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  1. First I want to thank all of you for the support through last year. I had some great success and some frustrating defeats. I made great strides in my swing and mental toughness and I still have a long way to go. This thread will be where I post my schedule and prep for the upcoming season, you can also follow on instagram @KCLeonardGolf. I have a very busy schedule this year with more high level tournaments than I played last year. I will be playing the VGA again this year. I have the SCGA Mid-Am, US Mid-Am, All Navy Tryouts, All Armed Forces(if I make All Navy), I plan on playing in 2 city Am events as well. First up is the SCGA Mid-Am qualifier on March 18th. I played my first practice round on the course yesterday and will be playing another in a few weeks.
    5 points
  2. chisag

    100 push ups a day

    ... This reminds me of a training film I narrated for a financial advisor in KC many years ago. It showed how investing $50 a month (if I remember the $ correctly) starting in your early 20's would make you a millionaire. I commented may people in their 20's just aren't ready to invest barely covering their bills with their paychecks and while his response was about investing, it applies to so many other walks of life "The best time to start investing is when you are young. The second best time is right now". So sounds like you are taking his advice and starting right now.
    5 points
  3. Bought this for my back as suggested by my chiropractor...I'm going to practice being a bat!
    5 points
  4. GolfSpy MPR

    Grilling

    Made some smoked pork sandwiches for dinner tonight. My wife made garlic toast from buns from a local bakery.
    5 points
  5. I just updated to the new version (12/19/20018) and also recalibrated my android smartphone gyroscope sensor. All worked out! All shots where recognized and stored. No issue with battery life. My battery went from 55% down to 39% within 18 holes or 3.5 hours. There seems to be a decent development for Android users, well at least for mine. best, Henning
    4 points
  6. Ditto Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy
    4 points
  7. Just remember that the Trackman device is measuring club head speed at the ball while the radar is before the ball - there has to be a difference. Plus I believe it extrapolates club head speed based upon ball speed. I will take ball speed every time because that's what is going to determine distance. Increased ball speed really gets me amped! I should add is that my ultimate goal is to get to 140 here.
    4 points
  8. perseveringgolfer

    How'd you play?

    40 degrees today but no wind so could play in a compression top and jumper. Hit the ball pretty well but still shot 82...........my short game is pretty poor this time of year. Spoke to the pro and signed up for 6 lessons as he is a Driver and wedge expert and hits the ball like I can only dream of
    3 points
  9. Guys, this is awesome. It might be the coolest thing I've ever purchased. [So much for subtlety in a review.] I've still got a ways to go before I'm ready to write a full review. But my early impressions are very positive. The biggest downside: there are too many shots it simply fails to read. For me, it has especially struggled on full and high wedge shots. Did a test today with two different patterns on the ball: lines and Truvis-like pattern (I have a little template for each of these). The lined ball seemed to be doing better, until Kirke shanked it into the dark corners of the garage, from whence we could not find it. The other smaller negative: the delay between the shot and its result. I didn't find this too awful, but it is mildly irritating. The best part: the depth of the software. It's not just giving you all the ball data; it sets up drills and keeps records for how you're doing. This is where I see it having massive benefits for my game. Today, I did a short game test: three shots to each of six targets. Here are the results: That kind of information is so helpful. I've got a problem around 100 yards, which doesn't surprise me: it's the upper limit of my 54° wedge. I also pull everything left. Now I have something to work on, and immediate feedback to know if I'm getting better. I'm planning on venturing over to @revkev's thread on coaching vs. self-teaching, but I'll say this: this is the kind of tool that those of us who go without coaching (for whatever reason) can use to make legit progress. I'm incredibly excited at the possibilities this season presents now.
    3 points
  10. When you are hitting a ball, you'll want position the radar at 45 degrees and the ball at least a foot from the radar and a couple of inches ahead of the radar. Sent from my SM-G955U using MyGolfSpy mobile app
    3 points
  11. I guess this will do for a baseline driver swing. Still kinda working out the positioning of the radar. Sent from my Pixel 3 using MyGolfSpy mobile app
    3 points
  12. Man! What an awesome looking set! My first thought are if you drive them to the course in a blacked-out Cadillac and play while wearing Blues Brothers' or Reservoir Dogs attire...JK! Seriously, well done!
    3 points
  13. Added pic of my "Dad Juice"... I did mention above that I had Evan Williams on hand, but was mistaken...Ezra Brooks really. Still hits the spot and "builds bodies"...
    3 points
  14. KCLeo12

