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Well Written Content OU Football 2025 - League Average & Loving It
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2025 GOLF: I don't think the heavy stuff's gonna come down for quite a while
After 25 years of never swinging a club, I picked up my clubs from the literal last century this March and started playing again. Yeah, I'm complete shit. I took a few lessons with the pro at the local course to get my swing rebuilt, and have spent a lot of time with coach YouTube over the past six months. I like that it's a sport my wife and I can play together as we age (currently mid/late 40's). I've worked out a ton of stuff to get to my current state which I could call "absolutely bad," but that's a step up from "doesn't make consistent contact with the ball." My wife and I play now an about 3x-4x month and I might go with my bud about another 1-2x more. Fun when it's working and so so frustrating when it's not. I'm around 100 on average (like I said: SHIT). Issues the pro and I worked out: Driver - when I started back I could hit my small irons decently but the driver was like voodoo. I would top the shit out of it, worm burners all over, and when I made good contact I would open the face terribly and sent it off to the right. I had to learn a lot more about setup and address for the driver being different. What cemented it for me was when the pro told me something like: "Golf isn't one game. It's 5 games: driver, long irons, short irons, chipping, and putting. And the swings for each of those are a bit different." Now I can make good and fairly consistent contact with my driver, in May I gave up my 30 year old Dunlop driver from high school and got a 2 or 3 generation old TaylorMade SIM2 at the golf store for $250. It feels great and makes that beautiful sound when you hit it sweet. I'm still not getting the distance I want out of it; I'm averaging around 200 and my club head speed on the monitor is only mid-90s. If I try to push it faster my form gets out of whack and I mis-strike it, so that is a work-in-progress. I've been watching a lot of videos of the pros and the long drivers specifically with regard to weight shift but I still don't feel like I'm recruiting the power of my lower body enough. For reference, I'm not weak and do lift 😅, I squat and deadlift north of 400 lbs which is decent for my age I guess, I just don't feel like I 'm putting that strength to use on the swing! Tips welcome. Irons - I have really worked on delaying my release and getting my hands in front of the ball so I can hit the low point of the swing in front of the ball. Wow that is hard (for me). I still regularly chunk the shit out of it and hit fat/behind it. I drill this a lot but feel like hitting at the range those pads lie to you and hide fat hits. Chipping/Wedges - I've done a lot of work here but I feel like I blade a good portion of my chips. Recent video I watched and incorporated described the ideal feeling as "putting with a wedge," which is a good mental model for me to keep in mind. I tend to chop at it and abbreviate the swing in an attempt to muscle or lift it out but I need to trust the club face more. Putting - I'm actually not a terrible putter and can read breaks ok. What I don't have experience on is understanding green speeds. I played with a buddy the other day on a new course and I guess they had just punched and sanded recently and my 20 ft putt went about 5 feet lol. I think just need more reps. And a L.A.B. putter, obviously. My friend, who is a big golfer and is retired/gets to golf a lot, saw my 30 year old irons and said "here borrow my extra set of 7 year old TMs." But I'd like to get my own set that is at least modern and give those back. I think I'm probably going to get some Takomo irons to supplement my driver. -
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The Bananas shit has been driving me crazy. It's August - put an actual game on.
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