My experiment making my own irons didn’t go so well. The irons turned out fine, but the additional length made them too end heavy for my taste. Instead of continually tweaking and looking at irons, I decided I should take a look at what Ping has to offer with their custom fit clubs. I got…
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I got a propane torch this weekend and finally removed the heads from some clubs I’ve been meaning to reshaft. I took the Golfsmith club making class and generally understand everything I need to do, but this is my first time doing it without supervision. 🙂 I’ll be putting new shafts in a set of…
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I had an opportunity to play Glenmoor Country Club this summer and found it quite challenging. The course was designed by Pete Dye and has features you’ll find on many of the courses he’s designed. To play well here, you have to hit the ball straight. You can be out of bounds or in the…
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A bachelor tried to take a vacation every Winter. He was a golf nut and spent two weeks in Naples. Last winter he met a woman out there and fell head over heels in love with her. On the last night of his vacation, the two of them went to dinner and had a serious…
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It turns out that my 52 degree wedge was actually 54 degrees, and my 56 degree wedge was actually 58 degrees, while my 60 degree wedge was right on. I guess that explains the distance discrepancies. I had them bent back to the proper lofts. now I just need to find my comfortable yardages with…
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I’m starting to shoot 40 or lower for 9 holes on a semi-regular basis now. My last three 9 hole rounds I’ve shot 38, 40, 39. The main issue I’ve got is still losing the driver way right at times when I don’t get my right shoulder through. The other problem I’ve been having is…
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At the same time I got the new wedges, I also replaced my KZG utility wood with a stiff flex Sonartec MD 21 degree. The Sonartec is about 2 inches shorter than the KZG, and sets up more like an iron with a deeper face. I swing it more like an iron too, rather than…
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Last week, I replaced my KZG wedges with a set of 2004 model Callaway Vintage wedges and I’ve been quite pleased with them so far. The grooves on my KZG’s were getting worn down and I didn’t care for the swingweight much either so it was time for a change. The Callaway’s are very traditional…
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I think Legacy Ridge is one of the toughest public courses in the Denver West area. The course is farily long (the par 3 16th is 220-240 from the blue tees) with some difficult landing areas. The par 5’s in particular are difficult driving holes. There is a first cut of rough (several inches long)…
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Overheard at the pro shop while I was checking in for my round: I’m kind of scared to go out and play again, I played so well last time I played. I’ve felt that way before too – but only with golf, never with another sport.
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I played 18 at Bear Dance this afternoon. This course had been highly recommended by the pro I take lessons from and I’d heard nothing but good things about it. Unfortunately, it’s an hour plus drive to get there, but I’d say that it is worth it every so often. When we got there, the…
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It was a sunny morning, a little before 8.00 am, on the first hole of a busy course and I was beginning my pre-shot routine, visualizing my upcoming shot when a piercing voice came over the club house loud speaker. “Would the gentleman on the woman’s tee back up to the men’s tee please!!” I…
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A golfer, now into his golden years, had a lifelong ambition to play one particular hole at Pebble Beach, California, exactly the way the pros do it. The pros drive the ball out over the water onto the green that is on a spit of land that juts out into the Pacific. It was something…
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Indian Peaks Golf Course is a short drive north from Denver in Lafeyette. The course was in fantastic shape, the best I’ve played since last summer. The course has a mix of tough driving holes and some wide fairways. I didn’t spring for the $5 course book, but I wish I had. I put one…
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I played Green Valley Ranch a couple weeks back. The weather made it quite an interesting day, it was nice and warm but extremely windy. The course is out towards the Denver airport so there is a bunch of open land and not much to break the wind. We had dust blowing in our face…