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Originally Posted by PA PLAYA
If you're wanting to play for fun, maybe the outside chance of playing the golf of your life to find yourself right there at the end contending against stronger, younger players..... to see how your game matches up with the younger stud muffins, then play in the Open division.
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This is the main reason I like to play the open division.
It's funny, when I was in my late forties, I always thought about how I was gonna just wear out the senior division when I got there, because I was still as long as the so-called stud muffins. Then I made 50, and I entered two tournaments in the seniors. I didn't do all that well in either, and frankly had trouble getting pumped about them once I began. The next year came and I tried one more - same deal. And it's very good senior competition - I believe the senior field is actually deeper than the open one as far as talent goes. I guess it's just that I prefer seeing where I am stacking up against the BEST - I know winning is highly unlikely, but competing and finishing in the upper group I would expect.
The foot is the whole reason I am leaning against it. I am actually scoring rather well of late, but it is because my short game has come on lately. The foot doesn't affect my iron game, but it is costing me maybe 20-25 yards off the tee because on the bigger swings I am just not able to explode thru the ball like I am accustomed to doing. I can afford to lose that yardage on the white tees, where I hit a lot of 3 woods and hybrids normally. I am afraid that won't be the case on the blues.