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Did anyone else see this on r/golf over the weekend? Here is what the face of the Stealth looked like after the PGA show. Here is a link to the full post with more pics. 
 

 
I know that it took a ton of shots but any markings on the face concern me. There were a number of comments of people who had fittings with them already that were surprised with the number of markings. Is this something to be concerned about? I know carbon fiber can be very strong but I also know that if there is any damage to it, it becomes extremely weak and compromised. 

Now that's interesting.  Competitor staff using a scarred ball in an attempt to slow down this years marketing phenom? 😆

Did anyone else see this on r/golf over the weekend? Here is what the face of the Stealth looked like after the PGA show. Here is a link to the full post with more pics. 
 

 
I know that it took a ton of shots but any markings on the face concern me. There were a number of comments of people who had fittings with them already that were surprised with the number of markings. Is this something to be concerned about? I know carbon fiber can be very strong but I also know that if there is any damage to it, it becomes extremely weak and compromised. 

Did anyone else see this on r/golf over the weekend? Here is what the face of the Stealth looked like after the PGA show. Here is a link to the full post with more pics. 
 

 
I know that it took a ton of shots but any markings on the face concern me. There were a number of comments of people who had fittings with them already that were surprised with the number of markings. Is this something to be concerned about? I know carbon fiber can be very strong but I also know that if there is any damage to it, it becomes extremely weak and compromised. 

As it relates to distance, a little of both but I agree with you that equipment, to include the supporting technologies, plays the bigger role. There is no doubt that the pro game I've been following for over 50 years has changed. Average distance through the bag is more and scoring to par lower.  But, one would expect this with advances in equipment, fitting, etc.  Personally, I don't care if they try bi-furcation or leave things as they are; I'll still watch the tours.
What I find most irritating (from an amateurs perspective) is how little penalizing errant shots are for them. For the vast majority of amateurs this plays a big factor in scoring, but in the pro game, seemingly, insignificant. Watching them hit greens from 150 yards out with their ball barely visible in thick rough, and a hay bale of grass hanging off the wedge, just ain't right or fair 😲.  How the hell do they do that? 

Not a club but my birthday present finally got in after ordering it in October. 
Titleist Linkmaster bag! I will be doing a more in depth review over on this thread but had to show off how sweet this thing is. Time to upgrade head covers.

Top response right here. There are times that I want to take it even further and say par is relative. Why do we need 72 (70, 71, or 73 on some tour stops)? The game of golf is least amount of strokes to put the ball in 18 holes... But also why 18? Why not 6, 9, or 12? I digress. 

I put this in the Slack chat but I’ll put it here too.
 
We had a bit of a mishap with the schedule where week 14 was accidentally tagged as a playoff week, not regular season. So there were no matchups entered. Fantrax helped a little but I had to enter the matchups manually so I used a random spinner to get it all in there.
 
The only manual choices I made were when the spinner came up with a matchup that has already happened during the season and my default was to choose the next closest number that was available. No consideration was given to standing.
 
 Reminder, top 16 in each division get in to the playoffs and top 4 in each get a bye. 

I absolutely hate this debate because it's so pointless. When Jon Rahm won his first Farmer's Insurance Open in 2017, he shot 13 under to do it. Ten years before that in 2007, Tiger Woods won his 5th Farmer's Insurance, shot 15 under. Ten years before that in 1997, Mark O'Mera won the tournament, shot 13 under to do it. Ten years before that in 1987, George Burns shot the tournament record 266, 22 under to win, a tournament record tied in 1999 by Tiger Woods. Ten years before that in 1977, Tom Watson shot 19 under to win. I'd mention the winning totals by Bob Goalby in 67 and Arnold Palmer in 57, but those were before the tournament moved to Torrey Pines in 1968, but they shot 15 and 17 under respectfully.
Scores are all relative people. No one was coming with pitchforks back then, everyone needs to calm down.
 

Very true - and then you have Pros like Hatton and Rory complaining a hole is too hard because it is a true Par 5 with a well placed center line bunker (18 at Yas Links). 

In the words of Jackie Gleason... "and away we go".  Our first event for the 2022 season begins at Torrey Pines in La Jolla, CA. Originally called the San Diego Open in 1952, it has a great legacy of champions - to include a guy name Tiger who gathered up 7 of those Pine Tree Trophies. The inaugural event winner was Ted Kroll (yah, me neither 😆) and, amazingly, Arnold only won it one time in 1957. Patrick Reed returns with a VERY DEEP field to defend his title. 

Keep in mind that we will have an on-line event contest each week and the more weeks you play the more chance you have of winning the bacon. Also that this weeks event starts Wednesday and concludes Saturday; so get your picks for this and Fantasy League in early.
https://runmypools.com/JRMPNWWF

I'm hoping more sign up! This plus the survivor league and fantasy is such a good way to keep track of pro golf, especially on these "off" weeks. 
Shout out to @fixyurdivot for setting this up!

I'm hoping more sign up! This plus the survivor league and fantasy is such a good way to keep track of pro golf, especially on these "off" weeks. 
Shout out to @fixyurdivot for setting this up!

Not a club but my birthday present finally got in after ordering it in October. 
Titleist Linkmaster bag! I will be doing a more in depth review over on this thread but had to show off how sweet this thing is. Time to upgrade head covers.

Pick #1 won the stupid tournament, pick #2 missed the cut. Story of my life 🤨

Agree Rahm is definitely one of my picks this week. 

I survived! My strategy is very much changing. I was going to hold off picking any big names for as long as possible but now that over half didn't survive, my plan is try to survive and pick people who will make the cut comfy!

Not a club but my birthday present finally got in after ordering it in October. 
Titleist Linkmaster bag! I will be doing a more in depth review over on this thread but had to show off how sweet this thing is. Time to upgrade head covers.

Not a club but my birthday present finally got in after ordering it in October. 
Titleist Linkmaster bag! I will be doing a more in depth review over on this thread but had to show off how sweet this thing is. Time to upgrade head covers.

Not a club but my birthday present finally got in after ordering it in October. 
Titleist Linkmaster bag! I will be doing a more in depth review over on this thread but had to show off how sweet this thing is. Time to upgrade head covers.

Not a club but my birthday present finally got in after ordering it in October. 
Titleist Linkmaster bag! I will be doing a more in depth review over on this thread but had to show off how sweet this thing is. Time to upgrade head covers.

Not a club but my birthday present finally got in after ordering it in October. 
Titleist Linkmaster bag! I will be doing a more in depth review over on this thread but had to show off how sweet this thing is. Time to upgrade head covers.

Everything is up for sale for the right price...

Everything is up for sale for the right price...

Everything is up for sale for the right price...