Riseupfromtherubble

Man we fricking suck at the plate

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If you've never cooked a PP recipe before, start with 1/3 of this mixture then adjust to your taste.

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Yep. Paul had a HEAVY hand when it came to cayenne specifically

Here’s how mine turned out last time I made it. I always 1/2 his cayenne

I'm certain I watched that video when I was just getting into golf :lol:

He's right though, that mechanic is the feel I'm after

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Also, if you're driving it to that distance, sometimes it pays off to dial back to a FW metal/hybrid/driving iron tee shot to hold back and get into a full 8-PW shot into the green.

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Man, I wish my game were that consistent. If i'm hitting my driver well off the tee like that, there is no guarantee that my 3 wood or 5 wood or 4 iron is going to act the same. I try to stick with what's working on any given day.

I shot a 97 yesterday on the blue/white combo.

6405
yards

70.7
rating

123
slope

I hadn't played in ~8 months and this was my 5th round in two weeks. Normally I'd be fine with that score, I know my skill level as a golfer. It's just frustrating as shite to do the hard stuff pretty well and just meltdown on the easier stuff. Shot a 51 on the front due mostly to wayward tee shots, a nuked pull left every time when my typical miss is a push slice. Got that sorted out in spades on the back and didn't miss a fairway. Shot a 46 on the back and left 7 or 8 strokes out there with a terrible short game. If you were to watch a "highlight" tape of my round yesterday you'd incorrectly think I was really good at golf. I am not. I know I am not because I don't play consistently, doesn't make it less frustrating. To top things off I'm just getting addicted again, starting to sort a few kinks out, and my first son is due in 3 weeks :lol:

Back to the corner of the garage for my golf bag for a while

This area absolutely killed my round yesterday. Twice I drove the ball to this distance and ended up with a double.

I have a natural "sweeper" swing, but these shots really get in my head on a tight lie because my fear is blading one. That's exactly what happened on the first one. The next one I didn't clip the ball cleanly and of course my leading edge dug into the earth behind the ball and it went about 20 yards. I can hit a wedge out of the fluffy stuff close to the pin all day long, but I have the fricking yips when it's sitting on a tight lie.

Should I just start bumping an 8 iron from this range? Anyone else struggle mightily with this?

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My claim is pitching is more competitive and it prepares hitters well - better than travel.

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Your point to your area is valid, you point to how it was 20 years ago is valid...your point doesn't apply in general though.

In a lot of areas, particularly in the southeast, rec ball has gone to complete shite and you've got kids that truly don't even know how to play, much less possess a modicum of athleticism or baseball potential. Travel ball has killed rec ball in a lot of places. Good to see it's still alive and well in others though

He's not entirely wrong.

In our old youth league setup, 10 pretty good pitchers might be spread out over 8 different teams. You played twice a week, and you were seeing a decent pitcher every game.

Travel ball ends up being so tiered that you end up with one team in an area that is just stacked with the best talent, a pretty decent dropoff to the next best team, and then it falls off a cliff. It's like that everywhere there's travel ball. So these stacked teams inevitably end up playing shite teams every weekend in pool play

Just prepare to be the 2 seed in Tallahassee or Hattiesburg and the road ends there.

We can't hit, we can't field, we don't have a dominant pitching staff. This team just isn't built for postseason baseball

I've never been consistent enough to be deem a fitting beneficial, but the 1,000 different shaft options has always seemed like marketing more than substance to me. I just can't wrap my head around 100 different stiff shafts and 100 different Xstiff shafts having 200 different outcomes

Has anyone played this one yet? It opened last March. I was invited to play tomorrow and wondering what to expect. There isn't a course flyover, but the few pictures they have up on the website make the greens look diabolical. Huge and undulated