DiscipleofPenick

A dozen or so. Usually two new sleeves and then some balls that survived previous rounds.

Played a very cold round yesterday morning with @MaxEntropy. It was about 40 with the windchill making it a little colder when we teed off, and it just stayed there the whole day. I thought I had a chance to break 80 but I bogeyed 18. After I looked at the scorecard, and yep, the bogey gave me a 40-40 day, which is still solid given the cold weather. I only hit 5 greens, but had 6 more up & downs., and two of the greens I hit were 3-putts. Drove the ball well and played one ball the whole round.

Last call for Deer Ridge (Bellville, OH) on May 5th. I will be booking the tee time(s) on Monday. @tobybtlr @ZoonORama @ElmoGolfs if any other Ohio spies are interested let me know in the next 48 hours.

Stopped in the local Going, Going, Gone aka Dick's Warehouse/Closeouts. They had the Wilson Staff Model for $30/doz in yellow so I grabbed some to try out.

My Vokey Wedges aren't going anywhere. I carry 50-54-58 and it's been that way for a decade plus.

We are meeting at Deer Ridge in Bellville on May 5th

Yep, I was assuming you, @MaxEntropy and @Mr_Theoo were the first foursome. But anyone else in Cbus want to come up? Or anyone else in Ohio? Or any newer members from the CLE/AKR area that may be following along?

Ok so we are trying to go to Deer Ridge in Bellville (between Mansfield & Columbus) on May 5th. I'm pretty sure we have one 4some so far. I need to get a head count of anyone else interested because I'd like to set up tee times this week. I am thinking something late morning like 10:30-11 start as it'll probably still be cool out.

8:08 tee time Sunday morning, so plenty of time for both. Assuming I can win the TV battle against my 4 year old

There is something about the Pix. The Callaway Truvis, Srixon Divide, and TM Tour Response Stripe all drive me nuts, but the Pix doesn't bother me.

Yep there's certain courses that I play in a semi-rotation where they get to me. It's usually the tee shot. On my current home course that alternates between #7 and #9. On my absolute favorite course, #12 has been in my head for years.

Played a very mushy 18 yesterday morning with @MaxEntropy and two other buddies. It was a course I play several times a year, and we had a lot of rain, even some snow, and heavy frost this week. So it was CPO, with a 30 minute frost delay. As it was a sub-par day I didn't keep score, but I hit some really nice shots, especially the driver, and felt like I played the front 9 pretty well with quite a few pars. Things did not go as well on the back, as I had at least 2, maybe 3, doubles. Also, the whole course really slowed down on the back and it took nearly 3 hours to finish up that 9, 4:45 total time on course + the delay. Still typical for early Ohio golf, and I only lost 1 ball to the conditions. Just great to be back at it.

PUSH. CART. I'm not yet 40 and I love mine. I was a caddy for years and stubborn and put off buying one. Never should have waited.

For Cleveland, I'll stick to the public courses. Sleepy Hollow & Manakiki are considered two of the best munis in the US and designed by Stanley Thompson & Donald Ross respectively. Boulder Creek is one of the toughest and nicest courses around. The Quarry, Shale Creek, Grey Hawk, and Little Mountain are other highly rated modern courses. We also have Pete Dye's Fowler's Mill & Fazio's Sawmill Creek. To go a little further out, Youngstown has Mill Creek - 36 holes of original Donald Ross & Toledo has the Arthur Hills golf trail. For those of you who like the history of the game, we have access to that as well. Highland Park Blue and Tanglewood hosted PGA events. Avalon Lakes out by Youngstown hosted LPGA. And most impressive is Clearview in Canton, which is on the historical register as the first African American designed and owned course in the country. All of this and I didn't even mention some of my favorite courses - Sugar Bush, Windmill Lakes, Chardon Lakes, and Pleasant Valley.

US Open, The Open, Masters, PGA