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I played a round with @Tom the Golf Nut today at his home course while doing a comparison between the Stewart Q Follow and MotoCaddy trolleys for the Official Forum Member Review. I was worried it was going to be stormy today, but we were blessed with wonderful weather and only had to deal with a couple of minor sprinkles. I didn't keep score, today was about the fellowship between fellow members and having fun while walking his beautiful, hilly course. If I were to guess, I would say I shot just north of 100. My driver was better today than it has been in a long time, I hit several fairways and most of my offline shots weren't penalizing. I lost 3 balls, one in a gully and one on a shanked iron shot. My approach game was good, I hit or was close to several greens in regulation. I hit a couple of greens on par 3's one to about 12 feet where I three putted. I did get a kick watching a group we were letting play through putt on one of the greens where they were above the hole and were tapping the ball and it was rolling over 30 feet past. It was a devious hole location. After they finished they asked if we had the same problem and we said nope. We both two putted. My putter was money on most holes. I did three putt a couple of times, but for the most part I was lagging them into make range. Tom played well and it was a joy watching him hit beautiful driver shot after beautiful driver shot. My shot of the day came on the 18th where I hit a wedge to the back of the green leaving a 35 foot downhill left to right putt. I told Tom I would just sink it just to finish right. The ball took off on my line and looked like it was going to miss right until it took a left turn at the end and went in. Thanks again, Tom for having me up. I thoroughly enjoyed the golf and fellowship with you.

It was a very enjoyable round playing with @sirchunksalot. It started off on a good note. We met up with the Pro and he was impressed with both of our electric trolleys. We told him we were testing them against each other for MGS. Then he didn't charge a guest fee and said to go play and have fun. That was a very nice gesture to start the day. Especially after Jason's almost 3 hour drive. We had fun both playing golf and testing the trolleys against each other. If the Motocaddy had the follow mode it would be golden. I liked the feature of the follow mode but it was a little weird sounding on the Stewart when it would get on and let off the gas so to speak to keep the proper distance. I did notice a small problem with Jason's ball position when teeing off with the driver. One small adjustment and he was splitting fairways. I can tell he has been working on his game since the last time we played together. I saw the improvement and he was squeaking out a few pars today as well as hitting his driver longer. It was nice to see him having fun. For the most part it was bogey, a few pars with 2 holes that were a double and 1 triple. So I put him roughly mid 90's. Considerating the course is very different than what he is used to, his score was good. He closed out the round with a great 35 foot down hill putt. Then when we were done we were told that there were a lot of leftovers from Sunday Brunch to go help yourself. Winner winner chicken dinner as they say. Pimento cheese croissants, French toast, O'Brian potatoes, eggs, bacon, sausage, biscuits and gravy, fresh fruit. Now there's a happy ending to a round of golf. I was glad to see that Jason made it home safe and sound. I'll bet the leg muscles will be sore tomorrow. Walking 18 with big hills. Everything around me is hilly so I'm used to it. Sorry flat lander. PS: I finially lost the Maxfli Tour golf ball. For the life of me, I don't know how. I had a chip out of the left rough to get back to the fairway. The chip was executed as I wanted it. It went to the center of the fairway and then left over the hill to run down to the bottom. Leaving 100 yards in on a par 5. Alas no where to be found at the bottom of the hill. RIP Maxi, you served me well.

Company tournament this Thursday, so I decided I’d play a recon round today at the same course.(Thanksgiving Point) Shot 7 over with no birdies, hit driver on a lot of holes I wouldn’t normally, but since it’ll be a scramble I figured I wanna see it fly. Glad I got to see some putts, this course is on the savage side.(76.1/144 from the forward tees). Fairways were a tad on the soft side…

I didn't realize we were having a contest but, yea, Stu wins!!

