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Congratulations @sirchunksalot on hitting 7,000. That’s impressive and well done. I do enjoy your posts and contributions to the forum.

A good morning to all and happy Sunday. A successful start to the day, enjoying my double espresso catching up on all the threads. Wait, I need to get a bigger mug of coffee. More yard clean up planned today as the temperatures warming up nicely. Have a great day.

A good Saturday morning to all. Dogs curled at my feet, enjoying my morning espresso. Temperatures beginning to warm up nicely. Looking forward to a little yard work and then having friends coming over for dinner. Making a stuffed tenderloin, with mushroom risotto and grilled vegetables with pesto. Have a wonderful day. For those patiently or impatiently waiting for golf courses to open.

Good morning to all on a cool but sunny Friday morning. Mother Nature was as good as her word and I woke to a light dusting of snow and you can imagine the first words out of my mouth. But, the espresso is delicious and going down nicely. Fortunately, it is expected to warm up considerably moving forward. Indoor time on the simulator and pickleball scheduled for later in the day. Have a wonderful day. Message of the day is

Love BC. My daughter lives in Vancouver. Can you tell, she’s the smart one in the family. I’m overdue for a visit. Not to mention some epic golf courses to play. Great idea.

A good morning to all and happy Thursday. Enjoying my morning espresso catching up on all the posts. So how many people are going to apply for the L.A.B. Putter testing opportunity? That should be a very fun one. It’s a cold morning here after yesterday’s monsoon rains. Will it rain or possibly snow today? Mother Nature usually dictates that it snows once the first week of April. Just to piss you off. Enjoy your day.

@Dead Solid Bogey hang in there. It will get better once you get things sorted out. Your humour and outlook is much appreciated. Remember, young at heart, slightly older in other places.

Good morning to all on a cool and wet morning, so a delay on the yard work for now. At least the coffee is hot and delicious. Indoor simulator play this afternoon. @sirchunksalot great news on your biopsy result. This sums up the day so far. Have a great day.

Good morning to all on a cool overcast morning. Enjoying my morning espresso. @Preeway so sorry for your loss @GolfSpy_APH hopefully your old puppet is okay Todays message of the day is

Congratulations to the very well chosen group of testers. Your observations, thoughts and comments will be very welcome by the community as there will be a great deal of interest. From simple things like how easily it folds up and stores in your vehicle, to how it handles hilly courses to how well the accessories work as well as run time of batteries. Have fun guys.

@GolfSpy SAM many thanks for this. This is valuable and insightful information to many of us , so I’m very appreciative and at a very attractive price to boot. Thanks for sharing.

Matt, @GolfSpy SAM fabulous video and well done. Do share the details of how you did it.

A good morning to all on this Monday morning, April fools day Congratulations @GolfSpy_BEN on the new job. Congratulations to @Javs And @CFreddie for winning the MGS VCT cup tournament. For their masters dinner selection and competition photos see the link below. Have a great day.

Congratulations Chris, @Preeway for hitting 2,000 posts and over 9900 likes. Well done and thank you for all your contributions. I guess this means you’ll just have to go out golfing and break 70 again.

A big thank you to @GolfSpy_BEN for his tremendous work throughout the season as well as @Golf2Much for collecting, collating and reporting of the tournament data. And now for the main event. A heartfelt congratulations to one of my pre tournament favourites of @Javsand @CFreddie for winning the MGS VCT cup tournament with a big shout out to the team of@EMacK1961 and @daviddvm for a hard fought battle. They brought the heat but the javsfreddie team brought a mix of habanero/scotch bonnet and ghost pepper purée hot sauce to incinerate all in site. @Javs has respectfully requested that like NHL tradition he gets the cup for a day, so he can fill it with beer and big hot dogs and show it off at the course. Not to be outdone, cfreddie has a pool party planned for the cup Now for a few memorable photos of the intense tournament action. @Javs using his Javelin rangefinder to line up another birdie or is that take out the competition And then there’s the birdie machine @CFreddie proudly showing of his chirping skills Now @daviddvm has pointed out that there are certain challenges to playing in Texas, where everything is bigger And not to be outdone @EMacK1961 has pointed out from the 19th hole there are unique challenges to playing in Mexico. Last but not least as the very “unofficial and unlicensed” agent of @Javs/ @CFreddie and future and past winners they have respectfully requested a MGS VCT tournament dinner. Menu below and Bon Appetit. Needless to say approval is required from @GolfSpy_APH and his esteemed GolfSpy board of directors ( @GolfSpy_BEN @GolfSpy SAM, @GolfSpy_KFT, @GolfSpy_BNG, etc). Congratulations to all the participants and

Good morning to all and Happy Easter Sunday. Sharing with you the latest Easter cards from my lovely and talented wife. Enjoy your day and time with family today.

