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I've put the Omni Cart sold by Alphard into play. It works - but I gotta say it could be better. The nice thing is that the wheelie bar brackets are built in. No install needed. Here are my four gripes: 1) Just the sheer size of it. I take the front wheel off each time after use and put that in my "grass clippings catcher" duffle bag the eWheels stays in to catch the grass. But the frame of the OmniCart is still so big - too big to fit in my BagBoy Quad's bag - which is surprising. You can see there is a lot of unused empty space - it is not very compact. Consequently I struggle to find the right way to orient it to fit in my trunk. 2) The cup holder... small thing - but the frame and the "stuff" holder by the handle are all stuck in place. There is no selecting the angle or tilt - it is fixed. But I think the cup/bottle holder is kinda small, and considering the fixed nature it isn't built to hold the bottle upright. Better have a closed lid. For what it's worth - the regular SideKick bracket holder works just find on the handle. They got me the bag mount - but I had trouble attaching to my bag - I have an unusual bag so I don't hold that against them. Luckily the handle mount put the SideKick high enough. 3) You'd think you could fit score cards in the scorecard holder... I miss the little pouch that hung under my BagBoy's "console" - throw in a sleeve of balls, shove a wind jacket or something in... I can get used to that, but I just think they didn't design this well. I like to keep scorecards, reuse them, etc.. doesn't fit... 4) I can't figure out where to attache the sand/seed bottle I got from them to fit on this cart. You attach a bracket around a tube, and the sand bottle slides on and off it - but I can't figure out where it should go. If anyone has had luck with that, I'd love to see where you stashed it.

Wow, I'm not disputing, but I have the exact opposite experience. I was about ready to quit before the Link came out. For me the LInk was a game changer. FWIW I clip it to my pocket so if I have on a jacket or something it's still below that and is unobstructed.

That was eye opening… More ideas to roll around in my brain.

Date 08/15/2023 Course Name Elmwood Country Club Gross Score 82 Course Handicap 8 Gross Strokes over/under par 12 Net Score to Par 4 Net Score 74 Net Birdies or better 5 Longest Drive 247 After consultation w She Who Must Be Obeyed I joined Elmwood. I spend a lot of time on the road in central and eastern Iowa, and they have reciprocal agreements w a number of other courses in that part of the state so I figure why not. Their year RINs July thru June so I’ve got lots of time to figure out if I can get my moneys worth.

Wow - I've had shots missed (mostly putts) but I've never had the Link disconnect from my phone. I've lost the LInk (often wants to slip off the pocket of my rainpants). But I've never had it disconnect from the phone. Thats weird. If it happened w two different Links I'd guess it has to do w the phone's bluetooth. I've been wondering the same thing about the Beta desktop, my hunch is they just devote all of their energy and time to the mobile app. But yeah, you'd think after a couple years they'd finish it off.

Yeah, I have experienced something similar putting. Worked w coach in winter on placement and stoke and she was watching some video this summer and the ball had drifted back closer to middle. I had no idea. Swore it was the same. Hmmmm…

Right eye. Playing right handed. Thoughts?

Been really struggling w my driver and fairway wood last month. Never been a strength, but never been afraid of them either. Lately I’m afraid of what may happen as the driver has become wildly unpredictable But several weeks ago, before the trouble began I had scheduled a fairway wood and driver fitting, so I stuck w it. We did it outside. Launch monitor in use, but outside on real grass. Start w three wood but I’m taking some serious divots. Always ball first, and hitting down (I neglected to ask for the numbers) but definitely down and out to in. I’m leaving trenches. we struggle thru the fitting at least I do, hit just a few drives and decide to wait for another day for the driver. I just don’t have my swing. As we are packing up the fitter remarks that he noticed I’m really playing the ball back in my stance. I can’t believe it. I’m worried that if anything I have it too far forward. To me it appears to be just off the lead heel. Fitter tells me it’s much farther back than that. I wait twenty four hours and go to the range - drop two alignment sticks on the ground perpendicular to each other. One for target line and then I straddle the one perpendicular- placing my lead foot just over. I tee the ball up right on that line. To my eyes it looks like it is in front of my foot, but my brain, logic, and the sticks say it is not. It is just inside where it should be. Not my best drives, but good enough and vastly improved from the day, and week before. High shots starting left and curving back to the target. My eyes are clearly deceiving me. Anyone else experience this? Other than the method I’m using anyone train their brain/eyes on where the ball is in their stance?

