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I'll do a quick :offtopic:In my area, we've had flurries the last week with temperatures at night around freezing and highs during day of 40-43 and raining or drizzling constantly.  So not ideal golfing weather, but we are setting up an AboutGolf simulator in our shop.  That'll be good to go in a week or so and I'll start my practicing! :)  This winter has sucked around here though.

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I may have to do a quick tour of my place during my video. I think the tour will only add about 30 seconds to the video, and only if I go really in-depth. We'll see. I'm considering doing the interview questions this evening and following that up with the vlog later.

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Just now, Pretzel said:

I may have to do a quick tour of my place during my video. I think the tour will only add about 30 seconds to the video, and only if I go really in-depth. We'll see. I'm considering doing the interview questions this evening and following that up with the vlog later.

I prefer them to just be in the same video (or at least the same post), FWIW. Please don't just post one and then 30 posts later, the other part. Your application isn't in until they're both ready anyway.

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22 minutes ago, iacas said:

I prefer them to just be in the same video (or at least the same post), FWIW. Please don't just post one and then 30 posts later, the other part. Your application isn't in until they're both ready anyway.

Alright, then I'll wait.

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5 hours ago, kpaulhus said:

Just to throw it out there...through Feb 28th I've played 16 rounds in 2017. Its 55* and sunny the next 4 days. Will probably add 3 more rounds to that total. 

Got you beat, I'm already at 20.  :banana:

-Jerry

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We're a third way through March without a single application :-(

Driver: :callaway: Rogue ST  /  Woods: :tmade: Stealth 5W / Hybrid: :tmade: Stealth 25* / Irons: :ping: i500’s /  Wedges: :edel: 54*, 58*; Putter: :scotty_cameron: Futura 5  Ball: image.png Vero X1

 

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40 minutes ago, woodzie264 said:

We're a third way through March without a single application :-(

The Midwest and north east just got hit with 1-3 inches of snow. ;-)

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54 minutes ago, woodzie264 said:

We're a third way through March without a single application :-(

There is one, I didn't get mine in on time for the February selection.

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14 hours ago, woodzie264 said:

We're a third way through March without a single application :-(

I'm hoping to get mine in this month. I should get the interview portion filmed soon. Getting the vlog might be tough by the end of the month, but I will try.

-- Daniel

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43 minutes ago, bkuehn1952 said:

Almost 65 years in the making, never before released to the public ... let me be the first to introduce the current front runner for the 2018 Academy Award for "Documentary (Short Subject)":

                                bkuehn's 2017 Newport Cup application

 

That was very entertaining!  My favorite parts were the explanation of the "white stuff" and moving the ball out of the divot.  You seem like someone that would be fun to play a round of golf with, good luck!

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@bkuehn1952, great application! Played Fox Hills once way back in 2005, when I used to live there. I visit Plymouth once every few months - our corporate sales office off of Sheldon Rd. Hope to meet you someday..:-)

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8 minutes ago, GolfLug said:

@bkuehn1952, great application! Played Fox Hills once way back in 2005, when I used to live there. I visit Plymouth once every few months - our corporate sales office off of Sheldon Rd. Hope to meet you someday..:-)

Thanks.  Absolutely let me know if you visit the home office.  There are lots of nice courses in the area and it will be my treat. As you can see, Michigan has golf 12 months a year (ha ha ha!).  And who knows, maybe we will be teammates come October! 

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Man, oh, man! That was hilarious, the divot kick, the "white stuff", the "relieving in the trees", the celebration (putter drop!).  You are a hoot.  And thanks for saying you want to be my teammate. I now have to do something about applying, lol. We wouldn't be on the same team as I am in California and support the red team all the way. But, it would be fun to meet you Brian.

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8 hours ago, bkuehn1952 said:

Almost 65 years in the making, never before released to the public ... let me be the first to introduce the current front runner for the 2018 Academy Award for "Documentary (Short Subject)":

                                bkuehn's 2017 Newport Cup application

Outstanding effort, and great dedication to go out on the course in the cold weather.  One reminder, post your sizes for the stuff, just to make the entry complete.  I'm sitting here in Virginia tonight, waiting for our yearly "blizzard" to start.  They're talking as much as a foot of snow, which will paralyze the area for a few days, but we still might get some golf in on the weekend.

Dave

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57 minutes ago, DaveP043 said:

Outstanding effort, and great dedication to go out on the course in the cold weather.  One reminder, post your sizes for the stuff, just to make the entry complete.  I'm sitting here in Virginia tonight, waiting for our yearly "blizzard" to start.  They're talking as much as a foot of snow, which will paralyze the area for a few days, but we still might get some golf in on the weekend.

Yes, please. Post them separately so I can merge the two posts, @bkuehn1952.

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2 hours ago, DaveP043 said:

I'm sitting here in Virginia tonight, waiting for our yearly "blizzard" to start.  They're talking as much as a foot of snow, which will paralyze the area for a few days, but we still might get some golf in on the weekend.

OT, but I worked in Richmond for nearly two years, and about 2" of snow would send everyone into a panic...they'd send people home from work for two days.  It was crazy.

@bkuehn1952 - great stuff!  Hilarious.

 

- John

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22 hours ago, bkuehn1952 said:

Almost 65 years in the making, never before released to the public ... let me be the first to introduce the current front runner for the 2018 Academy Award for "Documentary (Short Subject)":

                                bkuehn's 2017 Newport Cup application

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