Welcome THP,
As you may or may not know I was selected to participate in this years Granddaddy in December. I am super grateful and super blessed to be selected. My goal is to take you along with us as much as possible, while hopefully really bringing some historical perspective on past Grandaddy’s. This is going to be a swing progress, fitness progress, video updates, editing practice, club fitting, and question answering thread. I hope you guys get to know me over the next few months that way it will be all the more fun in rooting for us to win that belt.
I won the engagement contest and so for that I feel that much more obliged to bring to you all what I promised! Which I’m happy for. Because I need someone holding me accountable lol.
so to revisit what I said I would do. See below.
-video of reaction of the news
- chopping it up with teammates
- fitting of previous callaway equipment
-possible zoom calls/ or rounds with previous Grandaddy participants
-progress threads on fitness and handicap (love those threads)
-banter and convo with Callaway guys. Whatever they would like us to do pre event I’ll be happy to do.
If you’d like to see my reaction of being selected you can head to the https://www.thehackersparadise.com/forum/index.php?posts/9884035/
The team and I are constantly texting in a group message everyday about our games, Callaway updates, and everything else you can imagine. These guys are really becoming great friends of mine already it’s actually insane. We have so much being planned and can’t wait to bring it to you.
I have let myself get far too out of shape for my standards. I’m 6’3 and up until college weighed 185. I could eat/drink whatever I want and it would have no effect. I lifted heavy and ate clean and couldn’t gain a pound. Well years go by, babies are had, and the metabolism slows down. I now weigh 218. Not horrible, but very out of shape. My goal is to be 200 and feeling good by December. I never work out besides playing basketball once a week, so to start my plan is to ramp up my physical activity. My next phase is to cut soda and high sodium out of my diet. Finally I will go on a stricter diet a month or two before the event. I will have a separate post in this thread more dedicated to this topic, when my plan becomes more concrete.
As far as my swing I plan on doing a short video once a month showing what I have been working on and how I’ve improved. I plan on getting a few lessons before the event. However I haven’t decided who I plan on going to or what facet of my game I plan to work on. Regardless there will be pictures and clips of range sessions to show what I’m working on.
My camera skills and editing skills are mediocre at best. So it’s going to take the whole summer for me to learn and get better. And for that I will need content. So below are my ideas that follow along what I have outlined above.
-solo round vlogs at my home course. 9 hole variety.
-Early June I have a full bag club fitting scheduled at club champion for my birthday. I think this will be fun to go over all the equipment Callaway has to offer new and old. This will also be a fun video to compare back to once I’m fit by the Master Fitters at ECPC.
-a recorded match between my best friend (assistant pro at my home course) and a Mini-Tour player that graduated from my High School. This will allow me to focus on getting good shots with my camera and will hopefully show us some good golf as you won’t get much of that from me lol.
-Match Vlogs/ interviews with former Gdaddy participants. This is one of my highest priorities on this journey. My goal is once a month starting in June to play a 9 hole match with a former Gdaddy member and be able to interview them on their Gdaddy experience during the 9 holes. I have a plan to reach out to alumni over the next few weeks to try and set something up. If we start in June that would be 5 matches/videos. If you have participated in the Gdaddy and would like to be a part of this feel free to reach out to me. I live in Indiana. I’m hoping to connect with people in driving distance, or would be able to meet halfway with. Unfortunately my travel budget is cramped so I don't have the flexibility to travel a lot. However, I will be in Myrtle Beach in mid July and have a friend in the Tampa Bay Area so if you aren’t close still reach out if you are interested and we can make something work out hopefully.
-video of our Gdaddy team meetup. Without dilvulging too much our squad plans on meeting up in July for a weekend of golf and team building. I hope to bring my camera for a short vlog of our golf and some player profiles of our team. There will be more to come on this.
-prep for the Indiana state amateur qualifier on June 9th. This tournament has my number. It’s the only solo competitive tournament I play in throughout the year. My scoring average is an 85, however the two years I have entered this I have choked and shot 100. I didn’t grow up playing competitive golf. My natural home is on the basketball floor. I haven’t had the process and shots to lean on when the pressure gets high, or you need to recover from some very bad drives. Qualifying number was 80 last year. My goal is to shoot my average this year, with a lofty goal of just qualifying. I’ll take you along my prep for this over the next month.
-testimonials on feelings before the event.
My goal during the event as mentioned before is to bring some video of the experience, along with some match vlogs to be released at a later date that way we can see the new equipment in use and can get some context on the matches you will have already followed along with. Hopefully all of this different content I mentioned will not only provide us Grandaddy material to consume before the main course in December, but will also give me plenty of practice to make sure I’m polished with the camera by the time we get there. It may be ugly at first, so bare with me. I will always try to make it fun though and we can all laugh at it together
This is a whole lot that I’m attempting here, but I plan on giving it my best shot as it’s been my dream to be a part of this event and I wanna leave my mark!
Stay tuned for separate posts tonight with some more about me personally and the current shape of my golf game. Let’s do this thing THP and enjoy the ride with me!
