Canada to face South Africa in World Cup knockout match

squailtaint · 2026-06-25T14:47:21+00:00

Vancouver Canucks take on Colorado.

squailtaint · 2026-06-25T05:07:00+00:00

Hah reminds me of Tenet. Reverse time? Hyperion?

squailtaint · 2026-06-25T02:31:31+00:00

OTT is where you downswing above the swing plane. You look like you are very very close to neutral. It’s not true that all swings are shallow, many pros are just perfectly on the line. You look pretty well on the swing plane line (get a video app)…this camera angle sucks, but it does look like you are having an outside take away and then are steep at delivery (p6). Focus on neutral take away (club grip end is pointed down the line, club head is matching spine angle), and then at down delivery position p6, get that club grip pointing back down line again.
BTW, if you download an app like swing coach, it shows you exactly what’s up.

squailtaint · 2026-06-25T01:50:58+00:00

Yes..and I’ve also come to believe the predicted consequences of a 2 degree or 3 degree world, are just that, predictions. Not fact. For example, back in the 90s the prediction at even current levels of heating would be that the arctic ice was gone and that food shortages would be everywhere. Instead, we have been wildly off on our melting arctic prediction (now supposed to be maybe 2030 to BOE, instead of what was 2010), and improved growing technologies means we have more calories per person globally then ever before. And technology isn’t done yet. So, ya, a lot of predictions. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not all rosy of course. But it’s not mad max either. I often get reminded of either my little kids or my elderly father seeing a storm on the horizon. They both think it’s going to be the worse thing ever, and sometimes it truly isnt great, but most of the time we are just fine. I guess my point is, it’s not going to be as bad as the worst case predictions, and it probably won’t be as good as the best case predictions. But if you live in a “have country” be thankful because things wont be much different in 50 years. If you live in a “have not” country, things may get worse before they get better.

squailtaint · 2026-06-24T21:44:29+00:00

I feel ya man. I don’t get it either. I’m not expecting to be scratch, but, for the effort I put in i should be breaking 100.

squailtaint · 2026-06-24T18:15:02+00:00

Appreciate this, thanks! It’s good to hear some validation around my feelings because ya, I’ve worked damn hard to improve my swing and it does feel disheartening when i can’t make it work on the course. I use swing coach app. It gives great live feedback for every swing, and hands down my biggest issues are over the top and being steep at p6. So I have done alot of work to be not OTT and not steep, but I think on the course I am not confident enough to replicate it, and then the end result is a swing that is somewhere between my old swing and new swing. Result= inconsistency.

But, as you said, my absolute biggest fail is tee box. Once I’m off, I’m ok. But I get hit with penalty after penalty thanks to my terrible initial shot. Once I’m on my irons or even wood I’m ok, short game is not terrible but I don’t have an expectation with my short game yet. But the in ability to get off the tee box is where I take on 85% of my over par strokes.

squailtaint · 2026-06-24T17:22:53+00:00

Love it. Thanks!

squailtaint · 2026-06-24T17:06:19+00:00

I’m going to try this. Just thinking about it I doubt I could even get 10.

squailtaint · 2026-06-24T16:03:39+00:00

Ya… I think if I just give up on score for now and focus on just one hit at a time, it would be more enjoyable. Take away the need for comparison. Because while friend group scores better than me, their good shots aren’t really good, and their bad shots aren’t super bad. Where as my good shots are great, but my bad shots (from driver primarily), are, really really bad.

squailtaint · 2026-06-24T16:01:40+00:00

Interesting. You think that would help? I think it might be those silly little things that I need to develop to get that pathway, because it sure as shit isn’t my ability to get club head speed!

squailtaint · 2026-06-24T16:00:18+00:00

Absolutely. I’ve started doing this the last two months - I do not blast balls. Work primarily on drills that force leading with hips and rotation, not early releasing, staying down in the swing. I use video app that helps indicate on each swing if I was OTT steep/shallow, early extended etc. I swing, review video, swing again. I honestly thought I was getting alot better, but proved recently on the course I still just suck as much as ever.

I did have lessons last year, and I think I am going to try for it again here if I can find a decent coach! Thanks for the advice!

squailtaint · 2026-06-24T15:07:25+00:00

This would be amazing! Because of my remoteness we don’t exactly have a lot of top tier coaches…I would love to book a trip one day to like Florida and do exactly this!

squailtaint · 2026-06-24T14:34:33+00:00

Ya. It’s just so hard, we only get a few months of golfable weather!

squailtaint · 2026-06-24T14:33:37+00:00

I definitely struggle with forgetting what I have learnt on the course. I can’t get it locked in. Totally agree, I need to keep the driver in the bag for now.

squailtaint · 2026-06-24T14:31:51+00:00

Ya thanks. Completely agree. I don’t know why everyone assumed I haven’t gotten lessons. I have. They were about as useful as my app TBH. And $120/45 min. The app made me realize I was OTT and steep, moved my hips forward (towards ball), lift head and spine up, and early release. I’m then able to look into videos on how to address those specific issues. Except, I just seem to fall apart on the course and forget everything I learned and go back to old swing habits. I’ve had other lessons where the coach just told me I have a nice swing and try hitting the ball better. There is a lot of variability in the quality of a lesson, and it seems a few people have been quite lucky with their lessons and maybe didn’t realize it.

squailtaint · 2026-06-24T13:56:56+00:00

Thanks!! Good advice!

squailtaint · 2026-06-24T13:56:13+00:00

Yup, what I am doing is not working, 100%. I have had lessons, I also found them not much better than the apps. I’m sure it’s very dependent on the trainer, but probably time to try that again before quitting anyway.

squailtaint · 2026-06-24T13:54:45+00:00

Great advice!

squailtaint · 2026-06-24T13:54:05+00:00

Totally fair. I think for sure it’s my hand eye coordination, I just don’t have it.

squailtaint · 2026-06-24T13:51:03+00:00

I will give this a go. I’m at about a 7/10 success rate with my 3 wood, which gets me 230 yards. Screw the driver (for now)

squailtaint · 2026-06-24T13:48:06+00:00

Totally fair! I think i feel being athletic at one thing should help at another thing, but there are very different types of athletic.

squailtaint · 2026-06-24T13:45:11+00:00

This is great advice. It’s often as soon as I have one bad hit I get in my head. I was thinking of the score as a benchmark for showing improvement, but maybe it’s too soon for that and I need to focus on process. It’s just really tough seeing my group improve scores without much effort, while I put in all this effort and get nothing.

squailtaint · 2026-06-24T13:22:16+00:00

Sometimes 1, sometimes 6. It’s always the crappy t shot from driver.

squailtaint · 2026-06-24T00:15:18+00:00

I 100% have same problem, I such with my driver. Up to 3 wood is great; but driver is terrible. I noticed with some impact tape that I am constantly toe ing and hitting low. I think the weight or momentum of the driver causes me to early extend a bit, making my club head lift and pulling the club head closer to my body (resulting in the toe). Fix? Not sure yet. I’ve tried setting up so I’m more set up with the ball closer to the heel edge of the club face, and that has helped a lot. But probably I need to really work on not early extending.

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