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Ok. Here is my mini review for all of you. I had previously had an inexpensive putting green in my basement. I won’t name any names. I loved it at first. Great roll, inexpensive, and you could roll it up if needed. Then...even with vacuuming it on a regular basis....it developed a groove right down the center and I couldn’t miss a putt even if I tried. Now normally I wouldn’t complain about this on a real golf course, but on my practice green where I am supposed to be hitting a line with every putt...this doesn’t provide much feedback. I figured this was like everything else in life....if you want a quality product that will hold up, then you have to spend some money. I looked at the greens which were featured on mygolfspy in a head to head comparison. I also wanted a green that I could chip onto that would still be portable and be able to be moved with minimal effort. So....after some internet research, I settled on the Little Murph from Truline Greens. Their customer service was great when I called with a question. The box arrived, I unrolled the green and was putting within five minutes. Surprisingly, it flattened out very easily. It gives a true roll and it is constructed of quality material. The only thing that I don’t like is that the last three feet of the green is uphill so they can place a “cup” into the green. The uphill thing isn’t a deal breaker though...it just feels different right now. I give this product an A and I would purchase it again. It is pricey, but I am hoping that it will last.

Wait until you play a 31 that shoots 84.....gross. Made the turn at -3 and was 5 down. Or a 12 that shoots 70...barely made the back 9. Main reason I don’t play any net events. My first club tournament this year will be the club championship. Actually that will be my only tournament at my club this year. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Got back from a beautiful AM round with some real positive thoughts.My lowest round this year of 86 (44-42).Just swinging my swing is working well this season.Not spectacular results off the tee or approach shots.But nice to know the ball will curve left to right most of the time.Really have a strong feeling about this season. Happy Cinco De Mayo

Took about 50 pictures of the new clubs this morning before I get them all dirty. I still have one more baseline round to get in (hopefully later this week) before fully breaking these bad boys out. It's going to be extremely difficult to have them sit in my house and not use them. I'll post more pictures over the next few days along with my thoughts on how they compare to my current clubs. Ladies and gentlemen, let me present a few pictures from the winning bag!

Puked out a 95 in sloppy conditions. Lost 2 balls due to plugging and not finding them. And to top it off, the rough was close to or over 4"...but I was on the course, so there's that.

Just keep the comments and fun coming boys, I have broad shoulders and can take it On another note the matchplay team I have played for a few times this year won the competition today . I didn't play but went along and caddied for my brother. He won his game after a back and forth fight.

You guys remember when I asked “who’s Joel Dahmen??” during the draft? Yeah he’s basically carrying my team every week Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy

Met up with @mr.hicksta today at the practice greens/range but it was rained out so we just swapped a couple of sleeves of balls, and shot the sh*t a little. Super cool guy and hopefully we get to tee it up soon! Went back home for a couple of hours and the weather cleared up a little so I headed back. Hit a small bucket and was just trying to figure out why I've been a hosel lord recently. I think I'm just losing my levels and moving my head too much. Once I focused on not moving my head, it was back to crispy Mizuno butter town. Then spent about 90 minutes mostly practicing 8-15 footers (trying to make 3/3) and practiced 2-putting from a bunch of 25+ foot distances.

They sound so stupid. We were on tee box 9 today with Rose and Reed, and some drunk idiot on the other side of the box yells out “get in the hole”, and man I’m just like you sound like a moron. It doesn’t make we want to yell back “shut up you drunk idiot”

They sound sooo bad in person. I just want to punch them in the mouth sometimes.

I heard “get in the hole” about 10 times today, which is okay on a shot toward the green, not on a drive on a 570 yard par 5, or a 480 yard par 4. You sound like a spoiled child who needs his mouth smacked, and yes they sound just as idiotic in person as they do on TV. Why do these wannabe golfer, drunk ...-hats have to ruin a good day at the course.

So... why do I start very story with “so...”? So anyways, me and my buddy team up to play in the monthly club tourney. He’s a 4, and I’m a 5. We both shoot a 76 and were like 15 strokes away from the winners. They’re hi cappers, who seem to have a good round every time money’s on the line. so what’s the point of even playing in these events? The low cappers never win crap.there is no room for any bad shots period. You can shoot scratch on a tough track and still lose by 10. there needs to be a different process. I know it’s supposed to be “fair”, but it’s not fair for the low cappers. We never win. Even when we shoot well, it’s never even close.

