Joey's Golf Bag

Shiny orb teed high
Breeze behind, fairway beckons
Elusive birdie

… because he wore “cargo shorts”.

Obama Kicks Off His Vacation With a Round of Golf.

Obama, a left-handed golfer, sported black shades and wore a white polo shirt, brown cargo shorts, short white socks and golf shoes. About midway through the course, Obama stopped by the snack bar, where he purchased two hot dogs, two passion-orange sodas, one Powerade and one Coke. He also bought two Spam musubi, a sushi-like Hawaiian delicacy consisting of Spam and fried egg on a slab of rice, all held together with a dried seaweed wrap. He paid a total of $17.75, but it was unclear whether the president-elect ate a Spam musubi.

At the clubhouse, Obama unexpectedly bumped into a pool of reporters, who asked how his game was going. He smiled and conceded: "I'm not that good."

For the record, I voted Libertarian.

Yesterday, I built a new Tom Wishon CLF Series 1 putter. I used the Tom Wishon straight putter shaft and a Tom Wishon V-Series putter grip. I built it to a length of 34.5 inches. The really nice feature of this putter is the interchangeable loft faces, available in 2°, 4° and 6° lofts. I installed the 4° loft face, and that seems to work well.

Some photos:

After I built the putter, I hit my first six putts from 15 feet! Alas, the perfection didn’t continue after that, but so far, so good!

This afternoon, I completed the construction on my new Tom Wishon 770CFE irons by bending them to my specifications. The lofts of the clubs were very accurate, so I didn’t need to adjust the loft of the irons at all. I did bend the irons upright, in general, needing about 1° to 1.5° bend upright to achieve my desired specs.

My specs:

Tomorrow, I will take them to the range for the first time to hit balls and get an initial impression.