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tony@CIC

 
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  1. To all of the testers: Is the only difference between last years Tour and the 2024 the "Align Technology", which just looks like a wider ball mark? Is performance the same? I just bought 2 doz 2023 Tour in Yellow, because Vice was out of stock in the Pro series Neon Green. The ball appears to have similar flight characteristics to the Pro, but I was disappointed when I found a 'nick' in the cover after about 9 holes. That ball was always on the fairway or green - never hit a cartpath, tree, etc. I'm looking for a temporary substitute for the Pro, however, just having the alignment mark isn't enough for me to convert.
  2. That's amazing - I can't get our Cavalier puppy to stand still let alone sit while I'm hitting a ball.
  3. Hah! I've been to your Woolworths, but not the fish markets. My daughter and her husband generally go out on their boat to catch Tuna along with diving for Abalone (in season) so no need to hit the fish markets. Also when she comes up here she brings loads of anzac cookies. Oh and remember courses do have rental clubs - we always rented when we played in Tassie.
  4. When I talked to Angelo last week he thought I was between a 2 dot and 3 dot. He suggested I wait for the intro of their "Try Before You Buy" program and get both to see which one works best. That program went online today and I just ordered both the 2 and the 3, and I have until April 15th to try both of them. In case you're not aware it's called their 'Demo' program.
  5. I have a strong dislike to Greg Norman - but the shirts are comfy in Florida heat and humidity .
  6. I've played at a lot of courses - both exclusive and munis and have never run across people dressed inappropriately. Yes our private club in Ohio had a dress code - but late fall it was overlooked (most of the members were gone). At that club I wore (black) jeans and my wife wore flannel lined jeans - no way we were wearing regular golf gear when it was cloudy, wind blowing 20 mph and 45*. It didn't abide by the dress code but on the other hand it wasn't inappropriate. I've never saw a 'dress code' at munis but then I was never looking for one. Have I seen on the course: mankinis? nope. Ladies dressed linked Paige? nope. I'm not offended by joggers type pants, cargo shorts, collarless shirts, ladies in short skirts, etc. I don't think munis need a dress code - most people use common sense. Private clubs - that's their prerogative and something you sign up for when you join. I'm more offended by smokers leaving their butts on the tee box & green or cigar smokers thinking everyone enjoys being downwind of you, then clothing others wear. As to cost - yes name brand golf clothing can be expensive, but you can buy same brand golf gear at many discount stores and that clothing is no more expensive then your "daily" type of clothing. In Florida, we have a discount chain called Bealls - where you can generally buy Greg Norman or Nike shirts for $20. Shorts not that much more. p.s. Where I think they need a dress code is at Walmart. I was there yesterday and the first 2 things I thought was "do you have a mirror at home?" and "do you really think spandex is flattering"?
  7. Love the 'clouds' pic - very cool. Hope you brought your clubs - King Island is just a short hop away. Then of course there's Barnboogle just a little further south! Enjoy your stay - hope it's a long one.
  8. Had to do the same with our 12 yr. old Cairn Terrier because of a heart condition. It was several years ago - I still remember the trip to the vet as if it was yesterday.
  9. Same here. Since I play the same courses 95% of the time, I don't need a lot of the features of the X5, shortcuts would be awesome. As to tagging, I concur with those using either the V3 or X5, the 'tagging process' is automatic. No need to tag, the antenna in the band picks up the club virtually all of the time.
  10. CPX +3 wraps on everything but the wedges. MCC + 4 plus 3 1/2 wraps on the wedges.
  11. You preselect the 9's on your phone? I have the same issue of 3 - 9's. Most times we don't know which nine we're playing until we check in. However, I was unaware that both nines can be preselected. In the past I would change to the proper back 9 before stopping by the men's room between the 9's then lose gps sat (more often with the V3 then X5) , and forget to reset it for the proper 9 including gps/tracking. With the X5, I found that I can just wait with screen on 'play back 9' til I get to the first tee on the back and then select the course & gps/tracking. It would be nice to preselect but my sense is that courses that have 3 - 9's are few and far between. Given my choice for programming initiatives between preselecting 9's or being able to download data to an excel file I'd chose the latter.
