Mattyv They have a lot of openings. It'd be fun to see how many of those times end up being used that day.

    I’ve played it a few times. It was nice. The only places I would pay that much to play would be Pebble Beach. St. Andrews and Augusta. No where else.

      Only reason I played it was I wanted to play a course they played on the PGA Tour.

        Typhoon

        I used to be able to play it for $50-60 in the summer. Now the summer rate is $199 I think. There are much better courses around for cheaper.

          83 at Heritage Harbor. No birdies. Only 2 of us this morning. We were first off at a little after 7:00 and were done a little after 10:00. A little cool and windy, but sunny.

          Tale of two nines. 46-37. I had to pick up twice for net double bogey so my putts number is bogus. But I didn't 3 putt, and I 1-putted 3 times. I got into the zone on holes 10-11-12. On 10 I hit a pure 7 iron barely over the big oak tree that is in the middle of the fairway, rolled past the cup. Made the birdie. On par 5 11 I hit the green in two. It was playing downwind, and I hit a great drive and then a great 7 wood to pin high. Missed the eagle but got my second birdie in a row. I only get a GIR eagle putt about once a year. On 12 I got the closest to the pin, but missed the birdie turkey and settled for par.

          7 wood story. I posted about the 20 degree Wilson 5 wood that I built for my 7 wood spot to replace my Acer that likes to draw. I used the iDrive Tour shaft. Well, something must be wrong with that shaft because it might be the worst club I've built in 10 years. I was warming up with it on the range, and it looked like I was hitting trick out of round balls or something. They were curving like wiffle balls, both directions. Wasn't happening with other clubs. So I hurried back home and swapped in the Acer, the devil known. And that club gave me the eagle putt. The iDrive shaft has 2 spines, which supposedly shouldn't happen with a filament wound shaft. I think at least this particular one is trash. Waddaya expect for ten bucks. I bet at the foundry loading dock it sells for three or four bucks.

          I used my Launcher 25 wood a couple of times. Once on our long par 3, and at the time I was closest to the pin. I guess it got beat later. Next time into a strong wind and I went a little over the green but on target. Anyway it's a great club so far.

            DonM The iDrive shaft has 2 spines, which supposedly shouldn't happen with a filament wound shaft.

            Didn't know it was. I thought someone had said it was the same as the DTG FGS Plus shaft. Which I know full well that every one has 2 distinct spines.

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                Par4QC
                Yes, they are filament wound. And yes, supposedly the same as FGS Plus.
                https://www.monarkgolf.com/golf-components/shafts/graphite-golf-shafts/idrive-graphite/idrive-tour-graphite-black.html

                One thing I noticed with the FGS Plus and the iDrive, my hacksaw grit blade cuts through them like a hot knife through butter. The material is noticeably weaker/softer than any other shaft I have ever cut. I just take that to mean very cheap materials. But until this one, I've felt they, the FGS versions, played well so who cares if the materials are cheap or not. I mean obviously they are cheapest possible stuff, at the price point.

                    DonM the FGS versions

                    I have a lot of them(hoarded the yellow🤨). And the iron shafts. Don't know why/how they perform so well at that price point. Should be total crap, but are much better than a lot of stock graphite shafts in OEM clubs!

                    I've never failed to find a spine(s) on any shaft using the spine finder I used to make. No matter the cost of the shaft.

                      DonM Cheap shafts… I remember years ago I bought a Grafalloy Power Light. I think it was 45 grams. First time out it snapped in half on my backswing.

                        Mattyv thats more than a third of my membership....and who gets to save $26.25🤔

                          44/46 this afternoon. Our group struggled mightily with super fast greens. I hit the ball well on the front 9 (5 gir) but only parred 2 of them. Twenty-two putts! It wasn't so bad on the back but I stopped hitting good iron shots and only had 2 gir.

                          51/44 today. On the 5th hole I started yanking everything left. I was 12 over par on the last 5 holes of the front 9. I somehow got the swing back on #10 and played the first 7 holes of the back 9 at 2 over par. At that point I was quite happy with the turnaround but carded an 8 on the par 4 #17 and missed a 2.5 footer for bogey on the last. Damn game.

                            MidwayJ So you’re someone who’d kick absolute ASS if you only turn in a 9 hole score and the USGA guesses at the back 9!!

                                Another nice day, another 83. 7 greens and 31 putts. 5 one putts and no three putts. I played the par 3s great and the par 5s like shit. So that’s a switch. Full swing has been pretty sketchy, but putting has been very good after a recent change in my approach to it. Especially since the greens are so damn fast.

                                I feel like it wouldn’t take much at all to get back into the 70s, but I just can’t keep all the plates spinning.

                                Typhoon So you’re someone who’d kick absolute ASS if you only turn in a 9 hole score and the USGA guesses at the back 9!!

                                The score they would have added for the second nine would probably have been about what Jay actually shot.

                                  Played last Saturday, haven't pulled my clubs out of the truck since. It has been wet and rainy since Monday, storm should be past tomorrow or Saturday. Just over 4" so far this week....

                                  81 at Tarpon Springs. Three of us this morning. Had one birdie. Windy and 57 degrees when we (first) went out at 7:07. We were done at 10:16.