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This is an interesting thought concept. Good luck you all and have fun. Will look forward to your write ups.

Oh heck. If it keeps the peace...give it to him.

@Paul Hedrick. Keep on trying as long as you can, but have fun always first and foremost. Good luck in 2024. We're routing for you.

Only in my dreams.

I wish you all luck as you try this out. For me, bad flash backs. Too many hours pushing a broom at the motor pool and mops in the barracks. Shivers up my spine.

Hey there @Goodgravy. Glad to see you took the plunge and did a post. Welcome to the forum. RB laid it out pretty well. I'm one of those I really need to watch the budget so I 100% get the sticker shock. Nothing wrong with going to a couple or few other stores that will let you do some test shots in their bays. Hopefully you'll be able to get some numbers to compare but go with what you feel fit the best. Only you can decide that. If you find one and that still is out of the budget realm definitely look at pre/used clubs in that set up. But make sure you test that one as well before you leave the store. Good luck and let us know how you did.

Golf Pride Tour Velvet MCC4's Mid size.

Yeah, @sirchunksalot. Those water balls can be mighty tough right out of the pond. Best to smoke em to tenderize them. Glad to hear you had a good time. and things are looking up for you. Keep banging them my man.

Temps dropped below 30 last night so I decided to warm the barn up a bit to let the grips set for another day just to make sure. Warm enough inside to hit balls into the net that didn't feel like frozen rocks. I'm told spring should be here in 3 months. We gained 49 seconds of daylight today.

Happy New Year to all and may you have a great 2024 season.

No range work today. Snowy and 30. Decided it was a good day to go ahead and re-grip my irons. Might try hitting into the net tomorrow. Want to make sure they set good over night.

Aw come on @rkj427. We've had 50+* these past 3 days. Yeah a lot of rain, mist fog wind but eh? What can we expect for Michigan in Dec? We did make a new record high, low for the night. 48*

Good luck guys and hope you enjoy yourselves. Looking forward to your thoughts.

and to you and yours as well @sirchunksalot. Really glad to hear you are starting to feel better and able to haunt the holes again.

@CrazyGolfNut. Yes 7 iron at 130 yards? Cool for you. You are a 9 index man. Absolutely NOTHING wrong with that at all. Especially if you are still having fun. You are a rock dude.

But be careful @Rob Person. Taking into account your fitness level or like me, my loss of flexibility has an impact that says, I'll never reach more than 145. Do what you can do and don't hurt yourself trying to obtain what might not be obtainable any more. Just saying. Be careful first.

@Jim Shaw, that's my exact problem as well. I tried all sorts of stuff but then realized, my swing was always bottoming out there. So I just realigned my stance up to adapt to that aspect and am hitting decent contact many times over. Over year and a half I improved my scoring index from a 12 to current 7 as the season ended. No other equipment changes other than adding the @GolfSub70 Sub 70 004 mallet putter to the bag at the end of the season and testing session.

First off Jamie, Hats off to all of you for your hard work and dedication. You all are Outstanding. As related to your testing pool being thin, its hard to participate in some when many of us realize that due to weather, our season is closing. Totally agree this isn't a place for freebies. Testers spend a lot of time in these. At least I believe they do. Again great job guys and thanks to all those out there that do read the test results. It's our opinion and we appreciate people reading them.

@Benjaminjoly. I don't have any new ideas for you but I did want to welcome you to the forum. Ask questions any you'll be surprised at the responses. Sometimes it might take a couple of days others you'll be flooded. I see you did get responses from 2 of the better posters and advise provided on the forum already. I'd say you're on your way. Welcome and Happy Holidays.

I've used the TS club for years all winter long. I use it especially hitting 2" dia pinecones off the lawn. A round pinecone isn't as easy to get airborne as you might think. You can see some initial flight diagnostics with very limited flight distance requirements.

@srooch2 I hear you. When I was working, nearly every lunch period was spent at a park near the office. I'd set up and chip balls to different trees at ranges up to 100 yards. That daily practice convinced me that even at advanced age I could get better than when I was a young dude. I even found a volleyball pit that wasn't used and used that as a landing green. Able to upwards of 150 yard shots. Man, I hated rainy days.

@Jcole22, welcome to the forum. I'm sure overtime you'll obtain some advice as well as provide us with your experiences as well. Glad you joined. Welcome.

Been under the weather since Dec 1st. Finally felt strong enough to head out to the barn and do some chipping and short irons into the net. Listened to Xmas music from the Trans Siberian Orchestra. I'm sure I drove my neighbor crazy. He's solid country dueling banjos. Felt good to some general swings though. No set expectations other than start warming up.

Cart bag for sure. I walk 95% of my rounds but I use a push cart. Current bag is not a brand one and my push cart is from Caddy Tec. Easy to push and all the space needed on the bag and my shoulders don't hurt at the end.

Using a driver and real balls I'm sure adds stress. I've added a nylon/linen target cloth in the center of my net and hit my balls into that first. It helps reduce the stress on the net. I've had my Ruckett net for over 8 years and have only replace the target once and the net still is flying very well. It cost right around 150. Well worth it.