It's just fun to hit when you have this much confidence in a club. Irons into par 5s that I'm normally hitting hybrid into is crazy

Wow. How time flies. Just noticed we're a month into the testings. Keep the day to day and at minimum weekly thoughts coming. Keep in mind Stage two's will be due in two to three weeks.

Humbling game today- played with our resident pro who hit the ball the way only pro's can. He has played in over 60 European tour events so he can play, but it was a different class of strike and course management. He 'easily' shot 4 under. I learned/picked up loads of good course management info and a few good tips to improve my inconsistent scrapping around lol Apart from his long game being on a different dimension to ours, his short game was exceptional, deadly chips and only 26 putts. It's another world and a game most of us are not familiar with. Just thought I'd share even though it's not about my game today.

They arrive on Tuesday! I probably won't hit them for a while though while I build my baseline. If they were conventional I might but I don't want to get used to the one lengths and negatively skew my baseline switching back to my old gamers. I don't want anyone to have an excuse when I win this thing. It's gonna take so much willpower to ignore the new shiny things and keep going with my current clubs.

Oooh, it's always exciting to get new sticks, one of the best feelings in golf! Y'all also might benefit from 56 wedges between y'all. So far, I'd agree you are a +4. Nunfa0 is great, I've given him plenty of crap in this thread already, and he hasn't strangled me (yet). Clearly, you've never seen me hit a slice. I would have loved for you to hit them too, someone tell @bardle to hurry up and get/hit his one lengths!

Rain or shine, I'm out here testing! Sent from my Pixel 3 using MyGolfSpy mobile app

We had a great time together out at Quail today. I little hot, but wasn’t too bad. Unfortunately a small storm cell came in and stopped the tournament for a bit. luckily we had been there for about 5 hours already so we got to see lot s of golf, and walk around the facilities a bit. I got to spend a good day walking the golf course with my Daughter. So in itself was the best. She will be gone from home soon, so it was nice to spend that time with her.

I went to the range today and the club pro was giving lessons to the guy next to me. He had the F9 one lengths and boy was he struggling with them. He moved to the driver and the pro had him wait until the fairway on the right cleared before he’d let him hit. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a slice like his. I wanted to hit his clubs so bad but I left them alone. Sent from my iPad using MyGolfSpy

I'm a +4 at sh*t talking! @Nunfa0 is a good dude and I know he won't take it personal. Saw an opportunity so I took it [emoji41] Sent from my Pixel 3 using MyGolfSpy mobile app

Another unapologetic pitch for the Pit Barrel Cooker. The Traeger is quick and easy, but chicken or brisket off this thing is unreal.

Maybe Cobra can send you 14 wedges, looks like that would benefit you most. Sent from my Pixel 3 using MyGolfSpy mobile app

I can't believe it has taken until May 4th but I can finally post my 1st round of the year! It was a chilly 43* on the 1st tee but the course was empty! Didn't take long to find a groove with the ST190. Not completely disappointed in a 42 front 9 and a 40 on the back for the 1st time out. It was pretty obvious after looking over the round where I can improve the most. I hit 7 of 14 fairways. My misses weren't far off and all were playable. I hit 8 of 18 greens but I was never more than 10 yards off with the ones I missed. I had 33 putts which is not what I like to see. I only made 2 putts over 2ft and they were only 5 footers. I 3 putted 4 holes. I don't know what it was but the minute I put the putter in my hands it felt weird and off. Almost foreign to me. Everything seemed different from the balance to the weight. I couldn't get comfortable at all. If I can clean up the lag putting and the GIR, I think a sub 80 average for the year is definitely in reach. Maybe I need some new irons and a putter! Just got to figure out how to convince SWMBO that it is the right move!! Sent from my Moto Z3 Play using MyGolfSpy mobile app

... Started playing golf in Phoenix 1/10 and played almost every day thru 5/2. I didn't play 15 days out of 121 due to weather or my wife being here and us doing other things. I needed the break. 107 rounds of golf and I am so darned TIRED! Mostly mentally but my body can definitely use a break. It was great though and I enjoyed every minute away from wind chills, gray skies and snow. Packing today and leaving tomorrow so arriving in Chicago Monday night after a 3 day rive. Saved my last round yesterday for the kind scenic course I won't be playing back in the Midwest. Peace! (mic drop)

Here’s my submission. 2006 Precedent electric. High speed motor and controller, 6” lift, 23” tires on 10” wheels. We live in a golf car permissible community, so it gets a lot of non-golf use as well. Can u guess my alma mater.