    2019 WITB KCLeo12

    I hope not to make many changes this year but I am sure there will be a few. With all these new drivers coming out and incredible claims that club will likely change at some point. Everything else is pretty set. I may refresh the wedges and get new grooves. I have been trying the PXG mini Gunboat H and its been so good. It may finally beat out my beloved Buttonback Newport 2 that has been in the bag for 5 years. The thing I like most about the PXG is the alignment line, with it I have been able to start more putts online. The biggest issue is adjusting to the difference in feel off the face. Ping G400 LST 8.5 set to 7.5 with Tensei Pro White 70TX PXG 0341 3 wood 13.5* HZRDUS Yellow 76 6.5 Ben Hogan FT Worth Hi 20* KBS Tour V 120X Ben Hogan FT Worth Black 4-P KBS Tour V 120X Ben Hogan Equalizers 50,55,60 KBS Tour V PXG Mini Gunboat H/ Scotty Cameron Buttonback Newport 2 Snell MTB Black and Red
    2 points
  15. In theory this should be a great MGS topic. I just read a Titleist Q and A with Charles Howell III in which he ended by saying that you can’t play good golf with clubs off the rack. I don’t agree. I agree that you won’t give yourself the best chance to play good golf with clubs off the rack but if you have Howell any random box set from KMart and let me have my custom set - I’m betting on Howell by a long shot! Clearly the Indian is the most important part of the equation. So I’m wondering if there is a way to quantify how much better the Indian can get by going from off the rack self taught to fit with lessons. Here’s my story in this regard: As a kid I played every sport in its season. The problem was that tennis, swimming, baseball and golf were all in the same season in Connecticut and baseball always won out. So I played golf sporadically until my senior year of college when a bout with mono and an enlarged spleen took me down. No contact sports for a year - enter golf! My $75 student pass at the local muni allowed me to play a lot. I got pretty good although I don’t know what my handicap was - mid single digits I’d guess - I could break 70 or shoot 85 - very inconsistent. That type of play continued throughout young adulthood until I attended a Jimmy Ballard three day thing. The total retool took a couple of years to settle in but by the time I graduated from Seminary I was very consistent - you could just pick a number between 72-78 write it down and move on. My handicap remained stuck between 4-5 for the next decade. The clubs that I was using were static fit irons, Eye 2’s and I did pay attention to stuff like tapping and bounce on my wedges but nothing like now. My first real fitting was for driver and it came with some lessons - my church had a class A pro and he really helped. As I moved to Florida he had me in a driver ver that fit, had shortened my swing a bit, using a 4 wood for more loft and better results with fairway wood and most importantly convinced me to play a premium golf ball. The handicap dropped to 3. I played in a league in Florida that had a strong group of players in it. Those guys invited me to play in another game that included some really strong players - including some mini tour types. I found a teacher, worked hard on my short game, got fit for putter and my handicap went down to 1 and stayed there for the better part of 3 seasons. An illness, work and family demands plus a lack of fitness undid all that so now I’m fighting my way back. To tally it all up the difference for me between off the rack and self taught was about 5 strokes - assuming I was a 6 in college (reasonable) - I got to a 4-5 through attending the golf school (with a lot of work afterwards), a 3 with further instruction, a driver and golf ball fitting and a 1 with work on the short game and a putter fitting. I should add that a part of the move from 3 to 1 was playing much more competitive golf. My course management skills were greatly enhanced by being forced to figure out ways to score every week, sometimes twice a week, over the course of three years. There will be lots of times when you don’t have it. You’d be amazed at the number of different ways there are to make par on a hole or save bogey and also how bogeys instead of others can help! Thoughts from the Community? How have or would lessons and a full fitting benefit you? Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy
    2 points
  16. My final level two workout is in the books - I'm not going to give an update because I will have a stage two review coming in the next week or so. Out of excitement I've already spilled some of the beans. I will say that this was the first week that I was over 100 as a top speed non-dominant - last step through of the week with the Red did it for me! I've also got my closing driver swing speed on the radar (the batteries in Voice Caddy were dead so I didn't get that device involved - I will bring it to the course tomorrow afternoon to see how I'm doing with for real shots.) So it will be interesting to see how I'm faring start to finish with SuperSpeed. I started at 91 and was at 96 after the first level. Generally you don't gain as much with the second level as the first and most of the speed gain occurs in these first two levels. Stay tuned....
    2 points
  17. This made me laugh out loud. Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy
    2 points
  18. Man you're fast. Oh and I'll take veteran as well thank you!
    2 points
  19. josmi15

