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Shot my best 9 hole round of the year last night: I'm not 100% sure where the driving skills came from, but I was incredibly confident off the tee yesterday. Perhaps I was motivated by playing with a college golfer and trying to keep up with his drives. (There was not a snowball's chance in hell of that happening) Average drive yesterday was 246yds and the longest drive was 260yds. Since the course is still soaked, all of my drives came with no roll. This beauty is just a beast on the course!

At 50 and now at 68. Getting fit has made a HUGE difference in everything I do now. It won’t cure a crappy golf game however you will feel and look better trying [emoji1320] Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy

I foolishly agreed with those guys at one point in my life even though my pro back in Wisconsin started by asking what my goals were because if they were to play on the champions tour I needed to hit the gym. Through lessons, proper fitting and the ability to play/practice year round once we moved to Florida, I got myself all the way down from 5 to below a 2. At 55 I was extremely competitive as a senior player in a county of nearly a million people. But age an extra weight, lack of fitness and extra weight caught up with me. I drifted from the mid 160’s in my 20’s and 30’s to the mid 180’s in my 40’s (not bad - just a little paunch like most middle aged guys). Not enough extra weight to impact my swing or my game at that age. But as I moved to my late 50’s stuff started happening, fast - work became stressful, 185 became 195 and inching towards 200, 205, 210. Suddenly I had a heart issue (genetically predisposed to it) and even though that’s controlled through an ablation and medication I was on the verge of diabetes. On the golf course I lost 30 yards and my scores as ended accordingly. Frankly I only played golf for social reasons, the fun wasn’t in the game anymore, it was in spending time with friends. It was in one of those round after failing to carry a pond that I could hit a 5 wood over five years prior that a long time friend asked when the baby was due. That was late January of 2018. When I stepped on the scale at the start of my fitness program on February 4th I weighed 209 buck naked. My goal was to get back to 185. I got there by late April and didn’t stop. I got to my college playing weight 168 for my 62nd birthday in October and weighed 165 on Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter so I’m maintaining. Had a physical two weeks ago and my doctor flipped out. She said I’m a totally different person than the last time that she saw me - blood work great, BP 110/68 vs 130/85, sitting heart rate 64 v 85. I told her I was working on moving the needle a tad lower to 162. She said great idea but not too much lower than that. Weighed in this morning at 161.9. Who cares about golf, fitness matters for life - any argument against it is foolish. You owe it to the people whom you love and yourself to stay as fit as possible. But since the question was about golf - I’ve regained 25 yards with driver, a full club plus with irons - my last four rounds I’ve shot 77,70,77 and was 2 under Sunday afternoon when the rains came. One of those rounds was competitive the others casual. I’m being accused of sandbagging i my leagues - I’m not - it just takes a bunch of 9 hoke rounds for the handicap to catch up - I was a 9 (for 18) in one league and a 7 in the other so getting 5 and 4 a side. It absolutely matters but golf is the least of a person’s worries. This from a guy who will be burying a non fit 59 year old on Saturday. Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy

US Open Winners Announcement Guess what??? Our Wilson Boy, and hometown here, Gary Woodland was your key to victory in the 2019 US Open #SpyStaffSlam. Count this one for the home team! Out of 806 entries, only 31 picked Gary woodland to win and they make up the top 31 on our standings. I see an "Anonymous Lemur" logged into my tracking sheet so at least one person gets the scoop on the rest of you. This major brought about much higher $$ totals than normal since the leader board was so diverse at the top and Brooks took 2nd alone. A perfect lineup would've been Koepka, Woodland, Oostheizen, BH An, and Reavie totalling $4,721,714 which is CRAZY since $3M is usually enough to win. ALSOOOO. We're getting better at following directions. 81% of the entries filled out a Tier 5 player. Go MGS! Speaking of the sheet, here's the link for your full, final standings: CLICK HERE Without further ado, our top 10: 10) @LankyGolf $3,121,612 Tiger, Woodland, Lowry, Furyk, Reavie 9) @Fjd $3,144,552 Xander, Woodland, Fitzpatrick, Furyk, None 8 @dvdmrtndl $3,630,000 Koepka, Woodland, List, Grace, Noren 7) @Zstaff36 $3,659,534 Koepka, Woodland, C Smith, CH3, Harding 6) @Banana Slice $3,661,500 Koepka, Woodland, Sabbatini, Glover, Blair 5) @tzan $3,667,853 Koepka, Woodland, Kisner, Dufner, HV3 4) @morningteesheet $3,706,071 Koepka, Woodland, List, Furyk, Noren Onward to the Prizes! THIRD PLACE AND WINNER OF A DOZEN WILSON BALLS: By virtue of the tiebreaker, with a guess of -15, @Joelhig $3,706,071 Koepka, Woodland, List, Furyk, Noren SECOND PLACE AND WINNER OF A WILSON D7 DRIVER: @Chriscolon $3,868,526 Koepka, Woodland, McDowell, Furyk, Vegas FIRST PLACE AND WINNER OF A CUSTOM WILSON IRONS SET: @AntA585 $3,977,387 Koepka, Woodland, Oostheizen, SW Kim, HV3 Congrats to our winners! Look out for a PM from me with further instruction. If you didn't win, there's still 1 more chance at The Open Championship. See you all next month!

