3,000.....and 1 posts

[GolfSpy_KFT]

After paying close attention to my post count tick towards 3,000, I completely forgot about it for creating this post and see that this one will make 3,001 . 

Similar to @GolfSpy_BEN, I wanted to create a post to reflect on what has been the past almost two years of consistent posting for me here at the MGS forum. Thanks for the inspiration, Ben!

I first joined the forum back in April of 2018, and what brought me initially was the lure of testing golf equipment. I will fully admit that I did not take the time to actively post and engage, and my account was dormant for a long stretch, save for looking at testing opportunities that came up on occasion.

All that changed in 2022, when I was having a miserable time hitting my 3 wood and had wondered if a 5 wood would give me an advantage. I created this thread, and as they say, the rest is history

I posted this thread not really expecting to get much by way of replies. I was a complete newcomer with hardly any posts, and in my experience at other forums, that leads to you largely being ignored. I quickly found out how different this community was, and had some longtime and very active members replying with advice.

Later on in 2022, as I was signing up for testing opportunities but not being selected, I decided to post an unofficial review of some Craftsman headcovers I had received from them. I figured it would be a push in the right direction for me to express my writing ability. Some photos were good, some were so-so with lots of clutter in the background  due to my messy garage, but excitement to get some posted .

It was shortly after this that I was given a chance to participate in the ProV1/1x Whitebox testing in the fall of 2022, but turned it down as the season was almost over in Wisconsin and I knew I wouldn't be able to to my due diligence. I was bummed, but also opportunistic that I would get a shot at testing in 2023!

Fast forward to 2023, and I decided that I wanted to continue some strong engagement and created a " Journey to Breaking 90" thread. With some sound advice from @GolfSpy TCB, I was off and running. That was a step in me being more accountable to my golf game, and did ultimately help me to accomplish that goal on a couple separate occasions. Hoping for lots more this year!

To those of you that followed along with me on this thread, it truly meant a lot. I don't have many friends who are "golfers" at home, just friends who play golf. So this aspect of the community has helped me immensely as I tend to take the game, equipment, etc., much more serious than who I play with on a regular basis.

Next came the highlight of my golfing and forum life to date in being selected to participate in the COBRA 50th Anniversary Challenge! This was my first testing opportunity and proof that you do not need to be an experienced tester to be selected for big opportunities. Just be a positive and contributing member of the forum! Have to shout out my running mates @chisag, @CFreddie, @sirchunksalot, @Tom the Golf Nut & @JerryB in making this a super fun and memorable event for the majority of my summer season last year. Also a big THANK YOU to @GolfSpy BOS for all the hard work he put into organizing the event. The #LeftyGang was well represented in this one, with @TSauer staying step for step along the way! It was an absolute blast. 

The remainder of 2023 golf wise was a bit of a rollercoaster for me. I saw my scores improve a lot throughout the challenge, then went through a bout of terrible ball striking later in the summer/early fall where I couldn't put a score together to save my life. I played some of my best golf, though, at the end of the season, and carded 9 hole scores of 40 and 41 on back to back days on the front/back 9 of my home course for a combined score 81 and easily the best golf of my life. 

Moving further into the year, myself along with @GolfSpy_BEN, @GolfSpy_SHARK & @GolfSpy AFG, were given the opportunity to join the forum staff when @GolfSpy_APH put out a message looking for some extra help on the forum. It has been a privilege to join this group of guys, and I am just trying to keep up with everyone else on providing quality support to all of the great members here. Thanks to @Golfspy_CG2, @GolfSpy BOS, @GolfSpy SAM & @GolfSpy_BNG for believing that we wouldn't mess anything up too bad

This has also led to me having an opportunity to write some content for the main site, which I have loved every second of getting to do. 

There are tons of you here that have made this place what it is today. I am sorry I can't list everyone off, I wish I could. But then this post would be EVEN LONGER than it already is and no one would read it . I just want to finish with saying that I do believe this is the best collective community of individuals you could hope to find on the internet, and I am looking to many more interactions with everyone as the years continue to roll along!

[GolfSpy_BEN]

Jason, 

it has been an absolute pleasure getting to know you. I look forward to many more posts over the coming years. Most importantly, the Bandon trip in 26.

[TJ Hall]

Congratulation on the milestone…I appreciate everything about this forum and your efforts definitely play a role in this!

[GolfSpy BOS]

2 minutes ago, GolfSpy_BEN said:

Jason, 

it has been an absolute pleasure getting to know you. I look forward to many more posts over the coming years. Most importantly, the Bandon trip in 26.

seconded!

I appreciate how great you were at a member and now as part of the forum staff too!  

 

Do they allow lefties at Bandon?  Asking for a few friends.  

[ejgaudette]

Congrats on the milestone and thank you for all your work here to keep this place running.

