David Leighton Reid

After riding a good wave of play for several weeks, I took my game on the road.  My course was closed for a tournament on Sunday so I made a tee time at a nice course in a neighboring town.  Full of optimism, I tripled the first hole and doubled the 2nd.  I wound up salvaging an 87 for the round.  My handicap at my home course doesn't always transfer to unfamiliar courses.  

After riding a good wave of play for several weeks, I took my game on the road.  My course was closed for a tournament on Sunday so I made a tee time at a nice course in a neighboring town.  Full of optimism, I tripled the first hole and doubled the 2nd.  I wound up salvaging an 87 for the round.  My handicap at my home course doesn't always transfer to unfamiliar courses.  

After riding a good wave of play for several weeks, I took my game on the road.  My course was closed for a tournament on Sunday so I made a tee time at a nice course in a neighboring town.  Full of optimism, I tripled the first hole and doubled the 2nd.  I wound up salvaging an 87 for the round.  My handicap at my home course doesn't always transfer to unfamiliar courses.  

I was calling on customers with one of our sales reps when a co-worker called to tell us about the Trade Center Tower being hit by a plane.  At one of our accounts, we watched the second plane hit.  Last night, my wife and I watched 60 Minutes which featured the 9/11 attack.  It is so amazing the courage the NYFD displayed on that day.  Fireman attempting rescues knowing they would probably not survive.  We can't honor these heroes enough.  

15 min drive away from the pentagon in a team meeting and watched the second plane hit on tv.
We ended the meeting early and went to our govt office and the contracts pmo office. Was listening to local Dc radio station when the reports came in for the Pentagon getting hit.
Once location was announced we knew that we probably lost all of our support staff. Within a day it was confirmed we lost 8 (including a friend who was also the husband of one of my coworkers who I was also stationed with a few years before that) of the 11 staff. The 3 that survived were in the office next dood, where two were thrown out into the space between two rings and another was trapped under a desk. 
 
The next several days were spent setting up temporary workspace for our 24/7 staff and the weeks after getting other offsite spaces up and working

Being a walker, I find very good golf balls that I play with.  Of course my favorites are high-end Titleist, Callaway, or Taylormade.  I have also found and played Vice Pro, which performed well.  

Several years ago playing with my father, I hit my 2nd shot on a short Par 4 over the green and into a water hazard.  Out of frustration, I dropped another ball and holed out the next shot from 105 yards.  My father looked at me and said "Nice par".  

I have been hit twice on the golf course and you are correct it does hurt like hell.  Both occurrences happened several years ago at a tight 9 hole course.  The first strike happened when I was standing in my own fairway preparing to hit an approach shot and a ball ricochets off my shoulder and hits me in the side of the head.  A big slice off the tee of an adjacent hole found its mark with no warning.  The second time occurred when a thin/bladed approach shot hit me in the chest when I was walking off a tee.  Again, no warning.  If your trying to figure this one out, the #8 tee box was located behind the #7 green.  Thankfully, I took the target on my body and moved to a different course.  

Several years ago playing with my father, I hit my 2nd shot on a short Par 4 over the green and into a water hazard.  Out of frustration, I dropped another ball and holed out the next shot from 105 yards.  My father looked at me and said "Nice par".  

The group I play in has a rule that the person who has the HIO is the recipient of free drinks, instead of buying for everyone else.  Over several years, this rule has only been placed in effect 2 times and I was lucky enough to be the recipient of free drinks on one of the occasions.  

The group I play in has a rule that the person who has the HIO is the recipient of free drinks, instead of buying for everyone else.  Over several years, this rule has only been placed in effect 2 times and I was lucky enough to be the recipient of free drinks on one of the occasions.  

Several years ago playing with my father, I hit my 2nd shot on a short Par 4 over the green and into a water hazard.  Out of frustration, I dropped another ball and holed out the next shot from 105 yards.  My father looked at me and said "Nice par".  

The group I play in has a rule that the person who has the HIO is the recipient of free drinks, instead of buying for everyone else.  Over several years, this rule has only been placed in effect 2 times and I was lucky enough to be the recipient of free drinks on one of the occasions.  

My best ever round was 70 (-2) and that was a few years ago.  If I have a golden day, then breaking 70 would be a possibility.  

Welcome JR!  I am also a fairly new member of the forum.  

My best ever round was 70 (-2) and that was a few years ago.  If I have a golden day, then breaking 70 would be a possibility.  

My best ever round was 70 (-2) and that was a few years ago.  If I have a golden day, then breaking 70 would be a possibility.  

I was hit a couple times when I drove the beer cart at the same course back in the early 00's. One was a ricochet off a tree that hit me square in the sternum... That one hurt for weeks. Deep bone bruise, ugh...

I have been hit twice on the golf course and you are correct it does hurt like hell.  Both occurrences happened several years ago at a tight 9 hole course.  The first strike happened when I was standing in my own fairway preparing to hit an approach shot and a ball ricochets off my shoulder and hits me in the side of the head.  A big slice off the tee of an adjacent hole found its mark with no warning.  The second time occurred when a thin/bladed approach shot hit me in the chest when I was walking off a tee.  Again, no warning.  If your trying to figure this one out, the #8 tee box was located behind the #7 green.  Thankfully, I took the target on my body and moved to a different course.  

