2013 PGA Tour Season

[Splendid Splinter]

Tour. Ive never had anything between pw and 56. I can hit a ¾ pw about 100 yards with reasonable regularity and have only soft considered the gap club. I use 60 out of the greenside sand regardless of lie (just like my hero vijay singh) and primarily use the 56 from 60-90 and to pitch or chip from thicker grass. The gap club would serve the same purpose (id maybe get to take 2-3 more full swings per 5 rounds) but id have to develop the feel.

 

 

Must be nice. That's pretty much my brother's range with those clubs although we both use 54/58. I hit my 58 from 110 so anything closer than that is a shorten swing.

[DivineBovine]

Nice. It's turned into an equipment thread.

 

I also have Rocketbladez Tours. Very nice clubs. Way more forgiving than the R9 TP B's I was using before. But don't buy the distance hype. They don't hit it much longer than other clubs out there. All clubs have jacked lofts compared to clubs of 10 years ago.

 

The standard Rocketbladez are ridiculous though. I hit them over a club longer than the tours. They are seriously jacked in lofts. But too clunky for me.

 

I carry 4 wedges. PW, 52, 56, 60.

 

I think its more useful than putting a club in between 3 wood and 3 hybrid.

[Guest]

I carry 4 wedges. PW, 52, 56, 60.

 

I think its more useful than putting a club in between 3 wood and 3 hybrid.

 

That's what I typically do, except mine are the PW, 52, 60 and 64. If I pack the 64, I leave the 3W in the car, and I'll do that generally if I'm playing the middle tees instead of the backs. I have the new R1 driver, and it is amazing. Impressed everyone on #8 at a course we play pretty regularly when I placed the drive on the green on the 358 yard par 4. It did bounce off the cart path (it crosses the fairway at the 308 mark), but still a pretty stellar poke. Yeah, I missed the 30 foot eagle putt.

[Ryne Ween]

Yes the common driving distance of a youngish fairly avid player does not map to the course distances. I play from 6300 at the course i play (139 slope at 6300) because (i) i dont think its necessary to play tips unless you are breaking 80 at least half the time and (ii) my playing partners dont play from the back. So because I can hit it 250 with a 5 wood and 280+ with a driver I hit very few iron shots.

[Wilson A2000]

I've heard Rocketbladez are longer, but only because of the decrease in lofts and the added shaft length. If you put those specs on other clubs as this review shows, there is no distance gain.

I've hit the Rocketballz Stage 2 3 wood in a simulator, and I was hitting it 20-30 yards longer than my gamer, a Ping G25. Problem is that it has at least half of an inch longer of a shaft. Hard to control. Just felt weird.

[seanimal]

Yes the common driving distance of a youngish fairly avid player does not map to the course distances. I play from 6300 at the course i play (139 slope at 6300) because (i) i dont think its necessary to play tips unless you are breaking 80 at least half the time and (ii) my playing partners dont play from the back. So because I can hit it 250 with a 5 wood and 280+ with a driver I hit very few iron shots.

 

i wouldn't even bother with the driver and maybe even any wood in that case, few irons is boring as [expletive]

[Banedon]

Nearly six months after proposing a change to the Rules of Golf, the sport's governing bodies on Tuesday announced that anchoring the club in making a stroke will be banned effective Jan. 1, 2016.

 

New Rule 14-1b means that players who use a belly putter or long putter will no longer be able to hold the butt end of the club against their bodies while making a stroke, although the clubs will still be allowed -- provided they are not anchored.

 

I don't understand why it'd take 2 1/2 years to be effective though.

[Derwood]

Nearly six months after proposing a change to the Rules of Golf, the sport's governing bodies on Tuesday announced that anchoring the club in making a stroke will be banned effective Jan. 1, 2016.

 

New Rule 14-1b means that players who use a belly putter or long putter will no longer be able to hold the butt end of the club against their bodies while making a stroke, although the clubs will still be allowed -- provided they are not anchored.

 

I don't understand why it'd take 2 1/2 years to be effective though.

 

because a lot of players on the tour will have to completely re-learn how to putt

[jersey cubs fan]

Nearly six months after proposing a change to the Rules of Golf, the sport's governing bodies on Tuesday announced that anchoring the club in making a stroke will be banned effective Jan. 1, 2016.

 

New Rule 14-1b means that players who use a belly putter or long putter will no longer be able to hold the butt end of the club against their bodies while making a stroke, although the clubs will still be allowed -- provided they are not anchored.

 

I don't understand why it'd take 2 1/2 years to be effective though.

 

Because making the change any sooner screws over guys who use it that way now, legally, and wouldn't have any time to adjust.

[Guest]

Nearly six months after proposing a change to the Rules of Golf, the sport's governing bodies on Tuesday announced that anchoring the club in making a stroke will be banned effective Jan. 1, 2016.

 

New Rule 14-1b means that players who use a belly putter or long putter will no longer be able to hold the butt end of the club against their bodies while making a stroke, although the clubs will still be allowed -- provided they are not anchored.

 

I don't understand why it'd take 2 1/2 years to be effective though.

 

Because making the change any sooner screws over guys who use it that way now, legally, and wouldn't have any time to adjust.

 

Except for the fact these guys new this new rule was coming for at least a year now. What they were doing was stalling on making the switch because it gave them an advantage over everyone else. I don't think it would have been wrong to force the change for the beginning of the 2014 season.

[Banedon]

And Sergio loses the war of words with Tiger.

 

Asked if he would be inviting Woods over for dinner during the upcoming U.S. Open.

 

"We will have him round every night," García responded, according to The Guardian. "We will serve fried chicken."

 

According to the Daily Mail, some guests were stunned by the racist quip and an unnamed player described simply as "one leading Tour professional," remarked to a journalist "You didn’t hear that."

 

 

He apologized a short while later:

 

“I apologize for any offense that may have been caused by my comment on stage during the European Tour Players’ Awards dinner. I answered a question that was clearly made towards me as a joke with a silly remark, but in no way was the comment meant in a racist manner.”

[jersey cubs fan]

What is this, Spain?

[Cubswin11]

Sergio, douche? Or biggest douche?

[jersey cubs fan]

Drew Magary ‏@drewmagary 4m

Not much in the way of variety when it comes to racist golf dinner jokes these days.