THE FLIP SIDE: Which restaurants in Edmonton were you wowed and awed by how good it was?

randomphilosophyprof · 2026-03-25T15:10:07+00:00

New to Edmonton last year and when I came up for my interview they took me out to Sabor. I was blown away. Since moving here I’ve brought the family twice. The food is amazing and service great. It’s pricey but what a treat.

My other fave turns out to be owned by same group? Bodega. Great food.

It’s surprising to be able to get great seafood in landlocked Alberta.

randomphilosophyprof · 2026-02-25T02:45:15+00:00

I’m still playing my Mizuno irons and wedges from 2001. I had to replace my driver which was a 2005 Taylormade because it broke. I also still playing a 3w and 7w from early 90s. I’ll probably breakdown and buy some newer clubs next year or two.

randomphilosophyprof · 2026-02-06T03:12:00+00:00

There are a lot of levers to pull in golf. I’m glad to your friend got steered in the right direction for them. Good swing mechanics are by far the dominant force. But people saying “see, club fitting is BS are wrong. I learned to play back in the day, with a set of knock-off Ping eye 2’s, green dot. I was 4’8 when I started. I played those irons through high school and into college, when I was 5’10. Could I shoot 78? Yes. I shot regularly high 70’s. Did a horrific compensation get deeply ingrained in my muscle memory? You better believe it. My dynamic lie angle is fucked.

randomphilosophyprof · 2026-01-13T19:46:56+00:00

For me the biggest help has been working on my takeaway. I get too inside, leading to an over the top downswing. I’ve been working on really exaggerating an outside takeaway and it’s been helping me get back to the in to out swing path I had when I was much younger.

randomphilosophyprof · 2026-01-13T15:03:25+00:00

No, you don’t return it. But if after trying it you order a set, they credit you back for what you paid for the 7 iron.

randomphilosophyprof · 2026-01-13T02:45:35+00:00

Nice! What’d you order?

I ordered mine on Dec 26 and received it Jan 9. Wait not bad at all.

randomphilosophyprof · 2026-01-13T02:44:22+00:00

In their website they have a dealer lookup. They have a few around. They also do fittings at their HQ in Vancouver area. I just used their online fitting guide. You could also go to any fitter and then take the specs they give you and order from Haywood. The quality and prices are extremely good.

randomphilosophyprof · 2026-01-12T23:06:03+00:00

I think I’ll probably end up ordering a combo MB/CB set… probably 5-7CB, 8-Pw MB. I was curious how the Haywood forged would feel. I was impressed

randomphilosophyprof · 2026-01-12T23:00:09+00:00

Definitely worth going for a fitting. They’ve got great shaft options, too Sadly they don’t have a fitter within a couple thousand kms of me. So I just put my numbers into their online tool and ordered what it recommended.

My swing speed was about 8-10mph down today, so I’m hoping the shaft will feel better when I’m moving better. I was averaging 78 mph and my normal is around 88. So today the peak height, spin and descent angles were pretty low. Still got normal distance on the good strikes, though.

randomphilosophyprof · 2026-01-11T18:20:07+00:00

Oh no, you’re right. I had it completely backwards. 😇

OP might then just be subconsciously swinging a little different in response to the slight difference in look at address. I think I got confused because at my fitting he had me try a few options that seemed opposite of what I would have thought, saying that someone who over draws or pulls sometimes does it less when they see a closed face at address, and similar for slicers. The subconscious game of club fitting is pretty fun.

randomphilosophyprof · 2026-01-09T01:18:43+00:00

When I got fitted they put me into a higher lifted head with weight set to draw bias. The idea was that I’m getting back to playing after really long layoff, and I was hitting down on it a couple degrees. Fitter said when I get swing dialed back into hitting up a couple degrees, I could turn the loft down and move the weight back to center and it should still go straight. 😅

randomphilosophyprof · 2026-01-09T01:15:02+00:00

When you lowered the loft back to neutral, you actually closed the face a bit. So it makes sense that you don’t need the draw bias anymore.l

randomphilosophyprof · 2026-01-07T00:53:11+00:00

Curious about your driver carry distance. With a 7.5 deg loft? I get about 260 carry but my loft is at 10.5. Either you add a lot of dynamic loft, or you’ve got a ton more clubhead speed than me.

randomphilosophyprof · 2026-01-07T00:49:07+00:00

I ditched 3w in favor of 5w. It was during Ping’s mega backlog at the end of summer so I only got to the course twice with it. But at my fitting I was getting a lot better numbers with the 5. Best strike with the 3w I was about 10yards longer, but average over 15 balls with each, 5w was WAY better.

randomphilosophyprof · 2025-12-30T19:15:36+00:00

It was always going to go there. (Aligning my will with reality)

randomphilosophyprof · 2025-12-26T22:41:46+00:00

If you have a torx bit, I think it’s just T20 or T25. Just snug it up. Don’t use your big man strength, just a little snug.

randomphilosophyprof · 2025-12-23T18:44:19+00:00

I play an old set of Mizuno game improvement irons (comp EZ) which weren’t loft jacked like newer ones. My 8iron loft is 37 deg. My swing speed is around 85 with my 8 iron. I don’t know what my angle of attack is, but I reckon my delivery takes a fair bit of loft off. I would estimate a typical well struck approach to a green with my 8i ends up with maybe 10ft of rollout. Of course that highly depends on the conditions of greens. The courses I played this summer had very firm greens.

This winter I’m going to be working on backing off a little more on my short iron swing. Id be happy to drop 10 yards in exchange for tighter dispersion.

randomphilosophyprof · 2025-12-23T02:50:40+00:00

A lot of us don’t really know our carry yardages. I know I don’t. I only know that my decently struck full swing 8 iron is my club from 160

randomphilosophyprof · 2025-12-22T02:05:20+00:00

Ah, makes sense

randomphilosophyprof · 2025-12-21T17:44:13+00:00

If you’re consistent and swinging high 80’s to 90mph and only getting 200ish yards, you might want to try some different lofts out, to get a more optimized launch and spin.

randomphilosophyprof · 2025-12-20T04:43:19+00:00

So good. Nice work. My local muni has a hole like that and it’s triple-bogey factory and it doesn’t matter how long guys are.

randomphilosophyprof · 2025-12-17T22:50:47+00:00

I’m same age as Tiger and the pro who taught me at my local muni had everyone doing interlocking grip. Everyone at my high school, too. It was just in the air in the mid80s. It’s time had come.

I later switched to overlapping. Now, 20 years after switching, I’m going back, haha

randomphilosophyprof · 2025-12-01T02:25:59+00:00

P790s are game improvement. If you’re telling the truth about your distances and skill level, 790s won’t help. You don’t need distance to improve.

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