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I was just talking to the chef. He was having fish and chips in town. He told me it is windy and cold so he's not walking the course today for the practice round. Pick Change me. Bye Bye Hideki. I don't think you will do so well with the weather conditions in Northern Ireland. Hello old seasoned Irish golfer Padraig Harrington and welcome to team touch.

Welcome to the playing golf in excessive heat club.

Will do Bellingham.

Playing my favorite tomorrow afternoon. I'm excited. High of 88* under partly cloudy skies with a 50% chance of being interrupted by a thunderstorm.

BFCC #8 Par 4 400 yards (white tees) handicap 7 in December, April, and last week.

Glad you got out there and got 18 in retired Windy City DJ. Got to love seeing wild living creatures while playing. 🙂

Lots of talk about putting and different green speeds today. Wee Man with the assist! 😆

Just trying to do what it takes to stay Middle of the Pack. I have 7 years of NFL Picks experience and 2 years of PGA Tour Picks and I've been in the bottom third in the standings for most all of it except for one NFL Playoffs Picks Contest I got hot. I don't need to win it but I like ending up the year not in the basement.

And in my top 5 jag offs that I waited on during my Vegas years. So damn full of himself.

What would Ditka do?

DMM McIntyre Lowry Rory Rahm Scheffler alt-Min Woo touch Rahm Rory Lowry Hideki Xander alt-Spieth Casual Rory Rahm Fleetwood Hatton Fitzpatrick alt-Hovland BobCat Rory Fleetwood Clarke Harman Fitzpatrick alt- Xander Mitchell Rahm Rory Scottie Fleetwood Straka alt- A. Scott chisag Scottie Rahm Rory Xander Hovland alt - Morikawa imk Rory Fitzpatrick Aberg A.Scott Hatton alt - Choi DLR Bryson Scottie Rory McIntyre Rahm alt - A.Scott DMan Rory Scottie Bryson Fleetwood Aberg alt- Lowry Parker JT Rory Koepka Fleetwood Hatton alt- Xander TLindy Scottie Rory Rahm Xander Lowry alt - Bryson BigFish Rose Henley Rahm Reed Hatton alt- - R Fox Point Values 50 points if your player is the Champion 40 Points for a 2nd place finish 30 Points for a 3rd place finish 10 Points for a Top 10 finish 5 Points for making the cut -3 Points for a Missed Cut Standings 283 Pts - TripleLindy 268 Pts - DLeightonReid 265 Pts - DMM 264 Pts - Mitchell 243 Pts - Chisag 220 Pts - Spounder 195 Pts - Touch 189 Pts - Casual Lie 152 Pts - imKirby 138 Pts - NJ Big Fish 109 Pts - Parker 95 Pts - DMan 91 Pts - Hickory 45 Pts - P3P 28 Pts - NCLancer 14 Pts - BobCat

Pick change me. Bye Bye Harris English because of your caddie off the bench situation and welcome to my team Hideki.

I am both and I think it is possible to do both. When I am on fast greens say 11.5 and up I get into the mindset of dying the putt in the hole. When playing fast greens I actually select a spot just outside of the cup's lip on my I intended line to stop the putt. Like a doormat on the edge of the cup you might say is my target and if I am on the putt just drops in the hole with it's final rotation or two. Now on greens 11 or slower I take Rickie's approach and try to make my putts fall with decent speed. Having two different approach's to different green speeds works for me.

Wow I didn't know. I think that might be a sign for me to dump the Georgia Bulldog and find another Pick. Thanks gentlemen for the news on English's caddie.

Whoops. Thanks for the clarification Big Fish.

I'm glad you hang around the Lounge Bob Cat even if sometimes you are just skimming for images. As I stated in my first post when I started this thread back in February of 2023, "let's have images of all kinds in the Lounge." The regular Loungers ever since the beginning have been real good at sharing photos and images both funny and serious and I think that makes this place better and it makes me happy. Anna is a little cutie. Love her ankle bracelets. I see that she is a Lefty. She rocks the bucket hat well.

Pick change noted and I will adjust.

Should for any reason one of your starting 5 Picks WD on any day of competition during the tourney your Alternate becomes active on your team. The only catch is that your alternate has to be outside of the Top 5 or some number on the leaderboard. @NJBigFish22 will tell us what that exact position number is on the leaderboard that your alternate must be outside of as I have forgotten.

Interesting, I don't look at stats when making a pick because we do this with no money wagered so I just wing it with my gut feeling. You would know. So toss a coin between the two you say aye?

