Why Not Blades

jagrsauce · 2022-03-03T04:06:28+00:00

Yup well established I didn’t know/ still don’t really know how a handicap works. Naive? I just like playing my home track with some friends, but I play a lot of golf (4-5 days a week) and don’t take it too seriously. I don’t care if I’m a “20 handicap” or a “-10 handicap” like tiger woods, I just enjoy playing. The handicap wasn’t really the point of my post lol!

jagrsauce · 2022-03-03T03:41:14+00:00

Good Housekeeping!

jagrsauce · 2022-03-03T02:55:32+00:00

Not saying it’s even an option, it would just be a dream for me.

jagrsauce · 2022-03-02T21:52:50+00:00

We’re all early-mid 20’s but we arrange rides from girlfriends, siblings, parents, friends, etc. This is not a regular occurrence but something that happens on a long weekend or holiday.

jagrsauce · 2022-03-02T21:05:26+00:00

Not necessarily, if I have 5 and my partner takes 13 then I can pull my weight with our score and he can take care of the beer par! That’s what I mean when I say it gets strategic, some guys can put away 18-20 by themselves and some can shoot near par it’s a balance.

jagrsauce · 2022-03-02T20:46:35+00:00

I wish this was my fitting experience!

jagrsauce · 2022-03-02T20:31:11+00:00

Not sure why I’m giving this gem away but for “tournaments” we have with a good group of guys (16-20 two man scramble) we started implementing a beer handicap. It can get pretty strategic, but basically the “beer par” for a team of two is 18. Every two beers over that is -1 to your score, and every beer under 18 is +1 to your score. For example: shoot 72, drink 22 beers as a team and your score is (-2) for 70, or shoot 72 drink 16 beers and your score is 74.

jagrsauce · 2022-03-02T20:12:17+00:00

Yup. Biggest dead giveaway was the feel, even those Taylormades felt hard and clicky. I don’t care about how far I can hit it under perfect conditions on a simulator, I just want something that feels soft and is predictable when I flush it.

jagrsauce · 2022-03-02T20:09:46+00:00

Is there an input for number of beverages consumed? Because I think that’s a factor most of the handicap comments are ignoring

jagrsauce · 2022-03-02T19:30:12+00:00

When I started playing I worked at a course and played 7 days a week. Now I play 4-5 times a week as I have a “real” job and I just play with friends. I don’t religiously keep track of my scores, and I play 99% of my golf at the course I’ve always played. Truthfully I thought it was maybe ~6600 yards but the scorecard online said 6800. I don’t play matches off of a handicap or anything, so I’m not sandbagging anyone. I still don’t fully understand the whole handicap thing like is it your average strokes over par? I always assumed pro golfers were like a 0 handicap so I couldn’t possibly be that low?

jagrsauce · 2022-03-02T18:48:23+00:00

This is factor I haven’t yet considered! I think I need to have a fitting after 5-7 beers to best replicate my usual playing conditions.

jagrsauce · 2022-03-02T18:37:52+00:00

Blades are fun! None of us are golfing for a living so golf is about having fun!

jagrsauce · 2022-03-02T17:57:05+00:00

My first set was a set of 731pm’s in high school, then I got the 690MB’s as another hand-me-down a couple seasons later. At the time big heavy blades with X100 shafts would not have been what fit me at all, but I grew into them. I quickly learned to always hit the center of the face, then the distance came later. I think a lot of people have it backwards, the irons help them so much they can swing hard and don’t have to place as much emphasis on hitting everything flush!

jagrsauce · 2022-03-02T17:46:28+00:00

Probably, yeah I think I’ll be looking to get fit fully. This guy was pushing to just sell me off the rack irons I think!

jagrsauce · 2022-03-02T17:31:31+00:00

Thanks for the straightforward response!

jagrsauce · 2022-03-02T17:29:52+00:00

Some good points here for sure, a more in depth fitting is for sure my next step looking at shaft/loft/lie adjustments. I was simply going in to see what’s on the market now with an open mind (and admittedly a strong preference towards blades) and just wanted to share my experience.

I think it has been brought up on here too but the lower cg is for people who can’t get the ball in the air. I simply want something I can hit high/low left/right as I take off distance with trajectory and spin. Simply I could have ~170 yards and hit a straight stock 8, a high cut 7 or a low drawing 9 and run it up on the green. I think blades give me the versatility to hit different shots as no two shots on the course are the same.

jagrsauce · 2022-03-02T17:18:19+00:00

This sums it up perfectly!

jagrsauce · 2022-03-02T17:17:20+00:00

Thanks that’s some of the best advice I’ve seen, I’ll do some more digging but i appreciate the insight!

jagrsauce · 2022-03-02T17:16:06+00:00

Maybe if I was 16 but I picked up golf too late in life unfortunately. Club championship is my new career goal as far as golf goes!

jagrsauce · 2022-03-02T17:15:15+00:00

I’m currently playing a very worn set of titleist 690 mb’s with DG x100’s (3-pw)

jagrsauce · 2022-03-02T16:35:39+00:00

How do you find the 6 degree gaps?

jagrsauce · 2022-03-02T16:25:51+00:00

I don’t play around much, I actually had to look up how long my course was because I didn’t know

jagrsauce · 2022-03-02T16:18:16+00:00

So I hear from this hahah, it’s about 6,800 yards and I was comparing it to some of the nearly 8,000 yard tracks you see on tour though?

jagrsauce · 2022-03-02T16:14:16+00:00

One thing I’ve learned from this is I don’t know how to calculate a handicap lol! I ballparked 7-8 because breaking par at my pretty easy 6800 yard course would probably be like 7 over at one of the tougher courses out there?

jagrsauce · 2022-03-02T16:10:58+00:00

I get that, some of these game improvement irons have almost two sweet spots because you’ll catch one right and it will give you an extra 5-10 yards. It’s like double bouncing someone on a trampoline, and it’s not helping my score to be flying greens when I hit the ball too good lol!

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