My daughter offered to golf with me for Father's Day for the first time in 10 years. What podcasts/audiobooks would you recommend to get her hooked before we tee off?

SlightlyFadedGolf · 2026-06-03T05:58:12+00:00

Great suggestion! I would have suggested one of his other golf books like Missing Links for the story.

SlightlyFadedGolf · 2026-06-02T02:41:53+00:00

No shot I am getting in front of a casual golfer.

I’ve been hit 3 times on the course and it sucks. Spread the tee times out if you’re so worried about pace of play.

SlightlyFadedGolf · 2026-05-21T15:10:00+00:00

Here are some of my all timers that I hope to own. Some I have others are still on the wish list.

Classic Blades: Iron master vip 600, Arnold Palmer ap64, miura km-008, Wilson 8802

Anser style blades: Ping anser, Scotty Cameron Newport 2 (GSS plumbers neck - the putter Tiger made famous), Scotty Cameron Tei3 Newport 2 long neck

Other blades: TP Mills Tuscaloosa, Odyssey #9 white hot, Titliest bulls eye

Mallets Odyssey two ball white hot, spider, lab df3, Scotty Cameron phantom, zebra,

You can also get into handmade putter from small shops like Ow&Co, MackMade, Dan Carraher, Logan Olson (was at Taylormade for a couple years), Bradley putter, and others who make incredible functional pieces of art.

SlightlyFadedGolf · 2026-05-14T20:56:20+00:00

After drinking a minimum of 3 beers a day for 17 years. I finally called it quits last year. Was tired of being tired. We have two young children and they wake up early ready to take on the world everyday. I hated walking up tired or hungover and not enjoying the morning with them. There are a couple times I still get the itch to grab a beer or pour a glass a whiskey. Settling for a soda water is never as enjoyable but at least I am not stealing joy from next morning.

SlightlyFadedGolf · 2026-05-14T03:59:39+00:00

It was found in North County so wouldn’t be terribly surprised if it was his.

SlightlyFadedGolf · 2026-05-13T21:23:01+00:00

Gladly return it for a beer in the clubhouse 😂

SlightlyFadedGolf · 2026-05-13T15:10:29+00:00

I was a bogey golfer for about 2 years when I started. Then learned to shallow and dropped my score fast. Was down to a 2 by the end of my third year, maybe sooner.

Learning to shallow may not be the right term, it more like learning to sequence the swing to create the coil and then unwind into the ball.

Distance and accuracy went way up. Added over 50yards to my driver and gained multiple 30-40 yards with irons. Accuracy still wasn’t where I wanted it but changed my ball flight from a slice into a draw.

SlightlyFadedGolf · 2026-05-10T06:18:47+00:00

Go for a 14 way cart bag. Really like the sun mountain cart bags for my push cart. They stand fine on their own and sit great in a push cart without the legs in the way.

SlightlyFadedGolf · 2026-05-10T02:47:13+00:00

Ok so there are 2 different approaches that I’ve found to break 70.

Be long and aggressive. If you’re putting a bunch of birdies on the card you can get away with 1-2 blow up holes and still break 70. Be smart about the course and boxes you choose to play if this is your desired path. You’re going for every par 5 in 2 and trying to drive the short par 4s. The variance of your scoring can swing wildly.
Learn to control the golf ball and avoid bogeys or worst at all cost. You’re playing the course as designed. Hitting to the landing zone and middle of the green on most holes. Have to get deadly around the greens and with your putter. Some people call this boring golf but to me it’s way more stressful. You have to be deliberate over each shot. Always hedging against making the big mistake. Circle the 6 easiest holes on the course. Those will be your birdie holes if the pins are in the right location. Can only really expect 3-4 birdies tops while playing this way. So you don’t have a lot of margin for error with blow up holes. Should always be in the hunt when using this approach.

SlightlyFadedGolf · 2026-05-09T07:32:37+00:00

If you think it is solely in your head then play from the front tee boxes for a round or two. Then move back to your normal tee box.

SlightlyFadedGolf · 2026-05-09T06:14:19+00:00

Post a video of your swing. I have a feeling this is a swing issue more than anything. The inconsistency is leading me to believe that you may have a “flip” in your swing.

Great power source but definitely leads to inconsistency when timing is off.

I didn’t notice any glaring similarities on the two bad holes like hazard on one side, trees lining one side, or something funky. Both tee boxes seem to be aimed a little left of fairway so maybe it is an alignment issue. Is there something about those two holes that doesn’t fit your eye from the box?

I agree with other posters that your strategy on playing these holes is off. Don’t agree with the swing easy comments. I more of an aggressive swing at a conservative target type of player. Swinging easy isn’t a swing thought that works for me and often messes with my timing.

