Berg Ryman

Had a post here that didn't post weirdly. Love the full face and will guarantee that the next set of wedges I buy will be full face completely. The visual jives with me, although I know it's not everyone's favorite.

Everyone has an opinion about the gold ol' TM boys, and in a business where having no publicity is bad publicity, it helps them stay at the forefront of the conversation. From a product standpoint, I loved the products I've played with from them. The wedges are solid, the irons perform the way you'd expect them too even if they aren't standout standout, and I love their fairway woods and have for a long time. From the OG V Steel to my current Stealth I maintain they have the best sets of fairways in the game and the acquisition of Adams only furthered that for me when it happened and they've been reaping those benefits for years. I think what they do with their limited releases and special editions make sense, they make the product look and feel different in a way to drive collectors to it and also the regular guy who wants a cool thing, like their Red Bull Partnership, the Pac-Man Ghost stuff from earlier this year, of the felt touch on the craps style TP5 Pix. Just solid branding across the board and something wholly beneficial to their brand.

Oh no, I get it. I was just floating an idea from far afield for a potential deal. Cutting to 30 tests in not an enviable task because it not only are the opportunities for best of the best type products for maximum excitement and engagement, but it puts pressure on those underdog/challenger brands to really prove their mettle and taking a shot on a lesser known/unknown with limited opportunities is a bullet you can't refire so to speak.

Jaime, so an idea for a test... Caliber Golf and their Hockey style putters or Bloodline and their stand-up putters. This forum and the site can really probably be credited with the rise of LAB Golf in the general population, I'd be intrigued to see if one of these other putter styles could get a similar benefit. It's a bit of a niche for sure and one that many may not wish to pursue, but could be a nice wild card entry.

Up early to get a bus to NYC for an extended weekend vacation with the missus, Broadway, NYCWFF, Orville Peck, and perhaps Liberty/Lynx game 5 await. Be well everyone

Leave them wanting more, I'll be a bit more open here that it isn't from the "Big 5" OEMs at this point, nor is it the brand of iron currently in the bag for me.

As I continually think of irons for 2025, a new set has entered that chat, and it's an outside choice... but that's staying under the hat for now.

I feel as if I was a little to 'hot take' in my Rodgers assessment, and I think @GolfSpy_KFT put it better. He undoubtedly has arm talent in a way that few ever had, but he's so specifically a 'his way' guy that I can't get on board with him the same way other great QB's who made late career switches and succeeded like Tom and Peyton, or even someone like a Kurt Warner who was super solid with Arizona. This feels like Kansas City Montana to me, with more drama, less success, and an overwhelming attempt to satiate the league's largest ego. All time it isn't going to be a knock against him to most, but it's baffling to watch and will be written about for years once the Jets go back to trash again, if they aren't already there.

I just don't get it, torpedoing everything for the whims of one guy. It's not like Tampa brought in Edelman and Amendola and others for Brady, or Reggie Wayne materialized in Denver for Peyton. Maybe it's proof Rodgers isn't this great QB, maybe he's a system guy who needs to feel confident in his system and can't play outside it. Also, as someone who watched Nathaniel Hackett at Syracuse and then Buffalo, dude has failed upward spectacularly for someone who I don't think is very good.

I'm down there this week with the wife on vacation. If I see him, I'll report back.

Jets trade for Devante Adams and go full LA Lakers. This is shameless and sad for a franchise that has been a laughing stock for years. A new low even for them.

Just picked up 3 Tour Response Stripes in Orange for my SU WBB NIL fundraising scramble on Sunday. It's going to be 50 degrees and rainy... Game on with a softer ball

And Jaime distills it down to 7 words and one abbreviation. Most Wanted testing allows me to set expectations for what I might want to try in fittings or buy for myself knowing my specs and some of the data is helpful for some differentiation in ideas as well. Hope you take to here like a duck to water @DerbyGolf

In the last 15 years, save for a test of the OG Stroke Lab putter, I've used two putters primarily. The Nickent Pipe and the SIK Flo. Went to SIK in 2021 after a long hard look at some stats on the Pipe, and don't think we're making a change for another 10 years, despite being tempted.

I think I'm going to make the move. In talking with my therapist we're hitting on the fact that for purpose I seek either personal validation or knowledge quests with also focusing on experiences for a sense of belonging. Apparently our appeals department is much more collaborative than Family Court, which admittedly feels very high schoolish from time to time. It might be better for me to focus on minutiae and keep my brain firing, instead of the emotional weight and baggage that is necessary in every family court case.