My first 18 holes since late November! No shoulder pain only a bit sore. A forgettable 90 but successful in some way. Driver was really good, irons horrible and putter wasn’t helpful. Sure is good to play pain free golf[emoji106][emoji106] Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy

Sorry boys (and girls), but I'll be leaving you all soon to enjoy my newfound fame as a social media influencer. I've hit the big time.

I know she will probably never read this but please don't disparage your wife like this.

This guy...man... he is just as good as they get.... PGA tour needs more like him. Awesome dude.

Right so far this week I have managed to play 36 holes so I'm getting a decent amount of numbers for the challenge . Oh and because I'm playing in Winter driver has to come out on almost every hole

Well guys thanks to all your rave reviews of the Ping driver I decided to pick up a G410+ head. I was able to sell the mizuno st190G for a wash financially so that was a plus! Now I just have to decide if I want to put an adapter on the Diamana RF I just acquired or go full Woodland and pick up an Accra shaft.

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Stupid boss is making me work Monday through Wednesday this week since I'm playing 27 on Thursday and 18 on Friday (and 18 on Saturday). I did manage to sneak out to the range over my lunch break today. The next few days will be very instrumental in how I feel about the F9 Driver. So far my distance is up quite a bit over my GBB Epic Sub Zero (2017 non-flash edition) but my accuracy is down. If I can figure out how to find more fairways with the Cobra it will be a no doubt upgrade over any driver I've ever owned. That's a pretty big "if" though with the way I've been hitting it. Always or , never .

The PGA Tour need to promote more players like Gary and stop shoving the same half-dozen players down our throats. #GrowTheGame

We are a month away from our annual rejection letter. It has become “A tradition unlike any other.” Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy

Well I was able to get out and enjoy some Colorado extreme weather over father's day weekend. Both rounds I was joined with some extreme winds, rain, quick hail storm, and sunshine. That's May-June in CO for ya. Saturday's twilight round was decent. Hit 7 of 7 fairways with the driver!!!...but it was a new course for me and I couldnt read a green and sink a putt for the life of me. I give 75% of the credit to the Tour EXS for the fairways and the other 25% to sheer luck...or maybe the combination of learning how to swing a club at this silly little ball plus the forgiving tech of the EXS are paying off. I shot a 94 with way too many 3 putts. Round felt pretty good. The three buddies I played with thought the Driver looked awesome and kept complimenting me on it. It blew their mind when they found out the retail price of $300! I just got a new job that has me traveling quite a bit, but would love to take a morning off and hit an empty course to play two balls and compare the new and old Drivers. Rounds like this one really make we want to know how much of it is driver tech and how much is it me playing more and improving. Sunday's round was back on my home course. I have to admit, I only hit driver 5 times, but of those 5 times, hit the fairway 3x. It was a 3W and 7W type of day with the winds going pretty good. Today's issue was iron play. I kept leaving myself in my no mans land of 115-120. I dont know where it came from but I did chip in for birdie twice (fathers day present I guess???). My brother inlaw (former D1 baseball player) took a few swings with it as well. Not a good fit for him because of the length and he would need a SS staff, but he was pleased with the look. He plans on going to get fitted and hit one at the local PGA store this weekend actually because of the price point and the improvement he's seen in my drives. I wont be able to hit the range or a hitting bay this week due to travel but I'll be back out on the course Saturday (weather pending), with my Arccos finally set up and ready to go (fingers crossed). Is there anything you all want me to test out or play particular attention to in the next few rounds?

- 42 (+6) - 2/7 FIR - 3/9 GIR - 16 Putts - Average First Putt Distance: 18.1 Feet Adding the first putt distance because I won't start to score any better until my short game improves. Very happy overall with how I played this morning. Driver was much better than Sunday, still a work in progress. Irons were not great, but got better toward the end of the round. Chipping was good as I've changed my strategy some there and am working in my pitching wedge more than my 54 degree. The putting numbers look good, but they could be a lot better. I left a lot of putts short. Some short enough to have 5-7 footers yet. Not good enough. All in all, still the second best front nine I've had this year. Missed a couple of putts by inches again so another sub-40 round has to be around the corner sometime!

