The Live Update thread for the 2021 Dream Foursomes with True Temper and Callaway Golf is here.
Six THPers that won a chance to head to the iconic PGA National Resort and Spa for an all expenses paid few days of fun. Each of the foursomes was created by THPers and will be paired with either Keenan Phillips from True Temper or Jason Finley from Callaway Golf.
You will be able to follow along with the entire event live below. Questions will get answered in the ask us anything portion of the week, multiple rounds of golf will be played and everybody will have a front row seat. 6 THPers joined by two of the best in golf will take you on this amazing journey.
If you have True Temper shaft questions or Callaway equipment/golf ball questions or anything else at all, drop them below and the team will get them answered for you. Follow along both here and on our Instagram Stories for behind the scenes looks and course pictures.
If you haven’t entered the contest with your prediction of who will win the competition part of the event, make sure to head over to this and make your pick!
Itinerary
Monday Evening: Meet and Greet Dinner and swag fun
Tuesday Morning: 18 Holes of Golf on Match Course
Tuesday Evening: Group Dinner with True Temper and Callaway
Wednesday Morning: 18 Holes of Golf on Champion Course
The 2021 Dream Foursomes with True Temper and Callaway Golf is here.
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that’s a lot of chicken on that sandwich.
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[QUOTE=”Carolina Dundee, post: 10216982, member: 51300″]
Going over the post round with [USER=42734]@Bernoulli[/USER] [USER=42964]@Tenputt[/USER] [USER=48932]@BigDill[/USER] [USER=60107]@jfox789[/USER] [USER=53564]@V14_Heels[/USER]
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Now those are some seriously good looking sandwiches!!
[QUOTE=”jfox789, post: 10217103, member: 60107″]
Driving down to FLL and then will catch up posts. Had an absolute blast the last few days. THP is awesome. [ATTACH type=”full” alt=”D870D98A-A429-4861-A528-C55ECE11E65E.jpeg”]9043281[/ATTACH]
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That is a bold colour!!
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Driving down to FLL and then will catch up posts. Had an absolute blast the last few days. THP is awesome. [ATTACH type=”full” alt=”D870D98A-A429-4861-A528-C55ECE11E65E.jpeg”]9043281[/ATTACH]
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Now that’s a proper Florida ride! Well done. ?
[QUOTE=”BigDill, post: 10215746, member: 48932″]
You and me both brother.
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This was clutch last two mornings. It only takes 3-5 thimbles to get you going of this stuff.
Congrats to Team [USER=53564]@V14_Heels[/USER] on the win! Safe travels everyone and thanks for all of the great pics!
[QUOTE=”jfox789, post: 10217103, member: 60107″]
Driving down to FLL and then will catch up posts. Had an absolute blast the last few days. THP is awesome. [ATTACH type=”full” alt=”D870D98A-A429-4861-A528-C55ECE11E65E.jpeg”]9043281[/ATTACH]
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Traveling in style. Nice ride.
[QUOTE=”DataDude, post: 10217075, member: 47057″]
Saw you make several of those in Vegas ?
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Yes he did!
Get home safe everyone!!
Congrats to [USER=53564]@V14_Heels[/USER] on the win! Was a great read!
30 pages of catch up in 55 minutes! Well done everyone ! I was amazed at the low scores! And [USER=53564]@V14_Heels[/USER] even though it might have been an off day you kept fighting and captained your team to victory! Awesome follow as usual even without the 5 pages of GIFs at the end!:LOL:
[QUOTE=”Steve2100, post: 10217158, member: 57217″]
30 pages of catch up in 55 minutes! Well done everyone ! I was amazed at the low scores! And [USER=53564]@V14_Heels[/USER] even though it might have been an off day you kept fighting and captained your team to victory! Awesome follow as usual even without the 5 pages of GIFs at the end!:LOL:
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[QUOTE=”Steve2100, post: 10217158, member: 57217″]
even without the 5 pages of GIFs at the end!
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I gotta be honest, that was a very fun part of yesterday and the Titleist last day :LOL:
Congrats team [USER=53564]@V14_Heels[/USER] just caught up. The courses looked amazing. Add another 2 to the growing list of courses I need to play
[USER=42964]@Tenputt[/USER] does this mean you technically “shanked” a wedge ??:cool::p:D
[QUOTE=”Chef23, post: 10216572, member: 48542″]
The high end simulators give you height, carry and total distance. Combined with spin that should give you a good feel in a fitting. When I did my ball fitting outdoors it was on the range at our club and I wasn’t hitting into greens so you didn’t see the ball behave like it would on a green. As long as you keep the clubhead clean (which I hadn’t thought about) I would think for irons an indoor simulator would be fine. How it works around the green is a different story.