Owen and I played out at Silver Ridge in Oregon yesterday. It's a course we really like but it's almost an hour west of us so we haven't been there recently. My improved play continues although my putter was incredibly suspect. To my defense the greens had a lot of tricky breaks and were very scuffed up (lots of wildlife). I had six birdie opportunities and came away with three pars and three bogeys. While I left a bunch on the table, I was happy with my ball striking. The six GIRs is a new personal best and other than a total flub on the first hole, my driver was good, although it couldn't decide between going straight or drawing back. Everything else was good too, I even hit a couple of solid five irons which hasn't been done in ages. Next things to work on are alignment and course management (tried a few really risky shots). Owen's driver had been suspended in favor of the 3 wood off the tee, which might be his most reliable club. He otherwise played well enough, beating me by one stroke. I shot (+19) 91.

The ball position tip was gold and I'm glad you noticed I was teeing the ball up too far forward. I didn't have any of my usual pull hooks and watching the ball flying straighter was a real treat. My legs are feeling it today. The calves, hamstrings, and glutes aren't used to that kind of hiking. I think the worst part was stopping for gas after my body cooled off. I got out of the car and had to waddle to the pump. I made it around the car and realized I hadn't pushed the gas cap release inside the driver's door. Had to waddle back over and go to the pump again. That breakfast buffet was fire! I've never tried pimento cheese and those croissant's looked so good I had to try one. Yummy! Other than the leg soreness today, walking with the electric trolley didn't exhaust or wind me bad at all compared to pushing.

I really am all over the place with my scoring at the moment. 17 strokes between my best and worst over the last 2 weeks. Just outside the prizes at the Gents Open at my home course came 8th with top 6 getting prizes and 10th in the scratch. Putting was a real struggle to start with. I had a bad putting day on Tuesday at Broomieknowe where I couldn't read or drop a putt. Did some work at home moving the ball forward in my stance and it made it worse, 3 putted 2, missed a 3 footer for par at 3, over every putt I felt I could miss. Moved it back toward the back foot and started holing more. Although stats don't show it drove the ball well, suffering a little from a push with my shorter irons that I need to work on. One funny on Tuesday, on the last I said to my playing partner. "My Skycaddie says there is a bunker at 242 yds, can you see it?" "No" Driver middled over the top of the trees. "Oh that bunker" as it bounced and rolled right into it. My playing partner then did the exact same thing.

I made a little experiment on the weekend trying to prerust or color the clubs. It worked out okay... not the best not the worst. Unfortunately Hydrogen Peroxide is crazy expensive here and only available in pharmacys so this will be likely my only go at trying this. It was really cool to see the near instant rust or coloration on the club. I think you have to really leave it and let it wait for a long period of time to have a better lasting effect. However I did get a pretty cool result and I'll post some more photos later on. Also Wednesday I have an appointment at the local shop to hop on their GC Quad to get some number and really see what they are like. I'm really looking forward to this and hope to get to the range a little later on today to work on some swing things which have kinda been plaguing me. Another round also booked for Thursday at a beautiful 9 hole course (of course more photos there) and maybe a round tomorrow weather depending.

Played a really solid round today tee to green, but nothing exceptional.. Course was playing really soft today with all the rain we have had recently. Struggled a bit with the putter, 4 three putts today... all after hitting the green in regulation. 5 bogeys, 13 pars. 39/38... 77. Hoping to take advantage of the holiday tomorrow to get one more round in before diving back into the work week.

I played yesterday, shot 78, but it could’ve been a really low round! I missed FIVE birdie putts inside 10 feet, made TWO that were tap-ins on par 5s. Ugh. First two holes, two missed birdies! Ultimately my driver accuracy killed me, and of course the putting…

Be sure not to step in anything

... Well, now he doesn't have to buy new balls until the Super Bowl!

Last of the watermelons from the garden. A few have popped up over the past few weeks but won’t be warm enough to get a real growth out of them:

Tee Time this morning 7:11 and by 7:12 I had 2balls in the water!! Yes they were Yellow Titleists!! Sorry YB! Bad start for sure, finally by 6th hole woke up and finished Par, Birdie, Birdie. Not sure what was going on but 3 Yellow Titleist gave their all for the game this morning. I don’t lose balls so this was a shock. Next up Friday Bacon Boyz.

