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Good morning MGSpies on an early Saturday (well for me I am usually sleeping in) with rain inbound for the day here in WNY waiting for coffee to be ready full day planned for a drive to Rochester with MyGolfSpouse for breakfast with son and our once possible visit to see Imagine RIT, an annual event that profiles student and faculty projects we have not been to before because of COVID and such, last one of everything as he graduates in a couple more weekends no outdoor golf yesterday cutting the grass in advance of this weekend's forecast and getting my Introduction up (see below) Welcome to our new forum members @BORDO and @ZachN97 who are sharp enough to make their debut with a good morning in The Good Morning Thread, cannot think of a faster better way to get into the mainstream forum flow and welcome in! Hope golf is a part of your day 32

I know this question was directed to Ryan but I will weigh in as many of the other testers have. My answer should be not much longer than this preamble. This is my first experience with a Callaway driver and from the fitting it should revolutionize my game. As testing will soon begin, there should be plenty of my posts to update on what happens with tracked distance, direction, and consistency of my drives which is what will be the focus of my review for those who like me are late to the game and interested in finding fairways with drives.

Posted my Introduction for everyone to read and see who this selected tester is and what he's been doing so far getting ready for all the Smoke and Mirrors for the Magic on the fairways!

That will account for the Max D drivers for the test

The difference between me receiving a product to test previously and me receiving my 6th product to test is (not boasting here mind you - showing maturity or so I'm deluding myself) now it is here, how do I set up an unboxing worthy of the product that is creative, unique and interesting to the membership and public who will access my review Previously it was, "oh I will just do it over there" (somewhere within a few strides) and blah blah blah, click click click, whatever. Experience gives me an understanding that the test will take a while, I get in 4 rounds (9 holes) per week on average, and there is only one unboxing so it is worth doing it right - and I have been thinking of what I want to do for a week so far...

And now it begins, no delivery was expected but a delivery was made. Smoke and mirrors time and not everything is yet to be seen...

Good morning MGSpies from another frosty start to the day in WNY on this awesome Friday (aren't they all?) with coffee hot in the mug, space heater warming the workspace in the basement on this zero commute workday and tossing around options for this afternoon with the options of golf and lawn mowing as the main features because the weekend will be wet and we have a full day away from the house for Saturday and who knows about Sunday and the coming week only gets busier with two PGA HOPE sessions starting for the WNY PGA Section and both are over an hour drive away so (I know I didn't mention finding time to replace the rear wheel bearing assemblies when I finally get the parts delayed in shipping...) hope I don't get into problems with bearing noise slowly changing, like a little bit over hundreds of miles (and yeah I am that kind of driveway mechanic). community call was fabulous and connecting in from the golf course again this week was a 2fer with Justin @just52887 listening in with me, another round in just over 80 minutes is always a good option, just saying, and hope golf is a part of your day 33

Great focus piece for playing on course listening to the details about wedges and the design and finish on them. Great questions and again hearing from a subject matter expert who has forgotten more about his craft than most of us will ever know.

Good morning MGSpies from frosty (it's 25F here) clear and bright WNY on this Community Call Thursday warming up after having to start MyGolfSpouse's vehicle (I am the remote starter) to clear windows of frost more inside than out with the heat though outside was scraping growing frost crystals coffee magic warming me up under my electric lap blanket in the basement workplace for this zero commute workday great to see the new testers wanted notice up, so much going on and glad to have got out in yesterday's rain for another 9 holes with Justin @just52887 at an 80 minute round pace under umbrellas (can you believe we only saw 2 others on the course? private golf course experience indeed!), we will likely be connecting into the call again today from the second 2/3rds of the golf course so those who cannot get out today yourself can do so vicariously hope golf is a part of your day 34

What I will say is the fitting I had was my first ever touching the Ai Smoke Max D - first used my own driver to warm up for some "before" numbers and then the first set of hits with the Smoke and being an ball striking as shown by the pressure tape on the face of the driver and even making my own slight adjustment on address seemed to find that part of the club face even when setting up a half inch to inch in the direction that should have then been a center of face contact. Mental thing I am sure but I am aware of it now so...

We do a lot of sharing in The Good Morning Thread and similar threads like the Good Evening Thread started by ErinB with many times heartfelt things said and limited responses of : so when someone posts about a health whatever and intentions of support is the obvious response, the available selection is missing. What I suggest the making the Dove icon available as it expresses hope, kindness, and any number of similar attributes. It is literally all I respond to on social media when someone announces the passing of a loved one. It is all that seems to capture the thoughts that words are inadequate for. Just saying, would be good to not LIke someone's upcoming procedure or apply any of the other currently available icons .

Good morning MGSpies from wet cool WNY on this community call eve Wednesday with coffee ready to go and work computer up on the network already on this zero commute workday had a good day in the office yesterday buzzing on the announcement for testing the Callaway Smoke Driver and finally able to tell people After work, a few dangerous-crazy drivers on the commute to the golf course had me take an alternate route and arrived safely with them forgotten before I parked the vehicle. Once season pass was in hand, headed out after a 5-some (they happen at Caz when there's few others playing) that were at least a full hole ahead of me when Justin @just52887 caught up to me after his workday and we only waited for the 5-some on the 3rd green to clear, and clear they did leaving the course under threat of rain. We got in the full 9 with rain only beginning to arrive finishing up 8 for another round in the sub-80 minute pace - today might make 3 in a row! Hope golf is a part of your day 35

Discussion in other threads have pointed out that there are a number of testers attending the 2024 MyGolfSpy Forum Meetup at Kingsmill Resort and I think it would be something to add to whatever matrix is being wrangled to keep track of all the characters members who will be attending - adding a column for what product is currently being tested or has already been tested in 2024. It would probably be overload to include all the products that each overachiever member attending has tested since joining the forum, but if the array of new equipment for this year was to just happen to appear and be showcased at one of the inevitable whole group gatherings, that would be a testament to the service and dedication put forth by the lucky fortunate members present at the meetup. Put Ryan @Berg Ryman and me down for the Callaway Smoke Driver just announced today!

As informed forum followers know , tester announcements are now done after the testing pool is committed to the test and requirements are met to start moving forward to having the product ordered. This test required a driver fitting as part of the agreement each tester accepted, as is fitting for something of this level. (see what I did there?) Details will assuredly be forthcoming but what happened at my driver fitting was ... ... just know that I cannot wait for "the unboxing," for "the initial impressions" and for "the real testing" to begin!!!!!!!!!!

Good morning MGSpies from a dark downtown parking spot by the office building for the next opportunity to be all I can be, at least that's what I did for 30 years, and will Télépopmisik's Breathe on Pandora and coffee hot in the mug just getting my mind around the announcement of the Callaway Smoke Driver testers and getting to test the Max D model Played 9 holes yesterday on the now open for the season Cazenovia GC in South Buffalo with regular Justin @just52887 in beautiful cool sunshine needing only 80 minutes to finish. Hope golf is a part of your day 36