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On a side note now I remember why we prefer our new sign up system vs the old way. Ppl can't seem to read or just want free stuff.. I guess the good news is it helps us weed out or narrow it down easier.

Yeah it's just not looking great here. Good thing there is indoor golf!

I may need to come visit just to get my golf fix in!

At the curling hall all weekend. Lots to do with a tournament going on, but it is very much a hurry up and wait where there is an hour of work then wait for an hour and half or so. Then an hour of work and wait for an hour and a half. Kinda disruptive as it isn't enough time to go home, but just means I am here on the forum more throughout the day.

The ball testing was done over a couple days and with extreme tolerances. They take a lot of pride in the consistency and results. Of course any data can be subject to scrutiny, but in terms of how close these metrics can be counted on this is as close as we are likely going to see or be able to trust.

Toura Golf also does blank sets!

I think there are other LAB threads on the forum already. This just seems to be where everyone migrates to.

Get your attention? Doubt anyone is going to read this as very few have chosen to read the first post in its entirety. Only applicants who follow all instructions will be considered. They are simple, but following those shows us that the member can at least read the instructions properly and follow the guidelines we put in place which is critical for us knowing that a good review will be provided.

So Bubba is playing Dynasty and Brooks is playing redraft. I think is goes to show the uncertainty of what and how this is going to look next year or even 3 plus years down the line.

Not a big baseball guy, but haven't they gone through a lot of changes (including ball and pitch count) to improve the game? NLU mentioned this. If baseball did what golf had or has been doing prior to this they would have needed to lengthen the outfield at every ball park substantially to keep up with homerun distance. Instead they made changes to the ball. Tennis same deal they have dialed it back to decrease speed and put less emphasis on serves and more on others parts of the game. We can cherry pick both sides of the argument till we are blue in the face, but change is coming in some fashion. @Golf2Much said it will, things can still change again as history has shown. There has been talks about doing something to dial back distance for a Long time. It's no surprise something is happening and it's still a ways away from happenings. I'm out on this thread other than moderating it for a while. I'll be curious in 3 years when this is 3 years from being away (Bruno Capocalo reference) of these feelings of frustration are still this high or if there is more feelings of acceptance.

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That's just in golf. Lots of opportunities for lefties last season and this upcoming season. This is a re-test set do limited to only the one.

Read the full post. Just saying sign me up is not going to make you eligible.

I would be fine with bifurcation as I've started many before. However too many want to play what the pros play and feel the games beauty is that it's the same for everyone (it's not). That was the original proposal by USGA and R&A. Then there was push back back the "purists", tours and more leading to this outcome. The opportunity was there. It's been missed because many didn't want that. Now we have this and we get to deal with it... In 6 years.

Guess I'm in the 20%? You are right these changes aren't going to effect some course staying open or closing. They would have needed to go further. That way less land is needed, less mowing, water and all that. Yes I do agree this isn't an issue at the Amateur Level. It's a tour issue, however again I'm not going to get overly animated or upset. It's a game, a golf ball and 5 or 10 yards again isn't going to make a difference to my enjoyment especially when there is equipment available to help me regain some of that in 6... I repeat 6 years!

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There is no making sense of it. There are no rules, no salary cap. It's the wild west and whatever goes happens.

Just a friendly remind to read the first post in full. If anyone isn't following all of the instructions they won't be considered.

This is a very timely article given our most recent member test. Also for those that may not have known, it was this item which Jason received which kicked off the conversation for us to get this most recent member test going. Big thanks to him and appreciate him doing this writeup!

Opened this up, but looks like it flew under the radar overnight so it will get the newsletter boost today! Very excited to have another one of these opportunities. We will look for a quick turn around on this and likely only leave it up for the weekend. If this is of interest to you get your info in quick!

Fair enough. Maybe it is due to all the other stuff in golf, but I am finding it hard to get overly worked up over any of this. If it helps golf courses save money and stay open great. Do I think a distance decrease of 3-15 yards will help that. No, if anything I believe they could have gone further or more drastic to truly help. While our many voices could be heard there are bigger voices pushing back. For me the bigger part of all of this is this is years away. Years. There is still so much unknown. We don't have a proper rollback ball to test or compare or even view to make a fuss about. We have projected data and sample results. Not to mention we don't know what added innovations companies are already working on to possible alleviate some of this loss. Also for the normal consumers there is nothing stopping you during your fun games to play the normal ball from now. I dunno, I still see this as being something that has many unknowns and until there even more information with independent testing (likely a year or so from now) I'm not sure I can get to the stage where I am truly upset over this. It could be have been a lot greater of a change, it could have been more drastic, it won't be the last time this happens and maybe just maybe this could turn out to be a good thing? I'm not someone who suffers from a lack of distance and can make up for these changes with better everything. That won't be the case for everyone and I do feel for all of those golfers. I hope that there is some way to negate any potential losses from them between now and then.

Please all welcome and congratulate @Samuel09152 for being the next Callaway Paradym Driver Tester!

I still desperately want these back