Midwest: MN, WI, MI, IL, IN, OH, WV

[rkj427 164]

How long have you been playing golf? What’s your handicap or normal score?

I've been playing off and on since I was 15 years old. If my math is correct, that means that I have been playing for the most part of 51 years. 

In all of that time, I have broken 72 a few times, but those times were a long time ago in my younger days.  I am unsure of my handicap, took the last 6 years off,  and generally will shoot somewhere between 80 - 90 since returning to the game a few months ago, dependent upon the course I am playing (length) and conditions.

I have taken more time since joining MGS to work on my golf game and that has helped my consistency lately upon my return to the game.

 

What do you love about golf?

First, I love that golf is a social event.  Some of my most cherished memories are teeing it up with my dad and two brothers.  Unfortunately, my Dad and younger brother have both passed on, and my other brother doesn't play as he became more involved in sports car auto racing. I am very fortunate that my girlfriend plays as well as most of my friends.

 Second, I love that golf asks you to do something different each time you play.  No shot is ever the same, even if it is the same yardage at the same course on the same hole as the day before. I enjoy the challenge that each round and each shot present to me as well as the joy of potentially solving the challenge.

Third, I love that golf is for everyone.  No matter your age, gender, or ability, golf can be enjoyed by everyone.  While golf can present itself as exclusive, I have found that the sport of golf is inclusive more often than not.

 

What brings you to MyGolfSpy? Do you already know any other Spies?

I joined MyGolfSpy because I wanted to improve as a golfer, and my knowledge of equipment and technology has not kept up with the recent changes in the technologies involved.

 

It has been great to read the various opinions from multiple people, even the opinions I may not agree with, as all the postings I have read have been done with mutual respect of the participants. 

Unfortunately I do not know any Spies outside of the forums. I am hoping that with more time, I may be able to meet and engage with them in the real world too.

 

Where are you from? What is your home course?

Currently I reside in Washington Township, MI. A northeast suburb in northern Macomb County, just south of Romeo, MI. 

I live in a subdivision near the Orchards Golf Club, and have played that course more than a few times since living in this area the past 10 years.

Always have resided in Michigan, in the Detroit area eastside suburbs. 

As a kid, my Dad did belong to a club, in Mt. Clemens, MI,, and that is where I really learned and honed my game. Gowanee Golf Club,

 

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

The best thing about golf in my region is the exorbitant amount of choices that I have in courses to play.  Michigan has an incredible amount of high quality golf courses to choose from.  Also, used to take an annual golf trip with my brother before he passed to Myrtle Beach for many years, so familiar with some of the courses in that area as well.

The worst thing about golf in my region is the fact that I cannot play year round due to weather.  Cold, ice, and snow are mainstays for 4-5 months out of the year.

 

What do you do for a living?

Work for a Tier 1 automotive driveline supplier as a Warranty Analyst. Think engineer without the piece of paper. Was an automotive technician for 26 years prior to my current position, where I am rapidly approaching the 20 year mark with this company. Look at parts, and analyze them as needed, to root cause what caused the customer concern and the part to be replaced.

 

How’d you pick your user name?

Easy answer, first the letters are my initials, and the digits are the size of the engine in my Corvette. I use this forum name on the majority of the forums I participate in.

 

[Adam F 0]

New from IL. If anyone is selling unique putters or Adam's eqp lmk!

Edited August 21 by Adam F

[steeliejunkie 3]

Hello! Glad to join the forum!

1. How long have you been playing golf? What’s your handicap or normal score? I have been playing for over 18 years but really started taking the game seriously just recently. I have a 24 handicap at the moment but it is dropping quickly! Now that I broke 100 it seems to keep coming down. 

2. What do you love about golf? I love the beauty of the courses and some time to relax.

3. What brings you to MyGolfSpy? Do you already know any other Spies? I have read MyGolfSpy for a long time and feel like it is time to join the discussion. 

