GolfSpy SAM

Where the hell did you find that picture? Lolololol. Thanks, all! No golf today for me - playing tomorrow at Rustic Canyon (with none other than @Syks7 and @Billy The Kid Rogers) and then again on Monday at Soule Park in Ojai on Monday. I'm a lucky man to have this community to brighten my day every day, but especially on a birthday spent working

Having played with guys who I outdrive by 40-50 yards (driving it 270-ish), but who beat me by 10 strokes, I can attest that distance isn't everything, lol. While I personally wouldn't want to give up 30 yards, for most of the courses I play, hitting the middle of the fairway 240-250 out is going to lead to WAY better scores than hitting it 275 in the rough behind a tree. I'm clearly in the "lesson" camp on this one, lol, as I tend to lose SO many strokes off the tee - one of the reasons I've had to work so hard at my chipping/putting over the past few years, as my driver woes seem to plague me week to week. On the bright side, I've gotten shockingly good at punching out with a 5-iron/5-wood. That's a skill I wish I didn't have to have, though.

Thanks so much for sharing - what an incredible story to have! Thanks again!

Two years in, my 2.1 is still kicking ass - THRILLED to see what this group experiences with the 3.0 (and yes, I'm a little jealous, but that's normal when a new kid is born into the family - the big bro gets a little jealous ) Please just include gratuitous videos of the ball-picker-upper in slow-mo, plesae

...I think we're all coming to your house next year for Masters week Wow!

For those of you who don’t read “Fancy Schmancy,” he said: “ We are out of the 50s and into the 40s! 49 today and counting! Month and a half my friends

As a DF2.1 user, I'm SO pleased you went that way Big is beautiful, baby! A friend of mine has the Link, and I've only putted a few times with it, but I've never been a blade-type player, so the only real temptation for me was the Mezz - but given my (frankly) insane results with the 2.1 over the last nearly-two-years, there's not really been a pull anywhere else other than the 3.0, and honestly, that's just to have a shiny new thing (which, you know, is a HUGE draw, don't get me wrong). My practical side says to just not mess with what's not broken (please forgive my butchering of that phrase), so for now, the 2.1 is proudly in the bag. Someday when money's no object, I'm confident the 3.0 will find it's way to me and then I'll have a good old fashioned putt-off and probably keep the smaller, sleeker 3.0 no matter the results Welcome to the L.A.B. club!

@Golfspy_CG2 absolutely CRUSHING it with this Pool! Holy smokes! Cut Number: +2 Low Amateur: Matt Swanson. (Wait. I see - "low am actually playing THIS year, and not on special "MGS Forum Staff Exemption in 2032"...my bad.) Lamprecht. Fun side note: I'll be 53 in 2032. I'll be called the "Old Am". I'm writing the movie now.

Yes! It has two white lines on the back for you to fill in your info (name/number?). Like the rest of the bag - just a classy touch.

I'm really, REALLY loving on that green. Next time you get a chance, any way you could take some pictures of it on the actual green with a ball at address? I'm SO curious to see how well the white stands out against the green of the grass. Congrats on the purchase, and welcome to the L.A.B. club!

It's kind of fascinating just how much it actually changes the look. I'm not sure I have a preference, but can you share how you did it? It's VERY cleanly done, however you did it. Nice work.

You're all set! Welcome - glad to have you!

When the wife says "we're going on a hike, get your pack" - I don't think this is what she means. (Seriously, though - this bag is BANANAS nice. I can't stop touching the fabric - it's like a dream. Was that weird? No, YOU made it weird!) Happy Hump Day to all, and to all a good hike! ( @GolfSpy_BEN - I'm sorry I'm not sorry for posting this)

@Billy The Kid Rogers - you should read this post and let's discuss on Friday

Inspired by @GolfSpy BOS, here's a pic of the new bag adopting my son's bag. I'm uncomfortable at how comfortable they are together. I'm not saying I'm JEALOUS, But... Who's got their arm around me, is all I'm asking. Stupid good-looking bags get all the love.

Tons of options here, but my best suggestion would be to try a whole bunch of different places and see who gives you the best quote. Most places (global golf, Callaway Pre Owned, 2nd Swing, etc. etc.) will give you a quote for free and then you can go with whoever gives you the best deal. Also, since they're Cobra clubs, you might actually get a great deal directly from Cobra's website - I just recently traded in an older Cobra driver and a driving iron and got a better deal direct through them than I got other places. While you won't be able to put that directly towards the Pings, they may cut you a check directly, in which case it's kinda/sorta the same thing As always, you could try the Ebay route (or FB Marketplace), but you'd end up having to pay some fees which could cut into your bottom line. Good luck, and let us know what you end up deciding!

Because what else was I going to do with my lunch hour? Glamour shots to follow - I was just too excited not to post this to say that I love it is a gross, gross understatement. The thing is FIRE.

