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Absolutely. That's definitely been my problem the last two months. I've had to work on backing away because it just made things worse. A 17 is nothing to brag about, but it is so much better than where I was in January.

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Well, apparently the code is not valid with this offer. Sorry.

I have a promo code for 50% off (technically for family and friends, so you would have declare yourself my friend ) that should be good until 12/31. This was part of the prize package in the drawing that took me to the PGA.

I do. And I try to make the most of the one day during the weekend that I am "allowed" to play. I perhaps should have quite after the first nine since my scores tanked from there. BUT, I watched my son go 82/80 and hit monster drive after monster drive, playing par 5s driver/5i or driver/7i. From that perspective, it was pretty darn cool.

Apparently not at my course. Until i told them. I had two tee times on Sunday, five hours apart, and play was so slow , our first round was 5:20. Fortunately, we had gotten off early, so we were only 10 minutes or so late starting our second round which ended up being right at five hours. It was brutal. Walked all of it, but spent too much of it in a pissy mood, which is on me and something i need to work on, but it just is not fun to be so slow.

New personal best - Broke 90 at my home course with an 88!

Last Saturday I played and my swing was just completely off. Could not get off the tee for crap. It was a blessing that a thunderstorm came through and and ended our round. I had a lesson with my pro Thursday night and he identified some changes in my swing (my fault, overemphasizing the body turn) and improving my forearm rotation. Spent Friday night at the range in preparation for the club championship. Major fail on Saturday with a 112 - worst score in five months. A lot of tee shots high and right and just nothing felt right. Spent the night at the range. Advantage of being one the worst on day one is getting the first tee time on day two. Everything went great on the range warming up. A lot of that failed to materialize during the round. Despite that, still managed a few great shots, improved short game, and 13 stroke improvement for a 99. Crazy game.

What a fun topic. Son is 6'8", I am 6'4". He is more flexible and more athletic than I, and his HCI is half of mine. But, the only reason he hits the fall much further than I do on occasion is that he is 30 years younger. And I am sticking by that. But all the regulars at the course love to watch him hit.

Okay, I get that distinction. Clearly, I think, the score counts...unless both have agreed to suspend rules. Thanks.

Help me out here, even by saying this is off-topic: If a single cannot post a round for handicap purposes, how can a single playing with a three-some that has agreed to violate the rules (by playing music or any other thing) post a round? If the point of disallowing singles from posting scores is to enforce peer review, that whole concept goes out the window with any agreement to not play by the rules, even if the single is playing by the rules because the other players are now suspect in any peer review they might provide. Am I terribly off-base here?

A lot of work and luck. But still trailing my son who shot an 80 on Monday is trying to break 80 for the first time while I try to 90 and at least play in that range for awhile.

Shot a 91 at Dauphin Highlands in Harrrisburg, Pa (71.9/130) on the way home from our trip to the first two days of the PGA. It was one of those good, easy-feeling rounds. My HCI has dropped about 4 strokes in the last month.

Since my last update, I think all but one round has been in the 90s, including a 95 and 96 this week. Things are finally starting to come together with a little a less chaos in a round. My handicap is now down to 22.2 and trending to 21.1 based on this week. Sometimes I play a hole like I actually know what I am doing.