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Had a fun round this morning for my birthday, and my parents came down to join. It was cold and wet, so didn’t keep stats just wanted to enjoy the round. Hit some good shots, nothing horrible. Really liking where my swing is at right now. I did notice with hitting ball more solid and with a better face to path, I may have to consider a ball change. I had quite a few run out more than I wanted. Also, really enjoying the Mizuno M Craft OMOI 2.

Fitting Results: Driver: Cobra King LTDx Max - 10.5; Mitsubishi C6 Red '22 50-R Flex (Custom) OR UST Helium Nanocore 50 R (Stock) Fairway: Cobra King LTDx Max - 3 Wood - Mitsubishi C6 Red '22 60-R Flex (Custom) OR UST Helium Nanocore 50 R (Stock) Irons: Cobra King LTDx Irons - 5-PW - Fujikura Vista Pro 2021 Iron 50 Regular (Custom) OR Project X Catalyst 60 R (Stock) - Minus .75" Length, 0.5 Flat Lie, Standard Loft Wedge: Taylor Made Milled Grind 3 Chrome 54.11 (Optional additional 60.10 as desired) - Fujikura Vista Pro 2021 Iron 60 Regular (Custom) OR Tour Issue S200 (Stock) - Minus .25" Length, 0.5 Flat Lie, Standard Loft Background I am a high handicap, social golfer that has been trying to make the game a more regular part of my life. I’m not looking to get good, but I am looking to get better. I’ve been diligently following online lesson plans, hitting the range multiple times a week, and playing progressively improved rounds as my friend group is available to play. I’ve known of club fittings for a while, but it seemed like something only “good” players benefited from. After digging further, it seemed possible that high handicappers could benefit from a fitting, and I wanted to see if that held true for me. I had a poor experience during a fitting at Golf Galaxy this year that I detailed in another post. I don’t need to repeat the post here, but I walked away after a poor experience and seemingly limited options in product selection. Since these were my two biggest pain points, I decided that if I ever did another fitting, I would evaluate it based on those two criteria. I considered booking another iron fitting later this year at a different venue recommended by @ChitownM2. When I got the email from Club Champion last week offering a full bag fitting for almost half of the price of an iron fitting alone, I jumped at the opportunity. Because of my previous poor fitting experience, I wanted to go into the process somewhat educated. I knew going in to expect sticker shock from custom built, pured clubs. I knew to set the expectation with my fitter that I didn’t want to spend piles of money on super game improvement clubs. I knew it would behoove me to be brand agnostic, but to be aware of potential brands and options both in club heads and shafts. I read up on the latest Most Wanted reports, looked at the custom component lists to familiarize myself with brand names, made a Google Keep note with my findings, and readied myself for the fitting. I even took time to limber up before the appointment with a pre-round routine. I genuinely don’t think I could have done anything else to better prepare for the fitting. One note on the trackman readouts below: I've been intentionally taking back my swing speed in an attempt to gain some control. I've never swung particularly fast, but the disparity between my listed profile swing speed and the trackman is recognized, accurate, and intentional Fitter – 5/5 knowledge, 5/5 experience One comment I’ve seen repeated in nearly every fitting discussion is something to the effect of “your experience will depend on the individual fitter.” I’m sure there are exceptional fitters at Golf Galaxy/independent shops/etc… I’m sure there are less-than-stellar fitters at Club Champion/True Spec/etc… Without a referral from someone else who has gone through the process with a specific fitter, it’s hard to know how your experience will go. When booking my fitting, I selected the option for Club Champion to pick my fitter and was assigned Roger Paiz. I searched around to see if I could any fitting reviews and saw a few positive reviews with no negatives before confirming the booking. Hoping for the best, my fitting was scheduled for this past Saturday. I arrived and Roger started the appointment by asking about my game and my goals during the fitting. I said that I’m a relatively high handicapper that has been grinding out time at the range in the hopes of improving my experience when on the course. The metaphor I used was that if I’m training for a marathon, I know I’m going to have to train for a while, but I should probably make sure I’m at least wearing the right size shoes to begin with. I mentioned everything in my bag (minus my putter) is second hand and I don’t know if it’s the best thing for me to be trying to improve with. I really struggle with my irons in particular. I also mentioned that I didn’t want to do anything exotic because I was so relatively inexperienced. Lastly, I asked for advice on my bag composition – where would I benefit from hybrids and fairway woods over longer irons? Roger agreed that this was a good approach and said he would create two builds: one like any other fitting with all options on the table and another that matched the “best” spec for me with OEM, no-upcharge options. During my appointment, it was clear that Roger was the man with the answers. On multiple occasions, other fitters quietly came by my bay with other fittee’s strike tapes and stats asking for advice. Unlike the outside visits at Golf Galaxy, these were handled quickly, quietly, and didn’t disrupt my experience in the bay. He answered all of my questions, and kept the atmosphere positive and lighthearted even as I struggled through the early stages of the fitting. I’ll detail more of our interactions but overall I couldn’t have hoped to be paired with a better fitter. Irons – 5/5 product selection, 5/5 experience Before starting in the Trackman, I mentioned that my favorite clubs during the Golf Galaxy fitting were on the lighter side of the scale. I took some initial warm up shots with my 9 iron and worked my way up to 6-iron after about 10 balls. Like I’ve said before, I really struggle with my irons. I’ve shaken my tendency to top the ball for the most part, but that’s morphed into a real struggle with a shank of the hosel. Weirder still is that the issue either shows up for an entire range session, or not at all. Again, I had prepared as best I could but nevertheless was anticipating another poor experience due to my own swing faults. Despite my disappointment to not have many quality shots (as you’ll see on the trackman report) my fitter was unphased. He laughingly said “I’ve been doing this a while, there isn’t a swing that scares me anymore,” which immediately made me feel much more comfortable. He dialed in on a few playable shots as a baseline and moved on to trying new setups. The fitting started with cycling through shafts first, then moving to clubheads. I believe we started with a 45g, Amateur flex and “worked our way up in weight and flex to find the right spot” as the fitter put it. We quickly landed into a 50g regular flex graphite shaft. The initial shots were taken on the Rogue ST Max OS but nothing looked or felt exceptionally good. After about 15 minutes of bad shots with different configurations, he watched my shot from the front and made a similar recommendation as Golf Galaxy to move the ball back in my stance to be about a half ball forward from middle at address. Different from Golf Galaxy was an explanation of why though. He noticed that I have an “interesting move” where my hands are decently far forward at contact which delofts the club. Apparently, there were a few strikes of my 6-iron where my dynamic loft was down in the neighborhood of a driver. After the small setup change, I was getting strikes to at least appear on the strike tape. I’ll try to maintain this change at the next range session and see if the benefits stick. Roger then paused and said “you know what, let’s skip forward a few steps. I’ve got an idea.” We started playing with length and lies to see if we could help move the ball closer to the center. I have to say, intentionally hitting the club against the hard strike plate a la hitting a ball of the cart path goes against every rational part of my body. If there’s a golf equivalent of nails-on-the-chalkboard, that’s the experience for me. We started seeing consistent hits on the club face and had playable shots after some trial and error. We then started cycling through clubheads including the previous Rogue ST Max OS, Stealth, and JXP 921 Hot Metal. Interestingly, the Rogue ST Max OS and Stealth didn’t play well at all like they had previously. Then we tried the PING G425. The first swing was right on the button. My fitter was on the other side of the room at that moment and said “when I heard that, I knew it was gone.” The smash factor was something just shy of 1.5. The fitter measured that specific clubhead and we tried all of the remaining clubheads with its specs to give everything an equal fighting chance. Despite having the single best hit of the day, the G425 lost out in dispersion to the Cobra LTDx of all things. Based on reviews and previous experience, I had anticipated being fit into the Rogue ST Max OS or the Stealth irons. The Cobra are significantly less… attractive than either of those and I was caught giving them a thorough examination. The fitter asked me how I felt the Cobra LTDx irons looked and I said “I don’t care if it’s the ugliest clubhead in the world. If I can hit it well, I’ll take it.” The fitter laughed, agreed I had the right attitude, and we moved to the big stick. Driver - 5/5 product selection, 5/5 experience Second only in weakness to my irons is my driver. I explained to Roger that only until the last month or so have I been able to use my driver at all. I mentioned that I really struggled to catch the ball on the way up for a very long time and am not to the point