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The big issue with this is that every ball has a different aerodynamic profile. So, what. is the system using to predict that? i can give you 3 balls with the same exact launch conditions that would have totally different results as they fly. through the air.
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[QUOTE=”mmaynard11, post: 10216208, member: 19877″]
So how is it not knowing what how your opponent is playing on each hole? Does it have a factor in how you play the hole?
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some guys were very interested and tried to follow this thread. I did not want to know and until I holed out on 13 I had no idea. I would have preferred not to know.
It was an interesting experience because it allowed you to play your own game which was nice for me.
[QUOTE=”JB, post: 10216233, member: 3″]
How good is this?
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I was there and it was very good
Good follow guys. I enjoyed catching up after work and during my breaks. PGA National… The Bear Trap… some knowledge bombs… man. I’m not jealous at all. Not one bit.
[QUOTE=”JB, post: 10216407, member: 3″]
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Wow! Not only advancing the ball but not falling into the sand is damn good. It’s way beyond my skill level with that stance.
[QUOTE=”gkeller813, post: 10216798, member: 51675″]
Neither do I, so now I need to see if you both agree, and….pick the opposite.
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I may have picked the opposite team in a recent THP Experience since I have also yet to pick a winning team. I figure the streak would end for one of us
It ended in a tie. ???
Thanks everyone for following. These THP Experiences are amazing to follow. And participating in one is even better. I’ll have more later when I get some time.
[QUOTE=”Carolina Dundee, post: 10217210, member: 51300″]
some guys were very interested and tried to follow this thread. I did not want to know and until I holed out on 13 I had no idea. I would have preferred not to know.
It was an interesting experience because it allowed you to play your own game which was nice for me.
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I definitely wondered how everyone would want to go about playing this way. I don’t think I’d want to know either if they weren’t with me.
What an epic catch up I just had to do, I wish I could’ve followed along live but too much on my plate today
It seemed like an amazing event and some fierce competition. Really great updates and pictures too, another truly awesome THP Experience !
Finally caught up with all the excitement and was a extraordinary follow congrats to [USER=53564]@V14_Heels[/USER], [USER=51300]@Carolina Dundee[/USER], [USER=60107]@jfox789[/USER], and [USER=52867]@+7 KPTT[/USER] on the win and such a great job posting throughout the event. Hats off to [USER=42734]@Bernoulli[/USER], [USER=42964]@Tenputt[/USER], [USER=48932]@BigDill[/USER], and [USER=19461]@JasonFinleyCG[/USER] for bring us along thoroughly enjoyed all the posts and pictures.
Made it to FLL now for the long journey home to Santa Barbara.
I had a great time today and really appreciate everyone following along.
First time ever playing a Callaway ball for the entire round, and it could not have gone better. Been playing ProvXs for the past 15 years and based on today’s performance, the next 15 might just be Callaway!
[QUOTE=”baylrballa, post: 10215764, member: 52381″]
Skill vs Dill?
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This is the funniest thing I’ve ever heard!
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[QUOTE=”GraniteRoost, post: 10215790, member: 40185″]
Staking out the far end of the range. Guy came to play.
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Hah! Yes 🙂 I like the corners of a range :ROFLMAO:
[QUOTE=”gkeller813, post: 10215827, member: 51675″]
I will be interested to see how the scores turn out. I think I would shoot better playing with my Foursome, than I would against my competitor. Allow me to just play my game against the course, and see how I fare. Will be interesting to see how this unfolds!
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You’d be surprised. Playing in match play just kicks your game up a gear. Really fun experience.
So, guys … based on the golf ball intel that was shared with you in the past few days, which Callaway ball would most likely help me gain a tad more spin and higher launch with my irons, but not my driver? (No, this is not a post-Experience test; it’s a serious question.)
I want to take a second and thank [USER=19461]@JasonFinleyCG[/USER] and [USER=52867]@+7 KPTT[/USER] for allowing this crazy event to take place and allowing us to do it and traveling to be a part of it.
I want to thank the 6 THPers that were there and brought this entire thing to the forum for the last 3 days. It was a blast, tons of questions answered and I am sure a few participants have more coming that we will get answered for them.
