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  1. All of you are making it so hard to keep on all the forum goings on! Which is fantastic! Been a cool stretch for all of us and nice to see so many new names participating on the forum. Big welcome to all of the near 3k that have joined this month so far. Last day of work before a 4 day weekend and only a month left before the season is over for a little bit for me. Then take the ice out and let the real work begin - due to all the issues and failures causing a host of issues the last several seasons the hall called for an emergency meeting to replace the system. This is no small task and a huge cost, but also one that needs to be done. The plans are all in place and now just a few small things to sign off on and we are going to get started! The timeline will be tight to get it all done in the short offseason (5 weeks) and may mean we start our season a bit later than normal (woohoo more time off for me!). So no matter what it will be a clear win win for me and I will finally have a system that I can trust and rely on.
    12 points
  2. Morning all, it’s a nice sunny start to the day here. Not sure how long it will last as rain forecast later so will have to see how it goes. Hope you all have a great Easter weekend
    10 points
  3. Hope you had a good birthday, @jbern! @MattWillGolf That pittie looks like a cute one. @rkj427 Sounds like Detroit will have a fun Draft week. – Morning all. It’s Easter time here, so everything is closed today, Friday, Sunday and Monday—except for bakeries and home and gardening stores. I suppose because on holidays folks eat bread and catch up on gardening. For us, we’ll be taking dog walks, working around the house, maybe start prepping the backyard for spring and summer. Not sure golf is on the agenda, but hopefully grilling is. Best health to all.
    10 points
  4. Good morning spies! Ranger Rob duties today, then hoping to get a round in after that. I know it's only been 10 days, 4 hours, and 33 minutes since I last played or did range time, but it feels like an eternity! Looking forward to the CC later!
    9 points
  5. Good morning Spies on this Community Call Thursday from a soon to be sunny day here in Michigan. No commute day for me, so an earlier start to my typical workday, but I have a couple meetings to attend and present, and then work in data systems afterwards. @berkeleybob it has been many years since everything closed up for Easter here, although the major automotive companies give their employees both Friday and Monday off as holidays. Stores will be open, many even on Easter Sunday. Hoping to see many members on the call later, to see what Jamie, @GolfSpy_APH, and Ben, @GolfSpy_BEN, and Matt, @GolfSpy SAM have in place to share this week. Hope that your day is the best it can be, and that something fun and enjoyable is in your plans.
    9 points
  6. Good Thursday morning! Busy busy day ahead and hoping to be wrapped up with my last appointment before the call this afternoon. Hope everyone has a great day! Happy birthday @Preeway @CFreddie!
    9 points
  7. Good morning everyone! It's community call day and I'll pop in on my drive home today. I have a doctor's appointment after work and will be on the road about the time it starts. I was supposed to play today and had to cancel, so I'm a bit bummed about that. I actually slept until my second alarm sounded this morning, I don't know what happened to the first one because I don't remember hearing it. I hope you all have a wonderful day!
    9 points
  8. jbern

    The Good Morning Thread

    Thanks everyone for the birthday well wishes! I really appreciate it; this is the greatest forum on the interwebs and full of nice folks!
    9 points
  9. Good morning spies. It’s s chilly 29° start to the day here but it should climb to around 50° today. Highs in the 50s and 60s for the next couple of weeks so it might be safe to say that spring has finally arrived. I do not get any extra time off of work at this time of year, times have definitely changed as the years go by. Happy Birthday to @Preeway & @CFreddie! Hope you have amazing days. Enjoy your Thursday everyone!!
    8 points
  10. Good Thursday morning all! Rainy day here, thought it will really help melt the remaining snow which is needed. Usual work day though has been a light meeting week so far which should keep rolling here which is great. Kids have music and other school activities for the day. Should be a fine day overall. Have a great day everyone!
    8 points
  11. Good morning spies! I hope your morning is off to a cracking start. Just got up to work out and hit the bike again. Have to work on some grad school this morning so I can watch all of the basketball games tonight. The weather is finally starting to trend in the right direction, which means golf is close! Can't wait to jump back on the course and start working on my game. I hope you all have a thrilling Thursday!
    7 points
  12. Good morning MGSpies on this Community Call Thursday in MyGolfSpace looking forward to seeing everyone work computer going onto the network and still have to get the coffee from the upstairs canteen kitchen on this no-commute workday here in basement central command. Funny thing about not hearing first alarms. When I was in Balad Iraq on LSA Anaconda north of Baghdad, my quarters were 800m from the counter battery M105 mm howitzers. Whenever there was something inbound to the airfield like rockets, mortars, and such, it was detected by Air Defense Radar and the air raid sirens would blare across the airbase. (We learned the insurgents would video their launches to record the sirens so they could get paid for doing the attack.) A back-azimuth and distance was calculated to determine the launch site coordinates that was sent to the counter battery and they would fire three 105mm artillery shells from the howitzers before waiting for additional instructions and usually during the air raid siren blaring. If nothing else happened in the next 30 minutes, the all clear siren would sound. I never heard the initial air raid sirens that wailed for 3 minutes, (yes 180 seconds duration), or the boom of 3 howitzer rounds firing but I always heard the 20 second all clear sirens I put it down to being able to sleep through the sound of freedom just like I never wakened to the booming roar of F16s in full afterburner taking off from the airfield runway 1200 meters away. Have a great day and hope golf is a part of your day 62
    6 points
  13. I can't lie, I'm drooling over here!!! Couple questions as testing officially starts... What was your normal preferred shots with each of your previous wedges? Do you think these will help you expand on your shot capabilities over previous wedges?
    6 points
  14. You can’t cover that prettiness…gotta let ‘em shine! For science, show-off…good with whatever you call it. Looking for some videos of low one hop checkers and overall shot control…put these things through the whole range of scrambling!
    6 points
  15. Preeway

