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I've removed myself from Facebook, which other than this forum is the only social media I ever participated in. I just couldn't take the bs, conspiracy theories and fake news. It was really impacting how I viewed some people I have known for years. People who's generosity and kindness that I had personally experienced have, at times become insufferable. I don't have to manage a businesses FB page anymore so it was time to jettison it. Ginx is right, most people are decent in a personal level but having a keyboard and monitor as a shield from the consequences of your words is not a positive and has lead us down a pretty crappy road.

I haven’t been paying much attention to MLB but I thought the Yankees were supposed to be pretty much a lock to be the AL rep in the WS. What the hell is going on there?

That's pretty much what my teaching pro has told me. Unfortunately, it seems to have had the effect of making me become ultra aware of it and magnifying it.

Nice. I’ve been beyond lost off the tee. I just can’t seem to stop coming over the top and cutting across the ball. My irons have been decent and my pitching/chipping have been good but when you can’t get off the tee, you can’t score.

I agree and I glossed over all the problems with the draft and only focused on benefits. The idea of mandatory national service as mentioned by Phin is where I would go but we can't even get people to agree on masks so getting something like mandatory service is a looooong shot at best.

Here is a somewhat crazy theory I have. When we got rid of the draft, we did away with a lot of social mixing. Obviously it wasn't 100% as many wealthy people were able to get out of it but it provided many with their first contact with other viewpoints, religions, ethnicities etc. I also realize that it needed to be abolished when it was but I feel there was a side effect. Not to mention that the military has become almost a separate class. I'm sure there are many holes that can be poked in that theory but it's just a thought I had.

Looks like you're not the only person thinking about changes to the FedEx Cup https://www.golfdigest.com/story/how-to-make-sure-the-fedex-cup-playoffs-is-truly-a-playoff-john-feinstein

https://frontporchforum.com @SkiVt2, try Front Porch Forum. Each town in VT has their own forum and it is generally much better than Facebook or whatever. Not perfect but better.

That might work but match play isn’t always good for tv. Matches can end early etc. Medal play is somewhat reliable time wise. Maybe you could expand the field to 36, give the top 4 a bye and play Thursday as match play, get down to the 16 winners plus the top 4 and then play a 3 day medal play tournament. The top 4 only have to play 3 rounds and the field is smaller.

Ski MRG?

Not much to say other than wow https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/mass-man-shoots-56-on-bradford-golf-course/2184428/

That seems like a good place for one.

-11 through 11 and the nada. Like Faldo said if he went -11 on his last 11 holes people would have gone nuts.

I guess this should have been expected but it still sucks. Hopefully they come back next year. https://www.wcax.com/2020/08/20/fis-drops-killington-from-world-cup-schedule/?fbclid=IwAR09I03f8YRXIKgm-ZWwEjU25HXQpdc4E6RXqgjNMP8Ph7QE-UJcAD8_4eA

With all the chemicals used on golf courses, I bet the bass look like this!

I think I stayed it in an earlier post but I may like golf better without fans.

Lol, I though it was a beat up old tennis ball.

Watching the US Am from Bandon Dunes in Oregon. What a beautiful course. Closest thing to true links golf in America. I love links courses and this one I beautiful.

Do they have lead or maybe plastic tees? That's abut what my handicap could handle.

Temper tantrum?

What a final round by Morikawa. This is only his second major. Pretty fun final round overall. I live it when they have majors on the west coast. You get to watch more in tv.

6 players tied for the lead at -9. Should be an interesting final round.

Shot an 89 to finish 2 strokes back in my flight. Other than a disastrous 9 on the 6th hole, I played ok. Going into the tournament with zero expectations certainly helps.

Shot an uneven 85 in the first round of my club championship today. 48 on the front and 37 on the back. I really only had 3 or 4 bad swings on the front that put me in trouble that I struggled recovering from and I missed a couple of putts between 3 and 5 feet. Overall I didn’t feel I hit the ball terribly. The back 9 things really started clicking. I started hitting the ball better and started making some putts. I parred the first 5 holes on the back and was maybe 2 feet of missed putts away from being 3 under. I went into this tournament with no expectations, just hoping to see some progress. Needless to say, I was happy to put things together for at least 9 holes.

I was wondering the same thing. Not that I ever practice but as long as you observe social distancing etc. you can go chip and putt around.