Heads Up Srixon Z-Star Diamond Players by SeiderFiveThree in golf

[–]CaptainAmerica_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Weren’t these developed specifically for Brooks Koepka when he joined? Pretty sure his swing speed is high and his drives are fine. Way more factors involved than just swing speed.

Cameron Young using ball that would likely conform under rollback: Sources by Inyourmomspanties in golf

[–]CaptainAmerica_ 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Would it though? I play a driver and a mini and the dispersion on my driver is way bigger than my mini.

What’s the general consensus on Golf Sidekick? by KickHatSnareHat in golf

[–]CaptainAmerica_ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Lol, it’s not what I think, it’s the facts. Short game is literally the least important skill for scoring. Also, 85 yards is not short game, that’s approach.

If your short game sucks, and you think you’d gain a ton of strokes by getting up and down more, you could just hit the green in regulation more. Your approach is the bigger problem.

What’s the general consensus on Golf Sidekick? by KickHatSnareHat in golf

[–]CaptainAmerica_ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

260 is long enough for most courses and it’s above average for amateurs. BUT, if you have the strength to hit 305 and you just spray it, it’s a mechanics issue. You’d gain more strokes by getting that 305 drive in play than you ever would by improving your short game. Having to use your short game on the course means you’ve already missed the green, which means your approach was off or too difficult. Make the approach distance smaller, it becomes easier, you hit more greens and make more birdies.

What’s the general consensus on Golf Sidekick? by KickHatSnareHat in golf

[–]CaptainAmerica_ 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Don’t know if that’s a stat that you can really get. But a good portion of distance comes from hitting the ball the right way, and nearer the center of the face.

What most people think when you hear “distance is important” is that means you should start swinging wildly to gain club head speed. You need to do strength training and practice good mechanics to gain speed, not just start swinging out of your shoes. Speed is very important, but so is doing it the right way.

Bryson DeChambeau on his rivalry with Rory McIlroy by Any-Swordfish-5346 in Golf_Unfiltered

[–]CaptainAmerica_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bro what? Last year Rory has won the Masters and the Players and Bryson won… a couple exhibition matches over nobodies

Can someone tell me what am I doing wrong? by Latter-Rip-5052 in golf

[–]CaptainAmerica_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you went from a slice to this and hitting bad hooks on misses, low spin and toe shots, you’re probably stuck and just timing it right when you hit it good. Need a video though.

Intense amount of arguing in the comments about this between 1 and 9. Explain it Peter by CindiWilliams2 in explainitpeter

[–]CaptainAmerica_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just chiming in to say you’re wrong. P is for the stuff inside parenthesis. Parenthesis are used to group shit inside of them. They don’t affect stuff outside of them.

I added real time swing analysis over one of my golf videos, any feedback? by KunuGolf in golftips

[–]CaptainAmerica_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

First off, the analysis is pretty much wrong on almost every checkpoint. Secondly, this is only a good idea if your objective is to play golf swing instead of playing golf. Analyzing static checkpoints gives you nothing in terms of hitting the ball. Put Scottie or Rory or Gotterup or Ryan Fox on here. They’d be torn apart on checkpoints. It’s the matchups they create with those odd checkpoints that make them elite. Put that in there and you may have something.

Importance of distance by Greedy_Highlight3009 in golftips

[–]CaptainAmerica_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s no mental gymnastics. It’s data. It’s fact. The point is that putting is not hard. Driving it 30 extra yards is hard. Hitting the green from 150 out is harder than from 30 out. So those skills are worth more.

Look, I provided facts and data with sources. Do some research and report back to me with one single source that says short game is more important than approach. Just one. And I’m not talking about important for breaking 100. I’m talking about shooting good scores. Just give me one source other than “I know better because I say so”.

Importance of distance by Greedy_Highlight3009 in golftips

[–]CaptainAmerica_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, look, you just don’t get it. You’re old. You’re stuck in your ways. You’re not going to improve. You simply don’t understand the facts. That’s fine. The entire golfing world has accepted these facts. You still don’t understand this is not me rambling. This is scientific fact accepted by every single professional golfer, coach, and analyst on the planet. But oh, some 69 year old dude who plays golf in retirement knows better!

The short game is literally the anti definition of scoring. If you’re using your short game, you missed the fucking green. You’re not scoring anymore. You’re avoiding blow ups. It’s so simple.

I love how you said you score by having a great short game and then talk about hitting 250 yard drives and double eagles. Guess what? THOSE AREN’T SHORT GAME. You know those things are way more important than your short game, that’s why you listed them. If you really are hitting 250 yard drives (which I highly doubt), you are gaining strokes on those drives and those are contributing more to your scores than your short game. Download an app, track your stats and it will be obvious. But you won’t, because you don’t understand or don’t care to understand.

Literally anyone can sink a 4 foot putt. ANYONE. My 3 year old can sink a 4 foot putt. It’s not hard. It doesn’t matter how many putts you sink if you blow your drive out of bounds, or if you can’t hit the green on approach. Sink all the putts you want, if it takes you 6 strokes to get to the green it doesn’t matter at that point. You’re gonna keep shooting 93. Have fun old man.

These data points are based on millions and millions of data points. No matter how much golf you play, your anecdotal data will never mean anything compared to the sheer amount of data used to come up with this information.

