It was a big change for an old school golfer like me but it's working out. I want a new driver and fairway metal now. I'm 53 and I want distance off the tee so I was thinking some Aero Burners. The price has to come down though.

Golfers Only.com Chicks who play golf are hot to me.

I picked up a Bio Cell and put in a new shaft - and I won't be looking back.

Just as forgiving as the Ping G25 I gamed previously, longer and no sounding like the Little League World Series.

I'm so happy with it, I picked up a 3/4 wood today to see if it can kick my TEE XCG6 out of the bag.

I'm swinging a Cleveland Classic that's about 3 1/2 years old. It's got the brown head and the gold face and is very pretty but at this point I'm probably giving up performance.

Just bought... Will update Saturday/Sunday.... I've used a friends (but Callaways), and so far it's awesome.

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You're likely not giving up anything except for on mishits. COR standardization is going to give you the same performance on center strikes. You will likely get better ball speeds on mishits, though.

I'm probably having more mishits then I realize or want to acknowledge.

LOL, I'm still sporting a 1/3/5 set of Spalding Executive Graphite woods and Dunlap irons (from 1992)... Until my neighbor donated a set of Burner Irons and a Sasquatch driver, I was totally in the dark ages. After dumping $700+ into my older son's custom Callaways, then having him remind me that I'm playing with plastic clubs, I was happy the neighbor bailed me out when HE go HIS custom Callaways.

That's why I bought MY first hybrid... I can't beat either of them, but hopefully I'll look less silly now...

But my son is great, those years of football, a LOT of baseball, a LOT of wresting, and a LOT of tennis have resulted in a beautiful golf swing. And he loves it, it it was coin WELL spent. And watching him drive a ball is something that pretty-much is a clinic.

We played the Sykes Par-3 in OP last summer, ended up on the driving range after the round, and one of the Pros asked him is he could use his swing as an example of what he's trying to get his client to do. It was really cool, and solidified to him that I wasn't lying about his swing. Now, when he gets greedy it costs us a ball because he can shank them with the best of them, but when he's not being dumb (with my money!!), he's fun to watch..

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Fried a motor stud on my cart a week or so ago (had a loose connection I didn't notice apparently). The cart is out of commission for a couple of weeks, but I found a guy in South Carolina that's gonna upgrade it. Oddly enough, I'm kind of happy it happened. It needed to be rebuilt anyway, but this guy is going to upgrade it for about half of what a shop around here would have done it.

There isn't much forgiveness in them. The T-Zoids I learned on were tremendously easier to hit than the MP-15s.

You must understand that I've been playing a set of MP-14s for the last 20 years there about. I wasn't really looking for forgiveness as much as distance but these feel pretty punishing on off center hits. My plan is to hit it in the sweet spot though so we'll see what happens.

Amanda Dufner filed for divorce.

I've never wished I was an umbrella until now...

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Somebody post some WITB porn. I need to get off before bed.

If you want some real golf porn, check this out, posted a little more than a month ago:

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That is 1/13. The entire final round of the 1986 Masters. I've never found it anywhere else, or available for sale in its entirety.

Put in some work on the range today and hit at least 230 balls all PWs except the 100 consecutive drivers I hit. I call that the Century. I don't feel bad either at 53 years of age. I may feel different in the morning. Wedges weren't to pleasing but the drivers were not to bad. There were a few scuds in the bunch but most were playable and some looked like smart bombs. Beautiful day for practicing with the temp right at 60 degrees the whole time.

My back could not take practice like that. I hit about 60 balls today and was starting to wear down.

Last year, I took some lessons from a guy who told me to focus on shortening my swing and turning my chest away from the target. It's good advice, but it always felt artificial, like I was moving from A-B-C in the swing.

I made a decision to just focus on the things I do well and not worry about bad outcomes, because the fear of a bad shot needlessly tightens me up. I just tried to take the club back simultaneously as high and deep at possible and get on to my left side for the strike. I hit the ball much, much better.

overthinking your swing is the worst thing you can do while on the course.

So...I'm not sure if I'm allowed to post this in this thread, but it is golf related.

Tiger has announced that he is going to play in the Masters next week. It's my assumption that if he's more than +4 going onto the back nine on Friday, his glutes will suddenly deactivate and cause a withdrawal.

