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Growing up in Pittsburgh, Franco Harris as a Seahawk will always blow my mind.



Mike Webster playing for the Chiefs was a wild one as well.

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We all know Mississippi, Louisiana , and Alabama are still the most racist states still to this day.

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You have not traveled much if you actually believe this. I spent 30+ years in the rust belt and the racism there would make Mississippi from the 60's jealous.

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Augusta National sends letters to Masters Champions in this situation, politely suggesting that they confine their activities during the week to the dinner and the par 3.

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They'll let them go out for a practice round along side younger players, not really sure if they even played though. There were a few ex-champs that didn't tee off for the tourney that I saw out on Monday and Tuesday walking the course with some groups.

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I love par 70; fewer cheap birdies.

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I like the scoring opportunities from the par 5s, or the punishment for not playing them well. I love when guys go for an eagle opportunity on the big stages. In the end, it doesn't really matter, all playing the same course, but back 9 scoring on Sunday is fun to see. Save the grind for the US Open.

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Early take here, I’m sure someone is gonna go low at some point, but scoring has been pretty tame so far…

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This after Brandel was blasting the club and Gil Hanse for the renovation and claiming that scores were going be insanely low and the course is too easy.

Rory said it was going to be easy, so Brandel decided to ride his nuts and go on a rant.

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Is there hope?

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You're only 1 millimeter or 2 away from perfect contact. So, yes there's hope. Your just likely too far inside on your takeaway and backswing.

I hit a few shanks suddenly while playing a few rounds ago. My on course fix is usually two swing thoughts.

#1, Keep the club head outside of your hands during your takeaway. That will keep your takeaway from coming too far inside which causes you to run out of room during your downswing and bring the hosel into the ball.

#2 During takeaway, feel like you are pushing your hands straight back and away from your body during takeaway. Again trying to create room for the downswing.

The more inside your takeaway, the less room you have during your downswing and the more likely your are to present the hosel into the ball. At least that's the cause of my hosel-rockets.

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I don't understand the "people cannot handle it" argument? Is there a thought that people will go into unexplainable mass hysteria over it?

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I don't think a mass hysteria event would happen, but then again we all saw what happened with a large portion of folks with Covid. I still see people I work with that don't have compromised immune systems, alone in their car, with masks on. They also wear them all day in the office.

The concern around the response is, in a way, valid. You would have an event where the basis of life itself and who we are as a people could come into question. The reality may be very dark, then we'd have some serious issues at hand. The entire structure of how we've built an existence would be challenged, things could easily get ugly fast.

Not saying all that would happen, but can see how the powers that be would be assessing the risk.

We need to discuss Skenes decline. 52 years from now he'll be at an ERA of 2.50. Worrisome trend.

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Believe it or not, complete opposite. I pick it. Rarely take a divot and when I do it's minimal. I'm probably presenting more static loft than dynamic loft because of this

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I generally pick the ball as well and play the ZXi5s. I absolutely love them. The V sole really helps with getting into and out of the turf even if you tend to thin the ball. Feel great, distances are very consistent even with off-center hits.

Like many others, I've historically struggled with over the top. OTT is by nature a steep move even though I pick the ball. The sole on these help with the... ahem, varying nature of my swing.

I was playing Callaway Ai150s and really struggled with them, made the switch to the ZXi5 and immediately improved. I replaced my Ping 54 with the Cleveland RTX 6 54 because of a similar sole design. Kept my Ping 58 degree because of the sole it has and the way I use that club.

Long way of saying that they definitely have my recommendation.

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The average final score of every MLB game ever played at one time was 5-3

May have changed over the last 20 years or so

Not sure

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The most common final score in MLB history post 1901 is now 3-2. 4-3 then 2-1 are in second and third.