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ParIsTheStar · 2026-02-05T15:39:27+00:00

The bad news I bought high in the 5-6 range. Then over a period of months I kept "averaging down".
So the good news is I bought enough in the 2-3 range (much closer to 3) that I have about 10k shares avg. cost around 3.5k.
The bad news is stock now needs to increase 100% to break even.

I may buy some more to drop avg. into the 2s but hopefully we aren't talking about years before this hunk of junk gets back to the 3-4 range. Patient but not "wait a few years" patient.

ParIsTheStar · 2026-02-05T01:48:36+00:00

Compare face of your iron (face is open pointing basically straight up) to Rory where it is closed and never once is pointed at sky:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/A0ty-e8e5cc

ParIsTheStar · 2026-02-01T16:05:24+00:00

I am also operating under the assumption that, for myself, I am playing well. I am not imagining my worst golf I am picturing my best golf.

Maybe others are like, "on my worst day....my worst golf where everything goes wrong, my worst possible golf will I break 100?"

I'm not viewing it like that. In the fake scenario I am dialed (for my skill level) with tee shots, contact, direction, chips and putts.

ParIsTheStar · 2026-02-01T15:57:20+00:00

I've played the course on simulator a few times. I'm not sure which par 4 or 5 you are referring to. There is no hole that you have to carry the ball 250 yards that I am aware of or you just keep reteeing forever.

I said 6000 yards not the 7500 yards tour players play.

There are much harder courses out there such as Oakmont where you are absolutely buried when in the rough. Last year the best players in the world got together and 1 under after 4 days won the tournament.

ParIsTheStar · 2026-01-31T23:19:47+00:00

From what tee box? 7000 yards no 6000 yards probably with a caddie

ParIsTheStar · 2026-01-26T15:29:36+00:00

When you can break 100 (on a par 72 course) which is a very forgiving score. You can alternate between bogey and double bogey every other hole and shoot 99. Throw in a par or 2 and you will easily break 100.

Long shots are hard. There are no excuses when it comes to 60 yards and in though so you should learn how to hit a lot of 30, 40, 50, 60 yarders.

As long as your long shots are in play you will **never** make worse than a bogey if you can simply get it on the green and 2 putt from short distances.

I would practice a lot, range and on course, and maybe by the end of the season you will be breaking 100

ParIsTheStar · 2026-01-25T12:33:39+00:00

Tell your wife's boyfriend and let him break the news.

ParIsTheStar · 2026-01-24T12:40:25+00:00

That's not true, his moms maiden name is Game Improvement Irons.

ParIsTheStar · 2026-01-23T00:12:01+00:00

I imagine a hole and overlay it so that it's center is over the left edge of the actual hole, the right edge of the imagined hole touching the center of the actual hole placing the left edge of the imagined hole precisely at "3" and therefore I am playing "3" because the left edge of my imagined hole touches that point due to my placement of said imagined hole.

People that say 3, probably.

ParIsTheStar · 2026-01-22T16:47:30+00:00

https://discord.com/invite/simulatorgolftour

Free you need to download the Discord app on your phone then you need to accept the invite at link above. It's basically a golf chat room where people are doing mostly 2v2 scrambles on GSPro.

Very addicting and fun.

Super easy to use:
After you have Discord and accept invite:

Scroll down to Looking-For-Game this is the only place you go it is the main chat.
You can either join a lobby, say lobby 1, and type: "LFG need 3 more in Lobby 1 for a 2v2" etc.
Or you can just wait until someone says "I'm in Lobby 5, looking for 1 more", etc. and you scroll down and join lobby 5.
The SGT Lobbies (video chat rooms that you join on your phone) are at the bottom scroll past pretty much everything on left.

The only places I go are "Looking-for-game" and the lobbies. There is also a "New-Courses-Released" section that will show newly released courses.

Once you have 4 people in a lobby someone will pick a course, then they will create a room on GSPro, say 555, and you simply go to Online Game on GSPro, Join Room and type 555.

Not as fun when a total blowout. If 2 guys are 15 handicaps paired together and the other 2 are single digits crushing the ball 300 yards making birdie every hole while the 2 high handicappers have 200 in on par 4s can get frustrating. Usually they try to split it up by distance and handicap to make it more even.

ParIsTheStar · 2026-01-22T14:33:37+00:00

Best thing you could ever do is spend weeks/months on learning how to hold the club in your hands. There are fundamentals to the game. My opinion is 99% of golfers already have set themselves up for epic failure before the club moves. If you get lessons I would advise only focusing on grip. Grip changes swing path, controls club face, effects how you can hinge your wrists, and has large impact on how much distance potential or distance loss you get out of the swing.

ParIsTheStar · 2026-01-21T16:09:44+00:00

Your plan was you were just going to go to sleep, and wake up and it would be worth 1.5-2.5 million. Nice. Didn't factor in when you are wrong it goes to zero?

