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I haven't switched styles, I've been using the interlocking pretty much my whole golf life. However, I've known for years I've had a pretty week grip, but instructors I've worked with all said, it was "fine for now" I guess they thought I had bigger issues...ha But last week on the range, a friend who I have golfed with for 7 years asked me if I ever tried a stronger grip...this was as I was hitting high weak fade after weak fade. I told him the above about the instructors, and he said, give it a try just to see. So I did and after one or two tops. I started hitting drives on a straight rope. This was pretty constant for about 20 shots before I called it a day. He thought it would add a few yards as ell since the ball will be landing going forward and not the the right. It was definitely a different feel and one I had to take extra notice of before the shot to make sure I was "seeing 3 knuckles" I'll definitely continue to work with it and see where it goes from here.

Good Morning Everyone, hard to believe we are on the downside of February, and the tail end of winter. We got probably our last and only 2nd snowfall of the year on Saturday, only about 3 inches and was mostly gone by Sunday afternoon. Got a busy week at work ahead, but hoping to get on course or the very least the range with some more 2024 Driver Shootouts. One big thing I'm waiting on is a Graphite Design shaft with an All Fit adapter coming from Will Peoples so I can test all the heads with my preferred shaft. Stay tuned.

Congrats Norm. We all appreciate the huge value you bring to the forum, as well as your stepping in to help with the VCT this year. I really enjoy all your postings. Dont take 3 years for your next 1,000 though

My first experience with a golf brand vs regular consumer brand product and the price difference was range finders about 18 years ago. The Bushnell or Nikon I was looking at was around $300 I think back then. A friend suggested I go to Bass Pro Shops and look a them. Sure enough pretty much the same caliber of range finder there was like $220 or something like that. Golfers are suckers...we'll pay through the nose for things...ha

Happy Friday everyone. Although, honestly it's a bit bittersweet to me. It's the first weekend, in what 5 months that we haven't had football to look forward to. Well at least pitchers and catchers reported this week, and they are playing golf at sunny Rivera so there's that.

Without as doubt the fastest moving thread in MGS history I'd say.

Good Morning...I speed training with RYPStick on Wednesday, boy did I feel it the next day. OH and to be clear I mean I felt the affects of just the warmup not even the actual session Shows you just how out of shape you can get during the winter layoff. But I enjoyed it and I think it's definitely going to help. Weill be interesting to see what sort of on course difference it makes in my driver shootout by the time it's all said and done.

Definitely. The first time is the first week of May. And he’ll be back at least two other times after that.

I not only knew that as well, I also knew he was going to love them! Not because he's a Wilson homer...well maybe a little bit...ha But because I hit them a month ago and I couldn't stop hitting them, even when the rep needed to leave. They felt so good and just flat out performed. I respect everyone's thoughts. But I honestly don't see how some are saying they are no different than the D9 Forged. I don't think they have hit them to say that. I had the D9 Forged for a couple months and they were nice, but no where near the performance of these. Well, you just might get to see a set in Williamsburg

So two of my favorite places for dinner in Williamsburg are both a bit on the nicer side than diners. But for dinners I've always loved Trellis, mainly because of their famous desert Death by Chocolate and a nice steak and seafood house right outside the gates of Kingsmill called Whaling Company. I'm pretty sure our package does not include breakfast, but I'll check on it to be sure.

Exactly. Matt Painter seems like a nice enough guy and Indiana is nice state. I just dont' see him as a top level X and O guy.

Can't argue with Uconn. You don't think Purdue will fold like a cheap lawn chair this year, as they do every March

Yeah indeed, the relaxed transfer rules and players still playing with a COVID year has really made it a wide open tournament, no heavy favorite this year from what I see. But I still like my Tarheel's chances. Although @revkev Huskies are looking pretty dominant right now.

Good Morning, Everyone. Great game last night! The bad news is we have 206 days until Football Starts up again for real! Well at least there will be a lot of golf to play and watch between now and then, and of course the Madness of March. But I always get a bit sad at the end of the football season. Only 17 games, well more if you happen to follow a good team. Those 17 go so fast!!

