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Day 126: another busy day, so just did some mirror work. Checking set up and backswing and working on a few downswing feels.

Day 310 - Working on my follow-through. Higher chest, belt towards the target. Small swings at first, building to a fuller swing (still not thrilled with my short backswing).

Day 201 (19 Nov 24) - Walked the back nine at Minnesott today, played the “white” tees with the persimmon woods and bladed irons. It’s a challenge I really like as the clubs are shorter in overall distances. It really forces me focus on the value of the approach game. Somehow yesterday’s post did not load / so it’s above. Today (Day 202) I did some backyard short yardage work - 7i dink and rolls, 9i chips and 50deg pitches - working to get it in before the rain started around noon.

Day 51 - 2024-11-20 Played nine holes of Sanctuary Moon with a 6I while pausing in the backswing and otherwise just practicing. If you're into Star Wars, or don't actively hate it… this is worth checking out.

Eh. Nah. To quote someone else:

Very good

17th hole today. I had a short chip shot get away from me and roll down the green’s steep slope. I needed a par to have a chance of breaking 80. I was not optimistic about holing the severely uphill 25 footer with 2 feet of break. Much to my surprise I put it in the center of the cup. Par! And eventually a 79.

@BobC, how did the round go?

Yesterday shot a 83 in the rain. My ball striking was not consistent. Today carded a 79. The forecast was for rain to move into the area as early as 10:00am. I teed off solo at 8:00am with a plan to play as fast as possible and hope the rain would arrive later than forecast. I walked briskly and took very little time hitting or putting. Fixed ball marks and replaced divots, otherwise it was walk, look, quick evaluation and hit. Finished at 10:15am. No rain until I was driving back. It is depressing how the lower temperatures and wet course affected my play and hitting distance. Easily 1-2 clubs more for every approach shot despite hitting solid tee shots. Bring back Summer! 😩

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Probably the only thing I'll ever agree with her on

Part 1 was stupidly awesome. "Only okay" is hilarious

Thanks for posting. I've heard a bunch about this launch monitor. There's a lot to like about it. I actually enjoyed this guy's reviewing style as well.

In truth, while watching the tournament the slow play doesn't bother me. I'm usually dipping in and out anyway. I'm working on other things. It's sort of on in the background. So it only affects the time at which the whole thing ends. Having typed that, I am totally on board with making severe penalties for slow play. While slow play on TV doesn't bother me directly. I know that time is valuable for everyone. What I'd be more worried about is ratings: If we look at baseball for example. As the time per game grew the ratings plummeted. In the 70's and early 80's baseball World Series would get close to a 30 share and the games would be just over 2 hours. In the mid 2010's, games were 4 hours and the World Series share was often below a 6. Obviously there are other factors in play, but slowing the game down has to be considered. To Baseball's credit, they've recognized it as an issue and have been steadily shortening the length of games over the last couple of years. The other thing that I worry about is the folks I see at the local muni who basically imitate what they see on the tour. ... Ugh...

Just add new stats of speed of play to the tour. Average time to hit a shot Number of shots per round the player took more than 40 seconds to play a shot Number of times under the clock Numbers of warnings per round for slow play Number of penalty strokes per round for slow play Number of times the player took a WC break. Time spend on the WC Number of times the player don't know basic rules and have to call for a rules official Walking average speed Time spend reading yardage books Time spend arguing with the caddie about hitting an impossible shot. Average time looking for a ball beyond 3 minutes. Average time looking for balls on the hazards despite been in the middle of the fairway An a lot more that can give the committee enough information to award penalties after a round, tournament or even a season. Imagine a ruling were a player is awarded to play all April with 1 shot penalty each round because of slow play in March, should be a shit show I would love to see.

I agree. I like the Mission Impossible movies. None of them are life changing or movies that I would put in any kind of a top ten list. But they are pretty much always keep me entertained.

Might be good. Part 1 was only okay.

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Welcome, Robert. BTW - As an official "boring old guy" I can tell you for sure, you ain't even kind of old yet.

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