where I care so much about left to right dispersion. I hit my existing driver, saw typical results, and we had our baseline. We tried the Ping G425 Max, Rogue ST, and Stealth drivers. As far as I could recognize, there were no shortage of leftie options. Based on most wanted reviews for low swing speeds, I thought the Stealth HD would win out. However, far and away the smallest dispersion circle was with the Cobra LTDx Max. I liked the adjustability and potential for the club to grow with me. Chalk two wins up for Cobra. One more note on the Stealth: I’m pretty good at feeling my misses in my clubs. I suspect that’s because I have a lot of practice feeling my misses. With the Stealth, I didn’t have a clue where I was missing the ball. Especially for high handicappers like me who may be all over the face of the club, this seems like a real detriment to improvement. I really wanted to like the Stealth, but it was clearly not the club for me. Fairway - 5/5 product selection, 4/5 experience Given the results of the irons and driver, my fitter and I agreed to jump straight to the cobra 3W. I mentioned that I was comfortable hitting a wood off the deck or the tee, which prompted the fitter to swap out the plastic tee for a flat nub. He said the tee I had been using for the driver was “way too high for a wood” which was odd to me because I’ve hit my existing wood off a similar height before. Maybe that’s something I shouldn’t be doing, but I ended up not hitting a wood off a tee’d up ball. I hit a few with the Cobra 3w that I knew weren’t perfect, but I also knew I was losing gas and wasn’t swinging consistently any more. We called it “good enough” based on the dispersion gaps and moved on. 3 wins for Cobra! In hindsight given the extra time we ended up having, I think I would have preferred to try a few more club heads for the experience. I also should have tried a few hits off the tee, but didn’t ask to swap the tee back into the hitting surface. Wedges 4/5 product, 4/5 experience For wedges, the fitter again asked how I tend to use them currently. I’m used to using my PW in most circumstances from 75 yards in and only bring out my SW when in a bunker. I said I wasn’t sure if that’s the best or right way to go about things, but I have pretty good control and results with just finessing distance with those two clubs. He had me try the set-matched LTDx SW which worked well enough, and then offered to show me a few others for kicks and giggles. I tried the stock Taylormade Milled Grind 3 Wedge 54.11 and really liked it even with the heavy stock iron shaft. I also played with a 60.10 that I enjoyed. It is a really pretty club and decided that if I was going with wedges outside the set, the MW3 were for me. I looked at the black and chrome options – while the black is prettier new, I suspect the chrome holds up better over time. Easy choice! Unfortunately there weren't any graphite shafted MW3's to try which was a little disappointing. I think I would be ok with the stock steel shaft but I would have liked to try a lighter shaft to compare with my existing wedges. Small minus for availability and experience there, but nothing that would ruin the day. Gapping – 5/5 experience During the wedge fitting, I brought up my bag composition question again and asked if I should consider adding or swapping any irons with hybrids, or which wedges to consider. My fitter brought up the dispersion charts for the driver, the 3w, and the 6 iron. He pointed out that even in situations where you might want a rescue hybrid to help with a poor lie, its probably going to be just as easy to take a 5 iron or 6 iron out of the bag with similar distance as a hybrid. From a gapping perspective, it wouldn’t make sense to add a hybrid but I could always add it if I felt more confident with the feel or looks of it. As for wedges, the fitter said it was mostly preference and how I wanted to use it. He recommended a 54 degree for my SW and said the 60 degree could be a fun toy but not necessary for me at this time. Overall, that left me with a recommendation for 10 clubs: Driver, 3W, 5i-PW, 54 degree SW, and putter. I have to say, there is an appeal to being able to bring almost my full bag in my Sunday LOMA onto the 9-hole municipal course instead of my cart bag and pushcart. Simplicity is probably better for me at this point anyways! Putter – 4/5 product, N/A experience At the beginning of the session, I asked about trying some LAB putters. I was curious about them with the current test in progress and wanted to better understand the process the testers are currently working through. The fitter said he didn’t think they had a lefty LAB putter, which was disappointing to hear. Otherwise, it looked like they had a wide range of options in the putter areas. Unfortunately, a putter fitting was scheduled as I finished up the fittings of my other clubs. My fitter apologized for the scheduling conflict and offered to bring me back in any time in the future to finish off the fitting. It’s