Aiming Arrows & Alignment

Not to worry,Dick.  She heard it was a bog and since I hid her waders she won't go near it.

 Absolutely right Amos, I find I spend less time in the sand these days. Further to the music info. Google this one. You won't understand the words, but listen through if you can and see what you think. Google "Li Li Fen" she is a Taiwanese singer and her song is, "Ai Jiang Shan Geng Ai Mei Ren" A song about the choice between country and love.
Understand the sand shots you had. My first priority is to get out of the bunker. Then it is all on. Keep hitting them straight and Long. My old wooden 5W is hitting it long and straight, so have dumped the drivers and the three wood. Carrying two 5W's with different degrees of loft. Have a great day PMGAS

PS for Steve, give the above a try as well. DH 'humming' as he writes.

OMG, Sometimes I get away from golf by reading through the funnies of all the gang here on this blog. Maybe that is the best medicine for a better golf game after all. Just take a break and laugh our asses off. Lynn, I already own that book and I might sue you for infringement. Dick, well thanks for being priceless. DH, your world wide travels give you a translation of the world that tickles. Steve, thanks for looking up that song, I lost sleep not knowing it's rythym. The "Hello Kitty" on the boom box is a nice touch. Isn't that the International symbol of the Orient?
Thanks for the entertainment all as I head to the gym and another 10 hour day at work.
Amos, stay out of the sand and water unless you're headed for Miami Beach.

 Dwight

Some day I might just do that.  We have some other brothers on the blog from your area.  Might just have to do a Surge Nation road trip and play with some folks from different parts of our great land.  Guess I would have to take it on the road and go visit Dragonhead and some other international courses just to make it fair.

Keep up the good work on the course,
Dick

No specifics for those still waiting to watch it, but another great finish this week at Doral. 

Hope Tiger's Achilles tendon issue is minor and easily dealt with.

Looking forward to seeing DJ back in action this coming week at the Transitions.

In the coming months I hope to be shooting "crappy" 78's too Mike. Does sound like you're making progress with your swing though and that's good. improvement never comes quick enough does it?!
     I set up my net in the back yard and have been able to hit a few balls each night after work. I really think I got the exact same net as Don. It is a little too loud at impact so I am going to set up some kind of towel to buffer it.

Surge, My mentor, you are at it again.This was a brilliant explanation and cleared up a couple of points for me. At it again? After the 10 holes of very rewarding golf yesterday, I realized that I could have done better had I put a draw on the ball for lots of the akward dog-leg and double dog-leg holes. So this video today is a most welcome one indeed.
One mistake yesterday which left me with a huge smile on my face, was a short par 4. I hit a 5W across a nasty water hazard and then thought, an 8iron should leave it on the edge of the green or close enough to chip it close for a Par [being realistic]. Well imagine my joy and surprise to see the ball flying dead straight and finishing alongside the flag, inches away from the hole! Then as I went to put the cover on the club, I noticed I had the 'wrong' club in my paw.It was the 9iron! Big smile for the Birdie none the less : - )
Was swinging much more fluidly yesterday. I wonder if it could be down to having a session on our 'foot massage' machine, before leaving for the course? Will have another dose of that before playing again ; - ) I had it dialled in on 'Relax' mode.
With the fade and draw to practice for more improvement, lots to look forward too. PMGAS fellow Surgites. We are given the tools to succeed from Surge and our fellow Surgites suggestions and experiences. God Bless 'em all. DH

 D

One thing we never, ever, never, ever do is go off topic on this blog.

Ok, never mind.  What were we talking about again?

Your post is interesting, and I think it would make a big difference to us all when our tempo is on the money or too slow or too fast.  Let us know how your case study on your swing tempo works out for you.

Dick

Thanks R2. I'll consider that option.

Steve, Luckily I have an inbuilt GPS in my bonce! My wife, however, though she can think like a golf ball and finds them no bother at all.She could get lost in a revolving door.Remember a Tennessean friend giving me directions to his place in Tripoli, Libya. That was the day I learned the difference between a city block and a country block ; - ) A lesson never forgotten.
PS. See my reply to Amos above and try the music link. DH in wet again NZ booger.

watch your video on utube....i am 78 and trying for two years to get hte swing down.....shot over 110 monday......today started same lousy way....then i said to my playing pardner i am going to tee off with a 5 iron and try what i saw on a video last nite,,,,,hit the 5 iron 210 yards and finish the round with a 91.....would had a lower score except for lousy putting....so thank you...will see what happens thurs. Thanks again.