May be a bank breaker, but it’s better than a wrist or club breaker. Actually right at $425 - get the True Strike Gel Section- it’s just the striking insert and drop it in to the rectangle you cut out of your stance mat. I have the insert dropped into my backyard green/practice area. Fat shots disappoint and good shots don’t. No wrist or joint pain. Installed spring of 2021 and I still like it.

I specifically hide the line while putting - as others have said, I am unsure that the line is pointed at my target, obsess over it (btw is it perfectly oriented or slightly rolled to or away from me in addition to the sim) and blow a gasket. But the idea of doing it off the tee… may have to try that. Yeah, may not feel confident pointing it at something twenty feet away, but 365 yards, sure.

They are booked for the year… but they are always having cancellations. People who booked on Dec 31 last year have discovered life changes their plans. Follow them closely on Instagram, set an alarm or something, as they post when they have cancellations. Sometimes it’s a day out, sometimes a few weeks. But they post the open dates and times in the Storys. Sometimes on Twitter too, but watch Instagram.

I’m liking them. They do look great don’t they…. I’ve had several people ask me about them. Observation #1 - my impulse decision to get a 3U was a poor one. It’s in the garage. But the hybrid is awesome. I just can’t get the 3U in the air. Interestingly I hit the regular 5 iron great and I could never get my old 5i in the air and it sat in the garage. So I’m pretty sure this is about the archer and not the arrow. Not sending it back - when I have time I’ll work on it. Observation #2 - as expected the longer irons -7,,6,5 go a bit farther and the shorter irons L,S,G,P,9 go a bit shorter. I switched from Cobra one length… Still trying to the gaps figure out. I still have a pretty big gap between my S and my G - so maybe something new and bent is on the horizon - would just have to make room for it some how. Observation #3 - the low bounce wedges may have been a mistake - this archer has had trouble w those arrows. Again, it’s all in the swing. My swing may just need more bounce. Have another trip to the sand hills later this month and will try again. In the mean time, very happy w the regular bounce wedges. Observation #4 - a well struck shot is a really well struck shot. I’m getting the trajectories I was hoping for. I’m still learning ball position in my stance. But I’m very happy w performance Observation #5 - my only complaint , I’ve had them about 5 weeks and this is my S and 7 iron face. They’ve looked like this right out of the gate. I don’t know if it’s from sand, sand on range balls or what. I found it surprising - I thought they had figured out some way of keeping the color in the clubs better, and longer. I’m a little CDO about stuff so it bothered me, but doesn’t impact performance of course. I dunno, just had a different expectation and perhaps that was an unreasonable one. Observation #6 - I’m happy enough I’m wanting to add either another hybrid or a 3 or 5 wood (mixing up my current set base on the performance of the new 5i and 5h), maybe a driver - but the one guy in Iowa who has a fitting cart is having trouble getting parts to do a fitting… so I’m waiting on that. Hope to check that soon. Observation #7 - Arccos says I’ve improved by 0.4 strokes in my Approach play (I’m -3.9 to a scratch) - so it’s a small improvement in the weakest area of my game. Handicap has hovered in the 7.9 - 8.1 range where it has been all summer. So I haven’t suddenly gotten worse - and I attribute most of my challenges to losing control of the driver - hence the “surely a new club will cure that” crazy mentality. (My Skillest coach has other ideas…)

Ha! A long long time ago I was the organizer for a golf trip down south. First time we were headed to the RTJ trail. We all flew into ATL, rented a van and drove south. EVERY exit had a Waffle House. We who live north of the Mason Dixon line had never seen one. There was a Waffle House across the parking lot from the hotel so that was our gathering spot every morning. Every year after - before things became easy to find on the internet - I would pick the location and then call around to hotels to find one adjacent to a Waffle House… our golf trips were forever smothered, covered, and chunked.