[TSauer]

Woooo! Congrats on the milestone, brother. The Cobra challenge was what ultimately got me out of forum hibernation, I'm glad you were the fellow lefty in the mix. Thanks for all the work you've done around here, looking forward to many more posts and articles!

 

#LEFTYGANG

[Kenny B]

Well done Jason!  Your post should give other MGS newcomers an idea of what the forum is all about.  I’m waiting for “… the rest of the story”.

[Golf2Much]

Congratulations on achieving your milestone and thank you for your contributions as "a mere mortal" and moderator!  The forum is lucky to have you and all the other moderators and administrators!

I'm looking forward to your future contributions!

[TG8]

Congrats. 3k is crazy.  Appreciate your hard work on here. 

[Josh Parker]

Congrats on the Milestone man!  Keep up the great reads!

[William P]

Congratulations on your milestone Jason!

Thanks for your past as well as your future contributions to the Forum.

[GolfSpy SAM]

39 minutes ago, GolfSpy_KFT said:

There are tons of you here that have made this place what it is today. I am sorry I can't list everyone off, I wish I could. But then this post would be EVEN LONGER than it already is and no one would read it . I just want to finish with saying that I do believe this is the best collective community of individuals you could hope to find on the internet, and I am looking to many more interactions with everyone as the years continue to roll along!

Absolutely love having you on the team - really can't say enough about how much you've stepped up and continue to do so much for the forum, especially behind the scenes. 

That being said - let's really take a look and see if we can't help you cure your left-itus. It's genuinely troubling to see that ball flight be the exact opposite of what it should be.  It may take the rest of your life, but ... it's worth it.  

I'm here for you.*

*as long as you start hitting righty.

[GolfSpy_BNG]

Congrats Jason.   While the title may still be assistants/forum leaders or whatever it is now, there is no doubt you are every bit as important to the staff as the next guy. Wouldn’t be the same without ya.  Here is to many more posts and the hope to get a chance to meet up to play before Bandon. 

[BreakfastBall15]

Congrats on the accomplishment and thank you for what you do for the forum. I just read through your 2023 season thread/ breaking 90 and it was awesome! I'm trying to break 80 this year so might start a similar thread since I'm pretty sure my wife is over hearing me talk about my rounds.

[GolfSpy_KFT]

7 minutes ago, BreakfastBall15 said:

Congrats on the accomplishment and thank you for what you do for the forum. I just read through your 2023 season thread/ breaking 90 and it was awesome! I'm trying to break 80 this year so might start a similar thread since I'm pretty sure my wife is over hearing me talk about my rounds.

I know exactly what you mean . I will be on the lookout for it!

[berkeleybob]

Congratulations, Jason!

You’ve been a great addition to the staff, for sure, and I’ve always enjoyed your reviews.

Although after reading @GolfSpy SAM‘s comment, now I’m starting to wonder, are lefties’ taking over the forum staff? 

Muah-hah-hah …

[GolfSpy_SHARK]

Congrats Jason, been great working along side ya on the staff end. Always great reads on your content and articles!

[Flanpro]

Congrats Jason. 

[Northern Monkey]

Congratulations Jason, great achievement and keep up the good work

[Preeway]

Congrats on the milestone, Jason. Been great having a chance to get to know you. Hope you made good use of the gift card and didn’t buy a backwards club or something. Looking forward to many more years of interacting together. 

[GolfSpy AFG]

Congrats Jason.  I’m having a blast working with you bro!

[rkj427]

Congratulations Jason for all you have done and continue to do for the forum and membership here.

Not only great forum topics and replies, but well written articles for the MGS homepage as well.

[billpierce]

I wonder how many 3 wood vs 5 Wood battles there are globally   Perhaps an article update.

[Shrek74]

3 hours ago, GolfSpy_KFT said:

After paying close attention to my post count tick towards 3,000, I completely forgot about it for creating this post and see that this one will make 3,001 . 

Similar to @GolfSpy_BEN, I wanted to create a post to reflect on what has been the past almost two years of consistent posting for me here at the MGS forum. Thanks for the inspiration, Ben!

I first joined the forum back in April of 2018, and what brought me initially was the lure of testing golf equipment. I will fully admit that I did not take the time to actively post and engage, and my account was dormant for a long stretch, save for looking at testing opportunities that came up on occasion.

All that changed in 2022, when I was having a miserable time hitting my 3 wood and had wondered if a 5 wood would give me an advantage. I created this thread, and as they say, the rest is history

I posted this thread not really expecting to get much by way of replies. I was a complete newcomer with hardly any posts, and in my experience at other forums, that leads to you largely being ignored. I quickly found out how different this community was, and had some longtime and very active members replying with advice.

