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MY ATV REVIEW POSTING INDEX:
INTRO POST/ABOUT ME: Click HERE
INITIAL IN HANDS/LOOKS THOUGHTS: Click HERE
INITIAL LONG RANGE THOUGHTS: Click HERE
INITIAL SHORTS GAME THOUGHTS: Click HERE
SECOND RANGE/SHORT GAME SESSION THOUGHTS: Click HERE
THIRD RANGE/SHORT GAME SESSION THOUGHTS: Click HERE
FIRST 9 HOLES: Click HERE
SECOND 9 HOLES (WITH VIDEO): Click HERE
PHOTO ROUND (BEFORE AND AFTER) 18 HOLES: Click HERE
VIDEO REVIEW: Click HERE
DATE: 7/21/2012
WEATHER: 87-90°, slight breeze
BALL PLAYED: Taylormade Penta TP 5
HOLES PLAYED: 18, with my favorite playing partner...pops.
ATV RATING ON THIS DAY: 9/10
Let me first say that this was the craziest round I remember playing in a while. It was pretty darn close to being a nightmare right out of the gate. Never have I ever had a round mixed with such extremes...extremely bad and extremely good. Throughout all of this, the ATV was steadfast and got it done for me. I was 2 for 2 in sand saves, and solid out of the bunker. The 72 came as a result of an insanely hot putter streak over 7 or so holes (23 putts on the day...lmao), and a fair mix of fantastic shots.
THE ROUND (CAPPED WITH ATV SHOTS IN RED)
Hole 1: Snap hook OB off the first tee, great friggin' start. Tee it up again, and again, hooked left OB again :curse:...but luckily a tree kicked it out. At this point, I was already pissed and I had literally been on the course for only 60 seconds. Under a tree from 110 out, I try to punch a 4 iron runner and chunk it maybe 15 yards. So, now I have a shot of about 95 yards, over a bunker, to a pin that is maybe a flag stick off the front fringe, and cut on a downslope. WTC?! I hit a GREAT wedge from here with the 56°, my ballmark was about 3 feet behind the pin, so it was pretty spot on but I had no chance of getting this one close. Here, the ATV got me out of my early rage streak really fast (literally, I was already to the point I wanted to go back to my car, throw the clubs in the trunk, and drive 40 minutes back home)...but after this shot, thanks to the ATV, I remembered that I know how to play golf. I ended up leaving my putt from about 20' an inch or two to the right, triple bogey
Hole 2: No ATV used.
Hole 3: Driver into the left fairway bunker, again, a hook. I hit a 7 iron from here and left myself 139 in. I pulled out the 50° ATV and put it pin high about 10 feet right on a blind shot (I could only see the top of the flag). Drained it for birdie...thank you, ATV, for saving my arse again.
Hole 4: I chunk+semi-shank (yes, a chunk and semi-shank...it's possible) a 4 iron off the tee. It hits the cart path after it's short little sissy flight and kicks up into the fairway...don't even ask. From here, I'm late and fat on a 6 iron from 210 and come up short and right. The pin is up front again, and I'm dead. I hit a good pitch from 20 or so yards, but land it a yard or 2 short of my spot and it barely gets on the green. Close to perfect, but the result was ultimately pretty bad...just one of those shots. 2 putts, bogey. I'm back to being pissed again.
Hole 5: This is a hole that looks like it should be on a Tiger Woods EA Sports video game's Fantasy Course. It is basically tee boxes, and then 3 islands of fairways leading to the green. I hit 5 iron off the tee to land on the first island...again, I catch it fat. From here I have 220 in. I pull the 4 iron out, and again, I'm late on the swing...great contact, but late = leaving it out to the right, and I toss it into the right bunker. Now I have a 25 yard bunker shot, on a sideslope of the lip (the ball is higher than normal up on the slope leading to the lip) where I need to carry it over the left side of another bunker, fly it about 20 yards into the right fringe that protrudes and make it stop within 15 feet off the downslope on the landing area, to the back pin. Somehow, I do just that..again, don't ask. My dad about died when he saw the shot. I hit it really well, but still, pulling this shot off is luck. I made the putt for par.