4. Where are you from? What is your home course? I am from Milwaukee, WI. I play lots of different courses in the area.

5. What are the best and worst things about golf in your region? Wisconsin has become a golfers heaven with lots of travel worthy golf courses! Unfortunately we have a pretty short season. 

6. What do you do for a living? Business Executive

7. How’d you pick your user name? My name actually relates to another hobby of mine being steelhead fishing, but since this is a golf forum lets just say its because I have steel shafted irons. 

[Markelly82 66]

1. How long have you been playing golf? What’s your handicap or normal score? 

   • I have been playing golf for about 29 years.  I got started with my dad when I was about 5.  I got more heavily involved in golf around age 11.  My dad would drop me off at my local course and I would play all day with my friends.  Was nice when the course offered a youth membership for $100.

   • My average score is around 76 at the par 70 course I play at.   

2. What do you love about golf?

   • I love the challenge of golf.  There's no mastering it.  There's always something to work on to strive and get better.  I also love tinkering and love hitting new clubs to feel the difference between my clubs and someone else's.  

3. What brings you to MyGolfSpy? Do you already know any other Spies?

   • I enjoy the forums.  Helping others with some knowledge I may have and vice versa.  Like I answered in the previous message, there's always room for improvement.  There's a vast array of different golfers that have been through similar challenges I might be going through at the time.  Post a question and you can easily get multiple suggestions and tips for things to work on.  

   • I don't know any other spies.   

4. Where are you from? What is your home course?

   • I'm from Muncie, Indiana (home of Ball State University)

   • I play regularly at Delaware Country Club and The Player's Club.  Both are good courses that offer different ways to golf.  Both challenging in their own rite.  

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

   • The weather sucks in Indiana.  Plan and simple.  Your golf season only runs from April-Oct, which is a long time, but not enough in my mind.  

6. What do you do for a living?

   • I work for a large insurance company as an analyst.  

7. How’d you pick your user name?

   • My first and last name with my football # from college.  

[Camcmart 825]

1. How long have you been playing golf? What’s your handicap or normal score? 

   • I have been playing golf for about 29 years.  I got started with my dad when I was about 5.  I got more heavily involved in golf around age 11.  My dad would drop me off at my local course and I would play all day with my friends.  Was nice when the course offered a youth membership for $100.

   • My average score is around 76 at the par 70 course I play at.   

2. What do you love about golf?

   • I love the challenge of golf.  There's no mastering it.  There's always something to work on to strive and get better.  I also love tinkering and love hitting new clubs to feel the difference between my clubs and someone else's.  

3. What brings you to MyGolfSpy? Do you already know any other Spies?

   • I enjoy the forums.  Helping others with some knowledge I may have and vice versa.  Like I answered in the previous message, there's always room for improvement.  There's a vast array of different golfers that have been through similar challenges I might be going through at the time.  Post a question and you can easily get multiple suggestions and tips for things to work on.  

   • I don't know any other spies.   

4. Where are you from? What is your home course?

   • I'm from Muncie, Indiana (home of Ball State University)

   • I play regularly at Delaware Country Club and The Player's Club.  Both are good courses that offer different ways to golf.  Both challenging in their own rite.  

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

   • The weather sucks in Indiana.  Plan and simple.  Your golf season only runs from April-Oct, which is a long time, but not enough in my mind.  

6. What do you do for a living?

   • I work for a large insurance company as an analyst.  

7. How’d you pick your user name?

   • My first and last name with my football # from college.  

Welcome from a fellow Hoosier up in Fort Wayne-area!


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[Haggerty 9]

1. How long have you been playing golf? What’s your handicap or normal score?
   2 years, picked it up back up after 20 years off.   Normal score is 84-92 could go to 100 on a rough day

2. What do you love about golf? 
   The challenge and playing with friends

3. What brings you to MyGolfSpy? Do you already know any other Spies?
   the great articles and reviews brought me here, i don't know anyone else currently on here.

