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  1. russtopherb

    Happy thread

    My daughter learned yesterday that she has been accepted to her top choice of colleges, MassArt! I'm so proud of her, and happy. She's been hoping for this. Plus - state school and it's only an hour away. I'm happy!!!
    8 points
  2. @GolfSpy MPR Hi, we often see a ten finger grip work best on the left handed swings. Even the highest level tour players will sometimes use a different grip on their non dominant side. We would also recommend wearing a glove on both hands during the training. It may help for you to video your left handed swing to see if you're doing something different mechanically that is causing the issue. The left handed swings start out uncoordinated if you have never done them before but get better fairly quickly. Some coaching may be needed on those for you. If none of those suggestions work your options would be cut out the non dominant swings or take time off from the training.
    7 points
  3. GB13

    Whats your best joke?

    Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson go on a camping trip. After a good dinner and a bottle of wine, they retire for the night, and go to sleep. Some hours later, Holmes wakes up and nudges his faithful friend. "Watson, look up at the sky and tell me what you see." "I see millions and millions of stars, Holmes" replies Watson. "And what do you deduce from that?" Watson ponders for a minute. "Well, Astronomically, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. Astrologically, I observe that Saturn is in Leo. Horologically, I deduce that the time is approximately a quarter past three. Meteorologically, I suspect that we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. Theologically, I can see that God is all powerful, and that we are a small and insignificant part of the universe." But what does it tell you, Holmes?" Holmes is silent for a moment. "Watson, you idiot!" he says. "Someone has stolen our tent!"
    7 points
  4. Yup. I'm definitely behind on the Stage 2. I lagged on purpose to ensure I didn't take attention away from the members posting theirs but now I'm a little further than that. In case you can't tell, I've been busy with forum stuff lately. In addition, my day job has really picked up as well so it's been a busy time haha. In the meantime, here's another update: The i500s feel good but clearly don't feel as good as forged up and down the set. They have a clicky clacky sound in bag chatter but have a satisfying SMACK when hitting the ball. The smack is especially pronounced when you've got trees near to reflect the sound. It's loud in a thunderous type of way but not offensive at all. The subjective parts of the irons certainly don't affect me on course. They fit me well because I need less workability with my swing speed. It's easy to get it turning too far both ways. One thing I love about them is I'll never lose the ball left, right yes but never left so I can play a one way miss and that's resulting in more greens hit. Another thing I like about the i500s is it's much easier to hit partial shots. I really struggled making solid contact on anything less than full with my old irons. There's a chance, though, that that falls more on the better fit shaft than it does the heads. The forgiveness is definitely there though because the distances are still good even on off-center contact. During these wet and sloshy rounds of late, I've been trying to pick the ball instead of digging in and have been hitting more balls thin than normal. Of course I'm losing height, but the distance and stopping power is still spot on. I don't know if I should feel good or bad about knocking one stiff with a skulled shot but I'll take that birdie chance either way. One fun thing about these irons is I'm starting to generate a ton of backspin when I really hit down on the ball. Just backspin..... Not side spin.......It's great. My typical on-green action now is a hop forward then ZIP backwards beyond the original pitch mark. Hell, I stopped a ball that landed on a downslope with a 7 iron. I couldn't believe that ball was still on the green. I could already do this with my wedges before but it's really interesting to start getting this reaction with irons. Hope to hammer out a formal stage 2 in early January. Until then, I'll keep testing
    6 points
  5. Wedgie

    Happy thread

    I know he’s only 5 but you need to try to get in his head a little bit. Maybe start by telling him there’s no Santa or threaten an early bed time. Gotta find a way to get the win. Sent from my iPad using MyGolfSpy
    5 points
  6. GolfSpy MPR

    Happy thread

    Just finished playing 18 holes of computer golf with Kirke (who's five, almost six). We're playing with Xbox controllers. And he's on the easier difficulty, I'm on normal. And he just annihilated me. He shot a 10-under 62. He had a clean card going until he bogeyed 17, which made him cry. But he regained his composure to birdie 18. Here's the stats from the round: Looks like it's time to turn the difficulty level up on him. Have to do it in the game; once he starts beating me on the course, I can't turn the level up there :-)
    4 points
  7. Congrats to strokerAce and mpatrickriley! GolfSpy Stroker and GolfSpy MPR Two fine gentle who have put their heart and soul into MGS and will give it 100 percent effort. MGS is already second to none and with these two guys hopping on the hoss, these cowboys will be herding all sorts of cows er equipment into the stalls for 2019! I'm proud for ya and looking forward to seeing this rocket hauling arse through the clouds of the golfing world. Rock & Roll!
    3 points
  8. Golfspy_CG2

