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[excourse]

Back after a long hiatus, life happens. Lost my wife, remarried and at 75 relocated from Bucks County PA to The Villages in Central Florida in April. Playing 2-3 times a week on the executive courses (excourse) and still using the set of Wishon 730CL's that funkyjudge built for me at the end of 2012. I've dallied with several different set ups since then, but no clubs perform better  than the 730CLs for my particular lack of talent. 

Currently using an Odessey Stroke Lab V-line CS putter and Srixon (yellow) soft feel balls. 

 

Edited November 22, 2022 by excourse
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[Rickp]

15 minutes ago, excourse said:

Back after a long hiatus, life happens. Lost my wife, remarried and at 75 relocated from Bucks County PA to The Villages in Central Florida in April. Playing 2-3 times a week on the executive courses (excourse) and still using the set of Wishon 730CL's that funkyjudge built for me at the end of 2012. I've dallied with several different set ups since then, but no clubs perform better  than the 730CLs for my particular lack of talent. 

Currently using a Ping C67 G2 putter and Srixon (yellow) soft feel balls. 

 

Which Village?  I’ve been in TV for 10 years.

[excourse]

21 minutes ago, Rickp said:

Which Village?  I’ve been in TV for 10 years.

I'm south of 44 in St. John's. You?

[Rickp]

13 minutes ago, excourse said:

I'm south of 44 in St. John's. You?

Pinellas, right next to Palmetto, Sweet Gum & Evans Prairie.

[excourse]

21 minutes ago, Rickp said:

Pinellas, right next to Palmetto, Sweet Gum & Evans Prairie.

Nice area, I'm playing Palmetto on Tuesday.

[archship]

How long have you been playing golf? I've played since my mid-twenties, so about 25 years.  What’s your handicap or normal score?  My current GHIN is a 9.0

What do you love about golf?  I love the combination of having something competitive and athletic while being able to enjoy nature as well. 

What brings you to MyGolfSpy? Do you already know any other Spies? I'm not completely new to it, but I love to read honest reviews instead of being spoon-fed the companies advertising.

Where are you from? What is your home course? I am originally from Nebraska and started playing on cheap sand-greens courses with buffalo grass fairways there and in Kansas.  I started playing a lot more when I moved to Wyoming and later Colorado.  Now I live near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. My home course is Wild Wing: Avocet and Hummingbird

What are the best and worst things about golf in your region?  The best thing is that you can play on green grass the whole year.  The worst thing is the humidity in the summer.  

What do you do for a living?  I am an educator.  

How’d you pick your user name?  It is a combination of the beginnings of my first and last name.

[DerekDryden]

Hey all - looking forward to getting to learn more about equipment and all from this group. 

How long have you been playing golf? Since I was 8, so about 38 years.

What’s your handicap or normal score? I play to a 6-8, been as good as 4. 

What do you love about golf? Every round is different. Positives on shot making, doofus decisions. I also am part of PGA HOPE where we get to teach and train veterans. It is a very well respected program here in the Carolinas. 

What brings you to MyGolfSpy? Do you already know any other Spies? I do not know any other Spies but I have visited the site a lot over the years to look into potential club and equipment recommendations / reviews.

Where are you from? What is your home course? From CO but now considered a SC native. Live in Mount Pleasant, about 15 mins from downtown Charleston. Home course is tough. Play Rivertowne the most. Myrtle is crazy close so I play a lot of those courses. Also have a great opportunity to play Kiawah courses frequently.

What are the best and worst things about golf in your region? Nothing bad other than sometimes the cost and how many people have moved here within the past couple years

What do you do for a living? I retired from the Navy as a Submarine Officer. Now I work with the Navy and their training pipeline here in SC.

How’d you pick your user name? Just my name, nothing fun.

[David Leighton Reid]

On 12/3/2022 at 4:09 PM, DerekDryden said:

Hey all - looking forward to getting to learn more about equipment and all from this group. 

How long have you been playing golf? Since I was 8, so about 38 years.

What’s your handicap or normal score? I play to a 6-8, been as good as 4. 