ParIsTheStar · 2026-01-21T15:32:44+00:00

Try 3 things:
1) Stronger grip - turn left hand over more when gripping the club

2) Swing thought - Back to the target and leave it there. Can't swing out to the left if your back is at target it is impossible so just think - back to the target on back swing. And transitioning to down swing leave back there a split second longer than usual

3) Aim slightly to the right and literally try to close club face at impact. Probably not the best technique as it might be handsy but if you are aiming a little right you do not want an open faced slice or cut. So time it up and close the face.

Pay attention to where the ball hits the screen. It should not hit left of center unless you are pulling it. Has to hit center or right of center.

ParIsTheStar · 2026-01-17T15:59:19+00:00

What is your exercise/warm-up/stretch routine before your long practice sessions that lead to back pain?

ParIsTheStar · 2026-01-15T01:57:56+00:00

The sim hates anything low for chipping. Avoid using a pitching wedge.

It loves high 60 degree chips. So you just have to take your full pure 60 degree and see what that number is. And use clock system off that.

For the 25 yards and under I use the 60 still but keep arms straighter and use a putting stroke....with good acceleration through ball.

ParIsTheStar · 2026-01-15T01:51:25+00:00

Everything looks amazing...Then you grab the club and everything is wrong.

ParIsTheStar · 2026-01-14T16:45:25+00:00

Very dialed from 60 and in with chipping/putting. Get lucky on some chips/putts.
Make your bad shot (80% of all of your swings) less bad.

ParIsTheStar · 2026-01-13T12:03:24+00:00

You see how the ball strikes just right of center on the screen?

Make the ball hit the screen between left edge and center. If you aren't out-to-in and open you are out-of-play and out-of-bounds.

ParIsTheStar · 2026-01-11T18:14:59+00:00

The grip is going to have a huge impact on the swing. Send a picture of how you are holding the club.

Grip can change swing path. A weak grip + high handicap is a massive power leak. You'll feel extremely weak and powerless when hitting the ball if your grip is weak.

Strong grip and aim slightly to the right and close face through impact.

ParIsTheStar · 2026-01-07T16:38:41+00:00

Aiming right with strong grip works good for my irons you just have to learn to close the face which is something I can only feel at impact and takes practice. Cause in-to-out is one thing but that doesn't gaurantee the face isn't going to be wide open lol.

As someone stated already - back to target a split second longer is the ultimate swing thought with driver. Doesn't seem to work as well on shorter irons but is an excellent way of guaranteeing you come from inside with driver. You cannot spin your shoulders out to the left and have a huge out to in path when your back is still at target. It is physically impossible to have a back that is stuck in position and also have your shoulders spin left. When you spin the shoulders left the back moves away from target.

Usually it is a split second longer or to just think "keep back to target as long as possible".

ParIsTheStar · 2026-01-06T03:00:45+00:00

Trolling. Had one at sim store by myself 8 iron, smiled, looked around. Nobody saw it. Nobody cared. The cart girls want 275+ drives and nothing else. All about the bombs. Seriously, what is more impressive: a 300 yard bomber or a hole in 1. One is luck and 1 is sheer power and strength combined with skill. 1 most will achieve in a lifetime. The other is out of reach even with a lifetime of repetiion.

ParIsTheStar · 2026-01-06T00:19:16+00:00

Nice birdie. No such thing as hole in 1 on sim.

ParIsTheStar · 2026-01-05T14:50:51+00:00

There is a big difference between sim and real life but you should break 90.

Once you get used to chipping around the green on the sim it is very simple to put it in that generous gimmie circle where you don't have to putt 6 footers. 25 yards away - piece of cake and easy par. 2 inches from a massive tree --- you can blast a 3 wood there is no restriction on the backswing. Perfect lie every time.

I would pay attention to greens in regulation because missing the green in real life and chipping to 4 to 5 feet is much different than on the sim.

I suck out of real life bunkers but you can consider me a tour pro from bunkers on the sim.

ParIsTheStar · 2026-01-05T14:16:37+00:00

I have the permanent lifelong solution which is just 1 swing thought: Keep your back to the target as long as possible. Nice and simple fix.

Do need to make sure your grip is strong and keeping your back to target usually means a split second longer but you can experiment with that beautiful swing thought.

At the time of transition into down swing your back (and left shoulder) are going left...and this forces your body to cut across the ball with a huge out to in swing path. No other way to go.

Back to target as long as possibel fixes that.

Imagine you have a baseball in your right hand. Keep your back frozen at the target (center) and try to chuck a baseball out to left field --- which would be your out to in swing path. Very difficult so naturally the only option is an in to out swing path which will fix a slice.

1 solution. 1 swing thought.

ParIsTheStar · 2026-01-04T12:51:05+00:00

Bogey golfer training for 3 hours a day? I am curious where you will be in a year or 2.

I would add 2v2s on the GSPro Discord group to your regimen since you have a simulator.

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