I'll still go 4-0 this week, but it is concerning how much my team has faded today. Watching Rory putt is painful.

First round of the year! I'm on the road this weekend in Michigan's Lower Peninsula. Brought my clubs just in case a golf opportunity should arise. Low and behold, between services that I'm preaching today there was a window to go walk nine. I played a course that I've played once before, but certainly one that I can't claim is familiar to me. It was still quite muddy, in places puddly. The course is short (I think it was 6,100 from the back tees), but par 37 on the front. The only par 3 on the front is 220 yards. Because golf, that hole produced the highlight of my season so far. I had time to debate club selection while waiting for the green to clear. At 220, I was considering either my 4w or my 3h. Eventually, I decided that on the SkyTrak, a solid 3h off the tee is the perfect 220 club. It's a club that's likely going to draw for me with a neutral swing, so I aimed to the right side of the green (the pin was on the left). I committed to it, flew it pin high, and it stopped 12 feet from the hole. Birdie putt lipped out, tap in par. I'd take that every time. I ended up with my normal score: a 46, 9 over for nine holes. Bogey golf. What worked? My approach game was not bad. I hit 4 of 9 greens, which is double my normal average. I had a couple of shots in those yardages that I've struggled with 90-120 yards, and I picked the club that SkyTrak has taught me, rather than the club I think I should hit. In each of those cases, I hit the green. That was encouraging. Short game was a mixed bag. When I made crisp contact, I had better distance control than I can ever remember starting a season with. But I had a handful of badly flubbed wedge shots, hitting the mushy ground behind the ball so that it went nowhere. Putting was just bad. 19 putts, which is far above my average. Last season I hung around 32 putts per round; the season before, it was closer to 30. I think I can get back there, but was putting very defensively today. The greens were quicker than I would have guessed for this point in the season, and being unfamiliar, I was lagging most things close. Two 3-putts, a one putt, and the rest were 2 putts (almost all of which the second putt was about a foot). I think there's lots of ground to make up here, and my putting here doesn't alarm me; rather, it makes me optimistic that I played bogey golf while making only two putts longer than a foot. Off the tee was surprising: on the range, the Rogue could not go left. Guess where it went on every drive today? Stupid game. So that's still a work in progress. However, to come out of the gates in what amounts to last year's midseason form? I'll take that. The season has begun: here we go!

I'm guessing it will include more missle launches in NJ

I would be weary about dropping $1000 for a yearly commitment right out of the gate. If things click after a few lessons between you and the pro then consider it.

Match Play

Didn’t realize until this morning that my wife also got my girls golf balls. Pink Truvis for one kid and Shamrock truvis balls for the other. The one that got the shamrock balls is Reilly Marie....can’t argue with that. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Sluggo. You answered your own question. At a minimum your club should Flight these so called tournaments. That way you'd most likely be in the Championship flight. I've only rarely seen some fool reverse sandbag their way into championship flight. The Championship Flight and perhaps the next flight under that are the only ones basically sandbag free.

Same here - two holes by a street. I've yet to play without a car going by and either honking its horn or someone yelling fore. When playing with my buds we consider that a "car rule" that allows a do over.

Yup - that's one of the first things my fitter said. Even thought he was using new Bridgestone "practice" balls - the Trackman was set to normalize the data.

