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Still ver6 proud of my Cats. Next up is Tennessee........Let’s go Big Blue! Sent from my iPad using MyGolfSpy

Traded some stuff for a G400 Max driver head. Curious to see what happens! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

It is as it should be.....nothing fancy here. Kahuku Golf Course morning on the North Shore. Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy

Me on the bull as a teaser. Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy

I really think that Cobra needs to hire you as an extreme tester the amount of rounds you play isn't normal and it is difficult for them to build a product for a player like you Sent from my SM-G960U using MyGolfSpy mobile app

Played what might be my last round of the season..I haven't plated in about a month to start with. But I felt good. Sadly it was sad.. went out with a 52.. a holy what the F 52.. worst front 9 in months.. heck worst 9 in months. Make the turn a bogey 10.. great it continues. Make a par here make a par there when all said and done shoot a 39 on the back. Omg I hate this game.. lol ended up with a 91 after a month lay off.. I'm ok with the finish. To all you who's season is still in full swing.. have a great winter.. Sent from my SM-G900V using MyGolfSpy mobile app

Oh goody, college footballs annual pillow fight.

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My wife has video and I am assuming it is for the future divorce proceedings since I don’t have a copy. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

At age 42 I somehow thought it was a good idea to ride a mechanical bull......twice. I feel like I got hit by a bus. Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy

I want to start this by saying that I really like collecting logo golf-balls from courses that I play and sometimes just visit. I find it a complete bummer to play a new course and they don't have a logo ball. In additon to new course play, I also have a goal to play at least 9 - 18 holes in all of the 50 states and of course I collect a logo ball from each course. I've covered 10 states including my home state of Texas. And my evidence that I played is a logo ball. But there are times when a course does not have a ball. Like last week, I was working in South Carolina and played two course around the Greenwood area. I played 18 on one course that I was looking forward too, but once I got there I found out no logo balls. Fortunately the other course (played 9) did have a ball (so SC was covered). But still kept that feeling that I needed a ball from the first course I played there. I also collect balls for the companies I have worked for other special places/companies/projects, etc. Through spin-offs mergers or changing jobs, I have managed to work for 6 companies. Five of which I was able to get a ball for while I worked there, but for one I could not find a ball. I did a lot of searching the web and their company store, but no evidence of a ball was found. This got me thinking, "could I use printable water slide decals that the model builders use, to print my own logos and apply them to a ball". I saw this product once while perusing the model car section of Hobby Lobby. I used to build models cars as a kid and the water slide film is very thin. As you will see it can be done and quite easily. The process starts with some Testors Clear Printable Decal paper and spray decal bonder/set. The decal bonder locks the ink to the decal paper and prevents it from running once wet. If you buy it from Hobby Lobby, make sure you take a 40% off coupon for one item. The paper is on the expensive side at $12 for 6 sheets of 5.5 X 8.5 paper. But you should be able to get a bunch of logos from that material. This is a clear plastic paper that will take printing via an inkjet printer. I am a photographer by hobby and have a nice photo printer that I print photos with. But you can use any good quality inkjet printer. Also there are a number of companies that make printable decal paper (search Amazon or eBay). All you need is a app to allow the capture and editing of a graphic and printing of the graphic. To find a logos, I simply do a google image search for the golf course or company, etc. Many will have some sort of logo that you can download online. However one of my old favorite courses (but now closed) did not have a logo. I did find a picture of a flag from the course so I decided to use that as a logo (assuming that if they ever had a logo, that would likely be it). Fortunately it is a simple 1 color graphic that I was able to recreate in Power Point. But again, you wont need Power Point if you have a digital graphic. Once you have an image its a simple matter of editing the image and shrinking it down to fit on a golf ball. I found from some searches that 3/4" - 1" is a good size for a ball logo. So I set all my logo's to be about 7/8" to 1" wide (they looked the best to my eye, but do test prints, as one size does not work for all logos). I highly suggest that you print them out on plain paper first. Cut them out and test fit them to the ball. If too small, make it larger and test print again. If too big, then make them smaller and repeat until you get them to the size you want. But don't waste your decal paper trying to get the sizing correct, test on plain paper first and in black and white to save ink. To print them I used MS Word and built a page 5.5" wide by 8.5" long, the same size as the decal paper (but others sell it in 8 1/2" X 11") and Word is very easy to use. Once I had my image in MS Word, it was a simple matter of sending the print to the printer. I used photo paper settings with the highest quality. And print out 2-3 images at a time for each logo, as you might mess up the first decal and have to start over. Having extras means all you have to do is cut out another. Once printed, I let the print dry. For some printers this can be a few minutes (like mine) or many hours for others. In order to save on the paper, I cut the printed strip off. Then sprayed the cut off with a couple of light coats of the decal bonder. You don't want to spray the entire blank page as I assume you cant print on it again once sprayed (this was not tested by me so I don't know if its true). I found that I can print on the cutoff remainder just fine down to about 4 inches long. The bonder didn't seem to need more that 30 minutes to dry, but there were not instructions on the spray can or the paper package. I waited 30 min to 1 hour each between coats. Once the bonder was dry, I cut out the decals and trimmed them close to the edge. This is not critical since the balls I used were white and any un-printed edge did not show (note, use white balls as you can't print white on most consumer printers and if your logo has a white background it will have to show through the clear). Also use some cheap balls, unless you have money to burn I wouldn't do these on ProV1's. I had a bunch of Callaway and Nike balls that I got free that I don't play, (stuff I hit at the range sometimes). Finally take small bowl of warm water and let the decal soak to loosen the backing paper. While soaking I take this time to go wash my hands and the ball with some warm water and hand soap to remove any oils. I dried my hands but left the ball wet. This makes it easy to move the water slide decals around. At this point I gently slide the decal off the backing on to the ball, not using my hands on the sticky side. You can move the decal around and make sure its in the correct position. Then gently pat dry with a dry paper towel. Once pressed in, I take a q-tip (cotton swab) and roll over the surface to get any excess water out and press in the dimples to push out water as well, then let them dry over night. The final step is to spray with a light misting of decal bonder to seal the edges (not sure this is called for, but made me feel better anyway). Below are the first 4 balls I did are from courses I have played and the other is one is of a company where I worked. Looking at the balls its hard to tell that they are decals. But you can feel them slightly with your hands.