Hahahaha...Fun book, Lynn!!!  Sign me up for three copies.  I really need to brush up on Chapters 7 and 16. :-))  R2  

Played to day had another crappy round shot 78. Windy 15mph and the greens were like putting on shag carpet the hole looked like have not been moved all week. It really was not that crappy was just hard to focus on makeing puts today. Took my R9 driver today after the woes with the other driver (newer driver ) hit it pretty good into the wind was getting 240-250
 out of it and  260 - 270 ish down wind. I thinks some thinks are starting set in. I was a little tentative with the irons starting out trying to swing perfectly and was leaving some shots short and just decided to go at them regular speed and hit nice solid shots. the swing feels shorter did not see any irons out of the top of the BUS. The driver felt like 3/4 also we will see how it go's .  

Bubba's approach shot at 18 was somthing.  In my mind, second only to Phil's shot off the pine straw at Augusta.

Dick, I tried the horn, it didn't work.  Bus must have been made by one of those companies that wasn't properly stimulated in the last bailout. ;0)

So  much for a relaxing retirement, huh Terry?
But you love how your loved and appreciated right Uncle T? Anyway, yes I have been working the last few days too and haven't had time to do much playing with the new toys. Couldn't resist when they first got here though. The loft/lie is very cool. You do need to be careful when lining up the scoring lines as you snug the iron head(s) into it and then check the readings. I kind of did it 'make shift' in the kitchen (wife loved that) as I haven't had time to secure it to my work bench yet. Still I was able to check my whiole set of irons and am amazed at how off they were. I have to make time this week to secure it in my garage workshop and have some serious fun actually doing some practice bending on some older clubs first. Let me know when you're able to 'play' with your new tools and what you think about it.
Now get back to work and help your family out!!

LOL,Amos.  I guess that's why golf is a 4 letter word.  ;0)

As opposed to the hillbilly directions, "You go on down past the burned out church old man MacGregor plowed under last winter…"
:)

I can hit a five iron 210, with a pretty good tail wind.

 Lynn

You been hitting the funny juice tonight pal?

You are killing me over here.

Dick

Sir could you please us a bigger ball I could not see your ball curving..

 Dragonhead

Yes, you have a built in GPS in your shots.  Unfortunately, your GPS locks onto you caddy, and sends the ball after her.  I am still laughing about your little misadventure the other day.  I keep seeing her running and diving to get away from the ball and it following her to get back on target.  Kind of like a SAM tracking a plane.

Once you get radar lock, it is hard to lose a target.  You should get one of those little wife stickers people put on the cars and stick it on your golf bag.  You know, kind of like how pilots put an enemy flag on their planes for every enemy plane they shoot down.  One of our WWII pilots in the pacific theater had several rising sun stickers on his plane, and two USA flags, as he had inadvertently shot down two of our planes when they flew through his tracers in combat.

Those two USA pilots he shot down, like your beloved wife and caddy, know the true meaning of "Friendly Fire."

Dick

Yes, I'll let you know.

Getting ready to head out shortly for a day of indoor painting at my daughters place today. Tomorrow I have to change out a hot water tank and kitchen faucet for my Ex. Wen or Thur weather permitting, I have some A/C work at my son's place. Hopefully, nothing else comes up for a while.

Fellow Surgites,

At the risk of stepping on Surge's toes:

You may not know but I have been very busy over the last 2 years putting my thoughts and ideas about golf together in a book.

I am very proud of the results and to assist with the marketing, I am asking friends and family to help me out.