  12. Glad you got the 'bump'. The TM fitter only had me in the standard Qi10, but then that's what my Stealth2 is as well.
  13. PGATSS is 15. for 1/2 hour. A couple of years back, I used a Golfzon sim which was $30/hr for the driving range feature.
  14. Interesting. Did you have the same shaft as in your Stealth 2? At my TM fitting a couple of weeks ago I didn't see much difference between the Stealth 2 and the Qi10. The TM fitter had me in both the 10.5* and the 9*. The only difference I saw was when he changed up the shafts (which of course I can do with my Stealth 2).
  15. But you forgot to mention the lack of "restrooms" on the course. On a more positive note my wife likes to play golf and we golf every weekend.
  16. Yup - I get that! Typically, I do all of the house projects, the last one was replacing all of the kitchen cabinets plus removing the tile floor (off of concrete). The tile removal convinced me that I never want to do that again. Our tile guy had the ceramic bathroom floor and wall tile demoed in less then a couple of hours.
  17. Angelo is the VP of sales and has been the go to guy for most of the members on this thread. Edit: based on the questions he asked me, he appears as knowledgeable as my last 2 fitters - including the Taylormade guy I had recently.
  18. For years the same 4 guys had always gone on a fishing trip. One year one of them said he couldn’t make it, to many items on the wifes’ list. On the appointed day the remaining 3 of them departed for the fish camp. Upon arrival they discovered the one who had bagged out was there. Sitting in his camp chair, by the campfire sipping his favorite whisky , he welcomed the group. One of the 3 asked, “thought you weren’t coming” the guy in question said, “ well there I was, watching the evening news when my wife walked buy and said follow me, so I did into the bedroom NOTE: she had just finished reading the 50 shades of grey. Arriving in the bedroom she stripped down, hopped on the bed and handed me some ties and said please tie me to the bed, so I did. She then said do whatever you want….so here I am”.
  19. Great question. I have gone through several fittings over the past few years, including one OEM fitting just a couple of weeks ago. I'm confident I know what works and what doesn't. On the former, the ideal combo was a Riptide CB matched to my Stealth 2 head (which I was previously fitted for and love). It's also a shaft I've had in my 3 wood and it has the characteristics I'm looking for as a replacement for the stock Speeder NV. At this point, I could opt for that Riptide or I could try and further optimize and that's what led to my conversation with Angelo. He and I discussed demoing both the 2 and 3 dot. And if neither works then the solution is simple pop for the Riptide.
  20. Just had a great conversation with Angelo today and gave him my most recent stats and what I was looking to achieve with a shaft change. He told me I was borderline 2 dot/3 dot so I'm going to try both, I figure whatever one I choose is only a $150. upgrade to what I was planning on buying (Riptide CB), that's the logic I'm using with the CFO since she uses that with me all the time.
  21. Our last condo had one like that - freezer on the bottom - I really liked that feature.
  22. We'll be back up north sometime in August - hope you scheduled one while we're there.
  23. To those that recently applied - this putter is still awaiting the winner. Please read the fine print should you be the one. And the not so "fine print" You too can be a winner! First person to dm me wins a free 2018 Odyssey O Works Black #1 Putter - see details below! Just pay shipping and handling ($189.00 shipping to continental U.S. only, plus undisclosed handling charges). Be the first person in your golf league to say you won a free putter*.Note: it's LH but you righties will probably putt better that way. Send bank info plus DOB and SS # in your DM.
  24. While there are many things I give Shotscope credit for, one big one is that they are constantly pushing improvements out to both the App and the watch firmware. I also think (hopefully) they learned their lesson on not pushing features out before robust testing. If competitors (outside of LRFs) have slope they'll probably have it shortly as well.
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