[coreana]

I am a HUGE golf FURRREEAAKKKKK!!! so i decided to start the golf thread!!

[coreana]

This week: Oct. 06-09.2005

LPGA

Long Drugs Challenge - The Ridge Golf Course - Auburn, CA - Par 71 - Yardage - 6,235
Leader at the moment is Nicole Perrot at -14 with a three shot lead.


PGA

WGC AMEX Championship - Harding Park Golf Course - San Francisco, CA - Par 71 - 6,845
Leader at the moment is John Daly at -9 with a one shot lead.

[Jeffversion2]

I play golf...I don't watch golf though I think it's boring T_T

[J*C*]

I play golf...I don't watch golf though I think it's boring T_T

I agree with you watching Golf is so dull. But playing it with your friends / entering tourneys = <3

[BabyBoy]

Finally, I've been waiting for a thread like this.. anyone wanna start by posting a picture of their clubs in the bag? I'll post mine after I finish building my dream set...... hehe that would be interesting


we need this thread pinned!.. would be better if it was called PGA thread

[sixth.]

Golf is cool.

But I quit when I moved to Hong Kong.

[aF 1]

i love golf too!
michelle wie is so

anyway, i just started playing a few months ago
i didnt realize how hard it was to hit a stationary ball
but i think i am improving
today i hit 250yd drive with my broken driver! woot

[Jeffversion2]

I have new clubs...Callaway X-18s

Check them out on Google...best clubs in the whole world...well for me anyway I'm smacking balls like crazy

Yes that also came out wrong too

[BabyBoy]

X-18's are oaky... they're the newest clubs from Callaway... I just bought a new set of clubs Mizuno Mp-33's because I felt that my Taylormade super iron's were a bit old... The new Ping G3's came out too!.. I'm curious, what driver do ya'll use? I'm currently using a Titleist 983k, and i guess it's okay..... haha ^^ yeah and people usually think it's really easy to hit the ball.. Especially in putting, people think it's a piece of cake..

[aF 1]

X-18's are oaky... they're the newest clubs from Callaway... I just bought a new set of clubs Mizuno Mp-33's because I felt that my Taylormade super iron's were a bit old... The new Ping G3's came out too!.. I'm curious, what driver do ya'll use? I'm currently using a Titleist 983k, and i guess it's okay..... haha ^^ yeah and people usually think it's really easy to hit the ball.. Especially in putting, people think it's a piece of cake..

i have a great big bertha (circa 1995 lol) i think its like 220cc
so small compared to all the 460s nowadays

nike's got a new driver out - sasquatch

[BabyBoy]

bah i am not a fan of Nike Golf at all.. yeah 220 cc is a small head, sounds more like a wood =/

anyhow i will be switching drivers in a few months.. probably to a Ping G2 or the new Launcher 460 Titanium.. both of them are easy hit drivers, as you can see they're both 460 CC's and it has a wider 'sweet spot'... I can currently drive about 280-285 yds of average with my 983k.

..

this is new

Ping has a new driver out too G5.. but i heard the G2 is much better than the G5.. I have to try it out tho =/

aF 1 what irons are you hitting with?

[coreana]

wow..i didn't know there were soompiers interested in golf. i thought i was the only one trying to expose a golf thread on soompi. i'm mostly interested in LPGA's. this week they're playing in KOREA!!!!!!!!!

[BabyBoy]

hahaha ok ms.golf expert do you play golf? if so show us your clubs!.. whoa Korea, is it on the golf channel?

[coreana]

the LPGA'ers are in jeju do in korea right playing their final round right now. anyways, u want more info. on what i play with...right??
i play with a callaway big bertha titanium 454 (10 degrees)



and i play with taylormade racs OS (men's reg. graphite).



my handicap factor currently stands at 6.9 and i'm from canada....?! i know it's too cold to play in the winter..so it's a seasonal sport for me. i played in most junior tournies in the last 2 yrs. and now i'm an amateur. i also play on the University of Toronto Golf Team.

oh, and to answer your question babyboy, the LPGA tourney in Korean won't be on the golf channel. i checked local listings as well, but I'm afraid this tourney is not featured on any of the major networks. (nbc, cbs, abc, golf channel.) so, just follow up on the lpga website at lpga.com.