I want to thank the tons of THPers that followed along with the action from start to finish. Many know it is not easy updating constantly, but it makes it so much better when you have so many others following and chatting away from home or work.
There will be a lot that comes out of this one at the proper time, but the talk of shafts and golf balls was tremendous all week long.
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You cant see it but there was an 8 foot alligator under the tree!
[QUOTE=”jfox789, post: 10217293, member: 60107″]
You cant see it but there was an 8 foot alligator under the tree!
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Which tree? OMG. Nope. That could be for me to shoot the course record and I’d take a drop from the other side of the fairway.
[QUOTE=”Puttmaster, post: 10217285, member: 64479″]
So, guys … based on the golf ball intel that was shared with you in the past few days, which Callaway ball would most likely help me gain a tad more spin and higher launch with my irons, but not my driver? (No, this is not a post-Experience test; it’s a serious question.)
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a lot of this will be how you deliver the club to the ball, but in my experience the CS launched a littler higher Than the CSX, but I saw better carry with the CSX.
[QUOTE=”Carolina Dundee, post: 10216805, member: 51300″]
18 is in the books
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Still kicking myself for trying to get greedy going for the green in 2 to make a bird! :poop::poop:
Thank you to [USER=15992]@mikeg_74[/USER] and [USER=43357]@Duffer Waldorf[/USER] ! The live scoring really helped me off the tee, and 100% led to me shooting a lower score today. Really appreciate it, and it was really fun having live scoring while playing.
I’m staying another night in Palm Beach Gardens. So, I have some time to give you a recap of the events.
On Monday, I had the pleasure of meeting in person another THPer. At Abacoa Golf Course in Jupiter I met up with [USER=53564]@V14_Heels[/USER], [USER=48932]@BigDill[/USER], [USER=60107]@jfox789[/USER], and [USER=51300]@Carolina Dundee[/USER] for a practice round. And we were joined by [USER=8871]@X.Man[/USER] who came from Miami to play with us.
Monday evening, we had the meet and greet at Rocco’s Tacos in Palm Beach Gardens. [USER=42964]@Tenputt[/USER] was able to meet up with us there. I got to meet JB, Keenan Phillips from True Temper and Jason Finley from Callaway. Lots of knowledge served along with some great food. Learned lots about Callaway, especially golf balls and lots about True Temper products.
After dinner we we able to hang out and watch some Monday Night Football. We enjoyed some great company and some beverages provided by [USER=48932]@BigDill[/USER].
Tuesday we played on the newly opened match course. Without set tees or set pars for each hole, it was a very different experience – an unfamiliar way to play a round of golf. I was paired with Jason Finley against [USER=60107]@jfox789[/USER] and [USER=51300]@Carolina Dundee[/USER]. We had a great match on an unfamiliar course. It was a Shamble. There was a lot of strategy involved in tee selection for both teams. We ended up losing the match 2 and 1. Our opponents were a formidable duo in the Shamble format. [USER=60107]@jfox789[/USER] is quite the golfer and was a pleasure to play against. [USER=51300]@Carolina Dundee[/USER] was a great partner too especially in this format.
Tuesday dinner was at the Cooper Restaurant. More great food, great camaraderie and knowledge bombs from JB, Keenan and Jason. They answered every question we had about golf, THP, Callaway and True Temper.
Wednesday was Championship Course time. We were playing with our Dream Foursome in individual matches against the other team. Not necessarily the most ideal format but it was the right one. It allowed for a competition and it allowed the Dream Foursomes to play together.
I hit my opening drive on #1 in the left rough. I ended up making par after a great up and down from off the front of the green. After 1 I didn’t miss another fairway for the rest of the round until #18 where I was 1 foot off the fairway on the left hand side. I hit driver 15 times during the round and I hit 12 of 14 fairways. I play the Callaway B 21 and it was amazing for me to hit this club so successfully in this round while playing with Jason Finley. And on the other hole where I hit driver, I hit the ball on the green. Yes, I hit driver on the first Bear Trap hole #15 and hit about 15 feet from the hole. It was playing just around 175 yards into a fair bit of wind. Probably playing about 190 plus. I hit a nice fade on the green. As far as the rest of my round, I really couldn’t have played any better. For me to be in my first Experience and to bring my A game was simply incredible. And to play so well while playing with Jason Finley and with JB present and watching many shots made me incredibly happy.
