Mikedb26

For me... #1 anything Metallica #2 "Walk" by Pantera But would be too hard to pass up... theme from The Office!!

Date 05/07/2023 Course Name Sandridge Golf Club DUNES Course Gross Score 78 Course Handicap 3 Gross Strokes over/under par 6 Net Score to Par 3 Net Score 75 Net Birdies or better 1 Longest Drive 325

Date 05/04/2023 Course Name Indian River Club Gross Score 82 Course Handicap 5 Gross Strokes over/under par 10 Net Score to Par 5 Net Score 77 Net Birdies or better 4 Longest Drive 0 Started out thru 12 pretty good, then went completely brain dead! Keep forgetting to take a picture or two for posting... like I said, BRAIN DEAD!!

Golfers Liftoff is the product which now I swear by, Dawn and warm water, was the old way. Recommended by a friend, that stuff cleans grips like no other. Tried on clubs that have been sitting around, grips ended up feeling like new, spray and wipe and done. Definitely worth the $10.

Hit at least a few before every round, Sundays are tough as we tee off at 7am. Always have found water balls/scrappers in the bag, as long as I hear a few "cracks" (joints not clubface and ball) before the first official shot, I'm good. Never practicing before playing, always getting loose.

Dr Kwon Golf... not for everyone. His reprogramming videos get a bit long, especially when students can't/don't grasp his methods, but if you get it, you'll love it BeBetterGolf... he gets a bit annoying from time to time, but he means well, student of Dr Kwon Fried Eggs Golf... the older videos were hilarious. "Martini tees, they're like gold to old people" Rick Shiels, James Robinson both have good content, go to great courses, are informative enough and seem like really good guys Alex Etches is our favorite. VERY entertaining *For me, Dr Kwon and the biomechanical aspect really helped, swing wise as well as flexibility. Watch the rest for the occasional review of equipment, mostly for pure entertainment.

Date 04/30/2023 Course Name Sandridge Golf Club LAKES Course Gross Score 78 Course Handicap 4 Gross Strokes over/under par 6 Net Score to Par 2 Net Score 74 Net Birdies or better 5 Longest Drive 336 Drive was down wind, tbh... heavily downwind.

Currently have Sun Mountain C130S, loved the idea of cart bag storage with the stand. Could walk/carry with the C130S, even though I don't, I'd just have to pack lighter. It replaced a MIZUNO cart bag, made by Sun Mountain, because the interior structure began to fail after about 10 months. A cart bag that stops standing on its own kinda sucks. Have an actual MIZUNO carry bag, was a gift, that holds spare clubs. My issue with SM is the color, after a few years, fades out, and the putter well rubber lining removes itself (2 for 2). I may get a bit of ribbing for this one in the forum... waiting for delivery on the new for 2023 NEVR LOOZ. Going to give the NL a try, will post a review after a month or two. Like the theory behind it, and the fact it's very different. MGS years ago included the NL in most wanted testing, finished near the bottom, I'm still intrigued.

Date 04/27/2023 Course Name John's Island Club West Gross Score 82 Course Handicap 6 Gross Strokes over/under par 10 Net Score to Par 4 Net Score 76 Net Birdies or better 3 Longest Drive 315 Awesome course, tough fast undulating greens and elevation, surprisingly, for Vero Beach.

Date 04/23/2023 Course Name Sandridge Golf Club DUNES Course Gross Score 77 Course Handicap 3 Gross Strokes over/under par 5 Net Score to Par 2 Net Score 74 Net Birdies or better 2 Longest Drive 0 Stupid mental mistakes (i.e. #2) ruin a semi-decent round

Date 04/16/2023 Course Name Sandridge Golf Club LAKES Course Gross Score 76 Course Handicap 4 Gross Strokes over/under par 4 Net Score to Par 0 Net Score 72 Net Birdies or better 6 Longest Drive 0 Putting still a letdown, but finally played better otherwise.

Date 04/09/2023 Course Name Sandridge Golf Club DUNES Course Gross Score 80 Course Handicap 3 Gross Strokes over/under par 8 Net Score to Par 5 Net Score 77 Net Birdies or better 1 Longest Drive 0 Another round of dumb mental mistakes and mediocre putting

Began playing after college, golf was a nerd sport when I was in high school. First round was with my college baseball team, post season get together, hooked ever since. Soooooo... 1991 was ground zero for this study in frustration. Not sure they are in the proper order, but it's close *forgot PING ISI Nickel, and from reading other posts. The Hogan's were Radial, no apex in the name (I think)

Date 04/02/2023 Course Name Sandridge Golf Club LAKES Course Gross Score 78 Course Handicap 4 Gross Strokes over/under par 6 Net Score to Par 2 Net Score 74 Net Birdies or better 3 Longest Drive 0

Date 03/30/2023 Course Name Indian River Club Gross Score 80 Course Handicap 4 Gross Strokes over/under par 8 Net Score to Par 4 Net Score 76 Net Birdies or better 1 Longest Drive 0

Date 03/27/2023 Course Name Sandridge Golf Club DUNES course Gross Score 78 Course Handicap 2 Gross Strokes over/under par 6 Net Score to Par 4 Net Score 76 Net Birdies or better 3 Longest Drive 0 Way to take care of those par 5's!