[aF 1]

the LPGA'ers are in jeju do in korea right playing their final round right now. anyways, u want more info. on what i play with...right??
i play with a callaway big bertha titanium 454 (10 degrees)



and i play with taylormade racs OS (men's reg. graphite).



my handicap factor currently stands at 6.9 and i'm from canada....?! i know it's too cold to play in the winter..so it's a seasonal sport for me. i played in most junior tournies in the last 2 yrs. and now i'm an amateur. i also play on the University of Toronto Golf Team.

oh, and to answer your question babyboy, the LPGA tourney in Korean won't be on the golf channel. i checked local listings as well, but I'm afraid this tourney is not featured on any of the major networks. (nbc, cbs, abc, golf channel.) so, just follow up on the lpga website at lpga.com.

wow 6.9?
thats pretty impressive
how long have you been playing?

babyboy: i play with an old set of handmedowns (i think they are called xpc? haha)
im not very good so i dont need a great set of clubs yet

those mp-33s look real nice
but why not mp-60? (ive been seeing ads for them everywhere)
whats your handicap btw?

anyway, ive been reading this book called "the plane truth" by Jim Hardy
he discusses the differences between one-plane swing (ben hogan, vijay, michelle wie, ernie) and two-plane swing (tiger woods in 2000, davis love and almost everyone else)
really interesting so far!
heres description

Plane Truth For Golfers Book by Jim Hardy
Hardy's revolutionary approach is simple: There are two sets of fundamentals to the swing, not one. There is the one-plane swing, for more athletic players, and the two-plane swing, suitable for players of all abilities. Understanding these concepts is crucial to your improvement, and Hardy breaks them down into easy-to-follow steps, complete with dozens of photographs. Voted one of "America's 50 Greatest Teachers" by Golf Digest and ranked in the "Top 100 Teachers" list of Golf magazine, Jim Hardy is a veritable scholar of swing. He's been fixing the swings of professional and amateur golfers since 1977, and in The Plane Truth for Golfers, he makes his groundbreaking concepts available to you for the first time. Jim Hardy is the most knowledgeable teacher in golf. This extraordinary book will be the most revolutionary instructional book since Ben Hogan's Five Lessons. ~Peter Jacobsen, Seven-time PGA Tour event winner

[BabyBoy]

Coreana, you practice a lot huh? Considering your handicap is 6.9, I'm sure you've played quite a numerous amount of years already. Hehe I was expecting you to use Nancy Lopez iron's, but boy you're good, so I guess rac OS's are good for you . My old set of Taylor-Made iron's were TM Supersteel.

af_1: Mp-60's are nice, but wow do you know how expensive they are? I believe they're the newest clubs of Mizunos. The newest models aren't always the best. I've tried out the mp-33's before I bought them and wow I gained a few yards, it's really forgiving. I don't practice a lot, my handicap is around 11ish. If you read a lot of golf books, I really recommend Ben Hogan's Five Lessons, it's a really old book with very well drawn illustrations to help you. And yeah, you're smart, in the beginning you can just play with a not-so-good set of irons, but until you become better you should try out different sets and find out which set suites you the best.

I'm almost finished building my clubs, just missing two wedges and my third wood and pow i'm done! So I will post a picture of my whole bag after.

[aF 1]

Coreana, you practice a lot huh? Considering your handicap is 6.9, I'm sure you've played quite a numerous amount of years already.

af_1: Mp-60's are nice, but wow do you know how expensive they are? I believe they're the newest clubs of Mizunos. The newest models aren't always the best. I've tried out the mp-33's before I bought them and wow I gained a few yards, it's really forgiving. I don't practice a lot, my handicap is around 11ish. If you read a lot of golf books, I really recommend Ben Hogan's Five Lessons, it's a really old book but very well drawn illustrations to help you. And yeah, you're smart, in the beginning you can just play with a not-so-good set of irons, but until you become better you should try out different sets and find out which set suites you the best.

