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I apparently need to make more friends in the golf industry! 

I just had the exact same problem.

I won’t argue this as an absolute Chris. You’re a smart guy and this totally backs up what you’re saying.    really good discussion like @chisag and @DaveP043 have said. 

Thanks all, for the birthday wishes! Unfortunately, the golf gods did not get the message today, but tomorrow is another opportunity.  

Frost delay this morning so I could only get 12 holes in. Here's my first impressions. I'm about a 2-3 HDCP and already implement a bunch (or at least I thought I did) of the steps for mindset. Inside voice was expecting very little tangible results, but interested to see if there was any side benefits with alignment or ball performance I could glean from this testing opportunity. Moral of story, had zero expectations. Ball performance before we get to the mindset. Distances, flight window, etc all basically spot on with a pro v1. I play a ton on GC Hawk in the winter so know my numbers quite well. Everything carried about what I expected and spin seemed fine on irons/wedges. It was a little wet this morning but as it dried out spin seemed to respond accordingly. Distance off driver was "lower" today but I also hit giant wipy cuts off every tee with a new driver head so no 5 yard drop off from my standard driver. 5/5 for performance. Durability wise I clocked a couple trees (see photos) but honestly I've seen prov's and maxflis ding the same. I hit another tree on hole 2 and there wasn't even a mark Cost of having a soft cover and greenside control I suppose. I'll get some hard spin, ballspeed, etc numbers next week when I'm at the sim/launch monitor but initial thoughts are its as good as anything on the market in the premium category. Mindset preliminary thoughts/review: Again, I was not expecting a lot from mindset. I did rotate the ball so it was visible on every shot just to be fair on evaluation vs a standard ball Hole#1 at this course is brutal, I play about 40-59 rounds a year, hit fairway twice last year. Envisioned a cut off the left trees and then actually executed Middle of fairway. I then proceeded to yank my next shot way left, hit an ok chip but forgot I was back home in slow greens and not in Cali at PGA west rolling at 11-12 on the stimp 20' putt, which I aligned visualized and then promptly drained. Off the tee, I noticed considerable improvement in direction and fairways. More importantly the miss went to better spots and I was able to recover. I hit a terrible tee shot like 60 yards OB on hole #6, but that one was on me not on mindset. I did not align it to where I wanted it aimed off the tee as I found it really distracting. I rotated it 90 degrees, as I normally pick a spot 6-12" in front of my ball for alignment. Iron play - I found it a little weird/difficult to do the last part, as focussing on one spot on the ball had mixed results. Though visualizing every single shot was something I thought I did, I can note that in actuality I tend to turn my brain off and just "swing" without any particular plan on about 50% of my shots as I was constantly like...man...I don't actually visualize the shot, I just aim and make a swing. Chipping/Around the green - I tried looking at the dot but after I uncharacteristically hit a chunky wedge on a simple bump and run I decided that focusing on the dot is not for me. I like to work off "feel" on stuff around the green and focus on my body motion. That said still following the process if identifying and visualizing was a nice reminder. 73% up and downs (those are numbers that reflect typically when I'm chipping well) seems to indicate some assistance in that regard too. Putting - This is where I saw immediate massive improvement, to the tune of OMG I'm normally a pretty good putter (27 or so putts/Rd), but this was a whole other level. Anything I read line on right went in. I hit everything on line (minus 1 putt on hole 6 where I ob'd the drive) where I did not consciously focus on the dot and tried to guide the putt in. Focusing on the dot really helped me just "muscle memory" my putting stroke and solidified this is going to be my go to method during play without a doubt even with other balls. 3 putts less "per round" is quantifiable improvement. This is a game changer on the putting front for sure. I'd like to suggest Bridgestone cg balance the ball on the mindset logo (similar to what maxfli does) to really give the best/purest roll. My original thoughts were "cool gimmick" now I'm thinking there may be legitimate science and results behind this. To the tune I'm kinda annoyed I got 5 dozen maxflis . I struggle on this course to break 80, if you discount my horrendous tee shot triple on 6 I think I still would have been flirting with a 76-77....which second round out at home course after winter with some rust makes me really excited. Any questions, feel free to ask Sent from my Pixel 8 using Tapatalk