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Rough night in league last night, although we were officially rained out and the results didn't count, many of us chose to play anyway. After the rain stopped, it turned into a pretty nice evening for golf. Driver was back to behaving pretty well as there was only one tee ball that I could not fire at the green. Ironically, it was well struck but would not fade against the wind as much as I'd hoped. Approach game was god-awful, but I also didn't have much luck with it either. Twice I pulled approaches that rocketed off the cart path leaving me in jail well beyond the green and, of course, both holes have big false fronts that caused more issues trying to hold the greens from well behind with the greens sloping away. 1 birdie, 2 pars, 2 bogies, 3 doubles, and a triple. I doubled both par 5's. I don't know if that has ever happened before and I hope it never happens again. Total was +10 (46). I don't feel like that score really reflects how I was playing, but I guess the score doesn't lie. BTW, I forgot to mention it after Sunday's round. I had mentioned to @DiscipleofPenick on the first tee that the ball I was playing had been in play for 47 holes, which I believe is a new record for me. I promptly lost it on the first shot (technically, I didn't actually lose it. I launched it into the range and could not retrieve it).

I just finished my first workout. I added SuperSpeed after the warmup and deleted one set of the FFG exercises (mainly because I need dumbbells I haven't bought yet). It may take me a couple sessions to figure out which band resistance (or combination) I need for which exercise, but so far, so good.

I played Saturday, too. A little warmer but much windier. I was very happy with an 83 given the course and the weather. Sunday with @DiscipleofPenick, I felt like I could never get totally lose and "finish" my swings. Not too disappointed in the 88, especially considering some of the drives I had.

Yesterday evening, we had a call with Mike Carroll to have a chance for any Q&A we might have since the app is officially out for Android users (iOS folks likely have a couple more weeks). I found it very useful and look forward to getting going. I plan to start Monday 4/22 with a home-based workout focusing on speed. One question I had for him was how to incorporate speed training (SuperSpeed, Stack, etc.) into my workouts. By way of background, I was one of the forum testers of SuperSpeed back in 2020 and have done little more than some maintenance workouts since that summer (I saw incredible results, BTW 102 mph to start, 120 mph at the end). He suggested I try incorporating SuperSpeed into my FitForGolf workout: do the FFG dynamic warm-up; do the SuperSpeed protocol; then finish up with the FFG workout I have chosen. Since I am planning on doing a home-based workout, it should be entirely feasible to do as he suggested.

The other hole that was greatly impacted is a dogleg-right par 5 and they created a nice alley to shorten the hole. It looks like they are going to let that alley overgrow and put red stakes to discourage the shortcut.

First official league round last night. I had two pretty dumb holes, but was very happy with the rest. Started with a double from 4 feet off the green in two. After that, 5 pars, 2 "acceptable" bogies, and a thoroughly unacceptable bogey. Let's talk about hole #8 for a moment. Apparently, a natural gas company has easement rights on the golf course as a pipeline runs through the course. Last year, they removed a bunch of trees on a couple holes out of fear that the roots would disrupt the pipeline. All the trees in the shaded yellow are gone. As an aside, it would have been kind of fun to watch - they rented a helicopter to fly the cut trees out to avoid damaging the course. This hole used to be my nemesis due to my natural fade/slice with the thick forest on the right and the trees on the left creating problems. Since the trees were removed, the hole has gotten a lot easier for the longer guys in our league - aim left and if you hit it straight, you are in the clearing with a nice view of the green. Hit natural fade and you end up in the fairway. Only a really bad slice gets into the forest. Last night, I hit it dead straight and got a good bounce off the cart path (Arccos said it was a 316 yard drive), leaving me with a little 60-ish yard chip with tons of green to play with (red dot approx. location of tee ball). As I was walking to my ball, the "what ifs" started getting into my mind (i.e. "you know, if you par 8 and 9, it's a 38...") and I could not shut it down fast enough. Of course I chunked the first chip about 20 yards. Chip and two putts for my bogey. I ended up shooting a 40 for the night (+5 for that nine, 1 over my handicap). My opponent shot his handicap so I lost by 1. Most facets of my game were pretty good, but short game was either really good or brutal, with little in-between.

I've always been partial to Freddie and Ernie.

The 2.0 version of the app is now out (at least for Android users). Account has been created and I'm browsing the app. I'll poke around for a day or two, then post some screencaps and thoughts on which plan I will pursue during this test. We are scheduled to have a call with Mike Carroll next week - I will likely postpose my start until we get a chance to chat with him.

First league night in the books and 3rd day in a row of golf for me. Overall, it was a pretty good night. +6 on the harder of the 2 nines (my league handicap is a 4 for 9). I had two silly doubles that even if I just bogey, I'm at my handicap. Driver had been pretty good so far this year, but last night there were more flares - nothing super problematic, but certainly distance-robbing. I think I figured out what I was doing, but of course it was on the last hole. My chipping has been pretty suspect so far this season, where I was on a heater last year. Time to go to the practice area and work on it, I guess, but I'm tempted to partially blame the super soft conditions we have had.

Like Tom, I had a pretty good front (+7) and a worse back (+10). It's exhausting to push a cart/bag on really soft ground. Still glad to be out! Yesterday, a friend flew into town for the eclipse and we went and played 9 after. I didn't hit the ball all that well - a few really good shots and some very average shots, but still ended up +8. This course was in much better shape, so we weren't chipping off mud, and much drier, even though it rained overnight and into the morning. Tonight will be our first league night after being snowed out and rained out twice the last 3 weeks.

I'm with @bens197 here. I just want to set foot on the property and take it in. The golf is secondary to me, especially when you consider how much better the coverage is for the Masters. I would also expect the guy to sweeten the pot somewhat, as it's not exactly a fair trade, but I'd certainly consider it. About 20-ish years ago, we had Monday practice round tickets, but it was rained out for the first time in who knows how long. We didn't make it past the gate. Back then, cameras were allowed during practice rounds, so I had ~15 rolls of film I planned to blow through taking pics of the course.

Got out this morning with @DiscipleofPenick after about an hour and a half frost delay. By the end of the round it was up to around 48 — perfectly acceptable for this time of year, especially since we were walking. I drove the ball decently except for one ball OB that was supposed to be a fade bit didn't fade. Irons were, shockingly, the star of the show. Short game and putting decent. I ended up +9 for the round (17 holes — one hole was closed as they are resodding to green). A full 18 likely would have been a +10 81, especially given how easy the hole we had to skip is. Worst thing was a double and triple on back-to-back holes. Was definitely leaking oil on the last 3 holes — my hips, glutes, and back started to really tighten up on me and I struggled to finish a swing. Good day, though, and looking forward to getting this season going.

I assume I am in

The past couple weeks at work have been pretty insane. Have I missed anything? My wife has been out of town for almost 3 weeks now, so I haven't been to the gym (she has the membership, I'm a guest). My only "workouts" have been my weekly pickleball games. I'm kind of excited to get this started, but no eta that I've heard on the new app release.

First round of the season in the books! @MattF and I got out at Windmill Lakes. Very pleasant day that ended up in 60's. I started well with a birdie and a par. More often than not I am very happy with a bogey on #1, so the birdie was very nice. Drove the ball fairly well, especially for first day out. Irons were pretty terrible and short game was, as expected, inconsistent. 2 very big number and too many doubles, but otherwise feel pretty good about it. Ended up with a 96.