So, I've mentioned this before, but I'm building up a demo 6-iron for @Billy The Kid Rogers, so he can do a direct comparison against the P790s he was recently fit into. His prescription from TrueSpec was the P790, $Taper 120, oversize Winn Dri-Tac grips, at a cost of approx $300/club (including their upcharges). This arrived today. Along with the Nippon 115s and Oversize Winn, and a little surprise from me for indulging my "please don't buy the P790s before trying these" insistence Total cost of this build: right around $135 (he also got a Dallas Cowboy Super Stroke grip so that we can cut his putter down an inch and re-grip), which would be the most expensive club in the set should he take the Maltby plunge, as I also added some glass beads in case there were any issues (I'm a big believer in better safe than sorry) I'm a little stunned at just how good this thing looks. Just did a quick comparison against the TS3 6-iron I built up last summer, and 100% prefer the sightly thinner topline of the TS1. Fingers crossed he's in love. I'll also have him hit the TS3 (with Score TT shaft tipped to R+), so he can have a fuller comparison. Fun times!

Wait - isn't your name spelled "Cory"? That's how it's spelled on the box - it's just a capital "R". Sing the praises of Haywood - they got it right! But from now on, I'm 100% calling you Koree. You're welcome.

This is a great point and I'm going to go update it right now, as it's been far too long! @GolfSpy MPR - 100% let's get a Walkabout game some night! I would love that - I actually played a random guy a while back and it was one of those "oh my god we're such nerds but this is embarrassingly fun" kinds of things, and we've played a couple times since. Lol. And I gotta say, the way you just described the "third leg" syndrome, I wonder if I'm guilty of that as well. I definitely find that days where I'm putting GREAT, my balance is easy. There are other days where I never feel comfortable and I'm wondering if I'm using the putter as a point of balance instead of my feet. I'll have to look at that. My only gripe about the Walkabout is that I can't look down on my beloved Frying Pan DF 2.1 when playing

Thanks! The whole thing was shot using the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 that I got right at the end of last year (Merry Christmas to me). The more I use it and get comfortable with it, the more incredible I find it to be. It's an all-in-one camera system, using a 1" sensor (significantly larger than a typical cell phone) and a fixed 20mm lens. I bought the "Creator Combo" which came bundled with a wide-angle (magnetic snap-on - unbelievably cool) lens as well, but I find that 20mm is plenty wide for 99% of everything I need. The things I love about the set-up are many, but the 2" rotating screen is seriously amazing - it was BRIGHT outside when I shot this, and I was able to see it in essentially every scenario (and the one time I couldn't, i just raised my other hand over the screen to be able to help see and it was totally fine). It connects wirelessly and quickly to my iPhone, which means I can control it via that if I wanted to put it on a tripod and do a demo or something. It's a crazy cool piece of tech. The other reason I think it's particularly incredible is that you're able to capture footage (as I did in this one) in 10-bit D-Log M, which if you don't know, is effectively a very flat color profile that allows you to tweak all of your color/saturation/contrast settings later in your editing software. So the original footage of this was all a little washed out (on purpose), and I dropped a LUT on top (that I downloaded from DJI's website, free of charge, mind you) and BAM all the colors totally popped. It's shockingly easy to do - and as someone who'd used LUTs VERY sporadically up to this point, that's saying something. I bought a few extras to make it work better for my needs, including an extendable selfie-stick that has a tripod base, as well as a set of ND filters that I use whenever I'm outside to be able to control my shutter speed - this is all very nerdy talk for saying you can make this thing whatever you want it to be without having to spend thousands of dollars on DLSRs and gimbals. In my (admittedly amateur) opinion, this thing does 99% of what a $3,000 set-up would do at a fraction of the price and size. Big fan, if you couldn't already tell

Morning all! My kids are DYING to pull any kind of "prank" on me and my wife, and thank god they're only 4 and 8, so I can see most of it coming Not a huge fand of pranks - though the main article on MGS HQ this morning was BRILLIANT. https://mygolfspy.com/news-opinion/masters-gives-talor-gooch-special-invitation/ Also, I made a little video of my kids and my brother and nephew at a place we love by us called Vasquez Rocks (truly incredible rock formations that look super other-worldly). I'm trying to up my filming/editing game, and will be attempting to produce some more content like this (not as "sappy" as this, though - so don't worry, all you hardened men who never cry and say "grrr football" whenever anything sentimental happens ). Give it a look if you have a few minutes (it's about 2:30, so won't take long)

That's amazing! I just got the 3/5 (in the blue colorway, which I LOVE), brand new with the Hzrdus Smoke Green, and I'm finding I LOVE the feel/hotness off the face. I'm a little shocked at how easy they're turning over for me - so much so that I'm having to adjust grip a little bit in order to not have them snap left, but in doing that, I'm CRUSHING them, and loving the ball flight. I've only had them a little over a week, so I'll be sure to follow along with your journey with them, too. I'll also have to keep an eye on Golf Partner's offerings going forward - that's a CRAZY good deal. I got mine through Cobra directly, and with a trade in I was able to get both for $150 (which is stupid, no matter how you look at it). Good luck!

I'm not sure how I've never looked at your signature before, but is it actually possible that these are your actual clubs currently? I literally had to Google 90% of them. lol. I know you're funny, but are you THAT funny that you'd throw up a retro WITB and just leave it there? I must know.

I love my DF 2.1. I love my DF 2.1. I love my DF 2.1. But...My god it's a thing of beauty