Hole 6: I pull the driver and decide to take some frustration out. Mission accomplished, I drilled it and I feel better. From the fairway I try to lay up to 115 for a smooth abbreviated 56° in, but my lay up shot flew too far and went right into the damn water that I told myself I absolutely needed to be short of. Now I'm back to hulk mode...mad as all get out. I take my drop in line-of-flight from the 115 mark I wanted to be at originally in the fairway, pull the 56° out and execute. I leave it about 10 feet behind the pin, dead on line, and drop the putt to save par.
Hole 7: No ATV used, and this hole should have been a birdie.
Hole 8: My wayward drives, late swings, chunk semi-shanks, and the missed birdie on hole 7 had my blood boiling. Again, I let the driver release some of the tension...I killed this one into the wind. I was about 10 yard short of the front edge, but I faced a 30 yard pitch to the far back pin. I hit it perfect, tracking right at the flag...but the ball rolled and rolled and rolled. I couldn't believe how far it rolled, I thought I had hit it perfect. This shot had me confused...I played it off my back foot (which explains some roll out), open stance (as always), slightly open face, and tried to hit a low pincher than would grab and release. There was no grab. It rolled past the flag and settled on the back fringe, about 12 feet away. I drained the putt for birdie.
Hole 9: 4 iron fat off the tee (christ!!). From just off the right side, I was right behind an overhanging tree, looking at 201 to an uphill green with a bunch of limbs hanging in my way. I pulled a 6 iron and hit a rising stinger under the trees that was perfect; under the trees and rising slowly...except I was late on it, as I had been many times, and sent it 10 yards right of the green again. From where the ball stopped, I had a 20 yard uphill right-to-left breaking bump-and-run. I pulled the 50° ATV out and put it to within a couple feet, tapped in for par.
FRONT 9 THOUGHTS
The ATV saved my butt a lot on this nine, and pulled me out of a bad mental place a few times. It made a disastrous nine holes pretty manageable. After hole 1, it was the only club I still trusted. As it has been in the past, it was envision, set up, and stroke. It got the job done when most of the rest of my bag was not. It was the set up club for my two birdies (once a full 50° and once a running 56°).
Hole 10: Weak driver right, snap hooked 4 iron left behind a tree, punch hook around the tree to 20 yards right of the green. Now I face a delicate 15 yard flop to the front pin. Ball up, face open, stance open...I hit a great shot exactly how I want to. It lands on the downslope, never grabs, and proceeds to run 18 feet past the pin. Lucky for me, my putter was insanely hot right now and I make the putt to save par.
Hole 11: No ATV used, but I did lay a drive off dead right into the other fairway and then put a PW to 10 feet on a pretty much impossible shot. :banana:
Hole 12: 4 iron smashed off the tee, 9 iron uphill that I was late on left me in the right bunker with a looong bunker shot to the left pin (very wide, shallow green). I hit a decent bunker shot off the wet sand (this bunker looked like it had been flooded as there was some standing water still there). I hit the shot pretty well but the sand was so heavy it came up about 20 feet short. Hot putter saved me again, as I nailed the putt for par...my dad was laughing at my putter at this point.
Hole 13: Chunked a 7 iron off tee, which came up well short of the green. From here I faced a front pin with not a lot to work with. I hit a standard spinner pitch that hit into the upslope in front of the fringe (to kill it), hopped, and died about 10-12 feet short and under the hole. This was about as much as I could've asked for, and I made the putt.
Hole 14: No ATV used.
Hole 15: Smashed a drive, use 7 iron to lay up, and left myself probably about 75 yards in. I hit a really nice knockdown 56° that was right at the flag, in the air I thought it was perfect, but it hit, hopped, and died. It left me about 18 feet short dead on line, and I 2 putted for par
Hole 16: 4 iron nutted off the tee, leaving myself 138 in. I pulled the 50° ATV and put a perfect swing on it. The ball sailed over the flag by about 6 or 7 yards, hit into the upslope and sucked back to about 6 feet. Birdie.
