Falcon Crest and Grand Lake

Written on 7-21-21,

        I don’t have much time to write, because we plan on going out on the town here in Boise in just a few minutes.  I will write as long as I can.  We are coming to the end of our quiet/nappy time after the girls went to the lake to paddle board and kayak, and I played golf.  I cashed in on my Father’s Day gift from Danielle and James when I played at Falcon Crest Golf Course this morning.

We spent a little more than an hour waiting for Danielle to get off of work yesterday, and then we took a mini-tour of their facility.  I even got a new hat with their logo!  I am so proud of Danielle, and what she does.  She is so courageous.  So full of grit!  

She did hurt herself a little bit on this last “roll,” however.  She has some tendonitis, but she has rested it the past few days.  Her crew would not let her put any more strain on it, and that makes me happy to know they are looking out for her.  We went out for dinner at a sports bar after she got off work, and it’s just fabulous to be here with her.

The only bummer part of this visit is that we learned that Danielle’s FB account has been hacked.  She lost all of the pictures and memories she has ever posted or been tagged with, and there really is nothing she can do about it.  She is taking it well, though.  She will just have to start a brand new account.  What else can she do?

On to golf…

I played all right.  I was paired with...

Vegan Eating Brochure and a Great Driving Session

Written on 7-17-21.

        It’s been a wonderful day.  James and his new girl, Casey, came here for one night to visit with Kyle and Becca, who are here for the Edgerton reunion.  We invaded that party earlier (I know we are always welcome there, but we don’t stay long), and it was in full swing with a corn hole tournament, golf pitching, plenty of food and drink, and the same fancy port-a-potties they used for Becca’s and Matt’s wedding celebration.

Matt is super-psyched to play with Eric at Pinon Hills on Monday.  We are going out of town to go visit Danielle and then on to Grand Lake after that.  Otherwise, I would go, too.

I got caught talking with Fred, who wanted me to take home a brochure on vegan eating.  Ellen did her best to protect me, but I was fine with it.  She told Fred, “There are other things to talk about besides plants!”  

Kyle was worried, too, but more about Pawz, because she chewed up a few of the yellow foam golf balls that Eric bought for practicing pitching.  It made me laugh when Pawz jumped into their little babbling brook and “pawed” at them when they would bob up and down in the water.  Adorable.

On to golf…

I went to the range today to work on...

I Walk 36 Holes...in July...at Pinon Hills

Written on 7-16-21.

        Well, it was another frustrating round, but, of course, I have good news.  I arrived in time to pay for the new (to me) Ping G410 Driver, and that was the highlight of the day.  Another big news item was that I walked for 36 holes in the middle of July…and I survived.  

After I played the first 18 holes with the guys, I decided to go directly to the range and try out my new toy, and it was like Christmas in July.  I only used the new driver a couple of times during the round before I decided to put it away, and that was after a huge slice on hole #7.  The best my playing partners could say was, “It really opens up over there,” but that was being nice…

I Buy a New (To Me) Ping G410 Adjustable Driver

Written on 7-11-21.

        It’s another Sunday, and B, Kody, and I are relaxing.  We have been invited to go to Trevor and Megan’s house tonight for dinner with Ben and Dixie, too.  That will be loads of fun, and I am sure we will have great food and conversation.

I am looking at getting new irons and a new driver, too (in five years more than likely).  I am watching videos on the best irons, and I see  reviews of many different kinds.  I am liking what I am hearing about the Ping G425 irons and Srixon ZX7 or ZX5.  If I am looking at being more consistent with my strikes, I would like to have clubs that are very consistent with their distances.  

I am also liking the new Ping driver, the G425.  No real reasons why, except Rick Shiels gave it a rave review when he said it was the best driver he has ever hit, or the most forgiving?  I just checked, and he said it’s the best and most forgiving in a video that has the title with the word, “straightest."  I am trying to hit it straight, so why wouldn’t I want more forgiveness…along with being the best? 

Written on 7-14-21.

Yet another cool date in numbers, and this one is counting by sevens.  It is 6:05 PM, and I am attending the Shaft Lean and Perfect Impact Plane Talk tonight.  It has just started.

I bought a new driver!  Just like that.  It’s the Ping I was talking about, but it was the model made just before the G425.  It’s the G410 Plus, and Luke just put one of my single plane grips on it today, so it will be ready for me to play with tomorrow.  It was the last one in the pro shop. 

I am playing tomorrow with Shawn, Tim, and Herman (not his real name), I think.  Tim Graves just said that the driver, speaking of drivers, has the hands ahead of the clubhead by about 5º.  Hmmmm.  I thought the head was “heading” up on the way to impact.  He is also saying that we are looking for the hands leading to create backspin which will make the golf ball fly more accurately.  Compressing the golf ball helps it to go straighter.

He is showing a drill that has a chip with the toe-up on the back swing, and it creates great shaft lean.  The elbow is folding in and up in a simple way.

He said every club except the putter and the driver are made for a downward blow.  Is he contradicting himself there?  He is also saying impact should be made on the third or fourth line on the club face, because the other lines are below, or should be below, the ground.  He is using the smaller “perfect impact” club (the little cousin of my 6-iron perfect impact club I bought), and he is saying that if you can hit that club off of tight lies really well, you have the proper shaft lean.

In his downswing, Moe was at approximately 30 MPH when his club was waist high, and it went up to 105 MPH at impact.