I look forward to watching Tiger chili dip at Augusta.

I worked all winter strengthening my weak spots and I held up well today. At my age(our age) we aren't going to reinvent the wheel. Do what we do and then get better and improve.

I don't overthink my swing on the golf course, but I damn sure do on the range.

Put in some good work today.

I've decided to try and completely take out the left side of the golf course. I have always hit a left to right shot, but have struggled the past few years trying to transition to a draw. I'm pretty pumped about it because I'm getting the confidence back to just fire it down the line without it flipping left.

Never flip it.

I've been yelled at by an old school golf pro....."you can't quit flipping it!"

Make your natural swing and be sure the heel get's there first. Hit it straight maybe. ...Just a thought.

My first golf memory is on Easter Day picking up a stick and taking a cut at an egg. LOL

I played my first "Guy's Club" round yesterday and it was a reminder of my age (and why 99.999% of us are nowhere close to playing on the tour). We had to wait for the frost to melt on the green before we started, but the extra stretching time didn't help the bones this AM after THAT and them mowing/yard work.

The LOL'ist part is that because of the frost and a strict "on the path" rule for the round, I pretty-much got as many steps in riding (which I rarely do) than when we drag a cart.

And seeing the robot bag carts in intriguing. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....

I'm sure mine couldn't. Another reason Tiger Woods was such a stud, the man did that kind of stuff before breakfast then played a round.

Yeah, but who doesn't from time-to-time. On the flip side I had a few strokes yesterday where I knew I didn't feel right, but chose not to reset everything. Suffice it to say those were the moments I was wishing that the price if chipped balls and GPS were a reality! More often than that's my excuse for have a bit of poison ivy and justifying SCUBA gear...

WTF? What's you're problem with the man?

JB Holmes makes the turn in 29.

It all about the right forearm plane.

My "plane" must to this more often than I'd like because that's about where I end up!

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Damn. That's usually a solid 4 holes for me.

The time when Phil getting leg-naked for a shot was kinda cool to see.

What a great finish to the PGA event today - was rooting for Wagner, just to see him get into this years Masters --- but damn that Jordan Spieth is the real deal -- and great W for JB Holmes - guy is off to a great start of the year as well! Next Up - MASTERS!

This, it was indeed a great tournament to watch (when I could).

Outstanding commercial. Only thing missing was Tiger spraying the ball two fairways over and complaining about his glutes not activating.

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And this is a couple of years old, but I'm guessing some of you haven't seen it.

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Anyone a little sick of the Master's coverage before it begins? I just watched a bunch of little kids get exploited on the Golf Channel. They had HOURS of coverage on the thing.

Or maybe I'm just bitter they wouldn't even let my kid try out....(

Meh, golf is so good for people, I'm OK with it getting shoved down folk's throats more than other sports.

Golf, like tennis, is a sport people can do their whole lives so I think the more people who learn to love it the better health the planet will enjoy. Not to mention the generally gentleman's way about it, there's more reason than ever to get kids into this instead of other sports that'll only (usually) last through high school.

Three buckets and he loved each improved hit... And I love my new Cobra BioCell Hybrid... I suck less now. . And a 10-finger grip DOES fix a slice... http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15...4af1d15e10.jpg

Nice position for a youngster.

Can't believe there hasn't been any Masters talk in here.

Seems like Rory, Tiger, Bubba and Jordan are getting all the attention - wouldn't be shocked to see DJ or Jimmy Walker win it though.

I'm mixed between Day and Scott winning. Bubba will be a factor again. I'll go with Day to finally break through. Gotta be a boss off the tee at Augusts and they are.

Plus day has the hottest wife so I want her getting airtime

It's such a demanding course and with apparent wet conditions, gonna be tough for short hitters.

I think Rory wins it

So far, Lotta guys in good shape. Spieth kinda running away with it though

Spieth rolling in putts, Day shooting bullets

It's Thursday.

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Crenshaw posted a solid 91, including a tidy 48 on the back. I imagine he'll be getting a letter from the members a few months in to 2016.

Unless he blows up (which is entirely possible) he's effectively shrunk the field

Tommy Watson still in the hunt, bless him

Nice form. Keep him going. My son played all kinds of sports then settled on golf. We're headed to Jeckyll Island this weekend for a tournament!

