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  • Eddie’s WITB. Let’s see how long this stays this way.

Eddie what’s the worst that could happen? You play some golf and don’t qualify? Go for it, no expectations.

    Eddie This was exactly me before the us mid am Qualifier. Played maybe once in two weeks. The only thing that I was upset about was, I didn’t carpet putt. Anybody can carpet put for 10min. You know how to play golf. Don’t let the “man I haven’t practiced in two weeks” get to you. It doesn’t matter. Go play. You’ll swing freely. After the first couple holes you’ll get into the groove. 100% go play bro 🤙🤙🤙

      Eddie get out there young man. You should easily qualify at the Trump course. Fairways and greens

          Noyes26 I was thrilled to be able to bust out Kenny Powers' "I play real sports, not trying to be the best at exercisin'" line the other day.

            Speaking of Kenny Powers, why did the show come to such an abrupt halt? Was sad to not see it continue.

            Eddie Looks like the creators wanted to shut it down after Season 3.

            HBO said today that Eastbound & Down’s upcoming fourth season will be its last. The previously announced eight-episode Season 4 of self-obsessed and self-destructive baseball player Kenny Powers, starring Danny McBride, will debut September 29. Sources says that after convincing McBride, Will Ferrell, Andy McKay and the show’s other producers to not end things at the conclusion of Season 3, HBO hoped that Eastbound would continue on past a fourth season. However, the Eastbound gang had decided that four cycles was enough.

                Noyes26

                agreed but I wanted some finality to the series.

                    11 days later

                    So qualifying came and went, I came up short and it’s all my fault.

                    It’s always the Indian not the arrow, but I made two bad equipment decisions that didn’t help the cause.

                    going to 9 degree loft was not an issue, but playing a softer shaft definitely was.

                    the tp6 I played is tipped. I went with the vr6 which, as a mid kick shaft, felt should be less punishing on high right drives, and it was, but it actually turned over too much. It was jarring to see a few drives end up left of my target line. You know that ballflight you get when you over power a shaft? That straight ball that curves oddly in the air then tails left of line? Got a few of those then I started to try to save it and then started missing right.

                    second equipment mistake was using the spider x. I told myself all year that the Cameron with its lighter weight and no grooves gave my much better pace control. Putted great with the Timeless on my home course all year, but because of all the rain we got, the course was going to be slow and the greens should have been as well. So I brought out the SpiderX. As soon as I got to the practice green I knew I was screwed. I was dead wrong as the greens were brought up to speed beyond my expectation. Should've done the "bring two putters to the course and chuck one right before the round" method.

                    the 300 mini driver remains a great club for me, nothing more to say than teeing it low and hitting down on it like a three wood gives more great consistency off the tee.

                    the tsi2 hybrid.

                    bought it, immediately put the Ventus hb in it and did not like it. Found an old Hzrdus smoke (non rdx, I don’t like the rdx line), and am hitting it great. It’s funny because this was the last hybrid on my radar because on paper it had the least amount of tech, no carbon crown, no low face strikes technology protection. Well, it flat out works.

                    Now that I’m in trash golf season, things on my radar:

                    experiment with comboing ctaper lites with normal ctapers in the short irons, or may go dg120 all the way through.

                    u505: love my u500 but still curious.

                    2019 p790s: I’m still keeping my 770s but while I had plenty of gripes on the 19 790s, the 2021 p790s don’t appeal to me at all. Some 19 790s might be great for the traveling bag setup.

                    Eddie thats too bad. what was the qualifying score? i heard the course is such a beast!

                        5 days later

                        Finally got my hands on a u505, really excited to try this. It’s definitely bulky but in a way that gives me peace of mind.

                        Should be a good set with u500 on windy days and u505 for days I need more height

                        20 days later

                        hey eddie, im interested in your thoughts about the U505 vs U500. are you using both in the manner you stated a previous post or has one just taken cover for both functions?

                        raywutang

                        As of now yes. The ball flight on the u505 is noticeably higher for me, but I have the smoke 90 in the 500 and the smoke 80 in the 505 so I attribute some of that difference in height due to that.

                        I do like the 505 because I feel like I don’t have to fight getting plenty of height out of it, especially when from the light rough where balls with the 500 would come out too hot.