ChetlovesMer

Day 2: 5/8/2925 Still working on some priority pieces in front of a mirror. Spent about 10 minutes working on "smoothing" and making my movements more subtle.

Hmm.... I find heavy putters good for knocking in short straight putts. I used to have a "Heavy Putter". I liked it for 3 footers, but I always struggled with speed control. For my money a counter-balanced putter works best for speed control.

Be careful buying Ventus shafts online. The Ventus Velocore is a great shaft IMO. I've had 3. Currently have one in my FW. If it's not a Velocore it's not nearly the same shaft. Here's an older but very interesting video:

Ah, you like Ping, huh? The G20 was a great driver. I don't know anything about the used market in South Africa. But The G20 can be had really reasonably out here and there seem to be a lot of them available.

Day 1: 5/7/2025 Okay, I'm back from my golf trip. It was awesome but I didn't win the tournament so it's back to practicing. I just got back from the range where I hit a small bucket. Just kind of feeling out ball flight and how the swing felt. Tonight I have 9 holes of golf league. That should give me a chance to see where my game is.

Greetings Central Ohio Golfers. This is as late of notice as is possible. I normally wouldn't use the forum for this kind of thing. But I'm stuck. I'm looking for a golfing sub for The Bent Tree Golf League tonight. I just got back into town. My partner in the league just got call out of town. Both the guys who usually sub for me are unavailable. If anyone wants to play and can get to Bent Tree G.C. tonight, Wednesday 5/7/25 for a 5:22 PM tee-time you can sub in and be my partner for 9 holes. It's already paid for. Just let me know you want to play and you can play. First person to message me or respond to this thread is in. By the way, if you can't make it tonight we are often looking for subs. So, if you'd like to be in consideration for being a sub at some future date. message me and I'll keep you on the list for future subbing requirements. If you want to play tonight let me know. If you want to play in the future let me know.

Ha ha ha... that's brilliant.

I'll take the million bucks. Easy squeezy. No risk.

That's good to hear. Take care of yourself. Golf is more fun when it's pain free. 👍👍

I think you are spot on. Seems like every survey I read about playing golf in the US says that the biggest issue here is pace of play. Anything that can help pace of play feels like a good idea.

Just checking. Are you healthy again? I seem to remember you going through some injury issues. Are all of those behind you now? Or are you still doing PT?

Funny, I heard a talking head on the radio this afternoon saying words to the effect of "Why would any coach want to draft Shedeur Sanders?" The point being that since Deion Sanders has expressed interest in becoming an NFL head coach, allegedly even going so far as to "reach out" to NFL teams to express interest in taking over their head coaching duties. Why would you draft Shedeur Sanders knowing that if you get off to a rocky start with him Deion is going to "reach out" to your owner and suggest that he should take over head coaching duties? Of course their are more people involved in the decisions on who to draft, but if I'm a head coach and I have a say in the process. I think I'd stay away from him. It was an interesting take. I actually didn't think of Deion that way. I pictured it more of having to deal with Deion Sanders second guessing you all the time and being annoying in the media. I never really thought about Deion Sanders actually taking your job.

I have no idea if he's any good or not. I've only ever seen him play one game. I will say he probably got bad advice going into the draft. He should have done all the "Combine Stuff" at the combine. Refusing to throw at that combine hurt. I disagree about what his game film shows. I'm no expert, but I tried to watch as much as I could this weekend. I think it's really hard to find any game film on him that's worth a pile of beans. He's either playing really inferior competition in which case the game film is worthless. Or he's immediately running for his life the moment the ball is snapped. In which case the game film is worthless. He should have gone through the combine stuff. That was a huge mistake. I do think it's a great pick for the Browns in the 5th round. Why not take him at that point? I think he has a chance to develop into something. Completing 75% of his passes, for 4100 yards, 37 TD's with only 10 picks behind that terrible offensive line is pretty good numbers. He may stink out loud at the next level, but being picked in the 5th round means he isn't a bust. He's just a 5th round pick that didn't work out. If he stinks. Who cares? .... The Browns have had plenty of bad quarterbacks over the last 25 years.

This. Aaaannnnd.... this. Our Wednesday Night league uses that MLR and it definitely helps pace of play. The ONLY issue that we've ever had has now kind of gone away. A few years back they started using the rule and there were a number of arguments about if the person was hitting 4 or hitting 3. Some players were pretty adamant that they were now hitting 3. The folks who actually knew the rule of course knew that they should be hitting 4. I say that and also let you know that there were actually golfers who thought going OB means you drop near OB and are now hitting 3.

22 points in a gross Stableford is solid. Nice job.