I really can’t express my thanks enough to everyone involved in this experience. But I would like to thank JB, Keenan and Jason for all that they did to make my experience so special for me. Thanks also to Morgan for all that she did for this experience. The restaurants were excellent.
Thanks to [USER=42964]@Tenputt[/USER] and [USER=48932]@BigDill[/USER] for joining me on this experience. I am also very happy that I got a chance to meet and play golf with [USER=53564]@V14_Heels[/USER] and his foursome members. It was great to share this experience with the 5 of you and to share a going away lunch after the experience. Also going to PGASS and watching @jfox hit a couple Callaway products was really cool. And he will be getting a prize from Callaway for being on the winning team. A little club test.
Special thanks to the forum for following along and offering encouragement and support for us.
To sum it up: it was truly great golf, great people, great courses, great food. In addition to a great experience, I’ll have memories that will last a lifetime.
[QUOTE=”JB, post: 10217290, member: 3″]
I want to take a second and thank [USER=19461]@JasonFinleyCG[/USER] and [USER=52867]@+7 KPTT[/USER] for allowing this crazy event to take place and allowing us to do it and traveling to be a part of it.
I want to thank the 6 THPers that were there and brought this entire thing to the forum for the last 3 days. It was a blast, tons of questions answered and I am sure a few participants have more coming that we will get answered for them.
I want to thank the tons of THPers that followed along with the action from start to finish. Many know it is not easy updating constantly, but it makes it so much better when you have so many others following and chatting away from home or work.
There will be a lot that comes out of this one at the proper time, but the talk of shafts and golf balls was tremendous all week long.
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Thank you [USER=3]@JB[/USER] and [USER=7]@GolferGal[/USER] for all of your work coordinating this first-class event. It was truly a pleasure to participate and meet other THPers for the first time. Incredible experience I will not forget.
I’ll be using Chrome soft X tomorrow in honor of this event.
[USER=48932]@BigDill[/USER] I just thought about a Callaway chainsaw and started to laugh.
[QUOTE=”AnthonyC, post: 10217342, member: 53038″]
I’ll be using Chrome soft X tomorrow in honor of this event.
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Ha! I did the same today on the local short course. Really like the feel off the irons!
[QUOTE=”Puttmaster, post: 10217347, member: 64479″]
Ha! I did the same today on the local short course. Really like the feel off the irons!
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I have the Arnold Palmer ones… I break them out on the course once or twice a round. Most golfers ask me about them right away. I always give them one or two. Let’s call it….. growing the brand haha. Tomorrow is full 18 with them.
[QUOTE=”Bernoulli, post: 10217329, member: 42734″]
I’m staying another night in Palm Beach Gardens. So, I have some time to give you a recap of the events.
On Monday, I had the pleasure of meeting in person another THPer. At Abacoa Golf Course in Jupiter I met up with [USER=53564]@V14_Heels[/USER], [USER=48932]@BigDill[/USER], [USER=60107]@jfox789[/USER], and [USER=51300]@Carolina Dundee[/USER] for a practice round. And we were joined by [USER=8871]@X.Man[/USER] who came from Miami to play with us.
Monday evening, we had the meet and greet at Rocco’s Tacos in Palm Beach Gardens. [USER=42964]@Tenputt[/USER] was able to meet up with us there. I got to meet JB, Keenan Phillips from True Temper and Jason Finley from Callaway. Lots of knowledge served along with some great food. Learned lots about Callaway, especially golf balls and lots about True Temper products.
After dinner we we able to hang out and watch some Monday Night Football. We enjoyed some great company and some beverages provided by [USER=48932]@BigDill[/USER].
Tuesday we played on the newly opened match course. Without set tees or set pars for each hole, it was a very different experience – an unfamiliar way to play a round of golf. I was paired with Jason Finley against [USER=60107]@jfox789[/USER] and [USER=51300]@Carolina Dundee[/USER]. We had a great match on an unfamiliar course. It was a Shamble. There was a lot of strategy involved in tee selection for both teams. We ended up losing the match 2 and 1. Our opponents were a formidable duo in the Shamble format. [USER=60107]@jfox789[/USER] is quite the golfer and was a pleasure to play against. [USER=51300]@Carolina Dundee[/USER] was a great partner too especially in this format.
Tuesday dinner was at the Cooper Restaurant. More great food, great camaraderie and knowledge bombs from JB, Keenan and Jason. They answered every question we had about golf, THP, Callaway and True Temper.
