tony@CIC

So how did the Newton shaft work for you? I've got some golf bucks to burn but now sure I want to experiment with a $250 shaft.

Down here you can tell a native born Floridian from us transients. When it gets below 60, even with no wind and sunshine, the native born will be wearing parkas and mittens.

Weather has been weird - it's been raining in the dry season and dry in the wet season. I feel bad for the snowbirds and those that decided to visit Florida this past weekend. Not only did it rain most of the weekend, but our courses are cart path only today. Men's group golf was cancelled early this morning but a handful of hardy souls, mostly northerners or Canadians decided to play anyway.

Thanks @chisag, like yourself, I would classify myself a medium speed smooth swinger. Looking at the chart, a couple of interesting thoughts: I have a King 59 5 wood that I retired with a stock Helium shaft which I hated., the other is that the Speeder is the stock shaft for the QI 10 Max - which I assume is their SGI head.

A big thx for doing the research on the Riptide and search on the Speeder. BTW not much info on the Fuji site. Interesting info on the Riptide, especially the CB which is what I have on my 3 wood. The lack of info on the Speeder NX might be due to it's 'newness'. It seems to have appeared with the Stealth 2 as a stock shaft. My SIM 2 had a Fuji Airspeeder 49g shaft and a fellow golfer who has a Stealth has an identical stock Airspeeder. If you do run across Airspeeder that would be great. In the meantime I might just search online for a discounted Riptide CB driver shaft to quench that desire to burn through some equipment money and have a bit of fun experimenting.

I could spend the $600 for the Q10 but looking for an inexpensive upgrade to narrow the difference in drive #'s. On average, the Stealth 2 is the longest driver I've had/tested and at this point and I love everything about it - I'm just tinkering to add a bit more consistency. Note: I'm happy with the distance on my shorter drives - I would just like to have every drive look like my longest drive. Additional background: I spend a lot of time on the range with impact tape to ensure swing consistency, and I'm almost OCD about set-up (I even have a special mark on my tees), so I'm less concerned about hitting it on the screws. The distance differential could be the result of physical (starting out cold on the first tee or sluggishness and need a quick energy fix) ,or it could be mental (having to hit a drive over a water). Or maybe this is just a desire to spend $100 on equipment since I haven't bought anything recently.

I'm toying around with the idea of replacing my Stealth 2 Driver shaft, keep in mind, I have been fitted several times. However, this is real world experience with large amounts of data acquired through Shotscope: I'm a consistently long hitter with my 3 wood (R Flex Radspeed Evenflow Riptide CB shaft 50 g.), While my drives are longer then my 3 wood, I'm less consistent in distance with Stealth 2 driver (R Flex Fuji Speeder NX approx 50g.). Both are R Flex and both are reasonably consistent in dispersion, however, there is a big difference between the two shafts in torque (yes I know there are different ways to measure it) and kickpoint. As a result, I'm toying with the idea of upgrading my Speeder NX. I could go to CC and spend $100 to get a driver fitting and then $300-400. for one of their custom shafts, but what if I just pop for a Project X driver shaft that has the same profile as my 3 wood Evenflow? Edit: Yes I did have several driver fittings and no I'm not interested in upgrading my Stealth 2. It's been the best of all of my previous drivers, including Callaway and Ping.

I've been fairly diligent in my workout out plan in February with 9 days out of 14 logged in. Note: that doesn't include any steps counted from golf, which is 4 times a week. I'm not using a fitness app to track progress, but rather just working through my documented plan - that includes progressive weight increases. However, I've seen 2 positive impacts; The first is gradual weight loss which is approx. 1 lb. a week. The other, interestingly enough is club distance (primarily driver and 3 wood) which I'm tracking through Shotscope. The distance gain is a pleasant and unexpected surprise and provides sufficient motivation to continue.

Fantastic - you'll find a great bunch of users here.

I was going to watch it this weekend, but the news feeds, pictures and overall antics quickly convinced me I don't want to watch a party. On a broader note, while I use to watch Tour events, especially on Sundays, I've been losing interest, although I will check the PGA App leaderboard just to see where my favs ended up.

Love the photos. I'm envious of the guys that can create bodywork like that - both welding and painting.