about a half hour drive to Club Champion from me so it’s not trivial to come back in for a putter fitting that was paid for as part of a full bag fitting. On the other hand, I’m at least content with my current putter so it’s not a huge loss to just take the putter fitting as a loss given the discounted fitting. It feels unfair to give this a 0/5 rating for the experience as I didn’t have a bad experience and a makeup was offered to me. If I end up going back for the putter fitting, I’ll update this post and the scoring. Grips – 5/5 product, 5/5 experience Boy you wouldn’t think that having a variety of grips available to hold or advice on grip size would be a selling point, but you’d be surprised! My fitter was surprised to see jumbo grips come out of the bag, and the CPx’s at least appear larger than normal grips anyways. To the shock of no one, he did not agree with the recommendation for jumbo grips and after checking my grip with a midsize CP2 pro (emphasis added for this revolutionary idea), agreed that they were a good fit. He then took me over to the wall of grips and asked what I liked about the CP2 Pros. After talking about my preferences for feel, tackiness, and softness he showed me a few Lamkins that didn’t spark joy and one that did in the Lamkin Sonar. I mentioned I liked the feel of the Sonar and the small alignment guide on the CP2 pro but wished the alignment was larger. He pointed out the grip could be installed logo down, which made better use of the lines on the bottom as a pseudo alignment aide. And just like that, now I want CP2 Pros, logo down on all my clubs! I really wish I knew that was an option for me a few months ago! Finally, I mentioned I was looking for a larger putter grip since I felt like I was always trying to man-handle my stock Odyssey grip. We tried a few options on the available putters and I immediately gravitated towards the Super Stroke Flatso 2.0. They didn’t have any available onsite for installation, so I had my putter regripped the following day at Dick’s Sporting Goods. Based on a quick test drive on my PuttOut mat, it’s a game changer. Overall – 66/70 (94%) Can a high handicapper benefit from a fitting? I think so, but your experience absolutely depends on the fitter and even so, you should come prepared. I think this is true for any skill level that goes through a fitting though. At a minimum, I would recommend: -Watch a fitting on YouTube, ideally for the type of fitting you’re interested in and at the venue you’re being fit at. Know what the process is before you arrive, and be prepared to hit a LOT of balls. -Know the following club terms: length, loft, lie, shaft weight, shaft flex, and swing weight. -Know the following launch monitor terms: carry distance, total distance, club speed, ball speed, smash factor, dynamic loft, descent angle. -Know that there are different “off-the-shelf” shaft options that may better fit your game. Bonus points for knowing if you like lighter or heavier shafts going into the fitting. -Know your budget and prepare to manage expectations accordingly. If you have the funds to go nuts with exotic shafts, go for it! Don't be afraid to have a budget and consider no-upcharge shafts if that's your need. For me, the experience of a full bag* fitting at Club Champion at $100 was a home run. Even with the missing putter fitting, I’m happy with the experience and outcomes. I can’t say enough good things about my fitter. If I can continue to improve my game to the point where a new fitting is warranted, Roger will be my fitter of choice. If you’re in the Chicagoland area and need a fitting, I would highly recommend him. Will I end up buying the clubs? Certainly not all of them up front, and probably not from Club Champion themselves. I see the value in their work product, but I’m just not good enough to warrant upcharges on clubs that may warrant being replaced as my game continues to improve. If I was playing 100 rounds a year with players distance irons like my neighbor, I could see the potential cost-benefit. For a casual golfer with a budget and game-improvement irons, it doesn’t make sense for me. My fitter didn’t push the custom clubs though and even provided me with an engineering spec of all-OEM options with no-upcharge shafts that were “pretty close” to the more exotic shaft options I swung with. Again, this was extremely appreciated and I likely will purchase some if not all of the OEM-available configurations over time. I walked away with a tremendous amount of new knowledge and expectations for my equipment and for my game as I continue to progress. I was surprised to be able to feel the different between clubhead swing weights and even more surprised to see the significant different in how the clubs felt to swing. I was significantly less convinced of the value of a fitting after my Golf Galaxy experience. Now, I really do think there can be a benefit for high handicappers to be fit for clubs, assuming you have the support of a quality fitter.

