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  1. Well, I actually played twice this weekend. Took the newly arrived Taylormade Burner 2.0's that I picked up on the cheap from site sponsor GolfDiscount.com, had a local fitter tweak them to me and my swing ( grips, and tips ). When I was shopping for new irons I really wasn't sold on going with the latest and greatest, just something that worked well for me. This is a big change too. Going from Adams a30s, with regular flex graphite shafts that were .5" longer than standard to accommodate a bum shoulder, to the Burner's with Stiff flex steel shafts at standard length. I haven't got the full details on what was adjusted yet, since I haven't had a chance to talk to the fitter since he did the work, and honestly, considering the result, I am not sure I care . Saturdays round, I got out late after knocking out some honey do's. Hit the first tee about 2:30 after a VERY brief warmup (and a week out of town). Decided that since what I really wanted to do was feel out the irons, I would start out with the 4i and just feel it out. Though I did hit the driver a few times, I tended to lean on the new irons for most of the round. The result, was very interesting. The total score wasn't very good, at a 96, however considering some of the quirky strange bits of luck that is part and parcel to the game, I have no complaints. There was the penalty for being conservative on the par 3 4th, dropping an 8i shot just a touch short of the green, bouncing it off a sprinkler head in into the water on the right. There was the ego bruising tee shot on par 4 #13 that had the tee box pushed so far forward that I just HAD to try and get there in 1, which ended up taking the penalty for the OB and playing it smart the second try :-). Then, considering the day, I should have seen the insanity coming, on the par 4 #14 when I punched a lovely 5i off the tee box to about 130. Couldn't decide between the AW or PW. Went with the AW, hit it clean, distance looked good, great line, right up till it hit the flag stick on the fly turned right, bounced, rolled (and rolled, and rolled some more) all the way off the longest part of the green, which I then three putted because I couldn't stop laughing. Then came the implosion. I took a 10 on the par 5 15. Managed to visit two different sand traps on opposing sides of the green. On the upside, the first out was a great shot. I have no idea how I hit that much sand and still got over 40 yards in carry from a 60 degree wedge. Come to think of it, I probably don't want to know. Then to add insult to injury, on 16, I hit in the fairway, both myself and my playing partner saw it. Middle of the fairway, good distance, nice bounce, and yet neither of us could find the ball when we got there after his shank into the woods and then second shot. So another penalty. So in the end, I was hitting the ball well, but the results really didn't reflect the way the round felt. I had more good swings than bad, and a couple of just pure unadulterated belly laughers. Because of this, I decided to squeeze in 9 holes monday. 40 strokes later, I hit the clubhouse with 3 pars, 2 doubles and 4 singles. No penalties, no sand, no water, no quirky stuff ( unless you count the one and only driver swing of the day that never got much over about 24" off the ground that somehow still managed to travel 220 yards, i don't ). So, the new irons? well, it is probably still early, but I think they are a good fit. They are a good bit less forgiving than the Adams, no question about it. However, getting a shape to the flight path is much easier to do on demand. The distance and trajectory look and feel really good, and given some further refinement and improvement in the tool swinging the clubs, there is a good chance that these should be a solid set of irons to work with for the next 3-4 years while I work that handicap lower.
  2. Only had time for 9 this afternoon. Really starting to feel my swing. 6 of 9 gir. Struggling with the putter a bit still. Getting my pacing back but still have a tendency to compensate right. 43 on par 36, no lost balls, one sand trap. Figure it will all go to hell after next week.... Switching to new irons. Having a set of Burner 2s built up. After spending an hour with a fitter, he pulled these out to try and bang for the buck, I loved them. Feel identical to the Rbz, a little more forgiving than the r11 which I really likes, but not 400 more liked.... They will be ready when I get back from Philly next week
  3. Only played 9 Friday evening. Only pulled the driver for a single swing on a single hole. I was playing with a gentleman that plays short, so though I was playing back, there was no reason to be playing that aggressive off the tee. The result? really solid 9 holes, no penatlies, no lost balls, no doubles, for an even 40 ( par is 36 ). Along the way, we also had the pleasure of seeing this lovely visitor to the course: Blue Herons are not terribly common around Atlanta.... Sunday, I got back out to walk 18. I was alone, and played the driver on a couple of holes where I had held back on Friday. The results? alright except for one disaster where I brushed an overhanging tree limb that altered the flight path enough that the ball came down well left, well OB. Took a provisional, and then proceeded to 3 putt the green. The round featured 3 different holes with 3 putt's. Not really sure what the issue was, I just couldn't seem to get the pace right in the afternoon shadows. All of my 3 putts came on greens with alot of late afternoon shadows. Either way, I finished what felt like a really bad round, with an only moderately bad 91. However, it seems that all my work at cleaning up my short irons & wedges has really paid off, where anything from a 6i in is a high confidence shot. Unfortunately, this work has left my driver in shambles. My 5 yard draw has turned into either a 30 yard slice, or a snap hook with little middle ground. Looks like tuesday will be an hour or so at the range working the driver back into something I can manage...
