Golf

been playing a lot lately. Not scoring badly, but I feel like I should be playing the best golf of my life with how I'm striking the ball. But there's always a bad chip, horrific putt or some other odd screw up seeming every hole keeping me around the mid to upper 80s.

 

Have yet to play this year thanks to surgery. Taking the sticks on vacation, want to play a few rounds

 

That's pretty much the story.

 

He's supposedly been away to clean up, as was dictated by the tour.

 

Played my first round of the year at the beach yesterday. Shot a 72. Fun day.

 

bamacheats is claiming his "keep it in play" drive is 315-318 yds long and his crank it drive is 340-345. Anyone buy it?

 

I believe bamacheats is a perfect example of what happens when someone that's never been outside of a small town discovers a message board.

 

Claims he hits a PW 165. I can't blade a pw past 150. Hitting one correctly settles in at about 120.

 

He's full of shit.

 

I know next to nothing about golf, but I do know if he's hitting a PW 165, it's damn sure not going where he wants it.

 

Everything he has ever posted has been entire BS.

 

Charity scramble this afternoon and company scramble tomorrow.

My game is well-rested. I haven't hit a ball this year.

 

Nothing jacks my swing up more than a damn scramble.

 

I actually play more lax, and therefore better, in a scramble

 

I have no idea who you guys are talking about but it's possible he could be hitting 315-318 yds. Keep it in play doesn't mean hitting the fairway so...it's possible. 340-345 yds (even with cart path love) is very unlikely. I can't remember exactly what I heard about swing speed ratio to distance but essentially a 100 mph golf swing will net you around 300 yds. The average tour player's swing speed is around 110. So...no, I don't buy he can hit a golf ball 340 yds at will. The PW isn't made to go that far either.

I shot my lowest round (75) a few weekends ago up in Nashville (Harpeth Hills). I've figured out that tee to green isn't the problem. It's my putting/short game. Since I've given it more time before each round I've actually lowered my average from mid 80's to low 80's consistently.

 

That's awesome! You a scratch golfer?

 

Nah. Upper 70's is typical. This was a very good day.

Nice to see Scott Stallings playing well. Still leading at -6 through 15 today. He could really use a top 10 at a tournament like this to get his year heading in the right direction.

 

Nice..hopefully one day I'll be in the "upper 70's is the norm" club. That is good to see about Stallings. Hopefully he keeps it up. I watched Snedeker a little bit on the replay and still cannot understand how he has any touch with that tap/putt approach he uses.

 

I'd settle for low 80s.

 

Stallings in the next to last pairing with Tiger today at 1:20.