were huge. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisrotary12 Posted November 1, 2024 Author Share Posted November 1, 2024 Since it is year end scramble tournament season a thought is running through my head: if you played all 4 players of a scramble, what would you shoot? i.e., you hit 4 off the tee, 4 into the green, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisrotary12 Posted November 9, 2024 Author Share Posted November 9, 2024 48 minutes ago, dendrite said: CON gusted to 45mph in the past hour. It’s ripping out there. End of year scramble tournament today. 40s with gusts into the 40s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisrotary12 Posted January 2 Author Share Posted January 2 On 11/1/2024 at 7:29 PM, Chrisrotary12 said: Got fitted and ordered new irons last week. Titleist T150s. Vokey Wedges. And a taylormade driving iron. First new irons and wedges in 12 yrs. Wicked excited. The new driver and woods over the summer were huge. Played 1 round before year end with the new irons and wedges and shot 80. Early returns from that round and weekly simulator session are that I hit a hit draw with the shorter irons and a straight ball with the longer irons. Not mad at that at all. After chatting with a few folks, the natural draw is the result of the fitting being up 3 degrees from neutral. I also think I come from over the top and pull hook things a bit. Something to work on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 13 minutes ago, Chrisrotary12 said: Played 1 round before year end with the new irons and wedges and shot 80. Early returns from that round and weekly simulator session are that I hit a hit draw with the shorter irons and a straight ball with the longer irons. Not mad at that at all. After chatting with a few folks, the natural draw is the result of the fitting being up 3 degrees from neutral. I also think I come from over the top and pull hook things a bit. Something to work on. Have to get them fitted, you'll hit the ball so much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisrotary12 Posted January 3 Author Share Posted January 3 On 1/2/2025 at 10:09 AM, DavisStraight said: Have to get them fitted, you'll hit the ball so much better. Drivers and woods are easy these days. They’re all adjustable. Irons is where the fitting matters most. I’m really hoping to get to scratch at some point next year. I finished the season as a 3.0. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisrotary12 Posted January 31 Author Share Posted January 31 Does anybody in here use a golf watch and do they recommend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 1 hour ago, Chrisrotary12 said: Does anybody in here use a golf watch and do they recommend? I have used an older Garmin for the last several years. It’s a pretty basic model but I like it. It’s not as accurate as a laser range finder but even the basic model I have has distances to hazards, the ability to measure shots and score tracking plus a few other things that I don’t really take advantage of. It also acts as a fitness tracker and can receive notifications from my phone. I’ve definitely gotten my $120 worth over the 5 or 6 years I’ve had it. I got an Apple Watch for Christmas this year so I am going to be switching to using that with an app. We’ll see if I like that better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisrotary12 Posted January 31 Author Share Posted January 31 4 minutes ago, mreaves said: I have used an older Garmin for the last several years. It’s a pretty basic model but I like it. It’s not as accurate as a laser range finder but even the basic model I have has distances to hazards, the ability to measure shots and score tracking plus a few other things that I don’t really take advantage of. It also acts as a fitness tracker and can receive notifications from my phone. I’ve definitely gotten my $120 worth over the 5 or 6 years I’ve had it. I got an Apple Watch for Christmas this year so I am going to be switching to using that with an app. We’ll see if I like that better. I have a 10 yr old rangefinder. But only really use it for distance to flag. I think I could save 2-3 shots per round if I actually knew distances to hazards and F/B of greens. I suppose I could use app on phone, but don’t like having it on me while playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 2 hours ago, Chrisrotary12 said: Does anybody in here use a golf watch and do they recommend? I have used ShotScope the last few years. I don't play as much as I used to, but I like it because it gives me data I can use beyond distances to front, middle, center, hazards, etc. You can use it to track your yardages. It comes with screw caps you can put into grip of your clubs and they register your swing and tag the start and end of a shot that way. They are unique, so it knows when you had a 6i vs a PW. It can get a little wonky for a chip that doesn't involve a lot of arm/hand motion, but at worst it's a good quick judge of yardage to your target if you didn't want to know your club carries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisrotary12 Posted January 31 Author Share Posted January 31 3 hours ago, OceanStWx said: I have used ShotScope the last few years. I don't play as much as I used to, but I like it because it gives me data I can use beyond distances to front, middle, center, hazards, etc. You can use it to track your yardages. It comes with screw caps you can put into grip of your clubs and they register your swing and tag the start and end of a shot that way. They are unique, so it knows when you had a 6i vs a PW. It can get a little wonky for a chip that doesn't involve a lot of arm/hand motion, but at worst it's a good quick judge of yardage to your target if you didn't want to know your club carries. I’ve also been looking into and strongly considering https://www.arccosgolf.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 1 hour ago, Chrisrotary12 said: I’ve also been looking into and strongly considering https://www.arccosgolf.com I was between the two myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Got back into golf this past year. New clubs. Callaway Paradigm AI Smoke Irons and Woods. Enjoyed the rounds I was able play, I look forward to more this year. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 11 hours ago, Chrisrotary12 said: Does anybody in here use a golf watch and do they recommend? I use the SwingU app with my apple watch. Works well, even the free version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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