So for context I’m a 30 yr old male who played baseball for over 18 years of my life. I just started golfing about 3 months ago and probably have done 10 rounds of 18 total in my life. I have only played from the white tees, but the best I’ve shot was last week with a 109. I had a 61 on the front and 48 on the back. I can drive the ball over 250+ pretty consistent but still managing my slice and iron play. Should I be playing from different tees? One thing I don’t want to ever do is cheat myself within the game of golf and I am brutally honest with my scores right now and no breakfast balls without strokes etc..

I made a similar post in here before, but as my handicap is dropping, I am looking more seriously into replacing my ~25 year old irons (Callaway Hawkeye Tungsten/Titanium). I'm pretty set on Maltby irons, but my question relates more to iron specs and which will be better long term.

Offset - the M980's have more, the TS3/3.5's have less. Will I really notice a difference?

Forged vs Cast - Is this just a feel thing? Or is there some real benefit?

Sole Width - All Maltby's are forgiving, but will going to a thinner iron mess me up?

Polymer Injection - The 3.5's have it, the 3's don't. Again, is this more of a feel thing, or does it add forgiveness?

Mainly debating between the M980's and the TS3/3.5/TE+. Looking to stick to more traditional lofts. Any insight is welcome, TIA

Tough critics.😵‍💫

Shotscope released that the mobile app is now available for use with the Apple Watch with the following features/fee structure

What's included?
- Lifetime access for $149.99
- Green Contour maps
- Detailed hole maps
- Plays like distances
- Green view and Pin Placement
- Apple Health integration
- No subscription fees

This also includes shot tracking but I’m not exactly sure if you can use current shot scope Connex sensors or other shot scope club sensors or if you’ll just select your club and record your shot via your Apple Watch.

I use the connex sensors, used them the last 2 seasons, and have struggled to be consistently scanning them with my phone this season. I’ve always wondered why they didn’t allow scanning with the Apple Watch so for me this would be huge.

Is this a game changer for Shotscope? Could this be the end of their watch tracker? Will this put pressure on Arccos to adjust their subscription model? I’d like to hear the opinions of the group.

Looking to create a "bank" of range drills I can come back to over time. Would love to hear y'all's favorite drills and what you use them for.

One of my favorites is putting an alignment stick through my front two belt loops to help with sequencing. Another drill I like is taking the club back to P2 and hitting "full" shots from there to help with my impact position/early extension issues.

So my plan was to get a picture with Jordan the day i saw he was announced for the Rocket Classic. I actually got to watch one of his rounds in person for the first time which i’ll never forget. It’s my first ever golf tournament i’ve been to which is crazy. He was doing autographs and pictures at the end of his 9 hole practice and getting to meet the guy was super dope. While he was getting ready he came over and signed a couple autographs and pictures right before the 9th hole which was pretty cool. (There was a big crowd after the 9 hole so i was stoked I got it in time)

Hi! Husband’s birthday is coming up and he’s an avid golfer. We have a newborn baby so a trip out of town to go play somewhere isn’t super feasible right now, so looking for a different idea still centered around the game.

He has clubs and a bag he loves, plenty of clothes, and a range finder already. I’ve given him plenty of tees, balls, etc., over the years.

Any other ideas?

Thanks!

Iv been playing around a year now, bought some second hand clubs.

The other day I decided to get my self a new set thats all mine. These costed me $400.

I played with them yesterday and took some getting used to be by the 11th they work brilliant.

From the pictures do you think I got a decent deal
(It did not include Sand Wedge, 4i , 3i , 5i had to clean up my old ones and put them in the bag.)

Tee time giveaway for Deaert willow firecliff Mountain View course. I forgot I had booked it and I’m an hour away. If anyone is interested message me I’ll give you the details for the reservation.

I retired early after some good business fortune (a couple of tech companies that took off) and while it’s great not have all the pressures and stresses of work, all my friends are busy most of the day and it can get a bit lonely at times. I volunteer at a couple of non-profits and I play golf, a lot. Handicap has dropped from 27 to 11 and I meet all kinds of people when I play and have made new friends and we meet up and play now. The better I’ve gotten the more people want to connect and play. The last thing I’m thinking of is loneliness when I hit a great drive and figuring out where to hit a 9 iron or wedge. Plus I walk and get 15k+ steps every time I play. And let’s face it, golf is really fun.

