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And a hopefully Happy Monday to you! (..despite it being Tax Day.....) Slept in a bit this morning, guess I needed a little extra sack time, and now sitting out back enjoying the sun and warmth .. but not enjoying the omnipresent spring-to-fall suburban sounds of leaf blowers... Played an ok 9 holes yesterday .. things seem to trending in a good direction (well.. for now at least ) .. and got back home to catch the last few groups on the Back 9. Looked like there were gonna be a few challenges for Scottie's lead, but .. wow .. talk about keeping your cool and hitting the shots So nothing special or urgent here today - taxes were done and paid - so maybe a little house cleaning and look at something else sitting on the old To Do list. Maybe Have a good one!!

Happy day people!! Had a good practice sesh yesterday - enhanced by an onslaught of a bit of Scottish weather, but I took that as a positive sign from Ye Olde Golf Gods Heading for 9 a little later with my honey .. mostly clear and slightly cool temp, with a manageable level of wind. Enjoy the day everyone!! If you haven't seen it check out the "Otto-Phlex" thread... https://forum.mygolfspy.com/topic/53310-shaft-hack-the-otto-phlex-journey/ The basic idea is to test out lighter and flexier shafts, eg say you play 70X now you'd try a 50A. Didn't work out for some people but for a majority, it seems .. including me .. it was very literally a game changer!! Looked like a truly awesome event, unfortunately just a minutes outside of an easy drive for me (plus we had dinner guests last night). Glad it worked out so well!! Yyyessss!! See? Just talking about a new exercise and diet program has already shown benefits Keep up the good work man!! Very nice!! Next time go out with a clear, focused, "present" mind and look out course record!!

If there's a delay during the front or back 9, I do one or more of... Sit on the seat on my push cart and look off to the side of the course and just daydream; Pretend I'm a 10 year old boy (not very hard really ) and just let my attention jump around from thing to thing around me; Grab an extra ball and a wedge and work on small chips. If there's a lineup / delay at the turn I'll take the glove off and... go hit the restroom (whether I have to go or not); check out the snack bar (whether I'm hungry or not); check messages or emails on my phone; maybe roll a few putts as the practice green is right there. So in either case it's all about keeping yourself "busy" / engaged with something else .. distracted from / not stressing about the delay!!

I wonder if that means counter-balanced? Everyone's different obviously but for me a CB shaft didn't work well in the driver.

Sorry guys don't hate on me but I don't have to count calories... Do, of course, have to be mindful of how much I eat per meal and not to overdo it multiple days in a row .. but overall I'm really lucky to still have a reasonably decent metabolism...

Lemme know if you do make it down to that - I'm less than a half hour from Bethpage Park!

Not interested in a broomstick, at least at this time, but that was a great info-packed write up!!

Good Saturday Morning, MGS Troops!! Get out there and conquer your weekend!! Wife is busy with her hair then cooking and prepping for tonight's dinner .. so looks like plenty of time for me to go hit a few golf balls .. continue working on irons and short game... Speaking of wives and golfing... @Erin B that *is* my wife!! She's somehow hit amazing shots out of deep greenside bunkers .. with spin and pretty close to the flag! .. and also chipped in a few times from some seemingly tough spots way off the green! (.. kills me...) Haha but seriously well wishes for your wife's health Everyone have a great day today!!

That all sounds like a really great plan!! Making new habits can be difficult but please get started and please stick with it - we need you in top shape in, what?, like 6 ½ weeks for the Kingsmill trip ...

Not quite that level of OCD but my Flat Coat would do that with his various rope toys ... when I met my wife they had a male Golden who did that with his fav plush Kung Fu Panda but he did bring it back at the end of the day. But check out this Golden on Insta... https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4-6iNNu5rP/?igsh=M2p3bHYxdzVpeXVs

When you get the ExPutt set up, metrics include path and face at impact .. hopefully those can help you, too!!

For me this also applies to iron swings; that is - I find myself screwing up a lot when I try to "control" my swing (eg 'baby' the shot or 'direct' the ball) vs just swing my swing. Example - Par 3s where I will take an extra club but then not give it a full, committed swing .. and then end up short or right or short-right or anywhere other than on/near the green...

Really is!! Along with all his successes I do respect that about him. If you've seen his "Game For Life" video, or read other articles about him, he has a crazy-for-an-old-dude daily exercise program in his home gym along with an over-the-top healthy eating regimen! Really hope trip goes well and the ultimate diagnosis is nothing too severe...

Good Morning! all, if a bit later than typical for me .. wide awake in the middle of the night then out cold from just before my wife's alarm at 5am thru to 8am So sipping my coffee, catching up here. Lots of good stuff going on, fellow Spies! No outside golf for me today - we got pounded with crazy heavy bands of rain overnight along with some of those wild Wyo winds. Calmer now but you can see big puddling everywhere .. so the course needs a day to drain .. so will put in some indoor reps and putting later. And a little house cleaning (oh yay ), as we're having friends over Saturday night, but heck it needs it plus I always earn a few brownie points for doing the floors, kitchen counters, main floor bathroom. OK well hope it's a real TGIF for you and you make it through your day unscathed, unharassed and ready for happy hour!!

Wow who makes up this crazy calendar? Funny thing.. used to have an old Caddy convertible with an 8-track!! Still had two or three tapes, too, though I forget what they were... Prob some awful 70s disco ... @jbern enjoy the ExPutt!! It's a great practice tool!