  4. Being as Dru is my nick name, and I am a huge Atlanta Falcons fan, I use a Red Sharpie, and draw a small greek letter Delta above the ball model label.
  5. So last night I went and walked 18 holes after being down with a sinus infection for a week. Still wasn't feeling great, but had a serious case of cabin fever going. The front 9 went swimmingly,including my first and probably only ever 300 yard drive on the par 5 #5. Perfect launch, slight draw, great carry, landed on a very very hard and dry downhill slope on the fairway and rolled a full 30 yards to 302. Shot a 38 on the front. But then a week of being sick and still not being fully back to speed caught up with me. I was running out of gas, and a string of brain fart double bogies ate me up on the back. As I ran out of gas, that draw became a hook, and very facet of the game went south. The end result, a 53 on the back. Dissappointing in terms of score, but after 4.5 days couped up in the house, it felt so good to play that no score was going to bother me. And for the first time in a week I slept more than an hour at a time...
  6. Well, this has been a fun week of golf. Already posted wednesdays round. Friday I played 18, and much like wednesday, it was par/bogie golf for an 87, with a single penalty. This afternoon, after moving and planting 20 plants ( including two 8 foot, 8 gallon arborvitae, and another 9 3 gallon barberry's ) I went to play 18 with a buddy. Really struggled early with the driver (46 on the front, one penatly), but it started to come back together on the back (43). One thing I am still struggling with though. When I am tired, or not really 'into' my swing, I suffer a wicked case of the 30 yard cut, where it is out there at 230, but it is right of the target by 30 yards due to side spin. The problem is that when I'm not in my swing I have a nasty habit of pulling the club in a more outside - in swing path. Today was a good example. For the first 5 holes I was pushing everything out to the right, and it was not just a push, but a straight launch with a cut late in the flight path. As I settled into the swing motion though, everything settled back into my neutral to 5 yard draw. On 16 however, I was getting greedy. Went shortcut over the trees. Played for a 15 yard draw, got 5, and ended up in the front side bunker. Up and down the 2 putt for par. One thing is for certain. I *can* over compress a Staff 50 to the point where it is obvious to anyone that the ball is lifeless and flat on launch :-) . Still loving the MG Tour's though. I am afraid that my 18.5 index is history when the 15th hits and GHIN rolls over to newer numbers. I'm afraid that 18.5 is going to be a 15 when the last 4 rounds go into the GHIN....
  7. Ouch! hope the back loosens up. Nothing worse than back pain.
  8. Twiddling my thumbs waiting on work stuff...

  9. Crazy day at the office, so I decided to bail out on the run, and go walk 9 holes instead. Didn't feel like warming up, and figured I'd be racing the rain, so straight to the 1st. A bit of stretching and warm up swings while waiting for a father with his young son in front of me. 1 - 1w @ 262 to the beach, 8i from the sand to 50y out, LW to 12 feet, 2 putt for bogey. 2 - 1w @ 261 right edge, 2h @ 207, LW @ 68 (a little long for my target) to 25 feet, 2 putt for bogey. 3 - 1w @273 just right of center, 7i @ 146 a little right, and sitting about 23 yards short and right. LW to 16 feet, 2 putt for bogey. 4 - 6i off the toe into the water, penalty, 6i @ 168 to the right edge of the green, 2 putt for double bogey. 14 - 7i @ 178 5 yards left of center, 7i @ 172 to the left edge of the green, 2 putt for par. 15 - 2h @ 221 a little long sitting on in the deep rough on the far side of the dogleg right fairway, 8i @ 105 back into the the fairway, 8i @ 144 to the r18 feet, 2 putt for bogey. 16 - 3h @ 202, GW @ 101 2 yards right of the green, LW chip to 15 feet, 2 putt for bogey. 17 - GW @ 102 just short. Putt from the rough to about 8 feet. lip out the putt, put backer from abour 4 inches for bogey. 18 - 1w @ 258, PW @ 122 to 22 feet, 3 putt dammit for bogey. So in the end, 1 par, 1 double, 7 bogeys. 3 GIR, 5 FW, 19 putts. 9 over for 9 holes. 18.5 index. 85 minutes (and I beat the ran home by about 15 minutes). Walked in the door and the wife had home made stuffed shells, garlic bread and caesar salad on the table with a SweetWater 420 IPA just set on the table. What a great way to end a crazy day.
