Topic: Golf Classifieds / FS: MEL Taylor Made R1

Im tipping there’s a good chance it’ll be worn out before it gets to the 1st tee… just sayin..

Topic: Golf Equipment / Driver shaft selection?

Covert Tour Rob. I did a bit of a write up in the covert driver thread. First outing/impressions were, I thought it may have been a touch stout for me, feels smooth though – but after this morning, gold! There was wind on Thursday and it didnt balloon on me once into it. Today there was prob half a club wind at most, bores through it easily. Launch was low for a 12.5 degree setting but that also may be the head so take it with a grain of salt mate.

Topic: Golf Equipment / Nike's new cavity backed high speed driver.

Recently bought the Covert Tour with KK 70g stiff off someone on this site.

Have played 2 rounds of 9 so these are just early impressions.

Current gamer a G20 10.5 deg with VS Proto 70g reg tipped playing at 44.5inches. SS is about low 100’s.

Have quickly found my best setting is 12.5 with face closed. On the tour version I believe closed means square, neutral is 1.5 open and open is 3* open. I hit with a fade so wont be playing it at open!

The size of the head at address is A LOT smaller than the G20. The way I hit the ping was grip it and smash it, no finesse… in 2 rounds Ive found this makes me think about swinging through rather than trying to belt it. I have also found that I feel more comfortable aiming to hit up with this driver and teeing the ball slightly further in front and higher.. at this early stage the signs are encouraging.

Ball flight is fantastic, combination of low spin/launch head and the shaft. Launch even on 12.5 is low mid and climbs steadily before hitting the ground in a nice arc and rolling out. I also found there was hardly any fade and my last 3 drives when I was grooved were straight with very slight draw.

Feel is very different to the Ping. With the Ping it felt as if the face had a springlike trampoline effect, the covert feels very solid – heftier and the face a lot harder. Sound is duller and more muted. Found it feels harsh of the bottom third of the clubface, off the top it feels the same as from the middle.

Finally I will say what I was most surprised with was the forgiveness on this driver. Didnt misshit any today but thursdasy I hit 3 or 4 drives on each hole and misshits were surprisingly solid. My main miss has generally been topping and skying it occassionally. As big as the G20 head is, the face is shallower than what Ive gamed in the past, the Covert is deeper faced and thus my one consistent swing fault/miss hasnt eventuated yet. Hit a couple high on the face today that would have been skyballs with the ping. Win :)

All in all, after the first 9 on thursday I was sitting on the fence, after this morning I’m pretty excited by this driver.

Topic: Golf Equipment / Driver shaft selection?

Hitting the kuro kage 70g stiff, hell of a shaft! Head makes a difference to how a shaft will play as well.

Topic: iseekgolf Golf Days / ISG Vic OOM#3 - Sandhurst Club, 2nd June 2013

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Topic: Golf Classifieds / LH: Mint Nike Covert Tour driver

cheers
can you please send a couple of pics to george at flashproperty dot com dot au

Topic: Golf Classifieds / LH: Mint Nike Covert Tour driver

What loft mate?

Topic: Sports Talk / Damien Hardwicks "joke"

But if the ball crossed the line before it hit the ump, wouldn’t he have called it? He was in the perfect position to see it.

He had the gumby Vickery’s leg getting in the way ;)

Topic: Sports Talk / Damien Hardwicks "joke"

As the self appointed neutral observers, Goldy and Francie, does it look like the ball was going to hit the post?

Watch replay here

Gosnells Golf Club, Perth.

I’m not quite sure I was a self-appointed anything, and it’s the first time I’ve seen it. Which is more than the umpire assigned to video duty got to do.

Which was the point. Not the result.

FWIW…based on where he’s standing, and where the ball hit him…I think it may have gone through for a goal. Was it sufficient for the video umpire to overturn it?

We’ll never know.

Shot more than 36 points in an OOM day….seriously.
Smoldy. When only the best will do.
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There you have it, the self appointed neutrals have spoken, or one of them has, Francie is also a VICTORIAN so obviously he will be biased and back it up.