I haven't spent a few hours at the range in many moons so today that's what I am doing. I've got tee times for tomorrow and Wednesday but rather than play three days in a row I'm dedicating my first day off to some beneficial practice. 80 degrees with lower humidity and a fine 10 mph breeze.

It's all about pace (of course) and it's also about playing different courses all the time. Also you have to have a putter in the bag that you are very comfortable with and have confidence in. I can see you guys that only play one home course struggling when you play different tracks. Because I play 8 or 9 different courses regularly I get to play on different speed greens often and I think by doing this I have grooved a putting game that allows me to be a decent putter on slow, medium, and fast greens. I too believe that when I switched to my current gamer putter (my Odyssey Stroke Lab) back in January of this year my speed control greatly improved. Why? Because I changed to a counter balanced putter. Many believe that if you struggle with distance control on different speed greens that a counter balanced putter will help you be more consistent. Before the round at every course I play I take at least 10 minutes and hit the practice green rolling 5,10,15,25, and 30 foot putts. I make a mental note of how far I take the putter back for each of those distances. This warm up has helped my speed control putting when playing different green speeds. I say grab a used (counter balanced) putter like I did and give it a try. I hope something in this post of mine helps my fellow Lounge golfers putt better on different speed greens. Too funny...my putter arrived when there was snow on the ground. 😃

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DMM McIntyre Lowry Rory Rahm Scheffler alt-Min Woo touch Rahm Rory Lowry H.English Xander alt-Spieth Casual Rory Rahm Fleetwood Hatton Fitzpatrick alt-Hovland BobCat Rory Fleetwood Clarke Harman Fitzpatrick alt- Xander Mitchell Rahm Rory Scottie Fleetwood Straka alt- A. Scott chisag Scottie Rahm Rory Xander Aberg alt - Morikawa imk Rory Fitzpatrick Aberg A.Scott Hatton alt - Choi DLR Bryson Scottie Rory McIntyre Rahm alt - A.Scott DMan Rory Scottie Bryson Fleetwood Aberg alt- Lowry Parker JT Rory Koepka Fleetwood Hatton alt- Xander Point Values 50 points if your player is the Champion 40 Points for a 2nd place finish 30 Points for a 3rd place finish 10 Points for a Top 10 finish 5 Points for making the cut -3 Points for a Missed Cut Standings 283 Pts - TripleLindy 268 Pts - DLeightonReid 265 Pts - DMM 264 Pts - Mitchell 243 Pts - Chisag 220 Pts - Spounder 195 Pts - Touch 189 Pts - Casual Lie 152 Pts - imKirby 138 Pts - NJ Big Fish 109 Pts - Parker 95 Pts - DMan 91 Pts - Hickory 45 Pts - P3P 28 Pts - NCLancer 14 Pts - BobCat

Participants in red have submitted their Picks Standings 283 Pts - TripleLindy 268 Pts - DLeightonReid 265 Pts - DMM 264 Pts - Mitchell 243 Pts - Chisag 220 Pts - Spounder 195 Pts - Touch 189 Pts - Casual Lie 152 Pts - imKirby 138 Pts - NJ Big Fish 109 Pts - Parker 95 Pts - DMan 91 Pts - Hickory (out of contest) 45 Pts - P3P 28 Pts - NCLancer 14 Pts - BobCat

DMM McIntyre Lowry Rory Rahm Scheffler alt-Min Woo touch Rahm Rory Lowry H.English Xander alt-Spieth Casual Rory Rahm Fleetwood Hatton Fitzpatrick alt-Hovland BobCat Rory Fleetwood Clarke Harman Fitzpatrick alt- Xander Mitchell Rahm Rory Scottie Fleetwood Straka alt- A. Scott chisag Scottie Rahm Rory Xander Aberg alt - Morikawa imk Rory Fitzpatrick Aberg A.Scott Hatton alt - Choi DLR Bryson Scottie Rory McIntyre Rahm alt - A.Scott DMan Rory Scottie Bryson Fleetwood Aberg alt- Lowry Parker JT Rory Koepka Fleetwood Hatton alt- Xander Point Values 50 points if your player is the Champion 40 Points for a 2nd place finish 30 Points for a 3rd place finish 10 Points for a Top 10 finish 5 Points for making the cut -3 Points for a Missed Cut Standings 283 Pts - TripleLindy 268 Pts - DLeightonReid 265 Pts - DMM 264 Pts - Mitchell 243 Pts - Chisag 220 Pts - Spounder 195 Pts - Touch 189 Pts - Casual Lie 152 Pts - imKirby 138 Pts - NJ Big Fish 109 Pts - Parker 95 Pts - DMan 91 Pts - Hickory 45 Pts - P3P 28 Pts - NCLancer 14 Pts - BobCat