  10. Strange round Friday. Got caught in traffic on the way so I got there late jumped I. A cart and caught up to my three on hole three. No warm up, literally took my first t shot as I was.. In running shoes. Settled in quick though. Shot 51 over the first 9 holes, and was ice cold on the greens. Missed three putts by less than an inch. But that also includes an ugly par 3 that I took a penalty on for bouncing off a sprinkler head and into water, then promptly 3 putted. Overall , mostly bogey golf. Then I finally settled in after another penalty on 12. Par threes killed me. Put a PW over the green and rolled into poison ivy in the woods. However after that I went on a tear for me 5 pars, 1 birdie, 3 bogeys. All in all a good round
  11. I am not advocating alcohol, only noting that there may well be some truth there. Like you, I choose not to drink much in life, and less on the course. I personally have other methods of shedding the 'cruft' ( I will explain in a minute, patience is a virtue ). The thing is, there is alot that goes into a round of golf, mental, physical and external. If any one of them changes between two rounds, or even two holes, the result changes, often dramatically. Finding a way to remove mental roadblocks, particularly ones that contribute to physical roadblocks is a big key to consistency in any physical activity, not just golf. Alcohol happens to be one much loved by many casual players, it is not a solution favored by most serious amateurs though, for a number of reasons, but there are good arguments that the physical side effects are sufficient to prevent it's use as a tool. Personally, I did two things that have helped me separate 'work' from 'life' a couple of years ago. Combined, these have allowed me to make very real changes to my lifestyle and health, both mental and physical. I've made no secret that I've lost a good bit of weight and gained a good bit of fitness. I haven't really come right out and said it though. I am a small business owner, and have been for about 15 years. During the first 12 of those, I gained nearly 65 pounds, lost a lot of fitness and along the way I turned into and ogre in my personal life. My blood pressure was high, my cholesterol was high, my temper was short, and well generally, I sucked to be around. I actually went back to playing golf as a way to get some time each week away from work and even the house where I was so at odds with my children over inane stuff that I wanted to be away to prevent saying the things that went through my head. Golf at that point, was really just another exercise in frustration. I was playing to a 30 handicap on a regular basis, losing balls and letting the temper get the better of me. At this point, I had already found one thing that was effective at seperating me from work, and that was riding a motorcycle or scooter to and from work when the weather was nice, but I sill had a car and used it entirely too often. Somewhere along the way though, a friend convinced me to hit a yoga class to improve my flexibility. So I did. Now, this is not one of the spirituality style yoga classes, this is about learning your body, breathing, stretching, balance and control. Who knew 60 minutes of sitting, standing and stretching could leave you hurting more than a 60 minute P90X routine! Doing that helped. Then about 18 months ago, I bit the bullet, and got serious about fixing ME. The first step was giving my car to my daughter. I now ride one of my bikes (pedal or motorized) everywhere, every day ( yes, even hauling my golf clubs to the various courses I play, everything goes on the bikes ). The commute which was once a time to stew and be frustrated became a time to decompress, breathe the fresh air. The second was getting fit through a mixture of running, riding, swimming and yoga. The last bit was learning to breathe. Seriously. We all breathe all the time, what we don't realize is how our breathing impacts our bodies. It is balance, control, focus, and other tidbits. Learning to breathe has such a huge impact on our physical and mental states. When our breathing is slow and measured, our bodies relax, our minds can focus and we can let go quite a bit easier. Think about the times you are out playing. You hit that tee shot, and it's up a good hill. You grab a couple of clubs, and go mountain climbing. You get to the ball, huffing and puffing, line it up, practice swing, set it up and shank it. Why is that? Your physical and mental state isn't there yet, you are still recovering from irregularities of the elevated heart rate, elevated respiratory rate. If you control your breathing both during the climb and as part of your swing prep, your body relaxes and you can perform in a more 'normal' pattern. In my own experience, I am NOT a runner. I have terrible knees, and I will never be a fast runner. That's fine, I do it because I want to do it with my brother, who is a runner and is a fast runner. I can perform like a runner if when I discipline my breathing. If I let my body slip into the panting that is so natural when the heartrate comes up, then my performance suffers, badly. ( I can sustain and 8:15 mile for 13 miles if I control my breathing, if I don't, that number goes to 11:30). So, while yes alcohol is a commonly used method to relax your body, I personally advocate a bit of breathing. When you hit that first tee box and everyone is finishing up the pre-first-tee routine, stand up, close your eyes, focus on your breathing and heart rate, let go of everything else. Breathe deeply through your nose. Bring your heart rate and reap rate down. Do this for a count of 30 or 60. Open your eyes, and continue your routine. For me, I find this far more effective than anything else. I find that I use the same technique during a round (or even during a stressful day) to shed the cruft we build up, both good and bad. How many times have you had a string of good holes going and then implode because you get too excited? I don't know that it will work for everyone, but the one big take away from yoga for me was that everything starts with breathing. Control, balance, clarity.