What do you love about golf? Every round is different. Positives on shot making, doofus decisions. I also am part of PGA HOPE where we get to teach and train veterans. It is a very well respected program here in the Carolinas. 

What brings you to MyGolfSpy? Do you already know any other Spies? I do not know any other Spies but I have visited the site a lot over the years to look into potential club and equipment recommendations / reviews.

Where are you from? What is your home course? From CO but now considered a SC native. Live in Mount Pleasant, about 15 mins from downtown Charleston. Home course is tough. Play Rivertowne the most. Myrtle is crazy close so I play a lot of those courses. Also have a great opportunity to play Kiawah courses frequently.

What are the best and worst things about golf in your region? Nothing bad other than sometimes the cost and how many people have moved here within the past couple years

What do you do for a living? I retired from the Navy as a Submarine Officer. Now I work with the Navy and their training pipeline here in SC.

How’d you pick your user name? Just my name, nothing fun.

Hello and welcome from SW MO.

[armygrunt47]

How long have you been playing golf?

Around 15 years.

What’s your handicap or normal score?

I was a +3 before a hand injury. Currently im around a 4

What do you love about golf?

Its a stress relief 

What brings you to MyGolfSpy?

Getting back into playing more golf and getting back into equipment 

Do you already know any other Spies?

possibly 

Where are you from?

Central NC

What is your home course?

I play around at multiple courses but I have Life Time membership at a course in VA that I helped remodel about 10 years ago

What are the best and worst things about golf in your region?

It's great and I can't really complain.

What do you do for a living?

Previously I was an Assistant Pro but left the industry about 6 years ago for a Law Enforcement career

How’d you pick your user name?

It's been the same onethat I have used since I was in the Army in the early 2000s.

[ole gray]

20 hours ago, armygrunt47 said:

How long have you been playing golf?

Around 15 years.

What’s your handicap or normal score?

I was a +3 before a hand injury. Currently im around a 4

What do you love about golf?

Its a stress relief 

What brings you to MyGolfSpy?

Getting back into playing more golf and getting back into equipment 

Do you already know any other Spies?

possibly 

Where are you from?

Central NC

What is your home course?

I play around at multiple courses but I have Life Time membership at a course in VA that I helped remodel about 10 years ago

What are the best and worst things about golf in your region?

It's great and I can't really complain.

What do you do for a living?

Previously I was an Assistant Pro but left the industry about 6 years ago for a Law Enforcement career

How’d you pick your user name?

It's been the same onethat I have used since I was in the Army in the early 2000s.

Welcome aboard!

[David Leighton Reid]

On 12/6/2022 at 8:11 PM, armygrunt47 said:

How long have you been playing golf?

Around 15 years.

What’s your handicap or normal score?

I was a +3 before a hand injury. Currently im around a 4

What do you love about golf?

Its a stress relief 

What brings you to MyGolfSpy?

Getting back into playing more golf and getting back into equipment 

Do you already know any other Spies?

possibly 

Where are you from?

Central NC

What is your home course?

I play around at multiple courses but I have Life Time membership at a course in VA that I helped remodel about 10 years ago

What are the best and worst things about golf in your region?

It's great and I can't really complain.

What do you do for a living?

Previously I was an Assistant Pro but left the industry about 6 years ago for a Law Enforcement career

How’d you pick your user name?

It's been the same onethat I have used since I was in the Army in the early 2000s.

Hello and welcome from SW Missouri.

[Rico117]

Hey y'all, thought I was a member here for a while but apparently I have just been creeping.

 

How long have you been playing golf? What’s your handicap or normal score? 20 something years, not really sure when my first round was.  normal score is mid 90s.

What do you love about golf? Playing new courses and meeting new people.

What brings you to MyGolfSpy? Do you already know any other Spies? Release details, love gear and love learning about it.  That being said, I know nothing.

Where are you from? What is your home course? Living in Orlando now, don't really have a home course but I love playing the Winter Park 9.

What are the best and worst things about golf in your region? Best, year round. Worst, Slow tourists and High greens fees.