Hole 17: Pulled a PW on the tee, hit it perfect the pin high...but again I was late on it, so it missed off the green right. Considering the pin was basically cut on the right fringe, I was looking at a tough shot, but not too hard since it was short. I took a simple open faced 56° with a short/fat swing that landed just over the fringe and rolled to within basic tap in range. Par saved.
Hole 18: 4 iron nutted off the tee down the middle, yet again. I pulled I think a 8 iron (??) and hit a thinned semi-shank that dove into the bunker that splits the two portions of the fairway, ramped around the edge and got spit out the back of the bunker. This left me 72 yards to a middle pin, with a nice little audience of guys drinking beers outside from the wedding that just took place outside near the clubhouse. I lined up with an open stance, slightly open face, rotated my shoulders away and picked the club up with my wrists on the backswing...fired my hips for the downswing, and the ball traveled right at the flag, landed 1 foot short and left, took a very small hop, and stopped about 2 feet away. I received a little applause from the make-shift gallery, and tapped in for par.
CONCLUSIVE THOUGHTS
Overall, the ATV [again] did what it has always done for me. It instilled confidence, it brought me out of short slumps, it got me up and down, it saved me a lot of pars (with help from my putter from time-to-time), and it set me up for birdies. In short, it got the job done. I am really starting to love these more and more on full shots, namely the 50° (I did not hit a full 56° today, once was about 75% on the par 5 on the front 9).
My clubs are my children, and everyone knows you don't pick favorites with your children...but off the record, the ATV is making a strong case for being my favorite child :glasses-cool:. With the help of my putter, the ATV has turned a few of my "should be high 70-low 80 rounds" into par or just above it rounds. If you can't tell, my length leaves me with a lot of wedge shots, and my aggressive nature on the course leaves me with some missed greens when things are firing on all cylinders for me. For me to have wedges that I believe in and look forward to pulling out is priceless...they pull me out of ruts, and they put me in position to score, or save a decent score.
INTRO POST/ABOUT ME: Click HERE
INITIAL IN HANDS/LOOKS THOUGHTS: Click HERE
INITIAL LONG RANGE THOUGHTS: Click HERE
INITIAL SHORTS GAME THOUGHTS: Click HERE
SECOND RANGE/SHORT GAME SESSION THOUGHTS: Click HERE
THIRD RANGE/SHORT GAME SESSION THOUGHTS: Click HERE
FIRST 9 HOLES: Click HERE
SECOND 9 HOLES (WITH VIDEO): Click HERE
PHOTO ROUND (BEFORE AND AFTER) 18 HOLES: Click HERE
VIDEO REVIEW: Click HERE
DATE: 7/21/2012
WEATHER: 87-90°, slight breeze
BALL PLAYED: Taylormade Penta TP 5
HOLES PLAYED: 18, with my favorite playing partner...pops.
ATV RATING ON THIS DAY: 9/10
Let me first say that this was the craziest round I remember playing in a while. It was pretty darn close to being a nightmare right out of the gate. Never have I ever had a round mixed with such extremes...extremely bad and extremely good. Throughout all of this, the ATV was steadfast and got it done for me. I was 2 for 2 in sand saves, and solid out of the bunker. The 72 came as a result of an insanely hot putter streak over 7 or so holes (23 putts on the day...lmao), and a fair mix of fantastic shots.
THE ROUND (CAPPED WITH ATV SHOTS IN RED)
Hole 1: Snap hook OB off the first tee, great friggin' start. Tee it up again, and again, hooked left OB again :curse:...but luckily a tree kicked it out. At this point, I was already pissed and I had literally been on the course for only 60 seconds. Under a tree from 110 out, I try to punch a 4 iron runner and chunk it maybe 15 yards. So, now I have a shot of about 95 yards, over a bunker, to a pin that is maybe a flag stick off the front fringe, and cut on a downslope. WTC?! I hit a GREAT wedge from here with the 56°, my ballmark was about 3 feet behind the pin, so it was pretty spot on but I had no chance of getting this one close. Here, the ATV got me out of my early rage streak really fast (literally, I was already to the point I wanted to go back to my car, throw the clubs in the trunk, and drive 40 minutes back home)...but after this shot, thanks to the ATV, I remembered that I know how to play golf. I ended up leaving my putt from about 20' an inch or two to the right, triple bogey
Hole 2: No ATV used.