  12. I think there is more than a grain of truth to the theory that many golfers play better after a beer (more than one and things go back the other way). It is a social lubricant. The alcohol places the stress of life outside the game on the backburner and allows the player to 'just swing'. All this, for the very reasons you mention. Some days, our bodies and minds simply aren't in the here and now, and because of that, we overswing, overthink and most importantly fail to focus. The end results are the 99 Monday,89 Wed, 79 Saturday rounds.
  13. To quote a terrible ( but fun nonetheless ) movie: "Let the Big Dog Eat" or "Grip it and rip it"
  14. Played 9 in the rain, not really working score, but working on the game itself. Getting reps to work distance and control on the course, taking what I get to work with. Still managed a 42, with some really, really weak putting. Had to take two penalties, lost one to the water trying to play close to the pin and getting hung up in the wind on a watery par 3. Took the second one on a lost ball that disappeared in the fairway. I saw it land, but by the time I walked out there, it was gone. Probably hiding in plain sight, but I couldn't find it. It was all good though, took bogey on the first, and double on the second. penalties are score killers. Also found that the minor adjustment to my swing and shot setup has really helped with getting out of sand. Had one of those shots that keeps you coming back out of the middle right side bunker on the par 5 #15. Tee shot was a little short in the humid, heavier drizzle, so I rolled back into the right edge bunker, end up sitting flat in the middle of the bunker about 210 from the front edge. The bunker edge I was going out over was just low enough that a good clean swing with the 19* hybrid should get out clear it, and with a tiny little draw I should be able to leave a nice little10-15 yard tapper to get close to the pin. Some stroke of luck though, not only did I get it clean, it took off like a rocket. I was standing down in the sand and down hill, so I could see that the distance was good, and the angle was right, but that was it. rake out the sand, and hike up to the ball. There is sits, about 4 feet from the pin, and judging by the ball mark, it hit about 3 feet in front of the green, bounced on and rolled the last 8-10 feet to come to rest. Of course I missed the putt, but who cares, 4 feet from the pin with a second shot on a par 5 from the beach! Some times, it's not the round, it's just that one shot that keeps you coming back for more.