I was lucky to play twice over the weekend. Saturday was a little tough from a double header football game on Thursday and another Friday night. I chose to take a cart even though its a pretty easy walking course. I don't like being late tot he course. My wife and showed up in plenty of time to our in-laws. Playing a private course and my MIL is the member. Anyway we get to their house an hour before tee time. She comes walking out of her room "your early". I was like WTF and thought ok we'll have 30 min to warm up. Nope arrived 10 min before tee time, hit about 8 balls on the range. I noticed the ball going right (slice), I chocked it up to being in a hurry. First hole slice right in the trees, crap. That was the theme of the day. Ended up shooting 94 and struggled with right fade slices all day. Not my usual miss. Sunday was Pumpkin Ridge. A little more rested but carted it again as my wife doesn't like to walk 18 holes of golf. I told my wife the night before we are getting tot he course minimum 1 hour early. Got a good warm up in all good for the most part. 1st tee shot just barely faded a touch in the rough, no biggie, Hit 2nd shot on the green to about 25'. I'm thinking ok doing alright, them 3 jacked. Move onto hole 2 par 3 154 pushed my tee shot right. There's a little creek that was dry but my ball stayed up, ok chip on and take the par. I fricken chipped in for bird WHOOP WHOOP. I was missing birdie putts but I'm ok with that as it as long as I make the par, most of would be right. Ok stay calm will be the theme for today. Ended up shooting 42 on our front 9 which they had us start on the back 9 today. I had no idea what I shot on the front till my brother in law said something on about hole 13-14. The back 9 was different, not sure why thinned a few gap wedges that cost me 4-5 strokes and fatted another that put me in a island bunker. I call an island bunker one that has tall wispy grass island of death in the middle of it. I wish I would have taken a picture of where my ball finished. which was about 6" just in front of a big ol' grassy lip that was 8"-12" tall. I had about 30 yards to the green. I couldn't go sideways as the ball would have been either down a big fricken hill or what I felt to far below my feet to not go into a creek or the woods. I really needed my 60* but left in the cart when started walking down the fairway, cart path only on this hole and of course I was on the wrong side of the fairway. Anyway, I take my 56* open it up take a swing and it clears the big wispy grass (YES) headed towards the hole ok just get on the green someplace please. Nope came up just short and into the same bunker just on the other side of the island of death. Normal bunker shot out and two put for dbl. Ended up shooting 51 on the back. for a 93. Weather was great company was awesome and fun was had by all. Two really fun days even though the golf wasn't perfect.

Love our school! Had a slow start but ended with a 59-7 victory on Saturday. Feel so lucky to be friends with many of the players and get to hang with them after the game. Got a picture of the captains coming on the field and didn't take anything else until after the game, haha. Nebraska, you're next!

That's what I'm talking about! Very nice.

I can relate since moving to Central New York. We have farms around us, mostly corn, but you know when the manure gets spread.

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17 dozen maxfli tour

Now this is my kinda woman https://nypost.com/2022/09/04/us-open-beer-drinker-megan-lucky-strikes-again-with-viral-chug/

The "patina look"... good for those who don't suffer from shiny metal OCD . Now, if you really want to move this process along, soak em' in a mix of vinegar and Scott's lawn fertilizer .

That is interesting Jamie, I wouldn't have thought to accelerate the rusting... I have silver dollar that was left in a room (garage) with an open can of turpentine and it produced a rainbow effect on the coin... I wonder what that would do to raw irons... maybe a test in my future

Those irons look fantastic. I have played raw wedges for as long as I can remember (over 30 years so my memory isn't THAT bad yet! ) because I like the duller finish, however I don't particularly like the rust showing up on the heads, especially the face. For those that share that preference, I have found that wiping them down with Fluid Film keeps them from getting any rust on them for months at a time. During the playing months I might need to do it once midseason and I use a dry towel to thoroughly rub off the excess so there is no slippery stuff on the face to impact contact. For winter time storage when I play a lot less and maybe never in Jan & Feb I don't use the dry towel.

It sounds like one of those perfect days of golf. Good playing partners, enjoyable round, nice weather, and a free buffet at the end. I couldn't script that any better! So Tom... how many holes on your dear friend Maxi before he went walkabout?

It might be the highest I've ever seen a ball bounce into the air and still go in. He had the line, but yeah, his pace was about 10' too much.

That putt of Johnson’s was absolutely amazing. 1” either way and it would have lipped out 10’ away.

