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Down For the Count

CarlSpackler

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It looks like I am out of commission for a while. I was playing in a Quota game yesterday, and my left foot started hurting me. By the time we made the turn, it REALLY started hurting. When I finished the 14th it was almost unbearable. I couldn't get any weight onto my front foot making it difficult to make a golf swing. I apologized to my partners and gracefully bowed out. I assumed that the neuroma on my left foot was acting up, but fortunately, that is not the case. Fortunately, I have a gigantic blister on the bottom of my left foot. I've walked many rounds, but I never got a blister let alone one this large. I will spare everyone and not post a picture. I am wondering if this is from walking, or if it's a sign that my weight is too much towards my toes when I'm swinging since the blister is beside the pad. Who knows, but I it doesn't look like I will be playing this week. 😥

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CarlSpackler
1 hour ago, iacas said:

It’s likely more to do with walking than your golf swing… no?

I honestly don't know. I walk all the time. I have yet to ride in a cart all year. It's odd that our of nowhere I would get a blister. There's nothing different about my socks or shoes. I find it equally unbelievable that swinging alone would cause this. My son even mowed the grass this week, so that isn't it.

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51 minutes ago, dennyjones said:

Hope you are back to playing golf soon.  Duct tape!  just sayin'   (;-))

Thanks! Me too.

I'm afraid to ask what the duct tape is for. :scared:

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Shindig

It's almost certainly not the swing.  I spent a good 4-5 years with weight forward while working on other parts of the swing and I didn't get anything like you're describing.

More importantly, I hope you feel better and can return to action soon.  Will we still see you here to watch the UK British Open and the FedEx Cup playoffs with us? 

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CarlSpackler
23 minutes ago, Shindig said:

It's almost certainly not the swing.  I spent a good 4-5 years with weight forward while working on other parts of the swing and I didn't get anything like you're describing.

More importantly, I hope you feel better and can return to action soon.  Will we still see you here to watch the UK British Open and the FedEx Cup playoffs with us? 

I doubt that I do much other than watch golf this week to make sure this heals good. Well, that and the remnants of Berry moving in midweek. That’s a good thing though, because my lawn is thirsty. It will help remove the temptation to play too. 

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CarlSpackler
6 hours ago, David in FL said:

Down for the count?

nah...  standing 8-count at worst.  :-D

Fortunately, it is doing much better today. I am continuing to rest it. Thankfully, the forecast for the next 3 days is not conducive to golf as the remnants of Berry move through our area. I swear things things follow me wherever I go!

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CarlSpackler
7 minutes ago, dennyjones said:

Stay in that place down south!

You will never see me move to the state up north! 😝

I do miss my annual trips to Oakland Hills though. 

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