Golf Random Irritations

[sunshine]

Left the lid loose on my Sharpie 'mini' that stays in the golf bag & it totally dried out. Shame as it still had a lot of life left in it

I'll support my local pro-shop for a replacement though (instead of funding the corporate online giants, use them or lose them )

edit; this isn't the exact one but it looked exactly like this:

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Always best to use the pro shop and you can get a proper fitting for your replacement.

 

[sunshine]

I have that one! In purple as well. I must have had it in the bag two years at least, still going strong.

Two years! You should be looking to upgrade much more frequently to benefit from the advances in technology.

 

[Slime]

Don't get me wrong I'm gonna haggle, I mean its still money!

Does he price match?

 

[patricks148]

-12 in Nairn last night..... not a chance of my arranged game today

 

[backwoodsman]

To be honest I haven't totally ruled out foul play because I'm pretty careful when replacing the lid (I like to hear it go 'click')

I reckon someone has stolen its innards. I once bought a new one and it dried up after about 4 days. Pulled it apart and there was nothing at all inside. Nothing. Nada. Rien. I reckon theres a bootleg market for them.

 

[Orikoru]

-12 in Nairn last night..... not a chance of my arranged game today

Thought you'd shot twelve under for a minute, I was about to give you a standing ovation at my desk.

 

[Slab]

I reckon someone has stolen its innards. I once bought a new one and it dried up after about 4 days. Pulled it apart and there was nothing at all inside. Nothing. Nada. Rien. I reckon theres a bootleg market for them.

Hadn't thought of that but you're right, I could've bought a ringer that had been nicked and stripped for parts then sold on!

Maybe if a complain repeatedly on Sharpie's twitter feed i'll get them to send a new one?

 

[sunshine]

Hadn't thought of that but you're right, I could've bought a ringer that had been nicked and stripped for parts then sold on!

Maybe if a complain repeatedly on Sharpie's twitter feed i'll get them to send a new one?

Go for it Karen

 

[BubbaP]

With young Jordan showing a bit of form recently it's brought the "Speith" brigade out on social media. Often supporting & rooting for him ?‍
So why not give the guy a bit of respect and call him "Spieth", i.e. his actual name! It's only 6 letters in order to remember.?

#nothing to do with grammar.

 

[harpo_72]

I hit the driver plum in the middle of the face and the smash factor is only 1.45 !?! How is that possible?? Hopefully the measuring device is wrong and when the season starts I carry on smacking plum in the middle.

 

[USER1999]

What measuring device are you using?

 

[Steve Wilkes]

I hit the driver plum in the middle of the face and the smash factor is only 1.45 !?! How is that possible?? Hopefully the measuring device is wrong and when the season starts I carry on smacking plum in the middle.

Was it a brand new ball?

 

[harpo_72]

What measuring device are you using?

G80 but I I don’t see a massive difference when I slap it round the face .. I might go higher there is a sweet point somewhere I got 1.48 out of it in the summer

 

[harpo_72]

Was it a brand new ball?

Swapped it out titleists one a pro v and then a distance one

 

[patricks148]

seeing the damage done to the fist green on the Newton (9hole) done by sledgers

 

[DanFST]

G80 but I I don’t see a massive difference when I slap it round the face .. I might go higher there is a sweet point somewhere I got 1.48 out of it in the summer

g80 can be off up to 5mph on clubhead speed. And off on ball speed.

 

[harpo_72]

g80 can be off up to 5mph on clubhead speed. And off on ball speed.

Let’s hope so, because if it is being too conservative I could be in for a pleasant surprise when the course opens .. the distance is off But that’s just an algorithm and the smash factor is just the club head speed and ball speed measurement. What was said on TXG about the sensors was quite interesting, and they said the sensor picks up part of the club whether that be a front, side or back profile and that was partly why the efficiency/ smash factors varied.
In my case the differences are related to temperature as the club profile is unaltered but the ball conditions have changed... so yes 1.45 is disappointing but it might be pragmatic to say it will only get better as the temperature rises. In the grand scheme of things there are bigger issues to deal with

 

[ADB]

I hit the driver plum in the middle of the face and the smash factor is only 1.45 !?! How is that possible?? Hopefully the measuring device is wrong and when the season starts I carry on smacking plum in the middle.

I'd be delighted to hit the centre of the clubface

 

[harpo_72]

I'd be delighted to hit the centre of the clubface

Just swing within yourself ... big face clubs encourage high speed thrashing

 

[Imurg]

Featured groups on the PGA coverage.
OK, it's nice to see DJ, Scott, Bobby et al but they're playing junk for the most part.
I'd prefer to see the guys playing well....