4. Where are you from? What is your home course?
   I am from Cleveland, Ohio Suburb.   No home course but play Sleep Hollow a fair amount.

5. What are the best and worst things about golf in your region?
   Weather is the worst, best is we have a ton of golf courses at reasonable prices.

6. What do you do for a living?
   I am a Systems Engineer, building out and supporting infrastructures for a living 

7. How’d you pick your user name?
   Not being creative and using my last name.

[tony@CIC 15,852]

9 hours ago, Haggerty said:

1. How long have you been playing golf? What’s your handicap or normal score?
   2 years, picked it up back up after 20 years off.   Normal score is 84-92 could go to 100 on a rough day

2. What do you love about golf? 
   The challenge and playing with friends

3. What brings you to MyGolfSpy? Do you already know any other Spies?
   the great articles and reviews brought me here, i don't know anyone else currently on here.

4. Where are you from? What is your home course?
   I am from Cleveland, Ohio Suburb.   No home course but play Sleep Hollow a fair amount.

5. What are the best and worst things about golf in your region?
   Weather is the worst, best is we have a ton of golf courses at reasonable prices.

6. What do you do for a living?
   I am a Systems Engineer, building out and supporting infrastructures for a living 

7. How’d you pick your user name?
   Not being creative and using my last name.

Welcome from another buckeye. There are a bunch of guys here from the Cleveland area and we're having an outing in two weeks in case you're interested in meeting other spies. 

Check out this thread and let me know if you're interested. 

 

[Haggerty 9]

On 8/28/2020 at 7:46 PM, tony@CIC said:

Welcome from another buckeye. There are a bunch of guys here from the Cleveland area and we're having an outing in two weeks in case you're interested in meeting other spies. 

Check out this thread and let me know if you're interested. 

Thank you!

 

[tony@CIC 15,852]

2 hours ago, Haggerty said:

 

No content in your message above , just want to make sure you weren't signing up and I missed it. . 

[Haggerty 9]

12 minutes ago, tony@CIC said:

No content in your message above , just want to make sure you weren't signing up and I missed it. . 

Sorry, unfortunately i can't make it on Sept 12th.  

[tony@CIC 15,852]

Just now, Haggerty said:

Sorry, unfortunately i can't make it on Sept 12th.  

No problem, stick around here and you'll find a bunch of guys from the Cleveland area, 

[teamweasel 1]

1. How long have you been playing golf? Since about 8. What’s your handicap or normal score? Need about 4 a side depending how the week went. Oh score? 85-90.

2. What do you love about golf? Social aspect. No one but yourself to beat. Lifelong sport.

3. What brings you to MyGolfSpy?he unbiased, no BS opinions on the No Putts Given podcast.  Do you already know any other Spies? Negative.

4. Where are you from? Peoria, IL area currently What is your home course? There's no place like home.

5. What are the best and worst things about golf in your region? Best: Solid selection of courses but still able to walk on as a single without a tee time. Worst: Not having a regular foursome/group like hometown.

6. What do you do for a living? - Product testing and evaluation 

7. How’d you pick your user name? - Nickname from before I graced the earth. Added the "team" to church it up. 

[Buffly 318]

I am relatively new to golf compared to most the old farts out there. 

I love encouraging my friends and playing partners to get the most out of their attempt to play this simple game. 

I am here because I have nothing better to do than this, and I welcome the distraction. 

I am born and raised in Orange County Cali. I am not playing much right now due to Covid. 

The best things about golf in my area are the variety of courses and the weather. The only downside is the golfers who can be rude and obnoxious at times - same as just about anything in life. 

I look forward to exploring and adding where I can on this forum. 

[JDGAFFLIN 18]

Hello all, 

 

I'm in the Metro-Detroit area.   I just started seriously playing in October of last year and became absolutely addicted to the game.  My WHS handicap is currently 20.2. 

