Jon A thon

Do you already have an arm lock putter? From my research when getting my standard grip, they are using a known vertical line to measure your lie angle. Shaft length etc. you are basically providing from your current putter.

I came from a counterbalanced grip to a standard grip. A big difference like going to sweeper or arm lock seems like a tough on video fitting.

I'm impatient and impulsive, lol. I just found my current lie angle and confirmed the putter head was parallel to the ground with my natural stance. That lie angle was the same as the off the shelf DF3. Then went try the different lengths and landed on the 35" 69 deg as feeling right.

I realize I have a background different than most having a mechanical engineering degree. But I've made plenty of useful things where the is no commercial option available. I have fusion 360 and can pretty quickly pop out customized storage for tools and stuff. For golf, there is this training aid to hold alignment sticks that costs like $150 and I just found a file where someone created their own and printed it for probably $5.

It was a Christmas present for my son a few years back and he just prints fidget toys and stuff, and he goes in and out of realizing it exists.

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A 7 wood is quite possibly the most useful club you can have in the bag. Now my 7 wood replaced my 3 iron..

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What is the reasoning behind a 5/7 wood over a hybrid?

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Apparently the problem is that “competitive little league” doesn’t sound like it exists anymore in most places, utterly consumed by the travel ball absurdity.

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It's how it is around us. We are getting to the age where it's just an activity. If you are good enough, you don't want to play with the kids that can barely catch. I understand to a point. Once a few leave, more follow and now all you have is kids that can't play very well. We did a select/travel team for one season, but travel in the Houston area really isn't travelling. There are enough tournaments near you that cost is just what you pay to enter. Went back to little league because my son doesn't have the passion for baseball to make it worth it. And that's okay. Just sucks that LL is so bad. I'd bet the 12 year old team can beat the older kids teams, because all the good players seem to leave after 12ish and the LLWS dream is gone.

Yeah, I was more interested in seeing if he could hold onto second than watching Rose. I actually hadn't kept up that he parted ways with his caddie last year. Makes sense that he may not be holding himself accountable as much with a friend vs. a neutral "business partner" type caddie.

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Let the dealers eat that depreciation.

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You realize a lease is basically predetermining the depreciation over the lease term, and charging you that depreciation plus interest broken out over monthly payment. Only advantage for a lease from that perspective is if you get lucky and there is a huge market shift and it would have depreciated more than what you locked in at the start of the lease. Also if you know for a fact you'll be in a new vehicle after 36 months or something, it can in certain ways be a slightly better financially depending on offers and lease rates vs financing rates.

Am annoyed the insert version came out so soon after buying. I should have been paying attention. Would have liked to at least compare before buying. But can't complain so far. Still have my bad days, but overall am leaving myself a lot closer to the hole.

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What is a "Workover Rig"

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When you picture an oil rig, you think of the derrick. Which is the tall structure. It's basically a vertical crane that pulls pipe or lower pipe in the hole. A full rig is going to have that, but also a lot more components, such as a "mud" system, drilling features, etc.. A work over rig will likely just have the derrick to swap out pipe within an existing well. They are much simpler and quicker to set up on location. A lot of the time they are similar to those truck cranes you'll see on the highway that can fold up into a mobile unit you can drive to the next site.

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what is that high pressure spray coming out of that rig

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Reservoir fluid containing gas and a bunch of other stuff I'm sure. Looks like they just haven't had an ignition source or something.

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I completely agree with this. Inside driver fittings are fine as there shouldn't be any turf interaction with the driver but all other clubs should be on grass.

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Even with game improvement irons, hitting fat shots should show up even on artificial turf. I think you can be smart enough to note those and not include them in the rankings. I think artificial turf is decent to practice off of once you can make consistent contact. Ball may fly better than off grass when you hit an inch behind the ball, but you still know. Perfect ball first contact, I really can't tell the difference between grass and turf.

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Intentionally heating golf balls during comp play is illegal and my ruffle some feathers or get you dq'ed.

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Not that I'm playing in tournaments ever, but how does having a hand warmer in your pocket, the same pocket that you keep your spare ball in, factor into "intentional" . I say that from a perspective that it is exactly how I do it when it's really cold with no true intention for impreoved performance.

I've been playing a lot in the mid to low 40's. Thermal leggings and long sleeve thermal compression undershirt, thermal socks, beanie, and a thicker hoodie have been fine for me. I recognize dropping into the 30's is a different animal. Would likely add a vest and cart gloves/hand warmers to that list. I have never been uncomfortable with that game plan.

I do not like the idea of law enforcement shooting someone just because they have a gun on them. If there is an incident and my shirt comes up and they just shoot because they see my gun, that's not right.

But notice how I never mention I'd be actively involved in the incident. I know when carrying that a small thing can grow into a life and death thing because I have my gun. I'm not getting involved in anything, argument, scuffle, etc. while carrying unless I know death or serious injury is at risk. I'm certainly not inserting myself between law enforcement on purpose.

I say all this trying not to pay attention too much to what's on the news, because I know I'm not getting to true story from anyone right now.

Every time I put on dress shoes. All of my dress shoes are expensive, and I expect them to last decades. I have 15-year-old shoes that still look pretty new from taking care of them. You can re-sole them when they wear down, but not a lot you can do if you are destroying the upper at the heel.

I think I paid 50ish bucks last time I had it done.

I appreciate that people sand their divots in the fairway, but also recognize it may get overlooked every now and again. You may be away from the cart where the sand bottle is, or you may have a great or terrible shot that just takes your attention away and you forget. But I hope everyone at least remembers most of the time. The grass will grow back in any case, just with a smoother finish if people remember.

The green gets on my nerves. First thing I'll do is search for my pitch mark. It blows my mind how many people don't bother. And for some reason, we have a real problem with people dragging their feet. There were a couple greens yesterday where it looked like the group before us was trying to moonwalk with golf spikes on all around the hole. And in the dry cooler weather, that stuff doesn't tamp down all that well. Also love people who drop the flag hard and then there's a line that will most definitely be running right along where I need to put.

I'm a new member at my club. I exclusively play with random people. I have no clue what they shot, and I hope to God they don't know what I shot . I can tell if they are playing well or horrible, but it would be a wild guess for me to get within 4-5 strokes of their actual score.