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.

Shocked how quickly these came in, and so far so good on the fit, and as stated in the reviews these are very light golf shoes. Thanks again MGS for making us aware of the sale.

+1 here. Cannot believe I snagged their white/black pair for $42 total. Hope MGS is getting a nice residual $$$ from their link. Much appreciated on the heads up.

It would absolutely be a massive shot in the arm for the Tour if Kim does indeed come back. I know there’s been a few golfers over the years, but no other player I can remember generated so much “what ifs” than Kim did amongst casual and die-hard golf fans. He torched Europe at the Ryder Cup … man I loved that dude’s game and swagger. My guess is LIV offers him $10-20M to come over on an 2 year deal and he uses that to repay his insurance payout??? Which would definitely suck for the rest of us.

Added 2” of lead tape to the 5i thru the GW, and I know the difference is to be expected, but absolutely the irons feel significantly better to me. Recently changed out my grips, which are now about 6g heavier, but the tape was mainly to assist me in feeling the club head in my backswing. Have been slowly trying to implement a simple swing change in having a much shorter back swing … and was having trouble feeling the club head in transition and can feel the difference now. May add another inch only after I see how they play on the range and the course. Not gonna lie, I dig the look! Lol

This was helpful! There will very likely be a lead tape post on the what have you bought lately thread.

Switched out my whole bag for the GP Tour Velvet +4 Midsize … huge difference in comfort and cannot get over that they were only $6.50 at DSG. Irons were solid on Sunday, but the woods were def an adjustment. Was part of the testing group last season for the Lamkin UTX reviews … got along with them very well for much of the year, especially during the summer months, but could not get along with them during cold winter golf.

A little bit of that (broken team), and my goodness just incredibly unlucky ... along with Ferrari engines being abysmally bad in '23 comparatively to '22. Drive to Survive just won't be the same without him ... if they elect to do another season for the 2024 calendar. That 2021 season with Max and Lewis spoiled us all F1 fans.

https://mygolfspy.com/news-opinion/callaway-chrome-tour-chrome-tour-x-and-chrome-soft-golf-balls/ A very good read by none other than Tony Covey. Somewhat disappointed to see that their Chrome Soft LS line won't be continued, but rather merging that into the new 2024 Chrome Soft. Hopefully DSG will have a 48 ball box set sale rather soon on their LS lineup, and I'll certainly be trying their Tour X this year.

Gah! @Golf2Much Posting the score here! Shot 84 last Thursday and jetted down to Miami for the opening home game for the Dolphins. Had placed my score on a scorecard and left it in my car at the airport … had to hide Grint notifications that day. It’s a 27 hole course at Wescott and I realized late last night that the score has the handicaps done from 1-9 for each 9 … placed the scores back into The Grint to get the 18 hole handicaps calculated and to reflect my course handicap of 11. And to add to all that, I’ve for sure got COVID … feel like absolute crap today. Go Dolphins!

Date 09/17/2023 Course Name Charleston National Gross Score 86 Course Handicap 14 Gross Strokes over/under par 14 Net Score to Par 0 Net Score 72 Net Birdies or better 6 Longest Drive 0 VCT Match Play Designate as Week 2 Match Score Happy with my 86, and that’s with two 3-putts on back to back holes. But I am still following up good drives with poor approach shots, or hitting good approach shots followed by bad putting. Frustrating and good all the same. Lost my temper at the par 3 14th , after a nice start to the back 9 with some clutch shots and putts … and allowed that to fester onto the next tee box and doubled again.