It’s going just fine. I’m right where I need to be.
You won a PGA Tour event?
Bro, you have serious issues. Good day sir! I’m five years out from worrying about that. Take care, and enjoy being miserable. I think it’s hilarious you’re still thinking about this, I forgot all about you until I got an email alert that your responded to this post, particularly me. You won’t occupy space in my mind, but you will be one of the many to motivate me. Funny thing is, I’m motivated enough without people like you, I will do what others like you believe to be impossible, you can mark my words! My drive, desire, work ethic, and overall motivation to succeed are more than most can imagine. I’ve never not made a goal that I’ve set for myself in my life, and this will be no different. You know nothing about me, who I am, and what I’ve done or overcome in my life. Therefore, your opinion is like that of a gnat, annoying at best. I don’t need to prove myself to you, only myself but I can’t wait for you to wallow in your miserly when you see me holding a trophy at the end of a tournament. I’ve envisioned it, it’s been done, I can guarantee it! Now Barry, in case you didn’t or don’t know by now, this forum was created for positive people, I don’t think you belong.
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First, I didn’t respond to you but that’s neither there nor there.
There is a difference between being positive and being delusional. I wouldn’t care about your delusions except for the fact that this is so disrespectful of thousands of guys out there who have put in decades of work and will not make it. You are going to compete against people playing high level professional golf RIGHT NOW and you can barely break 100. You are never, ever going to narrow the gap between them and you enough to make this goal even remotely feasible. It’s not going to happen. I would be stunned if you got down to a scratch handicap by then and, if you did, you are still nowhere even close.
Look at Scott Fawcett (the DECADE guy) - he’s around your age and is shooting to make the Champions Tour in 5 years and he’s a long shot. Why would you think you can do it when he will struggle? He’s pretty transparent about his game and scores. Take a look and compare to yourself and explain how you are going get past him. It’s ridiculous.
I don’t think the two of you can have a productive conversation on this topic… the good news is trying to make the Champion’s Tour isn’t going to hurt anyone, and it will be very easy to measure success in a few years.
I think there is something to be said about setting huge goals and working to achieve them… People have managed insane feats by grinding through everything and putting in the work daily to succeed… I also think there is value in managing expectations and understanding what we are capable of. Both have a place in the world, but we need to pick out own routes forward…
In terms of my 2021 goals, I’m down 10 lbs thus far, and still building better eating habits… survived a week in my mom’s house without drinking (she’s a crazy person) so the year is off to a good start!
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Thanks my Man, I appreciate it!!! I agree with you! Keep getting fit and take care of that back.
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Love it!!!
You’ve already “won” … now just keep working on getting better and better…
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I’m always happy to see a Bruce Lee quote…
As for me, I got in some quality time on the golf course yesterday (Kudos to you, golf cart my mother in law bought us for Christmas) and my back doesn’t hurt today… Took some 3/4 swings with the new driver (it was nice! Ball flight was low, but my swing speed was down). I’m really excited about this season of golf… While it’s silly to set a goal for a single round, I really want to shoot par or better this season… I guess the “actionable” part of that goal is to have multiple good rounds where I’m making smart decisions and then let the putts fall and go low… basically achieve a par round by shooting a number of rounds near par.
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I have a question, I’m 62, I am playing an sldr driver 9.75 is the loft I set it at. I recently purchased the PRGR and began screwing around with it, I have been slowly but surely adjusting my swing by practicing positions to gain distance. 6 weeks ago I was SS: 75-78mph, BS: 120-123mph, SF: 1.32-1,35, D: 190yd. In 6 weeks, I have improved consistently to SS: 94-96mph, BS:134-138mph, SF: 1.43, D: 240-248yd. I am going to continue working as my seasonal goal this year will be 100mphSS and SF: 1.48, D of 250yd. I am hoping to get there. My question: is that improvement decent for a senior golfer and does that sound like a reasonable goal for a senior amateur golfer. In my 20’s and 30’s with the old Taylor Burner I could hit that 250=260 no problem with SS of 108. Amazing what age does to you and then falling into poor habits.