Nothin crappier than smelling the manure spreader... I'll see myself out

... You know your game Kenny so not directed at you but since most golfers come up short more than 90% of the time, I think they should: Hit to the middle/back yardage for a front pin. Hit to the back for a middle pin And this is the tricky part but hit over the green to a back pin. Unless there is trouble over the green. ... Playing with so many mid to high index players I rarely (if ever) see anyone hit a shot over the back of the green unless it is a mishit. I am not talking about thin shots with low spin surlyn balls that rolled over the back of the green but a reasonably good shot. The amount of times I see a player hit a shot short of the green or just on the front dwarfs any other scenario's with decently struck shots. So many base their yardage on their best shots, not their average or worse shots and unfortunately most hit more worse shots than their best shots.

Pretty sh1tty actually with flashes of brilliance, especially pitches. 48/44 92 in the rain.

Played like crap. Beautiful day, but my allergies were raging; eyes swollen and itchy. Just couldn't focus on the shot. No birdies, only 6 pars, lots of bogeys, and a couple of doubles.

I can’t top this. I did hay on a farm for 2 summers when I was 12-13 but nothing like you did!!!

Easily the best round of golf I've played today. Got out for first tee time, so no one to slow me up. I always have 3 goals before each round: no lost balls, no 3 putts, and no double bogeys. Today was the first time I achieved them all together. 41 front 9 (a good score for me, but not amazing or anything). Now I usually can only hold it together for 9 holes before falling apart. But today, I think because it was such a quick round, I was able to keep things under control. 37 back 9 with a birdie to finish and my first time breaking 80! Not the best I have struck the ball on tee shots or approaches, but probably the smartest golf I have played. No going for it or ego shots, just play it back out of trouble and try to scramble well. And scramble I did. The best my short game has every been working. 31 putts for the round with no 3 putts!

Played a new course , very hilly and steep in much of the course so we decided to ride. The carts had THE most comfortable seats I’ve ever experienced in a golf cart. The only thing going through my mind when I sat in the cart was Ricardo Montalban’s voice saying “Rich Corinthian Leather”.

Holy…omg….what? Prepping for the ball apocalypse? Share some of your millions

The camera crew could have a lot of fun with this "pan the audience" thing. Zero in on her after each game and see how it ends .

Thank you! Thanks, Kenny! Taking my 5 year old out for his first time other than driving range time. Should be a lot of fun!

What a fantastic finish, a nail-biter horse race to the wire. A stacked leaderboard with five players jockeying back and forth trying to hold off the pack. This was easily among the top 10 most entertaining events I've watched this season - and I have watched many. Anyone claiming these guys hearts aren't in it and have no motivation to win simply aren't watching or choose to let the background story cloud an objective position. LIV haters are going to hate, to each their own. I'm looking forward to @GolfSpy Barbajo's first hand experience commentary. A major heartbreak ending for Westy who shot 62 and, for a few minutes, looked like it was going to end his way. He fats his approach on the last hole into the trap and missed the putt to get into the the first playoff with Johnson, Lahiri, and Niemann. And what an amazing 30 foot winning eagle putt that could have easily went 10 feet past the hole and with Lahiri only 4 feet from a birdie. The putt bounced 4 inches vertical before dropping. Congratulations DJ! The team aspect has solidified its place on my "like" list. It seemed a bit gimmicky to be at first, but no longer. I would be very surprised if the PGA dosen't adopt a team format. They too were jockeying back and forth right up to the last couple of holes; when Reed finally found his putter and played large down the stretch. Already looking forward to the Chicago event at Rich Harvest Farms.

Oh yea, valid point. But still, wouldn't you love to have that gear in the tranny? Hold my beer... watch this.

Everyone raved about Hank Keuhne and his distance. How’s that work out. Hitting a hero shot on a hole where he needed to make a score is a lot different than doing it regularly and competing with the best. there’s several guys on tour that can hit a lot farther than they do but they have things dialed back for the course. Kyke Berkshire’s playing swing speed is 145mph. He’s a pretty descent on course golfer but isn’t fully dedicated to making a run at pro golf yet

Amen buddy!

That background I really want to move to MT