Date 08/08/2023 Course Name Elmwood Country Club Gross Score 80 Course Handicap 7 Gross Strokes over/under par 10 Net Score to Par 3 Net Score 73 Net Birdies or better 3 Longest Drive 227 A Tom Bendelow gem in Marshalltown Iowa. I’ve been wanting to play it for a long time. Finishing up a renovation. Im a sucker for greens that flow into the next tee box, especially if they don’t use tee markers. Nice interior views across the property

I’m a believer -

Date 08/01/2023 Course Name Wild Horse Gross Score 82 Course Handicap 8 Gross Strokes over/under par 10 Net Score to Par 2 Net Score 74 Net Birdies or better 2 Longest Drive 257 The poor man’s sand hills…

Sorry to hear that. Despite my gripes above, I’ve always found their customer support to be very responsive. In fact, I had a thread going w their support team on Thursday - they recommended the bag holder for the sidekick however it’s on back order. So while I’m not happy w that, I have had good luck w communications w them.

I'm about ready to send R2D2 off to the jawas.... Oh sure, he may shoot your lightsaber to you when you fighting over the pit of the Sarlacc; but he really just more likely to run off in the middle of the night on some damn fool mission... Seriously, my Sidekick has really been troublesome lately. Not following, or suddenly running off in another direction. In fact, yesterday its spun off twice heading right while in follow mode - crashed into a parked cart so hard that it broke off the right front wheel on my BagBoy Quad. Ugh. Luckily, I could still finish my round with three working wheel (and played today as well) but now I need to replace the BBQuad. Thinking hard about just getting the OmniCart that Alphard sells. Avoid having to get brackets and retrofitting another cart. SDHacker - do you have the OmniCart? Are you saying you can't get the Sidekick to work with their own OmniCart? Thanks.

Date 07/27/2023 Course Name Whispering Creek Gross Score 79 Course Handicap 8 Gross Strokes over/under par 7 Net Score to Par -1 Net Score 71 Net Birdies or better 4 Longest Drive 249

Date 07/20/2023 Course Name Landmand Gross Score 82 Course Handicap 5 Gross Strokes over/under par 9 Net Score to Par 4 Net Score 77 Net Birdies or better 5 Longest Drive 256 Special Event Landmand’s greens kick the snot out off my AimPoint technique today. Could not get a feel for the speed. Five 3 putts… and that has been the strongest part of my games lately.

Has anyone tried changing out the included weights in the 949x hybrid? Did you see changes to ball flight? I understand the changes that come from moving weight heel to toe w a driver - but not sure I understand the concept of just making the center back weight port lighter or heavier… Similarly, I understand the idea behind the closed or open hosel settings, but not really the upright vs standard….

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Date 07/16/2023 Course Name Whispering Creek Gross Score 80 Course Handicap 8 Gross Strokes over/under par 8 Net Score to Par 0 Net Score 72 Net Birdies or better 3 Longest Drive 252 Two weeks away from my sticks, traveling to Peru with SheWhoMustBeObeyed, so was very happy with my round. Driver was unpredictable but I haven’t forgotten how to use Aimpoint and believe that and my wedge game saved me.

Found this waiting outside my door yesterday… Immediately went to the backyard to figure out distances until my Mevo+ went haywire. As expected the short irons are a tad shorter and the long irons a tad longer. All fine. After last weeks story about driving irons I called them up and added a 3U to the order. That may have been a mistake, but we’ll see over time. Im anxious to try the low bounce set of wedges - but that’ll have to wait a few weeks until I’m out in Nebraska. Yes, yellow ferrules for the Iowa wedges, and red for Nebraska…

And that is? Never heard of that one