Random Golf Thoughts

Excellent clubs. I treated myself to those despite thinking I wouldn't be able to hit them. I was growing out of my GI irons and wanted something a little more sexy-looking and perhaps something I would grow into but they've been grand for me so far.

You will love them!

Yeah they are. I got fitted and ended up with Elevate 95 shafts because my old iron shafts were light and I liked the feel. Heavier shafts can fatigue me toward the end of a round as well. The elevate shafts absolutely launch and I've barely lost any distance with the irons despite them being weaker lofted than my old irons.

I also went for the 20 degree driving iron. Was a complete experiment but off the tee it is so reliable and easy to hit, love it. It's knocked my hybrid out the bag, always been a bit unreliable for me anyway.

Great club the R7..I still have one plus the R7 Draw.

Switched 2 years afo for Callaway Epic Max..lovely club.

Few mates have Ping G440..great club

Haha no wonder..guess i meant 430..or maybe they are trialling them🤣

not a direct answer to your question but I have a Apple Watch SE 2nd generation which is older than series 9 and no problems with battery and 18 holes. Have used Golfshot and Arccos and Arccos heavier but stilll no problem battery wise. Hope that helps.

I'm noticing a very poor trend in my home club along this lines. I found the greenside bunker on the 1st hole in this condition when I arrived there on Saturday morning. Was out reasonably early, would have been about 10 groups, of 3 balls in front of us, so 30 members of the course.

I've seen it almost on a weekly basis at this point.

I just dont get the laziness/ignorance of leaving a bunker in this condition.

I've found myself in footprints multiple times this year.

Are people just plain selfish and ignorant, or just oblivious.

No societies out in my place over a weekend, so no excuses for members, just pig ignorance.

Have said it to multiple people, and I'm not the only one.

The weekend of the Presidents Prize, the president sent an email. The usual stuff around format, good luck, etc... but he made a specific point in the message telling people to maintain and rake bunkers on the course.

I'm a member in the same club as yourself and have found the bunkers to be quite bad at times over the summer. It's not even lazy raking, there is no effort to rake the bunkers at all. I played earlyish on Saturday and found a number of bunkers already in a bad way. It's not just at the weekends either, I play some Friday mornings and its the same.

Drives me insane when you can see the foot prints leading to the strike mark in the sand go right past the rake and usually back the other side of it.

Got a rangefinder from Temu a couple of months ago for the princely sum of €44! I would never have bothered with one before as I very rarely get to play outside my home club and didn't think the price of buying one would be worth it. I would normally have relied on the gps watch of one of the phone apps but since I got it I've been using it almost all the time. A friend of mine has a €300 Bushnell model and the one I have measures virtually the same distances every time. I thought it would have been awkward and slowed my play up a bit but this hasn't been the case. Just get the measurement done while others are taking their shots unless I'm away first.

I've a bushnell. It's not immune to missing flags and catching trees in the background. Sometimes it's the type of pin or flag on a course.

I've seen these prisms or devices for flagpoles that "catch" the laser much better. Not too expensive and would be helpful for many courses.

Please don't soak woods/driver/hybrids as you won't want water getting in behind the head and left against the metal. Some putters also are hollow in parts, so same applies. Recipe for disaster but do clean and brush them down. Would also caution against submerging shafts.

Irons and wedges are fine tbf. If you want remove rust spots on wedges, a little wd40 for a few mins should loosen it all and a firm brush will get rid of the rest (just make sure its not one for cutlery etc).

I do most of my cleaning on course and it saves 95% of the effort. I only clean with soap at home every 2 months and play every weekend. The brush I use comes with a little water reservoir. So it's a simple task of squirting the club face, brushing it and wiping clean. You'll have no build-up of sand or dirt which means less damage to balls and clubs over time also.

The brush I have is this one and well worth it. Although you can probably get a knock off version from the usual chinese websites.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Grooveit-Wet-Club-Scrub-Black/dp/B09W86KL4J