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I had a chance to check out that thread, very cool. Glad to see everybody followed through to make that happen. I've been practicing a lot lately and starting to see some results (I shot sub-80 for the first time in 2+ years recently). Maybe by 2017 I'll be in the single digits, finally .

I'm doing pretty good, man. Finally feeling (mostly) healthy, and have been playing a lot of golf after skipping out on most of last year. Thanks for asking! I might look to join you guys the next time you get something organized.

So, what ended up happening to this outing? Oh, and...hello

How many guys do you have confirmed for 5/24? Would it blow up the outing if I backed out? This move is a lot more work than I expected it to be. I might still be painting by the time 5/24 comes around.

Where is this Spring outing being held? Has that already been determined? If not, what airport is closest to the area(s) up for consideration?

There's a chance I could make either of those dates. My situation is a little fluid because I'm in the process of buying a house/moving, but I don't see that affecting my availability unless something unforeseen comes up.

I try as often as possible.

^^^

It seems like May 2 works best for the group, so it's probably a good idea to try and stick with that date. Since my buddy likely won't be able to make it out to the desert, the next trip (after this) is probably a better option for me anyway.

The internets are strong with you.

I want to say Santa Monica, but I'll find out and let you know.

You guys are awesome. Must be on the West Coast? Nice to meet you.

I'll have to sit this one out then, since that's the only weekend I can't make. But I'll stay subscribed in case the date changes. I don't think my friend in SoCal will be able to make the Palm Springs event anyway, so the summer one may be a better fit anyway (he's coastal, I believe).

If possible, I hope to avoid the weekend of May 2nd, since I just committed to something for the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight.

For the love of spaghetti, please all of you west coasters vote for blue. It's my favorite color, and red really doesn't bring my eyes out quite the same way.

Hey guys. Has there been a new thread created for another event? What's the schedule looking like for 2015? I have a buddy who just moved to Santa something in SoCal, so I was hoping to get him out to one of these.

Nothing has changed, really. The flow chart I believe is the exact same as it was a couple years back. It's still somewhat dubious, and I think intentionally so. I could make the argument that my smartphone is legally being used when I play, but I know if I was in any serious tournament, I wouldn't use it due to the possibility of it being questioned and having a ruling go against me. I do believe the "spirit" of the rule is to disallow any phones that have non-conforming capabilities, which most do. Edit: I just saw Rulesman's post, which appears to shed some light on this issue. So I could be wrong with my take on the "spirit" of the wording. It just seems to me like they could have been more clear, but they didn't want to back themselves into a corner as technology changes, and therefore also wanted to discourage the use of devices that fall into a grey area. Maybe I'm completely wrong.

I would think for that one to be prohibited, the left hand and top of the grip would be in contact with the chest/stomach, creating the anchor point. The way I read his post, only the forearm is contacting his stomach. I don't think the left hand is really a "pivot point" because it seems like it's actually moving. But I could be reading it wrong.

I did some light agility work!

Some of us are already 0-2 in that department . It happens. The key is to remember it's not a catastrophic failure when it happens. As somebody who goes through this cycle almost every year, for the past decade, I feel I've almost mastered this.

I won't be able to sprint for at least another few weeks. Baby steps.

Elliptical machine for 10 minutes! First non-biking cardio in 4 months!!!

"You got screwed!" aka "I can't believe that didn't go in!" Really means: Quote: "I'm such an a**hat for yelling 'great putt' while the ball was 10 feet out, and saying 'you got screwed' is a way of avoiding the obligatory apology and instead blaming it on some random magical force that knocked your ball offline after I made the comment."

I'm going to take a simplistic and narrow view in response to the question: distance is not that important for amateurs because you can always select a shorter set of tees. And most public courses I've played have middle tees that aren't very long at all.

I missed this thread the first time around. Wish I could have participated in it back when it was a hot topic. But I guess it's at least refreshing to see that the majority here didn't buy into the FUD circulated by some of our politicians and media outlets and their calls for restricting aid and travel.