Popular Post GolfSpy_BOS 15,236 Posted February 4 Popular Post Share Posted February 4 Coming Soon - Updated Player Profiles! **Player Profile Update is now Live** Hey everyone! Today I’m excited to announce that you’re going to see some new Player Profile questions going live. We’ve made some updates to existing questions and added some more so that we can better utilize this information for member testing this upcoming season. There are now eight questions around our golfer demographics: AGE: Simple enough, just a drop down with some age ranges. I hope no one here needs assistance determining which group to go into here! SWING SPEED: How fast do you swing your driver? Broken down into 4 ranges. If you’ve never been measured before you can use this as an estimate: 90 MPH or Less – Average drive of less than 230 yards 91-100 MPH – Average drive 230 to 260 yards 101-110 MPH – Average drive of 260 to 285 yards 111+ MPH – Average drive greater than 285 yards HANDICAP: If you have an official one, great! If you have an estimate, great too! This field allows you to enter your handicap as a number with one decimal place. If you try to enter something that is not formatted correctly you will get an error. Examples of acceptable handicaps are: 6.4 26.0 0.7 And for the rare breed of “plus” guys and gals out there +3.2 will work as well. FREQUENCY OF PLAY/PRACTICE: This should include rounds and things like range sessions, lessons, or outdoor/simulator practice. As much as I’d like to call myself a “daily” golfer I don’t think I should include putting practice while on work calls as a real practice session. PLAYER TYPE: How would you characterize your style of play? Casual – Are you casual and out there for the sunshine, fresh air, and experience? Competitive – Are you driven to compete against others, or working to shoot lower scores? Tour – Do you compete on an actual professional level? Weekend Golfer – Are you a weekend warrior somewhere between casual and competitive? BIGGEST STRENGTH/WEAKNESS: Where are you strongest and weakest? Broken down into Driving, Approach, Short Game, and Putting like you see on most shot tracking apps out there. FITTED FOR CLUBS: This is a simple yes/no. Are you typically fit for your clubs? Why should you care? Your user profile is going to be leveraged heavily in the testing platform to be able to help everyone group, sort, and identify official member test reviews on these criteria. This will help everyone find the reviews that may be of most interest to them based on similar golfer profiles. Also, I think it will help everyone learn a little bit more about each other and our personal approach to this game we all love. Ok, so how do I update it? Great Question! First, you may be asked to update your info the first time you login after the update is made (I’ll add a post here when it’s live). After that, if you want to make an update here’s how to get there: From the top of any forum page click on your username in the upper right corner of the page and select Profile. This will take you to your main profile page and on the top right of your profile cover photo you will see an Edit Profile button. Click that and a window will show up that has the profile questions there. Two quick videos from iPhone and iPad on how to get to edit: Anything else I need to know? Why actually yes, there is one more thing! Since these profile questions are going to be used with member testing this season you will find that these questions, and maybe even a few additional questions, will still be on the testing applications. Fret not however, as your current profile details will be auto populated in the testing application! Also, any updates to your profile made while filling out a testing application will be pushed to your Player Profile, so the most up to date information will always be saved there. Comments, questions, or concerns? Sound off below and we’ll be here to answer them. We have tested these updates in our test environment, but if you’re running into any issues, please let me know in this thread so we can make any changes needed! 27 5 Quote Epic Max LS 10.5 - Motore X F3 6x | Speedzone 5-wood - Ventus Blue 8s | TSi3 20* Hybrid - KBS Proto 85s KING Forged Tec 5-GW - Nippon Modus 120x | KING MIM Black 52.12C, 56.10V, 60.04W - Nippon Modus 125 Wedge ER2B | Pro V1x | NX9 Slope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russtopherb 9,329 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 11 minutes ago, GolfSpy_BOS said: Why actually yes, there is one more thing! Since these profile questions are going to be used with member testing this season you will find that these questions, and maybe even a few additional questions, will still be on the testing applications. Fret not however, as your current profile details will be auto populated in the testing application! Also, any updates to your profile made while filling out a testing application will be pushed to your Player Profile, so the most up to date information will always be saved there. OK that's pretty cool right there. 