Date 03/22/2023 Course Name Sandridge Golf Club DUNES Course Gross Score 79 Course Handicap 2 Gross Strokes over/under par 7 Net Score to Par 5 Net Score 77 Net Birdies or better 1 Longest Drive 0

Date 03/19/2023 Course Name Sandridge Golf Club Gross Score 74 Course Handicap 4 Gross Strokes over/under par 2 Net Score to Par -2 Net Score 70 Net Birdies or better 5 Longest Drive 0

Current GHIN is 3.9, when entering course handicap it just took the 3, not the. 9. The net birdies is 6 with the 3.9, or 5 with the 3. Update... edited handicap above.

Date 03/15/2023 Course Name Sandridge Golf Club Gross Score 77 Course Handicap 4 Gross Strokes over/under par 5 Net Score to Par 1 Net Score 73 Net Birdies or better 6 Longest Drive 0

Date 03/12/2023 Course Name Sandridge Golf Club Gross Score 74 Course Handicap 2 Gross Strokes over/under par 2 Net Score to Par 0 Net Score 72 Net Birdies or better 2 Longest Drive 0

POSITIVE: MIZUNO, SRIXON, PING, Titleist, EVNROLL MIZUNO irons are hard to beat, anything that they forge is pretty damn good, woods really have no idea SRIXON thru the bag (irons and woods) close to MIZUNO, woods and hybrids are underrated. Love my 3 & 5w In all my years playing, probably have gamed every major manufacturer at one point. PING & Titleist also on this side of the list, never had anything negative to say, all positive NEUTRAL: COBRA, TourEdge EXOTICS, PXG, Scotty Cameron, Callaway Will always give props to EXOTICS, CB1 & 2 Fairways were excellent, original Tour Proto driver (2006) was a world beater. New stuff have no idea, just a solid place in my heart. PXG irons at the beginning felt like total crap, regardless of price at the time. Have a Gen2 driver, have hit their latest couple models of irons, like them very much. Yes their ads are a bit "annoying", but respect to someone to throw tons of money at a new golf company and still successful. COBRA nice looking irons, ok woods, but seem kinda lost. Paying Fowler probably tons, but the return on investment... don't think I've come across anyone playing their irons, maybe a driver here and there. Don't think they are junk, but nothing spectacular either. Watched a few new reviews of the new driver, positive there, so we shall see. Cameron makes beautiful works of art, still have my original Futura, not beautiful by any stretch, groundbreaking at the time and very different. Like his stuff, status symbol, wall hangar, investment all come to mind though. They perform but there are manufacturers that do it just as well for much less. Callaway woods are all over the place, great, good, suck, indifferent, back to great. EPIC was epic, then on to so so with Flash, Rogue absolutely sucked, Maverick so so again... Waiting on the final say for PARADYM. Irons to me are take 'em or leave 'em, nothing exciting or gorgeous NEGATIVE: Taylor Made, WILSON, Tour Edge (non Exotics) TM makes some incredible looking stuff no doubt, but I've had 2 sets of irons that have shattered or caved and dented 2 different driver faces (2014-2016 models) so that's why I'm down on TM. People love them, I will never spend money on them again. WILSON is just whatever, too many other ventures to really concentrate on golf. Driver v Driver show really hurt their brand. Tour Edge is just cheap super duper game improvement 60mph swing speed old fart stuff. We will all be there at some point, ask me then and it may be at the top of the heap and MIZUNO down here.

If verifiable from a tournament range then ok in my book. But otherwise who knows where they came from, honesty in advertising... should I say anymore?! If they are like new looking, who knows if they were hit once, ended up in the drink, cleaned and resold. And we that follow MGS religiously, know that's a NO NO!! Years ago when MIZUNO finally released their golf balls in the US, the PGA Show had them for the indoor hitting area. On the last day of the show, the range attendant scooped about 5 dozen into our bags, less they had to take back. Had zero issues, and have used them a few times since. So generally speaking, thumbs down. Like as been said otherwise in this thread, the DTC brands are pretty damn good.

So funny that just 2 out of the first 5-6 entries currently use TM irons. I've had 2 sets of TM irons in my 32 years of playing, SpeedBlades and RSi2, both were complete garbage! I'm so anti-TM that if I find a TP5 or TP5X, I throw it jn the water. Let me explain... got fitted and purchased 2016 M1, awesome driver until the face caved in, I was given an M2 as a replacement, and the face dented also, another M2 replacement and that thing had some serious issues. Whether it was a manufacturing issue or whatever, it felt, sounded and reacted like a 2nd grader built it, done with their drivers. Not saying where I purchased it, but it's a prominent golf store in the Melbourne, FL area, didn't get it from ebay if anyone's wondering. SpeedBlades, had one head fly off and the 4 iron, the insides of the cavity completely shattered, sounded like a second hand baby rattle. Through a rep had them exchanged for the RSi2. Within 14-18 months, their much heralded speeds slots decided to extricate themselves from the heads, and the 4 iron face started to cave in. With the cost of equipment today, no idea why ANYONE would buy TM when there's so many others, especially MIZUNO and SRIXON. Guaranteed if Tiger, Rory, Morikawa, et al weren't paid handsomely, they wouldn't chose TM. With that being said, wonder how many of those on any tour, would be playing what they do if they WERE NOT paid. Just my opinion and experience, I can hear the TM fanboys lighting their torches and coming for my head. Let the ripping begin...