My review list is getting longer and longer. The two latest editions to the list are the TaylorMade Monza Corza Putter and the Rescue Dual (pic).
Just look how pretty this Rescue Dual looks! I hit it once today into a heavy duty wind. Off the tee I hit a nice little draw (that’s what the dual weights are setup for) that bored it’s way through the wind to the 100 yard marker on a par 4. That allowed me to knock my 2nd shot close and make birdie. I was playing against a PGA Pro, a state AM champ and a high school golf coach who was scratch. Tough to be a 2 handicap and be the “hacker” in the group…
The rescue compliments my r7 Dual TP 3 wood, which is the best 3 wood I’ve ever hit.
I was never a “TaylorMade guy.” No particular reason for that other than I just never hit much of their gear. But that is changing quickly, very quickly.
Reports to follow.
Eat Golf’s one year Blogoversary!
Rich is one of those super guys you meet once in a while. Though we haven’t actually met in person, we’ve built up a good web/blog friendship and cross linked each other many times.
Rich has done some very cool things there like aggregating all the coolest golf forums and their current posts. Don’t know how he even did it, but that is way cool! He has many pictures of neat courses as well…tons of them. Rich is a true blogger in that he has a golf blogroll and regularly links to other golf blogs and articles.
Many golf blogs these days are a flash in the pan. They’re coming and going regularly. EatGolf has made it a year (which is like 100 human years).
So happy birthday EatGolf!
This week’s impulse purchase. I couldn’t resist.
As I said in my previous post, I had a match against one of my best friends and a guy I play golf with several times per week. He is not a long hitter, but he is a short game surgeon. We had an intense match with some crucial holes
Here’s the rundown hole by hole:
1. Par 5: I go one up when he knocks his 2nd shot OB.
2. Par 4: He birdies to even up the match.
3. Par 5: I birdie to go 1 up.
4. Par 4: My tee shot goes directly behind the tree in the middle of the FW. I get 6 and go even.
5. Par 4: We tie this long par 4.
6. 230 yard par 3: I bogey and he pars. I’m one down.
7. Par 5: Tie with pars.
8. Par 3: Tie with pars.
9. Par 4: Tie with pars.
10. Par 4: I double bogey to go TWO down (starting to sweat).
11. Par 4: I birdie to go one down.
12. Par 4: Tie with pars.
13. Par 4: I par, he bogeys and the match is all square.
14. Par 5: Tie with birdies, he makes intense putt after I make my birdie putt
15. Par 3: Crucial hole. We both hit the green. I lag 30 foot putt for par, he 3 putts from 20 feet. I’m now one up.
16. Par 4: Crucial hole. My approach shot turns into a deep fried egg in the green side bunker. Pin is on the downslope and there’s no hope of getting this shot close. He’s on the green in reg. I do the best I can and blast the ball out to about 20 feet. He two putts for par. I then make an improbable par save. I’m still one up.
17. Par 4: He flares his drive into the weeds and has to hack out. He gets on the green in 3, I’m on the fringe in 2. I drain my birdie fringe putt to close out the match 2 & 1! With two double bogeys I still shot a 74.
Victory! Without a doubt match play is THE funnest and most intense form of golf.
One of the clubs I play in has a season long match play tournament to determine the club champion. I’ve made it a few rounds in, in the last few years. Each time I’ve lost to the eventual club champ. Last year I shot even par and lost 5 & 4. That dude dropped a 67 on me and apologized.
So my first match of the year is tomorrow. The opponent I drew is none other than my best golfing friend who I play with 2-4 times per week. So the mood for tomorrow’s normal “fun” golf outing will be slightly different. It will be game-face city and the intensity will be off the charts compared to our normal game. We both agree that having to play each other for the first match sucks because one of us will be done for the year.
As much as I’m my friend’s pal, that goes out the window tomorrow…
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