5 Quote In my carry bag: D7 Hy-Wood D200 5i-PW CBX 54* & 58* #10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiftaaft 724 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 LOVE THIS!! 3 Quote Official MGS Tester: Nippon N.S. Pro Modus3 Tour 115 shafts (<--- Click Here) Titleist TSi3 9* Driver Srixon ZX 3W, 5W & 7W Titleist TSi2 5 Hybrid Titleist 2021 T200 6-PW Titleist Vokey SM9 50-08, 54-10 & 58-08 Odyssey 2 Ball Ten-s Maxfli Tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucky CC 3,145 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Really cool update. At first glance everything seems pretty simple. The only question that came to mind is how often you would like people to update their handicap? Do you want it updated every time it changes; once a month, or just whenever there are large moves in either direction? Thanks! 7 Quote Driver: RADSPEED 10.5°, Project X Even Flow RIPTIDE 60 6.5 Fairway Wood: RADSPEED, Fujikura Motore 70 X 3 Hybrid: F9, LA Golf Tour AXS Red 85 X 4 Hybrid: F9, LA Golf Tour AXS Red 85 X 5-PW: JPX 919 Forged, KBS Tour Stiff Wedges: Jet Black 50°08F, 54°12D, 58°08M, True Temper Dynamic Gold Black S200 Putter: Stroke Lab Black 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GolfSpy_BOS 15,236 Posted February 4 Author Share Posted February 4 12 minutes ago, Bucky CC said: Really cool update. At first glance everything seems pretty simple. The only question that came to mind is how often you would like people to update their handicap? Do you want it updated every time it changes; once a month, or just whenever there are large moves in either direction? Thanks! Great question! The simple answer is as often as you'd like, which I would imagine for some might be every time it drops a tenth and for others once a season. The good thing is that you'll have the opportunity to update it when applying for a testing opportunity so it's as accurate and recent as possible there. The goal of maintaining it is such that if you're reading reviews and want to go to members of similar overall skill level you can get there. Personally I like to keep mine updated, but It also has been rather consistent as of late. 6 Quote Epic Max LS 10.5 - Motore X F3 6x | Speedzone 5-wood - Ventus Blue 8s | TSi3 20* Hybrid - KBS Proto 85s KING Forged Tec 5-GW - Nippon Modus 120x | KING MIM Black 52.12C, 56.10V, 60.04W - Nippon Modus 125 Wedge ER2B | Pro V1x | NX9 Slope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azstu324 4,318 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 This is a dyn-O-mite idea! Love the constant evolution and striving for betterment! Cant wait to see what 2022 has in store for MGS testing! 6 Quote STZ 10.5* / Fujikura MotoreX F1 6X F6 3 Wood 14* / Fujikura MotoreX F3 6S G400 7 Wood RAZR X Muscleback Irons/FCM Precision 6.5 Rifle TSW Wedges - 50/6 + 56/12 EAS 1.0 / Grip master 2.0 TP5x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kenny B 32,411 Posted February 4 Popular Post Share Posted February 4 I have an issue with Player type... Competitive – Are you driven to compete against others, or working to shoot lower scores? I don't see these two attributes as being the same and lumped into a Competitive player type. I can see that one could view a person working on lowering their scores as competitive within themselves, but that's a different person from one that enjoys the competition against other players for quarters in a gangsome or tournament setting. I am not a competitive person in golf; I was many years ago, but that time has passed. However, I still strive to make improvements, and I enjoy the feeling properly executing a shot. However, I do not view my Player Type as a "Weekend Golfer" - a weekend warrior somewhere between casual and competitive. I generally play or practice daily. To me, the Tour Player type is just a Competitive Player type, just at a different level. I would like to see something like this... Competitive – Are you driven to compete against others, and/or Do you compete on an actual professional level? Dedicated – Are you driven to improve, and working to shoot lower scores? 13 2 Quote “We don’t stop playing the game because we get old; we get old because we stop playing the game.