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    Default The Birth of RightyHoges and the journey to single digits

    As some of you may know, I hate golf. It's a stupid game, played by dumb ****ing idiots.

    So what do you do when you hate the game and it does nothing but frustrate the living shit out of you? Yes that's right, you start playing with the opposite hand, just so you can be completely and utterly sure that it's equally as stoopid from both sides of the ball.

    After seeking clarification from Golf Australia about how exactly a dual sided handicap works, I got permission from the Cairns GC Match Committee to proceed with obtaining and playing with a right-handed handicap. From late Feb to the weekend just passed I got 3 rounds in, starting with a 91, the second round of 92, and finally the third round of 89. Consistency is going well, at least.

    So I haven't figured it out yet, but obviously the starting GA Point will be somewhere around the 16-17 mark. A comfortable shot a hole.

    So within this thread I'll detail my journey, my ups and downs (there's not a lot of them, my chipping is ****ing putrid), any bag changes, and any practice I do (highly unlikely) in order to get down to the magical single digits. Join me, won't you?

    As a kicking off point, here is the bag I employed for round 1.
    The only changes made was a Cobra Fly-Z with ProLaunch Blue Driver for round 2, and a TaylorMade M2 (the shaft escapes me) Driver for round 3.



    Off we go....
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    Stats from Round 1:

    91 off the bat........ right handed. Well, kind of. Cairns shortened to a Par 69 right now due to some irrigation works, so we'll say 22 over.

    4 pars
    9 bogies
    3 double bogies
    1 triple (with 1 shank)
    1 quad (ironically on a par 5 shortened to a long 3, probably wouldn't have made a 7 if it was the full length, lol)

    3 / 14 fairways (didn't hit driver bad, was just off the fairway quite a bit)
    4 / 18 GIR (this feels about right, though two of those 4 were within 8 feet of the flag, just couldn't make the damn birdies)
    3 / 18 Up 'n' Downs (How do you have 18 up n down attempts with 4 GIR? You chip twice on a lot of holes.... )
    33 putts

    So as to be expected, I have absolutely zero short game, and can't hit a consistent 58° to save my life, which was required A LOT yesterday as I short-sided myself pretty much all day long. If I can improve this area, then I think breaking 80 isn't that far off.

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    Stats from Round 2:

    Another righty round in the bag, and I'm nothing if not consistent(ly shit). 92 off the bat which'll come down to a 91 with ESC. Par 71, off the whites.

    4 pars
    9 bogies
    3 doubles
    1 triple
    1 quad

    5 / 14 Fairways
    2 / 18 GIR
    5 / 14 Up 'n' Downs
    38 Putts
    0 shanks (yes, this is a stat that needs to be counted)

    Greens were absolute dogshit after coring 2 weeks ago and hadn't been cut that morning so were super slow and bumpy, so I'm not too upset about the putting, but I did also putt pretty horrendously in patches so certainly not free of blame myself.

    Same bag as last round except for one change with the driver, going from a Cobra Speedzone Extreme with HZRDUS Yellow 60g Stiff shaft to a Cobra Fly-Z with ProLaunch Blue 55g Stiff.

    We go again for a third and final handicap card at some point down the track, but it seems fairly likely the cap will start somewhere around the 18 mark.
    Last edited by LeftyHoges; 22nd April 2024 at 11:31 AM.

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    Stats from Round 3:

    6 pars
    8 bogies
    2 double bogies
    2 triple bogies (with one almighty shank, this thing was an absolute beauty, perfect divot, got lovely height, and just 45° of pure goodness.)

    6 / 14 Farways
    4 / 18 GIR
    5 / 19 Up 'n' downs
    32 Putts

    89 (par 71)

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    I assume there is a loss of distance on the other side? If so, how much?

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    Wow….you’ll be better than me soon…..

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    Quote Originally Posted by AndyP View Post
    I assume there is a loss of distance on the other side? If so, how much?
    When he hit a hybrid righty over here a while back, he easily covered Simmsy’s driver.




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    Quote Originally Posted by Johnny Canuck View Post
    When he hit a hybrid righty over here a while back, he easily covered Simmsy’s driver.
    Couldn't you do that by hitting a Dylan Fritelli style overhead shot out of a tree?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Johnny Canuck View Post
    When he hit a hybrid righty over here a while back, he easily covered Simmsy’s driver.
    Pfffft that wouldn’t be hard.

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    Just curious, Did the club charge you any fees for administering a 2nd handicap, in theory at least thats another handicap fee.

    And i imagine, its a bit of PITA for membership management as you would have to be in the member database twice.

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    Bushy needs two handicaps. One standard, and the other for his game after having a pint at the halfway mark of a round.

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    Andyp needs 2 handicaps, with glove, without glove. No you cant have a 3rd handicap for playing half a round with a glove.
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    Go righty!

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    Default The Birth of RightyHoges and the journey to single digits

    Quote Originally Posted by LeftyHoges View Post
    As some of you may know, I hate golf. It's a stupid game, played by dumb ****ing idiots.

    So what do you do when you hate the game and it does nothing but frustrate the living shit out of you? Yes that's right, you start playing with the opposite hand, just so you can be completely and utterly sure that it's equally as stoopid from both sides of the ball.