they posted a stat during the game last night that the last coach to beat Alabama by more than 16 points was Nick Saban in 2004 (when he was at LSU). We get the same debate year in and year out, and you can mark this post for this time next year, and every year going forward until Saban retires, Alabama will be undefeated or have maybe 1 loss next year, and the year after that, and they'll be in the conversation for the national championship. They'll likely win the SEC again, and will be steamrolling whomever they play next year and the year after as well. I've seen this same song and dance for the past decade, since Saban came to Alabama, and it is a broken record that never ends. He doesn't miss former players because he just reloads with better ones every year it seems. You can say they haven't played anyone, and that's fine. But we say that every year as well. Honestly, it doesn't matter. Last year Alabama opened the season against FSU, who was supposed to be contending for the National Championship, and for a lack of a better way of putting it, Alabama broke FSU. That team hasn't been right since that game. They chased off Jimbo Fisher, and now were stuck with Mr. Mediocre running the program. It just doesn't matter what year it is, or who is playing for Alabama, or who they play against. They just keep dominating college football. They didn't even win the SEC last year, and they still won the National Championship. There is no other program in college football that has the consistency and dominance over such a long period of time as does Alabama. I'll end this by saying that I absolutely hate Nick Saban, and Alabama. But I cannot argue with their record. I'm still in shock at how badly they rolled over Ole Miss earlier this year. Just unbelievable that they are that much better than the rest of even the SEC. And they made LSU look like a high school team last night. So until someone else can beat Alabama convincingly, which doesn't mean on a miracle play in the last minute of a game, there really is nothing to discuss as far as college football goes. It's Alabama and then everyone else playing for 2nd place. And that includes Clemson.

