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I'm looking for Ray Finkle.

driver: FT-i tlcg 9.5˚ (Matrix Ozik XCONN Stiff)
4 wood: G10 (ProLaunch Red FW stiff)
3 -PW: :Titleist: 695 mb (Rifle flighted 6.0)
wedges:, 52˚, 56˚, 60˚
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I was playing at Green Hill GC ( a public course) and had just hit it maybe 3 feet from the hole on a par 3 and the little sh*ts that just played the hole ran up and grabbed my ball....so...i feel your pain. those things happen and although its shitty esp on a great shot dont let it ruin your day.

Forget your opponents; always play against par. ~Sam Snead

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Baffler TWS 3h MP57 4-pw VR wedge 52.10, 56.14 TPz 60.06 Studio Style Newport 2 SG5ProV1x


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I'm looking for Ray Finkle.

I have three old Ultras in my shag bag with Wayne Goss handwritten on them. I found them on the same par 5 a few years ago. He's either a lefty or he was fighting a hook that day.

Mizuno MP600 driver, Cleveland '09 Launcher 3-wood, Callaway FTiz 18 degree hybrid, Cleveland TA1 3-9, Scratch SS8620 47, 53, 58, Cleveland Classic 2 mid-mallet, Bridgestone B330S, Sun Mountain four5.


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I accidentally hit my partners ball Thursday.
That will teach him to switch to a TP Red in the middle of the round and not tell me. He was playing a ProV1 earlier.
I hit his ball and was waiting on him to hit and he was just standing there looking at my ball with a funny look on his face. We were only about 5 yards apart on a par five so we laughed about it and he hit my ball.
I made sure to look for my mark the rest of the round.


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913F 15*

 913H 19*

 G25s 4 iron - U wedge

 CG 14 Black Pearl 56* -  60*

... KOMBI 35" 

...ProV1

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I was playing at a local lighted par 3 course tonight(Governors Run in Carlyle, Illinois) and I think i was the only sober person out there at 9 pm. There was another group way over on another hole and one guy i swear was hitting his driver(sounded like a driver to me, longest hole there was 150 yards so anything more than a 6 or 7 iron is not needed, i took my driver, 3 wood and long irons out of the bag) At a couple of the holes over toward me, one of the balls came within about 75 yards or so from hitting me, I walked over and picked it up and kept and the other ball he hit over there. I was walking so maybe they didnt see me or didnt care. I waited for the group to come over and say something but they never did, i might have given it back to him but game him a nice warning about doing stupid stuff like that. That group hit balls all over the place, I found about 15-16 balls they had hit everywhere but where they were supposed to. I quietly to myself said thanks for the free balls idiots. They would never have been able to find them anyway because although its lighted, if you get too far away from the greens you cant see too well. One guy actually managed to hit one on one the greens I played next, again thanks idiot for the free ball and on a couple other greens that i would play later. I was the only person playing at the end so i picked up every ball i found and kept it. I lost 4 of my own balls but with all the ones i found i left with more than i came with. There were large groups playing on some of the holes, I think one had 8 people playing the same hole at once. These people had little respect for the game as they were loud and rude, even as far as they were away, it was still hard to concentrate at times. Luckily the free balls were a nice gift to keep me from turning them in for acting like children. I think they even thought it was a joke to hit balls all over the place, guess they'll have to buy more next time they go play.

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Driver-top flite cannon 460 cc 10.5 deg, reg flex
3 Wood-ACUITY GOLF RCX 14°
3h-warrior golf tcp 20°
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Bethpage is the biggest place in america for people picking up your ball.I put FLAP in bright blue sharpie on all my Cally balls and I still see people playing them and they think nothing of it.Some of the oldtimers think its easter and they are easter eggs.

In my new FT carry bag
FT-9 Tour nuetral 9.5
FT-15 degree 3 wood
Fussion Hybrids #2&4
Fussion irons with Grapholoy Pro launch Red shafts56&60 Cally X forged wedges with Red shaftsSG9 putterCally I ballBushnell Meadealist range finder


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