Played in some pretty gusty conditions today, but when you can only get out once a month cuz you got a baby, you trait what you can get. Outside of 5 doubles for various mistakes, I did okay. Can't hit a fairway to save my life, good thing I have a new driver on the way ha! Shot 85, made some nice putts, lipped out a birdie chip, 3-putt from 7' on 18.

Played yesterday at Bent Brook in Birmingham with some high school buddies. Shot 43-44 for an 87, no birdies 3 doubles… drove pretty well and struck it decent enough that I should’ve been low 80s but had some mental errors. 2 3 putts, a couple of “getting too cute” shots and a blade wedge into the water to end up doubling one of the easiest holes on the course. Played the par 3’s well and par 5’s bad which is the opposite of the setup here, par 5’s are gettable and 3’s are tough. Missed an easy par save putt after a brilliant sand shot too. On the bright side I chipped very well, had a couple of tough up and downs I put within 2 feet for easy pars. Ever since my chipping lesson late last year I love having a wedge in my hand. Way more freeing and just makes golf more fun honestly.

Haven't played in a few weeks due to vacation and Covid; overall I hit the ball really well and we very happy with how I played. 8 FW, 10 GIR, 32 putts. Missed fairways were just off the fairway with no issues hitting the next shot. Missed greens weren't horrible with none of them being really bad; mostly due to a few fat iron shots. Short game left a bit to be desired and missed a few putts I probably should have made. Only one 3 putt and that was on a 354 yard par 4 that I hit the green with my tee shot and 3 putted for par. I'd assume I hit the cart path but there were no scuffs on the ball so I probably just caught some hardpan and got the right bounce. 41/37:78 - I was 5 over through 7 with a double and 3 bogeys; bogeyed 10 and pared everything else. Hopefully this ball striking continues; I can see my handicap dropping quickly if I can get my finesse and < 100 yard wedges sorted out.

Congrats to @Brad Lee and @cciciora13 who tied for the win at -12. But Brad won the tie breaker with the guess of -7 for the winning score. So @Brad Lee PM me with the specs you want for those beautiful SM9, I see from your profile, your currently using SM7, so this will be a timely upgrade. You get 3 wedges, lofts, grinds, finish of your choice and some personalizatyion stamping if you'd like.

First round in 2 weeks as the stitches just came out of my finger on Saturday. I had two bandages and athletic tape on the finger, but was pain free and it didn't effect me. Shot 40/41, I birdied the first hole but my putter was not working (34) as I couldn't make putts to save my life for the rest of the day. I had 3 or 4 more opportunities on the front as I was sticking my irons. Driver was ok, I hit some wild ones, but really only 2 hurt me. Got up and down on 17 & 18 to finish out, so chipping is coming into form. Playing again tomorrow, then a tournament on Thursday, and more golf over Memorial day.

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An 8-year-old girl went to her grandfather, who was working in the yard and asked him, "Grandpa, what is a couple sex? The grandfather was surprised that she would ask such a question, but decided that if she's old enough to know to ask the question then she's old enough to get a straight answer. Steeling himself to leave nothing out, he proceeded to tell her all about human reproduction and the joys and responsibilities that go along with it. When he finished explaining, the little girl was looking at him with her mouth hanging open, eyes wide in amazement.. Seeing the look on her face, the grandfather asked her, "Why did you ask this question, honey? The little girl replied, "Well, Grandma says to tell you that dinner will be ready in just a couple secs.

38/40 +6 Today Lets start with the bad. 3 doubles and the blasphemous 4 putt. Now that that’s out of the way I managed to hit 7/9 greens on the front(with the 4 putt). Converted 2 birdies. Only hit 4/9(drove the reachable par 4 in 1) on the back but felt like I hit the ball better.

Thanks to everyone for playing, and a huge thanks Titleist and Vokey teams for their support of the contest and the great pirze. Be on the lookout for the US Open Contest also sponsored by It will be one you won't want to mis...Trust me!!

