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Golf, as well as Star Trek: Bridge Crew just released for HTC Vive/Oculus on PC, so finally, FINALLY! I can command a starship with 3 of my closest (or completely unknown) friends. It really feels like i'm on the bridge of a Starfleet flagship. (I have a chair that feels very much like a Trek Captains chair looks like it would)

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Now it's June in Texas, the Beautiful Ladies are dressing appropriately for summer. Nice!

-Marv

DRIVER: Cleveland 588 Altitude ( Matrix Radix Sv Graphite, A) IRONS: Mizuno JPX-800 HD Irons & 3,4,5 JPX Fli-Hi (Grafalloy Prolaunch Blue Graphite, R); WEDGES: (Carried as needed) Artisan Golf 46, 50, 53, 56 low bounce, 56 high bounce; PUTTER: Mizuno TP Mills 9

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On 6/4/2017 at 9:44 PM, MarvChamp said:

Now it's June in Texas, the Beautiful Ladies are dressing appropriately for summer. Nice!

-Marv

Yay!!


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Weekends in the desert.  The weather is great and the golf courses are nearly empty for some reason.

-- Michael | My swing! 

"You think you're Jim Furyk. That's why your phone is never charged." - message from my mother

Driver:  Titleist 915D2.  4-wood:  Titleist 917F2.  Titleist TS2 19 degree hybrid.  Tour Edge Exotics C723 21 degree hybrid.  Irons 5-U, Ping G400.  Wedges negotiable (currently 54 degree Cleveland, 58 degree Titleist) Edel putter. 

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It used to be, here in South Florida, that summer meant the tourists went home & we would get the courses to ourselves. Plus the rates drop. But here in Miami? There's no noticeable difference. It's still too many people in too small of an area & Miami does not have enough courses to serve the population. Many have closed & made into (more valuable) homes. 

The bright side? I am three hours from Key West. Go do the Duval Crawl!

 


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August in Kansas, break in the heat and humdity, some of the best golf weather in Kansas is in the fall.  Oh yea, and KU basketball is just around the corner!

Craig 

Yeah, wanna make 14 dollars the hard way?


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A nice break from the hot July afternoons, great for naps after morning rounds.   zzzzzzzzz....... :-)

Johnny Rocket - Let's Rock and Roll and play some golf !!!

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College football and Oktoberfest... or Oktoberfest and college football. Separately or together, by far the best time of the year.


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4 hours ago, CarlSpackler said:

Hurricanes. 

Not really. :-(

Let's home Irma stays away...Preliminary reports sound scary

From the land of perpetual cloudiness.   I'm Denny

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12 minutes ago, dennyjones said:

Let's home Irma stays away...Preliminary reports sound scary

Not looking good. I'm in Ohio now, but head back Thursday. 

- Shane

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9 minutes ago, CarlSpackler said:

Not looking good. I'm in Ohio now, but head back Thursday. 

Already bought water and canned food. Don't wait till people get crazy, right?


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13 minutes ago, mp33man said:

Already bought water and canned food. Don't wait till people get crazy, right?

I agree.   I have a cousin that is severely affected by Harvey in Houston.   She was forced to evacuate.   

From the land of perpetual cloudiness.   I'm Denny

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My kids started school today. I really love the return of our structure and routine. Things get kinda crazy toward the end of summer and we all need the reset. 

- Mark

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Pros of this time of year:

End of summer means start of golf season for me. :-)

Also, "Labor Day" sales! Just bought two Alto TX-215 15" woofer 1100W self powered speakers and a Harbinger 2218S 18" 1500W from Guitar Center Live Audio. Clean. 3700 Watts of D-class power. I hooked up my projector and got awesome roaring movie theater quality sound with a 15 foot wide projection. Had to get a mixer to run XBR to the speakers. 1/4" jacks had way too much hum. XBR brought that down to about 80dB or more SN. Which was attributable to the HDMI projector ground connection. The distortion meter shows that the quality is past where normal people can hear. It's no Mirage OMD-28, but they are really hearty speakers I can even use outside.

Cons:

The big downside is the kids are going back to school again. Going to miss the impromptu golf and other things my son and I do together now that he's off to University. I still have a daughter, but she's less "impromptu" than my son. We need to plan everything ahead.

Things I don't really miss is that Costco is gearing up for Christmas already?!?

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TM Rac 60 TT WS, MD2 56
Ping i20 irons U-4, CFS300
Callaway XR16 9 degree Fujikura Speeder 565 S
Callaway XR16 3W 15 degree Fujikura Speeder 565 S, X2Hot Pro 20 degrees S

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  • Leaf peeping
  • Shoulder season - hopefully some good bargains to be found, hotel/airfare plus green fees switch over to fall rates.
  • Indian summers are a regular thing now.

Steve

Kill slow play. Allow walking. Reduce ineffective golf instruction. Use environmentally friendly course maintenance.

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The leaves, apples, pumpkins, and the empty golf courses on Sunday afternoons thanks to the NFL games.  The downside is that I know my golf season will be over in several weeks.

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Image result for bells hopslam 2018Every year around the first of February.

My bag:

Taylor Made R7 (x-stiff).
Taylor Made Burner 2 irons (stiff)
Cleveland Wedges (gap and 60)
Odyssey two ball putter (white) 

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