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If I can put my drive or 2nd shot on a par 5 105-115 yards out I'm going to give myself a lot of birdie chances. I was killing it with my PW. I'm also missing my 52deg wedge something fierce.

posted by justincredible

If I can put my drive or 2nd shot on a par 5 105-115 yards out I'm going to give myself a lot of birdie chances. I was killing it with my PW. I'm also missing my 52deg wedge something fierce.

When within 100....use the club you are best with. At no point ever have I been better at chipping with a 52+ wedge than I have the regular 48

I think I've found my new driver. The price is nice ($299, hoping for a slight discount over Black Friday weekend) and the color scheme matches my new bag. The tech included is solid, especially for the low price, and I don't give a shit about brand name.

Also demoed the new Ping Sigma 2 line today and love the feel. I think I'll be upgrading my current Ping with the Anser model before next year.

posted by justincredible

Also demoed the new Ping Sigma 2 line today and love the feel. I think I'll be upgrading my current Ping with the Anser model before next year.

Offset? Can’t tell

Here's an in-depth review. Aside from the great feel, the adjustable length is an awesome feature.

http://www.golfalot.com/equipment-reviews/ping-sigma-2-putter-review-4102.aspx

posted by justincredible

I think I've found my new driver. The price is nice ($299, hoping for a slight discount over Black Friday weekend) and the color scheme matches my new bag. The tech included is solid, especially for the low price, and I don't give a shit about brand name.

You can get 1 year old, brand name, drivers for cheaper. When buying off brand, you are buying a lesser quality product. 

I've read enough about the EXS that I'm not worried, it's not low quality by any means. 

A little more info on the driver: https://www.golfdigest.com/story/tour-edge-exotics-exs-driver-metalwoods-continue-tech-rich-tradition-but-move-to-more-affordable-price

It's comes with a pretty great stock shaft as well.

https://pluggedingolf.com/mitsubish-tensei-shaft-review/

A local golf chain just sent out an email, they've got the Ping G400 on sale for $299 right now. Might need to go demo that tonight.

Demoed the G400 tonight, as well as the Callaway Rogue. Didn't really see much of an improvement over my current TaylorMade Burner. They both sounded better, but I was hitting them pretty much the same distance, with the same dispersion. I'm a little disappointed.

Hit the Rogue again and ended up liking it more today. Just ordered one from Callaway Pre-Owned for $220.

They've got a great 30% off sale going on now if anyone is in the market for anything.

https://www.callawaygolfpreowned.com/

posted by justincredible

Hit the Rogue again and ended up liking it more today. Just ordered one from Callaway Pre-Owned for $220.

They've got a great 30% off sale going on now if anyone is in the market for anything.

https://www.callawaygolfpreowned.com/

I meant to suggest looking there. 

I've read great stuff about CPO. I ended up buying in "very good" condition, which saved me about $23 over the "like new" driver. I've read they generally underrate the condition, so "very good" is more like "like new" and "like new" comes wrapped in plastic a lot of times. For $220 I couldn't pass it up.

posted by justincredible

I've read great stuff about CPO. I ended up buying in "very good" condition, which saved me about $23 over the "like new" driver. I've read they generally underrate the condition, so "very good" is more like "like new" and "like new" comes wrapped in plastic a lot of times. For $220 I couldn't pass it up.

I got my irons from their ebay site. We’re marked as very good and honestly might have had 5 rounds on them max. 

Just bought 7 dozen 4A-graded golf balls at https://www.lostgolfballs.com/. Only $72 total, not bad.

Wanted to try out a few new balls, namely the Srixon Z Star and Q Star, the Bridgestone Tour BR X and e6 Speed, and the TaylorMade TP5. I added some ProV1 and Chrome Soft for good measure to get me to the free shipping amount.

Played yesterday. It was the worst outing of the year for me. Didn't make a single putt. I usually slice, but almost every drive I hit went WAY left. Brutal.

I had several items delivered over the last few days. My used, but in very good shape, Callaway Rogue driver was delivered. I'm very happy with the condition, would not hesitate to order from https://www.callawaygolfpreowned.com/ again.

Also had the order from https://www.lostgolfballs.com/ delivered. I was mostly happy with the order, though 2 balls (out of 6 dozen, they ran out of ProV1) were incorrect. One was a Chrome Soft X in the Chrome Soft bag. Not a big deal. The other was a TaylorMade Project (a) in the Bridgestone B RX dozen. That's a lot more annoying to me since the B RX were the balls I was most interested in, and the Project (a) ball is a tier lower in quality. But I'm not going to put up much of a stink over one ball.

I'd like to hit a simulator in the next couple weeks to test the new club and balls out. I do see many potential golf days the rest of December.

Weather was decent so I golfed on Sunday. It was a little soggy, but not terrible. Ended up shooting a 43 on the front 9, with consecutive birdies on 7 and 8. That was my first time shooting back-to-back birdies, so I was pretty happy with that. Also had a stretch of 4 1-putts. I believe I only had 13 putts on the front 9. Back 9 wasn't nearly as good overall, but I did putt well all day. Compared to my last round, which I mentioned a few posts above, this was an extremely enjoyable round.

posted by justincredible

Weather was decent so I golfed on Sunday. It was a little soggy, but not terrible. Ended up shooting a 43 on the front 9, with consecutive birdies on 7 and 8. That was my first time shooting back-to-back birdies, so I was pretty happy with that. Also had a stretch of 4 1-putts. I believe I only had 13 putts on the front 9. Back 9 wasn't nearly as good overall, but I did putt well all day. Compared to my last round, which I mentioned a few posts above, this was an extremely enjoyable round.

Sounds like you are progressing (and addicted lol)...avoid double bogeys and 3 putts and you’ll be in the low-mid 80’s