I am in the same place as you. Swing will work its way out and you will be back to normal scoring. I am only a couple of rounds into a bad play streak but I hit enough decent shots to know it will get better. Got the week off from my golf league so I am going to head out for a long range session sometime this week.

This weeks challenge is of PRIME interest to me. I expect to see 100% FIR and increased yardage over your previous Driver Anyone producing video and or picture evidence can only help your support /Roll on Saturday

Nope, just like Bardle got stuck with me. Sent from my iPad using MyGolfSpy

So that round was interesting today. They had 3 nines but didn't mark any of them. So we just had a set track when we got there and I went with the first one up on Arccos as a wild guess. The first nine worked and I tracked that withbno problem but at the turn I was apparently on the wrong nine. So I turned it off and just tracked nine. Kind of disappointing but I had a good front 9. And boy that putter is hot. 1.89 putts per hole.

Got in 18 today at Silver Lake CC in Michigan. Based on course conditions not sure they're doing the greatest. Had the course basically to myself though, that was pretty awesome. Anyways, first time I've played in two weeks, and felt pretty good! Inconsistent from the tee, but my approach and chipping was best it's been in a while, putting was solid enough not to mess anything up. Ended up going 43/44, tied for best score of the year. Avoided any triples, which is huge for me. Also put 3/4 par 3's on the green. I did have to navigate this shot at one point which had me feeling like I was out at Pebble with the big boys: Felt great to get out! This Michigan "summer" has been so wet, pretty much have to play any time the weather is decent enough to get any golf in. Hoping to keep momentum going!

Walked 9. 6 greens. 1/3 on scrambling. [emoji35] 2 birds, 2 bogeys. 14 putts. Even par. S’alright. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Monday’s are great days to check the USGA conforming list. Glide 3.0.... not too bad.

Shot 40/40:80 today with a birdie on par 4 #9 and par 3 #17. Both held for skins($27 each) and took 2nd place for $31. We had two rain interruptions but finished Sunny. All in all, a great day. BTW, I gamed my Rogue Driver and played a Wilson Duo Soft Ball. Sent from my iPad using MyGolfSpy

Played in a tournament yesterday on Long Island at a course I had never played. Fairly tight and fairly short with greens that were top dressed but not punched. Hit driver twice all day and almost wore out the grooves on my four iron with tee balls. My partner and I posted a respectable -9 to lose by 8 shots. Even worse was that it was a six hour round......six hours to play 18 holes. Never again at this event.

I need to stop peeling onions when I watch stuff like this. Out-Standing by a true Champion.........in more ways than just golf! Thanks for sharing.

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Is the average first putt distance for missed greens or all? If for all, then you are probably not painting the right picture. Need to understand that metric from various distances to truly understand the weakness. Chips/pitches from around the green will be closer than 30+ yards. This is the strength of the strokes gained model and the various shot tracking apps. You can do it manually but have to track lots of distances and clubs used. That said keep up the good work, it is important to understand weaknesses to be able to get better.

After struggling through my round Sunday and and most of a range bucket yesterday, I made a few tweaks with my driver swing that seem to be helping create more room for my arms to swing freely. Shot a 42 this morning during my regular Tuesday round with no other swing thought other than, "If you're going to be in trouble, might as well be long and in trouble." Ended up hitting the driver pretty well. Didn't hit a ton of fairways, but some of that was because I simply drove the ball further on certain holes than I have all year. Included was this 245-yard bomb that unfortunately ended up right behind a tree that I never before have come close to on the 507-yard par 5 third hole. This was my second-best round on this set of nine holes ever. Very happy with how the Epic Flash is helping my game out. The thing does make a wicked sound in enclosed spaces though. On No. 4, which has a tee box surrounded by trees, I hit one a little low on the face and you'd swear I had hit a ball bearing and not a golf ball.

Your terrible golfing skills are effecting the forum. Seriously though, nice shooting! Glad to see the driver is "behaving".

I feel ya! I was there for probably the last 12-24 months, took 3 long game tweaking lessons with the pro and 1 wedge lesson and things feel 'right' again. At your h/cap index it's normally a small tweak to nudge you back into the groove.

No, but if you support me, then yes.

I went out to do this Sunday before the US Open. I was playing well, then my hearing aid batteries died. You may think, “Big deal, why does that matter?” It matters because at least for me, the sudden loss of hearing completely throws off my timing with the full swing and distance control with the putter. Also, when I first got my hearing aids I had the similar problems. So, I bogeyed 1, parred 2 & 3, birdied 4, then my hearing aids quit in the middle of the number 5 fairway. I went on to a 42. I rarely ever 3 putt, but had four 3 putts on top of a number of other bad shots. It was not an honest assessment of the rock hard balls. So, I will give this another shot and I will make sure I have extra batteries. Sent from my iPad using MyGolfSpy

I put an offer in on a house, first time ever doing anything like this. I'm kinda nervous, I never get nervous, and kinda excited but there are a lot of offers being placed today on the same house per my realtor.