Hole 3: Driver into the left fairway bunker, again, a hook. I hit a 7 iron from here and left myself 139 in. I pulled out the 50° ATV and put it pin high about 10 feet right on a blind shot (I could only see the top of the flag). Drained it for birdie...thank you, ATV, for saving my arse again.
Hole 4: I chunk+semi-shank (yes, a chunk and semi-shank...it's possible) a 4 iron off the tee. It hits the cart path after it's short little sissy flight and kicks up into the fairway...don't even ask. From here, I'm late and fat on a 6 iron from 210 and come up short and right. The pin is up front again, and I'm dead. I hit a good pitch from 20 or so yards, but land it a yard or 2 short of my spot and it barely gets on the green. Close to perfect, but the result was ultimately pretty bad...just one of those shots. 2 putts, bogey. I'm back to being pissed again.
Hole 5: This is a hole that looks like it should be on a Tiger Woods EA Sports video game's Fantasy Course. It is basically tee boxes, and then 3 islands of fairways leading to the green. I hit 5 iron off the tee to land on the first island...again, I catch it fat. From here I have 220 in. I pull the 4 iron out, and again, I'm late on the swing...great contact, but late = leaving it out to the right, and I toss it into the right bunker. Now I have a 25 yard bunker shot, on a sideslope of the lip (the ball is higher than normal up on the slope leading to the lip) where I need to carry it over the left side of another bunker, fly it about 20 yards into the right fringe that protrudes and make it stop within 15 feet off the downslope on the landing area, to the back pin. Somehow, I do just that..again, don't ask. My dad about died when he saw the shot. I hit it really well, but still, pulling this shot off is luck. I made the putt for par.
Hole 6: I pull the driver and decide to take some frustration out. Mission accomplished, I drilled it and I feel better. From the fairway I try to lay up to 115 for a smooth abbreviated 56° in, but my lay up shot flew too far and went right into the damn water that I told myself I absolutely needed to be short of. Now I'm back to hulk mode...mad as all get out. I take my drop in line-of-flight from the 115 mark I wanted to be at originally in the fairway, pull the 56° out and execute. I leave it about 10 feet behind the pin, dead on line, and drop the putt to save par.
Hole 7: No ATV used, and this hole should have been a birdie.
Hole 8: My wayward drives, late swings, chunk semi-shanks, and the missed birdie on hole 7 had my blood boiling. Again, I let the driver release some of the tension...I killed this one into the wind. I was about 10 yard short of the front edge, but I faced a 30 yard pitch to the far back pin. I hit it perfect, tracking right at the flag...but the ball rolled and rolled and rolled. I couldn't believe how far it rolled, I thought I had hit it perfect. This shot had me confused...I played it off my back foot (which explains some roll out), open stance (as always), slightly open face, and tried to hit a low pincher than would grab and release. There was no grab. It rolled past the flag and settled on the back fringe, about 12 feet away. I drained the putt for birdie.
Hole 9: 4 iron fat off the tee (christ!!). From just off the right side, I was right behind an overhanging tree, looking at 201 to an uphill green with a bunch of limbs hanging in my way. I pulled a 6 iron and hit a rising stinger under the trees that was perfect; under the trees and rising slowly...except I was late on it, as I had been many times, and sent it 10 yards right of the green again. From where the ball stopped, I had a 20 yard uphill right-to-left breaking bump-and-run. I pulled the 50° ATV out and put it to within a couple feet, tapped in for par.