What do you do for a living? Sling Software

How’d you pick your user name? Rico has been my nickname for years and 117 is a nerdy reference to Halo.

WITB: Callaway Epic LS, Cobra 3wd (testing), Ping G425 7wd, PXG 0211 5-G, Cleveland 56* & 60*, Cobra Agera Volition, Hatch Headcovers

[daddybob0525000]

On 11/13/2022 at 7:14 PM, excourse said:

Back after a long hiatus, life happens. Lost my wife, remarried and at 75 relocated from Bucks County PA to The Villages in Central Florida in April. Playing 2-3 times a week on the executive courses (excourse) and still using the set of Wishon 730CL's that funkyjudge built for me at the end of 2012. I've dallied with several different set ups since then, but no clubs perform better  than the 730CLs for my particular lack of talent. 

Currently using an Odessey Stroke Lab V-line CS putter and Srixon (yellow) soft feel balls. 

 

Keep up the great work and attitude. The Villages is a golfer's dream location. Enjoy the sunshine and company on the courses you play.

[Flatstick Foley]

How long have you been playing golf?
40 years 

What’s your handicap or normal score?

Shoot anywhere from 79-90

What do you love about golf?

It’s a spiritual experience and helps to strengthen your mental skills

What brings you to MyGolfSpy?

searching Google for club reviews 

Do you already know any other Spies?

No

Where are you from?

Virginia now in Florida

What is your home course?

Mount Dora Golf Course

What are the best and worst things about golf in your region?

best is year round golf, worst is courses get crowded in the winter time due to all the snowbirds  

What do you do for a living?

Service Manager

How’d you pick your user name?

I putt good

[shailey]

How long have you been playing golf? What’s your handicap or normal score?  Started when I was 6.  Stopped for a while due to being a baseball player.  Picked it back up competitively.  Quit for 12 years to raise a family and run my new business started after the economic downturn. Picked it back up 2 years ago and going full bore.  I am a 5.7 now and on my way down.  

What do you love about golf? It's not about what you have done, but what you need to do.

What brings you to MyGolfSpy? Do you already know any other Spies?  This article brought me here.  https://mygolfspy.com/golf-club-center-of-gravity-cg/  After reading about closure rate, I changed the weights on my driver and immediately started smoking the ball dead center with my new driver.  I probably do know people in here.  I was competitive for quite a while.

Where are you from? What is your home course?  Delano, TN.  Springbrook Golf & Country Club.  Also a member at Indian Trace and another that I don't care to mention.

What are the best and worst things about golf in your region? Best thing is the weather.  We can play almost year round.  Top courses can do bent grass greens which I love.  Worst part is the fault of the courses.  Public courses do constant membership drives just to get money knowing people won't hardly use them.  So they wind up with people on the course that they do not educate about etiquette.  The 3rd course I am a member of and will not mention is the worst at this.  I am paid up through next December and refuse to go back out there.  Last time we were there we were an hour and 40 minutes into the round and on the 5th tee box with 4 groups on 1 hole.  I left and told them why I would not be back and they really don't care.

What do you do for a living?  Was a biomechanist for pitchers in baseball.  Sold my business and left the profession so I could watch my own kids play college baseball.  I now sell forklifts for one of the largest Mitsubishi/Caterpillar dealerships in the country.  I love it.  I am done by 4 everyday and get to spend time with my family.

How’d you pick your user name? First initial, last name.    

[Floridagolfman]

1. Been playing off and on since 1993. Current index is 4.2.

2. I love the personal and individual aspect of the game and that you will never master it.

3. I am an equipment nut and love reading and learning g about new products that may help me or one of my friends. Currently don’t know any other spies that I know of.

4. I live in Port Charlotte, Florida. Don’t really have a home course. Currently play at several places. My favorite in my area is currently Heron Creek in North Port, Florida.

5. The best thing about golf in my area is the warm weather 12 months of the year. The bad thing is the best time of year for weather (winter) is also the most expensive time to play. 

