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Saw a few videos from East coast of Russia. Good thing it's not a heavily populated area. A lot of people took it really seriously in Hawaii, as they should have. So much of the Islands are really low lying areas around the coast. I wonder if my friends on Victoria Island in B.C. noticed anything?

I have a feeling guys don't regularly clean their grips. And they get oiled up and then slick. I mean really clean them, just not a quick wipe with a wet towel.

It's likely not going to happen. Z Cords are really firm and are very hard to build up. You might not even get them on. When I was experimenting with Z cords, I could barely get +2 wraps on with compressed air.

Sorry that you had a hack assembling your clubs. Hope you have better luck at EW. I would ask for all my money back and ask for a new PW or a complete whole new set of heads. Go right past the young twerp and straight to the manager. They might just be hoping you go away but I wouldn't go away. I hope you took pictures.

The pain is telling you something. You are likely getting arthritis. A different grip will likely help, but you should still be seeing your Dr. to get it looked at so you know what you are dealing with. It might be nothing, but I would want to know. Found out that the reason all my shoes felt funny in my right foot was that I have osteoarthritis in my right big toe. Has not spread and is stable and I use a Diclophenic cream every night to help out. Turns out it is good on my elbow too.

1.) Tungsten powder is not the best way. Leads to using too much epoxy which usually goes up the shaft. Tip weights are used by every OEM now. I really like using lead tape. Tip weights do NOT affect flex. Too much substrate (tungsten, beads, sugar, whatever) in the epoxy can weaken the epoxy and lead to problems. 2.) Really hard to get to an exact swing weight which is why I like lead tape, Then it is easy. 3.) If there is an option, you should always used long cure epoxy. Short cure epoxy is usually more brittle and doesn't have the elasticity of a 24hr cure epoxy. If need be, you can heat cure a 24 hr epoxy so that it cures in under an hour. Typically long cure has greater shear strength. 4.) You can get the epoxy out of a shaft without taking off the grip. I use a long piece of brass rod that you can insert into the vent hole. The drawback is that sometimes it doesn't work and then you end up cutting off the grip to get the rod out. 5.) Length of the club changes the amount of weight needed to achieve one SW point. Takes less on a driver than it does on a PW.

I'm about 2500 KM from SoCal. Likely safe, but I'll sleep with one eye open.

There are many good ideas here. Just don't feel the need to over complicate things. I know the yardage for my PW. Stock 125y carry. The rest are easy enough to figure out from there. Of course one has to factor in temp. and wind direction, but that is based on experience more than some preconceived numbers on a chart. If I was on Tour and had a professional caddy, I would be more exacting, but I'm not. For example I've got a raw yardage of 148 -decent lie. If I hit it good I could get an 8 iron almost there. Slightly into about a 1 club breeze. Around 70º so I could get a 7 iron there if I hit it good. Odds of a slight mis-hit about 20% so I'll hit a 6 and if it is a little deep there are no problems long. Takes about 10 seconds to figure out and I never had to look at any cards or phones.

I doubt it. If someone were to drop their cell phone on your front lawn and you found it, do you now own it? And I've worked at golf courses for a lot of years and I'd never have a problem with anyone finding a good ball in the range balls and putting it in their bag. Now, one of the courses range balls.... that is theft.

Head is usually heavier and you can't really change that easily, if at all. It will feel weird.

Much like your premise, hopefully temporary. Tour Pros can go through stretches of time where either a mechanical issue or a confidence issue. Most of the time they correct it. Sometimes it is more problematic. If it is just putting, there are plenty of ways to correct it and it often is quick. Sometimes it isn't. Moving on.

Yeah, you're right. Brain fart.

So I decided to turn off the ad blocker in Chrome for a while. Now, a couple of weeks later I turned it back on. Just got so tired of looking at huge banner ads and popups. I hadn't realized how pervasive they really were these days. I guess I really don't need to go to the GC, Golfweek or PGA Tour sites.

I'm 2009 so that makes me in my 17th year. I'm expecting a Fergusonesk gift basket in early 2029. Maybe even some WRX swag. More than likely going to get a ban from the new cartel.

Not quite sure you mean about sanding it down? Aren't they shafts in the i230's .355" and the hybrid shaft .335"? If anything he is going to have to shim it and add weight depending on how long it is.