The problem that I see with the Kirklands is that this is what they are - today - they will be something different after this supply runs out and then where are you at? I really think the Snell ball is the better play if you are after value - yes that ball costs more but it's going to be there. Think about it - you can eliminate a variable by just playing one ball - any ball. Good luck

In team events the USGA recommends that players only receive 80% of their handicap for this very reason. As handicaps climb the amount of outlier scores two very high handicap partners are capable of shooting increases dramatically. 80% of 1 is still a 1 but a 25 loses 5 strokes in that scenario. Another commonly used option is a team max handicap, usually 36 or 40. Sent from my Pixel 3 using MyGolfSpy mobile app

This is why most events should have both gross and Net winners.

I had a strange round today. I started out with a par 5, in a greenside bunker in 2, chunked it, chipped up, and 3-putted for a smooth double. Next hole, I striped a drive, hit a wedge to 5 feet and missed the putt. Then I skulled a 7-iron into a bunker, left the first shot in the bunker, chunked the next one out, and got up and down for another double. Then came the triple- , tee shot in the woods, punch out, pull a 8 iron into the woods, chip over the green, chip up and two putt. Bogeyed the next to be 8-over after 5. Well, I played the last 13 in even to card a smooth 44-36-80 (+8). I don't really know what to think, I'm pretty happy with my turn-around and finish, (-2 in the last 3), but I just know it could have been so much lower, if I could have started better.

I’m pretty sure you would get a tour card and membership at Augusta National for that.

Oh man am I jealous....haha. I was rolling one of these the other day at Dick's Sporting Goods and almost pulled the trigger. But considering I paid to refinish one putter this year...and bought a 6M as well....I don't know if I can justify another Scotty (yet)....haha. Though this is one of those putters that (at one point) I will have!

For once my wife spent money on golf and I did not. She got the girls some shirts and skorts at the club pro shop and even got me a grey croc belt. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Bridgestone’s response is markedly different from that of Callaway. Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy

That's a great idea!! 14 one length wedges from 9* to 60*. Maybe someone should mention it to Bryson

Not well but it was four hours outdoors in only moderate rain so I will take it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

... Perhaps I missed this info. I tried reading the comments but still came up empty. How many shots with each ball were tested? Did they hit the Maxfli Tour X one time with the driver? 10 times? 20 times? 100 times? Same with 7 iron and wedge. How many times did MGS's robot hit each ball with each club. If the Tour X had a 657 shot area after 10 balls because 1 of them was more off line than others, that number may change with 20 balls and radically change with 100 balls. Of course it could be the same as 1 out of 10 balls produced off line results, but it would be very informative to know how many balls were hit.

I have a friend that has one of those golf boards. Cruises around like a skateboard. Not exactly walking, tho I have older Sun Mountain carts, but I haven't walked for a couple of years now. Maybe after this knee heals stronger, I might give it another go. Problem I have is that all my playing partners have carts. Hate being the only guy walking!

I've actually gone from using 3 1/2" tees down to 2 3/4" to make up for how much lower I'm teeing the ball. I used to tee it high and let it fly now I tee it low and watch it go! I think the ASD 2 protocol is phenomenal, getting a feel for how the whole body works in concert to swing the club makes a huge difference in my game. Heck, it's the one Phil's doing every time I see him with a SuperSpeed stick in his hands. If it's good enough for Phil, it's good enough for me. [emoji16] Sent from my SM-G955U using MyGolfSpy mobile app

What a great discussion - MPR articulated the only point that I would make earlier. I guess I get jacustom’s concerns but would reply don’t spend $650 on the big OEM driver. Instead of you have the 650 go get a driver custom built for yourself. Personally I wouldn’t spend $1 on any club in a touring pro’s bag except perhaps a stray putter that might fit me or Harrington’s Eye 2 wedge. Other than that the clubs would be of no value to me. Like any consumer I receive some validation from the fact that lots of guys on tour use Ping G400 drivers and Ping Irons. There are plenty of good enough balls on the market that fit my game - I just need to pick one for the upcoming season, buy 3 dozen and be done with it - probably last years TMag Tp5x although I’m considering the optic Pro V1x - then I’d get 4 dozen customized. Bottom line - I know what works for my game and am comfortable in that skin. Bridgestone makes a good golf ball - Nike did for a time too - whatever brand Tiger is using is going to be made exclusively for him and it’s not going to be the best choice for most players even those on tour. Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy