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Ashley Schaeffer said:
Looks like you hit it pretty nicely, pard. Mine are as follows:

Driver = 180-200
3 Wood = don't have one
5 Wood = 180-210
9 Wood = 150-160
3 Iron = don't have one
4 Iron = don't have one
5 Iron = 150-160
6 Iron = 140-145
7 Iron = 140-143
8 Iron = 130-140
9 Iron = 100-105
P Wedge = 100-105
S Wedge = 45-50
L Wedge 60* = 25
HL Wedge 64* = 20
XL Wedge 66* = 18
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Son, you play a lot of elevated greens or just get behind a lot of bushes? I'm with ya on the driver. I can't hit one a lick past 200.
 
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Slydell said:
The other day, I saw in another thread where someone knew someone who, under good conditions, could do it.
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I got to get a small group lesson from Peter Jacobsen when I was about 12, I remember him tacking a lefty kids pitching wedge and dropping it on a green 90yds away on the practice range with a one-handed shot. Ish was crazy. It was then that I was able to wrap my brain around how much better tour pros are than everyone else.

In other news, I could seriously listen to Morgan Freeman if he were narrating John Goodman taking a dump.
 
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I haven't played consistently since I was maybe 16, I could consistently get about 220-230yds with my driver, but sprayed it like a mf'er so it stayed in the bag unless the fairway looked like a lake. I actually played a 2 iron for a long time that I could manage to eek out about 190 with, so I used that. Never was comfortable with the clubs.
 
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Slydell said:
Son, you play a lot of elevated greens or just get behind a lot of bushes? I'm with ya on the driver. I can't hit one a lick past 200.
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Well, I've just been tryin' to shave some strokes off the ol' short game, pard. I tend to come over it a little bit when I get tired, then I start hittin' trap hooks long and left of the target. Almost every green on the back nine at my club is domed and slopin' from back to front, so I lose a lot of strokes late in the round if I don't have my trusty wedge system in place.
 
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milohimself said:
I got to get a small group lesson from Peter Jacobsen when I was about 12, I remember him tacking a lefty kids pitching wedge and dropping it on a green 90yds away on the practice range with a one-handed shot. Ish was crazy. It was then that I was able to wrap my brain around how much better tour pros are than everyone else.

In other news, I could seriously listen to Morgan Freeman if he were narrating John Goodman taking a dump.
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One's all you need. The other sort of goes along for the ride. I need both, though. If you watch Freddie C., he has a lot of shots from 135 and out where he drops the right hand just before or at contact with the ball. It's still freaky to me.
 
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Slydell said:
One's all you need. The other sort of goes along for the ride. I need both, though. If you watch Freddie C., he has a lot of shots from 135 and out where he drops the right hand just before or at contact with the ball. It's still freaky to me.
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Leap of faith ish. I was more impressed by Jacobsen going southpaw, bending 90* at the waist just so he could reach the ball (the wedge belonged to a kid who was like 9) and hitting 90 yards.
 
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Ashley Schaeffer said:
Well, I've just been tryin' to shave some strokes off the ol' short game, pard. I tend to come over it a little bit when I get tired, then I start hittin' trap hooks long and left of the target. Almost every green on the back nine at my club is domed and slopin' from back to front, so I lose a lot of strokes late in the round if I don't have my trusty wedge system in place.
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I see. If you hit them all good, that's great. 40 yds in is a killer for some people. I started with 5 wedges this summer and finally have it down to 3. Too much to remember for the old feeble mind.
 
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milohimself said:
Leap of faith ish. I was more impressed by Jacobsen going southpaw, bending 90* at the waist just so he could reach the ball (the wedge belonged to a kid who was like 9) and hitting 90 yards.
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Pros probably do better trick shots on side bets when they're off camera.
 
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NewToVolCountry said:
No, no pain. Just keeping a molar from coming in and they are awfully impacted. I don't think it's necessary, but they say as I get older it'll get worse.
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Maybe. I had a dentist ask me once if I knew I had three wisdom teeth? Of course, I didn't. He asked if they bothered me. I told him no. He suggested leaving them in until they did. That was 30 years ago. Still have 'em.
 
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