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Played in a pair of wide cleats today, though I’ve never felt I needed wide shoes in general, and found them to be excellent for comfort (I walk) and also stability. Curious if anyone else has tried this that doesn’t normally wear wide shoes

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Incredible trip to Michigan to see my kiddo (freshman at Mich State) and play some golf. Played the U of Mich course which is a McKenzie and was incredibly fun. A friend hosted me at Oakhurst which was very difficult and elite conditions. Then two days at Arcadia Bluffs, played the South and their Dozen short course on the first day then the Bluffs course day 2.

Really phenomenal place. Love the South so much, doesn’t capture in pics but the strategy and design are so fun, challenging but playable. Dozen is like a playground, very fun also.

Then for Bluffs we had full links conditions. Drizzly rain for the front nine, winds 20-30 gusting 40, sustained 30-35 on the lakeside holes. Absolutely breathtaking scenery and terrain. Couple spots where the course asks a whole lot out of you, even without the conditions.

Can’t wait to get back!

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Incredible trip to Southeast Austin Saturday to pick up my wife from the airport and play the Balander short course. I played with this guy Kevin under some incredibly difficult and elite conditions, such as playing with two balls and and the guys behind/ahead of us being very high and playing in the wrong order and Kevin really dealing with a lot right now and do I think he could maybe interview where I work?
Shot a +2 not counting my tee shot into the woods from the other ball (game suspended) and a throw-out from the bunker on the 4th while Kevin was looking for his vape.
Then I picked up my wife and we got P Terry’s to take home for dinner.

Can’t wait to get back!
 

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The Ballander course is great for beginners. I used it a lot when I first started playing. $5 and none of the pressure of being on an actual course. Hit multiple balls (if it’s not crowded) and play as much as you want. Good on you, Bozo.

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On 10/21/2025 at 1:30 PM, TXSooner518 said:

Played the U of Mich course which is a McKenzie and was incredibly fun. 

Still blows my mind that they park cars on the course for football games and the course doesn’t get destroyed. 

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flyin solo in Houston this past weekend so I played a lot of golf. Saturday morning at Cypresswood, hadn’t played Cypress in years. They have the first hole torn up to make way for the new clubhouse, and they start you off on 10.

Played halfway decent on the front until 18, which historically eats my lunch and was the scene of an epic meltdown in one of the two competitive matches I’ve ever played. a par would get me out in 42 which is solid for me. instead, three balls in the water for a quint and it’s a 47.

The ball that finally made it over was a Nike One Platinum I recently scavenged. I played the next 40 holes of golf with that ball—my most ever on a single ball and only the second time I’ve played an entire round without losing a ball. back 9 at cypress, 13 holes at Memorial Park, and 18 at Sharpstown.

Nike ball earned its place in the jar

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Four years ago, during a lesson the instructor told me "your backswing is not relevant. You don't hit the ball with the backswing." 

On Saturday, during a lesson with someone new, the first thing he said is "Let's take a look at your backswing." 

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4 hours ago, Bookman said:

Four years ago, during a lesson the instructor told me "your backswing is not relevant. You don't hit the ball with the backswing." 

On Saturday, during a lesson with someone new, the first thing he said is "Let's take a look at your backswing." 

Your first instructor is a fucking idiot. If your backswing is shit, you are going to have to compensate for it somewhere in the downswing and finish.

Your swing starts at how/where you address the ball, grip, stance, hands/arm tension. Then it goes to backswing (how you take away the club, your hands and by default your club face relative to the takeaway, how/where you hinge your wrist (cupped? no no), then to what happens at the top when you initiate your downswing (do your hips get way in front of your hands leading you to being late and pushing/slicing everything because your club face will most likely always be open at impact, etc), then to the downswing (do you drop your hands, do you throw your shoulder over the top, what's the club face/hands when you drop your hands, how much lag, do you cast?, etc), then to finish (how well do you rotate through the ball, is most of your weight on your lead leg, are you early extending, do you flip, etc?). If you conveniently consider any of those parts irrelevant, then your swing isn't going to be a consistent, repetitive thing that you can build on.

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Similar to crash_davis's thoughts, I spend 99% of my swing thoughts on setup and backswing. The "latest" swing thought I have is what my trigger motion is going to be to start the downswing. After that, it's just hang on to the club and say a prayer to golf gods. 

Every time I try to address something on the downswing, it's a total mess - the swing is so violent in and around impact that trying to finesse that leads to some really bad habits. And in the end, it's usually something that needed to be fixed in the setup or on the backswing anyways.

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I've watched a shitton of golf instruction videos. Most are the same but every now and then you'll have a idiot who just throws out some stupid shit. I've never seen anyone dumb enough to say your backswing doesn't matter. I find the below video to be the best and simplest to work on a fundamental swing from which you can improve. There's a lot of work that goes into it which he doesn't get into. But from a swing stand point, that's the best thing you can do to teach a new golfer for changing a swing to cure slicing. Drop the hands and rotate through the ball. This is THE starting point. From here, you can work on the other minute details like grip, how you take away from the ball, etc. The one thing I will add that's extremely important is to try to keep the wrist close together throughout the swing (including backswing to downswing to follow through. The towel through your arm pits is a great drill to work on keeping your wrist together and swinging with your body.

 

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7 minutes ago, orange dream said:

Anyone ever tried the "staged" backswing on the range or elsewhere?

 

Yup, all the time. That middle move is different the way I was taught - I was taught to fold the right arm under so the butt end of the club is pointing towards the target. But otherwise, very similar. I use it whenever I'm trying to figure something out and I'm stuck. It helps me feel all the right motions (in the wrong order, granted), which usually clues me into what I'm doing wrong (the motion that feels the most foreign is usually the motion that I'm messing up in my full swing). 

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