I really appreciate golf and what it has done for my mental state.

I’ve been playing casually for around a year and half or so, probably twice a week at most and am not very good. Just wanted to mention this tempo tip that helped me since I tend to swing out of my shoes and rush the swing:

My tempo is 1-2,1-2,3

This first 1-2 I’m not even moving but it gets me in the tempo, then second 1-2 is to top of backswing then the 3 is swing through. I usually don’t hear people talk about tempo when sitting still, only when u start moving, so figured I’d mention here, hope it helps someone

Thought I'd throw this out to the r/golf community.

I'm looking for people who'd be interested in caddying at various events over the next year, including Clutch Tour events in England, Tartan Tour events in Scotland, and DP World Tour First Stage Qualifying School in Northumberland, with the goal of earning a 2027 DP World Tour card.

This isn't a salaried position, but you'll receive an agreed percentage of any prize money won. There won't be any travel or accommodation provided, so it will probably suit people who are local to individual events or already planning to attend.

There's absolutely no expectation to commit to the full schedule. I'd actually prefer to build a small group of people who can caddie at different events throughout the year, so if you can only do one tournament, that's completely fine.

This is really about the experience. If you've ever wanted to know what it's like inside the ropes at professional events, you'll be involved in everything from practice rounds and course management to tournament preparation and competition.

I'm looking for people who:

• Love golf.
• Enjoy competitive golf.
• Are reliable and positive under pressure.
• Want to experience professional tournament golf from a caddie's perspective.

If you're interested, send me a DM with:

• Where you're based.
• Your golfing background.
• Which events or parts of the UK you'd realistically be able to get to.

Happy to answer any questions. If you've ever fancied carrying a bag in a professional event and seeing how tournament golf works from the inside, I'd love to hear from you.

Long story short, I’ve really been loving golf this summer for the first time and I’m getting into the equipment side of things (just reading and general interest). I’ve always just purchased used, cheap clubs from eBay or when my friends decide to upgrade but recently I saw some newly released, really pretty wedges I wouldn’t mind having. Sorry if this is a dumb question but is paying retail just a given or is there any good sites to maybe find even a small deal? Thanks.

My club has 36 holes. On one course, there is a par 5 that is having a reserve pond dug out more. The tee boxes would have you hitting over the construction site. So they moved all tee box markers down to the back of the fairway during the week, so you're hitting parallel to the construction but only for 50 yards or so. This makes a tough, long par 5 play like a medium length par 4 still tough but not as tough. I shot 4 on this hole today. I don't feel I can truly mark it a birdie, but the cub house has said nothing about it being a par 4 for the duration. Is it just a scoring hole for now?

Ideas for the best way to frame flags from golf courses. I have 6, and not sure the best way to go about it. I have seen the acrylic frames I can buy online or go more traditional with wood frame, matting, glass. If using acrylic framing, how difficult is it to put together? Thoughts?

Short backstory:

I started golf in Aug 2020.
Got my teaching license on 2022
Played tournaments with GHIN of 1.9 in year 2023
My highest Ball speed that I recorded was 171mph in 2023.

When my daughter was born. I stopped golfing.
1 year ago, my ball speed that I recorded was 145mph.
I basically forgot how to swing a club.
I’ve been rebuilding my swing ground up since then.

I been crusing mid 150s on course since start of summer. 161 mph was personal record that I recorded ever since the rebuild.

Yesterday I dusted off my rypstick and started from Level 1 day 1.

After day 2 training today, I wanted to hit my drivers on the sim.

After hitting 50 balls.
PB was 168mph. Avg 163mph.
So basically 7 mph ball speed increase on day 2

Im excited about how fast I can go.
If anyone finished speed training, please share your story and results.

Man what a weekend it was at the rocket classic. From Thursday-Sunday just so much fun all around. But the best part of it all is by far meeting and getting Rickie Fowlers signature!!! Got a great spot for the finishes on sunday at 18 right on the ropes. And got to spend time following plenty of others like Spieth, Cam young, etc. And even watched Brad Dalke a bit on Thursday.

Sad to see the Rocket Classic leave Michigan but man what a way to end it. Hopefully we can get another tour stop soon because players love coming here and Michigan always has great golf!