Wednesday was Championship Course time. We were playing with our Dream Foursome in individual matches against the other team. Not necessarily the most ideal format but it was the right one. It allowed for a competition and it allowed the Dream Foursomes to play together.
I hit my opening drive on #1 in the left rough. I ended up making par after a great up and down from off the front of the green. After 1 I didn’t miss another fairway for the rest of the round until #18 where I was 1 foot off the fairway on the left hand side. I hit driver 15 times during the round and I hit 12 of 14 fairways. I play the Callaway B 21 and it was amazing for me to hit this club so successfully in this round while playing with Jason Finley. And on the other hole where I hit driver, I hit the ball on the green. Yes, I hit driver on the first Bear Trap hole #15 and hit about 15 feet from the hole. It was playing just around 175 yards into a fair bit of wind. Probably playing about 190 plus. I hit a nice fade on the green. As far as the rest of my round, I really couldn’t have played any better. For me to be in my first Experience and to bring my A game was simply incredible. And to play so well while playing with Jason Finley and with JB present and watching many shots made me incredibly happy.
I really can’t express my thanks enough to everyone involved in this experience. But I would like to thank JB, Keenan and Jason for all that they did to make my experience so special for me. Thanks also to Morgan for all that she did for this experience. The restaurants were excellent.
Thanks to [USER=42964]@Tenputt[/USER] and [USER=48932]@BigDill[/USER] for joining me on this experience. I am also very happy that I got a chance to meet and play golf with [USER=53564]@V14_Heels[/USER] and his foursome members. It was great to share this experience with the 5 of you and to share a going away lunch after the experience. Also going to PGASS and watching @jfox hit a couple Callaway products was really cool. And he will be getting a prize from Callaway for being on the winning team. A little club test.
Special thanks to the forum for following along and offering encouragement and support for us.
To sum it up: it was truly great golf, great people, great courses, great food. In addition to a great experience, I’ll have memories that will last a lifetime.
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Truly a pleasure playing with you!! You’re a PhD in fairway finding!
[USER=51675]@gkeller813[/USER] special thanks to you for your support and encouragement for this experience. I’m sad that you couldn’t be a part of this experience but was happy to have you supporting both teams.
And I wasn’t kidding a few days back when I indicated I may hit driver on the Bear Trap par 3s.:D
[QUOTE=”AnthonyC, post: 10217342, member: 53038″]
I’ll be using Chrome soft X tomorrow in honor of this event.
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Just played one of my best rounds in memory today using a Chrome Soft. They are very good golf balls.
Recaps are a great part of these events as it allows you to realize how it transpired to each THPer during the event, and what they took from it. Thoroughly enjoy reading them and hearing about all the lasting friendships and memories made.
Couldn’t follow live but finally caught up. Looked like a ton of fun, well done guys!
[QUOTE=”Bernoulli, post: 10217355, member: 42734″]
Just played one of my best rounds in memory today using a Chrome Soft. They are very good golf balls.
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Awesome. I need to try the LS. I’ll put that on my super short list this week. We’ll, maybe next week haha. My life is crazy.
Did the winners pick their club of choice yet?
[QUOTE=”mikeg_74, post: 10217305, member: 15992″]
a lot of this will be how you deliver the club to the ball, but in my experience the CS launched a littler higher Than the CSX, but I saw better carry with the CSX.
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That was my experience, as well. I loved the CSX off the tee and with full shots.
[QUOTE=”Golfers Anonymous, post: 10217356, member: 59233″]
Recaps are a great part of these events as it allows you to realize how it transpired to each THPer during the event, and what they took from it. Thoroughly enjoy reading them and hearing about all the lasting friendships and memories made.
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[QUOTE=”JB, post: 10217290, member: 3″]
I want to take a second and thank [USER=19461]@JasonFinleyCG[/USER] and [USER=52867]@+7 KPTT[/USER] for allowing this crazy event to take place and allowing us to do it and traveling to be a part of it.
I want to thank the 6 THPers that were there and brought this entire thing to the forum for the last 3 days. It was a blast, tons of questions answered and I am sure a few participants have more coming that we will get answered for them.
I want to thank the tons of THPers that followed along with the action from start to finish. Many know it is not easy updating constantly, but it makes it so much better when you have so many others following and chatting away from home or work.
There will be a lot that comes out of this one at the proper time, but the talk of shafts and golf balls was tremendous all week long.
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Safe travels, [USER=3]@JB[/USER].