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I just found that out at PGA Superstore this morning. I got the Quantum 9 wood instead of the spinner 9. Traded in my hybrid and a wedge. My out of pocket was 80.00.

The spinner felt awkward to me.

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I think that club will be for people that just have lots of trouble getting a FW airborne. The 9W shouldn't have a problem doing that. Plus, you get that Mini Spinner in some wind and it will get blown all over the place. $80 for a new FW is a heck of deal.

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Callaway has a 50% more trade in bonus going on.

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It's actually a 2x trade in ($500 max bonus) on the new line of clubs. Hell of a deal if you have clubs to trade in.

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Curious, why no TaylorMade driver? PING G430 Max is awesome, but the TaylorMade Qi drivers are pretty stout.

Would love to get fitted for the 440K

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Honestly, I have had the Ping G430 for a while and love it. My wife is a nurse and I use ID.me - TM was having a 50% trade in bonus plus 25% off new clubs during nurses week. Wasn't really looking to change my irons but had some stuff to trade and got the new irons with Axiom shafts. They are insanely good. I wouldn't ever buy irons without graphite shafts again. I also got the 9W in that same sale - by the way, I love that Frost Blue shaft. I tinker a lot so the mini and 7W are in the bag for now. I will use a Titleist driving iron, Ping G440 4W or PXG 3H from time to time but right now I seem to be TM heavy.

We just went last week - 12 guys. We stayed at Reunion Resort Villas next to the east gate/Diamante. Rented golf carts from the guy at Reunion for the 4 days we were there ($35/day/cart). It's our 3rd summer trip to HSV (most of us are in the Memphis area). Just a wonderful place to play golf. If you stay at Reunion (which I HIGHLY recommend), you get full access to Diamante the entire trip - showers, clubhouse, dining, golf (for guest rates), pool and tennis. It's a 3-4 min cart ride to the course. We played Diamante, Granada, Isabella, Ponce, and Magellan this trip. All were great but the first three are fantastic. Echoing the OP...Granada is just a great golf course. Diamante is as well. Isabella is a close 3rd. Magellan is short and the greens were a little furry. Pace of play there was atrocious but the course is pretty good. Ponce is also a good layout and course.

We took an Uber to Oaklawn one night but just beware that the east gate closes at midnight...that drive down to the west gate and then all the way back to the villas was miserable that late at night.

The Reunion Villas are brand new (opened in November 2025). Absolutely going back next year. Our group normally does Mississippi or Alabama trips and we all decided to just keep going back to HSV for the foreseeable future. We rented all 3 of the 4 bedroom villas (there are 3 2 bedroom setups as well). Each villa has king size beds with individual full bathrooms. Huge main living room and full kitchens. Back patio with dining table and grill and TV. Just an awesome setup. There are garages for the golf carts to charge after the rounds. We drove to all 5 of the courses on the carts. They are street legal. Just a great, great setup and HSV is an awesome area for golf, hiking, boating, etc and it won't break the bank either. Cheaper than Old Waverly/Mossy Oak, the Biloxi trip we did last year, most of the RTJ trips we've taken. So it's got it all covered.

Did this trip a few years ago. Played Ocean twice, Osprey and Turtle. Ocean Course is quite the experience...if you get a chance, have dinner in the clubhouse restaurant at sunset. It's spectacular.

Osprey, to our group, was way better than Turtle Point. The caddies for both rounds at The Ocean Course said Cougar is the third best course behind Ocean and Osprey. All agreed that Oak Point was 5th on the list. Of course, all of that is subjective. You'll enjoy it regardless.

Mevo will do well then. For that price range, it's almost impossible to beat.

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I’m having flashbacks of Coach O’s death spiral. I’m not saying we are there just that sometimes it happens. I’m trying to have the most positive outlook possible. Things should get better.

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This is why the rant constantly makes message board geniuses. Holy hell what a dumbass take. If you can't see the difference between the best baseball coach in America and Ed O, then you probably need to stop watching sports.

There is a brand new one from Shot Scope called the LM1. It's $199. Has a fairly bright screen (like 3.5" display). No simulator capabilities or anything like that but gives you the basics - ball speed, smash, carry, total, and clubhead speed. Saw some PGA Show videos on YT and this one popped up a couple of times. Its a doppler system so if you are hitting indoors, you'll need the room.

The rapsodo MLM gets pretty damn good reviews for a small, portable LM with sim capabilities. Probably the best under $1000. Mevo+ seems to be the best in the very next price tier up. But for under $200, hard to beat something for practice data if it's halfway decent on accuracy.

I did the GC3 bundle from PlayBetter. There was a coupon code for over $1000 off as well. Bought a gaming PC from Best Buy. The Play Better setup has everything but the PC. It took my about 2 hours to set it up. Love it.

I bought the unlocked version that came with a free year to GSPro. That's what I use for all of the courses. I think it's $250 a year and you can find almost any course on there.

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probably, just based on the story but Ole Miss is going to the start the season with a loss to Louisville

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That's my thoughts too. I think LSU/Clemson will be Gameday and then it'll be up to OM beating Louisville to get the slot for the 19th. If they lose it'll be up in the air. If both teams win games 1-2, for sure.

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OM Alum Engineers

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They have an engineering program? Damn. That's the worst school in the SEC unless you go to their accounting or law programs. I didn't even know they offered engineering. That's some bottom of the barrel engineers then.