    The Good Morning Thread

    Good morning everyone. Slightly warmer wake up today but still too cold for my liking. Weather supposed to back into the mid 60s tomorrow so I’m thinking of taking a birthday liberty and playing hooky tomorrow to get in 18. Have a doctor appointment this afternoon to get a cortisone shot in my knee and discuss plans to repair the meniscus this fall, assuming it can wait that long. Worst part of getting old is you just don’t heal like you used to and now all my bumps and bruises from playing too hard in my youth are showing themselves in ways I don’t care for. Hope to catch the last half of the community call after my appointment. Thank for the birthday wishes, @Josh Parker Gonna be a great day. Hope everyone has a great day ahead as well.
    5 points
  16. Hopefully your daughter got the needed answers to give her and you peace of mind.
    5 points
  17. Great question! My 58 gets the most use, 115 yards and in. Whether or not it’s the smartest play it’s what I feel most confident with. I will say stokes gained shows it’s a positive area of my game so it’s working for now. I like to play it high and limit run out as I find that harder to control since I play a bunch of different courses where green speeds are all over the place. I play an open face frequently so I went with the lowest bounce option here in the T grind. 54 is my 125 club, I’ll use this if I need to play a low runner. I also like it out of fairway bunkers where I need a fuller swing, 100-50 yards or so from the green. The 50 is almost exclusively used for full swings. I’ll use it in bump and run situations occasionally. It’s my 135 club which fits the gapping well with my pitching wedge. I’m not great at “feeling” a yardage so I try to give my self lots of options to full swing in the scoring area of my bag. My hope for the new wedges is more consistent spin out of different lies and in the dry and wet. Sometimes I get a lot of check and sometimes the ball releases more than I’d like. I’m sure I’m partly to blame but that is one area I’m looking at. I’m also curious about the forgiveness as that’s part of what Ping is known for. I also am considering the feel. They are advertising them to have a softer feel which I personally like. My one complaint with my Jaws MD5s is that they are pretty firm and can feel a little clicky sometimes.
    5 points
  18. @Rob Person I was just about to drop a little update in here about some of my previous wedges - gonna hold off and give this a quick answer for me while I'm waiting! @bens197 & @aguybadatgolf those pictures are , I should be getting mine in soon and I'm already jealous! Part 1, shot types: 58* - Believe it or not, I enjoy hitting big high flops from all sorts of lies around the green. Something I practiced a lot and have a surprising amount of confidence with. I will use it out of short sided bunkers, out of the 2nd cut around the green, and anything that really requires a bit more touch. 54* - This is my go to from the sand usually. I use it for lower trajectory approach shots, and longer chips where I still want to carry a little longer - may hit from 80-100ish yards fullish swing depending on circumstance 50* - This is usually my approach for any shot I want under 120 yards. I generally practice with this the most on the range to get the feel of different distances dialed in. I'll use this for bump and runnish shots a lot where I need a little check. I usually don't use anything lower lofted than this around the greens! Part 2, new wedge expectations: This is interesting and differs for each loft. I'll run through it in the same order: 58* - I got the T-6 grind here, I expect it's going to allow me to play with the face angle a bit more for my touchy shots but I'm worried that the lowww bounce isn't going to bail me out on my almost good shots and general mishits. I *do* think the more square leading edge will be a little more confidence inspiring over the more rounded tear drop on my current and previous wedges - really excited about this aspect. 54* - The S-12 grind is going to be pretty similar to the 54/56* wedges I've used in the past with general success. I mentioned in my intro that while they're geared towards mid to low handicappers I wonder if the forgiveness Ping's been known for is going to show up here for me. 50* - Also the S-12 here. I've bounced between traditional wedges and iron set gw for this distance, I had a lower bounce Vokey that I never really got along with but when I hit well had some stopping power, currently I'm using the Maltby DBM GW, which I have all of the confidence in the world but can't flight as well as I'd like, and could use a little more spin. This is the club I'm most unsure about if it will stay or go, but I'm expecting it to split the difference to some extent and add a little more workability. I'm hoping I can give this full swings and not be afraid to hit it past the pin, which would be really big for me I think. I may have to club up if I want to bump and run depending on how spinny the grooves are, though at this loft and lower lofts it should be milled to spin a little less. All and all this is going to be a fun experiment across the board!
    5 points
  19. fozcycle