Is anyone doing asymmetrical strength training? One thing my fitness instructor (my daughter) identified is that I'm stronger on my left side (coincidently I'm a lefty) then my right side. Last night as I was trying to get to sleep, I wondered what effect that has on my golf swing, since my weaker side is the lead or 'pulling' side and the trail is the 'pushing' side. Doing a bit of research this morning I found out that the 'pull' side has a bigger effect on the directionality and speed than the 'push' side. According to one research article - focus on the lead arm will result in straighter drives. While that is not the result I'm looking to achieve, I'm now thinking that focusing a bit more on right side strength training might yield some improved swing speed results. Your thoughts?

Car porn at its finest - thx for sharing! Be sure to send us pics from your car show as well.

Coincidently there was a article in my Apple News Fitness section yesterday ; University of New Mexico health expert Dr. Abinash Achrekar spoke on the aging process. He said age-related muscle loss starts much earlier than people may think. "The process, called sarcopenia, or age-related muscle loss, can begin as early as age 35," Achrekar said. "People can lose 1-2% of their muscle mass, with it turning into fat instead." As aging continues, this muscle-loss percentage increases, especially for those who do not do strength-based training. "After age 60, that can jump to 3% a year," Achrekar said. "That doesn't sound like much, but average adults who don't do regular strength training can lose 4 to 6 pounds of muscle per decade."

On Waze scale: Interesting output on muscle mass - wonder how accurate it is. I'm at a point now of trying to figure out what affect my workouts have been on increasing muscle mass. However, I can attest to the fact that it has increased my on-course performance as I track distances for each club via Shotscope. The improved performance via workouts have had a better effect on my distances then using a speed training device like SuperSpeed. FYI - one sobering statistic I read recently is that one loses 1% of muscle mass each year over 40, not sure how accurate that is.

What a difference a day makes - guess that's what keeps us coming back to this game: Friday, Feb 2nd men's group: I couldn't do anything right - driver, irons, etc nothing worked - ended up with a 93. sheeesh! Saturday, Feb 3rd: Couples 18. I crashed and burned on a couple of holes but overall not too bad with 3 birdies and 4 pars for an 83. I won't mention the Ob or the waterball . Notable 'Shots of the Day' #10 driving green has been elusive for me in the past. a short par 4 and I've been everywhere but the green. In the water, in the bunker, in the woods on the right. Success today with a drive adjacent to the green. A short pitch and a one putt for a birdie. #17 A halfway decent drive, but I topped my hybrid. No worries I chipped in for another birdie.

Sounds like you went to one of those big box stores that contracts out eye exams to traveling optometrists. I had one several years ago (Walmart) and he didn't put his provider # on the receipt for reimbursement. After several tries to contact him, I just gave up and chalked up the cost to lessons learned. As mentioned in an earlier post I exclusively deal with my Ophthalmologist's practice and buy my eyewear through Costco.

It was our anniversary on the first and went to dinner and busted the scale the following morning. I didn't think we ate that much! Regardless, it was motivation to do the aerobic workout last night - 30 min on the elliptical and another 30 min riding my bike (outside) on our old golf cart trails. Tonight it's back to the gym for strength training. Tomorrow is the off day since i need a recovery day before golf on Monday.

You must have gotten a hold of my round from yesterday BTW I notice occasionally it takes a long time for the app to load (iPhone SE 2021), just now its been 'loading' for the past 5 minutes. Anyone else have this issue? Doesn't happen often. EDIT: FYI, since it was continuing to load, I got out of the app and opened it up again - this time it loaded immediately. Hmmmmm. Thanks again, Phil! I just checked out "My Course Statistics" on the app - great info!

BTW, I also ditched my Optometrist for a Ophthalmologist. The former was more interested in selling me overpriced glasses, the latter was more interested in my eye health.

What a neat feature. I now wonder how much more I'm missing by not using the Dashboard! @PhilM75072 thanks for the details on getting to this page.

Sounds like the height of incompetence. BTW - the best deal I ever got on glasses was at Costco - you might want to check out their price for both glasses and contacts. My (progressive) glasses were a third what the local optometrist wanted to charge me.

Also Hawaii & Alaska.