  15. Well, that was an interesting round... Decided to squeeze in as many holes as I could between rain storms tonight. Hit the 1st tee box @ about 5:45, no warm up, no practice. Tee'd it up, and popped the drive out there to about 120 out. PW to the green, with a little check, and a 5 foot putt that sinks for bird. 2nd tee, crush it with just a hint of draw, ending up in a bunker that is normally simply not even in play. As in, normally a good tee shot leaves me just short of the bunker, and I generally go right at it because that lie gives me the best angle to the the 85 yard layup area. Look at the lie in the sand. in the bottom of a relatively flat bunker. The safe play is a 6 iron to leave myself about 65-55 yard lob to the green. Pin is up, and the lie is such that I should be able to pick the ball pretty clean. So... 3 hybrid? you betcha. just a crisp pick and I am sitting pretty about 20 feet from the pin. Short the putt by 2 feet, tap in for birdie. Yep, feeling good, no warm up and the 18 handicapper goes birdie birdie to open it up... 3rd tee, the box sets up to launch you a little right. Adjust accordingly, and take the shot. Well, I over corrected and instead of center fairway 160 away with a clean approach, I am now sitting left edge on a small hill that is an island of short rough in the middle of the fairway. Feet below the ball, and a water hazard intruding into the line from the left. All I need is clean contact, and I should be golden. Well, not gonna happen. A little chunky with the 7 iron and I've got that it's gonna be short feeling. But, I get across the water, on the fringe... and the ball checks back and rolls into the water . Take my drop on the front edge of the water in the drop area, chip up, 2 putt and hello 7 on a par 4. Blah! 4th tee, it is starting the threaten rain, but no lightning or thunder. The tee box is back at the 168 mark for the par 3. With the wind, it's probably playing closer to 180. 6i it is. Nice stroke, and the ball is traveling nicely, until it gets to the end of the flight, when the wind swirls a bit and it pulls left and plugs between the green and the left side trap. A tough chip leaves me with a 20 footer for par. It looks great all the way to the hole where it lips out leaving a tap in for bogey. 5th tee and the the clouds are really getting dark. Now the 5th at the goat is a nasty par 5. I love it. 240 to an oblique left, another 200 to an oblique right (with a 60 foot tall bushy pine tree in the fairway to really piss you off) narrow, with different landing elevations for both. Strike a lovely drive into the hill on the right side of the fairway to bounce and roll into the middle of the fairway. 3h at about 80% for the second shot, and sitting a little short of where I wanted to be. Oh well, hood a 7i to play under the branches to approach the green. bounce and roll to the front edge, putt from the fringe, get to within 6 feet and misread the line by about 2 inches leaving an 8 inch come backer. Oh well, another bogey. Par 3 #6, coming up. Trying to get fancy because of the pin placement ( front right ), I play for a draw aiming right of the right edge, playing for a draw into the hill just of fthe green to bounce it down towards the pin. Unfortunately, I failed to account for a low hanging branch which I promptly hit and get to hit my second shot from the ladies tee box :-). punch the ball onto the green with the 56, a little left and long, which I promptly 2 putt. Another bogey. Par 4 #7, is a lovely hole. tee to pin is looking to be about 315, slightly uphill (about 20-30 feet) with a brisk tail wind. Hmm. I actually hate this hole. Bunkers guarding both left and right front edges, another off the back right, with about a 20 foot wide entrance. If you miss short, the entire fairway is a sloping affair back towards a valley 20 feet below the tee box, with a ridge that funnels everything either right or left from the middle of the fairway. The rain is threatening... What the hell. Driver ho!. Son of a gun, that thing took off like a cannon shot. drawing oh so softly. It's got a chance. Bam! a peel of thunder just about startles me out of my skin. Dammit, where was that ball? Hop in the cart, and race to the green. Wow, the ball is sitting 15 feet from the pin, on the green, but that's thunder, and probably lightning, and I'm not messing with them. Pick up the ball, jump in the cart and start working back towards the clubhouse. At this course, the furthest point from the clubhouse is the tee box on 9, so I am a long way from the club house, and the bottom has dropped out. It is officially wet out. So, around the tee at 8, hang a right back towards the 11th tee, another right to slip across 13, back to 14. Watching the clouds and the rain, the storm is passing. The sun is peaking back out, and by the time we hit the 17th tee, we've caught up with the two groups in front of us. Both are about to play 17. It's clear enough. The hell with it. U turn to 16 and we'll play it home. 16 is always an interesting par 4. 220 tree lined yards out to a 90 degree dog leg left. Play to the left side of the landing zone and you are sitting with a 70 yard lob or gap to the wide but shallow green, at the same elevation. Unfortunately between you and the green is a creek about 30 feet below you. In other words, don't be short ! Misjudge how much distance the wet conditions will cost me, I play a 4i, but should have played the 3h. Well short of the turn, the only option is a lob to the lay up target, then pitch over. pitch to the green and PLUG. I mean plug. Half the ball depth. Yah, it rained pretty hard, get lucky and make the putt from about 12 feet. A par. dang that feels good. 17, short and I mean short par 3. Tee off with a PW, touchdown 30 feet from the pin, pin high and right edge. Hit the long putt to about 3 feet and tap in. Another par. To 18 we go. The rain is threatening to return, so time to hustle. Set up on the tee, and think that this has been a lot of fun. Take the backswing, and bang. That ball is OUTTA here. I lost it visually off the face of the club. Absolutely no clue where it went. Fortunately my playing partner saw it. We head up to find the shot. I guess I really lost it visually since it came to rest about 20 yards past the 150 marker, dead center in the fairway. Sitting 130 from the pin, with a pin placement that says the easier putt is past the pin. Swing away, and the 9i is up, up and away. Almost no check, and the ball comes to rest about 12 feet past he pin. A long putt just comes up short and trickles about 6 feet away. Give it a tap, and in the hole we go, finishing 18 with a par. So yeah, it was 9 holes in a strange order. In the end I played better than it felt, had a great time, and the rain promptly start back in earnest about a mile from the clubhouse on the way home... It's still raining, 4 hours later...
