lol Patrick Reed

http://www.golfchannel.com/news/golf...dayNL_20170421

Logic would make me think that you would wait until just after the gust starts to hit because your ball will be traveling so fast that it will catch up to the wind rather than out racing the wind. IDK, just my thoughts.

That's insane. I assume there is a job opening in the Callaway tour van?

Did they just build him a set without double checking the loft and lie before starting or did they get out of whack from play?

I'm not sure what irons he plays but my guess is they are soft and moved around on him.

That's a lot of movement. Seems highly unlikely that it happened from play.

If a 9-iron for example is manufactured at 42 degrees, then bent to 40 degrees, over time the loft will revert back towards 42 degrees. Any sort of bend will tend to revert back to the original. That fact is probably just a part of what could have happened with Reed.

Even if not bent they can move. I have my lofts and lies checked every six months or so. Wedges can move the most.

and taking it to the opposite extreme, I'm in year 26 of never having my lofts or lies checked with this set of irons...

Forged also bend way easier than cast in general.

No need to get them checked, just buy a new set

maybe simple rules question,

if you ask a rules official a question and he gives you bad info.... "hey am i in a hazard?".. he tells you no but the true answer was yes and you ground your club before hitting .........are you absolved from penalty there? or is it such that you grounded your club in hazard so it's penalty?........

i know there are different situations....... the hazard question can be quite factual whereas something like casual water is often a complete judgement call so it's hard for the rules official to be deemed wrong after the fact.

note that i don't think any official told DJ that it was not a hazard at WS. first he should have known from tourney info it was a hazard. but the course marshalls hadn't treated it necessarily like a hazard so it was mixed signals... ultimately i think he got screwed but not sure he took advantage of all the info he could have.

No penalty, the official's word is law. Case in point, the 1994 U.S. Open. On the 1st hole in the final round Ernie Els drives his ball left and is blocked by a crane. He asks for and is granted relief from a temporary immovable object by USGA official Trey Holland and drops his ball towards the fairway giving him a better angle to the green and I believe made par. But the crane was in fact a moveable obstruction meaning that he should have been forced to play the ball where it was and the crane would be moved. Where his ball was did not give him a realistic shot at the green. No penalty was assessed.

DJ did not get screwed, his readily admitted he did not read the local rules sheet which was posted all over the place in the locker room and other places because of the sheer number of bunkers and oddity of the situation. Back in those days taking the time to read the rules sheet would have resulted in lost party time which was wholly unacceptable.

We do have a good rules thread here, probably fallen off the first page though.
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/93...thread-806241/

I came across this little gem on Twitter today. I vaguely remember seeing this years ago.

if you guys had to set a line, what do you think are the odds that trump becomes a member of augusta national after his presidency? he wasn't baller enough before, of course, but former president might be enough of a resume to get anyone in.

I watched the highlight reel last night of the 2016 open battle between Phil and Henrik.. I forgot what a ****ing clinic stenson put on for two days.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSprqEq6JNI

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trump being a member at augusta = zero......... even if they had no problem with him, most of the rest of the world does. so do you want to volunteer for crazed protesters often at your gates for the rest of time.

i don't understand....... i saw the augusta members list recently and i didn't think it was baller in a business/wealth sense. obviously prominent in business is the common thread but trump is richer, more successful and more famous than almost all members. i understand trump's dad was rich and i will note that i basically despise trump. but just calling it as it is.

what are people's go-to club for very low hard shots? like hitting it under tree limbs and wanting it to roll 100+ yards or maybe much further - assuming nice dry conditions.

i would assume the lower the loft the better. and the leading edge on irons seems to cause some problems....... i think hybrid leading edges are alot less diggy.

it's somewhat course dependent but on tight, treed courses - lots of those in bc, canada - that i might carry club just for this shot........

what are people's experience using a driver for this shot? is that crazy?

i find the easier this shot is to hit the more the ball rises..... i.e. nice hard contact and keeping the ball low are negatively correlated.

thx in advance

I usually use a 5 iron, choke down a bit, stand on top of it, make sure my hands are in front of the ball and use more of a sweeping driver swing.

Never tried a driver, but I can't imagine it's a good idea given the lies we're likely to have in the woods.

I agree there is zero chance of Trump becoming a member. How many of those guys would want that pompous ass running his mouth in the clubhouse all the time?

But I would enjoy it so much if he publicly announced that he would like to become a member!

5-ish iron, forward press with the hands, ball way back in the stance, steep swing plane is my preferred method

Pretty sure Trump would announce he's planning to buy Augusta before he'd announce he wants to become a member.

And he would buy it better than anyone else!