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I had a bizarre doctor’s appointment yesterday afternoon. It was a follow up for a weight loss medicine that I’ve been taking. While I was having my blood pressure checked the nurse said I’d be seeing doctor T. She is not my doctor and I have never met her. So I asked if my doc were on vacation. “He resigned this morning and they called her in from a different office. It’s been quite the day. We had HR here, the head doctor, a locksmith.” I didn’t say it to the nurse but there’s no doubt my doctor was canned based on that description and my appointment. I thoroughly enjoyed the new doctor. She had taken the time to review my chart and wanted to know why my old doc had put me on this particular weight got loss med. I explained why I wanted to loose weight and what I wanted to get down to. She said that’s fine but you actually don’t need to loose weight unless you want to - your BMI is perfect and your labs are great. Also the med that I’m on should not be given to patient with any sort of irregular heartbeat. It can spike heart rates. It also causes insomnia - duh - I’ve been on it throughout this entire test period. I’ve literally only had one fair nights sleep the entire time. At least I know why now. I’m also extremely fortunate that I didn’t have a heart event - I have tachycardia it could have gone off on me. Obviously I’ve stopped taking the medication.

@cburins so sorry to learn this. I have a coworker who wears a different Garmin watch (she's a swimmer) and she ordered different bands to put on hers and it solved the problem for her. I have exceedingly sensitive skin - the only time I've run into a slight issue is when I've had it on too loosely or too tight but not all sensitivities are created equal. She said the fix for her was very inexpensive and stylish (she has multiple color choices.)

You aren't nuts but if you really want to get the best results you should go get fit (if you know a quality fitter) to see what the ideal shaft length and weight are for your swing and also what recommendations the fitter has to adjust the swing weight of your driver accordingly. The ideal is always to order a driver direct from the OEM with the shorter shaft, if that's what fits you best, because then it is properly tipped and weighted. Also, there are some people - I don't know the percentage, who won't benefit from shortening the shaft - the number who will though is greater than the number who won't. My driver is 44.25" - its what I was fit for - I picked up 6 or 7 yards of distance and am much more consistent (well not right now but normally )

True with Scotty but it could be that if he devoted the time to upping his putting from mid pack to top third that other areas might suffer - he's got a winning combo right now and he may not wish to mess with it. Back to the Ops original point no one is going to become a better putter simply because he or she uses the same model as a pro - it's always a combo of practice and fitting and getting the right putter for putting style all of those factors - Most of us have a limited amount of practice/playing time due to other factors in our lives. Personally I've been working hard on my long game which has improved greatly but I have not been putting in the time on my putting and short game, that's suffered as has my scoring, particularly my putting. I was actually contemplating changing putters towards the end of yesterday's round. That's not really the issue - I should be contemplating a little putting practice

I totally agree with this - in terms of putter make I think it makes far more sense to get fit than worrying about make/brand, etc. For example our dear friend the retired boomer, could go for a fitting where his back issues were taken into account and find himself with a putter that is better suited to his stroke and back ergonomically. However, he may like the putter he is currently gaming so go for it! In regards to Scotty's putting stats, strokes gained are about the best method we have currently - they also talk about length of putts made as well, at one time it was putts per round before that it was the eyeball test - gee he looks like a great putter. At some point it will be something else. When you are as good a ball striker as Scheffler you only need to be an average putter on tour to have a great deal of success - plus for him 85th, middle of the pack, on tour is an improvement over where he was at.

Yesterday was the first time in a while that I played with someone who wanted it out. But I agree with you. Forgot about that one when I was making my list.

Interesting topic - In my lifetime I’ve seen a few - interestingly what starts as polarizing often becomes mainstream. I remember when Ping putters and irons were polarizing. Soon there after it was Wilson irons - the concept was some sort of flex face that I’d see as a forerunner to what Adam’s did later and many iron makers do today. I think colored balls were next But the biggest two began to show up then were - graphite shafts and metal headed woods. Yes both were extremely polarizing at first. Recently I’d say that the PXG and LiV are the most polarizing things I’ve seen in golf.

Yeah there's kind of an expectation that I would be here for that one.