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasyPutter 2,039 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 7 hours ago, GolfSpy_BOS said: FREQUENCY OF PLAY/PRACTICE: This should include rounds and things like range sessions, lessons, or outdoor/simulator practice. As much as I’d like to call myself a “daily” golfer I don’t think I should include putting practice while on work calls as a real practice session. Either Week day player or Weak day player, will SWAG it when I get to it, playing every day M-F when weather permits, so not on break or watching for the computer screen to refresh but usually 9-hole rounds! (what is this warm-up thing anyway?) 4 Quote Verified Hack, 23 handicap Golfing for exercise and peace of mind. |> Big Dogs: First StrikeTM Rattlesnake 10.5, O'Donnell Triumph hybrids 15 19 27, Ginty Trouble Club (29) |> Blades: First StrikeTM DeliveranceTM 3(20) 4(23) 5(26) 6(29) 7(33) 8(37) 9(41) P(45) |> Wedges: Worx (55) |> Flatstick: Pinemeadow Z-ON M1 (3) . C130 Supercharged 3.5+ Q6 Slope SwingU Looper MGS Logo Ball mark |> IGBRC [International Golf Ball Rescue Committee] -Founder- PGA HOPE Member "The World's Greatest Golf Club Without The Course" Member #334 2020 Official Tester - PuttUp mat 2021 Official Tester - Inesis Waterproof Grip Golf Shoes 2022 Official Tester - L.A.B.Putters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony@CIC 21,994 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Great idea and follow up comments. How about location? I know that a number of members have listed where they're located or play - but quite a few don't. Maybe use a more refined(localized) version of what @GolfSpy MBP set up in the 'introduce yourself' threads. Note - this would be especially helpful for those of us that have 'get togethers' , especially since member map is no longer updated. And if you decide to do this - also have an alternate location for us snowbirds. 7 Quote Left Hand orientation G410 SFT driver Cobra King F-9 5 wood 410 Hybrids 22*, 26* Cobra Speed Zone 6-GP/Recoil ESX 460 F3 Shafts SM7 54* Wedge Glide 3.0 60* Wedge O Works putter NX9-HD - 4 Wheel - too many shoes to list and so many to buy And BAG Boy Golf Balls: Snell MTB-X 2020 Official Tester Beginning Driver Speed - 78 2019 Official Tester 410 Driver 2018 Official Tester C300 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyBobby_PR 9,248 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Personal opinion the handicap question being used for choosing testers doesn’t make sense. The field for strength and weakness covers this. Theres low handicaps that can’t play a blade or even something in a cb style head and their handicap comes from not losing balls off the tee and a good short game while there’s a mid handicap who can’t drive the ball well but has length and has good iron game and ok short game. Eliminating this and just using the strength/weakness is better approach imo. Similar with swing speed. Only addresses one aspect of driver. Where is what type of spin and launch is a player, or do they fade, slice, draw or hook the ball. 5 Quote Driver: PXG 0811 X+ Proto w/UST Helium 5F4 Wood: TaylorMade M5 5W w/Accra TZ5 +1/2”, TaylorMade Sim 3W w/Aldila rogue white Hybrid: PXG Gen2 22* w/AD hybrid Irons: PXG Gen3 0311T w/Nippon modus 120 Wedges: TaylorMade MG2 50*, Tiger grind 56/60 Putter: Scotty Caemeron Super Rat1 Ball: Titleist Prov1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GolfSpy_APH 7,162 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 20 minutes ago, RickyBobby_PR said: Personal opinion the handicap question being used for choosing testers doesn’t make sense. The field for strength and weakness covers this. Theres low handicaps that can’t play a blade or even something in a cb style head and their handicap comes from not losing balls off the tee and a good short game while there’s a mid handicap who can’t drive the ball well but has length and has good iron game and ok short game. Eliminating this and just using the strength/weakness is better approach imo. Similar with swing speed. Only addresses one aspect of driver. Where is what type of spin and launch is a player, or do they fade, slice, draw or hook the ball. Keep in mind that quite often several of these categories are ones that OEM's look for. Example we want/prefer players with these handicap ranges. Or we want to get several in these swing speed groups (super speed) so a lot of this is directly in line with that. The rest is for intros and reviews! 