    How'd you play?

    Georgeous weather this morning at Heritage Isles, overcast with 69* - 80*. I shot a 45/39:84 with only 1 birdie(par 3 #16), Longest Drive was 218 yds, FIR 10/14 71% GIR 10/18 56% and a whopping 38 putts….again.
    5 points
  20. @bens197 representing two of my favorite things: where I was born, raised and had my career Rochester, NY and Ping! I can't wait to read what you think!
    5 points
  21. I actually thought about it for a second because they are just so pretty . But I plan to test the durability so I’ll let em bounce around freely in the bag, for science.
    5 points
  22. Today I got a special delivery from Japan. I love this shape and the short slant with mid mallet is my fav type of putter. I found this on Golf Partner on ebay for $80 shipped which is a crazy deal for this putter. I never ordered from Japan on Ebay but to my surprise, it arrived 3 days later and with a perfect magnetic headcover, club head in plastic still. This seller is going to be getting a lot of my business as I love Japanese obscure stuff. The putter face is Aluminum milled and the body is carbon steel. Very soft, very balanced. Goin right into the bag.
    5 points
  23. Those are sharp looking! I thought for a minute you guys were going to be using covers for these to protect them the entire time!
    5 points
  24. @GolfSpy_APH@GolfSpy_KFTand @GolfSpy_SHARK, I appreciate the feedback and the attempts!
    5 points
  25. I feel you, they have it perfected and sometimes think it's a genetic thing they're born with. Mine hit me with it today, I thought I had a doctor's appointment to establish myself as a patient and get a colonoscopy scheduled and blood work. (I've never been good at taking care of myself). I got there today and found out it's tomorrow. Well, I had a round scheduled for tomorrow and won't be able to make it if I go to the doc. I had to cancel the round because I knew I would get the death stare if I chose to play over going to the doctor. I can be wise sometimes. She still have me the look after getting home and explaining everything, I'm am glad she worries about me.
    5 points
  26. @Girldad18, nothing but positive vibes for your daughter and I hope the doctor can figure out what's going on and take care of her issues. @Kenny B, I think there's a group of us who are looking forward to meeting Martha, I think we're all looking forward to meeting the one person who can keep you in line.
    5 points
  27. @MattWillGolf dunno but kinda looks like that cute furry snuggler has maybe kinda "adopted" you... Your wife and you are good people. (.. my wife and I would be the complete "fail" people as in wanting to keep any pup we had in our house .. and I mean like ALL the pups!...) @tdc1 great pic! So cute when big dogs get cozy with their toys! (..mine! ..mine mine mine...) @GolfSpy AFG good info and I can see the benefits .. buuut .. if I plunge into 40s degree water I'm wearing a 5mm wetsuit with a hood and probably a thermal layer underneath, 7mm booties with thermal socks and 5 or 7mm gloves or mitts!!!
    5 points
  28. Good morning spies! Well took the A&M 9000 back to the practice putting green yesterday and tested a whole bunch of different balls. Conclusion?? If you putt with a cheap to mid range cost ball you are most likely giving away strokes with your putter. I really like QStar-Tour Divides. It is a good spinning ball that I can work. But, when the last sleeves in the box are gone I probably wont go and get more. Curious? Check out my last write up. Nope no video this time...
    5 points
  29. rkj427