Yep, I gave up on it a while back - someone gets to go though - I know people who have hit on the lottery including someone this past year. The real sad thing is that I have a school grandparent who has tickets to the Masters - she's had them her entire life, in fact. I've taught both of her daughters, did her married daughter's wedding, baptized both of her grandchildren, long story short she told me after this year's Masters that she is inviting me for next year. I was so excited and then I looked at the calendar. It's the start of Holy Week

I’m surprised by this but perhaps I’m not understanding it properly - normally if you order clubs shortened direct from the OEM they will take care of the weighting for you. That’s a benefit to being fit for length first. I figured someone would know the answer to your question. I hope that works out for you. I’m currently playing my driver at 44.25” and hitting the snot out of it. But I was fit for it that way st golftec, it was delivered to them and inspected by tg to be sure we got the ordered specs - same thing with my irons and wedges - well worth the additional cost.

So I warmed up today using my last trainer - my goal was to see where I’m at with driver in regards to tempo I am in between Pro slow and amateur fast - this was the one optimal swing at Pro slow - however I was really hitting a lot of solid drivers at an exceptionally high swing speed (for me.) with all the swing speed training that I’ve done - both Super Speed and stack I have only hit a small handful of balls where my radar registered 100. I did that today alone including my fastest since I started measuring: This drive would have carried 234 per voice caddy - the swing speed on that device was in the mid 90’s - it’s al way below the radar by several mph - I was noticeably longer on the course on Friday than I have been in a long time - I had 147 on a par 3 - some wind behind but after a bit of internal debate hit 8 iron (this would normally be a not brainer grip down 7.) my watch measured it at 146 - kick in birdie. I pulled a drive a couple of holes later at a fairway trap that I’ve never carried (when I was younger and longer I played back a set of tees from where I am now) easily carried that bad boy - I was so stoked that I aimed at a trap a couple of holes later that I normally play right and shirt of with 5 wood - the hole is 5 wood 6 hybrid to 8 iron when I play right of that trap - driver gap wedge on Friday and it was a tad into the breeze - 210 yard carry. Im truly enjoying the tempo trainer - it’s an unexpected benefit - it’s ideal for me because I can hit balls into the net and really work on something and it pairs nicely with the lag shot trainer.

Alright I’m officially obsessed with this tempo training feature - I spent half an hour with it in the backyard this morning. I thought the swing speed setting was the watch’s determination. I see I was wrong, again. Now that I’ve figured it out I’ve found that I’m between fast amateur and slow pro. Much better results with that setting. I’ve also dragged out my lag shot trainer - I need slow amateur for that club but after three days I’ve gotten very proficient with it swing after swing at that setting. Best of all I noticed a significant uptick in my ball striking yesterday and hit it very flush into the net this morning. My 7 iron feels so balanced when I focus on tempo - very easy to make flush contact - once I got warmed up ant miss was a groove or two down, still playable. I did notice that I’m missing the sensor from that club - I don’t think it happened yesterday on the course - I only hit it once. I think it happened in the yard. Grass grows quickly this time of year and it’s lawn mowing day - I will pay the grandchildren to go find it in the backyard before we mow.

My Tuesday night league is modified stableford. It's primary benefit, IMO, is pace of play - you're picking up after double bogey or double bogey equivalent. I think there's a tremendous benefit to the participants - by focusing on scoring points. It taught me how to think, what is the best path to the lowest possible score from this spot because bogey or net bogeyed earns a point in our system. It's remarkable how many more pars you will make with that approach than the how do I get it on the green in regulation approach that most of us will choose.

I’ve been using the tempo trainer on my garmin S70 watch that I’m testing for MGS. We all know or should know that the proper swing tempo is 3:1 - regardless of how one swings the tempo should be a back swing that takes three times the long the of the down swing. I started on this a couple of days ago hitting balls into my backyard net. I was not in a good place to start. Played today and hit balls afterwards on the range - was able to get several swings to 2.9 but they were still too fast back, too fast down. So I pulled out my lagshot training club which my teacher loves and I hate. I hate it because you need to swing really slow with it or else the ball goes all over the place. Keeping in mind the 3:1 ration though I was able to get this on the first swing and several thereafter: Too slow - yes but a perfect 3:1 ratio. So I grabbed my 6 iron and on the first swing hit this: Nearly perfect tempo. The green lines mean this was very good. What’s your favorite training aid? Does it work? How has it changed your game for the good?

Used to do it all the time - don’t anymore but when I was playing a lot of emotive golf often changed this or that based on where I was playing and the conditions I’d be facing. I was on the range recently with a guy who was prepping for US amateur qualifying - he had a driving iron he was working on because he needed to hit three 240 yard drives at the qualifying course and he hits his fairway wood 260.