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goaliedad30

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  1. We have five sets of tees (back to front, Gold/7,005, Blue/6550, White/6150, Silver/5600, and Red/5200). There are also defined combo tees between every set of tee boxes (Red/Silver, Silver/White, White/Blue, and Blue/Gold). The most popular tees are by far the combo tees. I'm still happy to play Blue, Blue/White, or White, depending upon who I'm playing with, and the time of year (in the winter, we often have NEGATIVE roll, even on drivers....). Creating these combos has taken a lot of pressure off of people who were playing too far back. We even contest our club championship from the Blue/Gold combo tees (we have some pretty good senior players who can still compete from 6850, but not from 7000+)
  2. The glove / hands are the only piece of contact we have with the actual instrument that's striking the golf ball. If someone can figure out how to make a glove that retains that "new glove" traction and feel, that would be awesome. I also change my grips probably 3 times a year, for the same reason.
  3. A number of years ago, I switched to gloves from MG Golf (www.mggolf.com). They sell for around $7 each, and wear reasonably well. I'll usually get 10-15 rounds out of a glove. At the low price point, I've taken to treating them like tees: they're disposable. If it gets a tear, or get too slick, I just replace it.
  4. You might check out something like the Garmin R10. If you're using it outdoors, it's plenty accurate as far as I've seen. Each student could have the Garmin Golf app on their phone, and basically keep their own sessions for analysis and review. I think it's selling for around $600, so you should be able to get at least a couple. At that $2000 price point, I think you're better off going "multiple $500-700 units" vs. a single $2K device. At the $4-5K price point, I think it's probably a different conversation.
  5. There's a facility like this on the San Francisco peninsula - Mariner's Point. It's got a full Top Tracer range, plus a separate grass tee section and short game area, with a fully lighted 9-hole par 3 course. Holes range from around 80 yards to 160 yards, and it's links style, including one shared double green. Really fun little track. It's literally 3 minutes from my son's apartment, so he goes there regularly to practice and play with friends. He's also used to it introduce new golfers to the game - they'll often go out and play a fun scramble. I've played it a handful of times with him, under the lights, and it's always a fun time. The 9th hole is very cool. It's essentially a 90-yard scaled down replica of #16 at Augusta National. Great to see more projects like this being built!
  6. On a day where I'm striking the ball well, and putts are dropping, I certainly could shoot 66.
  7. We're a private club in Northern California. Just put in a membership application!
  8. I have an entire shag bag full of used Titleist ProV1s that I take to the short game area with me. Even warming up before a round, I chip and pitch with the balls I am playing as opposed to the range balls we keep in the chipping area. And I'm lucky - our range uses brand new AVXs, so they're actually not bad for full shots.
  9. FYI, I would strongly advise against "knobby tires" unless you want two things: To be able to really take it off-road somewhere (like a farm, etc) AND To have your course superintendent know you by name and hate you .... We're going through a process where those private carts with the knobbys will either be cart path only, or have to switch to turf tires. The knobby tires are damaging the golf course.
  10. We had the guys we bought it from do the upgrade. It was around $1500. We bought it as a used (2019) chassis, which they basically rebuilt the cart around. Wish we'd have gone straight to Lithium; probably would have saved a couple hundred dollars, and I wouldn't have battery acid stains in my garage
  11. We've owned an EZ-Go RXV for about 2 years. It has upgraded wheels / tires, and a package that lets it max out around 24-25 mph. We originally got it with lead-acid batteries, and upgraded to Lithium Ion about a year ago. DEFINITELY go LI, just WAY easier to maintain, and holds a charge forever.
  12. Our super, by policy, wants it alternating. Each mowing rotates "straight stripes", "diagonal stripes", and "no stripes (classic)". He's stated that it's best for the turf health, as it gets mowed in various directions instead of constantly the same. We have rye/poa fairways, so not sure if it would be different for other types of grasses. I think we mow the fairways around 3 times a week.
  13. I guess it's slightly firmer and "clickier". But it works. IMHO, "feel" is overrated. It launches high enough, and has the right spin characteristics for me. Easy to find these days. Lots of on course shops carrying them (including my club's pro shop), and worst case, Golf Galaxy has them, shipped in 2-3 days.
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