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Loved the Taylor made burner! I was looking for a cheap 12 degree driver and they had one with a bubble shaft! I didn’t buy it, but I should have. It wasn’t 12 degree or what I was looking for at all, but the nostalgia was there.
Just remember, it’s not just speed… you can maximize distance by finding optimal launch… have you done anything about your angle of attack?
Nothing yet, I’m just recording myself. I found a str8 on vid of maria fassi that has been really helping me with positions right now. I am trying to work on shallowing like her, elbow to hip and turning the hip and elbow to the target, straitening the right arm past impact (release) like a side arm pitcher, tilting the right shoulder and staying behind the ball. I cannot do it fast mostly at 60% speed, but 30 reps a nite with a 2lb driver. It’s actually hard work. But I have jumped up alot in 6 weeks. My instinct tells me the rest will be very tiny increments. I am a 6 hdcp, but our course is only 6200yds and precision is paramount. It’s when I get on 6500-6600yd courses, I struggle, I don’t want to struggle anymore. https://m.facebook.com/watch/?v=460344398102867&_rdr
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If it works for you, great! I’m not much of a technical swing guy… I’m a grip it and rip it fan.
I don’t know if you have seen the speed sticks, but they can be a good resource for speed gains… but obviously what you are doing is working!
Keep it up and hopefully the extra yardage will help on the longer courses.
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Thanks…I’ll keep it posted as the summer goes if it ever gets here. I like the website…What’s ure 20? NJ here.
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I’m in Louisville, ky.
Craigers! I went online and found the SS Sticks, more importantly, the exercise regimen. I did a 20 minute workout using the regimen with a 3w shaft, a 4 iron and a SW (all different weights), then hit a few balls…I went from 92mph prior to the workout to 97mph after the workout and got my SF up to 1.46. So thanks for the suggestion, I was going about the exercise all wrong. You don’t want to see my LH swing though…UGLY!
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Glad to hear!
Keep grinding with them… hopefully you get to a distance / speed you are happy with.
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Wanted to resurface this thread with golf season in full swing (you bet I went there) have anyone’s goals changed/updated?
I located my 2020 tracking scorecard for my “par every hole” goal, and noted that I made birdies on 8 of our 27 holes. So an updated goal of mine is to birdie 14 of them!
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This goal remains the same… I’m three full rounds into the season and haven’t broken 80, but I’m confident I"m going to have some good rounds in the low 70s this season…
Shot a 38 on the back with some interesting mistakes I hope not to make again… got up and down for birdie twice on the par 5s, though… so I guess I can’t complain about luck!
Still just getting comfortable hitting the ball! I hadn’t swung full since August…
Mavrik I won here is great (though it got an upgraded shaft)
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Half way through the year and (touch wood) I’m on track with all of these.
Getting lessons resulted in better striking, who knew. Still a work in progress but nice to see some improvement in a very short period of time. My club head speed is also up because I’ve been getting to the gym.
Turns out I was terrible at putting as well - a bit of application and practice there is paying dividends as well.
Since I’m relatively new to the game, I’d never actually considered things like shot patterns and where to aim so I’d wholeheartedly recommend DECADE to anyone who is interested in learning more about that stuff and fixing your putting as well.
I have so far stuck with one ball as well. I have absolutely no idea if this is helping but it can’t be hurting!
So far so good - unless life intervenes I’d expect to be well into single digits by the end of the year so I’m going to shoot for a 5 and see how I go.
Here’s what I would tell myself if I could go back in time to when I started playing:
- good coaches will improve your swing faster than you will by yourself.
- forget the speed sticks if you aren’t already in the gym
- if you don’t already know the DECADE stuff and you shoot 85-90 you will drop 5 shots without doing anything else
- your clubs aren’t the problem
How’s everyone else doing?
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