  16. If you were closer, I'd drag you out to play. Tomorrow however is gonna be a pushing triple digit scorcher, so it's probably better that you aren't here :-D
  17. James, Having hit a 'wall' where my untrained swing seems to have locked my scoring into a consistent pattern, I started on a mission this season to rework things with a goal of getting the handicap down into a range where I want to be ( Having recently gotten a chance to spend some quality time with a launch monitor though, I am beginning to wonder if some of my 'spraying' problems are equipment related. Using the launch monitor, I find that my swing speed with my driver, hybrids and long irons all put me in the 'stiff' ranges, with my driver speeds approaching the x-stiff ranges (108-112). However, as I get into the shorter irons and wedges, those speeds come way down, though my distances measure about average with 150 yards being a 7 or 8 depending upon the wind. I also find that the results I get in the launch monitors rarely match what I see on the course. The result of using the same stiffness across the clubs appears to be that while I consistently hit a very mild draw with my short irons and wedges, my long irons and driver tends to spray around. As a part of my launch monitor experience, I picked up a TM driver (RBZ Tour) with a stiff shaft off the shelf, and low an behold it is consistently straight to a 5 yard fade, with a draw only if I deliberately setup to draw ( and even then I have to set up for about a 10 yard draw to get 5 ). Following that trend, I picked up some new hybrids as well, hybrids that probably don't fall into the GI/SGI category as the ones I was hitting and spraying all over, and they too have stiff shafts, and a much more consistent flight path and distance. Given that, what I am wondering, is if you have any opinions or suggestions with regards to using two different shafts as you you progress through the clubs. Swinging the stiff shafts, I find that I may give up 3-5 yards, but 3-5 yards longer on the second shot from a fairway lie is far preferable to being closer from the 1st or 2nd cut (or the trees). I know that I have a slightly off kilter swing in that I use a short backswing to avoid aggravating a shoulder that has long standing damage that can only be repaired with surgery that isn't really justified for a recreational athlete that spends most of his hours flying a desk (and a 16 layoff from working at said desk is a non-starter on the surgery), and I suspect that impacts things a good bit as well.
  18. Lord, we have a par 3 at my home course that will on occasion play as short as 93yards (front pin, way front tee box), I swing a 56 degree wedge for that and even that I tee up with something nice and stubby!
  19. True, though for distance I just use GolfShot GPS to GPS track club and measure swing to swing distances. It is within 3 yards accurate and measures the course swings. I guess this is the difference between getting most of yours swings on the course versus the range.
  20. It is a neat gadget, but at $249 (plus the smart phone cost), I'm not sure how much value it has, particularly since the 2 most valuable numbers from a LM are launch angle and spin, neither are captured here.
  21. For me, it often depends upon the time of the round. Early morning, I truly enjoy a bloody mary to start the round, and then water or fruit juice for the rest of the round. Yes, I have been known to steal bottles of my daughters Libby's Juicy Juice (strawberry kiwi is a particular favorite), toss some ice in the cooler, drink the bloody mary, refill with water on the course, drink the water, top off the ice and drink juice the rest of the round. Hot afternoon round, it's hard to argue with a mexican beer on the back nine, with water before and after. On exceptionally hot days, a bit of sports drink of choice to recover the salt and basic minerals. Evening rounds? something sweet. Again fruit juices, though in the evenings, I prefer more citrus flavors. If I want the alcohol, this is a good time for a texas margarita, or perhaps just a splash of alcohol in the juice, but again, just one and water to follow. Understand though, I no longer drive a car, I gave mine to my daughter to use. My Vespa(s) are my ride to and from the course, and alcohol and two wheels are a serious no go. So always in limited quantities, and never with less than hour of golf between me and the ride home.
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