J7Hawkins

Love all the info here on the Mindset balls! I have the XS and I’ve really enjoyed the ball. I’ll separate my thoughts out between the ball itself and the Mindset process. I really like this ball, overall I’d give it a 8.7/10. It’s a ball that I think deserves consideration for a top ball. The XS has great spin from what I’ve seen on the course, I feel confident in what I’m going to get around the green. The only thing keeping it from getting an even higher rating is the feel. For me, I think it has a more solid feel than I like, compared to my normal gamer which is a Mizuno RB Tour X or ProV1x. Off the tee I’m not seeing any distance loss due to TOO high spin. The Mindset process I’m not as high on, but I will admit I think it’s just not for ME. I have a pre established routing pre shot and already do somewhat similar visualization before hitting a shot so trying to change it a little was a challenge. Especially so when the mindset depiction wasn’t even visible on the ball as it lay. However, I have friends that I have shown the ball to who didn’t already have a process in place and I think this would help their game a lot! So I think it’s just a bit situational as to the benefit to each golfer. I will say one thing I will be taking with me from using these balls is that I really enjoyed having the green dot visible on putts. Often times, I find myself not quite sure of what I should be looking at when I’m putting and my eyes wander. With the Mindset I just told myself to look at the green dot and that was very helpful! I’ll be taking that lesson with me as I move forward whether it’s with the Bridgestone XS or my normal gamers, I’ll be putting a dot to look at haha!

Congrats fellas! Do us proud!

Congrats testers! I’m really excited to see what you think of this lineup!

Morning all! Enjoying some coffee and reading this AM before heading to the gym. Wow, what a year Nelly and Scottie are on right now, I saw that Scottie has now won 9 tournaments in his first 50 starts! Tiger won his first 10 in 57 starts (but then won his second ten in 17 starts) so Scottie is right there in that level of dominance. Looking forward to seeing the tester announcements this week for Ai Smoke and Autoflex, good luck to everyone!

Super excited for this! Love the promotion/relegation aspect and looking forward to the movement amongst the group!

Morning everyone! It’s a bit chilly here this morning and I’m making coffee then going to sit around and read for a bit. Have to run to the atm to pick up cash after losing a money match that emptied out my bag…. Other than that it should be a fun Sunday with the OKC Thunder playing tonight!

Morning all! It is a bit chillier here as well, but that means a high of 65° and low wind so I’ll be headed to the course later this afternoon! I got to play 18 last night with my wife and it was a great time, no one was on the course so we flew through a round in under 2 hours just playing casual golf. The highlight of the round was a super flop shot on a par 5 over a sand bunker and just 5 feet left of the hole on a front tucked pin. One of the coolest shots I’ve ever pulled off on the course!

Soooooo sweet! And I’m sure they’ll only look better as they wear and get that patina look going!

Morning everyone, hope all that are feeling down get some much needed relief soon! I’m watching a little RBC Heritage this morning. I woke up to find out (from my wife, a huge Swiftie) that Taylor Swift released a new album last night so I’m sure that’s all I’ll hear at the house and in the car for a good month or two haha! Excited that the NBA playoffs are getting rolling and ready to make it to a game or two in the coming weeks! Hope everyone has a great Friday and gets some golf into the weekend plans!

Good morning all! Headed to the doctor for a checkup today then back home to work around the house for a while. It’s a bit windy today but it looks like it’ll ease up later in the day so I’ll try to get out on the course in the late afternoon. An update on my goal for the year of 150 rounds of golf: I currently sit at 60 rounds played through 106 days of the year. This puts me on pace for 206 rounds played in 2024! We will see if that keeps up but I’m happy to be on pace thus far!

Morning all! Headed to the range this morning as me and a buddy both took the day off to enjoy some great weather and golf all day! I’m hoping to play 18 this AM, lunch, gym, then 18 again later including the 9 hole Wednesday night men’s group. It’s going to be a fun day! on another note, it’s crazy to me that the PGA is following Augusta with a designated Signature event this week at RBC Heritage. Nonetheless, I will happily shut up and watch . I hope everyone is having a good week so far, I know I’m anxious to see who’s reviewing those AutoFlex driver shafts! Congrats again, man! I’ll be looking forward to seeing your thoughts!

Morning all! I spent a solid hour watching autoflex shaft reviews on YouTube last night after getting hype about that test on the forum haha! Just got back from the gym with just enough time to get a snack before an afternoon of meetings and evening of mowing the yard… back on the course tomorrow!

It’s Masters Sunday!!! I’m pumped, have the pork butt smoking, iced tea and fresh lemonade on hand, pimento cheese and some good crackers, we’re ready to have a day here in Oklahoma! I played in our MGA event yesterday and played really shockingly well for the first time in a few weeks. It was a monster team event so my play didn’t guarantee us anything but we ended up in 3rd but everyone was paired with someone in the masters and their score from yesterday was added to our total. Brooks Keopka really let us down

I will go option 2 here as well but WOW those are two stellar test release weeks! Keep up the good work MGS team!

Morning everyone! We had a pretty big storm roll through yesterday evening that left us without power for 4 hours or so but it’s back and so are we! I’m enjoying my morning coffee after doing a little work already then it’s time to hit the gym. Heavy rain was needed for the golf course but I’m not sure I want to see just how wet it is today. Might be a range day haha