Spent yesterday with my beautiful wife watching the Sabres beat Ottawa 9-2. A nice day date with some cold drinks and some food before walking to the rink. Nothing beats a win with a home Buffalo crowd. Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy

I picked one of those up when they were released in spring of 16. It just finished its 3rd season in my bag. Thats saying something. Bridgestone Tour B JGR Driver and HF2 irons Pre Release Testing

I am listening....Arccoss and Cobra Connect.......they are still in my bag. Sent from my iPad using MyGolfSpy

reading this thread and hearing about you guys going out and golfing is really bumming me out.

You sir are the only one who posted in this thread 5 years ago who is still active to this day. Sent from my SM-G950U using MyGolfSpy mobile app

you're playing to much. they are assuming a persob will play a normal # of rounds per season

awesome. Just like me, the best part is that golf gets to be more and more enjoyable with each round as opposed to being a struggle.

There was a little girl a few seats down that had a beautiful sign.It said “good luck Irish, want to buy some Girl Scout cookies”.. haha. Every band member gave her a high five.And even a few Northwestern players bought some from her.This is college football

Been to every game, except Vandy.If I’m going to watch football. I’m going to sit in in seats where I can see it well.This was a great old stadium.Next week I’m back at ND for the final game at home.Than heading over for the Michigan - Ohio State game for last game of the year.I enjoy college football and enjoy great plays and fun atmospheres

All three are excellent drams. I'm a huge Caol Ila fan. It has a subdued, peppery finish that I love. I believe it is also the main malt in Johnny Walker blends. Ardbeg I find to be on the sweeter side of Islay whisky, but that might just be me. Lagavulin 16 is just a great whisky, period. If you can find the 12 year old, I like it better than the 16. With Islay whisky, the younger stuff is usually stronger in the peat and smoke. The older stuff is more mellow. I love the peat bombs.... so! If you prefer the smoky stuff, I would suggest you try Talisker. It's not a true Islay, but it's very smokey and just a wonderful sipper on a crisp, Fall evening! edit: I just noticed this is an old thread and I already posted in it...lol.

Yesterday my course had an end of year cross-country shootout event. They converted the normal par 72 course into a 9 hole, 6051 yard, par 52 monster. We also had the option of buying "tee it up anywhere" shots. These were extremely helpful on the 700+ yard holes. It was a fun event. This was my first time playing in 3 weeks and I could definitely tell the SuperSpeed training has affected my game. The good: when I connected on a drive in the 40 degree weather it was going noticeably farther than I have hit all summer long. The bad: it took me a good 3 or 4 holes to find my swing and be able to make solid contact with any club. Its difficult going from swinging as hard as you can in the SuperSpeed training to dialing it back to ensure solid contact over max power. Unfortunately this will probably be my last time out on the course for the year. By next weekend our high temps are supposed to be in the low 30's with a chance of snow. There is a place nearby that has Trackman 4's set up as indoor simulators, so that will most likely be my new home course for the winter.

By who?? Georgia has been a top 2/3 team all year for basically everyone until they got blown out by LSU. Then they've still been a top 5 team for basically everyone. Definitely a CFP contender for everyone. Maybe I'm missing something but everyone I've seen has hyped Georgia plenty??

A good time at the Nd - Northwestern game. Chilly , but was competitive until the end

I was somehow still sober. Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy

If you’re wanting a good bourbon just look to see if it was made in Kentucky [emoji16]. We know a thing or two about that subject, except for me, but I generally like it all. Blake

What really JERKS my chain is Georgia beat a really strong/good Kentucky team tonight. Georgia could win out, win the Sec Championship, win the semi final game in the final four and there are STILL some in here who would not give due credit to our football team! They would not rate Georgia as a top tier team. Just look back in the beginning of the season posts and you'll see Georgia is never mentioned as a contender for anything. We/I take our football extremely serious in this part of the country and when folks continually write us off as 2nd tier team, it irritates the piss out of me. Ok I'm really done with this thread for now. I may check in after the NC game to beat my chest a bit.

