Greenie

I find your comments spot on even when you mention the previous version of the Softfli being better for you. I recently gave one of the guys in my group that plays the newest version of the Softfli a dozen of the old model for his birthday. I have ten dozen in my stock pile. I said try out the old model you will like these better than the new model trust me. After several rounds he says hey you want to get rid of the rest of your dozens? You are right they do play better. I am just a plain old guy. I play balls, I see how the ball plays, and I make my judgement. I am not someone that has data to support any findings. I go by playing a ball for a round or two and coming to a conclusion. I play the Vice Pro, Chrome Soft, Softfli, and Supersoft in that order. In the cooler months the Tour Response works well for me.

I usually rotate two gloves. On the most humid days rain gloves work the best. Soak them in cool water first before using them.

I am 65. In recent years I have developed issues so I have become bold going #1. Sometimes I have no choice. One minute I am fine. The next minute the urge hits and if I don't relieve myself right then I am going to pee my pants. It's not an every time occurrence but it happens to me sometimes on the course. If I can't hold it I try to find a spot out of sight but if it isn't possible I am still going. If someone wants to complain to me about it and they can't understand my situation then so be it. My answer to the OP's woman. I am sorry I had to go. I couldn't wait. If it is something that bothers you why didn't you look away? Then I would say if I was you I would complain to the course there are not enough bathrooms on the course. Most courses I play have one bathroom out on the course. If it is not close to where I am I am not going to make it. I had a woman come up to me in the park and tell me she didn't appreciate watching my dog c0ck his leg and pee on a tree. My reply to her was why didn't you look away? my dog doesn't like people watching him when he pees either.

OP interesting read. My SS is around 90-92 with the driver. I am familiar with the balls you tested except for the Speedsoft. I found three Speedsoft balls a few weeks ago but I have not tried them yet. The best for distance and performance on and around the greens on your list for me is the Callaway Supersoft. I would say the e6 is longer but it lacks control on and around the greens for me. Interesting take on the Supersoft being shorter for you. I play in a group of 8. Three use the Supersoft and three use the Maxfli softfli because they get good distance and all around performance at a cheaper price.

Anyone looking at a membership needs to look at the overall picture of what is going on at the club you are interested in before joining and determine if the plan is going to fit your needs. There is a semi-private club I was interested in joining. The membership price and what that included appeared to be a good deal to me. I found out the club has morning leagues blocked off from 8 am to 10 am during the week and evening leagues Mon-Thur. Those are the times I would be the most interested in booking. It didn't seem like such a good deal being stuck playing mid morning or in the afternoon going through the hottest part of the day in the summer.

I am a 10 cap. I rely on my short game and putting to make up for missed greens or greens I can't reach in regulation. I have an excellent short game. The putter determines if I end up with a good score for the day most of the time. All of my rounds I have shot in the 70's is when the putter was hot and stayed hot the whole round.

I thought the G425's were the worst of the bunch. And then you have the lofts jacked up even more on the 430's. At least with me ordering the retro lofts in the 440's I kind of held the line on the loft jacking. I was actually surprised I gain yardage with the 440's over my 410's which of course is a plus.

OP states: I need a ball for one hole, where there is a big tree in the fairway about 70 yards from the green. And the approach shots are from a slight downhill lie. It’s beyond annoying. I like the Vice Pro for this task.

I am 65. I don't have any issues seeing my ball I play. Of course I play balls I like and I can see. I have noticed there are certain colors some of the guys I play with use that I do have issues seeing. They are shades of orange and red. Last week one of the guys were using a red ball. I could see it in the air but I lost it every time when it landed on the grass. There are certain balls I can't see in the air at all. I don't have any issues with white, green or yellow balls. I wear multi focal contacts when I play.

I have been playing the G410 irons since they first came out. I demoed the G425 irons when they came out. I liked my G410 irons better. I demoed the G430 irons when they came out. I liked my G410 irons better. I demoed the G440 irons. They are a noticeable improvement over the previous models I have mentioned IMO. I went with the retro lofts. I gained distance, height, spin and stopping power.

I love that guy...

My wife and I were sitting at a picnic table last week in the park eating ice cream and a family of five came over to us and asked me if they could sit at our table. I didn't mind. All of the picnic tables were in use and we had room. They brought their own ice cream.

LOL.......Maybe going to the range to make friends is a good idea. I don't know. "guy shows up at the range looking to make friends" "guy sees someone at the farthest spot away from the clubhouse" "guy thinks I bet that guy all the way over there is looking for a friend that is why he is so far away from everyone else so we can share some quiet time together to become friends"

It does have the best grass because not many people walk that far. I would say that part gets the most sunlight though. The is plenty of grass range I could use and be happy using. The main reason I go to the end is to be alone. The guy evidently came over to where I was not because of anything but for the fact I was there and he wanted to strike up a friendship. He followed me to my new location so having the first location must not have been that important to him.

I know the recent posts are referring to the practice green. I am going to add the range to the conversation. There is a range I go to occasionally. To the right of the clubhouse they have a decent section of roof covered mats then a section of mats. Father down the line they have their grass driving range. I always hike all the way down to the end of the grass range. I say hike because it is some distance from the clubhouse. One day I had recently started hitting balls at the far end on the grass range. There are people using the mat part of the range and between that mats and me there is no one. I happen to notice a guy walking out on the grass range with his bag and a bucket of balls. This guy walks all the way down to where I am and sets up shop beside me. He is very friendly. He is trying to start up a conversation with me. I say a few words to him and say enjoy your practice while I pack up my stuff and move to the middle of the grass range. I am situated once again and here comes the guy walking back towards me. He stops beside me and it appears he is going to practice beside me once again. I look at him and say I let you have that area over there where I was practicing. Why are you beside me again? He replied I was hoping we could be friends. I replied sorry. I like to practice alone. Maybe we can be friends another time.

This is the right answer.....^^^^^ We have a guy in our group that is slow and obnoxious. Last year we put him in the last group out. Most of the guys complained being in the same group with him. Everyone complained about riding in the same cart with him. I wanted the guy kicked out of the group but the guy in charge wouldn't do it. I ended up having a long talk with this guy about the major complaints brought up about him. He said he didn't need to change because he knew he was still going to be invited no matter what. He ended up thinking it was all me and he said I needed to realize "I wasn't a pro". This year after some debate with the other guys in the group about what to do with this guy it was decided he will be a fill in player. He is asked to play when we need someone to fill out a foursome. He plays in about one out of three outings. He has realized that he isn't being invited every time this year and he has asked me why? My reply was maybe you do need to change because evidently you are not going to be asked no matter what. I think it has been a wake up call for him. He has been a lot better when he plays now but he does fall back into the same old crap sometimes. I would have a talk with this person your are referring to and explain to them how the majority feels about the situation. If this person doesn't want to make an effort to change then I would tell him he isn't a good fit for the group. It isn't fair the whole group suffers because of one person. It is easy to say what to do but I know how hard it is to fix a problem like this from my experience.