As you may or may not know I was selected to participate in this years Granddaddy in December. I am super grateful and super blessed to be selected. My goal is to take you along with us as much as possible, while hopefully really bringing some historical perspective on past Grandaddy’s. This is going to be a swing progress, fitness progress, video updates, editing practice, club fitting, and question answering thread. I hope you guys get to know me over the next few months that way it will be all the more fun in rooting for us to win that belt.
I won the engagement contest and so for that I feel that much more obliged to bring to you all what I promised! Which I’m happy for. Because I need someone holding me accountable lol.
so to revisit what I said I would do. See below.
-video of reaction of the news
- chopping it up with teammates
- fitting of previous callaway equipment
-possible zoom calls/ or rounds with previous Grandaddy participants
-progress threads on fitness and handicap (love those threads)
-banter and convo with Callaway guys. Whatever they would like us to do pre event I’ll be happy to do.
If you’d like to see my reaction of being selected you can head to the https://www.thehackersparadise.com/forum/index.php?posts/9884035/
The team and I are constantly texting in a group message everyday about our games, Callaway updates, and everything else you can imagine. These guys are really becoming great friends of mine already it’s actually insane. We have so much being planned and can’t wait to bring it to you.
I have let myself get far too out of shape for my standards. I’m 6’3 and up until college weighed 185. I could eat/drink whatever I want and it would have no effect. I lifted heavy and ate clean and couldn’t gain a pound. Well years go by, babies are had, and the metabolism slows down. I now weigh 218. Not horrible, but very out of shape. My goal is to be 200 and feeling good by December. I never work out besides playing basketball once a week, so to start my plan is to ramp up my physical activity. My next phase is to cut soda and high sodium out of my diet. Finally I will go on a stricter diet a month or two before the event. I will have a separate post in this thread more dedicated to this topic, when my plan becomes more concrete.
As far as my swing I plan on doing a short video once a month showing what I have been working on and how I’ve improved. I plan on getting a few lessons before the event. However I haven’t decided who I plan on going to or what facet of my game I plan to work on. Regardless there will be pictures and clips of range sessions to show what I’m working on.
My camera skills and editing skills are mediocre at best. So it’s going to take the whole summer for me to learn and get better. And for that I will need content. So below are my ideas that follow along what I have outlined above.
-solo round vlogs at my home course. 9 hole variety.
-Early June I have a full bag club fitting scheduled at club champion for my birthday. I think this will be fun to go over all the equipment Callaway has to offer new and old. This will also be a fun video to compare back to once I’m fit by the Master Fitters at ECPC.
-a recorded match between my best friend (assistant pro at my home course) and a Mini-Tour player that graduated from my High School. This will allow me to focus on getting good shots with my camera and will hopefully show us some good golf as you won’t get much of that from me lol.
-Match Vlogs/ interviews with former Gdaddy participants. This is one of my highest priorities on this journey. My goal is once a month starting in June to play a 9 hole match with a former Gdaddy member and be able to interview them on their Gdaddy experience during the 9 holes. I have a plan to reach out to alumni over the next few weeks to try and set something up. If we start in June that would be 5 matches/videos. If you have participated in the Gdaddy and would like to be a part of this feel free to reach out to me. I live in Indiana. I’m hoping to connect with people in driving distance, or would be able to meet halfway with. Unfortunately my travel budget is cramped so I don't have the flexibility to travel a lot. However, I will be in Myrtle Beach in mid July and have a friend in the Tampa Bay Area so if you aren’t close still reach out if you are interested and we can make something work out hopefully.
-video of our Gdaddy team meetup. Without dilvulging too much our squad plans on meeting up in July for a weekend of golf and team building. I hope to bring my camera for a short vlog of our golf and some player profiles of our team. There will be more to come on this.
-prep for the Indiana state amateur qualifier on June 9th. This tournament has my number. It’s the only solo competitive tournament I play in throughout the year. My scoring average is an 85, however the two years I have entered this I have choked and shot 100. I didn’t grow up playing competitive golf. My natural home is on the basketball floor. I haven’t had the process and shots to lean on when the pressure gets high, or you need to recover from some very bad drives. Qualifying number was 80 last year. My goal is to shoot my average this year, with a lofty goal of just qualifying. I’ll take you along my prep for this over the next month.
-testimonials on feelings before the event.
My goal during the event as mentioned before is to bring some video of the experience, along with some match vlogs to be released at a later date that way we can see the new equipment in use and can get some context on the matches you will have already followed along with. Hopefully all of this different content I mentioned will not only provide us Grandaddy material to consume before the main course in December, but will also give me plenty of practice to make sure I’m polished with the camera by the time we get there. It may be ugly at first, so bare with me. I will always try to make it fun though and we can all laugh at it together
This is a whole lot that I’m attempting here, but I plan on giving it my best shot as it’s been my dream to be a part of this event and I wanna leave my mark!
Stay tuned for separate posts tonight with some more about me personally and the current shape of my golf game. Let’s do this thing THP and enjoy the ride with me!