I'm almost finished building my clubs, just missing two wedges and my third wood and pow i'm done! So I will post a picture of my whole bag after.

haha yes they are the newest model
mp-33s are forgiving?
hmm....i dont know if any blade can be considered 'forgiving' (speaking from personal experience of course lol)

[coreana]

actually i've only been playing now for 4 years. i was first introduced to the game of golf by my dad when he brought me to a LPGA tourney here in canada. i've been playing a lot of other sports (basketball, volleyball, soccer)...i was athletic for my age at the time. anyways, my dad introduced me to kim mi hyun telling us that we're somehow related? he said second cousins. are there such things as second cousins? well, after the intro, KMH and I went to the driving range and told me to take a swing with her iron. there were SO many ppl watching me and i was really nervous. so we went to this area where there were no galleries and i learned how to hold a club and i was given a brief intro. to the golf swing. i met grace park and pak se ri, but i didn't even know who these ppl were or even how FAMOUS these ppl were. after that day, i learned so much about the game of golf. mentally and physically it was really difficult. at first just learning was hard but the practice!! was the hardest part of golf. in my first 2 years of learning golf, i practiced six to seven hours a day. just hitting balls!!!!! after that everything came together. my golf swing was good enough, i was mentally focused....i even managed to get my lowest score this year. 73!!! one over par. i wanted to continue the practice, the tournies and stuff, but i thought 'what about school?' i made a tough decision....one of the most difficult decisions in my entire life...i decided to concentrate more in school. i still play on my school team, but i'm done with the tournies. maybe i'll pick up the game during summer break.

i feel like i just wrote a "biography" on my golf life. i just want golfers and non golfers to know that golf is a very passionate sport. you cry a lot...not just the athlete, but others around. you sacrifice a lot too. but there's a lesson taught throughout the game. i'm not saying it here. that's for u to find out.

Lee leads Korean domination of CJ Nine Bridges



Such was the domination by local Jee Young Lee at the LPGA co-sanctioned CJ Nine Bridges Classic on Jeju Island off the south coast of Korea, she was able to drop three shots in her last four holes today and still win by three.

It was a remarkable week for the local, who was playing in her first LPGA event and for whom the victory would mean so much. That she was able to play as well as she did today while playing alongside two of her country's more decorated and credentialed players and on such an important stage, indicates that a step up to LPGA Tour status in 2006 will now be a lot easier for her.

Lee had dropped five shots in the last five holes on Saturday also but on a tough demanding golf course and in conditions which made scoring difficult she led by three as she headed into today's final round.

She had opened up a huge lead with just a few holes to go but understandably nerves and perhaps lack of experience got the better of her in the run to the line. Still if she was struggling so were many other more experienced and established players and tonight she is a young lady (20) with a huge future on the LPGA Tour.

She has played the Korean Ladies Tour this year and in fact won the Korean Women's Open. She is therefore no stranger to winning but this was another level again and with so much more at stake.

11 year LPGA veteran Carin Koch continued her great season with a runner up placing, which she shared with Mi Hyun Kim. Koch won earlier in the year at the Corona Morelia Championship for just her second victory on the LPGA Tour.

Hee Young Park and Jeong Jang completed a good week for the locals, who filled eight of the top thirteen placings.

The surprises of the tournament were that Annika Sorenstam never really got into contention and eventually finished 14th and that Paul Creamer let a great opportunity go with a last round of 79.

The best of the Australians was Rachel Hetherington, who was 6th with Wendy Doolan 23rd, Lindsey Wright 51st and Katherine Hull 60th.

The LPGA Tour now heads to Japan for the Mizuno Open.

credit: iseekgolf.com

[BabyBoy]

ahh ^ nice nice.. no wonder you're so good ... you have all the top LPGA celebrities to help you!..

[aF 1]

im considering buying a new driver (nike ignite 460) because i broke my big bertha lol (the clubhead makes for a nice paperweight )

im not sure which flex to choose - i drive on avg around 240yd, but ive been making alot of gains in clubhead speed recently (through better technique....i hope...)
regular? or stiff?

and what do you guys play with?