I got it @Rickp Shanky’s Place… on tour, we will bring the shenanigans to you. “Shanky’s on Tour”

Couldn't buy a game yesterday as it seems my swing deserted me. It was either a hook or thinned and I've got no idea. 48/43 91 for my worst round so far this year.

alright @Golfspy_CG2, what did I win?! #1stplaceMod

Fell prey to MGS propaganda and tried a sleeve of left dashes. Propaganda worked so well that I bought a whole dozen shortly after...

I think I had cardboard w/gravy @ Fort Dix NJ!!

I wasn’t going to say anything…. But I know for sure there won’t be any low sodium bacon around at Shanky’s place. So you gentlemen better take good care of yourselves.

Can we talk just about my putting and cheerfully ignore everything else? --> 15 putts over 9 holes with really good first putt distance control ... 3 x 1-putts and *NO* 3-putts!

New irons are in the bag! I picked up a set of Mizuno JPX921 Forged irons from fellow forum member @rkj427. It's a set that runs 4-GW with Modus 105 R flex shafts and Golf Pride MCC+4 grips. I've had a fascination with Mizuno for a couple of years and I can say that they do not disappoint. I took a trip to Golf HQ last weekend to try them out before committing and they performed well for me. I saw some gains in distance and they were surprisingly forgiving for a players distance iron. They are gorgeous! The best part of the experience was the communication between Robert and I. I think that's something that gets overlooked in the BST thread, the personal interaction between members. I enjoyed talking about golf and life with him this past week and though we've never met, I am thankful to this forum for giving us a means to know each other better. There's rain in the forecast most of the week, so it'll be closer to the weekend before I get a chance to hit these beauties. I can't wait to get out and have some fun with them!

More practice on and around the greens today at my local course. The only bad thing about it is the greens are extremely slow so when I go play my league round later this week, the greens are very fast so I'll need to adjust big time. Chipping and putting are getting back to form and I'll get to league an hour or two early and hit the range to warm up the irons and woods. High expectations for this coming round....or is it expecting a high round ? LOL either way I'm going to bring it! MDGolfHacker

Sign up and enjoy the golf and get some tournament experience. I am just getting over Covid and hit the ball great yesterday so getting over an illness should not be the deciding factor

If a Waffle House failed…. Shanky’s is doomed.

About 25 years ago I had to get stitches in my finger when my hand slipped off a wrench working on the truck and I sliced my right index finger. Our neighbor was a nurse and had certain skills along with the necessary equipment and homestead mentality to keep me from going to the ER. I took a golf club with me and gripped the club to get the proper finger bend while she stitched me up and we taped in into that shape. You see we had two weekends of golf competition with the sister course starting the next day and I wasn't going to miss it! It really didn't have any effect on how I played. I was glad it wasn't my left index finger as the interlocking grip probably would have been a problem. For a trade on stitching me up I re-shingled their pole barn once the stitches came out. They have since moved to Mississippi so now I'd have to take a club to the ER with me and talk security into letting me bring it in.

Got the slogan all made up and everything. Just need a building and an investor or 6.

Go for it!!!---- You never know until you try

It is like Country Ham now. It is hard to find Country Ham with enough fat to make decent Red Eye Gravy. What we do is buy a chunk of fatback and use it along with ham chunks to make it. My wife says now days they want us to die healthy

Hmm we all have eaten paper or cardboard but we don’t all want to admit it lol

Holy cow how the hell did I end up in 1st

I think cardboard might be better. Yes, I’m sure I ate it as a kid, cardboard that is. Probably more recent than that but I won’t admit to it….

Isn’t that processed cardboard

... I picked up a new 9* Cobra LTDx and installed my Tensei Blue but it launched too low for my swing. Loved the feel/sound so I picked up a used 10.5* Limited Edition Black LTDx and the results are much better. I just don't swing fast enough to play a 9* LTDx so I put it in the Classifieds at $100 off the $499 price and it was only played 7 holes so it obviously still looks new (sold). Not sure about the LinQ White in the LTD Edition as I have only played one round with it, but I have a '22 Tensei Blue and GD AD-MT to install if the LinQ White doesn't work out.