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My stage 2 is updated.

Got the opportunity to play 18 today, the day started out chilly and got pleasant as the day went on. Played pretty decent, for me. My drives seemed to be less dispersed than usual with my ball tending to draw/hook more than I'm used to. Did hit 57% percent of my fairways. I was also noticing that a lot of my iron shots were also going from right to left and that really threw me off. Now down to speed, I recorded five drives with the monitor of 90, 90, 89, 85, and 89. So I'm really not seeing the benefits of the training. I'm trying to tell myself that there's still one week before the changes become permanent. I'll probably do my six week test on the driving range so the mental hurdle of trying to hit the fairway is out of the equation. I'm pleased with the better ball striking across the board. I did have a few shots that were like Waffle House hash browns, scattered, covered, chunked, and topped. Those are more the Indian and not the arrow. What concerned me was the speed. This is six weeks and a five percent increase, so if I don't see it, it will be brought up in my stage two. I might see the jump later and if that's the case it'll be addressed then also. I'm curious how my training schedule is affecting the results. I have to do it in the evenings twice a week because my schedule isn't conducive to doing it in the mornings. But, there's still another week to go before they are supposed to set in and I believe in this system. Hopefully next weekend will bring about more speed. Sent from my SM-G955U using MyGolfSpy mobile app

Not a fan of scotch. I love bourbon. My regular is Woodford Reserve and when I'm out on the town Angels Envy. If I'm drinking whiskey, it's either Jameson 12yr or Jack Daniels Single Barrel. Really I'll drink anything though........I have a glass of wine every night.

many Decades ago we would go to “The Game” @ Yale Bowl. I grew up about 20” from the bowl and at that time was a big deal. We mostly went to the tailgate parties[emoji106] Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy

I'm always a little rusty at the start of every spring. The difference in those rounds is that I'm very cognizant of the fact that I haven't played in a few months and really focus on slow, solid contact. The round yesterday I felt like I could crush every drive and overswung quite a few times. I would put the majority of the blame for my bad shots yesterday on myself. It was a 2 person scramble and I definitely played more aggresively than normal trying to hit that perfect shot.

At noon, Saturday, Nov. 17, Harvard plays Yale at Fenway Park, home of the World Champion Boston Red Sox. It's been sold out for weeks. I think that ESPN+ streaming is the only outlet carrying the game. I thought that I'd give all of you college football fans a heads up, because this is obviously the BIG ONE for which you've all been waiting! If a local station other than the internet picks it up, it will be my one college football game watched for the year. Otherwise, I've got Patriots and Packers tonight. The over under is 56.5. With Brady, Rodgers, and those two defenses, I'd have set it over 70.

How soon folks forget the Sooner's, Trojan's, Cornhusker's, and Hurricanes. Heck, even the Irish, though it was before Gatorade was invented. It won't too far into the future that the Tide will turn - and hopefully Notre Dame will have been key to that change.

And another one bites the dust........the sensor on my #7 iron died yesterday as I had to add it every time I used it. That makes 3 sensors that have gone bad in only 5 months. I was told the batteries were good for 2 years.........WTH? Sent from my iPad using MyGolfSpy

What I noticed today was that LSU has no offense. Alabama is a good team, I had my doubts about LSU anyway, they are good, but not top 5 good with that mediocre offense. Georgia played well today at Kentucky, it’s hard to tell about them for me, they seem to be good, but have played some ugly games this season, doesn’t mean they are bad, just look like they struggle at times. Michigan’s season comes looks like it will down to how well they play at Columbus in a few weeks. It looks like the 4th place spot will be up for grabs by 2-3 teams as the season closes, Georgia could get in by winning out, Michigan looks like they will get a spot if they win out as well, ND and Clemson both seem to have easier roads in. So it really comes down to Georgia and Michigan. They both will get in if they win out. That would mean that Alabama would get knocked out. This will be good in about 3 weeks.