What a fantastic read. Well Done! Thanks for taking us along on your journey. Those LM’s can be real smartasss can’t they? Always beating us over the head with facts!

Ha. I had to ha e matching headcovers. Maybe I should start a FW shootout. Ha On second ty…..nah!!

You should definitely be excited. Also don’t sleep on the 3 wood. I don’t hit it off the tee yesterday. But k had two from the fairway that were launched. And normally I don’t have a lot of luck with 3woods off the deck.

No doubt. It willl get a more fair shot once I get the Graphite Design shaft with the All Fit adapter so I csn hit all the drivers with that shaft. Definitely stay tuned. More to come.

Thanks. I’d say on average k was 10 yards further than my normal drives wjfb tbr TSR1. Great question on if I stuck it well or the forgiveness. Defiantly two drives that I defiantly had a good strike on led to my two longer drives. Tbe one 217 and another at 212. But to the forgiveness. There was one that was a dead push to the right—intentionally so as there is a water hazard all the way down the left. But k hit it higher than I wanted and it got into the wind. I got down to the ball and it was about 10 yards past a bunker that I have been short of before on decent bits. So a ballon ball into the wind measures at 191 where I promise you that with my other driver would have bend 178 go maybe 180. I really don’t want to get caught up in the honeymoon hyperbole of a new shiny toy. But there really is something special about this driver.

So I played my first 9 holes since Thanksgiving Friday today. Yeah, it's been that long, lots going on this winter. It was an extremely nice February day here, low 60's and a bit of a breeze but not horrible. Took the QI10 out, results were very positive. Fairways hit 5/7 and the two misses were about 2 feet into the rough on each hole. I was pleased with the distance for the time of year and lack of being in playing shape. Most drives (GPS measured) were mid 190's with a long of 217. Of the 7 holes 5 of them played into that slight breeze. The best thing about the driver, is it sets up to the ball beautifully and is very easy to swing. I do think the shaft might be providing a bit too much spin for me, I saw that on my last range session with the Full Swing as well. I have a Graphite Design VR coming which is a bit firmer in the tip. I'm ordering the All Fit system for it, so I'll be able to try each head with that shaft. The buddy I played with today professed he thinks the shootout is over, and I should just keep this in the bag, saying there's no way the other drivers are going to beat it. HA

Congrats to your son! As a former Hilton GM for 20 plus years and having opened many hotels, I'd be happy to be a sounding board for him if needed, feel free to PM me and I'll give you my contact info if you want to pass it on to him. Opening hotels are a very definitive thing. Once you're done, you say one of two things. That was great, where's the next one I can't wait to get after it or Never Again! Don't even ask!! Ha I was obviously in the former area. Good Morning to everyone else...Going to get some unseasonable warm temps here the next few days, and I have so much to do work wise, but also so many new clubs to try out, the driver shootout, the new SM10 wedges that came in and a project that I'm working on that I can talk about in a couple weeks perhaps.

The latest session this week didn't got so well, You ever have one of those days that your swing decides it's going to just do anything but what it's supposed to. I mean not even close. That was my session this week. Out of 30 or 40 shots with 3 different drivers I may have hit half a dozen useable shots. For example my usual driver AOA is 2-4 degrees up, 90% of the drives were 2-3 degrees down which was giving me crazy spin near and over 4,000 RPM I took out the Qi10, PING 10K with the KBS TD Shaft--I have decided that's not a good shaft for me and the defending Champ TSR1 with the GD Di 5. The best drive of the day was with the TSR1 at 227 and 123 ball speed, but other than that the TSR1 and Qsi10 were both pretty consistent and near each other in and around the 206 mark. But the bad swign, combined with some chilly temps and wind, didn't make it too worth while. Will try again in the next day or two.

Yeah, the new one is definitely getting good reviews. I had the Gen 5 I believe, and it was pretty good. I can't recall if I stuck that one in the 2022 Shootout toward the end or not.

You know that strikes me that I might look into ordering a Grpahite Design with the All Fit Tip if I can from WP or somewhere.

Didn’t pay for that one