The GolfWRX forums exist so golfers have access to the latest equipment releases, hottest discussions, real equipment reviews, best instruction, new technologies and everything golf you can imagine.
So if you love golf, the GolfWRX forums are your sanctuary.
In the From the Forums weekly feature, we bring you the hottest, most buzz-worthy topics from our forums for your convenience. I’ll be your trusty tour guide to navigate the latest buzz.
Here’s a peek behind the curtain into golf’s sanctuary.
Charles Howell III with new PXG “Mustang” putter at 2015 Barclays
As Andrew Tursky wrote in his “11 Revealing Photos from The Barclays:” Charles Howell III “seems to have a new gamer putter every week, and he’s usually tinkering with at least two other putters … This week he’s testing a few PXG putters, and last time he teed it up at the PGA Championship he was gaming a Scotty Cameron prototype. As gear heads we should all have sympathy for him; he’s truly one of us.”
We got some great shots of the Georgia native’s new weaponry. And like all things Parsons, this Mustang is a unique-looking putter.
Related: the 18-page Parsons Xtreme thread
Funeral arrangements for Tiger’s golf life
User shoeman started the thread with this post, motivated by Tiger Woods’ triple-bogey seven and fall from contention during the final round of the Wyndham Championship.
“It’s time to put a end to all hopes & dreams for TW! One of the weakest field ever & the results were zero wins for TW 2015! Tigers’ golf life ended on August 23, 2015, on the 11th hole! The cause of death reported by the coroner–asphyxiation!! It’s time to move on from Tigers passing! Once you accept his golf life death, the better off you will be!”
Another user offered this counter, however: “Did you stop watching after 11? Tiger had 4 birdies coming in. I think he is alive and well. He made some mistakes, but he made some progress, also.”
There have been 85 replies to the topic in just three days and the debate is…spirited. If you (like seemingly all golf fans) have strong opinions about the Big Cat, you might want to weigh in.
U.S. Amateur is painful
Bryson DeChambeu’s, shall we say, “deliberate” play en route to winning last week’s U.S. Amateur raised some eyebrows. The SMU student wasn’t exactly playing speed golf.
“I’m watching the Amateur and this guy Dechambeau could be the slowest player I’ve ever seen. Don’t get me wrong he’s a great player and I’m sure a good guy but he’s got to be miserable to play with.”
Did you watch the Amateur? Think DeChambeau should be renamed DeChamb-slow? Think the problem extends beyond Bryson to college golf or amateur golf in general?
Can somebody give me the simple or scientific reason why…
You’ll find many of the members in our “Instruction & Academy” forum know a bit more about the golf swing than the talking heads on television.
Check out this thread in which Mizunogolfer asks why a driver swing is longer than a six-iron for most golfer and iteachgolf takes on the task of replying (you may want to brush up on your principles of physics first).
Mizunogolfer: A driver swing is longer than a 6 iron swing for most people
Definitely the case for me, on a full hard drive and a full hard six iron my backswing is longer with the driver
iteachgolf: Driver creates the highest club head speed in the backswing as well as downswing. Therefore faster moving club head creates more inertia making it harder to change direction. This resistance to changing direction leads to the swing to be longer. Also factor in human reaction time staying constant while club is moving faster will also make it take longer to stop and then change direction
mizunostaffer: Why is this?
“I’m going to need a better explanation of why you think a driver has more inertia than a 6 iron. The formula for inertia is
F=mass * acceleration
For a rotating body it’s
F=mr*r (mass * R squared)”
The mass of a driver is actually LESS than the mass of a 6 iron. Yes, the driver is longer, but the head is lighter (hence the whole “swing weight” calculation).
iteachgolf: So to keep it simple the radius is squared. Therefore the significant change in radius would have a larger effect than the lesser change in weight. 6 iron weight 50-70 grams more than a driver (lots of variables). So the R^2 of a 6 iron vs driver is more than a 50% increase (1,406.25 vs 2,116). The difference in weight between a 6 iron and a driver is roughly 20-30%. So the change in radius has a much larger impact even though it has less weight.
Well that got scientific (or mathematic) real quick!
Golfer Look-a-likes
Finally, a recent post has resurrect the famous golfer look-a-like thread.
Some of the latest highlights include.
A young Miguel Angel Jimenez and Borat.
And Michael Bolton and Bernhard Langer.
Many, many more lookalikes in the thread, including the personal favorite below from 2011.
