On the Telephone With Brian Gay

[Daryl]

Hitters use 1" dowels. It's hard to find a crooked one of those. Those 5/8th's will bend just looking at them.

I tried the 5/8" dowels but under the stress of a swingers' lag pressure they were too whippy, and prone to staying bent. I had to change to 1 1/4". If I use a hitting stroke pattern then I would go down to 1" dowels too.

[YodasLuke]

I tried the 5/8" dowels but under the stress of a swingers' lag pressure they were too whippy, and prone to staying bent. I had to change to 1 1/4". If I use a hitting stroke pattern then I would go down to 1" dowels too.

Now, now, there's no need to get into a lengthy conversation about dowel envy.

[Daryl]

Now, now, there's no need to get into a lengthy conversation about dowel envy.

Not the dowels. But I'm envious of the stationary head and water bottle. Great Video. Great Pivot.

[EdZ]

Now, now, there's no need to get into a lengthy conversation about dowel envy.

How about rebar - nice and heavy - and hard to break/bend.

two 4 foot for the the ground/plane and ball position
two 3 foot for the 'wedges'

and an old tire

[Yoda]

Brian Gay delivered another lesson in tenacity today at the FedEx St. Jude Classic. Beginning his round on the back nine, he opened with bogey on the 10th and later bogeyed the 17th and 18th. With a lone birdie at 15 on this very tough and windy day, he was two over at the turn.

So what do you do when you're a money-winning player on the PGA TOUR and you have an aversion to short weeks?

You suck it up and grind it out.

As in...

Three birdies coming home to close with a 1-under par 37-32 = 69 and T-11.

[YodasLuke]

Brian Gay delivered another lesson in tenacity today at the FedEx St. Jude Classic. Beginning his round on the back nine, he opened with bogey on the 10th and later bogeyed the 17th and 18th. With a lone birdie at 15 on this very tough and windy day, he was two over at the turn.

So what do you do when you're a money-winning player on the PGA TOUR and you have an aversion to short weeks?

You suck it up and grind it out.

As in...

Three birdies coming home to close with a 1-under par 37-32 = 69 and T-11.

It's another top 20 finish. It seems to me that there's a trend forming.

Congratulations, Brian. We're all pulling for you.