In all seriousness, thats the point goldenads,(no pun) it was a close call in a close game, call the review to remove doubt. If the replay doesnt conclusively show anything then you go with the original umps decision and move on.

Topic: Sports Talk / Damien Hardwicks "joke"

Exactly right Dave, i have watched this again now and deadset the ball is going to hit the post until the ump gets in the way. I think Lefty has the tiger goggles on.

And if you keep on watching the game after this point was payed, Fremantle kick in then Richmond win the ball back and slot it for a a goal. So really they got 7 points where if th goal had been paid th first time they would only have got 6 then the ball gone back to the middle …..

So really the Tigers should have lost by 2 points if you want to keep pushing the point Lefty?

Gosnells Golf Club, Perth.

Biased? Im not really arguing whether it was a goal or not, the 6pr team think it wasnt, I think it was, neither here nor there.

I’ll wear the final call, like I have from the moment it happened – one decision never changes a game, there are 100+ mins of footy and countless other moments throughout that impact the game and result. We also played like crap so Im happy we still took you guys, a supposed top 4 side, to the limit.

I think you and rest of the 6pr crew on here have missed the point and taken umbrage thinking hardwick and the tiges are bitching that that incident cost us the game. Dimma did not say that, he basically said when its a close call (and it obviously was) why on earth wouldnt you review it to make sure? and I agree with that stance. Not really here to argue whether it was or wasnt a goal(however, it was a goal imo, crossed the line before hitting the ump, you can see the swing on the ball). Point is If you are going to go down the path of a review system then do it properly and not half arsed.

Topic: Sports Talk / Damien Hardwicks "joke"

Would a review have conclusively shown it was not going to have hit the post?
the answer is no, no it wouldn’t so the umpires got it right.

next….

Have you come here to play Jesus, with the leopards in your head

Not the point. A review is there for a reason. To review contentious goal line decisions. The afl have themselves come out and said it should have gone to the review, are they bitching abt umpires too?

Topic: Sports Talk / Damien Hardwicks "joke"

I think a great coach wouldnt harp on it.

Game go’s for 120 mins.

That decision was right…all of the ball must cross the line…clearly it didnt.

If it hits the ump thats plain bad luck…

Hes a decent coach….hes not elite!

I have watched it – there was no need for a review

Golf is only a game…Yeah right who are you kidding?

Never said he was a great coach nor that he’s elite, that’s still to be determined. Took umbrage at the half a coach dig.

Should have been reviewed end of story.

Topic: Sports Talk / Lance Armstrong

Cadel clean, theres no drugs in Australian Sport is there.

8T INAROW.

Spot on, the whole peloton has been on the gear for yrs, Team Sky see Wiggins and Froome currently have the cutting edge program :D

Topic: Sports Talk / Damien Hardwicks "joke"

You blokes are having a laugh, that clearly should have been referred to the replay, regardless of whether it was a goal or not (it was a clear goal btw) even the afl have come out and admitted it should have been referred. How you can sit there and say otherwise is a bit of a joke. He simply stated we have a review system, 4 umpires in the vicinity and no-one calls for a review in such a close game. That IS a joke.

Btw Dave, hardwick half a coach? Worst call of all time, but not surprising when it’s coming from a bloke who was having a crack at Jack Watts for finishing year 12 when his own club encouraged it.
Hrdwick has a decent list thats been built on his watch from the ground up in 3 years during compromised drafts….. List wasn’t good enough to play finals in the preceding yrs so not sure how you can possibly make such an ill informed comment.

Topic: iseekgolf Golf Days / Bman's Bendigo Golf Slog

I am in!

Topic: Golf Equipment / Best driver of 2013

By about august we should know which is the best driver!

I’ll have owned them all by then …..lol

Rofl…..

Nah boys fkn luvin the g25 …

Looks wise its clumsy looking….sound is loudish…but geez it sends it into orbit….

Its a bash stick…suits fugly swings ….just bash it and it goes straight…. boom!

