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I got a good laugh at the Bob Does Sports vs Good Good YouTube match - on the first hole, Joey Cold Cuts hit a nine-iron on his second shot and came up a good 80 yards short of the green, and the Grant and Garrett were killing themselves laughing because he got the GPS number from the cart, but they had started on the 10th hole and it was giving him the distance to the 1st hole.

Nice! With the new M1 processors those things are pretty sweet. My Macbook Air from 2013 finally got too old last December, and I was looking at the MBP to replace it, but ended up going with an iPad Pro. Doesn't do everything I need it to from a work perspective, but I'm usually in the office on my iMac so it makes a great complement to that.

I hope Rickie gets back to form soon - pro golf is a much better product (from a fan engagement and entertainment standpoint) when he's out there!

Made some great progress on my fence on Saturday thanks to the help of a bunch of friends. With 8 guys we put together 450' of fence on mine and my neighbor's properties in 3 1/2 hours. Just have to do some finish work yet (post caps, top boards) and put in the black hogwire panel fence across the yard at the transition point to keep the dog in.

I'm in for Thursday-Saturday (have to get back home for church on Sunday). My brother will also be joining us, so put me down for 2 tee times at Apple Tree, Canyon Lakes, and Wine Valley. This will be the first time off I've taken from work since Christmas, so I'm itching to get out there - stoke level is way high!

I'm always surprised by folks who find that Arccos misses a lot of shots - I use it with the Arccos link, and with the phone in my pocket (when I forget to recharge the Link) and very rarely does it miss a shot (other than tap-in putts).

I will be there - looking forward to it! @Clayton are you going to be in this part of the world come end of June?

Just got the go ahead from SWMBO, so I'll be there! Normally I get some golf in with my dad and brothers while on vacation, but since this summer there are two weddings in the family, this will be my travel golf fix for the year. Really looking forward to it!

Had a decent front nine on Saturday at North Bellingham. Immediately after the turn things fell apart though, and I shot an 8 on the par-4 10th. At that point I gave up hope of scoring low and just started focusing on my approach shots. It was pretty windy, which was making things difficult. Eventually though I felt like I had figured out my irons decently well, and went on a run where I made par or better on 4 of 5 holes. I hit a good drive on 13, and followed it up with an excellent 8-iron approach. I was feeling good after that, and stuffed my wedge to 4 feet on the next tee shot (2 putt thanks to atrocious green conditions). And then, after my approach on 15 found the greenside bunker and I two-putted for bogey, I was ready to go after it on a hole that I had previously never even managed to hit the green on: At the end of the day I managed to finish with an 87 (+1 net), losing out to my future brother-in-law by a single stroke in gross scoring (which I'm happy with, considering he's a single-digit handicap). Still struggling off the tee, and probably had 4 or 5 putts that were rolling in and got knocked offline by craters, so I feel like breaking 80 is definitely in the cards for this season!

Got off work early yesterday to play 9 holes with my brothers. Season so far is off to a good start! I've been more selective lately about when I pull driver (only used it twice) and been more conservative and deliberate with my shot selection (much more laying up, etc) and it seems to be paying off. My putting wasn't very good, but it was nice to see approach shots with the highest strokes gained - I don't think that's ever happened before.

US Senate just approved a bill that would make Daylight Savings time permanent, effective March 2023. Just needs to go through the House and get signed by the president. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senate-approves-bill-that-would-make-daylight-savings-time-permanent-2023-2022-03-15/?utm_source=reddit.com I know for me, the time change in the fall always cuts my golf season short, preventing me from getting any weekday rounds after work. Really excited to finally see this happen!

I should be able to pull this off this year! Might have to sneak in a few work-related visits to justify the trip, but I would say the probability is >50%.

These guys did it as a public prank

Got out for 9 holes my first round of the season. 39* at tee-off, with most of the water hazards iced over from overnight cold. At one point my brother topped the ball off the tee, it bounced down into the water hazard, across the ice, and back up the other side! With the cold it was tough to get a full swing in. I was wearing a down coat and taking it off for each shot. Driving was actually really good, and I was 2/2 out of bunkers, but struggled with my irons. @Kieran has kept his hair pretty long over the winter, so it felt like I was golfing with a bigger Tommy Fleetwood. Overall a decent start to the season!

You connect an Xbox controller via bluetooth? I've heard that's the way to go.

Got a new addition to the family coming in about 3 weeks - we'll see how much she impacts my ability to get out and golf once the local season gets rolling again!

Actually I realized that it randomizes the standings before the season starts... So of course I refreshed the page until I was 1st. Let's go!

Off to a good start this year - standings currently have me in 17th place! (Only bragging because this will undoubtedly be the highest position in the standings I achieve this year).

Is it possible to re-arrange players on the bench? If so, we can just make the standard that the player at the top of the bench automatically takes the place of any WDs. (In other fantasy leagues I've played you can't change the place on the bench, but don't recall from last year how Fantrax does it)

Season is long over for us, but Christmas vacation with the family meant all the guys went to the TopTracer range close to our AirBnB. My future brother-in-law let me try his Sim2 with a Hzrds Green 70X shaft. I hadn’t swung a club for over a month, and was consistently hitting straight drives over 250 yards in 12* temps. My Radspeed XB should be worried…

I find that the Radspeed 5w launches incredibly easy with the Motore X F3 shaft - my swing speed is higher than yours, but I feel like with that club in particular I benefit from easing back on my swing a bit and just instead focus on being smooth. Incredibly forgiving too - the 3 impacts in this video were all over the face, but still ended up in the same area.

Hosting a big ole party tonight! Wife and I have never been big partiers, but now that we have our own house with the space to host, and since I just turned 30, we figured it was a good excuse to get together with a whole bunch of folks.

Maybe it's just a foot sweat difference between us. I know a lot of folks who do trail running (admittedly much different than golf, but while we're on the topic of sweaty feet) have moved away from waterproof shoes for the simple fact that your feet will get wet one way or another, and when you're out on the trails for hours the more important question is how fast do your shoes dry out. In that case the waterproofing that keeps water out also keeps water in. I tend to sweat a lot in general (even at near freezing temps when I'm running I wear shorts) so on hot summer days my feet will always sweat. The difference is whether or not that sweat gets trapped in the shoes or not.

All my socks are merino wool hiking/running socks. It’s the same thing trail running - if I’m wearing GoreTex shoes on a hot day, feet are gonna get wet.

I find that having a single pair of shoes is difficult for keeping feet dry. If your shoes aren't waterproof, your feet will get wet on rainy days. If your shoes are waterproof, your feet will get wet (from sweat) on hot and sunny days.