    Happy Birthday thread

    Happy Birthday @Preeway, @CFreddie, @GraemeR, @Dr. Bill, @Frankast23, @BatcatCA, and new member @golfgirlholly Hope your day is the best it possibly can be!
    4 points
  30. Well as it’s the last day of the week and Simon at Runner Golf said he was hoping to get the putters posted by the end of the week so I will be spending my day constantly refreshing my email feed in the hope of a despatched email
    4 points
  31. So what I am currently looking at is a set - would include driver/fairway X2 and hybrid. If response is adequate then I'll reach out to some contacts and get further details and options etc.
    4 points
  32. @Rob Person, I currently play my trusty 52, 60deg Clevelands RTX, and they are right on the money for me from 90m in for my 52deg, and 60m in for my 60deg wedges. So those driver and irons that just come up short, these are the go-to clubs I use. They are damn accurate, so if it is a 45m shot I need, I just grip down a bit, make a 3/4 swing and it'll give me my shot. Around the green I would use the 60deg and get creative and just play a controlled quarter-stroke, and the ball would get over whatever hazard, bounce and check. Currently I am very happy with my wedges, so these S159's has some big shoes to fill. But if the play as close to what they look, then I have big hopes for them and will put them through their places to test this. I really like that question!!
    4 points
  33. We’re almost bday twins!
    4 points
  34. First Impressions 9/10 I have been excitedly awaiting the arrival of my Array blade putter for what feels like a month. I got fit at the end of February, and Bryan confirmed our orders on March 4. Edel’s website says that orders ship within two weeks. I received my putter on March 26; the packing slip says that the order was placed on March 7 and checking the tracking number, the putter shipped on March 22, almost exactly two weeks. I deducted one point because I never received any communication about the shipment. The box bears the Edel logo prominently on one side, and the inside of the box has a very nice, branded liner. The putter was securely fastened with cellophane to a piece of folded cardboard, ensuring that the putter head would remain immobile. Perhaps most surprising on opening the box was the included head cover, which struck me as abnormally large. It is well-padded, and has a simple elegance to it, with a black field, the Edel name in script on the end, with Array in smaller font on one side. Assuming I keep this putter, I would strongly consider keeping the head cover instead of swapping out for something else, like the blade cover from MGS’s store. Readers, let me know which one you would rock. The head has a black matte finish that I really like. I chose the single alignment line, as I think it provides a stark contrast to the matte finish and makes it easy for me to gauge my direction. The back of the head has a clean look with the Edel name on the back of the putting surface, and the Array name and model (B-1) on each side. I don’t like the B on the B-1, as it looks like part of it chipped, but it’s just the font style. I chose a single bend hosel, which gives the putter the least amount of toe hang. I found in my fitting that I tend to slightly close the face through impact, so my hope is that the toe hang will help me keep the face more square. Edel prides itself in its customization options, both in hosel and weight. The blade’s standard weight is 365 grams; in my fitting, we determined that a good weight for me is 360 grams. I ordered my putter with 10 gram weights, giving the putter a total weight of 355 grams. Photo I will specially pay attention to my putting speed during testing. If the 355 grams is too light, it would be pretty easy to swap the weights out (assuming I can order them from Edel separately from the putter). The putter has a milled face, which I have never used. My gamer has an insert, so I expect the ball to come off the face a bit hotter. Finally, I chose the Edel flat standard grip. I really like the look of the grip, which is understated (much like the head cover). The flat side is textured and reminds me of the milled face, which I think is really cool. The end cap is slightly rounded. I use Shot Scope tags, and my putter tag does not fit in my gamer putter. I hope that the tag fits the Array, but I also would guess that using the manual putting tracker on my X5 is more accurate than the tag. Problem is that I frequently forget to mark my putts on my watch. With Easter coming up (in my faith tradition, we start celebrating tomorrow, Thursday), I will not be able to really start testing until early next week. I plan to do some speed tests at the practice facility while my son is at First Tee. I will also begin with my own laser alignment tests on my Birdie Ball putting mat. Look for some updates next week!
    4 points
  35. I faced that choice and I went with Garmin: Both have a subscription, but without the $200 a year for Rapsodo you lose a lot of functionality. You pay for some things that Garmin does for free. And you still need the special Callaway RPT balls. The $99 Garmin subscription largely gets me access to Home Tee Hero -- which means I can play sim rounds on 43,000 courses. That's worth the hundo right there. Practice on the courses I'll play in Scotland in July? They're all available. Pebble Beach? Yup. Augusta? Yup. This week's course on the PGA Tour? That too. I would like accurate spin numbers too in my quest for more carry on my drives, and I'll probably cough up for the RCT balls soon. But I don't have to have them.
    4 points
  36. Triple_Putt

    How'd you play?