We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give. Winston Churchill

My kind of driver! I have the G20 and love it, look fwd to
seeing if there’s much diff between it and the G25

Topic: iseekgolf Golf Days / ISG Vic OOM#2 - Heidelberg GC, 21st April 2013

Thanks to the committee for once again putting on a great day – really look forward to these events.

Congrats to all the winners and those that shot above handcap in trying conditions especially early. Much respect.

To Team Frank, I feel like I let the team down with my paltry 32points but thems the breaks, you have good days and tough days at the office.

Francie, after a slowish start where you were probably a bit hard on yourself, you settled in well and played some very solid golf, a few close shaves on some of those putts and a solid round couldve easily turned into a high scoring round.

Goldenads – my regular golfing buddy, great to share an OOM round with you, 37 points is pretty much there abouts and the base expectation each time you get out there these days. A few sloppy holes cost you a massive score but congrats on a solid round.(and officially becoming an honorary lefty)

Gaz, played a fair few rounds with you now buddy and each time your game is looking more and more complete. Still, nothing quite like it when you occassionally open up the shoulders and really let one rip off the tee. After a slow front 9, you came home very strong. I guess theres no margin for error when you’re playing off a low cap.

Myself, I was feeling pretty good halfway through 18 points with a wipe and several 1 pointers, felt I was close to putting together a good patch of holes but wasnt to be. Lost my rhythm, then started trying to guide it and that was all she wrote.

See you all at Sandhurst, lets get a field of 72 to get a shotgun start!

Topic: Sports Talk / Melbourne Demons - what to do?

Just because you are a high draft pick does not translate to being a good player.

Is he really under performing or is he just not that good?

One thing I would say is if he played in a better team he would be performing better than he currently is.

Play it as it lies, get on with it, its not life or death, its just a game!

He’s simply ot that good – Great athlete, sound skillset but doesnt have that killer desire to get the absolute best out of himself. Tambling had the same problem. Sometimes kids come through and they just dont have what it takes mentally ie the hunger and tenacity to make a fist of it.

Watts went number 1 on pure potential, his athletic traits which were nigh on the best you could hope for for a player of his size 195cm plus his sound skill technique gave him a ‘perceived’ very high ceiling. He wasnt the best performed player in his draft year although he was always regarded as a first rounder but once the draft combine results came through his value went through the roof. Sub 2.90sec 20 metre sprint, top 3 for agility and all that sort of stuff. Probably just as important as any other reason you factor in Melbournes poor player development.

Topic: Golf Talk / OOMBET 2013 - #2 Heidelberg

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The year of the tiger

To where? smergen or oombet email?

OOMBET 2013 is HERE!!

Smoldy… Checking you in to the Smackdown Hotel.

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Topic: Golf Talk / OOMBET 2013 - #2 Heidelberg

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Topic: Golf Talk / OOMBET 2013 - #2 Heidelberg

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Topic: Golf Equipment / Driver shaft, low launch and spin, same story.

What shaft did you end up getting Mrdb?

Topic: Golf Talk / Bad proshop service

ours is tad a different and good different

its manned by club golfers but none are like even close to single figure golfers…

they are all like middle aged people who have a passion for the club

they care about the club!!

we have a pro who is director of golf who will fit guys for gear (with organised sessions)

If somone is rude to me when I visit – I tell me….or ask WHY are you being so rude? straight up question – not said agressively but said with a clear and concise question to get an answer

I did this to the guy at Sanctuary lakes in Victoria

the bloke was dead set rude…so I kinda just told him…

feedback needs to be balanced – when you recieve great service then also give positive feedback….

We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give. Winston Churchill

What was his answer?

More tigerish than a wounded TIGER

That’s what I’d like to know too

Topic: Golf Talk / Formguide for OOM #2 Heidelberg

Perfect leadup to the big day Captain Frank. I had a nice warmup with a social 18 on saturday after playing 9 earlier that morning. Team Frank is ready.

Topic: Golf Talk / Adam Scott

Great stuff Scotty, I thought he’d struggle to get back from last years open, Im loving the fact I was wrong!