6 Quote as of April 15, 2022 SuperSpeed 2020 from 100-112 and climbing! Driver: Mavrik Sub Zero - Set at 9.5* with Aldila Rogue Max 65 gram Wood: F7 3 wood 14.5* w/ weight back G410 Crossover - 2 and 4 iron Irons: i210 5-U w/ Nippon Modus 105 stiff (2018 Tester) Wedge: Glide 2.0 54* 58* w/ Nippon Modus 105 Stiff Putter: Stroke Lab 7 35* and oversized grip (2019 Tester) Balls: Z Star Other: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyBobby_PR 9,248 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 4 minutes ago, GolfSpy_APH said: Keep in mind that quite often several of these categories are ones that OEM's look for. Example we want/prefer players with these handicap ranges. Or we want to get several in these swing speed groups (super speed) so a lot of this is directly in line with that. The rest is for intros and reviews! That’s fine but not including the kind of ball flight or spin has leaves out half the picture. Those categories aren’t even useful for comparing two players against each other for any reason. If there’s going to be some sort of swing/game criteria used it should be inclusive of all aspects of the swing and game 2 Quote Driver: PXG 0811 X+ Proto w/UST Helium 5F4 Wood: TaylorMade M5 5W w/Accra TZ5 +1/2”, TaylorMade Sim 3W w/Aldila rogue white Hybrid: PXG Gen2 22* w/AD hybrid Irons: PXG Gen3 0311T w/Nippon modus 120 Wedges: TaylorMade MG2 50*, Tiger grind 56/60 Putter: Scotty Caemeron Super Rat1 Ball: Titleist Prov1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GolfSpy_BOS 15,236 Posted February 4 Author Share Posted February 4 34 minutes ago, RickyBobby_PR said: Personal opinion the handicap question being used for choosing testers doesn’t make sense. The field for strength and weakness covers this. Theres low handicaps that can’t play a blade or even something in a cb style head and their handicap comes from not losing balls off the tee and a good short game while there’s a mid handicap who can’t drive the ball well but has length and has good iron game and ok short game. Eliminating this and just using the strength/weakness is better approach imo. Similar with swing speed. Only addresses one aspect of driver. Where is what type of spin and launch is a player, or do they fade, slice, draw or hook the ball. Thanks for the feedback, I think it’s a combination of these that helps understand the player as a whole. Looking at one metric alone does us no good, you’re right about that. but if I can see you’re a low handicap, with high swing speed, and your strength is off the tee, we can begin to see what sort of player you are. And I can see how you compare to me to see if a particular review you did would be of more interest to me. Also, I know a lot of people are proud of their indexes and want to be able to share their accomplishments with us. 5 Quote Epic Max LS 10.5 - Motore X F3 6x | Speedzone 5-wood - Ventus Blue 8s | TSi3 20* Hybrid - KBS Proto 85s KING Forged Tec 5-GW - Nippon Modus 120x | KING MIM Black 52.12C, 56.10V, 60.04W - Nippon Modus 125 Wedge ER2B | Pro V1x | NX9 Slope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GolfSpy_BOS 15,236 Posted February 4 Author Share Posted February 4 9 minutes ago, RickyBobby_PR said: That’s fine but not including the kind of ball flight or spin has leaves out half the picture. Those categories aren’t even useful for comparing two players against each other for any reason. If there’s going to be some sort of swing/game criteria used it should be inclusive of all aspects of the swing and game For certain tests, say a driver, there would likely be additional questions as part of the application that might go into more specific aspects of your game such a shot shape tendency too. The player profile isn’t all inclusive in that respect, but a general representation of the player and their game. 4 Quote Epic Max LS 10.5 - Motore X F3 6x | Speedzone 5-wood - Ventus Blue 8s | TSi3 20* Hybrid - KBS Proto 85s KING Forged Tec 5-GW - Nippon Modus 120x | KING MIM Black 52.12C, 56.10V, 60.04W - Nippon Modus 125 Wedge ER2B | Pro V1x | NX9 Slope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GolfSpy_APH 7,162 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 11 minutes ago, RickyBobby_PR said: That’s fine but not including the kind of ball flight or spin has leaves out half the picture. Those categories aren’t even useful for comparing two players against each other for any reason. If there’s going to be some sort of swing/game criteria used it should be inclusive of all aspects of the swing and game The other thing to note is we get 4000+ applicants. The application portion of this requires simplicity. There will be several that don't know those numbers or data points. We can certainly