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Good morning! I have been at my new job for a few weeks now and am so happy here. It’s been a roller coaster of a few years and have found a job I truly love and am clawing my way back in to a normal life. Hope everyone is off to a good week ✌️ 

Good morning! I have been at my new job for a few weeks now and am so happy here. It’s been a roller coaster of a few years and have found a job I truly love and am clawing my way back in to a normal life. Hope everyone is off to a good week ✌️ 

This time I played from the Whites/Middle tee's, the tournament I played here back in May was from the yellow/forward tees. I've played here three times, but I've played the Red course too many times to count, mainly for tournaments. Would highly recommend it if you get even the slightest chance. And don't pass up the chance to play the Red course while you're here. It's just as much of a challenge, and equally worth it. 

Good morning! I have been at my new job for a few weeks now and am so happy here. It’s been a roller coaster of a few years and have found a job I truly love and am clawing my way back in to a normal life. Hope everyone is off to a good week ✌️ 

Good morning! I have been at my new job for a few weeks now and am so happy here. It’s been a roller coaster of a few years and have found a job I truly love and am clawing my way back in to a normal life. Hope everyone is off to a good week ✌️ 

Good morning! I have been at my new job for a few weeks now and am so happy here. It’s been a roller coaster of a few years and have found a job I truly love and am clawing my way back in to a normal life. Hope everyone is off to a good week ✌️ 

Good morning! I have been at my new job for a few weeks now and am so happy here. It’s been a roller coaster of a few years and have found a job I truly love and am clawing my way back in to a normal life. Hope everyone is off to a good week ✌️ 

Good morning! I have been at my new job for a few weeks now and am so happy here. It’s been a roller coaster of a few years and have found a job I truly love and am clawing my way back in to a normal life. Hope everyone is off to a good week ✌️ 

Good morning! I have been at my new job for a few weeks now and am so happy here. It’s been a roller coaster of a few years and have found a job I truly love and am clawing my way back in to a normal life. Hope everyone is off to a good week ✌️ 

Good morning! I have been at my new job for a few weeks now and am so happy here. It’s been a roller coaster of a few years and have found a job I truly love and am clawing my way back in to a normal life. Hope everyone is off to a good week ✌️ 

Good morning! I have been at my new job for a few weeks now and am so happy here. It’s been a roller coaster of a few years and have found a job I truly love and am clawing my way back in to a normal life. Hope everyone is off to a good week ✌️ 

Saw this yesterday on X/Twitter and wanted to say congrats to @GolfSpy MPR !!
In our little corner of the interwebs this is a big deal and these 3 guys (Lou Stagner, Mark Crossfield, Greg Chalmers) are awesome.
 

Your obsession with shafts is like my obsession with putters.  Even when you find something perfect you still think it van be improved.   Removing the adapters will only indicated that you have adapters that can be put on other shafts 😂

... As a life long Shaft Ho, I think I have finally turned a corner. When my back isn't too tight, I am hitting my Ventus Red Velocore better than any shaft I have played. I missed one fairway last round and was around 15yds longer than my normal average. Like anything that is a perfect fit, it feels like nothing and just compliments my swing. I should just pull the adaptors from my other shafts so I don't fall off the wagon. 😜

Good morning! I have been at my new job for a few weeks now and am so happy here. It’s been a roller coaster of a few years and have found a job I truly love and am clawing my way back in to a normal life. Hope everyone is off to a good week ✌️ 

Good morning! I have been at my new job for a few weeks now and am so happy here. It’s been a roller coaster of a few years and have found a job I truly love and am clawing my way back in to a normal life. Hope everyone is off to a good week ✌️ 

Good morning! I have been at my new job for a few weeks now and am so happy here. It’s been a roller coaster of a few years and have found a job I truly love and am clawing my way back in to a normal life. Hope everyone is off to a good week ✌️ 

Good morning! I have been at my new job for a few weeks now and am so happy here. It’s been a roller coaster of a few years and have found a job I truly love and am clawing my way back in to a normal life. Hope everyone is off to a good week ✌️ 

Looks like everyone is coming home today! 
 

Very brisk, and windy most of the round, but thankfully (mercifully?) it was at my back on more holes than not. Still, I cant be anything other than happy with today. Slight improvement over the tournament round I played here in May. 


 

As we wrapped up the round robin divisional play, I thought it might be interesting to share some information on two questions:  Who played in the tournament and did individual handicap make a difference?
Let's look at the course handicaps for those who played.  As courses changed, so did course handicaps, so I had to pick one week.  Here's the data from Week 1:

In general, it looks fairly "normal" in that there appears to be somewhat of a normal distribution of handicaps.  The average course handicap was 9.8.  With the average male handicap index being 14.0 and female at 28.0, in general the people who participated in the Match Play were a little better than the average GHIN golfer. 
Breaking it down further by team, you can see the handicaps for each team member (from week 1 as a sample), what their average, minimum, maximum and difference between the high and low handicaps.  

Again, the average course handicap was just under 10.  Only two teams had all four single digit handicap players and only two teams had all double digit handicap players.  The lowest individual course handicap was a +2 and highest was 30 (again only looking at one week as a representative sample).   Ten of the sixteen teams had an average course handicap less than 10.  Even though two of the champions had the lowest average handicaps in their divisions (Sharky Mac'n Swans and The Muscle Backs), low handicaps didn't guarantee winning.  Duckboat Vol 2 and The Distinguished Gentlemen had the third and forth lowest average handicaps in their respective divisions.
Comparing total number of points scored by each team over the three weeks against their team's average handicaps yielded this chart.

With the trend line almost flat at 3 points, it shows very little if any correlation between team handicaps and results.
Taking it one step further, I looked at each complete match over those three weeks.  I added the total two-man team handicaps for each match and asked did the higher or lower handicap team have an advantage.  Here's what I found:
22 (48%) matches were won by the higher total handicap team, 18 (40%) matches were won by the lower handicap team, there were 4 (9%) halved matches and 2 (4%) matches where both teams had the exact same handicap.  When team handicaps with more than 10 strokes apart, 11 (42%) were won by the higher handicap, 13 (50%) were won by the lower handicap and 2 (8%) were halved. When team handicaps with more than 15 strokes apart, 9 (50%) were won by the higher handicap, 8 (44%) were won by the lower handicap and 1 (6%) were halved. Since this is such a relatively small sample, it's pretty safe to say that handicaps, low or high, had little overall impact on the match play results.   Also, in general, one can say that golf's handicap system does help to create a more even playing field.  
Again, thank you for all who participated (as regular players and substitutes) and helped make this a success so far. 
On the the playoffs!

Absolutely! I think I’ve heard some science behind not taking a practice stroke and it’s benefits. I also do not take one, I don’t take one on full swing shots either unless I have an unusual big fade or draw shot. Which doesn’t happen a lot. 

Alright, great job. When I’m putting good I feel  like it resonates through the bag more than any other shot in golf. It relieves a lot of pressure through the rest of the bag. ✌️ 

Alright, great job. When I’m putting good I feel  like it resonates through the bag more than any other shot in golf. It relieves a lot of pressure through the rest of the bag. ✌️