mikeanthony

If true, wow.

Hard not to get discouraged when you play some really good golf that results in a 92 ... two triples - two 3-putts - two birdies - 4 pars ... but had three different shots that were executed to perfection, a really good driving day overall that is reflecting the gains from speed training and the gym, and just a lot of positives overall. Especially when the two triples happened within the first three holes. I really need to work on getting my tempo back to where it's always been and being more disciplined with my pre-shot routines ... I'm rushing everything.

My FJ Pro SLs have taken a beating as they are my morning round shoes. I have a 2nd pair of adidas that are my walking and afternoon round shoes, but I worry about wearing them during morning rounds for they're a fabric wrap. Bought this bad boy and let me tell you, IT FRICKIN WORKS. Walked 18 yesterday morning and it was a bit on the drier side, but man did my adidas still look as good as new when I got to the car after my round. I'll be spraying this on ALL of my sneakers and golf shoes going fwd. Dry socks, no dirt embedded into the fabric of the shoes, and the water literally just beads up on the shoe itself.

Happy Masters Sunday, Spies! It’s a 720 tee time today and I’m up early to stretch my upper body and especially my lower body after a heavy leg day at the gym. Slightly regretting it at the moment due to the difficulty in walking down the stairs. Really going to try to focus on course management today and just avoid the round killing triple bogey+ holes. And try to have the Max mentality that I’m a dawg out there. Loved his post round comment and will be cheering for him hard this afternoon.

LFG!

Agreed. IMO, he needs a new caddie. He’s literally the US Open Phil Mickelson equivalent when it comes to the Masters, just incredibly poor decisions and unforced errors … and as a Rory fan, it’s infuriating. Can’t remember if it was #5 or 7 when his 3rd shot ended up over the green, he had an insanely difficult 4th chip and somehow managed to walk away with a 5. Tiger’s misses yesterday were exactly where he wanted them to be to get up and down … Rory’s were completely the opposite.

I cannot get over how windy it is there. Rory in the water at 11 now.

Yessir. An OL player myself … read an article about Bryson visiting PING’s HQ and they built him a OL set with their i230 or i210 irons and it was a great read. Led to further research and discovering Avoda, and their irons are very nice looking, but they def appear to be a players iron.

Agreed. There’s a nice pace and flow to a hole specific par 3 coverage or a group of holes coverage. And more importantly, little to no commercials (I’ve been using the ESPN+ app).

Happy Friday, Spies! Coffee and the golf channel on a Friday morning, there’s nothing better. Don’t think I could have asked for a better Thursday start to the Masters. Bryson at -7 blows my mind, Scottie still scorching red hot, Rory finally getting an opening round under par, Tiger looking really good thus far and hoping he can finish all 23 holes with no problem. And how fantastic was ESPN+’s featured group coverage with Clark, Rahm and then to my surprise, Tiger and DJ … all from the same stream. Loved it.

Forza Ferrari! Didn’t catch the race but watched the extended highlights on YouTube … disappointed to have missed it live. Happy to see the 1-2 finish and happy for Sainz. Could he possibly join RB next year?

Same. Had the tv on mute and didn’t have cc on, but Jordan clearly didn’t appear to be happy. I thought his drop looked appropriate and fair … based on the replay, it looked as though it bounced into the water at the point of the bunker on the opposite fairway across the water, which is where he dropped. Same delay happened at 18th tee as well.

An 18yr old driving a Ferrari during FP3 in Saudi Arabia is wild.

Very smart idea and I can’t stress enough how effective this is. I would do exactly this with the boys h/s golf team I coached. We would always have at least one practice round a week where I’d have them play 1 to 2 tees forward. I remember a few of my better players thought it was silly, then they would come in after 9 either at par, just over and occasionally just under … and talk about how it just gave them much more confidence in knowing they can go low and no freak out over it.

Good morning and happy Sunday, Spies. With today being my daughter’s birthday, it’s no golf this AM and off to a birthday brunch for her today … which I’m more than happy to do. Hard to believe she was born on this day in Chicago, in a snow storm 11yrs ago, and thankfully a day after the Ravens/49ers Super Bowl. As the saying goes, the days are long, but the years are short … soon before long I’ll blink, she’ll double in age and hopefully graduate college. Savor the moments.