It's like a little vacation for us.

Speith almost hitting the record. Day with a smoking finish.

He doesn't even need to blow up. If he shoots 72-73 tomorrow anyone who has a legitimate shot of making the cut can still win the tournament.

Hes been consistently playing well though, basically, 3 rounds of even par or better win him the tourney, imo

Why? You think -8 wins the Masters? If it plays as toothless as it did today, you'll have a dozen guys beating that score. It's 1 day. Doesn't mean shit.


Now, when Kaymer goes out at the US Open and opens up a 7 shot lead or whatever, different ballgame. But even then there were 3 more rounds. Long way to go.

A the first 37Forever get together we held a tourney.. Art Still showed up and played.

Good times!

It just rarely plays out that way. I think -12 probably wins it, but that's just a few decent rounds from Spieth. Noone is throwing up 64 tomorrow.

There's just something awesome about watching the Masters...

My favorite Major.

They should invite Tiger to open the tourney next year with Arnie, Jack and Gary

I think I'm becoming a Spieth fan. He such a well grounded young man and his relationship with his handicapped sister is probably part of that. Wonderful kid.

In the last 30 years, only 1 first round leader has won the Masters. Immelman in 2008.

I don't know how I feel about Spieth. I like him, but I don't find myself overly pulling for him. He is so solid as a person and a player that it's almost a little boring, although that's not really true because I enjoy watching him play. I don't know how to explain it. Not really fair to him, because I know if he was arrogant like Billy Horschel I would be all over him for it. And his relationship with his sister is 100% win. I do like him, but I don't find myself really rooting for him like I do with Kuchar and Fowler. Maybe because it's just a forgone conclusion that at some point he will be holding a ton of hardware.

Kid has been pretty calm overall. He has, however, referenced his blowing of the lead last year. I like that he talks about it, but if he puts up a funky score tomorrow, or even more so when they make the course hard on Sat, he is going to start feeling it again.

I like picked Day and Spieth in my pool so I'm certainly sticking with them after the first round as my prediction. Watson, though, is in a nice position with having the attention off him right now. Phil has nothing to lose either. He always has attention, but nothing was expected of him this week. As big as Phil is, with Spieth going, Tiger back, and Rory doing his awkward gate around the course, he really could just be quietly there in the end. Again, quietly respective to Phil's normal attention.

Watching the Masters with its blooming flowers always pisses me off that the move the Players to May. The March timeframe was perfect for the azaleas blooming. Plus it was the mark of Spring.

Oh well. Play on.

Yep, first time I met you, my friend.

36 hole scoring record for Spieth. He can win this thing on the weekend. Will be about how he deals with those nerves.

Amazing to see Tiger at T-12 right now through 2 days, did not see that coming.

This. So far there's just nothing to not like about the kid...

Rep to you Sir...

It's really hard to watch him struggle like this. He's too awesome to see him struggle like this. Ugh!

Pretty sure he meant it as a positive for Tiger.

Dallas prep school kid and played for UT. A lot to hate, IMO

Hell yes Phil!

Hope he wins

Oh shit is spieth really 14 under ROFL

From listening to his interviews leading up to this I was hoping he'd be higher. Either way, we're all hoping he does well and that's cool.

And J. B. Holmes bank-in/roll-in chip was awesome. LOL, just awesome...

Watson make the cut? Just got home and didn't see his name. Thanks

Yep, I thought Art was going to come and try to stuff me in his bag. He was in the foursome in front of us, he kept waiving us to come on, just to keep play moving because the course management wanted us to.. I kept dropping tee shots on them and then all of a sudden, here he comes in the golf cart. :eek:

I just knew I was toast, turns out he just showed up on the tee box looking for his keys.:rolleyes: He told me I was doing a hell of a job driving the ball, just keep hitting it.

Art was still a big ole boy, so was I, I wasn't sure what was going to happen. My stepfather, my oldest son, III and I were a little nervous there for few minutes.

For sure...he hasn't put a good round together in like a year, let alone a whole tournament. This is a great result for him so far. Did not figure he'd be playing the weekend.

Spieth is just taking the course apart. Truly amazing golf right now.

Had he holed some of those close one, wow, just WOW... The kid's looking awesome to say the least...