Later on in 2022, as I was signing up for testing opportunities but not being selected, I decided to post an unofficial review of some Craftsman headcovers I had received from them. I figured it would be a push in the right direction for me to express my writing ability. Some photos were good, some were so-so with lots of clutter in the background  due to my messy garage, but excitement to get some posted .

It was shortly after this that I was given a chance to participate in the ProV1/1x Whitebox testing in the fall of 2022, but turned it down as the season was almost over in Wisconsin and I knew I wouldn't be able to to my due diligence. I was bummed, but also opportunistic that I would get a shot at testing in 2023!

Fast forward to 2023, and I decided that I wanted to continue some strong engagement and created a " Journey to Breaking 90" thread. With some sound advice from @GolfSpy TCB, I was off and running. That was a step in me being more accountable to my golf game, and did ultimately help me to accomplish that goal on a couple separate occasions. Hoping for lots more this year!

To those of you that followed along with me on this thread, it truly meant a lot. I don't have many friends who are "golfers" at home, just friends who play golf. So this aspect of the community has helped me immensely as I tend to take the game, equipment, etc., much more serious than who I play with on a regular basis.

Next came the highlight of my golfing and forum life to date in being selected to participate in the COBRA 50th Anniversary Challenge! This was my first testing opportunity and proof that you do not need to be an experienced tester to be selected for big opportunities. Just be a positive and contributing member of the forum! Have to shout out my running mates @chisag, @CFreddie, @sirchunksalot, @Tom the Golf Nut & @JerryB in making this a super fun and memorable event for the majority of my summer season last year. Also a big THANK YOU to @GolfSpy BOS for all the hard work he put into organizing the event. The #LeftyGang was well represented in this one, with @TSauer staying step for step along the way! It was an absolute blast. 

The remainder of 2023 golf wise was a bit of a rollercoaster for me. I saw my scores improve a lot throughout the challenge, then went through a bout of terrible ball striking later in the summer/early fall where I couldn't put a score together to save my life. I played some of my best golf, though, at the end of the season, and carded 9 hole scores of 40 and 41 on back to back days on the front/back 9 of my home course for a combined score 81 and easily the best golf of my life. 

Moving further into the year, myself along with @GolfSpy_BEN, @GolfSpy_SHARK & @GolfSpy AFG, were given the opportunity to join the forum staff when @GolfSpy_APH put out a message looking for some extra help on the forum. It has been a privilege to join this group of guys, and I am just trying to keep up with everyone else on providing quality support to all of the great members here. Thanks to @Golfspy_CG2, @GolfSpy BOS, @GolfSpy SAM & @GolfSpy_BNG for believing that we wouldn't mess anything up too bad

This has also led to me having an opportunity to write some content for the main site, which I have loved every second of getting to do. 

There are tons of you here that have made this place what it is today. I am sorry I can't list everyone off, I wish I could. But then this post would be EVEN LONGER than it already is and no one would read it . I just want to finish with saying that I do believe this is the best collective community of individuals you could hope to find on the internet, and I am looking to many more interactions with everyone as the years continue to roll along!

Congrats on 3k!! It's been great getting to know you through posts and the Community Call every Thursday. I look forward to reading lots more quality content both here and on the mother site.

I may take your example and run my own little WITB/Improvement Journey this summer as I finally play golf on a regular basis here in The Glade and continue with lessons to chase those 80's on a regular basis. I want to see 15 next to my name on GHIN sooner than later.

[revkev]

I remember that 3 wood/5 wood post - it's always a great question and particularly a great one to ask one's teacher or at a fitting.  It's great to have you here and quite an accomplishment to rack up 3K posts in such a short time of activity.  Particularly when they are such high quality posts.  I will look forward to that thread on the breaking 80 - I used to do that like clock work - the last 6 months though - not so much - so here's your first tip - it's really hard to do if you aren't playing enough golf.

 

Thanks for sticking around on the forums and congrats on hitting the 3K and 1 mark.  

[ParFore74x]

Congratulations on the milestone @GolfSpy_KFT!! Keep up the great work that you do, always enjoy your comments and articles. 

[GolfSpy_APH]

Congrats Jason! 

It has been awesome to have you around and be part of the team. It has equally been great to see you grow on the forum and further build your reputation here. We have loved seeing your articles, content and participation. 

Thanks for all that you do!

[sirchunksalot]

Congratulations on the milestone, Jason! I'll echo what others have already said in that it's great to have you on the forum and add a member of our forum staff. 

On a personal note, it's been a pleasure to get to know you through the Cobra Challenge in both the group chat and the forum page. It's also been great to be able to directly communicate with you on the community call. 

Keep up the good work, my friend. 

[KC Golf]

Big Congratulations to You Jason!  3,000 posts is a big milestone!

[chadmariage]

Congrats. New here myself and finding so much useful info.