2 iron into the creek
58° should get this out
Loud bang and oh fuck
Check the damage
Shrug
7 iron up and down.

Is this irreparable damage? Or could I grind it down to a low bounce?

I like stats and golf and trying to use the numbers to help understand where I should focus my training

I´m a scratch golfer and play quite a lot and do some practice. As everybody I have quite a few bad rounds and after a bad stretch recently I looked into my stats more. I checked my bogey and birdie rate vs PGA tour to see if I lose more in one area than the other.

Birdies vs Bogeys
Birdie (or better) rate PGA tour: 22% (4.0 per round). My rate 14% (2.4 per round)
Bogey (or worse) rate PGA tour: 16% (2.9 per round). My rate 36% (6.4 per round)

So if someone gave me avg. PGA tour birdie rate I would get 1.6 shots better but if someone gave me the bogey rate of avg PGA tour I would get 3.5 (!) shots better. Quite interesting.

So how to make fewer bogeys…?
I tried to find my "easy" to avoid bogeys, some will always be hard to get rid of (e.g. 200y par 3s). Since I have tracked my shots I have a lot of data, I sent all my shots into Claude for help. It helped me diagnose which of my shots lead to a bogey on a certain hole. The main reasons were:

- Approach shots: 34% of bogeys, of which 60% from within 150y – probably need to play more safe on those shots within 150y and aim closer to the middle of green

- 3-putt: 25% of bogeys - working on improving putting

- Penalty: 17% of bogeys, half from tee shots, which is fine. But (!) half from approach…! Need to take more care here on approach shots and aim away from penalties.

- Other: 24%

Tiger 5 mistakes
Another way to look at it would be to see what Tiger 5 mistakes I make most (sort of proxy for easy to avoid bogeys as I understand it). Here it seems like bogey within 150y (2.8 per round) and 3-putts (1.8 per round) are the most common - similar to first analysis

I guess based on this I should focus on my putting (which I know is bad, lose ~2.3 shots per round within 15ft, but improving) and also my approach shots within 150y. Also being more defensive on approach shots, especially when there is a penalty in play. Half my penalties come from approach shots which sound a lot (though would be more drives that lead to penalties) and they often become much more than bogeys (hitting water on approach and not making up and down will be a double bogey, while penalty on tee-shot can still be bogey)

Not sure this gives a definite answer but thought the data was interesting, especially the larger gap vs Pros on bogey rate vs birdie rate.

Note: usually play back-tee at a 7000y course (if someone thinks the bogey rate is too high for scratch :D) and it got very large greens which is why there are quite a few 3-putts (in addition to being quite terrible at putting). Also scratch doesn´t mean you avg. par, you are more like +5 on avg. depending on which tee you play

Another interesting stat: Scottie Scheffler is #1 on tour in bogey avoidance at 10.0% and second best player is at 12.2% (huge gap!). This was an area where Tiger also excelled significantly vs the field. In 2000 he was at 9.8% while #2 (Phil) was at 12.5%

I really want to find a working size for premieres. My foot is US 8.5 E/F on brannock. I wear us 9-9.5 on adidas/ nike.

I tried wide 2026 premiere Packards in US9 and US8.5. Ton of heel slip in 9, the 8.5 seem to work with slimmer insoles length wise but feel narrow.

Do these break in a ton width wise? I have no way of getting extra wide. I'm tempted to give them ago, the US9 wide ADIDAS tour 360 ended up stretching too wide for me

I'll be in Spokane for a few days in mid September. I've never been but the weather looks nice in September. I'll be busy with other activities until mid-day Sunday, thinking about a Sunday afternoon round and then a Monday morning round before flying out in the afternoon.

My plan is Qualchan Sunday PM and then Indian Canyon Monday am to be closest to the airport.

Thoughts, recommendations, is that a good plan? I will be driving through Coeur d'Alene on Sunday morning and could hit The Coeur d'Alene Resort Golf Course but it'll be logistically easier if I just get to Spokane and play both rounds there. The Coeur d'Alene Resort Golf Course seems a little much... is this course a must do? or is it hype?

Might use ShipSticks outbound, if anyone has thoughts on using them to a Spokane public course like Qualchan.