6. I work for a cancer testing and research company.

[GaDawg]

1 hour ago, Floridagolfman said:

1. Been playing off and on since 1993. Current index is 4.2.

2. I love the personal and individual aspect of the game and that you will never master it.

3. I am an equipment nut and love reading and learning g about new products that may help me or one of my friends. Currently don’t know any other spies that I know of.

4. I live in Port Charlotte, Florida. Don’t really have a home course. Currently play at several places. My favorite in my area is currently Heron Creek in North Port, Florida.

5. The best thing about golf in my area is the warm weather 12 months of the year. The bad thing is the best time of year for weather (winter) is also the most expensive time to play. 

6. I work for a cancer testing and research company.

Welcome aboard! I played Heron Creek last year when we were down for several weeks in February. I really liked the course.

[Josh Ross]

On 1/7/2023 at 9:19 AM, shailey said:

How long have you been playing golf? What’s your handicap or normal score?  Started when I was 6.  Stopped for a while due to being a baseball player.  Picked it back up competitively.  Quit for 12 years to raise a family and run my new business started after the economic downturn. Picked it back up 2 years ago and going full bore.  I am a 5.7 now and on my way down.  

What do you love about golf? It's not about what you have done, but what you need to do.

What brings you to MyGolfSpy? Do you already know any other Spies?  This article brought me here.  https://mygolfspy.com/golf-club-center-of-gravity-cg/  After reading about closure rate, I changed the weights on my driver and immediately started smoking the ball dead center with my new driver.  I probably do know people in here.  I was competitive for quite a while.

Where are you from? What is your home course?  Delano, TN.  Springbrook Golf & Country Club.  Also a member at Indian Trace and another that I don't care to mention.

What are the best and worst things about golf in your region? Best thing is the weather.  We can play almost year round.  Top courses can do bent grass greens which I love.  Worst part is the fault of the courses.  Public courses do constant membership drives just to get money knowing people won't hardly use them.  So they wind up with people on the course that they do not educate about etiquette.  The 3rd course I am a member of and will not mention is the worst at this.  I am paid up through next December and refuse to go back out there.  Last time we were there we were an hour and 40 minutes into the round and on the 5th tee box with 4 groups on 1 hole.  I left and told them why I would not be back and they really don't care.

What do you do for a living?  Was a biomechanist for pitchers in baseball.  Sold my business and left the profession so I could watch my own kids play college baseball.  I now sell forklifts for one of the largest Mitsubishi/Caterpillar dealerships in the country.  I love it.  I am done by 4 everyday and get to spend time with my family.

How’d you pick your user name? First initial, last name.    

Welcome to the forum! I'm in Delano a few times a year, we have family in Etowah and we always like to visit the Amish Farm for fresh produce. You mentioned Indian Trace, is it the one in Chatsworth, GA? We play there a couple times a year, fun little track for sure. Oh, and I love college baseball, well any baseball really. Used to know a lot of players out there in the minors and majors but now I'm mostly just a fan and a travel team coach.

[daddybob0525000]

14 minutes ago, Josh Ross said:

Welcome to the forum! I'm in Delano a few times a year, we have family in Etowah and we always like to visit the Amish Farm for fresh produce. You mentioned Indian Trace, is it the one in Chatsworth, GA? We play there a couple times a year, fun little track for sure. Oh, and I love college baseball, well any baseball really. Used to know a lot of players out there in the minors and majors but now I'm mostly just a fan and a travel team coach.

Welcome to the group, I'm in Canton just off I-575. My home course is Towne Lake Hills in Woodstock. A nice tight track but short for some players. You ought to give me a shout when you're down this way and we can maybe get together.

[Josh Ross]

32 minutes ago, daddybob0525000 said:

Welcome to the group, I'm in Canton just off I-575. My home course is Towne Lake Hills in Woodstock. A nice tight track but short for some players. You ought to give me a shout when you're down this way and we can maybe get together.

Yeah I remember talking to you on here a couple years ago about knowing my buddy Bill Murchison there at Towne Lake Hills. I haven't been down there to play in a while, usually I'm at Bridgemill or Woodmont when down that way. I'll definitely give ya a shout when I come back down, would be nice to get back out there.