    Was able to walk 9 this morning before the weather came in, the threat kept everyone away as I was basically alone on the course which was phenomenal. Shot +8 which was a great start to the season for me. One very lucky birdie on an extremely long putt. My iron play was great but with the wedges around the greens I was terrible. Lucky enough to have plenty of time to go ahead and replay a few bad shots after I finished the hole out. Very thankful the weather held out and it was actually sunny half the time. I need to try and work on taking more photos while I play, but I honestly keep the phone away and focus on play especially on a day like today with nobody around. Looking forward to a possible Easter Day round if things pan out.
    4 points
  37. I just appreciate the FJ glove on the left hand (not sure why that’s the only one that gets cold?) and the Titleist hat (since most heat is lost through the head anyways!) I will occasionally swap the shower faucet to cold on hot days in an effort to cool down faster, but the initial hit of cold will rattle you.
    4 points
  38. @GolfSpy_APH The breathing part is super rough the first few times, it gets easier though. I started at 30 seconds now at 2:30. If you end up giving it another shot, it gets easier.
    4 points
  39. It looks like today’s been a good day for a couple of us testers! Right off the bat I’m impressed with the packaging. The looks speak for themselves. First impressions coming soon!
    4 points
  40. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2cEKWHuLEx/?igsh=NHN3NzY5Y2EzeWc0 My Brother got me into cold plunging over the winter. I'm currently part of the Cold Shower Crew. Not as commited. Check out the link.
    4 points
  41. Syks7

    How'd you play?

    I think I'm really going to like these ZX7s. Had kind of a cold start with them while I figured out how to play them and what distances I should be play for on each club. They're about 1/2 a club longer for me at the top end, = in the mids, and marginally shorter at the bottom end since the 9, PW, and AW are much more traditional lofts. I went 6 over through five holes then caught fire and finished 3 over for the final 13 holes. That's with two three putt bogeys on the back 9 One of the three putts was not paying attention from 3 feet and the other was gunning it by the hole trying to get a birdie. Ended up 41/40 81. I knew I was playing well, but wasn't paying attention to the score. The better part of the day was that I played with an older friend of mine who's come off a bad couple years of health. He played 18 holes with me for the first time in over two years.
    4 points
  42. Done with my daughter’s appointment. Appreciate all the prayers and support. Doctor thinks it’s IBS, possibly Gastritis. He took some biopsies during the scope. Should have those results by Friday or early next week. So for the time being at least it’s nothing serious.
    4 points
  43. Kenny B

    The Good Morning Thread

    Doesn't take much to keep me in line; just… The Look.
    4 points
  44. Today’s medical adventure was just my annual eye exam. Small prescription change but I’m okay with that. Eye drops wearing off and thank goodness for the clouds! I have to play with my glasses so I need to decide what color clip on sunglasses to get. Currently have a dark amber but am wondering if another color might be better. Catching up here, then reading for a bit and bowling this afternoon (I love this perk of my course membership in cold and/or yucky weather). Second cup of coffee at hand but since I’ve finished off the morning belVita biscuits my faithful assistant has lost interest. Oh, well. Y'all have a great day!
    4 points
  45. Good Wednesday morning Spies! Day is starting off on the cold side but should warm up nicely. Today is yard day but hopefully I can sneak off later in the day and get some range time in. Still working on getting the driver AOA to a positive position at impact... Not sure what it is going to take to get to shallower swing plane, but I will persevere... Wishing you a speedy recovery and return to the game @Dead Solid Bogey. Everyone have a great day and if you get the opportunity hit 'em straight!
    4 points
  46. Good morning, Spies! Sending prayers your daughter's way @Girldad18. May she get a good report. No golf for me today, but I have a bit of afterglow after a breakthrough/reset lesson yesterday. I had my swing all screwed up trying to fix my over the top motion I have been struggling with (and slowly fixing). We went back to some basics from last year, and the result is a much more comfortable swing for me that I know works, because it worked well for me last summer. Why did I not just do that? This silly game. This is why coaches are so invaluable if, like me, one does not have the experience to analyze the swing completely. Now to keep working on it so it becomes second nature. Again. I hope you all have wonderful days with golf involved.
    4 points
  47. To me it is worth it from some points, only thing I wish it had was a score page. I do plot my shots and I love the pre-round goals and how they set it up technical, mental, and tactical. It also ask what you focus is for the round. During the round you have fairway charts and greens to plot on, and then a post round review based on your pre round review
    3 points
  48. Positive thoughts and prayers for your daughter.
    3 points
  49. Good Morning Spies! Busy morning so far. My daughter has her scope today, hopefully we get some answers to her tummy pain. Any prayers would be appreciated. Have a great day!
    3 points
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