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    3 minutes ago, EasyPutter said:

    Thanks Jason!  I'm always thinking of you when I connect in from a golf course to give you at least one vicarious round a week to be out there with me  🏌️‍♂️  and 40 days tomorrow until we get to do it for real at Kingsmill ⚡

    I can't wait Derek! I'm actually planning to get a round in Saturday with some guys from work and it's going to be great to be out on the course after a couple of less than stellar weekends. When though I haven't seeing a club in a couple of weeks, I'm planning on having a good time and not being overly concerned on what I shoot, I just want to play. 

    What Have You Bought Lately? (CHA - Club Ho's Anonymous)

    in The Daily

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    3 hours ago, Indy_Oz said:

    Oops, how did that happen...🤷‍♂️🤣🤣

    Odyssey Toulon Design Memphis putter. A few years old but in great condition and feels nice rolling the ball on the indoor putting mat. I've tried a few mallet putters in this shape and really liked the alignment and strike feel when I tried this and the more recent version of the Memphis. Got it for a great price, so if it doesn't work out after some initial testing I shouldn't lose much $$ on resale.

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    That was a great find on a Toulon and it looks sharp! I hope you sink some putts with it. 

    What/How Did You Practice Today?

    in The Daily

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    6 minutes ago, GolfSpy_KFT said:

    Thanks, Jason! Was good to just feel some good strikes and some progress. Gonna make it a regular routine thing to keep me in check and hopefully it’ll lead to more consistent good ball striking 

    I think it's a good drill that gets you to focus externally instead of getting caught up in focusing internally to try and figure out what your doing. 

    I honestly enjoy these drills.

    What/How Did You Practice Today?

    in The Daily

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    3 hours ago, GolfSpy_KFT said:

    In building off my last post in the thread, I had the BEST practice session I have had in recent weeks last night in regards to my case of the shanks. To that point, I think I had been taking the wrong approach. I was just trying to "fix" my swing by trying to work through it, with no real intent or drills that actually helped me. You live and you learn!

    I saw a drill posted on IG from Justin Kraft, who is a teaching professional in the Minneapolis area. I really like his delivery style for instruction, and as a visual learner, being able to see someone not only perform a drill, but see it repeatedly (thanks social media!), helps me a lot. 

    The drill is quite simple in matter of fact terms. You set your club down on the mat/ground, place a tee outside the toe and inside the heel, and then try to swing through the gate without hitting the tees. I started without a ball and with 1/2 swings and shorter, and it honestly took me quite a good amount of time to get to the point where I wasn't wiping out the outside tee. I made it a point to get "through the gate" 10 times in a row before introducing a ball to the drill. It was probably 15 minutes before I accomplished that, but it allowed me to start to feel the difference between a swing that didn't clip the tee and one that did. The biggest thing I noticed feel wise was that when my arms felt connected to my upper body, mainly my trail arm feeling connected to my ribcage, I was getting through cleanly. If I didn't have that feel, I clipped the tee. 

    After introducing the ball, I immediately hit the outer tee, and went right back to no ball to work on the feel again. I was eventually able to make solid contact with the ball and not the tees, then took the ball away and worked more towards a full ROM swing. I never felt like I actually took a full speed swing, but it's far too early for that IMO. set my goal of at least 7/10 swings without hitting the tee in full ROM, then introduced the ball and worked through the same progressions. By the end of my practice session, I was able to make flush contact and made a point to finish on two consecutive flushed shots, which I did. 

    Hoping to get another practice session in again tonight, but we will see how the evening goes. If not tonight, tomorrow for sure. Really, REALLY happy to finally feel like I've taken a step in the right direction, and this drill is now going to be a mainstay for me every time I practice at home and on the range. Including a photo of my ball striking at one point during the evening just because it felt darn good to make some consistent impact. Clearly still enough room for improvement, but so much better than it has been and I am proud of that.

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    It's good to hear you got your contact issues figured out, Jason. There's nothing worse than hitting hosel rockets. 

     

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    in The 19th Hole

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    Good morning everyone!

    I think it's hump day, being out of work on Monday has kind of thrown my internal calendar off a bit. It's a beautiful morning here that's going to give way to some rain later on this evening. My wife was going to go get her car detailed today and I remembered the forecast right before bed. 

    I made it through work yesterday without any incidents related to my health and I'm hoping that'll continue throughout the rest of the week. 

    It's been an exciting week on the forum with the announcements of the L.A.B. and Ghost Golf tests and all the interactions happening on here. It's awesome to see the growth of the forum while maintaining the spirit that's been here all the time I've been a member. 

    I hope y'all have a great day!

    How'd you play?

    in The Daily

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    15 minutes ago, GolfSpy_SHARK said:

    42/44 today. I played a lot better then the score tee to just off the green. Struggled putting and chipping initially. Came together in the middle with a string of 6 pars then struggled to putt again. Few misreads and giving the greens to much credit.

    beautiful day that was pretty windy. Was very happy with my ability to lower ball flight when I needed to. Had some really pure irons today. Can’t wait to get out again.