I use a putting mirror often. Mine also lets you put the tees in it to set up barriers on either side of your putter to make sure I'm striking the ball near the center of the putter face. In fact, I putt with the mirror at least weekly on my indoor mat. Opinions are like backsides; Everyone has one and everyone thinks everyone else's stinks. But in my opinion it really helps. I have a tendency if left unchecked to get my eyeline way inside the target line. Using a putting mirror regularly keeps my set up way more consistent. I don't know if I can back it up with any data but "I believe" it has lead to far greater putting consistency over the past few years. I also like gates. There are a few gate drills I think help. Basically day-15 of the 30-day Covid Challenge: Check it out here: I actually have a set of putting gates, which my mom got me for Christmas about 10 years ago. But you can use anything from golf balls to soup cans. I also have a "Perfect Putt" and I like it but wouldn't swear by it. I will say it travels well and I've been known to bring it with me on trips and putt in my hotel room with it. Lastly, I have a set of Devil Balls. Amazon.com I'm not impressed with the Devil Balls. I actually don't like them at all. If you'd like the set I have I'll send them to anyone who's willing to pay the shipping.

Um... The Browns? ... hmm.... I really don't have any issue at all with the Shedeur Sanders pick in Round 5. If he doesn't work out, fine. It's a fifth round pick on a quarterback, no big deal. What I'm fascinated by is the Dillon Gabriel pick in round 3. I heard a lot of folks said that Gabriel might not get drafted at all. Seems like they could have waited and still got him if they wanted him. What I'm already sick of is people saying the Browns have 5 quarterbacks. They don't. Watson won't play in 2025 due to his torn Achilles. Ideally, he won't play in 2026. But they can't cut him. They will actually have to pay more against the cap if they cut him than if they just lock him in somebody's basement and forget about him. Think about this. In the last two seasons The Browns have had 6 games where their QB has thrown for over 300 yards. ... None of them were named Deshaun Watson. Three 300 yard games by geriatric Joe Flacco and 3 by mentally unstable, Jameis Winston. ... Including Winston's almost 500 yards against the Broncos. Deshaun Watson sticks out loud! I'm hoping he never suits up again. The Browns can just pay him for the next 3 years and then maybe he'll go away. (73 Mil against the cap in both 2025 and 2026. And then 27 Mil against the cap in 2027... sheesh.) So, The Browns currently have 4 quarterbacks, not 5. I'm not sure any of them are worth a pile of rat droppings. But if not, they got 2 first round picks next year. Then in 2028 Watson's contract will finally come off the books and they can stop paying that waste of a uniform and move forward with whom ever ends up behind center.

I have to confess. I figured somebody would grab Sanders in the second round. He isn't perfect by any stretch, but so often NFL teams reach for quarterbacks. I only saw one Colorado Game last year and I watched it in a restaurant/pub/bar place. I have to say I thought Sanders was good. He looked accurate and his O-line was terrible. ... I mean really terrible. Kid was running for his life the second he got the ball in his hands. My thought is that quarterbacks who play behind bad O-lines in college sometimes may make better pros. They get used to having to make quick decisions, and throwing the ball with guys in their face. A lot of folks are saying his slide is because of his dad. I'm not sure if that's true or not true. I've also heard that next year's crop of QB's is supposed to be really good, so teams feel like "Hey, let's wait until next year."

This is a pretty good take on Cleveland. Do you think they should or shouldn't grab a quarterback in the 2nd round? If so, who?

I think this is a logical fear. I heard one NFL coach say he should play full time wide-out and then play nickel-defense only. That prevents him from having to play in too much run support. Mostly passing downs and what not to limit the damage to his body.

Do you guys follow the NFL draft? I do. Feels like Cleveland should have just taken the best player in the draft (Travis Hunter). But this is what happens when you trade 3 first rounders, plus 40% of your salary cap for a guy facing 24 counts of sexual assault and who plays roughly half of the games. The Browns can't wait for 2028 when they will finally be rid of the stink of DeShawn Watson.

I'm with you, brother. Rory, Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, and Gary Player are very literally the only people alive to have done it. Gene Sarazen and Ben Hogan did it back before color television. But that's it. That's the list.

I respectfully disagree. He's the only guy in the last 59 years to complete the career Grand Slam who's not named Tiger Woods. It's a very small club and he's in it. Once you are in the club, you are in the club. He can retire right now and he's a Hall of Famer. He's tied with Brooks Koepka for the third most major wins among active players. (And that's only if you count Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson as "active" players.) Everyone knows winning the Masters is difficult and repeating at the Masters is really REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY difficult.

Count me in for Saturday at Reserve Run. I'll be there.

Got my second birdie of the year. One for each 9 hole round I've played this year. I'm using Bent Tree Golf Course in Sunbury as my home course because that's where the Wednesday Night league I'm in this year is. Hole 17 is a 130 yard par-3 with a green the size of a flea's footprint. Last night there was almost no breeze to speak of and it played at about 126 yards. I hit a smooth P-wedge to about 15 inches. Even I couldn't miss that putt. Tap in Birdie.