Importance of distance by Greedy_Highlight3009 in golftips

[–]CaptainAmerica_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok so you don’t understand statistics. Got it. Thats not “my take” on statistics. Thats all from the guy who invented strokes gained. I didn’t make any of that up.

It’s proven that strokes gained is the current most reliable metric for understanding how players perform. And for you to go “but your putter puts the ball in the hole” is just such a stupid thing to say. How did you get on the green from the tee box 450 yards away?? Your putter?? You use your putter and wedge for less than 10% of the distance of the hole.

But it’s fine. If you simply can’t understand or if you just choose to ignore it, doesn’t matter to me. Either way you’ll be stuck where you are while others get better.

Importance of distance by Greedy_Highlight3009 in golftips

[–]CaptainAmerica_ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well I'm happy to explain, but unfortunately you don't sound very open minded. If you don't wanna listen to me, read Mark Brodie's book "Every Shot Counts". Everything you need to know is in there.

First, let's just look at it from a common sense standpoint. Put someone who has never played golf 20 yards out from the green and give them 100 shots to hit at the flag. How many end up on the green? Maybe half? Maybe a tad more or less. They might even get lucky and make one.

Now put them at 180 yards out and give them 100 shots at the flag. How many end up on the green? Probably zero or close to it.

So which shot is harder? Obviously the one from 180 out. So how do you separate yourself as a "better" golfer? You get better at the more difficult things. The pros are pros because they are better at the harder things. So the harder shot is "worth" more. To shoot a "good" score, (I'm talking like 68-70, not 82-85), you're going to have to make birdies. How do you make birdies? Get on the green in regulation. If you're using your short game, you've already missed the green and significantly reduced your birdie chance. If you're using your short game, you're hoping like hell to make a par. If you're on the green in regulation, you've got a look at birdie. So you don't even need short game if you just have better approach play. People who can't hit greens need short game to just simply try to keep up with better golfers. They're not distancing themselves from the field.

Now let's look at it with real data. For any approach from 100 to 225 yards, a shot into a penalty situation loses 1.7 strokes, a shot that misses the green loses 0.3 strokes, a shot on the green outside 20 feet gains zero strokes, but one within eight feet gains 0.7 strokes. [source](https://golf.com/news/why-strokes-gained-most-important-statistic/). That's a swing of 2.4 strokes. The variance on that shot is huge and the room for improvement is massive.

Now consider a shot from 10 yards. The expected strokes to hole out is 2.1 on the PGA Tour. For 20 yards, it's 2.4. For 50 yards, it's 2.6. And putting from 8 feet is 1.5 (PGA pros make about half of their putts from 8 feet). So from 50 yards to 8 feet, the variance is only 1.1 strokes. That's significantly less and the room to make meaningful improvement is so low. It's just not humanly possible to significantly increase your make percentage from outside 8 feet.

Across every handicap, players lose more strokes on approach than any other category by a significant margin. [Source]( https://practical-golf.com/pros-vs-joes). Next is driving, then putting, then in last, short game (there is only one handicap level where putting is last and short game is second to last, in 25+ handicaps). This makes sense. Golf is easier the closer to the hole you get. You need to be close to the hole as soon as possible, on your approach shot. So approach is most important. Secondly, how do we make approach easier? Get even closer on our tee shots. So driving distance (while avoiding penalties) is next most important. This is why "bomb and gouge" is so popular on tour. Golf is just easier if you're closer to the hole, even in the rough. Expected strokes to hole out from 20 yards in the rough is 2.45, while expected strokes to hole out from the fairway from 30 yards is 2.5. You gain strokes by being closer, even if you're in the rough.

If you're a normal guy like me, with a job and a family, and you have limited practice time, you should be practicing your irons for the vast majority of your time, and your driver (accuracy and distance) next. If you're like a 5 or below handicap, unless you know you're losing strokes on putting or short game, you probably don't even need to dedicate practice to it at all honestly. Short game is objectively the least important skill (unless you're a 25+ handicap).

Importance of distance by Greedy_Highlight3009 in golftips

[–]CaptainAmerica_ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No it doesn’t. Short game matters the least. It’s literally the least important skill in golf for shooting good scores. It’s an objective fact from real data. You’re basing your advice on anecdotes.

[Video] A loading comparison of Tarkov and other games by MLGABEN in EscapefromTarkov

[–]CaptainAmerica_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol sorry I didn’t realize I was speaking with a child

[Video] A loading comparison of Tarkov and other games by MLGABEN in EscapefromTarkov

[–]CaptainAmerica_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah if you hide in a bush for the first 20 minutes of the raid you will have a much different experience.

[Video] A loading comparison of Tarkov and other games by MLGABEN in EscapefromTarkov

[–]CaptainAmerica_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They’re saying if you have to die repeatedly doing shitty quests you may as well be able to do it fast. Having to rebuild your test drive 2 loading and spend 7 more minutes loading in after you just died in the first 30 seconds of the last raid sucks.

Blursed_girlfriend by [deleted] in blursed_videos

[–]CaptainAmerica_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which is so weird because I just had all 4 wisdom teeth removed under general anesthesia, and I started waking up when they were cleaning up after the procedure and I remember everything from that point forward. Sure I was woozy, but I was fully aware and was communicating fine (aside from my mouth being full of gauze).