 

As for what I love about golf, what really grabbed me was hitting a 157 yard shot on a Par 3 about 3' from the cup at our company golf outing last September.  Everything in that brief second of contact captured me.  So a well struck shot, yeah, that's what I love most about the game.  That feeling you get when you hit a great shot. 

 

I found MGS while looking for club reviews, probably the same as most..   The track I play most at is Rackham Golf Course.  It's located right next The Detroit Zoo.  It's a Donald Ross designed course.  While renovations, and mis-management by the city has it lacking from it's former glory.  The last year or so it's improved, and the greens, yeah, they're Ross all the way. 

 

I'm a purchasing director for a HVAC distributor here in the Detroit are.  My user name is from an old Ice Cube skit from AmeriKKKas Most Wanted.  Hit Em Straight, All.  

[Slinky 6]

1. How long have you been playing golf? What’s your handicap or normal score?  Played golf off and on for over 30 years.  Started at age 14.  Took time off for family and life here and there.  But I always come back.  I'm a consistent 10 handicap but prior to an accident in 2016 I was about 5-6 for a few years.

2. What do you love about golf?  I love that even now after a near fatal accident I can still swing a club.  I still have enough speed to occasionally threaten or reach 300 off the tee.  I love that regardless of your limitations if you can develop some amount of consistency you can still play well without having great length off the tee.

3. What brings you to MyGolfSpy? Do you already know any other Spies?  Love the in depth reviews and un-biased review and opinion.  I nearly purchased a different driver without advice I saw here and what I spotted in other similar handicaps bags.

4. Where are you from? What is your home course?  Originally from Kentucky my home course would be Laurel Oaks Golf Club in Maysville, KY I moved to Ohio nearly 10 years ago so if I had to claim a home course here it would be Potter's Park par 69 short course that reminds me of our country club back home in Maysville.  Short tight and you'll generally hit every club in the bag.  If you're a good wedge player and can putt you can score well here.  

5. What are the best and worst things about golf in your region?    Growing up in a small town unless you played the Country Club often which I didn't the public courses did not have sand bunkers of very few and far between.  Coming to Ohio and the area being flatter I've had to develop a survival sand game and generally will lay up or go big as not to have to play out of the sand

6. What do you do for a living?   After having a motorcycle accident in 2016 I haven't worked a public job.  Been a self employed guy working rideshare and side jobs ever since.  

7. How’d you pick your user name?  A member of a motorcycle club gave me that name several years ago.  It kinda stuck.  It reminds me of my golf game.  I twist it up and I hit into situations where gravity takes over.  But if I can find my ball I can generally get out of jail.  Slinkies bend and get twisted up but they never break.

8. Trying to re tool myself to get into some golf industry.  Would love to be a teaching pro but Im going to have to have a way more solid personal game to get PGA certified.  Clubfitting and clubmaking aren't out of the realm of possibly career paths.  

[DubiousPro 16]

1. How long have you been playing golf? What’s your handicap or normal score? Been playing for 30 yrs now. I'm an unpracticed 5 handicap. Gotta love having a career and 3 small boys. Usually shoot around 78 anymore, in my glory days I was averaging 75.

2. What do you love about golf? Hard to put into words why I love the game. It is a drug that keeps me coming back, it's a need to play better. 

3. What brings you to MyGolfSpy? Do you already know any other Spies? Played with a guy while on vacation that mentioned this site. Been reading and watching YouTube from MyGolfSpy ever since. 

4. Where are you from? What is your home course? Terre Haute, IN. I sneak on to The Country Club of Terre Haute. But pay to play Rae Park

5. What are the best and worst things about golf in your region? Price isn't bad, good players in the region. Climate is challenging to keep the courses healthy. 

6. What do you do for a living? Production engineer

7. How’d you pick your user name? Wanted to go pro as a younger player. Now that I'm old I'm a dreamer trapped in an adult body. 