I believe my new book on the game of golf gives the reader valuable playing tips and insider information that I have gained through my years of coaching experience. I'm hopeful you find this a useful tool to help you enjoy your game that much more as you enjoy the great outdoors.
Chapter 1 - How to Properly Line Up Your Fourth Putt.
Chapter 2 - How to hit a Nike from the Rough, when you hit a Titleist from the tee.
Chapter 3 - How to Avoid the Water When You Lie 8 in a bunker.
Chapter 4 - How to Get More Distance off the Shank.
Chapter 5 - When to Give the marshal the Finger.
Chapter 6 - Using Your Shadow on the Greens to Maximize Earnings.
Chapter 7 - When to Implement Handicap Management.
Chapter 8 - Proper Excuses for Drinking Beer Before 9:00 a.m.
Chapter 9 - How to Rationalize a 6 Hour Round.
Chapter 10- When Does A Divot become classified as Sod.
Chapter 11 - How to Find That Ball That Everyone Else Saw Go in the water.
Chapter 12 - Why your Spouse Doesn't Care That You Birdied the 5th.
Chapter 13- Using Curse words Creatively to Control Ball Flight.
Chapter 14-When to Let a Foursome Play through Your Twosome.
Chapter 15 - How to Relax When You Are Hitting five off the Tee.
Chapter 16 - When to Suggest Major Swing Corrections to Your Opponent.
Chapter 17 - God and the Meaning of the Birdie-to-Bogey Three Putt.
Chapter 18 - When to Re-grip Your Ball Retriever.
Chapter 19- Throwing Your Clubs: An Effective Stress-Reduction Technique.
Chapter 20 - Can You Purchase a Better Golf Game?
Chapter 21 - Why Male Golfers Will Pay $5.00 a Beer from the Cart Girl and give her a $3 Tip , but will balk at $4.50 at the 19th Hole and stiff the Bartender.
Thanking you in advance for your order.

Robert F:

    It can be almost as bad if your playing WITH them.
We seem to have a lot of "casual" golfers around here that share a cart - -when one hit the ball LONG with a tremendous HOOK, usually OB -- and his cart buddy also hits the ball long but with a big SLICE -- really big -- like off the fairway, almost across 100 yds of "desert landscaping" and nearly in the next fairway -- at least 300 yds between thos balls. And they do it for the entire 18 holes. 
    Of course, they are playing from the Blues, while I am playing from the Yellows (2nd tees) and "doo-boping" it down the middle, hitting a 2nd shot ner the green -- then waiting nearly 10 minutes for one of them to retrieve his ball from someone's back yard (with a telescoping ball retriever) - and finally taking off to the right to get the other guy's ball.
     To top it all off -- many of them have NO CLUE about the Short Game -- so 4 or 5 more strokes when they are finally near the green. 
      And the real "topper" -- about 4th or 5th hole they are complaing about me "holding them up" !!   If I left them and went ot the next tee, in about 3 holes (maybe less) I would open up a two hole gap between us.

      Gee! Ain't this game GREAT!!

   Amos

Dick,

I was really going to set it up as a serious comment, but then thought somebody will actually believe it.  ;0)  We all know how stuff gets misunderstood around here.

Thanks, that may be as close to a hole in one as I ever get.  Feel free to send the check anyway.

Lynn.
Could someone please bring to Surges attention that his videos from the back porch would look better (and we would see more detail), if he turned the whole "set" around and shot his clips so that the camera wasn't looking into the sun and the bright sky.

There's an aiming line and a target line. When you're hitting a straight shot, they're the same. When you're hitting a draw, the aiming line crosses the target line from left to right, and vice versa for a fade. The toe line is always parallel to the aiming line, and you always swing the club down the alley between the toe line and the aiming line, while the club face at address should alway be square to the target line.
Clear as mud, now? ;-)

Lynn

I hate it when something that is supposed to blow won't blow.

That is all I am going to say on that subject.

ok, I will say one more thing on that subject. If they could have got the horn to blow, maybe they would have been stimulated.
Dick

It was sad to see how much some of these guys self-destructed coming down the stretch. To be sure, I could never have gotten into their position in the first place. It's just rough watching things like Keegan Bradley, who had everything under control for the front 9, go completely to pieces on the back. His tee shot on 18 was so far right he played up the first fairway.That's the kind of play I'd make, not a major champion. 

Bubba did give us the kinds of shots we love to watch him for, and some of the train-wreck moments some people watch for (like watching NASCAR for the crashes).

In the end, Justin Rose just kept it together better. He earned the win, though I think it would have been fun to see one more playoff hole between him and Bubba. 

See, you can follow my directions perfectly. ;-)

I've seen plenty of that. In my family, it's always been dump the first guy with a bunch of clubs so the second guy can go to his shot, and all catch up down the fairway.

No funny juice tonight, Dick.  You're just a bad influence.  If my Mom finds out she probably won't let me come out and play anymore.

 No!