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Are you strictly going to fly AA and you want to use the Globe card for everything to get AA points and use the benefits when you fly? If so then yeah it's probably a decent card to get. If you might think about other airlines and then hotels then I would look at a transferrable points card. My favorite starting card is the Chase Sapphire Preferred. You could also look at Citi cards. Their points can be transferred to AA as well as other options.

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The first mistake you're making, IMO, is trying to do full swings with a 60. Even a 56 can get dicey.

I play 48, 54, 58, with a lightly heavier shaft in the 58.

My approach is anything greater than a 3/4 58* shot, and I go to the 54.

The other thing to look at is the sole on those two wedges. If one is a different grind than the other, that may be contributing to your struggles. Just something to consider.

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Never thought about this. Full swing with the 56 and 60 are really the only two I consistently hit poorly. When I need less distance I prefer choking down on a club and taking an easier full swing that doing a 1/2 or 3/4 swing. With my approach wedge and above it normally works out fine. Never really occurred to me to do that instead of full swing shots with the 56 and 60.

Without the 56 and 60 my highest lofted club is my approach wedge at 47. Full swing with that goes 130-135. I'm looking to add two wedges below that to replace the 56 and 60.

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Check out Edison. Fantastic return policy.
I could not hit a 60 until I got my Edison wedge.
The multi-tiered sole makes it so easy to get through grass and sand ... especial hard-pan - tight lies.
I have 59, 55, and 51.
Love them.

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Nice I'll look into them as well.

My 56 and 60 are by far the worse clubs in my bag. For the life of me I can't hit a decent full swing shot with either club. They are old Vokey's. I bought them used and I've probably had them for at least 15 years. The club face and grooves are pretty worn out also the shafts are original to the club. Two years ago I got fitted and bought Callaway Paradym irons. I hit them really well. The shafts are True Temper x100 x-stiff.

When the course is wet I tend to hit them really fat but my normal miss is blading the shite out of the ball and sending it well over the green. My approach wedge is 47 degrees. I hit it around 130 yards. Then there's a large gap to my 56 which I hit 100 yards. I'm thinking of getting a 52 and a 56 and just dropping the 60. Is it crazy to spend the money for a fitting for just wedges? For my wedges I've never paid attention to loft angle, bounce, grind, etc but I want to improve my game from 120 or so and in. Maybe a fitting would help.

My gains (mostly unrealized) so far in 2026 are a bit more than my gross salary through July. Still have a couple decades of work ahead of me but hopefully there will be a comfortable retirement in my future.

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Nah. They probably ate 3/5th of their plate.

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Well done sir

Mt grandparents lived there for a long time before my grandfather passed away. The biggest thing I took from them living there was listening to how much he hated the annoying harpies from the HOA. My grandmother moved years ago so no clue if that has changed. Other than that it is a nice looking neighborhood,

I have my roth and rollover traditional IRA in VTSAX. It seems like over time VIGAX outperforms VTSAX. Would it be a good idea to change to VIGAX? I'm 43 so I'll likely have another 20 years of work and contributions to the roth.

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From an intelligence level, Kagan is aight.

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I was going to say this. It's a bit disrespectful to compare her intelligence to the other two.

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I remember laying in my hooch in Iraq at 2am watching his introduction press conference..... Great times!!

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Thank you for your service. :usa: :usa:



To be on topic my first season as a season ticket holder was Jay's first season. I have two programs from his first game that I want to get signed.