Unfortunately no. I was on the way to Charleston, SC when I came across the Pete Dye River course. Made a slight detour to play it. It was well worth it. Loved the area, so next time, I need to play a few more courses.

@unccross don’t beat yourself up. We all have days where we can’t hit the proverbial broad side of the barn even if it was right in front of us. Have fun and enjoy yourself by either playing best ball, play a second ball, or not keeping score. It’s amazing how much better we play when we’re relaxed I.e. without 10 swing thoughts going through your head or trying to hit the perfect shot. You’ll get there. BTW, I really enjoyed playing the Pete Dye River course you have in Radford. It’s a real gem of a course.

T minus 60 and counting.

Good morning to all on a beautiful long weekend. Coffee is made and I’m enjoying my first cup as I catch up on the various threads. Off to pickleball later this morning and then some time on the simulator this afternoon. Have a great day. Unintended consequences

The answer is, it depends. If it has a durable cover, e.g. Srixon and has no visible scuffs or damage, it stays in service. The most rounds I’ve played with the same ball is 6 rounds before it decided it had enough. If the ball has noticeable scuffing, wear or damage, the performance drops off significantly, so it gets the appropriate burial at sea. Mind you that’s provided I can keep it in play. Some balls have a mind of their own, particularly if it a bad swing on my part

Wishing you and your wife a quick and speedy recovery. It takes special people to foster dogs, so hoping your recoveries go well. All the best.

@Javs, great round. What was in that “medicinal” hot sauce. It sure worked. Well done. @CFreddie another great round. You guys are on fire. But rumour has it that @EMacK1961 and @daviddvm are bringing their scotch bonnet/ghost pepper “damn the torpedoes” hot sauce to the party. So this may not be over.

Josh, great plan and it will work. One additional piece for you. Since you are working on your woods and have the Mevo +, is to optimize your driver launch conditions. See below from Ping in terms of optimal launch with respect to swing speed, angle of attack, launch and spin. General rule of thumb, multiply your club head speed by 2.7 with positive angle of attack to determine optimal distance. Hope this is helpful to you and good luck.

Lots of great advice here, but it all starts with a plan. What are your strengths and weaknesses as it applies to your golf game? Driving, approach shots, short game, putting? Once you now that, you can then develop a plan of action. So here’s my 3 cents worth as Matt, aka the wonderfully and Witty @GolfSpy SAM has already claimed the 2 cents worth marker. 1. Dedicated Practice (have a plan) and practice some more. Don’t play all the time. Build regular practice into your schedule. Concentrate on shots from 100 yards and in as that accounts for 65-70% of your shots. You can save yourself a bucket load of strokes by deploying a good short game by hitting the ball to within 5 to 6’ from the hole and then making 1 putt. Develop a wedge matrix where you know how far a half swing, 3/4 and full swing go. Practice your putting and develop a feel how far a 10’ goes vs a 20 or 30 footer. 2. Course management. Work from the green back and calculate which distances you are more comfortable hitting as an approach shot. E.g 75 or 100, 125 yard full swing club vs a 42 yard shot. If you don’t hit the fairway with your drive, Don’t go for the hero shot, rather hit the shot you can repeat 8 times out of ten. I.e. Play for the bogey and avoid the double, triple or worse. 3. Invest in Arccos or Shotscope - the data provided is invaluable as you will reliably know how far you hit each of your clubs and where you are losing strokes. An alternative is to spend an hour of time indoors using Trackman or GCQuad and hit 10 shots with each club and email the report to yourself. Eliminate the outliers and you will have a good idea of your carry and total distances for each club. 4. Then there’s the boring stuff. Find a good golf coach/teacher that you can relate to. Be open to suggestions and practice those changes between lessons. Take putting and short game lessons. Make sure your fundamentals (grip, setup, alignment and stance) are solid. Start slow with slow half speed swings. 5. Go to a reputable fitter and invest in fitted equipment. Don’t forget to get fitted for your wedges (scoring clubs) as well as putter (35-40% of your strokes). You don’t have to buy everything at once. The other option. Don’t take lessons, learn from your buddies, buy what’s on sale, don’t practice and then be surprised your game hasn’t improved (in 30 or so years of playing). I know I was one of these guys for many years. I got back into golf 5 years ago as a 25ish handicap, but determined to do it right the second time around, starting with lessons and fitted equipment. Game improved rapidly where I was routinely shooting in the eighties, then low 80’s, then 70’s. So it does work and most importantly have fun in the journey.