    After seeking clarification from Golf Australia about how exactly a dual sided handicap works, I got permission from the Cairns GC Match Committee to proceed with obtaining and playing with a right-handed handicap. From late Feb to the weekend just passed I got 3 rounds in, starting with a 91, the second round of 92, and finally the third round of 89. Consistency is going well, at least.

    So I haven't figured it out yet, but obviously the starting GA Point will be somewhere around the 16-17 mark. A comfortable shot a hole.

    So within this thread I'll detail my journey, my ups and downs (there's not a lot of them, my chipping is ****ing putrid), any bag changes, and any practice I do (highly unlikely) in order to get down to the magical single digits. Join me, won't you?

    As a kicking off point, here is the bag I employed for round 1.
    The only changes made was a Cobra Fly-Z with ProLaunch Blue Driver for round 2, and a TaylorMade M2 (the shaft escapes me) Driver for round 3.



    Off we go....
    Remote controlled buggy? That’s a bold move.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AndyP View Post
    Couldn't you do that by hitting a Dylan Fritelli style overhead shot out of a tree?
    Hahahahaha.

    Truth.




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    Quote Originally Posted by AndyP View Post
    I assume there is a loss of distance on the other side? If so, how much?
    There's certainly a loss of accuracy, but no majorly discernible loss of distance. If anything I have hit a couple of drives further than left handed. Was dead level with Courty on Sunday on the 13th with us both hitting good drives.

    I have noticed that for clubs that are lower lofted than my own, I get a tremendous amount of height in the shorter irons, so I'm maybe a club stronger there, but if I'm sitting at 150 out I'm still pulling 7 iron where as these days I'm a strong 8 / baby 7 lefty.

    Quote Originally Posted by markTHEblake View Post
    Just curious, Did the club charge you any fees for administering a 2nd handicap, in theory at least thats another handicap fee.

    And i imagine, its a bit of PITA for membership management as you would have to be in the member database twice.
    It's a club only handicap, and it's being administered in a Google Sheet by myself under the supervision of the Director of Golf @ CGC so no fees involved, and no "second membership". Golf Australia basically said it's perfectly permissible, but we don't want anything to do with it.

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    Go righty!
    Thanks! And go Yoss!

    Quote Originally Posted by 4Puttpete View Post
    Remote controlled buggy? That’s a bold move.
    This one is electric, but I don't use the remote. (it's busted...)
    Last edited by LeftyHoges; 22nd April 2022 at 12:42 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Captain Nemo View Post
    Pfffft that wouldn’t be hard.
    This was back in the day when Simmsy could actually hit it out of his own shadow.
    Quote Originally Posted by Johnny Canuck View Post
    When he hit a hybrid righty over here a while back, he easily covered Simmsy’s driver.
    Ahhh, memories.

    I'll have to find that vision and load it up in here.

    Was that your hybrid, and is it for sale?

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    Quote Originally Posted by LeftyHoges View Post
    There's certainly a loss of accuracy, but no majorly discernible loss of distance.
    That's impressive. Is your general strength the same on both sides? I am always weaker on the left side for any gym stuff that I do.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AndyP View Post
    That's impressive. Is your general strength the same on both sides? I am always weaker on the left side for any gym stuff that I do.
    I certainly haven't measured it in any way but gut feel says I'd be anywhere between 10-20% weaker in my left arm than right?

    I have a bit of golfers elbow in my left arm. Yes, I'm completely aware of the irony.
    Last edited by LeftyHoges; 22nd April 2022 at 08:14 AM.

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    Does your swing look the same? Of the handful of golfers I have seen that can do it both sides seem to swing so similar cant really tell the difference.
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    So what do we call the real Rightyhoges now? The golden child?

    Driver: Titleist 913D3 9.5*
    Hybrid: : Ping G20 17*
    Irons: Mizuno MP54 3-PW
    Wedges: Titleist 56* Standard Bounce
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    Bag: Titleist s83 Staff

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    Quote Originally Posted by SundayHack View Post
    So what do we call the real Rightyhoges now? The golden child?
    Grumplestilkskin





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    I borrowed some clubs from Leon's wife once to experiment with left handed playing. My thought was that when I played squash my backhand was better and stronger than my forehand. I also played forehand more off my back foot but backhand off the front foot. So wondered if I was swinging off my back foot too much and maybe scooping the ball? Luckily I wasn't really playing at the time so gave up with it pretty quickly.
    Have fun - hope it brings some life back into golf for you.
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    Quote Originally Posted by LeftyHoges View Post
    This was back in the day when Simmsy could actually hit it out of his own shadow. Ahhh, memories.

    I'll have to find that vision and load it up in here.

    Was that your hybrid, and is it for sale?
    Here's the glory... From memory this went bullet straight, around the 190m mark.

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/ExXZG4SmZYT9AVp56

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    Quote Originally Posted by LeftyHoges View Post
    Here's the glory... From memory this went bullet straight, around the 190m mark.

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/ExXZG4SmZYT9AVp56
    Pretty sure that’s my Adams hybrid.

    I always thought it had a beautiful, high baby draw.





 

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