    Happy thread

    My Happy!! Today is the shortest day of the year. It stays lighter a bit longer everyday from here!!
    3 points
  9. ... All but the staunchest "Da Coach Dikkah" were furious with him for puling that stunt. Payton had literally carried the offense on his back all season long and deserved a SB TD. The Fridge TD would have been a ton of fun IF Payton already had at least one. Many never forgive Da Coach for doing that to Payton.
    3 points
  10. Why shouldn't Browns fans fall all over themselves because of a few wins? It's been decades since they've been able to feel good about their team. It isn't just a few wins... it's the culture change that Mayfield brought with him. The Browns are on their way back, and there are is no more deserving fanbase. I'm happy for them.
    3 points
  11. My Lamkin UTx grips and my custom ferrules from Cell-parts.net came in! They look awesome!
    3 points
  12. Har in the Hat

    Workout update

    I'm up to 63 push ups ( 343 in total) and I have just figured out the method to the madness of this app. If you look at this app, it breaks each routine into a total of 5 intervals with differing # of push ups to do for each interval. It starts small and progressively increases. Usually the second interval gets the bigger number as the first prepares the body. Each interval alternates between big and small reps. This app isn't about just getting a person to do as many push ups as possible. This is about building upper body strength and it is working. Now I know why they have arranged the quantities and intervals in the order that they have. I just completed 63 push ups in the same number of intervals as when I started this app (12 push ups being done in the same 5 intervals). Of course keeping the intervals the same means only one thing. That the reps per interval increases. Beginning sets were about 2-4 or 5 push ups per interval. Now it is up to 12- 14 per. I would highly recommend this this app. But remember, you need to have proper form when doing a push up. Research this. Keep a straight body, hands underneath the shoulders, and you are on your toes. And don't worry if you struggle, keep at it and enjoy it.
    3 points
  13. tommc23

    Got Problems?

    You know you have support here
    3 points
  14. Did I say one? Meant to say 2. Yes, 2. First things first, a special thanks goes out to the 33 applicants we received for the open moderator position. It really says something positive about the community that this many people were willing to invest their time and effort. Many of these applications obviously took a lot of effort to pull together so we're also grateful of how serious the position was taken. Through 2 rounds of selections, two gentlemen separated themselves. We looked at the criteria from all different angles trying to nitpick our way to give one the advantage over the other but we just came up with differences, not advantages. Not only that, they complimented each other in a perfect Yin and Yang. Why not Zoidberg? I mean, why not both? After re-evaluating the workload, we decided there's definitely enough work to share if we want to truly bring this forum to where we want to be in style. This new platform has a lot of untapped potential that we'll continue to explore. If we're gonna do it, We're gonna do it right. We're going to do everything we can to make the user experience for YOU the best on the web so please keep the feedback and suggestions coming. Without further ado, please give a warm welcome to our new staffers. Formerly known as strokerAce and mpatrickriley, I'd like to introduce you to: GolfSpy Stroker and GolfSpy MPR Be sure to give them a follow on Twitter and Instagram as well. Social Media will be a big focus for MGS moving forward. 2019 is going to be a BIG YEAR
    2 points
  15. End of week 8 here for me. Brief summary, because I want to go home. Averages on almost every weight have stayed with a 4mph range for the past four weeks. Green: 117–120 Blue: 113–116 Red: 106–112 Green (final): 123–126 I adjusted my spreadsheet to track the max speed swing with each color, like the rest of you are doing. There's obviously much more volatility in that measurement. For me, my initial green swings were down quite a bit this week, but everything else held steady. Looking forward to taking a week off, enjoying a lot of time with my family, and getting back with a rested body (and hand) after a break.
    2 points
  16. 14 psd4 at the range.. first smoke and range session in weeks :) Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk
    2 points
  17. Rickp

