Jon A thon

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You can feel it in your hands... although you hit a great shot according to the launch monitor.

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A decent launch monitor should show much less spin and distance on a fat shot, even off of a mat. It won't be as bad as on turf because it doesn't slow your club head speed as much, but it's a noticeable difference.

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Something tells me this wasn't his first run in at that address

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While a agree this is probably the case. Instead of walking up ready to throw packages at a dog that is on someone's private property, then go straight into I'm ready to fight you mode...how about you just refuse to deliver there and when they inquire as to why they have to drive to UPS to pick up their package, you let them know they need to control their dog.

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Condensation from seat ac?

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It's possible, but no one is ever in that seat and it shouldn't be on ever. Also feels like there's a bit of a tackiness in the area. It's minimal, but doesn't feel like a typical water spot

I've had a JBL Flip for several years, and we were gifted a significantly more expensive Turtlebox Ranger. I've never really replaced the JBL Flip in the garage and the Turtlebox is still sitting on my office desk. Not that it isn't nice, but the JBL does everything it needs to do.

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one of my ears is still lopsided from all of the silent pinches my mom would give me in church

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I still remember my mom keeping a count of how many spankings I was gonna get when we got home if I acted up in church.

I grew up on a bayou in South Louisiana. They were always there, but don't think I ever saw one get out and come on our property like that. A few times they'd follow my neighbors little dog up and down the bank, but always kept the dog far away from water's edge. Would have freaked out as a kid if someone would have showed me a video like that and likely never played in the backyard again :lol:

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70 month loan at 7%APR? on a depreciating asset?

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Look, I've never had a interest rate that high, and people certainly over extend themselves on vehicles because they can take out long loans. But the depreciating assets thing is just stupid. Money is money. If I have a 60k vehicle I want at 4% interest, why would I touch the money I have making 7%+ in my investments? If I pay cash for it or finance it, it's still depreciating. Except paying cash, I don't give my money the opportunity to grow because I sunk it all into a depreciating asset. If you care about depreciation, don't buy a new vehicle. Has no connection to financing or not.

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Just to make it simple let’s say a well struck drive for him goes 300yds with “the right golf ball”. Let’s say he’s playing a course that is 6300yds (avg 350/hole). If he plays “the wrong ball” maybe he loses 10yds on a pure shot, so it’s going 290 instead of 300, that’s not making much difference on the majority of the holes he’s going to play.

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Sure, but there are a few long par 4's at my club. I'm normally a 265ish drive and now in the 285ish range. It's the difference between a 6/7 iron into the green compared to a 8/9 iron and it's a decent improvement in chance for GIR for me.

3 of the par 5's are on the shorter end and now a hybrid get's me around the green compared to a 3-wood or laying up.

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Now let’s look at short game and spin, a perfectly hit wedge with “the right ball” might hit and stick or come back some while “the wrong ball” might roll out 5-10ft, assuming he’s not an idiot he knows this and simply attempts to hit his shot 10ft shorter, very rarely are municipal courses forcing you to rip back a wedge to hold a green. Same basic idea applies chipping.

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I don't have the wedge or scoring iron control to care about 5-10' in my approach shot. But I do see a benefit on short-sided chips or 20 yd pitch shots over a bunker or something. Greens complexes at my club can get a bit challenging, at least for where I find myself normally missing.

I fully recognize I'm not consistent enough just yet to say this will make me a better golfer every round. However, I do possibly see benefit on those good days where I can save par or get that occasional birdie here or there because everything lined up and my cheap ball probably would have left me with a 20 yard longer approach or rolled out for a 5-7' longer putt.

I was playing 3 times a week and made a lot of progress fast and thought I'd have broken into the 10 or under handicap range by now. Then work and life hit, I didn't play for a month and only get out once a week and have stalled. I bought these months ago when I was on a good trajectory, so it's not like I'm trying to justify going make a purchase. They've just been sitting on the shelf. Decided to just use them and I would say for that particular day, it made a big difference. I think for the most part, it'll be a decision made with how I'm feeling on the range before the round. If things are feeling right, I might pull them out. Not because I expect them to make everything better, but to possibly give me a better chance on those 5 or 6 shots per round where I could use that bit of difference.

That's kind of my position. I without a doubt need to work on reducing errant drives, increase GIR, and improve short game. Granted that's golf in a nutshell. But I feel like I have a chance to shoot lower 80's anytime I'm out there right now. Breaking 80 is that good consistent day with 3 or 4 good shots in the short game and/or a wedge into the green vs. an 8 iron to put me over the edge. I'm at the point I think the ball might help in that. I'm seeing that additional driver distance and pitches/chips stopping for me that I don't see with what I've been using.

Issue is I still have those really bad days every few rounds where it will make no difference and cost me $20 in lost balls :lol:.

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hey make a pretty big difference but if you are losing multiple balls a round

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I recognize a really bad slice or hook isn't going to be fixed by a ball. I'll definitely have an issue here or there and just get a bad swing off the tee. But there are times where I have felt it wasn't awful and the ball drifts a bit hits a hill and bounces away into the woods (there's a few holes on my course that offer no forgiveness for a miss right). I found the lower spin TP5x ended up as a slight fade in my worst drive and dead straight all others. Could have just been me staying within myself and focusing.

I had 2 birdies on the back 9 on 20-30 yard pitch shots to an elevated green that stopped within a few yards of where it landed, where I know my regular ball would have rolled another 15'. That plus the extra driver length made a big difference. Now I can probably go out tomorrow and hook 4 in a row into the woods and realize my wallet can't take this :lol:

I'm sure this has been discussed plenty. I've been playing regularly for almost a year now. I got some confidence in the past and bought quality balls once, then swiftly lost them all to the woods and have since been playing Titleist TruFeel. I bought a few dozen TP5x on sale a few months back, but just kept them on the shelf as I can easily lose several balls a round.

In any case, I played Saturday and used the TruFeel on the front 9 and had a terrible start. I think I hit 2 fairways and chipping was disappointing. I had a sleeve of the TP5x's and just said the hell with it on the back 9. I missed 1 fairway the rest of the day and I was easily 15+ yds further than my normal drive. I was a lob wedge in where I could sometimes be a 9/PW. Short-sided chips stayed put for chances at an up and down. Ended up with 3 over on the back 9.

In the past, I wasn't good enough to really take advantage of the better ball. Now hovering just above a 12 handicap, I'm really thinking it can unlock a few strokes for me. I could have just warmed up and figured something out on the back 9. But it was vastly different and consistent through the whole back.