Hate is a big thing to drag around in life. I never rooted for the Miami Hurricanes. Dolphin's yes, Hurricanes no. I'm a long time FSU fan except when they play my Irish. My older brother went to FSU and brought me home a sweatshirt. I wore that thing all the time. Funny thing is that I never rooted for Notre Dame as a youngster; they grew on me as the years rolled along - mostly because there is so much hate directed at them. Yes, Alabama is looking pretty darn good, but invincible... meh.

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Quit drinking it at 20 years old. Apparently a 5th of Jack and a case of beer before I went out were a bad thing. Have not had a drop in 22 years and the worse for it. Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy

It’s was always a good idea B4 I tried stuff like that usually fueled by Adult Beverages [emoji16] Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy

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Here's an update. I've made 13 balls and I hope I'm done for a while.

Stopped at PIAS while in Ohio and found a handful of Vokey Wedges for under $50. All with good grooves. Passed them up. But if you’re in or near Canton, go check them out!!! Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy

Camelback Golf Club, Paradise Valley AZ

While I was driving home, I thought of a time I was super "passionate".... I went to grad school at Missouri in the 90's and the football team was terrible, especially early in the decade. My cousin went to Washington State, who also sucked at the time. We used to almost fight at Christmas get-togethers over who had the crappier team. [emoji23] Sent from my BLN-L24 using MyGolfSpy mobile app

Did some wedge testing for most wanted. Got lots of practice hitting 40 yard wedge shots. This is the kind of practice I need to do more frequently. Very interesting how different wedges perform. Not so much from a bounce perspective but from a weight perspective.

No offense taken and a very good point. I’ve always planned on taking a lesson some time after the initial 6 weeks. My first couple of weeks I was all over the place with my ball striking. It’s improved significantly the past two weeks - also keep in mind that the sample size for the 88 mph as was much great (10 shots) than the 91 or 94 - 1 shot. Whose to say I didn’t get the worst shot of the day in both of those cases. I did shoot 72,76 in those rounds and have little doubt that the increased distance which led to short shots into the green was the primary contributing factor to those scores. Interestingly I hit 10 greens both rounds. I had three wild drives that caused missed greens in spots that made up bad down impossible in the 76 and I made a long putt in the 72. That was the difference Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy

I want to open this by stating clearly that none of what I am about to say is criticism, it's just that this post highlights an interesting part of golf training. I'm a strong believer in the concept of over-speed training of the form Superspeed uses and I think it's a really good way to build performance, so I really hope these results stick for you guys and you get the gains you both want and we should all expect. One thing I wanted to pick out from this post, though, is that while I do believe Superspeed is a good idea and would probably work for most people, it's clearly not the only way to gain a performance advantage. Just looking at the numbers posted there, as the swing gets faster the smash factor is going down. The 88 swing speed, 126 ball speed swing would equate to a smash factor of 1.4318 (extended decimals to make the point rounding wouldn't), the 91/130 would be 1.4286 and the 94/133 would be 1.4149. So, as the swing speed increases, the ball speed does also, but by a decreasing amount. An "ideal" smash factor for driver is considered to be 1.5, interestingly if we apply that smash factor to the original, slowest swing, we get a ball speed of 132 mph, so an increase of 6 mph clubhead speed has only produced the same result as a perfectly centered strike with the original swing. Now, if we tied the two together, however, a 1.5 smash factor applied to the "new" swing speed you could see a ball speed of 141 mph, which becomes a huge gain. Again, apologies to Revkev here, there is no intention of criticism here, I just thought that his post with some numbers attached does a really good job of highlighting the correlation between looking for improvements in swing speed, but also bearing in mind the importance of strong contact.