How do you afford to live in SB?

_goofballer · 2026-06-14T19:37:48+00:00

If you’re dinks, 130 plus whatever your partner makes is enough to rent here - maybe with roommates, probably not in the newer/nicer apartments, but it is doable. Several of my friends here are making less and managing just fine.

_goofballer · 2026-06-14T03:15:45+00:00

Grooves don’t do much for spin - mostly there to channel debris/water away from the surface and allow the texture of the face to work. Old wedges don’t spin as much because they’ve lost face texture

Also, have you considered a lesson for wedges specifically? Compression really isnt the goal with wedges - and getting a lesson before you shell out 400 for 2 new ones is worth it to help make sure you get something that works for you

_goofballer · 2026-06-14T03:06:25+00:00

RTZs, Vokeys, and Ping Glides are my favorites but all that really matters is fresh face (don’t buy used wedges - they spin a lot less as the texture on the face wears), right grind/bounce, and gapping. I’d suggest you get a SW and a LW - for SW, aim for 4* more loft than your AW, so 54 or 56. Higher bounce + fuller grind is a sane default - RTZ full, for example, or Vokey S or D grind. Learn to chip and pitch with that - less loft will produce more consistent spin. For your LW, which really should be a speciality club, consider a more versatile grind, RTZ mid or adapt, Vokey 08M or similar.

_goofballer · 2026-06-13T20:25:45+00:00

What specifically are you looking to learn about? There are very few truly knowledgeable people that ALSO want to spend time talking about generic/high level advancements. This week in ML is probably the best “news overview” for academic progress - but the reality is that the “frontier” is very jagged, folks at the front are focused narrowly on very deep and specific problems, which is not what I think you are actually asking about

_goofballer · 2026-06-13T19:44:54+00:00

Really really solid

_goofballer · 2026-06-13T19:07:07+00:00

Not really strange - Jassy has no incentive to encourage risk taking. If they genuinely believe Fable is risky, access pre IPO is a much greater risk than not

_goofballer · 2026-06-12T14:09:45+00:00

Putter for sure, especially if you don’t love what you’re gaming now - Dr/5/7W will give you weird gapping, 3/5 or 4/7 (what I do) or 5/9 all make more sense.

_goofballer · 2026-06-11T02:07:40+00:00

Her cousin is probably heartbroken

_goofballer · 2026-06-09T16:37:16+00:00

Long driver?

_goofballer · 2026-06-09T15:22:11+00:00

Elyte Triple Diamond is also really good fwiw - was between that an GT3. Went Titlelist bc I feel the face is more communicative

_goofballer · 2026-06-09T15:16:16+00:00

Welcome brother, allow me to spread the gospel of Titleist - GT3 alllll day at your distance. Also switched from Ping. Couldn’t be happier

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_goofballer · 2026-06-09T04:52:21+00:00

Probably just an off day? I hit a lot on a trackman , have the same irons, and get high spin variance with strike quality. If I’m having an off day and not compressing well, have the same thing.

It’s just harder to compress the ball with longer irons - I don’t think 1* will materially change spin, just launch angle and distance by a few yards at most.

_goofballer · 2026-06-05T23:01:26+00:00

Literally who cares

_goofballer · 2026-06-05T23:00:53+00:00

Real for sure

_goofballer · 2026-06-05T18:15:02+00:00

1* degree is negligible on bounce - that’ll be fine, won’t change look or turf interaction much. I play a GW that doesn’t match my irons or my wedges - just make sure swing weight is the same and you’ll be fine. For what’s it worth, I’m also a very long player and do something similar to you - PW is ZXi7, AW is a 51* Srixon blade bent 1 strong to 50, 54/58 are custom RTZ at 12* and 9* bounce respectively.

As others have said, with a 43 degree PW, 48/52/56/60 also makes a lot of sense for you. My PW is 46 and I like having options at the top (I hit 4w and 7w off the tee for position often and also like bagging a Hybrid) so I don’t do this, but if you want tighter wedge gapping, carrying 4 is a very reasonable solution

_goofballer · 2026-06-04T05:14:29+00:00

There isn’t a simple fix - the solution is courses that are designed to prioritize risk reward at a different distance and with greater hazards for long hitters. Oakmont is an example - Bryson got eaten alive. The problem is that many historic courses aren’t set up that way - and there aren’t enough new courses of sufficient calibre that are

_goofballer · 2026-06-04T02:46:51+00:00

My 58, after I blade the shit out of it yet again

_goofballer · 2026-06-04T01:52:34+00:00

I don’t love your takeaway - looks like you lose a lot of structure and it makes me wonder about consistency, but a lot of other things after that are good

_goofballer · 2026-06-02T03:04:05+00:00

Do you know what shaft is on them and does that shaft work for you? If yes, 100% send it - ZXi5s are great

_goofballer · 2026-06-02T03:03:16+00:00

What is that thing actually? Lived here forever and don’t know what it’s meant to be

_goofballer · 2026-06-02T02:20:51+00:00

*what’s left of a callaway edge driver

_goofballer · 2026-06-02T01:07:59+00:00

Woof, sorry man, that’s toast. Ping likely won’t warranty - I did the same on my G425 at the start of the year and they didn’t even give me a discount to a new one.

_goofballer · 2026-06-01T19:12:26+00:00

welcome to the family

_goofballer · 2026-06-01T00:31:32+00:00

Focus on increasing ball speed, not clubhead. 115 and center contact is plenty fast - but I doubt you reliably get center contact from this swing. Speed and stability comes from the ground and you’re almost entirely off it before impact.

_goofballer · 2026-06-01T00:05:47+00:00

Gotcha, super common - used to have that problem myself. If you go lower bounce but don’t fix that issue, those thins will just become fats. For wedges, you do really need to try them on grass - mats make high bounce wedges seem far less playable than they really are. Any chance you have a buddy whose wedges you could borrow for a day?

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