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Experimented for a while with the interlocking, but it got increasingly uncomfortable the better I played. Lost lots of power/distance playing it too long. Switched to Vardon and never looked back. I played a power draw for years during my competition days, but learned how to hit a fade after being humbled by small, elevated & well guarded fairways and greens.
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With church closed down for a while, I got up first thing and played a quick nine. The missus went with me to walk. It was a nice morning and nice nine until I stuck one in the drink on #8 and then short-sided my third. Otherwise, I teed off with a new (used) 10 degree Callaway and enjoyed a little extra length (even though the dew was heavy and there wasn’t much roll out). Wish I’d have thought to do that a few years back.
When we got back home, I watched the finish of the Women’s Open. I can’t say that I’ve ever been a great fan of the ladies, but I find that I really enjoy seeing the courses over in England / Great Britain regardless of who’s playing. The courses just look naturally beautiful to me. They were playing at Carnoustie, btw, and I couldn’t help thinking of Jean Van de Velde. In a matter of minutes, the guy went from being a Major winner to just another hacker. Most everybody who’s played the game has had a moment or two like that. A bad decision can quickly ruin a round. In his case, it completely changed his trajectory. If you let it, golf can be hard on your spirit.
When we got back home, I watched the finish of the Women’s Open. I can’t say that I’ve ever been a great fan of the ladies, but I find that I really enjoy seeing the courses over in England / Great Britain regardless of who’s playing. The courses just look naturally beautiful to me. They were playing at Carnoustie, btw, and I couldn’t help thinking of Jean Van de Velde. In a matter of minutes, the guy went from being a Major winner to just another hacker. Most everybody who’s played the game has had a moment or two like that. A bad decision can quickly ruin a round. In his case, it completely changed his trajectory. If you let it, golf can be hard on your spirit.
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The only thing on the list that I take issue with is the variety of golf balls in the bag. Those are some decent balls but only 1 range ball and ZERO of those old school, rock hard Top Flites?
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watching women’s golf and seniors golf for technique and advice to us hacks is actually much more helpful than the pro guys.
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Rock Flites. I swear I believe when I got my first metal driver and hit a Top Flite, you could see sparks fly off the club face.
Which brings me to a question for anybody that uses a low compression or “soft” distance ball…which one do you prefer? Anybody have any experience with Srixon’s soft distance ball?
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We called em Top Rock.
HS coach always gave us Titleist DTs before every match, so been fond of the brand ever since. I don’t play enough to be picky; I’ll play what I find when I’m looking for my lost balls. As long as it’s not Top Rock; I drop those right where I find em.
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I found a Calloway SuperSoft in the rough, and I was have a crappy round so I started hitting it for fun (it was one of those crazy red ones). I boomed a few drives with that thing so I bought a sleeve and played a couple rounds just to experiment with them. It comes off the clubface like a rocket and feels like butter, but its hard to control it around the greens. Not enough spin for me. That being said there are plenty of balls that spin too much for my taste too...I hate hitting shots that land pin high and watch the ball suck back off the front of the green. But also I don't have enough confidence to intentionally hit it to the back so it rolls back to the pin. Always worried about it staying back there and leaving a big downhill putt since most of the greens around here slope from back to front.
I play the Vice Pro, it doesn't spin as much on the greens as a TP-5 or ProV1, but it holds really well. Stops where it lands for the most part. For less than 30 bucks a box I'm pretty happy with them.
I play the Vice Pro, it doesn't spin as much on the greens as a TP-5 or ProV1, but it holds really well. Stops where it lands for the most part. For less than 30 bucks a box I'm pretty happy with them.
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This talk about what’s in your bag where balls are concerned reminded me of a buddy who’d always get low on balls and inevitably wind up finishing the round with a striped range ball from some course that he previously made off with. I have to admit that as a young (and poor) golfer, if I ever hit a bucket of range balls, I’d snag a couple of the better ones.
@itsgr82bag8r mentioned the old Titleist Tour 100’s…they were indeed a great feeling ball. It was hard to match the feel of the 100’s and the 90’s. It was a sad day, however, when you hit one thin and gashed the cover or bounced one off of the cart path and scuffed the hell out of it. My first nice set of clubs was a great used set of TaylorMades progressives (high irons had an interior cavity design, low and mid irons were blades) with square grooves. I was playing pretty well (for me) and the 8,9, and PW would impart three cuts in the balata cover when well struck. At $2 a ball, I sought relief. A good friend who played collegiate golf introduced me to the Precept. They were fairly soft, not quite as much as the Titleist, and very durable. I played them for years.
@itsgr82bag8r mentioned the old Titleist Tour 100’s…they were indeed a great feeling ball. It was hard to match the feel of the 100’s and the 90’s. It was a sad day, however, when you hit one thin and gashed the cover or bounced one off of the cart path and scuffed the hell out of it. My first nice set of clubs was a great used set of TaylorMades progressives (high irons had an interior cavity design, low and mid irons were blades) with square grooves. I was playing pretty well (for me) and the 8,9, and PW would impart three cuts in the balata cover when well struck. At $2 a ball, I sought relief. A good friend who played collegiate golf introduced me to the Precept. They were fairly soft, not quite as much as the Titleist, and very durable. I played them for years.
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I’ll go a step further and say that the absolute best feel ever was a balata ball well struck by a persimmon driver or other wood. I had a Nicklaus Muirfield persimmon driver and 4 wood and a Titleist 100 or 90 was absolute butter!
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Hmmm. Maybe I could have gained a few yards if hadn't raided the jar at the pro shop and gotten a discount on seconds and whatever had been found by God knows who. Only when the competition got tough did I spring for new Titleists. Why would I spend money on new balls when they would end up in the parking lot. It's great to be long. It's better to be straight.