    100 push ups a day

    At work they’re laughing at me because I’m cranking them out here. Giving em 20 every 2 hours. Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy
    2 points
  20. Congrats to Texas. You had the better team at the Sugar Bowl. We'll be back in the top five next season and close the deal. Go Dawgs!
    2 points
  21. Hey gang...I added all the tester 18 badges...but we had quite a few and I may have either missed some guys or accidentally removed one of your existing badges - if you see that shoot me a PM and I'll fix it immediately. Apologies in advance! Should be all set now...sorry for the error.
    2 points
  22. So I just bought some tp5x on eBay, so I’ll roll with them for a while and see what happens. Kind of a fun little chat here eh?
    2 points
  23. Stud & crew, I apologize for being a pain, but could y 'all add back in my "Broke 90" tag? It disappeared just after the awesome addition of the "tester 2018" tag. Thanks all!
    2 points
  24. We were at my buddy's brewery tonight. Midnight Brewery in Rockville, VA. Drinking the blood orange IPA and the brown ale. Boy am I lucky my wife loves beer.
    2 points
  25. I've tried the "slime" as a mitigation tool with new tires and tubes with my daughter's bikes over the years and yeah...it just doesn't work that way. As stated before, it was meant for an emergency situation I suppose. We have those nasty goat heads here too and going off-road is pure death. Solid tires are the way to go IMHO.
    2 points
  26. Kenny B

    Flat Tires

    You guys in the midwest aren't familiar with these desert weeds. These weeds also grow in normal golf course rough if the rough is thin, so it's not just areas off the normal course. I have them growing in parts of my lawn. They are attracted to irrigated areas, and the only way to really get rid of them is to choke them out with grass. It's a never ending battle, because my irrigation water comes from ditches where they grow, so seeds come in with the water.
    2 points
  27. tony@CIC

    Flat Tires

    Slime is an emergency inflator - not intended to be a buffer between the tube and the tire. Since you already have new tubes installed why not just stay out of the prickly stuff? Sent from my iPad using MyGolfSpy
    2 points
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  29. Shankster

    100 push ups a day

    Day 4 in the books. I’m definitely going to have to alternate days between knuckle and palm push ups. Starting to get sore hands, and some callus will form if I continue the palm push ups. Maybe some gloves, or a bar... something.
    2 points
  30. Would you believe 50 and sunny in northwest Ohio today. Got to the driving range today - the driver worked great. - very pleased with the progress I've made especially on the narrow ball dispersion. Distance wasn't great but I'm focused on accuracy and those range balls were pretty beaten up rocks. Once that brain/muscle memory is locked in distance will be worked on. Short irons worked pretty well also, long irons not so much. My wife got me 2 - 1/2 hr lessons for Christmas and my birthday so I guess I know what I'll be working on with my instructor. BTW I hate hitting off the mats with my irons. Sent from my iPad using MyGolfSpy
    2 points
  31. I found the Chrome Soft X to be MUCH harder than TP5X. I bought them based on a statement from a buddy at Callaway, and I hated them from the first time I hit them out of the box.SO hard. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
    2 points
  32. King Cobra

    Member map

    Added myself to make it half a dozen Scots here now.
    2 points
  33. fozcycle

    How'd you play?

    Overcast in the low 70’s warming to 79* today. Decided to try an experiment. Played my PowerBilt set today as follows: Air Force One Driver, 3W, 5W, 3H, 4-SW with Apollo graphite shafts. Topped off with my SC Kombi. These clubs have been in my garage for about 8 years unused. I regripped them with Lamkins about 2 years ago but did not play them. My driver has a Winn grip that pretty much fell apart in my hands, but boy howdy could I hit it. 10 - 15 yards farther than my Cobra F8......isn’t that amazing? The irons are standard lie, and I need 2* Flat so I choked up about an inch to hit them....Three approach shots landed inside 3’ of the Pin. Prob won’t keep playing them but it was fun today. Think I’ll regrip the Driver and try them tomorrow. BTW, I shot a 42/45:87. Sent from my iPad using MyGolfSpy
    2 points
  34. I used the exact same SwingSpeed radar unit for each of my testing periods. I was also at an indoor Trackman simulator for the Week 6 and Week 14 (today) test, and the SS radar was consistently 3-5 mph higher than what Trackman would register. For $100 versus a $20k Trackman the radar is pretty accurate and consistent.
    2 points
  35. STUDque