     

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    It looks like you had a beautiful day to be out there, Mark. I'm glad you had a good time and it looks like you scored well.

    Testers Announced! L.A.B. DF3 Putters

    in Forum Testing Reviews

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    19 minutes ago, GolfSpy_APH said:

    @sirchunksalot be happy you are not in the PM channel - Its Cobra challenge bad. Especially after the surprise I dropped them today. 

    I could have never imagined a PM thread could come close to what the Cobra Challenge one did, I guess that's just goes to show how excited our testers are. 

    Now you've got me curious as to the bomb you dropped on them. As one of my favorite authors used to say, I'll have to ROAFO. (Read on and find out).

    @Cfhandyman, I'm really looking Forward to the reviews and believe y'all will knock it out of the park. 

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    The Good Morning Thread

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    To everyone wondering about the y'all topic, I feel like I am well qualified (a first for me on the forum) as an unedumicated redneck from SE TN to confirm... It is plural. Y'all will probably hear it a lot at Kingsmill along with other words like yonder (over there for my northern friends). We also don't enunciate very well, especially things like huntin, fishin, and muddin. I refuse to pronounce the g on the end of these. 😜

    @GolfSpy_KFT, I'm sorry to hear about your problems with the shanks. That's a terrible disease to pick up but thankfully it's early in the year and you have plenty of time to get them figured out and I have faith you will. 

     

     

     

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    The Good Morning Thread

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    3 minutes ago, Kenny B said:

    Hope you get it worked out Jason.

    My BP is high every time I go to Cadiac Rehab therapy.  They don’t let anyone participate if BP is 170 or higher.  I take my BP at home before I go to therapy… normal-ish.  Get there, sit waiting for 20 minutes and it’s 170+.  So I have to sit for 10 minutes; they retake my BP and it’s 151.  During the cardio exercise, it goes up to 162; after the cardio and cool-down stretching, it’s 120.  Funny… it never gets above 145 until my next Rehab visit, and we go through the same routine all over again.  Doc put me on another heart med… amlodipine.  I’m already on COREG.

    Kenny, I tend to suffer from white coat syndrome whenever I get my pressure taken, I was sitting in the waiting room at the clinic for at least 20 minutes and I'm the room for another 10 and it still came back as high. It's currently sitting at 131/85 as I'm sitting here with the dogs on my lap. 

    I'm glad to hear it doesn't go up much for you when you're exercising, I was told it would raise it quite a bit and I'm really wanting to get out and start walking or something to get some exercise. I mean, we have a pretty big golf trip coming up and it's bad enough y'all are going to see my limping around after getting off my feet for a while. I want to be in decent enough shape to not be breathing to heavily walking up hills. 

    The Good Morning Thread

    in The 19th Hole

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    1 hour ago, cnosil said:

    sorry to hear the appointment was frustrating.  Hope you have a follow-up and this gets figured out.   

    I'm definitely going to keep an eye on it, it was hovering in the 135/80 range the last few times I've gone to the doctor and it seems like an abnormality to be as high as it is, so I know there is a chance of it dropping. We have a monitor at the house and I've been keeping an eye on it and will continue to. Thanks Chris!

    The Good Morning Thread

    in The 19th Hole

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    38 minutes ago, cnosil said:

    When I first was diagnosed with HPB, I had no history but it was extremely elevated.   If they don’t want to do meds, there should at least be a series of follow-ups to assess if it is better after the vertigo and allergies have cleared up.   

    They did give me a prescription for Losartin and hopefully it'll keep the high blood pressure in check, they also prescribed Zyrtec to help clear up the allergies since they were still enflamed. 

    I just find it weird that a couple of doctors were like "your BP was 180/110... Meh". Lose weight and diet, which I do need to do. 

    Right now I just want to be able to go back to work without burning up all my time off. 

    The Good Morning Thread

    in The 19th Hole

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    1 hour ago, Dead Solid Bogey said:

    Might want to at least consider getting a second opinion. That said; I am hoping that your primary Medico is correct and that your BP is not a significant issue. Take care my friend take care. 

     

    23 minutes ago, cnosil said:

    sorry to hear the appointment was frustrating.  Hope you have a follow-up and this gets figured out.   

    It's frustrating to say the least. The doctor at the ER and at primary care are saying that since I haven't had a history of hypertension it's probably an anomaly caused by the vertigo which was probably caused by allergies. I have to go back to the clinic at work tomorrow to see if my BP is down and I can return to work. I just wish they'd quit jerking me around about this. 

    The lady at the clinic has a horrible bedside manner and was asking me if I knew how to properly take a reading as I was getting a reading and having me answer which I've read is a no no. 

    I wish they'd either let me go back to work or put me on short term to get out under control. 


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