TGC 2017/2018 Winter Tour - Farmers Insurance Open

[Yeti Rojo]

Why wouldn’t you? In my experience public shaming is an excellent deterrent.

[mthunt]

145 Bob? I’m gunning for you with a higher than usual number. Lol. Let’s see if I have anything this week.

[bob chung]

After playing sawgrass, every chip and putts feel weird.

[CBG778]

Hi there ! CBG778 here . I noticed that I was off the leaderboard of Farmers Insurance open . I really haven’t been paying attention to the message boards to be honest , so I am not for sure on rewind rules . I had 2 or 3 rewinds I think , when I shot 73-67 . They were misreads on a 5 iron I believe & a 7 iron ? I guess I should write them down . I am assuming there are no rewinds for anything now , so I apologize. Another question I had was that I am letting a guest play with me on the tournament rounds . Is that ok ? I know the score wouldn’t count , but I have a couple of friends that enjoy it . Thanks!

[mthunt]

Guests are allowed to play. It’s no issue at all.

[CBG778]

Sorry mthunt. Got your PM . Should have checked that first . Thanks

[allen2be]

Took my first rewind in months on a chip that read 11* right that hit the center of my net. No advantage gained as still bogeyed of course. Pulled a lot of shots out of my ass this week!

Good luck to everyone finishing up tonight/tomorrow and in your match play matches.

[DirtyGarry24]

Great playing Allen!

[bob chung]

Allen, well done!

[allen2be]

Thanks fellas. Nice shooting to you guys as well.

[frodaddy00]

Any one ever do a quick test on the Pro V1s vs. other balls for spin rate on the Skytrak?

I know we are all not Iron Byron but with enough data and shots from a pitching wedge, the spin rates should start showing some trends.

When I first bought my skytrak I did some ball comparisons with 7iron and 58 degree wedge...if interested here they are...

[sb944]

Thanks for this.

I'm happy to have a go at this too. I don't have a huge range of good condiion balls, will likely test a pro v1 and v1x, taylormade tp5x, srixon z tour xv, can throw in a cheap ball too. No iron byron here, but I'll try to get at least a decent bit of ball striking going before doing it, and write down notes of how certain strikes felt.

[sb944]

Here is my efforts tonight. Wedge was very consistent striking, 7i was a lot more erratic, I can say I was hitting it solid for the Wilson and Taylormade, hit and miss the rest.

	Ball MPH	Launch	Side spin	Backspin	Height	Offline	Carry	Total
Wilson Staff
1	116	21.8	-1.6	6545	34.1	3	159	168
2	114	19.9	0	7024	30.5	-5	154	162
3	110	22.2	-4.7	6804	30.5	-27	147	155
4	113	21.4	0	5963	31.5	4	159	169
5	113	21.9	-3.2	7018	32.2	-14	151	159
Pro V1x
1	105	20.6	-3.4	6721	25.8	-9	141	149
2	119	19.2	1.7	6997	32	9	161	169
3	116	19	-1.6	7504	30	-7	159	166
4	103	22.8	-6.3	7290	26.7	-37	136	144
5	105	2.4	-2.8	2746	0.7	-12	58	92
6	109	14.9	1.6	6067	20.1	-4	149	159
Pro V1
7	115	22.5	-5.8	7272	33.9	-33	153	161
8	111	22.5	-4.4	8107	31.3	-34	146	154
9	120	19	3.6	6269	32.1	28	168	178
10	114	20.1	0	6719	30.6	3	156	164
11	105	10.7	3.4	4618	12.1	13	136	150
Taylormade Tp5x
12	118	23.2	-1.6	5493	37.2	5	170	182
13	118	21.4	1.6	5742	34.6	10	169	180
14	119	22.2	1.6	5623	36.4	10	171	182
15	117	23.9	-1.5	6263	37.7	-7	162	171
16	110	20.6	-3.1	6639	28.4	-24	148	157
Srixon Z star XV
1	114	21.9	-3.1	6857	33.1	-17	154	162
2	111	19	1.7	6410	27.2	9	153	162
3	111	23	-3	6790	32.3	-24	148	157
4	120	20.7	-1.8	6796	34.8	-11	164	173
5	105	21	-3.1	7185	25.9	-22	139	146
6	116	20.9	1.6	6035	32.2	21	162	172
Wilson Staff
1	77	40.8	0	7402	27.1	1	82	86
2	74	39.8	5.4	7211	24.9	14	81	86
Pro V1x
3	76	35.8	-1.6	8396	23	-4	85	89
4	74	35.8	-3.3	10856	22	-9	80	82
5	77	34.9	-1.7	10572	23.2	-4	85	87
6	72	33.9	-11.6	9920	19.3	-28	80	85
Pro V1
7	77	35.7	-3.6	10416	23.5	-8	84	86
1	76	32.1	1.7	11104	20.3	2	85	87
2	80	33.5	0	9231	23.5	1	91	95
3	79	34.3	0	10078	23.5	4	88	91
Taylormade Tp5x
1	77	36.9	1.8	9264	24.8	4	85	88
2	77	38.3	-1.7	9456	25.4	-7	82	85
3	77	38.1	0	9328	25.2	1	83	86
4	79	37.9	0	9272	26.7	3	86	90
Srixon Z star XV
5	80	35.1	0	9799	25	4	89	92
6	78	34.8	-1.9	10543	23.4	-3	86	88
7	77	34.2	-10.2	10615	22.5	-23	85	88
8	80	36.1	0	9865	25.7	2	88	91

[sb944]

A few things to note here:
1. My 7i was a little erratic, but when hit well, I'm happy with all the stats.
2. I am miles behind frodaddy in distance, but our numbers couldn't be more different, my launch is higher, spin higher, mph lower.
3. I don't know how to pick a ball. Taylormade doesn't seem to spin as much, Srixon holds it's head high against the Titleists. Cheap Wilson Staff got smashed for spin with a wedge, spin a lot for some reason with the 7i

[mthunt]

What mat are you using?

[sb944]

Off globalgolfproducts ebay, called 3d soft feel mat. I haven't thought about changing it for a while, last i looked the big names weren't easily available in Australia

[mthunt]

Off globalgolfproducts ebay, called 3d soft feel mat. I haven't thought about changing it for a while, last i looked the big names weren't easily available in Australia

Some mats give spin issues. I wonder it that's it.