look at eventually creating a more extensive player profile, however for what we need and require this fits. For future updates we will have these points written down and look at them. 5 Quote as of April 15, 2022 SuperSpeed 2020 from 100-112 and climbing! Driver: Mavrik Sub Zero - Set at 9.5* with Aldila Rogue Max 65 gram Wood: F7 3 wood 14.5* w/ weight back G410 Crossover - 2 and 4 iron Irons: i210 5-U w/ Nippon Modus 105 stiff (2018 Tester) Wedge: Glide 2.0 54* 58* w/ Nippon Modus 105 Stiff Putter: Stroke Lab 7 35* and oversized grip (2019 Tester) Balls: Z Star Other: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegan_Golfer_PNW 4,472 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 anyone else still getting the old format for questions? 4 Quote Driver: Epic Max LS Ventus Black 6x 44.5" 2H: Super Hybrid with Tensei Orange Pro Hyb 80 Stiff 3H: 939X UST proforce V2 black F5 hybrid soft stepped 4-AW: 0211 with KBS Tour Stiff 2.5* up 1/4" long Unofficial Review Wedges Zipcore Tour Rack 54/full and 58/mid (review here) (Backup 54*,60*: S Tour KBS Tour Stiff 3* up) Putter: 2021 Phantom X5 35" (Backup: TAIII #2 Review here: TAIII Impact #2 Putter ) Ball: proV1 (back up balls ProV1 Left Dot, MTB-X, Vero X1, CS X LS) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GolfSpy_APH 7,162 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 11 minutes ago, Vegan_Golfer_PNW said: anyone else still getting the old format for questions? When the update goes live you will be prompted. May be early next week, but we wanted to give a heads up rather then surprising you with it. 8 Quote as of April 15, 2022 SuperSpeed 2020 from 100-112 and climbing! Driver: Mavrik Sub Zero - Set at 9.5* with Aldila Rogue Max 65 gram Wood: F7 3 wood 14.5* w/ weight back G410 Crossover - 2 and 4 iron Irons: i210 5-U w/ Nippon Modus 105 stiff (2018 Tester) Wedge: Glide 2.0 54* 58* w/ Nippon Modus 105 Stiff Putter: Stroke Lab 7 35* and oversized grip (2019 Tester) Balls: Z Star Other: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMookie 17,014 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Awesome! Thanks, looking forward to using it throughout the year! 5 Quote Driver: King F9 Speedback/Epic Max LS, Xphlexxx Busa 2 Liquid, XX stiff, 45” Fwy: Epic Speed 4w, MMT 80X Hybrid: X2 Hot Pro, 20*, Graphite Design Tour AD-DI 105X Irons: TR20 Tour P 4-10, Modus 130 stiff, +1” Wedges: SMS 50D/54V/58DModus 130 stiff, +1” Putter: EAS 1.0 All but putter have Lamkin ST+2 Hybrid Calibrate midsize built to oversize +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollingGreens 2,201 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Awesome! 4 Quote G425 LST 10.5 Aldilla Rogue White 70s TS3 15.5 3W Fuji Speeder Tour Spec 818 H1 19deg Hybrid Fuji Atmos White JPX 921 Hot Metal 4-PW Nippon Modus 120s SM8 50,54, and 58deg Dynamic Gold Wedge Flex Spider Tour Putter Vice Pro Plus White or Titleist ProV1x Hoofer Stand Bag V8 3 Wheel Push Cart 300 PRO Rangefinder Official Nippon Regio B+ Driver Shaft Review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom the Golf Nut 7,760 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 4 hours ago, Kenny B said: I have an issue with Player type... Competitive – Are you driven to compete against others, or working to shoot lower scores? I don't see these two attributes as being the same and lumped into a Competitive player type. I can see that one could view a person working on lowering their scores as competitive within themselves, but that's a different person from one that enjoys the competition against other players for quarters in a gangsome or tournament setting. I am not a competitive person in golf; I was many years ago, but that time has passed. However, I still strive to make improvements, and I enjoy the feeling properly executing a shot. However, I do not view my Player Type as a "Weekend Golfer" - a weekend warrior somewhere between casual and competitive. I generally play or practice daily. To me, the Tour Player type is just a Competitive Player type, just at a different level. I would like to see something like this... Competitive – Are you driven to compete against others, and/or Do you compete on an actual professional level? Dedicated – Are you driven to improve, and working to shoot lower scores? Bingo! My feelings exactly. 6 Quote Driver, TSi1 10* Stiff Flex 3 Wood, SLDR HL 17* R Flex 5 Wood, SLDR 19* R Flex 7 Wood, F6 22.5* R Flex 939x 5 hybrid Irons, 699 Pro's S Flex (6 - AW) JB Wedge 56* Wedge, CBX 60* Putter, Marksman Fang 35" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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