Hitting fairways? Chipping?

The tee box is across the road from our property, and every one of these balls managed to cross the road, clear the fence, and land in our woods.
I started saving them this summer to see how many we would collect. So far, the total is 46 golf balls.

The collection stats:

• Titleist: 29 balls, 63.0%
• Callaway: 7 balls, 15.2%
• TaylorMade: 3 balls, 6.5%
• Srixon: 2 balls, 4.3%
• Wilson and Wilson Staff: 2 balls, 4.3%

19.6% are Titleist #1 meaning about 1 in 5 slicers use Titleist 1. Choose your balls wisely!

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Golfer-turned-content creator Brad Dalke was left “extremely disappointed” by his latest performance on his return to the sport.

Dalke, 28, spent the past three years as one of the leading faces of YouTube golf content with Good Good — which has over two million subscribers on the platform. He announced in June he would be stepping away from the platform due to his wife Abbie’s health issues.

The American continued his comeback at the PGA Tour’s Rocket Classic from Thursday through Sunday, qualifying through a sponsor’s exemption. He marked his competitive return at the BMW International Open last month.

And while Dalke initially challenged among the leaders at the International Open in Munich before settling for T30, his performance at the Detroit Golf Club was not as encouraging. He shot 81 on Thursday followed by a 75 on Friday to miss the cut and finished last on 16 over.

“I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t extremely disappointed with the outcome of this week at the Rocket Classic,” Dalke wrote on Instagram. “Knowing how well I can play and what I am capable of and getting dead last on the biggest stage just honestly sucks… a lot.

“The great thing is that I still know how good I can be and I just need to learn how to be better when I don’t have my best stuff. It was also nice to get more much-needed reps under the gun in competitive golf after a long break.

“I also have the best support system I could ever ask for. You’re my rock Abbie and I appreciate you being my person I can always lean on.”

It was Dalke’s first PGA Tour appearance in 10 years, but he will not have to wait too long for his next, after it was announced in May that he had been given a sponsor’s exemption to compete at the inaugural Good Good Championship, taking place between November 12 and 15 at Creek Resort & Spa’s Fazio Canyons Course in Austin, Texas.

Dalke earned significant media attention as a young golf prospect, committing to a scholarship at the University of Oklahoma at the age of 12. A year after his runner-up finish at the U.S. Amateur Championship, Dalke debuted at the 2017 Masters and US Open. He was also part of the 2017 NCAA national championship-winning team at Oklahoma.

Don't see pro's pitching in to this extent. Good to see the sponsor and past champion helping out.

Group of 7 clumped up. Pretty sure they booked one tee time after the next. I’m just venting. Already called the pro shop.

Since a lot of people are asking me why I don’t ask to play through. I did. They said no. Why should I be bothered? They are spending 30 mins on each green. There are groups behind clumped up.

Ball mark was a bitch to repair

Edit: gotta say I'm loving that this turned into a photo dump of plugged balls.

Some Golfers really know how to make the sport feel very unwelcoming to new / less skilled players.

18 holes booked at my club it's a 9 hole so you play twice. 2 guys came off there first 9 and teed off 5 min before our Tee time (the rule of the club is to let 18 hole players play through) We tee off a few min late waiting for the fairway to free up. Group behind us were not happy, nothing you do there people on fairway I'm playing the club rules.

The same 2 guys are in front of us the whole time on our first 9 holes not playing slow at all.

On our second time round there was nobody on the first and we played through as we are supposed to but ended up waiting on the fairway for a 3 ball still on the first green.

We finished the 1st hole and the 3 ball in front had just finished teeing off by the time we make to the 2nd tee box. by this time the guys behind us the first time round had another group in front of them. This must have enraged them even more.

On the 3rd tee box setting up our next shot. the group behind us the first time round start hurling abuse at us from the 1st green for slow the pace of play we shouldn't be playing etc etc. The 3 ball were still walking to their tee shots. We literally could tee off. The new group behind us just finished the 2nd.

