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RobotDoctor

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  1. I just saw your reply. I have a TM Tour Burner suede head cover back from the 1990s that was new when I bought it. I am going to stick with that for the time being. Do you still have the head cover?
  2. I have the 300 Mini that came out 2 or 3 years ago. I love mine especially since I put a driver length shaft in it. My 300 Mini IS a driver replacement with a small headed driver. I am not noticing any distance drop off and am hitting more fairways. I LOVE the head cover for the 300 BRNR and would love to be able to get one. Unfortunately Taylormade isn't selling them by itself.
  3. I was on business north of Little Rock, AR this week. It snowed a bit but I am heading home where it will be mid/upper 60s tomorrow, mid 70s on Sunday and around 80 on Monday. I do love winters in northeast Florida!!!
  4. One of my Masters hats I have purchased during a practice round or when I had access to the Patron's store (2020 and 2021). I like the 2020 one the best as there was no attendance yet I was able to buy one.
  5. I currently game the Ben Hogan Icon blades (4-PW) and these are terrific irons. Great feel when struck on the sweetspot. Great feedback but not as good as the 1998 Apex Blades or previous generations. I am not looking to replace these anytime soon. Too bad the Ben Hogan brand isn't more prominent in the golfing world today.
  6. I saw the release from The Masters Tournament committee regarding 2022 Tuesday ticket holders. I was indeed the holder of the tickets and will reapply only for the Tuesday rounds. It looks like me and my group are headed back in 2023.
  7. Your 2017 Monday practice round was unfortunate. I hope this year is much, much better. I was at the 2015 Monday practice round and it was a glorious day. Hoping for the same kind of day a week from tomorrow! Have a terrific day as well!!!
  8. Hoping for good weather on Tuesday, April 5th!
  9. My persimmon collection in my office staff bag as of today.
  10. No, Dave doesn't have any apprentices. There are some who have followed Dave's tutorial he put on his website and a couple who have become good at restoration. That said, there is only one Dave Wood and that is who I choose to restore my woods. Here are a few of the latest he's done for me in the past year, first the condition of the driver as I sent them to Dave and the restorations. 1952 M85TW driver (pre-production run model), M43 and 693 drivers. The 693 sole plate was replaced with one in better condition. While the screws lined up perfectly, the shaft cut out didn't. Dave added some metal solder to bridge it. He simply has mad man skills!!!
  11. I am fortunate to have come to know Byron and even more fortunate to become friends with him. I was fortunate to become friends with the owner and some of the moderators of another golf website (now shut down by the owner). Because of these friendships I was fortunate in being invited to several golf outings from the late 2000s to mid 2010s. I was fortunate to be able to attend one in the Cleveland, OH area June of 2014 where Byron was also in attendance. To meet him was a pleasure as we had communicated a little in the past. His wife, Sally, went to high school a little south of where I did in Colorado and I apparently still harbor some ill feelings with her high school from a baseball district playoff game from back in 1982. That said, Byron got a kick out of that story when we first talked. Moving to the golf outing, we discussed putters and what I liked in a putter. That is where I made my first putter order, a custom GSS DH89 with long pipe flow neck. I was in Huntington Beach area on business either the following week or week after that and stopped by Byron's shop. He measured me for the DH89 build. He told me he had a carbon Epic Day putter and I ordered that one as well. I gamed that Epic Day putter from September 2014 when I received it until last summer when I put the DH89 in my bag where it remains today. I have ordered a couple more putters and picked up a handful more. The only Byron Morgan putters I own today are the DH89 and Epic Day. Those two will not leave my collection while I am breathing. The last time we spoke on the phone was during the 2021 Masters. Those who knew Byron personally knows that any phone conversation more than 5 or 10 minutes is rather long for Byron. Our last conversation lasted over an hour, more like and hour and fifteen minutes. We talked about another passion of his, persimmon woods and our love for classic MacGregor persimmon. We had exchanged pictures of our collections and I had just received a couple of restored drivers back from Dave Wood. We talked about the design of those woods, those who played them, how we played them and the classic beauty of persimmon woods. He was like a kid in a candy store. I will miss our conversations but most of all I will miss him. I will miss taking him to his favorite Taqueria in Huntington Beach or the prospect of finding a decent Fish Taco in Georgia. Byron was "Salt of the Earth" and such a genuinely honest person. The world lost one of it's better people when Byron passed away. RIP my friend.
  12. This putter is a replica of the George Low Wizard 600 he used. Nicklaus never used a MacGregor replica in tournament play.
  13. My M3 does have twist face. I agree with you in that there can be some interesting ball flight when the ball is struck high toe. I don't really practice too much with persimmon too much as I really don't have a practice wood. Then again, I do have a M43T that was sourced for the sole plate that I could use. The toe of this M43T was filled in with epoxy as quite a bit of wood was removed. It has great grain and is a shame someone who shouldn't have hit persimmon ruined this one. It is a decent driver and would prove to be a decent practice club. In fact that is a great idea. The 300 Mini has proven to be a terrific driver (when a driver's length shaft is installed).
  14. The Epic Day has been relegated to a backup putter at this point. I put in my Byron Morgan DH89 putter I ordered a month before the Epic Day. I gamed the DH89 a couple months ago for the first time since the Epic Day arrived in September 2014. I made a couple putts over 30 feet, a couple more over 15 feet and didn't miss one from 3 feet during that first round. The DH89 has been so good I can't take it out. Well, taking it out for a spa session back with Byron Morgan for some minor tweaking.
  15. And there it is, the right reason to collect! Good for you Chuck!!!
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