sdandrea1 It was a nice day/nice round. I was a bit apprehensive about overdoing it out there 1st time back. Long layoff, and the muscle loss made it more worrisome. I can a little more turn it seems and probably should/will start some type of stretching.
But...seems I've gained about 20 off the tee😲. Had some real head scratchers right off the 1st hole. Due to the packed course and to keep things moving quicker, I used the whites instead of the gold(SR) tees, on a few holes. 1st hole was past where I would normally hit. Had several holes like that, most around 220. And with a brand new driver from @LogicalOne!! All in the FW, of course👍.

I was going to play today also, 72*, but I just cannot see. It was hell trying to see my ball unless I was within 5 yds. of it.
12:40 app't tomorrow to (hopefully) remedy that.

    DonM I'm familiar. I hit the soft cap in our league last year.

      Shot 85 today with one birdie. Ball striking was good but I choked three putts in the 2.5-3 foot range. Lag putting was pretty good and I made a 20-footer for the birdie but I need to quit missing those shorties in the league on Wednesday. 🙂

      83 at Timber Greens. Never found any consistency today. 49 degrees when we (first) went out at 7:00. But it was a clear and sunny morning.

      Went around the front nine in 1 hour and 40 minutes. Ran into the members going off the back nine and finished at 11:03. Had to wait on every hole.

      Still, a nice morning for golf.

      KCee Somehow won money again though.

      They follow you guys around with a bag of seed?

          1st nine 45 with 4 GIR and 19 putts. Yes, I suck.
          2nd nine 40 with 5 GIR and 16 putts. Including 2 doubles and 2 yakked short putts.
          9 GIRs should put you in the mid 70s. hahahahahaha.

          So a funny thing happened. I benched my driver after the tee shot on the 9th hole. I used my XR16 4 wood instead. And I hit it to about the same places I usually hit my good drives. It was a little hard to be sure because of the winds and the dry course conditions. But it was something I already suspected. It's been a long time since I felt my driver was hurting me. But, lately it has not behaved very well.

          My gut reaction is to build a shorter heavier driver with the cheep iDrive shaft that is the same as the electric yellow FGS Plus in my 4 wood. I've got the parts so it will happen.

            DonM Why don’t you just keep hitting the 4 wood off the tee? When I was a kid I hit 3 wood for years off the tee. I could hit it past everyone with it.

            If it’s works for you, don’t bother screwing with it. Ride the success. But what do I know 😂

                DonM Probably not enough to offset the accuracy of hitting 4 wood.

                You want to build a shorter heavier driver… think about it. It should be more accurate than your current one due to the shorter shaft. But will carry shorter…and it’s heavier…. and you were just hitting the 4 wood around where you hit your current driver. Play some rounds using 4 wood off the tee before you go off the deep end.

                    Typhoon that would be nice, not much grass on the courses so far. Tampa last few years the courses were in better shape.

                      Did not keep score....but handful of bogeys and a couple birdies. Can't say I've ever played in February before 🤔.....once in january about 15 years ago. Nice to get out and enjoy a walk!

                      Typhoon Stop being so logical! The man has come up with a sound rationalization for building a new club! It's all that's needed here. 😀

                        DonM I benched my driver after the tee shot on the 9th hole. I used my XR16 4 wood instead

                        Some years ago, when the course was empty, I played two balls. With the first one, I hit driver as I always did. With the second one, I hit 3-wood off the tee instead. With the driver, my score was 84, my average score at the time. With the 3-wood I shot 79. Of course I didn't learn anything from that and kept hitting driver all the time.🤔

                            Supp Many years ago my brother said 'let's play only 1 club from tee-into cup.....club is also putter, on the next hole'. Very long Par 5 and I chose my 19 hybrid. Parred the damn thing.
                            Next hole.....gimme dat driver!!😄

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                                  Typhoon Stop making sense! 😀

                                  J is right, I don’t need much excuse to build something.

                                  My only thought/hope here is that the heavier shaft will be a better fit and maybe even make me pick up a little speed. That seems to have happened with the 4 wood.

                                      DonM I do this to an extent with all my drivers. For example, my current gamer is a Ping G that came at a playing length of 45.5 inches. I'm currently playing a 75 gram shaft in it at 44.75 inches. In the past I've built component drivers at 44 inches with pretty good results.

                                      What I haven't tried is getting a driver head to the weight of a 3-wood head and playing it at 3-wood length. That would be an interesting experiment.

                                          MidwayJ What I haven't tried is getting a driver head to the weight of a 3-wood head and playing it at 3-wood length. That would be an interesting experiment

                                          I’ve done that and I didn’t get the results I was hoping for.
                                          I’m starting to think I might be one of these guys who doesn’t like a huge driver head. Whether it’s because of hitting off a taller tee with forward ball position, or what.