[noraadam800 0]

Iam playing Golf since 8 years 

 

[Brack-Attack 2]

How long have you been playing golf? What’s your handicap or normal score?

I’ve been golfing for about 8 years.

Currently a handicap of 4.4

Sore in the 70’s

What do you love about golf?

I love the complexity, challenge and thought process.  I love to improve and crunch numbers.   I enjoy finding areas to improve and working toward those improvements.

What brings you to MyGolfSpy? Do you already know any other Spies?

I like the unbiased and in-depth reviews.   
I do not know any other Spies.

Where are you from? What is your home course?

Springfield, Ohio.  Windy Knoll is the closest, former member of Springfield Country Club and Mitchell Hills.  Currently a freelance golfer.  Lol 

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

This is not a very populated area, but the best thing is that there are 16 courses within 30 minutes, plus 3 Country Clubs.  Typically they are busy and the care for the public courses by the users is poor.  Lots of geese, which means lots of droppings on course.  Very little youth encouragement or rates.  That stifles growth.   

What do you do for a living?

Maintenance Team Leader

How’d you pick your user name?

Was a nickname from high school baseball days.  

 

Edited October 9 by Brack-Attack

[tony@CIC 15,852]

29 minutes ago, Brack-Attack said:

How long have you been playing golf? What’s your handicap or normal score?

I’ve been golfing for about 8 years.

Currently a handicap of 4.4

Sore in the 70’s

What do you love about golf?

I love the complexity, challenge and thought process.  I love to improve and crunch numbers.   I enjoy finding areas to improve and working toward those improvements.

What brings you to MyGolfSpy? Do you already know any other Spies?

I like the unbiased and in-depth reviews.   
I do not know any other Spies.

Where are you from? What is your home course?

Springfield, Ohio.  Windy Knoll is the closest, former member of Springfield Country Club and Mitchell Hills.  Currently a freelance golfer.  Lol 

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

This is not a very populated area, but the best thing is that there are 16 courses within 30 minutes, plus 3 Country Clubs.  Typically they are busy and the care for the public courses by the users is poor.  Lots of geese, which means lots of droppings on course.  Very little youth encouragement or rates.  That stifles growth.   

What do you do for a living?

Maintenance Team Leader

How’d you pick your user name?

Was a nickname from high school baseball days.  

 

A warm welcome from another Buckeye, there are lots of us here from the Cleveland-Columbus-Dayton area. Be sure to put your info on the member map. 

[eads77m 3]

Good Morning 

I joined the forum not long ago and finally getting around to this 

1. How long have you been playing golf? I have been playing around with golf since I was about 10 years old.  I stated just hitting around a old 3 iron in my grandparents yard. I stopped for awhile and started playing off and on a few years ago. I recently in the past year really picked up the game and started to play more and get better .

2. What’s your handicap or normal score? My handicap has gone up and down depending how much I play I try to play nine holes once a week. It usually goes from 20 to 24 but I took a couple lessons from a PGA pro and hopefully get it down more here in the next year or two. 

3. What do you love about golf? What I love about the game has really been the quiet of it all. I recently have a walking cart to help with my diet. I have lost about 60 pounds from just walking when I play. I just like being out there by myself to clear my head and just to relax. 

4. What brings you to MyGolfSpy? What brought me here is that the reviews I have heard from other people are spot on and it is a good place to reach out for questions and just talk about golf. Do you already know any other Spies? I do not know anyone else on the forum here since this is new for me. 

5. Where are you from? I am from Illinois here in the central area. What is your home course? I currently do not have a home course yet but I have a couple that I am looking at. 

6. What are the best and worst things about golf in your region? Some of the area is good there is not a lot I can really get into because I am not an expert. There are some courses here and there are like dirt and I am surprised they are open. 

7. What do you do for a living? I do software technical support for a local company in the city where I live 

8. How’d you pick your user name. Just use something that I can remember. Also how does everyone get the icons in their signature for what their equipment is.