Golf!!!2!

[Weitz]

Shot 82 playing as a single at trestle creek today. The twosome I booked into cancelled I guess.

Was pretty great. I got a cart cause I felt lazy today. But it worked out nice as I was let through 3 groups on the front nine and played in about an hour and 15. Wasn’t pushing anyone either. Was taking my time and they waited to let me play through.

On the back I caught up to a threesome on 11. But took my time and played a second ball every now and then (also had some work to do). All in all it was a great round played in about 3 hours.

[Northendzone]

Shot a 103 at revelstoke today. The smoke was ridiculous though. Hit a sweet drive on 8 and was 250 out, had to head in with an 8 and 9 iron.

8 thru 11 killed me.

Course is really playable and would likely be nice on a clear day. No wind at all here today and it rained last night, very humid on the course

[SportsJunky]

Originally Posted by CarlLester

The Quarry

I like one of the 9s there. Is it Granite? The other two I could take or leave.

[Lubicon]

Managed to get in 5 rounds (4 x 9, 1 x 18) over my 'vacation' the last two weeks. They were my first rounds of the season and I hadn't touched a club in a few months due to Covid and work. Golf is so much fun yet frustrating at the same time. My game progressively got worse over the 5 rounds. By the end I was slicing pretty much everything off the tee and pulling all my irons which I thought I had sorted out.

[bomber317]

Arccos update

After playing about 10 rounds with Arccos (8 of the rounds were 9 holes), here are some thoughts.

• Playing with my phone in my pocket hasn't been an issue
  
• GPS accuracy is sometimes an issue, it affects some of your Fairway stats, GIR stats, hazard stats if you don't manually correct it.
  
• Have to check your putts after every hole to ensure the # of putts is correct
  
• If you don't manually move the pin to the correct spot on the app, your putting stats will get messed up (ie: thinks you made long putts vs short putts)
  
• It doesn't catch shots that only go a few yards (duffed shots) - you have to manually enter the shot in. Made more difficult when you cannot zoom in on your app

While I like the concept of it tracking your stats and scores automatically. The GPS inaccuracy pollutes the data a bit. You'd have to manually fix some of your shots to ensure your data is clean.

I had one hole on Mt. Kidd where the GPS was absolutely off and I couldn't edit the shots at all because they were off screen.

At the moment, I'm on the fence if I will renew when my free trial ends.

[brocoli]

Originally Posted by Derek Sutton

Haven’t played any in the Edmonton area but my cousin, who lives in Spruce Grove says we are playing The Ranch in Acheson when I go visit him.

I played there last weekend and found the course to be in really good shape.

[Senator Clay Davis]

You ever have those rounds where you're hitting the ball so well (distance wise more than direction) that you actually start struggling to hit the right club? Like you're standing over a 170 yard shot and normally you'd be hitting a hard 9, except today hard 9 is going 180? Had one of those last week, and it's just tough when you fear every shot is going to be overcooked, it just gets into your head.

[malcolmk14]

After my disastrous first two rounds of the season and barely breaking 100 I said I was quitting. Well, a friend came out from Ontario this week and convinced me to go play today. Shot 37 on the back with a double bogey on 13. I’m back, baby! Haha.

[DoubleK]

Originally Posted by malcolmk14

. Shot 37 on the back with a double bogey on 13. I’m back, BITCHES!! Haha.

Fixed your post.

[Dion]

Nanton is holding it's club championship this weekend.

Today I finished with a net 74 for in a tie for 3rd place with 2 others in my flight. Tomorrow is the second day of the tourney and I hope to better the net score I got today.

[Dion]

I emded up winning the 3rd flight in our seniors division with the lowest net score and $160 in pro shop credit. I shot another net 74 today.

[Slava]

^ Sandbagger!!

(Congrats Dion, back to back 74’s are pretty solid rounds!)

[dirk diggler]

How's Wintergreen looking this year, playing on Friday.

[EverfresH15]

Originally Posted by dirk diggler

How's Wintergreen looking this year, playing on Friday.

Was great when I was there a few weeks ago

[flizzenflozz]

Originally Posted by EverfresH15

Was great when I was there a few weeks ago

Played on Saturday and it's in great shape. Enjoy!

[StevenAbootman]

Originally Posted by dirk diggler

How's Wintergreen looking this year, playing on Friday.

Played it early July for the first time and was in really good shape, look forward to playing it again someday.

I played Vulcan a few weeks ago for the first time and was really surprised with the back nine. Fantastic shape, would have skipped the front and played the back twice if we could. Even with the brutal wind it was a fun day.

[Tron_fdc]

Just picked up a used Taylor Made M6 Driver, 3W, 5W (likely from 2107?) and all I can say is holy s**t. I feel like I've unlocked the rubiks cube combination.

Driver distance went from 250ish to right around 300. My 3W is a 270ish club, 5W around 225 (I'm still dialing in the yardages).

Those 3 clubs just took 10 strokes off my game with how straight and long they are. Unreal.

Can anyone tell me how the new sim2 max compares? I really like the weighted club back of the M6, and for some reason I'm hitting the regular shaft more consistently than the stiff (my swing speed is around 105). I might step into the sim2 here if it's a step up from the M6?

[bomber317]

Originally Posted by Tron_fdc

Just picked up a used Taylor Made M6 Driver, 3W, 5W (likely from 2107?) and all I can say is holy s**t. I feel like I've unlocked the rubiks cube combination.

Driver distance went from 250ish to right around 300. My 3W is a 270ish club, 5W around 225 (I'm still dialing in the yardages).

Those 3 clubs just took 10 strokes off my game with how straight and long they are. Unreal.

Can anyone tell me how the new sim2 max compares? I really like the weighted club back of the M6, and for some reason I'm hitting the regular shaft more consistently than the stiff (my swing speed is around 105). I might step into the sim2 here if it's a step up from the M6?

wow, that's amazing - 50 year increase is nuts just on a club change. What driver / woods were you using before?

[bossy22]

I have the sim max and love it. I got the sim max irons for fathers day and gained more control and an extra club length on those. I previously had the Costco Callaway Razr Edge set with a Callaway XR driver that my son won in a raffle. I ended up getting the sim max driver and my drive gained 30 yards. I went with the sim max because they were on sale at golftraders.

[Tron_fdc]

Originally Posted by bomber317

wow, that's amazing - 50 year increase is nuts just on a club change. What driver / woods were you using before?

I've been using the Callaway XR16. It got to the point that I've been slowing my swing speed down SO much (likely in the low 90's) that my distance was the same (or less) than my 3W. No control whatsoever, typically hard pulls and pop flys. I just could NOT figure it out. Trackman session told me my attack angle was too steep, which I tried to adjust, but it would never work.

I've been swinging the M6 as hard as I can.....I mean, I can see a large amount of club in my backswing, and I feel like I can't rip it any harder than I do. Most of the t shots are missiles, with the odd mis hit that STILL goes 225+ and is playable.

Just a magic set of drivers so far. I play an old set of Taylor Made M2 irons, and if the sim irons are anywhere near the quality of the driver lineup I'm buying them ASAP.