    NHL

    Go Hartford Whalers[emoji106] Oops.......Nevermind[emoji16] Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy
    2 points
  18. ... Nice, everyone loved Fridge. He was such a happy positive person but a hard worker and personified the 85 defense. Nobody held his TD against him, they blamed Ditka.
    2 points
  19. I was a teenager growing up in Kansas and didn’t have a dog in the fight but New England did have, at the time, the quickest lead in Super Bowl history in that game. All I remember is the Fridge scoring a TD that game and Payton did not. As a Bears fan did that tick you off at all? Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy
    2 points
  20. Only ONE more sleep! .............Until us guys start our Christmas Shopping
    2 points
  21. Well, Week 12 is now in the books. Overall, this week's max speeds have been similar to the past couple of weeks. However, I would like to make note of an interesting observation between sessions this week. Sessions were Monday-Wednesday-Friday this week, and all sessions were around 10am. I had an bad day on Wednesday; don't know why. Speed was down; no speeds over 100. As I said earlier, it HAS to be radar, right?. It was a little discouraging. I couldn't even blame it on the weather. Wednesday was the warmest day of the week at 48º during the protocol. Monday and Friday were 41º and 42º. The only difference is that on Wednesday it was cloudy and Monday and Friday were sunny. I must like sun. To those considering the SuperSpeed program, you will see up and down days. Don't worry about it. The program is long term, and while short-term trends up are nice to see, it's the long-term effects that will ultimately be important.
    2 points
  22. Just finished my second week, not bad considering I went out twice after work this week for a few beers, something I don't usually do. Also feeling a little sore now, figure that will wear off in another week or so as I continue. Final 3 swings today were 102, 104, and 105. After some swings, I feel like maybe I held back just a little...as I get more conscious of that I think it will go away. Kind of like that tee shot on the first hole, sometime there is one too may golf thought running around in my head ;-).
    2 points
  23. Browns fans are die hard and have stood by their team through a lot of crap - they deserve every bit of success they are getting. Pats fans jumping ship the moment they stop winning will not surprise me at all.
    2 points
  24. ... Even though the Bears have had more success than the Browns in the past 20 years, there are similarities been the 2 franchises and I certainly understand Browns fans enthusiasm. Both franchises have been through around 80 QB's trying to find just one franchise QB. Amazingly terrible decisions thru the years. But both teams seem to have found their franchise QB's and both teams have crafted a great defense. After the last several years of miserable losses, both teams fans deserve to be ecstatic with their teams in 2018. Whether or not they are building something that will last more than one season remains to be seen, but for the time being "falling all over themselves" is well deserved. ... However, I completely agree about spoiled Pats fans.
    2 points
  25. fixyurdivot

    Happy thread

    I foresee free VIP passes to many PGA events in your future .
    2 points
  26. Went for shears, came back with a car payment
    2 points
  27. tommc23

    NHL

    Well this place has been quiet. Went to the flyers game tonight that Carter Hart kid is good. Awesome game and the team seems different with Hakstol off of the bench.
    2 points
  28. tony@CIC

    Got Problems?

    Big money, sorry to hear. I'm sure in the long term it'll work out. You've got a lot of friends here that are pulling for you.
    2 points
  29. Played again today with my younger friend and of course he was all about the tips, around 6400 yds. And good lord it was cold in the morning, I mean 42°! shot a 7 over 77, so not my best day. But it was fun playing with my best golf buddy again so I consider it a great day...
    2 points
  30. Sluggo42

    How'd you play?

    I’ve had 3 shoulder rebuilds, and the good news is that while most everything is difficult, golf comes back quickly. You’ll be down a few months as healing takes place, then just start putting and little chips. The rehab sessions will hurt too so expect that. But in 6 months you’ll be feeling good, so patience! Good luck!
    2 points
  31. Here are my week 12 results. I went through a 4-5 week plateau of similar speed levels, but in the last two weeks I have tied or set a personal best with each club. Sorry for the short post, lots of last minute shopping to do! Merry Christmas everybody!
    2 points
  32. Big money

    Got Problems?

    Not one to post private life. But going thru a divorce and a son that has health issues is real tough this time of year. Keeping my chin up and realizing that thru bad times good will happen
    2 points
  33. I'll be having a cohiba knock off made by CI
    1 point
  34. Sorry, the only thing I remember is how many championship banners there are up here. ETA: I realize this is coming off far more Richard-headish than I intended. We are very spoiled up here with all 4 pro teams having won championships (if not multiple ones) within the last 10 years or so. I remember growing up as a Pats fan and having to listen on the radio, since they refused to show them on TV. I also remember freezing my butt off on the old nasty aluminum benches in an empty end zone because the Pats were just dreadful. We're very lucky up here, to the point of being spoiled, and I understand that. Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy
    1 point
  35. ... Well the Pats fans should remember their storied record breaking history with losing: Super Bowl XX The Bears defeated the Patriots by the score of 46–10. In their victory over the Patriots, the Bears set or tied Super Bowl records for sacks (seven), fewest rushing yards allowed (seven), and margin of victory (36 points). The Patriots were eventually held to negative yardage (−19) throughout the entire first half, and finished with just 123 total yards from scrimmage. Bears defensive end Richard Dent, who had 1.5 quarterback sacks, forced two fumbles, and blocked a pass, was named the game's Most Valuable Player (MVP).[6]
    1 point
  36. Question for the group... have any of you noticed-- or utilized-- any swing or grip changes, other than what you'd normally use in your golf swing, in order to get an increased speed reading?? Part of my reason for asking is because I've been getting some strange read-outs where my non-dominant side is sometimes faster than my dominant side. I think someone alluded to this before, asking about the possibility of getting some left-handed clubs. Anyway, I think that using a reverse grip for my non-dominant side swings causes me, kind of naturally, to employ an earlier wrist cock. So, when I attempt the same thing in my dominant side swing-- and earlier wrist cock-- I'm registering some increased swing speed. However, it's an unorthodox swing for me from what my 'normal' golf swing would be like. Are we supposed to be maintaining our normal swing mechanics while doing the exercise or can we fudge a little bit to try to 'cheat' the system for a couple of extra MPH's??? Pics are of non-dominant on left and dominant on the right.
    1 point
  37. No3PuttLaLa

