Michael Zdanis

[Michael Zdanis @MichaelZdanis]

@YipStrickler @mikeadams_22 @TheHannaRay 💯 Just had our Member-Guest last weekend. I loath the 9-hole phony differential. The 5 phonies from a M-G are just bad on steroids - 25% of your GHIN record.

[Michael Zdanis @MichaelZdanis]

@mondonmondo @YipStrickler @TheHannaRay 💯 We just had our M/G and that's how they posted the 5 matches. And you are playing front & back each day from the same tees. Only difference is you are playing against different competition. It becomes 25% of your card. Crazy.

[Michael Zdanis @MichaelZdanis]

@DominicJPino Wealth tax is insane. Last Friday I was worth (on paper) X.300K. By Tuesday I had lost 300K. By Thursday I had gained back 150K. By today I have gained back 225K. Please tell me how much I should pay in wealth taxes.
Friday, Tuesday, or today's value?

[Michael Zdanis @MichaelZdanis]

@omgsidewalks I'm basically retired now. Let me know if need my address for the check.

[Michael Zdanis @MichaelZdanis]

@opusx69 @OutdroveUagain @YipStrickler Oh, I absolutely believe this guy is a dishonorable sandbagger (the 3 MM victories alone would be evidence even w/out the incredible 73-74). I'm just saying not all guests who do well in a MG are sandbaggers; courses aren't rated perfectly.

[Michael Zdanis @MichaelZdanis]

@opusx69 @OutdroveUagain @YipStrickler See my comment above. MG are a tougher question because of the ratings of different courses. You definitely get ringers and baggers, but you can also get people with higher handicaps est at tougher tracks.

[Michael Zdanis @MichaelZdanis]

@OutdroveUagain @YipStrickler The 15 is at Congressional, probably the one of the toughest tracks in Maryland. Our course is over-rated (and we know it). If the brother played our course regularly he would be an 8 or 9. So he is "sandbagging" but due to the different courses.

[Michael Zdanis @MichaelZdanis]

@OutdroveUagain @YipStrickler Member-guests are a tougher question. We have two brothers who won our MG two years in a row and were in the shootout this year. The member is a legit 3 handicap. His brother is a 15. But ... 1/

[Michael Zdanis @MichaelZdanis]

@YipStrickler I would assume that a Calcutta is involved (most M/Ms have one). He likely walked away with a lot of cash for each of his 3 wins. I would think the other members whose pockets are being picked would have some interest in stopping the sandbagging.

[Michael Zdanis @MichaelZdanis]

@MathMagician0 @mrmarmalade11 @YipStrickler Unfortunately most clubs have some baggers, but this guy seems like an outlier. Three M/M victories in 5 years (we hold M/Ms per year - spring and fall - don't know what this club does), is quite a lot. Plus the two M/G wins in AZ.

[Michael Zdanis @MichaelZdanis]

@RTHztk7 @tomontilt @YipStrickler Actually, it's the hardest to dial and the easiest to lose. It takes certain natural talent (speed, fitness) to hit a ball 270+ yards, but you either have that or you don't. You don't have a great short game playing only six times prior to June.

[Michael Zdanis @MichaelZdanis]

@DaveTheNewb @iowahawkblog I think they are ugly in person as well. Also, as someone who owns a 3/4 ton diesel pickup (for a reason) it is a lousy pickup truck. You can't tow a 10,000 gooseneck trailer with it 600 miles in a day if you wanted to.

[Michael Zdanis @MichaelZdanis]

@bjv511 @YipStrickler @FirstTee As an 8.6 the offset is -4.6 (the differential for that round is a 4), so the USGA odds are about 1 in 150. Unlikely, but not insane. At a 15, the odds are 1 in 3150 which is insane.

[Michael Zdanis @MichaelZdanis]

@YipStrickler @FirstTee Sorry - it's 1 in 3150.

[Michael Zdanis @MichaelZdanis]

@YipStrickler @FirstTee The differential on that course should be a 4. As a 15, that's a -11 offset, which the USGA says has an odds of 1 in 2200. Not likely.

[Michael Zdanis @MichaelZdanis]

@georgeregnery @mattyglesias The first is the most important to me. Our current political climate has killed what should have been a very special year. I fondly remember how big a production the bicentennial was in 1976.

[Michael Zdanis @MichaelZdanis]

@AustinWall97 @YipStrickler Unless you live north of the arctic circle, it is impossible to "not play for 5-6 months" anymore. If you aren't that devoted, just don't keep a handicap.

[Michael Zdanis @MichaelZdanis]

@wvu185 @YipStrickler You guys are lenient. We use 80% of 12 month lows for our member-guest. The difficulty is that we still allow members to bring guests from "e-clubs" where handicap verification is impossible.

[Michael Zdanis @MichaelZdanis]

@Bqmbulu Young men and women - same lesson. Our kids attended a fairly expensive private school for K-8. The entire curriculum of the 3rd grade boiled down to "life isn't fair." Best money we ever spent.

[Michael Zdanis @MichaelZdanis]

@YipStrickler @TrumpGolfDC That fact that this transpired at a Trump golf course is just the chef's kiss.