A tale of 2 nines.... Couldn't stop hooking the ball right after the second hole on a course where if you hook it right the ball is gone, into the woods, under the leaves... I was trying a "new" technique out and violated the number one rule in golf - the course is meant for playing and not trying... Realized that on #10 and shot 10 shots better on the back then I did on the front.... TEN. I think I've been watching too many youtube videos.... I unsubscribed to everything but course vlogs and realize I have enough tools in my toolbox now to 'dig it out of the dirt' and swing my swing....

It's for all. I should break it out more, I keep it on my card as an additional stat. It's my approaches that are the killer, GAME Golf shows that. When I score well, my driving and putting are the reason for that. My approach and short game haven't really improved at all this season so far. Short game struggles today: 1) After leaving myself 50-something yards to the pin with my opening drive, I hit a lob wedge too short and had to chip onto the green. 2) On the second hole it took me two attempts with my pitching wedge from 40 yards or so to get on the green. Thankfully, my second attempt nearly went in the hole and I one-putted for bogey. 3) Left myself 90 yards to the pin on the par 5 No. 3 (my favorite distance), but caught too much of my 54 degree and was on the back fringe instead of the green. So there's three strokes right there before I was even on the green... You're correct. Thinking about it now I really wasn't awful when I hit the green. Stats above show that, too. Thanks for the insight.

Wow, wish I had discovered this sooner! Can I get a pre-check on Vice Drive balls? I have a bunch with my company logo on them. If not, I'll dip into my range ball stash, I'm sure I can find some old crap

Just to give an update since my stage 2 was posted. The Flash is still performing, in fact it is still improving (although I don't think there is anything left in it). My smart distance is now up to 299 and is really close to my high range. Which is amazing! I still am missing more fairways than previous gamer but they are not causing any problems with my game. Overall handicap has continued to drop as I am just hitting shorter clubs into the greens. Below is my driving handicap per Arccos. The black arrow represents when the Flash entered the bag, Green line is driving handicap and Grey line is overall handicap. As you can see both are going in the right direction since I put it in play.

... Lots to unravel here. I play strictly by the rules, but honestly don't care if you do or not. Great thing about this game is like a dogleg over water, you can bite off as much as you would like. I also agree in tournament or league play everyone must follow the rules and as Rev stated, local rules can be anything from rolling the ball in the fairway to changing out balls on the green, as long as all agree. I do think changing todays balls on the green offers zero advantage, but them's the rules.

I think they had a modern thermo nuclear one, mine is 10 years old

Nah, Alan's name makes him a golf shark. One vote for keeping it @Shankster

Not bad, but literally anything is better than what you currently have.

Maybe there is hope for those of us who don't attempt to game the system after all.

85 on the Tradition Course at Cypresswood in TX. Unreal course!! I played horribly!!! 35 putts, again, and nothing about my swing felt right. So aggravating. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Who would've thought we'd ever live in a world where Titleist releases more drivers and uglier irons than TaylorMade

After a year with the Cobra F8s, I can safely say that: You don't hit the ball with the back of the club You don't see the back of the club at address A club looks great if you hit it well I hope we get some demos in soon so I can play around with them while teaching classes (although my F8s aren't going anywhere).

So good that the world class fitter at True Spec said its not worth me even trying anything else because we won't be able to find a better fit.

Getting fit can happen whenever. People are more consistent with their swing than they think. Doesn’t mean it’s s great consistency but they do similar things every swing. Getting fit will help you improve your consistency. At your driver as you are probably having to manipulate something with those iron shafts

Best of luck to you! It's a horribly nerve wracking experience, but it'll be worth it in the end. I'm rooting for you. Sent from my SM-G955U using MyGolfSpy mobile app

Played my old stomping grounds today. Shot an sloppy 82, it easily could have been a 75, or a 95. But I missed some chances, and saved some bogeys. Was pretty soupy out there, lots of rain lately. Shots of the day was a 9 iron from 152 to 6” out of the rough. That’s good news, it means I’m getting my distance back. And another 9 iron out of the rough from behind a tree to 3’, only about a 80 yard shot. Opened the face up to probably a 56°, played it like a bunker shot. Good to get the “reps” in. Need more time to practice on course. Pretty stiff for the first 7 holes. Helped my dad move a bunch of stuff yesterday and sleeping on a rock mattress takes a toll on me. Did some head to head testing with the Snells... very, very interesting results, but you’ll have to wait for that.