    MGS Forum Badge Catalog

    Quick PSA about the tester badges: 1) If you tested this year, you got a 2018 badge. No need to request these. 2) To get a 2019 badge, you must complete Stage 2 in any 2019 test. 3) These badges will be on a 2 year roll. So once 2020 hits, the 2018 badge will go away...and so on. Carry On
    2 points
  36. Excellent question! I do tend to sit it toward the middle, maybe slightly forward on my regular swings and I do put it a little more forward for the step change. As a tester I felt it my duty to go outside and do some experimenting with the radar and sticks. I did regular swings from both sides positioning the radar forward, middle, and back. I know I'm not going to be able to consistently repeat swing speeds, but what I found was the numbers were within 2-4 mph of each other. To me, I would say that as long as you are consistent with where you place the radar while training, that's what matters. Sent from my SM-G955U using MyGolfSpy mobile app
    1 point
  37. Can I throw another category into the mix here? I know this is on that website, but it's written by a friend of mine, and the only coach I've taken a lesson from: http://www.golfwrx.com/536948/why-golf-coaching-works/ The article makes a distinction between instruction and coaching. I think this is helpful. The web has made a ton of information available to us. This is instruction. What it rarely gives is coaching: not only specific diagnoses for our specific faults along with drills for fixing them, but also the kind of personal motivation that we need to push through those changes. I'd compare it to schooling. A person can be an autodidact. But going to school provides two things: direction to the better resources, and accountability. Most of us, if we're honest, need those external helps for anything important. So why do I remain self-taught? One answer is just pragmatics: I'd love to go to Matthew for regular lessons, but don't value it highly enough to commit to an hour drive each way plus cost. The other is that, as much as I enjoy it, golf isn't important. If I'm getting it wrong, the stakes aren't that high. And the experience of discovery is enjoyable to me.
    1 point
  38. Good topic Rev. Not sure what prompted it out of you today but I'll chime in... My quick answer is: fitting and lessons helped a lot. But mostly the lessons and.... my own desire to do something about my game. Meaning... playing better - more consistently and scoring lower. The lessons / swing tweaks only backed up the importance of playing properly fitted equipment. I spent about two years somewhat recently working on my lessons/swing. My scoring, ball striking, accuracy, hcp and overall enjoyment improved quite a lot. I currently have a 5 hcp on the books. Up from about a 3 through the heart of last summer - early fall playing season. During my time of lessons I also learned that I needed to play a smarter game and focus more during a round. That doesn't mean not having a good time or enjoying the social aspect of golf. I do have fun and enjoy everything about the game more it seems. One important factor on the mental/personal side is learning to accept this game on any given day. As we all know quite well; some days are just better than others. Bad shots and calamities happen. That's just the reality of this game. Learn to accept that aspect of golf and nothing more and you'll shave strokes off your round.
    1 point
  39. I am really looking forward to all the new Driver releases. The Ping and PXG are the top of my list. The Cobra F9 and Titleist TS3 are next. Once they are all released I plan on doing a driver fitting and pick the best one. The Ping because I already love my G400 LST. The PXG because of the talk about how low spin it is. The TS3 because I picked up and 4mph ball speed but the stock shafts couldn’t bring the spin down. The F9 because I have been a big fan of Cobra for years Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy
    1 point
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  41. Indeed! God bless her!!!
    1 point
  42. fixyurdivot

