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Another great article from Plugged In Golf. Love these commandments! https://pluggedingolf.com/the-10-commandments-of-better-golf-scores/

Great article from Plugged In Golf. I agree with him completely. Although I do tend to get down on myself after a bad shot or a bad hole, I've been able to keep away from this idea of debt. At least I think I have. https://pluggedingolf.com/getting-your-golf-out-of-debt/

Good morning, Spies, and happy Pre-Friday!! Although it was a bit damp yesterday, I was able to get to our local demo day and hit some clubs. I'll be doing a bit of a write-up/review of my experience and what I learned at the demo day, but it was a very educational experience and I'm glad I made the effort to go. The new cabinet pulls/handles came in for the house, so that's the next to do while we wait for the base cabinet to arrive. We think it'll be in this weekend, which would be great to get it installed this weekend as well. There will be some drilling for the handles, but not a ton luckily. I'll post pictures when the pulls are on for the before/after. We'll still need counters and the bench, but you'll get the proper idea of the before/after. More rain the next few days. Saturday after my lesson may be a good time for some range balls. It's pretty much rain starting tonight and tomorrow morning, then clear Saturday. Rain Sunday and temps drop for a couple days into the 50's. So no golf expected this weekend/week. Possibly next weekend, although I haven't checked the weather yet. Well, everyone have a fantastic day, with or without golf!!

Good morning, Spies. Happy Hump Day!! There is a demo day here today, but the weather doesn't look like it's going to cooperate. The demo day is 10am-2pm, but rain is supposed to start at 10am. Ugh, I was really hoping to try a few irons today so I can narrow down the options for my fitting next month. We'll see how much rain actually comes before I make the call to go or not. There's a bigger demo day on the 4th in Knoxville that I'm going to, so I do have a secondary plan, but I'd still love to try a few things today. Anyway, nothing else to report today. Just work as normal. Everyone have a fantastic day!

I'm thinking new ball, equipment, or clothes. I doubt they'll get into the club game. They already have the new Pro Air, so there may be something else coming too.

I guess it's a good thing I'm working with a swing coach locally who's helped fix my wrist angle at the top and who has helped ID my hip rotation as the main issue in my flipping and is helping me work on it.

Congrats testers!!! I look forward to hearing about the new model to my DF2.1 and how it works in comparison.

Congrats!!! I look forward to hearing about the quality and utility of these bags.

Am I better or worse? I'll say, yes. When I look through certain YT channels that I've bookmarked, I'm usually looking for specific topics that relate to an issue I may be dealing with (bad wrist angle, flipping at impact, and poor hip rotation primarily). I try to keep my channels to a select few that I've watched before and that I feel are of a higher quality of knowledge than others. I've also found some great resources for things like chipping & pitching, which have in fact helped me tremendously. 2 notable channels are Mr. Short Game (some of his older stuff is really great) and Grant Horvat (although not much in the last year or so, and more in the early years of GG), where I've picked up some great tips and explanations around better chipping & pitching. I watch Porzak Golf and Eric Cogorno for more swing tips and more targeted drills and explanations of stuff. I'll also pick up some stuff from Ali Taylor Golf and GolfPass channels ocassionally. For club building, I pretty much stick with AJ at Elite Fit Golf and Jim at McGolf. For more entertainment and reviews, it's Let's Play Thru, Golficity, Cool Clubs, and the channel formerly known as TXG. There are others, but these are the core I stick to as a whole on YT.

Good morning and happy 2nd Monday, Spies!! It's an overcast and gloomy Tuesday morning here, with lots of rain on the way this week. We really don't need any more. When I played on Sunday, it was cart path only and the fairways were soggy in many spots. So it can stop any time now. Just got an old pair of Oakley prescription glasses back from FUSE lenses. I had them put in a custom pair of their Blue Light lenses (non-prescription) to see if that will help me with eye strain and headaches from too much time in front of the computer monitors during work hours. They didn't have lenses pre-cut for these Oakley's (Base Plane), so I utilized their custom cut service to send them the glasses and have the lenses cut and installed for me. Didn't take long and they look great. So we'll see how they work today. It's strange to have a pair of glasses back on my face when I'm not outside. Since my cataract surgeries 2 years ago (this month), I haven't needed anything other than sunglasses. So we'll see how my face/head react to having them on during the day. Everyone have a fantastic day!!

This sounds awesome, @IndyBonzo! Love hearing this a lot. Sounds like your irons were just overweight for you, and slimming them down a few SW points is giving you back better control and a stronger iron game. These might help you get a proper counterbalance, save the grips, and still provide you a hole to allow the SS sensors to be inserted. https://www.golfworks.com/lead-counterweights/p/cwssh/ Sent from my SM-N986U1 using Tapatalk

One. One round so far, and that was yesterday. I do miss my old warmer climate. Sent from my SM-N986U1 using Tapatalk

There's only 1 veggie allowed on my burger - lettuce. My fav build - cheese, bacon, ketchup, dash of mustard, dash of BBQ sauce, and lettuce. And now I need to go get some burgers.

First round of the season took place yesterday. A beautiful day, if it weren't for cart path only. Upside, almost 9000 steps. Downside, I was exhausted by rounds end. Plus the course was still pretty squishy in many places. Overall, it could have been a far worse day. Only lost 1 ball, and that was on 17 after a fat shot off the toe into an empty lot covered in leaves. I did have 2 other penalties. 1 flubbed 50* that trickled into a pond. Luckily I was able to retrieve it. The other was a step past the white stakes. Ugh. Obviously, as I'm working on my swing with a coach I wasn't expecting a ton of miracles in the first round out. I haven't really hit any balls on the range or in the garage outside of 2 lessons last month. So there is much to do. Some stats from Sunday: Compared to 2023: I was super happy with my consistency off the tee, granted I use a 2w instead of a driver at this point. I definitely noticed some really good iron shots during the round. I used my 5i once, and really flushed it, which isn't something I do often. My short game was a mess, but coming out of hibernation, anything that's more feel oriented is going to suffer. Plus, my putter is brand new and I've had no time with it. 3x 3-putts didn't help my putting stats. Everything was coming up short as I get the know the putter. Plus the greens were really slow with lots of little "natural debris" scattered on them. I just never adjusted for whatever reason. I shot a 99 - 51/48. I was happy to see the back actually get better by a few strokes. Lots of positives to take away, and lots of room for improvement. I did get 3 pars, so I can check those off my Par/Birdie all 90 holes in my community spreadsheet. Now let's get to the grind!

Good morning Spies, and Happy Monday!!! I'm SOOOO sore this morning. Really reminds me how out of shape I am and how I really need to step up my efforts to get back into a shape other than round. What I'm doing isn't working, so a change needs to be made. Beautiful day yesterday for golf. Almost too warm for that first day out of hibernation at 85*. Got a light sunburn on my arms, but luckily I did put some block on my face/ears/neck to help prevent it there. The course was a bit mushy from all the rain. Cart path only, made the day a bit longer putting almost 9k steps on my new shoes in just that round alone. I was able to wipe down the mud/dirt that got on them when I got home, which was great. I'll just need to do that whenever we get these soggy rounds going forward. Going to be a nice day today and tomorrow at 80* and partly sunny. There will be lots of golfers on courses the next couple of days. Then the rain is back Wed thru at least Sunday. Ugh. I do have a lesson this Saturday, so that helps offset the rainy weekend a bit. Anyway, everyone have a great day and start to your week.