Al
At 11:31 AM 3/4/2003, you wrote:
RK,
Must be caused by all that MB sunshine and salt air, RK. :-) My Mom had Parkinson's and I don't need any of that. I have enough trouble hitting a putt on line anymore with reasonably steady hands. I may soon have to face the fact that I'll never be a 2 again, but I'm not giving up without a fight. Always wanted to make scratch and never quite did it. Got to a 1.4 index in the 1960s and 1.5 three years ago. Sure would like to shoot my age, though. Came within one shot of it right before I went on dialysis last year with an unexplainable 69 (-3) on our shorter course. Had 27 putts that day...haven't been anywhere near that number since. Post surgery scores this winter have been mostly low 80s (82 yesterday with three 3-putt greens) and an occasional 88-92 (seven 3-putt greens on that 92...couldn't bend my back very well on that round).
We'd make good partners, though. If our opponents had to watch you shaking and me with my puffy red Prednisone face and jerky putter, we'd scare 'em into submission. :-)
Bernie
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- From: Richard Kennedy
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- Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 10:43 AM
- Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Bang SF Fairway
- Bernie, Talk about trying to overcome a personal handicap vs agolfing handicap you should be in my shoes. W/in two very short years i went from a 7 HCP to a 36+ HCP and only lost about 100 yards on my drives, no matter how long the shaft is on my driver.
- RK
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- Date: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 8:05:25 AM
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- Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Bang SF Fairway
- Chris,
- Geez, you're a darn gorilla if you can swing that 51-incher consistently. I
- don't know if I could get the head off the ground. :-)
- Think David is right on looking at Dean's post again. Was confused. I've
- been doing so many 13° fairway drivers for my son's young guns lately, that
- I was assuming Dean meant degrees. Forgot those heads went up to a 15.
- Yup, feeling much better. New kidney has my blood pressure normal without
- medication for the first time in 20 years. Now, if I can get the
- steroid-supplemented gut reduced to normal and tight back straightened out,
- maybe I can make a full turn again. Am 20 yards shorter with the driver than
- I was eight months ago and about 8 shots higher as a result. Need lots of
- practice. There's always another challenge for old guys. Right, Al?
- Bernie
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- From: "Chris Burns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
- To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
- Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 10:35 PM
- Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Bang SF Fairway
- > Dave:
- >
- > Hey, don't call my long driver mentor "confused". :-) Bernie might be
- > correct as I'm only going by the figures in the catalog. Actually they
- list
- > the heights of all the fairway woods (3W-19W) as being 32mm and I can't
- > swear to the accuracy of these figures as I don't have any of the heads
- > here.
- >
- > I've seen this before with face heights. Bernie, maybe you're correct
- with
- > your theory of drawing the straight line from toe to heel. It sounds like
- a
- > goofy way of measuring the height, but who knows??
- >
- > By the way Bernie, I'm still in love with my 51" Bang offset 12º driver.
- > I've been chuckling at all the long driver talk lately about how difficult
- > they are to hit. I've never had a driver that's been so consistent in my
- > life. By the way, glad to hear you're feeling better.
- >
- > Chris Burns
- >
- > ----- Original Message -----
- > From: "David Rees" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
- > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
- > Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 7:02 PM
- > Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Bang SF Fairway
- >
- >
- > > On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 08:48:03PM -0500, Bernie Baymiller wrote:
- > > >
- > > > I have the 3W head right in front of me and it is definitely more than
- > 32mm
- > > > on center, unless they are measuring it differently than I am. From
- the
- > sole
- > > > to the edge of the crown, measuring straight up the 3 vertical dots at
- > the
- > > > center of the face, is exactly 40mm. The crown is curved down toward
- the
- > toe
- > > > and the heel. If you draw a straight line from the height at the heel
- > and
- > > > the height at the toe, then it would be about 32mm...but probably 3/4
- of
- > the
- > > > face is over 35mm high.
- > >
- > > Bernie,
- > >
- > > You're confused. ;-)
- > >
- > > They're talking about the #13 and #15 woods, not the #3 wood. While I
- > > can't verify the height of the #13/15 SF fairwaiys, 32mm sounds about
- > > right.
- > >
- > > -Dave
- > >
- >
- >
- >
- >
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