    Flat Tires

    I try but to be honest these stickers are tough to spot. Slime also makes a tube protector, but the few reviews I'm now finding aren't favorable.
    1 point
  43. Jim Beam Double barrelled
    1 point
  44. Best of luck! I'll be following.
    1 point
  45. ... I have not found X golf performance to be universal. The Srixon XV is a little shorter for me than the Z, which has been one of my favorite balls because I don't think I compress the XV as well as the Z. Yet I prefer the ProV1X and CS X. And the TP5x is a little longer than any ball I have played.
    1 point
  46. Hit the range and hit about 6-7 balls with every club. Then finished off at the chipping green practicing my wedge game for a solid 45 mins. By far weakest part of my game right now. Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy
    1 point
  47. You didn’t put it in the church, did you? :) Enjoy Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy
    1 point
  48. Can anyone give me a good reason that I shouldn't drive around town, stalking the UPS truck?
    1 point
  49. Absolutely. I fit a guy who was wearing extremely comfortable, walking, spineless shoes and he noticed that his scores were going up. We didn’t find him any new driver distance, but I mentioned that his feet were constantly moving. He tried some tour 360s and his handicap immediately began to drop. If your feet hurt during a round or you’re not getting the traction that you want, shoes can play a big part in helping with that. Foot joy did their shoe testing with their tour pros and found that some guys picked up almost 10 yards just by switching shoes. Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy
    1 point
  50. Reserved Stage Two - The Review 11/29/18 Arccos 360 Official MGS Forum Review by Oaks Intro I feel awful for taking so long to complete my Stage 2 review; but this fall was not kind to my golf game. We received the package from Arccos in August, my rounds of golf were at my lowest point of the year. This fall in the Northeast we ran into all kinds of problems with weather (every weekend it rained), my busy season for work and my family (we have 3 kids under 5). Never the less – here is my shorter than it should be review of the Arccos 360 platform that I am hopeful to expand on in the Spring. Looks & Feel (7.5 out of 10 points) It was simple to install the sensors into the clubs – take a club out of the bag and screw it into the butt end of the grip. Are they a little bigger and bulkier than I would like – yes, but honestly after a round or two I stopped noticing that they were there on my Driver – Wedges. Putters are a different story. When I started this journey I was using an Odyssey O-Works 7 Tank with a Superstroke. There is nothing for the sensor to screw into so it was off to the garage to try and figure out a fix. Well a little snip here a little snip there and some Superglue I thought I was onto something. That was until I slipped, cut messed up the sensor and had to throw it into the trash. I contacted Arccos and they were super helpful in getting me a new sensor. Using the same process I was able to secure it to the grip, but now if I wanted to change putters I was S.O.L. I actually had Arccos send me another sensor when I went back to my original White Hot XG #7 with a P2 React grip. Overall the product is a good product, it could be a little slimmer, but I figured out something recently to help with that. To save a few millimeters you can get the green ring to pop off from the sensor for a tighter fit – I did this on my P2 grip and may do it to the rest over the winter. I think that when Arccos comes out with the option for a CB putter sensor this would be a 9 or higher. Setup (10 out of 10 points) Setup is Simple. Follow the onscreen steps and move through the bag Driver through Putter. If you don’t rush it the system is foolproof in detecting the clubs. What also is nice, is that they clubs are not a Bluetooth connection to your phone, so when I upgraded my phone this fall from an IPhone 8Plus to the XS Max it was automatically already synced to my phone. I honestly was thinking that I would have to redo all of the connections. On-Course (15 out of 20 points) I feel like the On-Course aspect of the Arccos system is based on your expectations and what you are looking for the system to do for youyou’re your game. At first the thought of having to play with my Giant IPhone in my front left pocket seemed really unapealling to me, but honestly after the first 9 holes or so I barely noticed it at all. What I found was I started carrying less tees, and made sure that I placed my ball, tees and ballmarker in my right pocket and rarely went into my left pocket at all. I tend to try and be more of a feel player and am very comfortable either going with the yardage on a sprinkler head, my rangefinder or even what my gut tells me. Sometimes I find that less is more in the world of data on the golf course and I usually try and play what is infront of me. What I found with the Arccos system is that I would start it as I walked to the first tee – stick the phone in my pocket and not look at it until I was walking off of the 18th green. I feel like the data for me is what I get to analyze after the round and see where my game needs work. (As a side-note) I was never able to test out the caddie feature of the Arccos 360 as I never accumulated the 5+ rounds that need to be played with the system. Accuracy (9 out of 10 points) I did not see any of the lost datapoints that the others have seen and actually found the system to be completely accurate. I may have had a tap-in putt here or there that I had to go back and add at the end of the round, but nothing major or unforced. Could this be due to me using a new(er) phone? Possibly, but overall I thought that this was actually pretty good and spot on. Dashboard Interface (7 out of 10 points) Dashboard is simple to use and lays everything out for you. It provides me with all of the details that I want to see and it probably will improve as I get more rounds and swings into the system as we move into 2019. I put this as a 7 out of 10, but really it should be either an incomplete or a To Be Continued… Data Usefulness (16 out of 20 points) Based on my limited use of the system this fall, I realize that I need to go back and look at my distances that I have always trusted my clubs to go. I have learned that my accuracy with GIR is usually terrible and I tend to miss more to the right than I would have thought, and I reinforced the facts that I am a terrible putter. I really do feel as I move forward with the system in 2019 I think that this will help me understand my game more and help me lower my scores as I continue to learn more about the data and tendencies in my game. Play it or Trade it? (14 out of 20 points) Play it. Is it worth the $250 – maybe, maybe not – that depends on your pain threshold. I saw where Arccos is offering the system for $179 this holiday season – Absolutely. I think this gives me hope and promise for next year. Conclusion I am a work in progress still and I think that the more I use it the better it is going to make me. I really like what I have seen from a data point perspective and the accuracy that Arccos has provided me with for my game. Everyone is different. I know that this is brief and I plan on updating my review in early 2019 when I get a chance to use the caddy feature and I get to play a few more rounds on the golf course and really dive into the nuts and bolts of the system. Final Score: 78.5/100 but I think this is trending closer to the 85+ range in the spring. I really do like the system – just feel I do not have enough into it to 100% completely evaluate it. Stage 2
    1 point
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