This one’s a bit overdue……. Superstition has held me back……. It’s going into the shop next time I go. Thousands of balls…..
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FORE! How is your golf game coming?
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A quick FYI on golf club regriping. I've done my own for many years, it's a simple process for anyone with the basic skills used to tune their own skis. The traditional method of using dual sided tape and solvent is messy, a bit of a PITA. On YouTube there are several video showing how grips can be installed using compressed air....yes, even a bicycle pump will work. My very basic small compressor, used to add air to a car tire, works just fine. Below is a video of the process. Another benefit is the same technique can be used to easily remove a grip that was installed using air. BTW, my compressor is much small and basic than that used in the video, same person has another video using a bike pump.
My son is an excellent player - full-boat golf scholarship to Virginia Tech. When he was 12 or so we were playing a round at Congressional with a guy who couldn’t control himself. He’d hit a bad shot, throw his club, curse, yell at his caddie and so on. On about the 8th hole he really let rip after dumping one in the water. My son looked at him and said quietly, “You know, you shouldn’t get mad. You aren’t good enough to get mad!” The guy didn’t say another word the rest of the round.I won’t play with club chuckers. I refuse to play with one of my best friends. I never get mad. If an amateur can’t play golf without getting angry they need to find something else to do. The potential for disappointment on the golf course is enormous.
So you're saying that you could potentially play with me? I'll bring my flaskI won’t play with club chuckers. I refuse to play with one of my best friends. I never get mad. If an amateur can’t play golf without getting angry they need to find something else to do. The potential for disappointment on the golf course is enormous.
That is the best story.
And to that point, I know I'm not good, and I look at it as a bit of excercise, outside, with friends, hitting a little white ball with dimples and hoping I can get it into the tin cup in a timely manner.
They have a great course there too! (https://petedyerivercourse.com/) Though I haven't played it yet unfortunately. I was down there for an engineering meeting last year at the course, and took this pic from the clubhouse deck in the early evening. I think this is number 10 and 18, along the New River:
I’ll be up that way after I get settled into Vegas. We can definitely play some golf. I usually have a 3 beer limit while golfing. If I keep it to 1 every 6 holes it doesn’t impair my game. Unless I shoot 50 on the front and things are trending down. At that point……So you're saying that you could potentially play with me? I'll bring my flask
Is that going over the bridge at Twin Falls,ID? Good course, played it a bunch while working there a few years back. Not that tough a course, as long as the wind is down, but some great views especially the waterfall and base jumper.
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Yeah, I WILL play there one day.
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This is Old Mill Golf Course in Cottonwood Heights, UT. I played the front nine in late May 2020 with borrowed clubs. Beautiful and scenic layout for a public course. It has significant elevation change. Might play it again this year before I head east in early June. This is the course you see when approaching the mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon.
When the tech told me how to clean grips, he said "dishwashing liquid, like Dawn, and a stiff brush". I said "you mean like a wire brush?" You should've seen his face. Obviously, he and I have different criteria for "stiff".
The face he made ...
... that's the same face you're going to see when you take that club in.You might be able to score a 2nd
if you tell them the grips were dirty so you scrubbed them with a wire brush.
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Because they were so glossy and slick, we actually used an emory block on Tricia's grips ... then with Dawn. We are just buying some time to see if she can get her hypermobility under control for her swing.
old mill golf course today, 11 may 2023, quite busy on beautiful 70 deg day.
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Is that an elevated tee box you are on?
No, it's a zoom from near this spot on Wasatch Blvd where I like to ride my bike on days I don't ski. But there are a couple of cool elevated tees on the first nine.
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From the practice range at Spanish Peaks MT. Each station had the exact yardage to each pin. Thats how the other 1% play.
Incredible how many beautiful courses the U.S.A. has.
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