I got ya beat- started at 8, first hio at 65, then the next about 6 months later…

I haven't been around in a while but figured an update thread as I build my new bag would be a decent way to make a comeback. I haven't really updated my bag in awhile and now have the opportunity to make some changes. I'll be updating it over the next year until I have it set the way I'd like it. I have not gotten fit for any of the new clubs as right now it's not a luxury I can afford but I am a big proponent of custom fitting. I have selected heads that offer forgiveness and some adjustability where needed while also providing the aesthetics that I like to see near the ball. I have selected shafts that I feel will work the best for my swing based on the research I've done. To date I have ordered a new driver, which I have received already (see pictures) and ordered new irons and wedges. I will be finishing out the bag with a new putter, 2 more wedges, 2 hybrids, and a fairway over the next few months to a year. My new driver (pictures included): PXG 0811XF Gen4 Loft - 10.5° Length - 45" Shaft - Mitsubishi Diamana S+ 60g R Grip - PXG Z5 Black Midsize My new irons: PXG 0311T Gen3 (5 - 9) Loft - Stock on 5 - 8, 1° strong on 9 Length - +0.5" Shaft - Mitsubishi MMT 70g R Grip - GolfPride Tour Velvet Midsize My new wedges: TaylorMade MG3 (PW & GW) Loft - 45° PW (1° Strong) & 50° GW (Stock) Length - +0.5" Shaft - Mitsubishi MMT 70g R Grip - GolfPride Tour Velvet Midsize Will post pics of the new irons and wedges when they arrive.

Thanks to the budgeting app mint, my free wheeling golf spending days are done for a while. I fully agreed to it, there's a very large thing we're saving for down the road, but I think it was borderline better for me not to know what kind of cash got thrown into this bizarrely deep hole in the grass. It's a little bit insane how quickly all those buckets at the range add up... In an effort to claw back some of my golf budget from the range buckets I found this on facebook marketplace this morning. Works well, is easy to set up, and will be really good for contact drills. Now... how to fit a mevo+ into the budget..... PS: I am aware that my mat has seen better days.

Just the opposite. My dog spits that kind of stuff on my feet if I try to give it to him. Haha. Peperoni though, he will jump through a window at full tilt to get a slice. Haha.

My Ping G410 Crossover repair update. Ping returned my repaired club with an Align and because I said logo down the “Align” was up. They never mentioned it was an Align grip. This afternoon I ventured to my local Golf Galaxy to pick up a new grip. Side note, they had a excellent selection of MCC Plus 4 teams grips. I installed a gold/navy grip when I got home and it’s ready for tomorrow’s round.

One of the best fitting write-ups I have seen on here. Absolutely fantastic. LOVED this part The pre-fitting conversation where expectations and budget are discussed is the single most important part of any fitting. Period. The far majority of bad fitting experiences I read about on here are because the customer never discussed budget and then were shocked when they found out the shafts they loved doubled the price of the club

SOS ... war's have been won on that dining delicacy.

Perfect example that basing any golf purchase based off a handicap is not the correct route. We all get our handicaps in different ways. All the brands you mentioned make good clubs. Unless there is a bias against one brand no need to rule out a brand. Also because of biases asking people on the internet what you should try is going to yield a bunch of different answers based on biases and preferences which may or may not align with yours. Go to the demo day, let the rep do his/her thing and make sure to be honest with the rep about what you like or don’t like about a clubs looks, sound feel, ball flight and so on. Let the performance and your preferences determine what to buy. Simple put keep an open mind and find what works best

Thinking about making some tee shirts… it’s that good.

Topper .

Debating signing up for my first tournament but I’m still getting over a really nasty head cold. Sign up ends Tuesday. No idea what to do.

... Well, to steal your video Bens, ya play to win the game. Just wanna say you and Shankster put up a good fight. And not to get callouses patting myself on the back but I only used 2 players while you and Shankster used 3. I mean sure Brad Lee won it all using 4 players but where is the fun in that?

Started off yesterday shooting a 76. Spent the afternoon tailgating and watching a Brewers game. Finished everything off with a free Vanilla Ice concert after the game. Nice little day.

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