On another wise beautiful course... The Vineyard in CIncy, OH... There is a bit of bad course design/flow near the green of hole 3 and the tee of hole 4...
 

So, you are looking at the approach zone, and green for hole 3 and the Tee for hole 4, which is just below the carts near the bunker.
There is a bowl off the fairway just left of center screen, in the shadow next to the pond. So not only can't you see the next tee from there, due to the large pines that are "supposed" guard the tee, you are also around 5-6ft below the level of the fairway. Every time I hit my approach on this hole, I am most definitely aware that if I slice this shot, it's going head hunting for someone over there....
So...
My cardmates and I had just finished teeing off on hole 4 and I had just put my 9i in the bag and was about to get in the cart when all of a sudden, it felt like I got stabbed in my lower back. I literally turned around and expected to see Monica Seles' attacker standing behind me... but all I saw was a ball sitting in the grass beside the bunker.  
No "FORE!" No "Heads up!" No nothing...
Instinct took over and I yelled back towards them, "Thx for the warning ***hole!" and got no response.
Hurt like hell for about 5min then went numb. Lucky I'm not a skinny guy or it might have hit me square in the top of my pelvis.
Ironically, the course marshal came around right as we were walking off the green and I explained what happened and asked him to give the twosome behind us a quick refresher on course etiquette. After we had tee'd off and were working our way down #5, the guy stepped thru the trees next to 4's tee with hat in hand. By then I had already calmed down and assured him that it was cool and just to be more aware in the future.
 
Good times...
 

The E0 wedge hasnt made it in the bag yet i am still experimenting with it.  I wont play it at E0 thats for sure.  I will need to cut it down at least 3/4" so that will bring it down.  Some other adjustments will be made to probably get to a D4 or 5.
The two hybrids were settled on after trial and error to find ones that didnt have the built in left miss.  I dont ever remember putting them on the sw scale, I just looked for a straight ball flight.
I prefer the feel of my irons at about D2 to D4.  I dont like them at or below D0.

For Saturday's round of golf, I added 2 swingweight increments to my driver - 5W and 0311 irons.  Every club was noticeably heavier.  I hit them straight, with lower ball flight, and less yardage.  The driver felt very solid, but was 10 - 15 yards short; the 3W was frozen rope line drives, and the 5W was lower ball flight and shorter.  For the irons, I was dropping down a club to hit my yardages, and GIR was good.  The wedges felt very good with the additional weight.
 
For Sunday's round, I reduced the swingweight on the driver by one and moved the lead tape near the face and parallel to the face.  First 3 drives were 2 right in the rough and 1 left in the rough.  I moved the tape to the back of the club and hit the remainder of fairways.  For the 3W I reduced the swingweight by one and adjusted the loft from 13.5 to 14.5 and it was golden.  I removed the lead tape from the 5W.  I added 1/2 swingweight to my 3 hybrid and hit it very well (no misses to the left).  For the 0311 irons, I reduced the swingweights by 1 and tried to hit increments of 0.5 swingweight between clubs.  The irons felt good, dispersion was good, and maybe 1/2 club longer than on Saturday.  
 
No changes for Monday's round.  I definitely like the feel of the clubs I added some weight to.  I find it very amazing the effect a small amount of weight makes on a clubhead and also where you place the weight.  

For Saturday's round of golf, I added 2 swingweight increments to my driver - 5W and 0311 irons.  Every club was noticeably heavier.  I hit them straight, with lower ball flight, and less yardage.  The driver felt very solid, but was 10 - 15 yards short; the 3W was frozen rope line drives, and the 5W was lower ball flight and shorter.  For the irons, I was dropping down a club to hit my yardages, and GIR was good.  The wedges felt very good with the additional weight.
 
For Sunday's round, I reduced the swingweight on the driver by one and moved the lead tape near the face and parallel to the face.  First 3 drives were 2 right in the rough and 1 left in the rough.  I moved the tape to the back of the club and hit the remainder of fairways.  For the 3W I reduced the swingweight by one and adjusted the loft from 13.5 to 14.5 and it was golden.  I removed the lead tape from the 5W.  I added 1/2 swingweight to my 3 hybrid and hit it very well (no misses to the left).  For the 0311 irons, I reduced the swingweights by 1 and tried to hit increments of 0.5 swingweight between clubs.  The irons felt good, dispersion was good, and maybe 1/2 club longer than on Saturday.  
 
No changes for Monday's round.  I definitely like the feel of the clubs I added some weight to.  I find it very amazing the effect a small amount of weight makes on a clubhead and also where you place the weight.  

Likewise if you ever find yourself in SW MO.

Vegan_Golfer_PNW  Forest Hills is a great looking course.  Golf in the PNW has just been added to my bucket list.