Successfully salvaged the other day's home improvement disaster (lost a thermostat wire in the wall)... Thx again to those with the excellent responses - and the solution was probably in there - but I used my "Phone A Friend" lifeline and he asked me, 'what's on the other side of the wall?' Light bulb moment! Just a small closet .. sooo... Cut a small hole just above the baseboard, found the wire!, taped it to my homemade "fish" and voilá... ..fish and hook coming down from hole behind old thermostat... ..and back on the hallway / thermostat side.. Put a few small nails into the wall stud on the right side of the hole to wrap over and hold the lower wire (fingers crossed ) ..phew... OK moving on......... ... ... @EasyPutter they can get you near to, but not fully, 20/20. @tony@CIC I hear ya on messing with the eyes! So strangely enough, after all the testing and checking and analyzing - the doctor recommended NO surgery! Said my vision - with my 4 or 5 year old glasses on - is near enough to 20/20something-ish to not take on the risk of surgery. Come back in a year for another check. Gave me an updated eyeglass prescription so time for a new pair, I guess!!

Good info, and congrats on finding something that works so well for you!!

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Below is copied in from a weekly newsletter from Jon Sherman of Practical Golf (and author of "The Four Foundations of Golf") - thought it was pretty interesting and send to dovetail in with this discussion. ... Recently, I have been reading and researching a lot about what makes humans happy. I want to learn as much as possible and apply it to golf (perhaps for a future project). I was reading Arthur C. Brooks' book Build The Life You Want, and a topic came up that I have been thinking about lately. Brooks states, "You can't choose your feelings, but you can choose your reaction to those feelings." He goes on to explain a little about how our brains process information: Detection: something happens (like hitting our drives into the trees), and before we are conscious of it, the image is processed by our retinas and sends the information to the visual cortex of our brains. Reaction: Our amygdala receives this signal and processes an emotion. This happens in about 0.074 seconds! Then, our pituitary glands tell our adrenal glands to produce stress hormones, which can make our hearts start pounding. Since this happens in the flash of a second, and our bodies are hardwired to do this to protect us (this exact situation could have you jump away from a speeding car immediately), there is no sense in fighting against it when it happens on the golf course. But what comes next is more important... The last piece of the puzzle is our decision. Our prefrontal cortex gets the signal of what just occurred, and now we have to decide how we react. Do you toss your golf club? Laugh? Or tell yourself it was a bad swing and move on? Brooks writes, "Recognition of the feelings in your body caused by stress hormones can alter that decision." We cannot prevent negative feelings from emerging. But we can train ourselves to understand them and, more importantly, use the rational part of our brains to replace them after the initial split-second reaction. I often refer to a simple scenario where a golfer has a 100-yard shot. They are conditioned to believe this is a chance to hit it close to the hole and make a birdie. Let's say they hit it to 25 feet on the green. Initially, they scoff at themselves and say it should have been closer. This happened to me yesterday on the golf course. But as I put my club back in the bag, I quickly reminded myself that this was a perfectly acceptable outcome based on my skill level—studying stats from golfers of all levels helps with that reaction. I hit a green in regulation, increased my chances of making a stress-free par, and still had an opportunity to make a birdie. Not so bad! Part of becoming a happier and better golfer is winning these small battles against our own brains. That is why I have always found this game so fascinating—golf is, in many ways, at odds with how our minds work. But I think the important thing is to recognize that there is nothing wrong with getting anxious, angry, or frustrated when we see the golf ball doing what we don't want it to do. What comes next is more important, and we can get better at exerting our control there. ...

Morning Gents, and any Ladies who may be present!! Glad I got some range time and a few practice holes in yesterday, before a few wet and dreary days here (yes I prefer to be a fair weather golfer ). So this morning's adventure is an eval for cataract surgery... Apparently it's so common now that there are clinics everywhere .. and they're busy!, booked a few weeks ago .. and apparently the surgery itself is very quick. This came up recently after I went for an eval for LASIK, where the nice young lady did several tests and checks and measurements .. then explained carefully they couldn't do LASIK on me because of developing cataracts... Yep getting to be an oooold man Would be nice to see more clearly! TBD. K hope everybody's day goes well for them, and maybe see a few of you later on the MGS-CC!!

ShotScope G5. G, not V, and .. yeah strange since I recently sold my X5 to another forum member! The G is the GPS only version, no shot tracking so no game stats - and I know for only a few $ more you can get the V - but honestly I was not good about doing all the post-round editing, and without that you cannot be sure your stats are accurate... What the G offers that I'm looking for is an easy way to get a shot distance.. so I can get a general idea of what the clubs are doing; plus recently they added hole layout overviews .. really helpful when playing new courses. Also has the OG buttons, vs the touchscreen, for us OG dudes

All great ideas, thx guys!! So the upstairs thermostat is not directly above the downstairs one nor the boiler in the basement .. the wire must make a few turns from one corner of the house towards the opposite one... We also have two zones, upstairs and downstairs, so there are two sets of wires coming off the controller board. And a finished basement so a lot of the wire runs are hidden... Was thinking maybe try to - carefully! - pry back the baseboard. And yeah one ultimate solution may be to run a new wire dripping from from the attic. Bottom line? ..I literally need professional (hahaha) help!!

So been working out, exercising, walking building up the calves, going to the range, playing practice and real rounds .. and do I even have to say? .. happy hour'ing Getting ready boys!!!

Followed that up yesterday with a walk to acupuncture and back with a bag of food - yes waaaay less than 450# - and today some swing practice and walking a few holes for irons practice. Building up the calves (iykyk).

Why... The 19th, of course! haha not sure the hole # but one that's always intrigued me is the one that doglegs left - where some people end up in the pines / pine straw - then goes downhill and across a section of the creek to that very sloped green.