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I play 3-5 times a week without any issue. Wife supports and encourages me to play frequently to stay active since I'm retired now. Bman, as you have explained it, you have been very reasonable and I certainly can't think of a reason why one would be upset with the infrequent amount of play given everything as outlined. Without speculating, I'm not sure any of us can help with what may be eating at your wife about you playing. I hope you can find a common ground and pick up some play time in 2023. Good luck!

I play several rounds solo as I usually play first thing in the morning and during the week. Perk of being retired! I enjoy solo rounds but enjoy meeting new friends as well when I get paired up.

Been away for a while since coming back from UCL injury. I have broke 80 this season. I have also had 4 eagles this season. Most recent on hole 15 at Glenross, 2 at Wyandot on hole 10 and hole 17 and 1 at Bent Tree on hole 15.

I'm hoping to see the same BMW commercial at least 77 more times before the conclusion of coverage today. FFS already

Shot 84 in a round with my nephew. I blocked my first tee shot of the day and thought, oh boy, here we go. I managed to minimize the damage with a bogey on the par 5. From there, I was pretty pleased with my round and enjoyed the time with my nephew. I have got to figure out why I'm pulling some of my putts. I had 4 legit birdie chances inside 8' and only made one of them. I've struggled the last couple weeks with this. Not sure if it could be my left hand pressure being to weak? I'll try to get some time on the practice green and experiment with it.

I played Mill Creek Friday and today. Shot 86 there Friday and 84 today. Was on track to shoot my new best round as I was +8 after 16. Naturally, I choked on the par 3 17th and par 4 18th going double, double. Take aways from the round today - Hit driver really well. Had 2 great 4 hybrid shots today. One was into a par 5 in two following a drive of 260 yards. On the green in 2 with a long eagle putt. My lag putt sucked and didn't break at all, leaving a putt of about 5 feet for birdie. Now the putt turned at the hole and just missed by half a ball. Yep, 3 putt par. Quite frustrating. The positive was, I was confident enough to go for the shot in 2 with water down the entire left side and made the green. Great confidence booster going forward. HI continuing to drop slowly. Projected 14.8 tomorrow.

I concur that a great instructor/swing coach is invaluable. I would recommend asking on the forum if anyone is in your area and if they could recommend a coach and what they specifically like about them. See if what they like matches your criteria. After using 2 "mediocre" coaches, @klineka recommended a coach locally that I am very happy with. That said, you have to be committed to the priority piece the coach gives you from lessons. This and incorporate the 5 S's during practice and you will likely be amazed with your progress. I started practicing this way mid-season last year and have made considerable progress. It still baffles me when someone in the practice stall beside me shows up after me with a jumbo bucket, 175ish balls, and finishes well before me hitting a bucket of 75 balls. As stated in a previous post, raking and hitting balls for the sake of just hitting them will not help much, if at all, other than to further ingrain bad habits. Good luck in your search and progress.

Rain held off just long enough to get our league play in this morning after being CX last week. Ended up shooting 43 today with 2 penalty strokes. Both of them came on the par 5's after trying to step on the drive a bit. Naturally, I pulled both shots left. One into the drink, one OB. Note to self, stop trying to crush the ball on par 5's when it isn't going to matter on this course. I'm a slow learner, but hopefully won't continue that trend. My best drive of the day was followed by the worst shank I've hit in nearly a year. Nearly a hosel rocket that would have likely killed someone on the adjacent tee box had anyone been there. I refocused and stuck a lob wedge within 4 feet and drained the putt to save par. That was reassuring that my mental game as well as my physical game is progressing. I used to let terrible shots like that compound throughout the rest of the round.

Shot 83 yesterday on a short local course, 5610 yards, 68.4/117. I feel like I played well through the bag and made two dumb mistakes on the course. I tripled one of the par 3's after missing short, skulling a 56, over pitching the next and 3 jacking it. I then went for the green in 2 on the short par 5, 17th. I was just off the right side of the fairway on my drive and hit an 8 iron out of the thick grass. Literally hit a rock on the far side of the pond that protects the front of the green. The ball bounced up about 30 feet and landed in the drink. I at least managed to get up and down for a bogey. Enjoyed playing with my former partner at work. He nearly aced a 123 yard par 3 and just missed by about 8 inches. A beautiful morning of golf. May try to hit Eagle Eye later this afternoon. A lot of rain in the forecast here for the upcoming week.

Played Oakhaven Golf Club yesterday 70.9-122-6608. Shot 89, 43 front 46 back. It rained the entire time during the front 9 but held it together reasonably well. One penalty stroke on the par 5 6th after rinsing my approach shot that came off the heel a bit and was about 8 yards short of the carry. Got up and down from my drop to save a bogey. Stopped for a few beers at the turn and let the rain pass through. Cleared up for a beautiful back 9. The back is completely different than the front and much tighter, water and tree lined. No penalty shots on the back, but got behind trees twice where I had to punch out. I feel I am on the cusp of another breakthrough with my game in the right direction. I have noticed as I begin to tire late in a round, some tendencies start easing back in causing me to push driver or minimally leak it right slightly putting me in some crappy positions. Need to keep it in mind and focus more to drop a few strokes.

Finally checked out a local military base 9 hole course yesterday. Eagle Eye Golf Course 34.2/121/35 - 2923 yards. Overall, the course was in really good shape and a great value. If you are in the Columbus area and have military/veteran access to military installations, I highly recommend playing this course. Ended up shooting 40. Maybe I should stick to playing 9 holes at a time. Seems I have been playing much better as I tend to fall apart the last 3-5 holes when I play 18., particularly in the heat.

Shot 41 in my past Thursday morning league after leaving 2 birdies out there and making one. 87 Saturday at Bent Tree. Only my third time playing this course. The two previous rounds here were mid 90's. During those rounds, I might as well left my flip flops on as I was on the beach so frequently. Playing a scramble today at Heritage Golf Club in Hilliard.

Agree with this wholeheartedly, Dave. I have no issue at all calling people out or being the "dick" when need be. For the life of me, I cannot comprehend why people do this, other than their ego is larger than life. It's a freaking number that they clearly cannot play to. For me, vanity cappers are equally as frustrating as sandbaggers. Especially in our "friendly Thursday morning league" where there is really nothing to win. Seems some people get well hung up on "look at me" instead of enjoying the game or camaraderie.

Eager to see the newly renovated course first week of June for the Memorial!

My line up to cover gaping is driver, 3W, 4H, 5-AW, 56, 60. I need to gain more confidence in my 3W and start using it more. I just don't hit it as clean off the deck as I need to for 220-230 yard shots. I favor my 4H to 200-210 and work to get up and down. I am really going to focus on the 3W in some upcoming practice sessions in hopes to fill the gap instead of just another spot in the bag.