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22 minutes ago, Incredulity said:

1.) if you stay on the above plan you will improve.  Be patient with yourself the game(swing, results....) is hauntingly mysterious at times.

2.) it won't make a material difference to your progress.  is nice information to have.

3.) yes, but resist the temptation to go beserk.  Look for highly regarded "game improvement" irons.  More forgiving.

4.) Most golfers are extremely welcoming and nice.  Largely you will NOT be given unsolicited advice, most of us are fellow sufferers.   Learn course/play etiquette.   Know when its time to pick up your ball on a hole.  Don't expect people you are paired with to watch you grind out a 15 on a par 4

#3  Get fitted for the clubs.  Be sure they look good to your eye.  I've never been a Callaway guy, the top line was always to thick looking to me.  Some of their new irons are better though

 

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16 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

Thank you. any thoughts on the DTC brands here? Takomo, Stix, Sub70, etc.

I don't have any experience with DTC golf clubs.  I play a decade old set of callaway X somethings I bought off callawaypreowned.com .  Old golf saying:  Its the Indian, not the arrows.  Plenty of good hits left in 5 year old "technology".   I do agree with getting fitted, that gives you clubs that fit your bodies specific measurement.  Basically rack clothes vs tailored.  

You can take the information from a fitting and have someone like Dicks or local club adjust a set, the callaway site above will adjust clubs too.

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1 hour ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

5) When I’m no longer confusing myself with the above, take a lesson focused on hitting from a tee, and work on tee shots with driver and 5 wood at range after warming up with irons. 

I would suggest leaving the driver at home and using a 3 wood for tee shots. The accuracy will more than make up for any distance you lose.

Once your swing is in better shape then you can work on hitting the driver on the practice range and eventually on course.

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Posted
2 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

Thank you. any thoughts on the DTC brands here? Takomo, Stix, Sub70, etc.

I got Sub70 wedges and really love them. Bought during one of their sales for about $80 apiece, find them as good for me as a $170 Vokey.

Posted
2 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

As in, not partially or completely missing the ball with the club or hitting the turf 3 inches behind the ball. Literally just putting the club head on the ball.

OK, this is fair and fine.

2 hours ago, WithoutAClue said:

I would suggest leaving the driver at home and using a 3 wood for tee shots. The accuracy will more than make up for any distance you lose.

Once your swing is in better shape then you can work on hitting the driver on the practice range and eventually on course.

With current drivers, most players actually aren't that much more accurate (if any) with the 3 wood. Large forgiving head can be really helpful, esp if it's fit with the right shaft etc. 

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On 7/18/2025 at 12:10 PM, BearSchlong said:

There's no way that's only 38k steps!

Oh wait, LPGA? She probably hits it pretty straight.

I wonder how many clubs she carried?

That's probably the only thing she does "straight".

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On 1/6/2025 at 8:19 AM, nolongerU2horn said:

2025 Intentions:

 

Break 85 (Current 19 hcp/former 12 hcp, shouldn't be that hard)

 

Well, I shot 87 at Sandia Golf Club in Albuquerque on Friday. 

 

48-39!  Easily my best 9 in a long time. Hit every fairway on the back with 2 birdies. Hit a couple into the desert on the front.

 

Sandia was fantastic. One of the best conditioned courses I've ever played and really a bargain at $114 on a Friday morning. That's less than you'll pay at Avery on a weekend. Which is ridiculous.

 

 

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On 7/25/2025 at 10:43 AM, babysdaddy said:

I'm going to hurt myself or someone close to me if I can't figure out my putting.  I'm a 1 index and I've had 40 putts and 38 putts in my last 2 rounds.  78 both times.  someone help.  Do I need to become a lab putter guy?  

I got paired with an ex-LPGA professional who retired from pro golf because she had the putting yips. She had 3 putters in her bag. She used 2 of them on the front 9. Only played 9. It's a thing.

She was in the middle of the fairway, hit GIRs. Just couldn't make any birdie putts.

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5 hours ago, nolongerU2horn said:

Well, I shot 87 at Sandia Golf Club in Albuquerque on Friday. 

 

48-39!  Easily my best 9 in a long time. Hit every fairway on the back with 2 birdies. Hit a couple into the desert on the front.

 

Sandia was fantastic. One of the best conditioned courses I've ever played and really a bargain at $114 on a Friday morning. That's less than you'll pay at Avery on a weekend. Which is ridiculous.

 

 

Sandia is a really fun course.  And Albuquerque is an awesome location for a quick, cheap golf vacation.  Twin Warriors and Paako Ridge are both easily accessible from downtown / the airport.   Paako is pretty spectacular and worth the 45 minute drive.  

About 10 years ago, we did a three day weekend there.  Flew in early Friday morning from Austin.  Landed by 8 AM (gained an hour).  Got 36 in at Sandia.  Gambled at their shitty casino that night.  36 at Paako the next day (27-hole course).  Ate ribs and fajitas at El Pinto that night.  Blakes' green chile burrito followed by 18 at TW early Sunday morning.  Back home to Austin in time for supper Sunday night.  All-in for under $1K.  

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