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Chicagoland Nick

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  1. I use a glove, even when putting. I don't grip the club nearly as well otherwise.
  2. I've played there twice. The first time, I absolutely hated it. The second time (about five years later), I thought it was a good course, but you pay about a $25 premium for the location. I find the layout (essentially a block 8 with the clubhouse in the center) on the boring side, but the facility and amenities are excellent. The sister course at that complex, whose name I forget, is a killer if you have trouble with forced carries and hit low tee shots. A tremendous amound of sand, especially around the teeboxes.
  3. I am supposed to know who she is, right??
  4. My personal favorites: Very expensive ($175+): Osprey Ridge at Disney Sort of expensive ($75-$110): Southern Dunes in Haines City Favorite from last trip ($80): Legacy Club at Alaqua , Longwood Cheapie from last trip ($50): Deer Island , Tavaras (Lake Mary)
  5. I don't think that Barry guy would like it if I tried to find out.
  6. Greetings from Chicagoland, My name is Nick, and I've been playing golf poorly for close to 30 years now. I haven't been playing much the last couple of years, and the combination of that, aging (I'm 42), and general physical ineptness has messed up my game. I realized last year that golf had stopped being fun because I had hit a downward spiral:don't play enough, shoot a 107 on a course where I'd usually shoot 98, get depressed about my game, don't play for three weeks, shoot a 108. I'm committed this year to reinvesting in golf and seeing if I can get my handicap back down to the 24-25 level it was when I was telecommuting for work and able to play 35-40 rounds each summer by sneaking out at 4pm. While I love playing the high end courses, and am fortunate enough to be able to afford an occasional splurge, my passion is affordable golf. Living in a big Northern city, that's tough. But I've started a blog to push that mantra as a challenge to myself. A few more random characteristics: - I detest slow play. My game goes into the trash if the round takes more than 4:45; - I travel 70-80 days/year for work, so I don't think twice about going away for the weekend and playing a few rounds in another city; - I love to play at 6am. I feel I play better for some reason; - My favorite club is my 4-iron, even though I can only hit it about 160 yards; and - I drink Red Gatorade
  7. I used the Magnas, and then used whatever their successors are, the 2000 and then the 3000. They did make a small difference over other cheap balls, but probably not over expensive balls. I've since switched away to a Wilson ball, as I wasn't happy with the 3000 series.
  8. How many of you get out on the road a few times a year to play golf? I've found that in the last few years, I play almost as much golf away as I do at home. [Unfortunately, I haven't played much at home the last two years, there's always some crisis which needs my attention!] I average 10 rounds a year on the road. In 2005, I played four rounds in Phoenix, three rounds in Ontario, two rounds in north-Central Indiana along US 31, and three rounds north of Orlando. One of my favorite places to golf is in the Okanagan region of eastern British Columbia, but the airfare from Chicago is prohibitive. Another favorite is eastern Iowa, because the courses are very affordable and rarely crowded, the local food is great, and they have low-budget casinos with which to amuse myself in the evenings. :)
  9. I've used two putters. One handmedown from when I first started playing in 1973, then when my family went to Palm Springs in 1980 for a vacation we bought a Ping blade putter at the pro shop. I've been using that putter ever since - 25 seasons. But I like some of the new blade putters, and am planning on buying a new one this spring. I figure that one will last me another 25 years!
  10. I always buy a yardage book when possible, unless the course has a GPS system. The last few years, I really haven't had a home course as my number of rounds in Chicago has dropped like a rock. When I lived in Boston, my home course had gone and marked the yardage from almost every single tree within 250 yards! Those of you with rangefinders, which ones do you like and why?
  11. I'm right eye dominant (even though it is the eye with the more correction on my glasses) and I suffer from peeking at the hole too early in my followthrough. So for the last 3-4 years, I line up the putt, then I close my left eye as I putt, and I don't open it until I can't see the ball anymore.
  12. I am a Principal Consultant at a firm which specializes in consulting for government transportation agencies and their customers. About half of my work is in the area of requirements gathering and high-level design for new computer systems, the rest of it includes business development, chipping in on some policy projects, and mentoring junior project managers in quality control and relationship management.
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