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bamacheats said:
Not on a PGA set up.
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Being a scratch golfer Is having a handicap of zero or better. You get a handicap based on a number of rounds, what you shoot, & the slope rating from the tees you play from. One round on a PGA set up won't ruin a handicap.
 
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#9,203
doozer said:
I've played that hole hundreds of times, with people far better than a 15+ handicap. You're not driving the green.

Next, you're going to tell me you swing a lob wedge on 6 on can get it 30 yards past the cart path on 8.
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Abilty to hit it far does not equal abilty to score below par.

#6 I hit 9 iron, 2 putt par. #8 Driver, 8 iron, greenside bunker, out, 2 putt, par.

Btw, my 72 year old uncle played the whites with my cousin and had about a 100 yard approach on #1. Surely you can outhit an old man.
 
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#9,204
govols/cc said:
Being a scratch golfer Is having a handicap of zero or better. You get a handicap based on a number of rounds, what you shoot, & the slope rating from the tees you play from. One round on a PGA set up won't ruin a handicap.
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Thanks for the education.
 
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I will give Bama the benefit of the doubt & say he has probably hit some drives 300yds or a little better. However I will never believe he averages over 300 yards with at least 300 yards carry. I don't think anybody else believes it either. Who do you have out the middle of the range or fairway watching to see where your ball hits?
 
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#9,210
govols/cc said:
I will give Bama the benefit of the doubt & say he has probably hit some drives 300yds or a little better. However I will never believe he averages over 300 yards with at least 300 yards carry. I don't think anybody else believes it either. Who do you have out the middle of the range or fairway watching to see where your ball hits?
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If we average in the balls that explode on impact with the clubface of the driver, his average drops significantly.
 
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govols/cc said:
I will give Bama the benefit of the doubt & say he has probably hit some drives 300yds or a little better. However I will never believe he averages over 300 yards with at least 300 yards carry. I don't think anybody else believes it either. Who do you have out the middle of the range or fairway watching to see where your ball hits?
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doozer said:
Thread has over 9k posts. There really isn't much we've covered that's more entertaining than this lie e won't let go.
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exactly. This is too ripe to pass up.
 
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#9,213
govols/cc said:
I will give Bama the benefit of the doubt & say he has probably hit some drives 300yds or a little better. However I will never believe he averages over 300 yards with at least 300 yards carry. I don't think anybody else believes it either. Who do you have out the middle of the range or fairway watching to see where your ball hits?
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I can carry it 280. Carrying the ball 300 requires some assistance. I've done it a few times.

I trained for LDA back around 2000. I still have some 50" drivers. It's a different sport than golf. The reason most of those guys are also scratch golfers is because they used to be better than scratch but never good enough for a PGA card. Required a lot of travel and I really just wasn't good enough.

I still hit the ball far because I enjoy hitting the ball far. I still swing back past parallel because it feels normal since I've done it for so long.
 
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#9,214
bamacheats said:
I can carry it 280. Carrying the ball 300 requires some assistance. I've done it a few times.

I trained for LDA back around 2000. I still have some 50" drivers. It's a different sport than golf. The reason most of those guys are also scratch golfers is because they used to be better than scratch but never good enough for a PGA card. Required a lot of travel and I really just wasn't good enough.

I still hit the ball far because I enjoy hitting the ball far. I still swing back past parallel because it feels normal since I've done it for so long.
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Well now you're backtracking a little. You said you average 315 carry & your "keep it in the fairway" swing was still around 300 carry.
 
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bamacheats said:
I can. I have 2 swings, a keep-it-in-play swing, which is about 315-318 or my best-ball tournament drive which is about 340-345. I keep my normal drive in the short grass about 50% and in play about 80%. My long drive attempts prob see short grass about 25% and in play about 50%.

What about your other clubs for reference? Me...

PW - 165
7 - 190
5 - 210
3wd - 280

I don't play anything higher than a 5 iron. No hybrids. I traded a 4 iron for a Gap wedge this season.

I play every course from the tips. My handicap says I should move forward, but I don't. I'm not playing very well this season. Not sure why. I've played 11 rounds since March, hopefully my game will come back to me.
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Please point out where I claim to carry the ball 315+.
 
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govols/cc said:
Carrying the ball 280 is a poke for anybody. That's hitting it on the screws every time with some power. I may carry it 280 on occasion but not on average. My mi****s are usually in play & may wind up 280 but definitely won't carry that.
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So you can carry it 280 on occasion but I can't? Your mis-hits are in play and 280? A 280 yard mis-hit that's in play? Who's full of sh!t?
 
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#9,219
bamacheats said:
So you can carry it 280 on occasion but I can't? Your mis-hits are in play and 280? A 280 yard mis-hit that's in play? Who's full of sh!t?
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Lol. Everybody saw where you said you could carry it 315 on average. I said 280 on occasion but definitely not an average. Yea I sad a mis-hit might end up at 280 but it would carry that far for sure.
 
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govols/cc said:
Lol. Everybody saw where you said you could carry it 315 on average. I said 280 on occasion but definitely not an average. Yea I sad a mis-hit might end up at 280 but it would carry that far for sure.
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Please provide the post where I said I carry the ball 315. I just quoted it for you.

If you can mis-hit a ball 280 yards, your clean hits should be all over 300.
 
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#9,222
bamacheats said:
Please provide the post where I said I carry the ball 315. I just quoted it for you.

If you can mis-hit a ball 280 yards, your clean hits should be all over 300.
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If nobody else remembers you saying you carried the ball 300+ in the air I will say I was wrong & apologize. I'm not saying my mis-hits carry 280 or all end up 280. I couldn't come close to telling you what my average is off the tee or what my driver carry is. I'm not a short hitter but I couldn't give you actual numbers because I don't know.
 
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I don't recall you mentioning anything about carry, but 35 yards of roll in Tennessee seems a little much to me. Even if you're hitting a 7.5* driver.
 
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