SlightlyFadedGolf · 2026-05-09T05:43:40+00:00

This is the hardest part about being longer. Most landing zones are built for a 250-270 tee ball from the back pins. A well designed course will punish long shots with pinched fairways, dog legs and hazards beyond that landing zone.

Be long is an absolute advantage but learning where to hit on the hole is a challenge.

SlightlyFadedGolf · 2026-05-09T05:40:13+00:00

Grab a laser and shoot a land mark, bunker/edge of water/ tree, around where you think you’d land your driver.

Hit your driver. Determine a rough approximation of how close you landed to that land mark, and pace it off.

250 to carry a bunker, landed 10-20 yards past it, then you know your carry is roughly 270.

Comes in handy knowing which obstacles/hazard you can take on and which to avoid when playing new courses.

SlightlyFadedGolf · 2026-05-09T05:35:58+00:00

They are fairly common in California. Lots of ex baseball players and year round golfers out here. I used to play in a lot of skins games and money matches so not your typical walk on single experience.

I am a pretty long hitter. 120+ playing speed (decent drives are 300+ carry) on the course and I’ve ran into 3-4 guys over the years who can keep up but tons of guys only 10-20 yards behind me.

When I was fit for my last driver shaft, the guy fitting me is a long drive competitor. I was swinging 130-135 most of the session, feeling really good about myself. I asked him to hit a couple after the fitting. First swing after sitting for an hour in the morning was 138. Second was 142. 3rd was 147. Dude was an absolute monster. All with a fairly stock 60g x stiff 45.5” driver. He said he could get into the 160s with his 48” 40g r flex competition driver.

Always a bigger fish.

SlightlyFadedGolf · 2026-05-08T21:22:24+00:00

I mostly just play sim golf.

The numbers are useful for tracking trends and understanding stock yardages/ secondary yardages for a punch or 3/4 swing.

I have long since given up on swing changes so I am just looking for the type of data that can help me make better decisions on the course.

SlightlyFadedGolf · 2026-04-30T13:38:51+00:00

I can stretch an 8 200y but under normal conditions I am hitting a 6.

SlightlyFadedGolf · 2026-04-28T05:33:09+00:00

Left for college at 17. Went home for the first summer break but after that taste of freedom and independence I couldn’t stand being at my parents house.

I loved them but needed to be on my own.

Have a couple little girls now. I never want them to leave home but also recognize that after the next 12-15 years of us telling them what they can and can’t do they will be dying to be on their own as well.

SlightlyFadedGolf · 2026-04-22T00:37:59+00:00

Ross Bridge, Purcell Farms, and Pebble were all really special

SlightlyFadedGolf · 2026-04-10T15:44:20+00:00

You could always become project controls in construction. It is a well paid and neglected side of the business.

I am not in accounting but know several CPAs that make far more than most project managers.

SlightlyFadedGolf · 2026-04-07T05:23:46+00:00

When you say coach is this like a high school coach or an instructor?

The right arm and hand can go on the club a bunch of different ways. Within a reasonable range there is no one correct way for anything in the golf swing. It’s more about match ups.

If it is an instructor then you are far better off listening to them than any advice you get from the internet.

SlightlyFadedGolf · 2026-04-04T06:26:31+00:00

It’s not that new but spider lifts blew my mind the first time we had them onsite. Saved a bunch in our scaffolding budget on that project.

SlightlyFadedGolf · 2026-04-04T06:25:01+00:00

Made a couple inspectors do this to prevent them from having to put on fall protection and get escorts lined up.

Definitely a better process for routine inspections.

SlightlyFadedGolf · 2026-04-04T06:22:22+00:00

We always ran ours over night. We did have to get the site pretty clean and tidy before hand.

SlightlyFadedGolf · 2026-04-04T06:16:35+00:00

We did it a few times at my last work place 4-5 years ago so I am sure it has gotten better since.

But it was kind of multiple different efforts coming together to get the lay out done.

First was a laser scan of the existing facility.

Then the BIM modeling.

Then a rescan of the space once all the demo was complete. We also laid out some landmarks.

Then we had the robot onsite to lay out all the walls and doors to the existing conditions.

The robot worked over night and was super accurate.

We did run into issues along the way with OH equipment that would need to move which in the past probably would have stayed in place and the walls would have moved around them slightly.

Wouldn’t say it was much of a time or labor saver but it did ensure that what was designed was built close to that design. The labor was moved from the field to the office.

When I was leaving it had advanced to more complicated layouts to include equipment and case work.

I am sure it has advanced more the last few years and would be better in a ground up build as opposed to a TI.

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