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Happy birthday fellas!

I've tried, and it's a no-go for me. I walked an early morning round, forgetting that I had pulled my Nikes out of the trunk to clean them off. I was sliding everywhere, between tee boxes and trying to walk up hills I made sure to never forget my shoes again.

How are they out of the rough?

I just gave my son two hybrids that have been sitting in my closet for quite some time. I've yet to find a single one I get along with. My Heavenwood acts as my "hybrid" and is my go-to for longer clubs so it all works out for me personally.

My wife has a Beachbody subscription so I do a lot of those sessions, however YouTube has plenty of helpful vids as well. Just do a search for "pilates lower back pain" and try some out.

I shoot low 90's on average. I do tend to lose a lot of balls, so my closet is filled with balls I've picked up on sale or previous gen - Wilson/Staff Duo, Srixon Q-Star Tour, etc. I've been a fan of the softer balls and since they come in fairly inexpensively, I don't stress when I lose one. Last season I was playing and I lost a few right out of the gate, it was one of "those rounds". Just for the heck of it, I grabbed a premium ball (I want to say it was a TP5x maybe? That or an older B330 RX) and my shots were suddenly going a lot straighter and there was definitely more consistency especially around the green. So early on in the season, like right now LOL, I'll play less expensive 2 or 3 piece balls but once the winter rust is off I'll be switching to a premium ball once I know I won't be losing one on every other hole.

Pilates/yoga. A lot of programs that focus on the lower back also have a lot of hamstring stretches since the muscles are all interconnected. I stretch for around 10 minutes every morning and it's made a world of difference to my back pain & flexibility over the years.

Welcome aboard from another marketing desk jockey!

Here's a really rough mix of a song on our upcoming EP. The vocals are a little hot and it's still missing all the backing harmonies, but I'm really proud of how this one's shaping up.

That's awesome, congrats!!

First round of the year in the books. It wasn’t pretty but I was playing golf with my son, so it was a fantastic time. I watched him par the last hole after pushing a crushed drive right into the adjacent fairway, dropping his approach just in front of the green, then getting up and down. I’m not so sure about the D7 driver. It’s so light I can’t feel it anywhere in the swing and I was spraying it everywhere. I’m ok with a miss on one side so I can play for that, but this thing was all over the place. Need more time with it I guess. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Granola bar and some mixed nuts.

I really enjoy 9 for a lot of reasons. I can fit that in after work and still be home in plenty of time, or vice versa - I can walk a quick 9 before work in the morning (or, I used to be able to before having to stay at home). 9 works out great with my son to keep him interested and engaged, and it's also short enough for him to walk so he's getting in some good exercise. Plus, it's short enough so if I'm having a bad round and getting frustrated, I know I'm done sooner rather than later

I really wanted to get my first 20mi ride in today, but ended up at 13. I was nearing a point where I would have had to go way out and then back to make it 20, and I knew I had a series of hills coming back that would have done me in. It ended up being the right decision, but I'm going to keep on pushing!

Chrome or Tapatalk direct. The app is unusable for me.

I do a lot with music in my spare time, as either a board member for our school's music association, or as a musician myself. Currently working on an interstate internet EP with two friends - me in MA, my bass player/lead guitarist in NH, and our singer in CT. I've gotten back into biking recently as well. I raced BMX as a kid and I've been cruising around the past few months. I'm slowly building up to my first 20mi ride.

First range session of the year! Took my son out and we hit a large bucket each. I only hit driver a few times since the sun was just in that right spot where you couldn't see the ball once it got about 10 yards away. So I mostly stuck with my 54* and scoring irons just to knock the winter rust off. My son was trying out 3 different drivers to see which he liked the best since he's at least 4"-5" taller than last summer so his US Kids driver isn't going to work anymore. I stood behind him to watch the ball since he was losing it in the sun also, looks like my Cobra F6 is going in his bag for the season. His shots were all slight pushes but he was consistently hitting 180-200 yards with that one. He's on the fence about PGA Jr (if there's a season) but he's itching to get back out on the course with me. I love it.

"You're not good enough to get angry" It finally sunk in that I'm going to hit my share of bad shots and it's better to shove those out of mind immediately instead of stewing over them. Does it always work? Nope. But it makes my rounds much more enjoyable when it does work.

I'm in 41-50 group. As far as whether or not it's representative of the age of golfers in general... I don't think so. My local course has had to up the number of PGA Jr teams they field the past 3 years in a row. Plenty of younger people out there. We're just the older farts sitting around on a computer to talk about it

Those look SWEET.

Wait you expect me to take fashion advice from a guy with TWO popped collars? Yeah that's a big NO from me, dawg.

That's a real proud poppa moment right there, and rightfully so. Congrats Penny!!

I wear one all the time. I like the way it looks with some shorts & shirt combos and that's all that matters.

Same. I can count on just a few fingers the times that I've golfed in jeans. Courses up here are fine with them in winter, well the munis and semi-privates anyways. I personally wouldn't be comfortable walking the course in jeans once it's over 50, heck I can barely take a 2 mile walk with my wife wearing them.

Happy birthday, all!