Josh Ross

Congrats guys! Have fun with it!

I have always referred to it as the Bermuda Triangle of golf. I can hit shots that I know are perfect and then never find the ball. Today was one of those days. Come on over and we'll play it one day! I'm still planning on coming your way soon.

15 and 17 never give me any issues, 16 and 18 are hit or miss. 10 is the worst hole in the history of golf, I saved the ball from my first birdie on that hole. Took me 12 years (!) to make that birdie.

First time I've felt like my pre-injury self in a long time. Started out really strong. Found out I'm going back to The Masters at the turn, don't know if that's what derailed me or fatigue, but two doubles on the back killed me. This is my home course and sets up well for this 4 club challenge, but either way it felt good to play well again. Hope I was worthy to be your partner @CFreddie! Course handicap was 8, not sure where we fall but I gave it my best!

Date 07/23/2023 Course Name Cobra Challenge Gross Score 76 Course Handicap 8 Gross Strokes over/under par 4 Net Score to Par -4 Net Score 68 Net Birdies or better 4 Longest Drive 264 Special Event Cobra 4-Club Challenge + Putter First time I've felt like my pre-injury self in a long time. Started out really strong. Found out I'm going back to The Masters at the turn, don't know if that's what derailed me or fatigue, but two doubles on the back killed me. This is my home course and sets up well for this 4 club challenge, but either way it felt good to play well again. Hope I was worthy to be your partner @CFreddie!

Hey @CFreddie, I'm halfway through my round and playing really well. Decided to check my Masters ticket application at the turn and saw I was selected for a second time, first was in 2013, and now I'm freaking out. Back nine could produce anything at this point, haha.

Tee time in the morning, planning on going low!

Nicely done, teammate! I'll have my round in either tomorrow or Sunday. I'm going with 19° UW, 7 iron, PW, and 57° and will report back with pics and my score!

Cut Number: +2 Highest Round: 83

Unless something changes, it looks like I'm teaming up with @CFreddie! Decided to recalculate my handicap to reflect my game post injury and it came up a little bit but not as much as I thought it would. Looking forward to it!

Apple Mountain is one of my all time favorite courses. It was the first place I had an under par 9 holes and the first place I broke 80. Was low medalist there for a high school golf tournament too, lots of great memories there.

I might can make Friday morning work, I'll shoot ya a PM and we'll get it all figured out.

I'm down! I can do any time on Sunday and later in the day on Friday.

I might be able to make something work if I'm not out of town. Let me see what I've got going on and I'll let you know!

Keep the good stuff coming! Just got caught up and enjoying the trash talk and rounds of golf. Hate that I got so busy right when this thing got underway, hoping to free up soon and get in on the action!

My update was right above your post but our testing was wiped out by bad weather. It was to test a new pattern on the ball that helps with mental focus. Not necessarily an alignment aid like triple track but something different. I didn't get to see it but it was a collaboration with Jason Day. My dad plays the B RXS and loves them, he just recently switched to them. I play the B XS in Bridgestone but have recently been playing Maxfli. Have always loved Bridgestone though, played them for years!

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I'm so upset with the weather right now, causing me to miss out on all the fun here. Had a trip planned to the local putt-putt course today and I'm now sitting in the dark again after another thunderstorm decided to roll through and knock out power. Never thought I'd say this, but I'll take some of that AZ heat from you @chisag if it means there's no rain for a day or two! Keep up the good work everyone, MGS is what keeps me sane when I can't go play!

Well, the two hour trip to Bridgestone turned into three hours, and right before I got there they called and said a storm just rolled through and made the testing facility unusable for the day. They invited me back today but I couldn't make it work. Seems like a cool test, he told me it was for a new design that was going on the ball to help with mental focus. It's something they're collaborating with Jason Day on and they were looking for feedback. He also told me I was first on the list for the next ball test, and it would be testing prototypes for new versions of their current balls. Still got my dozen of Tour BXS balls and a hat, and since my dad tagged along to observe they gave him some Tour BRXS and a hat too!

Congrats guys!

Congrats testers! Hope they perform well for you!

Guys, the long game write-ups are great! Enjoyed reading through them and it sounds like there are some winners here (no surprise there). I find myself wanting to get the AJ 3 wood but they don't make a big tour version to replace my current Cobra. Good luck on the putting challenge this week, if the weather wasn't wreaking havoc here I'd be all over that!

The weather absolutely killed any chance I had at getting out this week. Three different days of storms that led to downed trees and power/internet losses. Current forecast is showing thunderstorms 5 of the next 7 days, I'm gonna forget how it feels to play golf!

Some great golf being played in here! Hoping tomorrow or Saturday is the day I'm finally able to get out, excited to get in on the challenge!

Congrats testers! Can't go wrong with Mizuno, excited to see your feedback!