Any Golfers Out There???

[mhall]

I always thought Golf was for guys who couldn't fish, lol. Just kiddin fellas.

[Tim_T]

I used to play some, but it cut into my other hobbies (hunting and fishing) so I gave it up.

My handicap was beer.

[BASSKING]

I used to play some, but it cut into my other hobbies (hunting and fishing) so I gave it up.

My handicap was beer.

my handicap is the same!! LOL tried to play several times with my father in law and the senario was he golfed and i drove the cart and drank.

[MrSplitshot]

I'm pretty eat up with golf here lately, to be honest...have been golfing much more than I have been fishing. (Can't help but think of my late Grandfather and how he would likely slap me in the back of my head if he heard me say that and tell me to get my priorities right. LOL) I'm bored tonight, so here's the skinny on my golf game.

I'm not a very competitive person, so I do it for the fun, the social/business aspect of it, and more than anything right now, the exercise. I get out at least 2 times a week and walk 9 holes at a city course here in Lexington with some guys from work...usually Lakeside or Tates Creek. ($13 to walk as much as you like on a weeknight.) Then, I'll try to go on the weekends when I can.

I'm self-taught and never took a lesson, so I'm really not that good. I am generally straight, but lack in distance. In most cases, I'll take that any day. I'd rather be short in the fairway than long in the woods. My 7-8-9-P I'm pretty confident in, but 3-4-5-6 I'm pretty horrible at hitting.

I'm hitting some MacGregor V-Foil Forged irons that are about 6 years old...bought them when they first came out and they are okay. They are heavy, low center of gravity, which helps me hit my irons a little better and get them airborne. Been itching a bit for new irons, but holding off.

I hit Titleist Vokey wedges and love them - the 56 degree sand wedge is my money club. I have a pretty good pitching/chipping game now most days, but I have my moments where I'm a chili-dipper and a worm-burner.

My putter is an old Odyssey 2-Ball, center shaft...one of the original 2-Ball putters and I see absolutely no reason to change/upgrade. I'm getting better at putting and don't want to change anything there.

My driver is a Taylor Made Burner (09 Model), 10.5 degree, reg flex shaft. I'm slicing it like crazy right now. I'm attributing a lot of that to the fact that I have lost a TON of weight and I'm kinda re-learning my body mechanics right now. I've fought my body for years, and now I'm a little more freed up...my shoulders are too open at address and it's causing me to come outside-in on the ball and slice it. I'm just having a hard time correcting it, so many days I'll leave the big dog in THE BAG.

My fairway woods are my favorite clubs. Titleist 904F fairways, which are in my opinion some of the best fairway woods they ever made. Small pear shape, really smooth and compact. I have a matching set of 15 degree (3 Wood), 19 degree (5 Wood), and 22 degree (7 Wood). I can hit the 3-Wood 220-225 off the deck with no tee, so I use it regularly from the tee-box instead of the driver. It's straight. Most courses around here can be worked decent off the tee box at that distance if you are accurate. The 5-Wood I'll hit about 190-200, and the 7-Wood I'll hit about 170-175.

I've had the good fortune of playing some cool courses around here for the first time this summer. Played General Burnside on Cumberland (awesome), Hidden Cove on Grayson Lake (awesome), The Peninsula on Herrington Lake (awesome), and The Bull down at Clays Ferry on the River (my favorite)...we are blessed with a lot of good tracks around here. My scores range anywhere from mid-80's to upper-90's...I'm not real consistent. I shot 85 at The Bull this weekend and was 8" from my first hole-in-one, yet the previous weekend at Hidden Cove I shot 98 and was a major duffer. It's a dumb game.