    NHL

    That was unbelievable. Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy
    1 point
  38. cnosil

    NHL

    Hawks are just bad this year. mascot is even getting into fights with fans.
    1 point
  39. That's certainly true for me! I was thinking of taping some lefty swings and submitting to America's Funniest Home Videos.
    1 point
  40. Golfspy_CG2

    Happy thread

    Yes exactly this. The majority of my pay is commissions. And most are earned in a 3 month stretch. My checks during those times are hit at a much higher tax rate than normal checks. It can also affect your 401k deduction. Which isnt the worst thing. I don't change my status often if at all, knowing I'll get it back in February in form of tax refund. And that is a low time of year so, it makes up for no commisson checks then. That's great to hear Russ. I know she worked very hard towards it. Congrats to her!
    1 point
  41. MattF

    Happy thread

    Congratulations to her!
    1 point
  42. I have yet to buy my hickory set. But I have a Kroydon 2 iron from the 30’s that’s smaller than a Safety Razor. This was the last club I hit before the course closed up. It’s probably 20-22°, with a pretty soft shaft, but it makes you concentrate. And man it feels nice when you pure it. Even with range rocks. I imagine it would be even better with a duo or super soft.
    1 point
  43. Yeah, we got 3” of rain with tornado warnings and high winds....Zephyrhills has a mfg home community that saw damage to 80 homes. Sent from my iPad using MyGolfSpy Cobra Connect Bag: Cobra F8 Driver(10.5*) 3-4W(14.5*) & 5-6W(18.5*)w/Mitsubishi Tensei ck Blue Regular; Cobra F8 3 Hybrid, 5 Hybrid & 6-PW, Gw(49*) SW(54*) LW(58*) all w/UST Mamiya Recoil 460 ES regular shafts. Lamkin Cobra Connect grips with Arccoss tracking sensors. Putter: Evnroll ER6 33”. Bag: Cobra Ultralite Cart Bag(Peacoat/Silver).
    1 point
  44. Shankster

    College Football

    Good class for him to teach...
    1 point
  45. Rickp

    How'd you play?

    Yea, Right..... Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy
    1 point
  46. Rickp

    Got Problems?

    Sorry to hear Buddy, hang in there and yes good things will happen. Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy
    1 point
  47. I FINALLY got a chance to swing a golf club, and I had to come to Houston for work to be able to do it! We have had so much rain that our ranges haven’t been open for almost a month. I bought a large bucket of about 80-100 balls. I was only allowed to hit off the mats, but the mats were pretty good. I started just hitting my 50* wedge, 1/2-3/4 shots to warm-up and work on getting the knuckles on my left hand to work down toward the mat at impact. I’d swing a bit, then grab my impact snap to solidify the feeling. It then moved to full swings with the 50*, then the 8 iron, then driver, then 6 iron, and finally the 58*. The whole time I was working on what Mike Bender teaches on his Instagram account. I’ll tell you what... I haven’t flushed this many balls in a LONG time!!! Even the 6 iron! The ones I hit well had “that” sound the i210 makes when dead center is struck. So nice! I was astonished at my accuracy. Looks like I’ll keep working on the Bender method!!! I’m stoked after leaving the range tonight!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
    1 point
  48. But you’re providing a valuable view point. Lots of people can’t play during the winter months. It’s important to have that vantage point in the mix. Just remember that my friend! Your data is huge and think what the Spring will bring. Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy
    1 point
  49. Mewy Kwithmath! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    1 point
  50. There you go!!! Yep those T-Zoids are some good ole irons. Those Ping laminate woods have a cult like following among quite a few classic players on WRX. Ping Zing putter I have a soft spot for those too. I still have my original one and a MGB one. 588 Clevelands I absolutely love I have about 50 of them various materials and lofts. Yes I said around 50!
    1 point
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