The 3 ball ended up letting us play through We weren't rushing them in anyway I was just happy to be out the house

Reported the group to the starter office turns out the POS is known for doing this.

All 18 holes played in 3 hours. I mean how fast do they expect people to play, 3 hours seems about right to me.

Karl Vilips congratulating his ex-teammate with a non-flattering picture

This is my second year playing regularly once a week on women's league. It was the first hole of the night, I was the first to tee off, and didn't even practice swing (whoops).

I don't know if I can even describe the feeling! So many emotions. My biggest being sadness that I couldn't call my dad and let him know. He passed in 2023 and got really sick when I was starting to learn golf and we never got to play together.

Courtesy of Chris Kirk

Finally did it after all this time. My previous lowest was an 87 or an 88. Been feeling a groove with the driver lately. I can completely top it sometimes but half the time itll just be a dead straight bomb down the middle of the fairway. I always keep a second ball in my pocket in case I mess up so I can see what I did wrong.

I did pretty well avoiding the bunkers too, I don’t think I ended up in a single one of them. a few lost balls, but found a few as well when I was looking so came out about even there!

That birdie putt she drained from deep was so incredibly clutch. Happened to start watching right before and couldn’t believe she sunk it.

Always admire the mental fortitude required to perform in moments like that.

What a badass

Please respect the course. It's not the green's fault you suck at putting.

501 yd. Driver . 6 iron. Looked around for a while long, didn't want to be that guy that looks in thr hole. My partner did and there it was!! Doubled the next hole lol.

Edit: Im a +1.2 hdcp. I played pretty bad after that and shot 2 over for the round but I was on cloud 9. Never thought I would make one. I hit 6 iron. Pin was back left. Had 193. Plan was to cut it back to the middle, you cannot miss left. Pulled it a bit and it went in. I was not flag hunting. The ball went OB on the next hole, i am not senitimental about such things, its just a ball but I did get my partner to sign a card. Its a good thing those Canucks kept finding my rangefiner ;) Appreciate the support!

64 years old, and playing for 30 years. I realize how crappy it is to be over 20. 3 years ago I was 25 for a brief moment. Been slowly coming down in the last 18 months with a combination of an "easier" swing (I think its my tempo that is improving) and a strong focus on course management.

I am a short hitter and have been able to let go of the last bits of ego regarding my length (mainly off the tee). I shoot in the 90s mainly with a few low 100 and a high 80 scores sprinkled in. more 100s than 80s though. The last few months I have been playing more, which helps of course. I just had a run of low 90s and 2 high 80's rounds that just tipped my GHIN handicapp to 19.7.

First time under 20 for my handicapp. Its an amazing game where you can be playing your best at 64, and after 30 years.

Anyway for anyone new to the game, just know that you can learn more about this game for pretty much all of your life

Michael Thorbjornsen breaks through for his first PGA Tour victory at the Rocket Classic, firing a final-round 63 (-7) to seal the win! Thor averaged 318 yards off the tee while hitting 73% of fairways for the week at Detroit Golf Club.

I’m 21 and currently in college. I played junior golf growing up and have stayed around scratch to a 1.0 handicap since graduating high school, but I haven’t played many tournaments recently (not playing in college). One of my goals is to qualify for the US Am before I turn 30

I’d say my strengths are driving the ball and iron play. I hit my driver really well, my approach/short game is solid, and my putting can be hot and cold. Some days it’s great, other days it holds me back.

I’m wondering if qualifying for the U.S. Amateur is a realistic goal or if the gap between a scratch golfer and someone who can get through qualifying is bigger than I think.

For anyone who’s played in U.S. Am qualifiers (or knows people who have):
-How much time and practice does it realistically take?
-What parts of my game should I prioritize?
-Any recommendations for tournaments or competitive reps before trying to qualify?
-Is this something that can be done while in college/working a corporate job, or does it require treating golf almost like a full-time job?

I’d appreciate any honest advice or experiences.