Larryd3

Thank you all for the birthday wishes.

Great to hear. I 2nd the green reading skills of the caddies out there. On a few putts, I would have read the break completely opposite of what was correct and the caddy saved my butt. Also I had the same guy for all 3 rounds so he got to know my game and did make club selection choices for me. It was a bucket list trip for me, so definitely splurged. I'm off to Ireland for golf end of next week and plan on using caddies for all 6 rounds Another bucket list trip. Never played in Europe before.

Did those 3 courses last year with a caddie and really enjoyed it. Just relax and have fun. I'd suggest doing caddies at all 3 courses. I actually had the same caddy for all 3 rounds, liked him at Spyglass and asked if he'd meet me at the other 2 courses. Great having local knowledge, just will make the rounds much more pleasant and hopefully memorable for you. Nothing to worry about. If you bring a larger golf bag, they will move your clubs into a lighter ping hoofer type bag so be prepared for that. All in all, if I go back there, I'd still spend the money on a caddy for all 3 rounds. Have fun and like I mentioned above, just relax and enjoy.

I have a speaker on my golf cart and listen to music during the round but as noted above keep it quiet enough to not be heard very far away from the cart. If someone is going to ride with me, I will ask them if it's ok. I think wearing ear buds is kind of rude to your fellow golfers, makes it seem like you don't want to be having a conversation with them. I'll only use earbuds on the range. But all just my opinion. Whatever works for you is ok with me.

So thread has gone 2 different directions so I'll answer both. I'm right handed but putt left-hand low. Been doing it for years and works for me. Putter grip that I prefer is Superstroke Traxion Tour 3.0

I've been using a Frogger towel for several years. Really like having it wet inside and dry on the outside and it attaches easily to the golf bag. Lots of colors available also.

What we do is have the shortest driver go first and get one in play off the tee and then the long hitters can bomb it. Same on 2nd shots. For putts, as mentioned above, best putter goes last. Trick in scrambles is to have someone that is a long hitter with lower handicap and then have somebody get hot with the putter. Also if mixed group, having one of the women is who is long off the women's tees is always a great start on many holes.

Vessel will let you customize colors on a bag.

For me, tools not jewels but if anybody wants to use them, it's perfectly fine.

Vessel players 14 way stand bag Had it for 3 or 4 years and still in great shape. Very well made.

Why not just choke down 1" on the club and see how it works?

If you have a PXG fitting location nearby, take your driver there and compare it to one of these with the same shaft and see if there's a big difference. Also maybe I missed it but how does it play on the course? overall distance compared to your other driver, ball flight, etc.

I went ahead and ordered a dozen today to try them out. Price point seems decent,

I've had a vessel bag for several years now, it's mainly white with some blue trim. It has held up wonderfully and I use a magic clean eraser sponge thing to keep it clean. Really easy to keep up with it and it looks great. I think like mentioned above, it probably depends on what the material the bag is made from and the overall quality.

I think it's awesome but unfortunately out of my price range. But if I had the extra $ I'd get one. I've had my current Vessel bag for several years and it's been great. Definitely worth the money, great quality and has held up extremely well.

Thanks everybody!

with our Tesla, if we charge it up to 100% the regen breaking doesn't work for awhile until the battery goes down some, think 95% is a good spot to charge to for a long trip. I usually charge mine to 80% every few days or when it gets below 200 mile range. Seems I read somewhere to not always charge the batteries to maximum as it lessens their life or something like that......

Really late to this thread but we picked up a very low mileage 2021 Tesla S LD+ 6 months or so ago. Really a great car. We had a 2021 Tesla Y (short range) that we'd bought new a year before we got the S but wanted longer range. We actually got $6K more than we paid trading in the Y thru Vroom. Really happy we upgraded to the S and having the around 400+ mile range is great.

We were very fortunate here in Oldsmar, (little north of Clearwater) no damage in our area that I've seen other than tree limbs. Still really windy today so will hold off putting things back outside until tomorrow. So very sorry for the folks in the Naples, Ft Myers area, they got the brunt of Ian. Heard from @revkevlast evening and they were doing fine in St Pete.

Selling a very nice condition DF 2.1. 34” 70 lie angle and 3 loft. Asking $310 obo shipped FedEx in cont US. $275 $250 SOLD

I'll agree with this. Great guy to do business with. Really fast shipping and exactly as advertised.

will do. Thanks

I'm potentially interested in 4 or 5 dozen of the white ones assuming no logs. Also where in FL are you?

Our Saturday group is administered on golf genius software so we require a GHIN handicap. If your group wants to use GHIN you're kind of stuck. Doesn't seem like enough $$ to cause a stink over but that's just me.

I only hit around 10-12 shots on the range for my warm-up. Like Dave mentioned above, unlimited range balls are included in our membership. I hit some putts on practice green and time permitting will hit a few chips there also. Question for others, why do some people practice chipping and putting with range balls instead of with their typical gamer balls? That I don't understand at all. Anyways, back to the original question, if I'm playing, the range is a quick warm-up session, it's not a time to work on changes, etc.