tony@CIC

Getting a 59* or 61* to replace my Vokey 60* won't improve my game.

That’s impressive!

Rain drop?

I love that table!

Great deal on the cabinets. I just finished a laundry room as well but sounds like it’s smaller than yours - it was only 5X10. I pulled up the old seamless floor and had my tile guy install ceramic tile then I put 2 base cabinets in along with 2 - 42” upper cabinets. Wife of course said she needed a new washer and dryer ($$$$). I did the backsplash as well and had our countertop guy install a quartz top.

Nope on the grip cleaner. I also wash them every few rounds with dishwashing soap. That seems to do the trick even in hot sticky Florida weather. On the other hand I generally go through at least 5 pairs of gloves during 18 holes and they look pretty shabby since I sweat a lot. Even the new ones look pretty shabby after a couple of rounds. I’d wish there was a cleaning solution other than not wearing gloves

Hah! Finally a real benefit for us left handed golfers. Since we wear the watch on our right hand the bezel is on the opposite side so no chance of the bezel is affected by wrist joint movement or the glove

Any updates on your issue?

I don't but I just got an email from Shotscope on a discount for accessories. I'll typically buy for extra putter sensors since I tend to change out my putter grip frequently.

This one will be sure to appeal to the Lefty crowd - an ambidextrous driver!

Great tip - I forgot all about that feature

I found another subtle improvement in the latest update. As mentioned, many times in the past we have 3- 9's, two of which start fairly close to one another, the third is about a mile away. In the past, at either #1 or at the turn I would have to scroll through all of the courses (I've got about 6 courses ) on my X5 to select the proper one. Now the correct 9 is at the top of the list when I get to the first Tee. Also, yesterday I ended up with 65% at the end of 18. Our 3some played fast - 3 hours and 15 minutes - that probably helped.

@MIGregB, no improvement on battery life - at least for me. I ended yesterday's round with 44% which is roughly what's its been +/- a few percentage points. While more battery life would be a 'nice to have' I always end up plugging my X5 in after round. BTW the X5 was working fine yesterday so the blue screen glitch had to be operator error.

Well something weird happened halfway through my round this past Friday. As I was making the turn and selecting the next 9 (we have 3 - 9 hole courses) I got a blank screen on my X5. Thinking I didn't completely charge my watch - I tried charging it in my cart. Nothing - just a blue screen (resembling Microsoft's blue screen of death). Went on to play without it and when I got home I went to charge it - still nothing. Then I went to reset my watch using the crown and nothing happened. I tried again - and held the crown down for about 15 sec and the screen came back up. The X5 worked just fine on gps for Saturday's scramble and Monday's round (GPS/tracking). SS could see my front 9 (before it died) and that it still had 68% power. I'm not sure what I did - but I was trying to select the proper back 9 as I was driving the cart - so probably operator error. As to why it didn't turn on - the only thing I could figure is that I didn't hold the crown down long enough for the X5 to reset.

Great question and one I've thought about in the past. As you peruse the older reviews look at the "Play It or Trade It" ratings - those are pretty insightful and I think pretty honest. As for my experience as a tester, I always found that the products I was testing from Wilson C300 irons to 410 driver, etc etc. were always an improvement over the equipment I was currently using at the time, and as a result my reviews were generally favorable. I have purchased equipment as a result of reading "Official Tester" reviews. Some of the equipment worked out others didn't so my feeling is that the equipment testing reviews is a starting point and like other things we buy, it's still up to you to make sure it's right for you. However, one big benefit to these reviews is that it may identity some brands or models that you normally wouldn't consider, a good case in point is Zebra Putters.