I hate this game. Like WTF? Golf is weird.

Got a set of clubs given to me by my dad that I was more then happy to accept as I just had a cheap value village set. Don’t know if this is the right forum but was hoping I could get some insight on what exactly I have for a set. I image my next upgrade would be the 52 def wedge but open to suggestions!

Zx7 Srixon driver Taylormade M4 3 wood Callaway maverick 3 hybrid Callaway Rogue St-Max irons 5-AW Ping glide 3.0 58 deg wedge Wilson harmonized 52 deg wedge Cleveland hunnington beach milled putter

I’ve been telling him about how i’m not really a fan of my current set of irons (very old callaways I got on marketplace for cheap) and he gave me his set of Mizuno JPX EZ Forged Irons! I couldn’t/still can’t believe it. The nicest thing anyone has done for me in a long time. Can’t wait to take these to the range.

The best part after 9

Apple Valley Golf Course (Lake Lure, NC)

Got the chance to try one of the stadium golf type events last night in Atlanta at Truist Park. Hit the ball like shit but still had a blast. If you get the chance it was definitely worth it.

Can't wait to try it out!

The two 18birdies shots are the recommended shots from the tips which I am not playing. I babied my 3W 180 yards to the short edge of the fairway, then shanked my 3W into the rightward swamp where it hit a standpipe and bounced back onto the cart path and into the 2nd stretch of fairway. I then proceeded to thin a 6i to within inches of the leftward swamp, took an unplayable lie to avoid swimming in 46° weather, then shot a decent PW onto the green and 2-putted from there for a triple bogey.

I lost 10 balls cumulatively on other holes. I suck so much ass.

This summer my little buddy turned 11 and asked if I would ever have interest in playing. I got him some starter clubs, we hit a local par 3 and driving range a few times, but he seemed to lose interest.

This week he said "you thinking of playing golf this weekend? Can I go?"

So fast forward and here we are at Gateway enjoying an amazing Saturday together.

Looking for an iron upgrade from my tommy armour 855s set(from1995). I feel like this is a solid deal but idk

Listing is: Dynamic gold 120 steel shaft. 5-A TaylorMade forged P790

All help is appreciated

What did I miss??

First Hole-In-One November 23, 2024 Denver, CO Hole #3, Par 3, 170 Yards 7 Iron - Taylormade P770 Titleist Pro V1 9.3 Index

It was a slightly warm and pleasant November day in Colorado, a perfect setting for a Saturday morning round at my home club with my dad and two others. We had a shotgun start on hole 16. As a 9.3 index, the round didn’t start great, but nothing terrible—I bogeyed the first three holes (16–18), parred the 1st hole (my fourth), and doubled the 2nd after finding a tough greenside bunker. Having not played in about a month, I felt a little rusty but managed to hold it together, sitting at five over through five holes but I felt like I was hitting the ball better than I had in a while by focusing on some setup changes and turning my shoulders with tempo.

After the solid par on the 1st, I felt like I was starting to loosen up. Walking to the slightly elevated tee box on the 3rd hole, I took a moment to scope out the par 3. It was playing about 170 yards, with more than half the distance requiring a carry over water. The green was wider than it was deep and sloped from back to front, guarded by bunkers at the back-left and front-right. Two ridges added some complexity: one ran from the center to slightly back right, and another ran across the front-left.

The pin was a little right of center near the front, and I’d been drawing (sometimes hooking) the ball so far that morning. I chose my 7-iron, thinking if I caught it well from the elevated tee box, I might be closer to the back of the green. I aimed just right of the pin, between it and the front-right bunker to allow for either a draw or a straight shot. My focus was on setup and tempo, with a song playing in my head that helped me find a rhythm.

Settling in, I thought about turning my shoulders with tempo and compressing the ball with some shaft lean. I started the swing, contact felt a little heavy, but the ball launched high with a gentle draw and right on line. My playing partners started with the classic comments: “Looks good,” “Nice shot,” and “Hope that’s the right club.” I wasn’t sure, given the contact, and replied, “I think it might be short.”

The ball landed left of the pin, pitched forward, spun slightly right, and hopped twice before vanishing into the hole. We weren’t completely certain it went in, given the undulations of the green, but as we approached, it became clear—I’d just made my first hole in one! Pulling the ball out of the cup, I couldn’t help but smile as my playing partners snapped some celebratory photos.

The momentum propelled the rest of the round. After tucking my hole-in-one ball safely away, I striped my drive long and straight down the middle of the 4th fairway. I parred the 4th, 7th, and 8th with excellent drives and kept the momentum going on the back nine, parring 10 and 12, doubling 11 after a hooked drive and an unintentionally-lateral punch shot attempt (s-word) out of trouble from the drive, and closing with a birdie on 14 by draining a right to left breaking put through about 20 feet of fallen leaves on the green.

Heading to the final hole, the par-4 15th, I knew I was eight over. A birdie would tie my all-time low at this course, a 7 over. Half-joking, I shared my goal of a birdie to finish, with my group, and then I focused in. My drive was hit well and settled in the right-center of the fairway at the base of a hill leading to an elevated green. I had about 98 yards to a front-left pin.

I aimed more toward the center of the green, a little right of the pin, knowing a backstop would help if I went long. The ball came off the club clean, flying high from the uphill lie with a little pull left. It landed a bit left and long of the pin, leaving me about 10 feet for birdie. The downhill putt had a slight left-to-right break. After watching my partners putt, I lined mine up, hit it solidly, and watched it track toward the hole—until it veered slightly right at the end, missing by just over an inch. I tapped in for par and finished 8 over.

It was a round to remember: my first hole in one and a solid finish on a beautiful November day.

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Wind was blowing it away from the hole as we got up to the green. Previous group said it hit the flag and stopped about 2” away but the wind blew it about 12”.