FRONT 9 THOUGHTS
The ATV saved my butt a lot on this nine, and pulled me out of a bad mental place a few times. It made a disastrous nine holes pretty manageable. After hole 1, it was the only club I still trusted. As it has been in the past, it was envision, set up, and stroke. It got the job done when most of the rest of my bag was not. It was the set up club for my two birdies (once a full 50° and once a running 56°).
Hole 10: Weak driver right, snap hooked 4 iron left behind a tree, punch hook around the tree to 20 yards right of the green. Now I face a delicate 15 yard flop to the front pin. Ball up, face open, stance open...I hit a great shot exactly how I want to. It lands on the downslope, never grabs, and proceeds to run 18 feet past the pin. Lucky for me, my putter was insanely hot right now and I make the putt to save par.
Hole 11: No ATV used, but I did lay a drive off dead right into the other fairway and then put a PW to 10 feet on a pretty much impossible shot. :banana:
Hole 12: 4 iron smashed off the tee, 9 iron uphill that I was late on left me in the right bunker with a looong bunker shot to the left pin (very wide, shallow green). I hit a decent bunker shot off the wet sand (this bunker looked like it had been flooded as there was some standing water still there). I hit the shot pretty well but the sand was so heavy it came up about 20 feet short. Hot putter saved me again, as I nailed the putt for par...my dad was laughing at my putter at this point.
Hole 13: Chunked a 7 iron off tee, which came up well short of the green. From here I faced a front pin with not a lot to work with. I hit a standard spinner pitch that hit into the upslope in front of the fringe (to kill it), hopped, and died about 10-12 feet short and under the hole. This was about as much as I could've asked for, and I made the putt.
Hole 14: No ATV used.
Hole 15: Smashed a drive, use 7 iron to lay up, and left myself probably about 75 yards in. I hit a really nice knockdown 56° that was right at the flag, in the air I thought it was perfect, but it hit, hopped, and died. It left me about 18 feet short dead on line, and I 2 putted for par
Hole 16: 4 iron nutted off the tee, leaving myself 138 in. I pulled the 50° ATV and put a perfect swing on it. The ball sailed over the flag by about 6 or 7 yards, hit into the upslope and sucked back to about 6 feet. Birdie.
Hole 17: Pulled a PW on the tee, hit it perfect the pin high...but again I was late on it, so it missed off the green right. Considering the pin was basically cut on the right fringe, I was looking at a tough shot, but not too hard since it was short. I took a simple open faced 56° with a short/fat swing that landed just over the fringe and rolled to within basic tap in range. Par saved.
Hole 18: 4 iron nutted off the tee down the middle, yet again. I pulled I think a 8 iron (??) and hit a thinned semi-shank that dove into the bunker that splits the two portions of the fairway, ramped around the edge and got spit out the back of the bunker. This left me 72 yards to a middle pin, with a nice little audience of guys drinking beers outside from the wedding that just took place outside near the clubhouse. I lined up with an open stance, slightly open face, rotated my shoulders away and picked the club up with my wrists on the backswing...fired my hips for the downswing, and the ball traveled right at the flag, landed 1 foot short and left, took a very small hop, and stopped about 2 feet away. I received a little applause from the make-shift gallery, and tapped in for par.
CONCLUSIVE THOUGHTS
Overall, the ATV [again] did what it has always done for me. It instilled confidence, it brought me out of short slumps, it got me up and down, it saved me a lot of pars (with help from my putter from time-to-time), and it set me up for birdies. In short, it got the job done. I am really starting to love these more and more on full shots, namely the 50° (I did not hit a full 56° today, once was about 75% on the par 5 on the front 9).
My clubs are my children, and everyone knows you don't pick favorites with your children...but off the record, the ATV is making a strong case for being my favorite child :glasses-cool:. With the help of my putter, the ATV has turned a few of my "should be high 70-low 80 rounds" into par or just above it rounds. If you can't tell, my length leaves me with a lot of wedge shots, and my aggressive nature on the course leaves me with some missed greens when things are firing on all cylinders for me. For me to have wedges that I believe in and look forward to pulling out is priceless...they pull me out of ruts, and they put me in position to score, or save a decent score.
