How Did You Discover MyGolfSpy?

[GolfSpy_APH]

For me it was when I was searching for new irons and saw the Cobra AMP CELL PRO. Article. 

Loved it and from there I was hooked!

[JAYER38]

Was researching clubs to set up my bag and read all the articles I could. Then realized a major SM following and HQ is in my home town so why not support the locals and meet some folks

[Willie T]

For me it was one of the many, many, many searches for info on clubs - looking for info that was more honest than the glowing reports the big boys put out. My initial thoughts centered on what I “perceived” MGS as  player’s distance up to +handicaps and not for the person who was just learning the game.  Thanks to this community, I have found that MGS speaks to all….

["Mr. 72"]

I didn't discover MYGOLFSPY. It discovered me.  ...It was "just there" one day. 

It's been so long, I really don't remember. I might have heard about it from revkev.

[gingerbeast87]

Literally a pop up that appeared when I was searching for information on some clubs. Never been happier about clicking on something.

[nvizble1]

I was shopping for a new driver (Callaway Paradym) and the salesman at the PGA Tour Superstore turned me on to MGS

[Baggymon]

I was researching balls and found the ball test.  Sold!

[joncoke86]

I was looking to buy my first driver (cobra speedzone) and stumbled onto the driver Most Wanted test. Been on ever since!

[Rob Person]

Pretty sure I answered this somewhere else recently,  but short and sweet, I was lured in with a "testing" post I saw on social media, and after a few hours/days reading and searching, I was hooked. 

I now realize that there was so much I was missing from my perception of golf, and still am, but I'm getting there slowly. thanks to MGS!

[trike11]

I do not even remember to be honest. Probably a random search on the interwebs brought me to some kind of review. From then on, this is my source for the basic truth on clubs, balls, accessories and gear. It gives you a baseline to work from.

Edited January 12 by trike11
adding some info

[Stevenhp]

I really don’t know/ remember how I found MGS. I just found it the most complete and unbiased research,testing done

[berkeleybob]

Based on my profile’s startup year, my entire rig was more than 10 years old, I think I was probably looking at what new equipment is out there in 2016, and what made them new. My first impression was, these guys definitely aren’t Golf Digest.  My second impression was, what do you mean golf equipment OEMs’ reviews are paid for?!

I found MGS’s forum about the same time I found WRX’s. I dropped WRX’s all together within a week or so. Not sure why, but probably because MGS was better organized.

[MGoBlue100]

Found MGS because @GolfSpy Barbajo told me to check it out! I’ve tested balls, training aids, putters and clubs. At one point everything in my bag, including the bag had come from MGS testing. I actually don’t throw my name in the hat to test any longer because with my work & travel schedule I don’t have the time to do the testing properly. It’s a LOT of work. Kudos to all who take on the challenge and take it seriously. Player testing is what this site is built upon. 

Edited January 12 by MGoBlue100

[JeremyD]

I wish I could remember. I think I was looking at trying to upgrade my clubs that were (are still) pretty old, and wanted a place that had reviews. I liked how it was member/user based reviews as much as MyGolfSpy reviews.

[B_R_A_D_Y]

I had been unable to play for over a decade, and was searching for club reviews to replace my outdated clubs. MGS popped up & I’ve been here ever since. 

Edited January 12 by B_R_A_D_Y

[russtopherb]

The name kept popping up here and there. I read some of the articles, and following some of the HQ staff online. Then I had a terrible interaction with a staff member on Twitter and ignored the site for a bit. I came around and eventually joined the forum when I saw some familiar names (and @Golfspy_CG2 assured me the forum folks were good people) but for the most part I still don't read too much on the main site to be honest. The forum is 95% of my interaction with MGS.

[Siamese Moose]

I was a regular on another forum that was in steep decline. A local friend from that forum was doing some contract IT work for MGS as they started up, and he led me here. 

[SV677]

 I was in a golf shop talking to someone about some equipment. He mentioned that it had been highly rated on MyGolfSpy. I hadn't heard of it so I looked it up when I got home and now I check it most every day.

[Tim Evans]

The ball testing video in 2022  

[Richard Fahrney]

Searching for new irons. 

[Thegolfdean]

I was looking to buy a new putter years ago, searching online reviews. Yours seems more based on people than buyers or pga pros.

Dean Miller

[Golf Dawg]

I was tired of the sophomoric, cliquish at the other “popular” sites.

Self esteem was low for the admin of one site, when a group on his site became far too popular - and he closed it down, banning some folks.

It’s great to get extremely viable info and mostly collegial conversations here, without the childish crap! 

[ckeller52]

Back in the 80's there was a magazine called Tackle Test reviewing fishing equipment. They only existed on subscriptions they didn't take advertising dollars. They survived a year and a half and got bought out by fishing tackle companies but assured us the content would stay the same. It didn't. 

So when I started playing golf again in 2015 I looked around the interwebs and found MGS. So far, so good. 

[sman3115]

Pretty sure I was watching reviews or swing tips on Youtube and the Ball Lab video popped up and I loved the data and went to the site and loved the reviews and bam I was hooked

[GolfSpy_KFT]

I kept seeing MGS pop up on Twitter and liked the zero bias reviews on clubs, especially at a time when I didn't know all that much about equipment other than what OEMs advertised. I found the forum through a testing opportunity and got signed up. Took me awhile to get active and really get going but once I did, I was hooked (clearly ). 

[Erin B]

I discovered MGS when I was researching equipment. I was looking for Titleist pro v1 equivalents. Over the last few years I’ve decided to try and use smaller companies instead of the big companies. I believe that’s how I can help promote innovation. 

[KC Golf]

Saw a golf ball test from a Google search and got hooked! It’s a great Forum with friendly members and awesome Mods.

[EnderinAZ]

Was doing some club research and bounced into a My Golf Spy spy review. Two things: first it was written by someone who clearly put the club in their hand and tried it. Second it was a WRITTEN review. What I can read in 4 minutes takes 22 minutes to watch on a YouTube video.  YouTube videos, to me, are a great way to hear and see the timing and tonal inflection for the lead guitar part of the Allman Brothers Band's One Way Out. Watching some guy standing in an indoor driving bay with his hand propped up on the club he is reviewing drone on and on is not something I can suffer through. 

The forums are a new thing for me. I signed up to be a tester with a pseudo resume and found out to be a tester you must be an active participant. Now I actually like being an active participant! 

[mrmatt2you]

Years ago, our assistant pro was talking about the site.  Now I visit it all the time to look at reviews and what others are saying.   Feel like I get honest answers here instead of pushing products.  

[EnderinAZ]

25 minutes ago, Erin B said:

I discovered MGS when I was researching equipment. I was looking for Titleist pro v1 equivalents. Over the last few years I’ve decided to try and use smaller companies instead of the big companies. I believe that’s how I can help promote innovation. 

So you have been using companies like Vice and Cut? How do you feel the smaller company balls compare with the big 3 - Titleist, Callaway, Taylormade?