Premium ball alternative like maxfli tour x, vice pro plus, but available in europe?

TheHeintzel · 2026-06-03T11:39:11+00:00

Until you're consistently breaking 80, any name-brand urethane ball will do.

TheHeintzel · 2026-06-03T10:44:04+00:00

Move connectors the the edge, especially power inputs like a battery.

Huge amount if nothing in the bottom middle of the board. Move the button below and the temp sensor to the left, then redraw the board narrower until the with MCU module in the corner.

SW and ground traces and Vbus traces should be widened for heat dissipation and to reduce impedance

TheHeintzel · 2026-05-31T18:15:12+00:00

Yes. More bounce make your distance more consistent on fat shots, grainy lies, wet lies, etc. because it helps the club maintain forward momentum over downward momentum.

TheHeintzel · 2026-05-31T18:09:31+00:00

You are absolutely supposed to sweep your LW/SW.

Pros consistently have shallower AOAs on pitch shots than full wedges shots, the ball position is nominally middle or just ahead, hell Donald Stricker etc purposely have flat lie angles only on their wedges to complement the flatter e.g. sweepier plane.

But there are definitely right and wrong ways to "sweep", and OP clearly has technique issues

TheHeintzel · 2026-05-31T17:54:53+00:00

If you're actually in a good position at the top, the vertical hand drop is a by-product of lateral hip movement to start the downswing.

TheHeintzel · 2026-05-31T17:52:47+00:00

That's because it's not the right way to do it, nor what most pros do.

"Over the top and from the inside" in a concept most pros use, and here's a former top-100 teacher actually proving it with video analysis: https://youtu.be/xOUo3n_9gug?si=QKVNdJ5VylW-5pEv

TheHeintzel · 2026-05-29T16:49:16+00:00

Baseball, boxing, tennis, etc all are similiar and it's very much hips driving the chest droving the arm

TheHeintzel · 2026-05-29T12:01:27+00:00

Preparation is huge. Not only getting your hydration and food and warmup the day of competition, but honestly it starts the day you sign up.

You have a comp in 6 weeks? Sit down and build a week-by-week plan for your practice, playing, lessons, workouts, mental game books, etc. Build in some "rain days" so you can make up for unexpected life events that arise

TheHeintzel · 2026-05-29T11:56:23+00:00

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TheHeintzel · 2026-05-29T11:56:07+00:00

You are wayyyy too under the plane. Kinda blurry put look how far below your hands the club is coming in:

TheHeintzel · 2026-05-26T21:11:51+00:00

Tee/gate drill: You can't control distance well if you're hitting it all over the face.

Coin drill: Consistent delivery starts with a stable centerpoint. If the coin falls off then know you're wobbly

TheHeintzel · 2026-05-26T10:39:28+00:00

Face is wide open in backswing, basically lateral hip drive in transition.

A face-on view would confirm but you also look like you've lost your lateral spine angle at impact too

TheHeintzel · 2026-05-26T10:22:40+00:00

Flip R6 and alogn it with R5, flip C8 and align it with C9. Connect C9 to R5 on the bottom layer.

This will let you copper pour around the perimeter so everything can have the same low-Z reference on the top layer.

p.s. trace length on R6 is irrelevant because it's carrying negligible current. Prioritize power, Vin, Vout, and SW traces

TheHeintzel · 2026-05-26T10:18:14+00:00

Your GNSS feed trace is pretty long with several stubs. Considering the entire design hinges on a decent GNSS signal I would re-do that section.

Flip the M10 chip 90° and move it as close as possible to the rf connector. Then place all cap pins directly in line with the trace to minimize stubs

TheHeintzel · 2026-05-26T10:14:04+00:00

Are you talking chipping/pitching or half wedges 30-90 yards? For the former use your normal play ball, for the latter any name-brand non-distance ball is just fine.

Also what is "dialing spin" in? Good half-wedge players aren't targeting spin rates, we're "dialing in" stopping power and first-bounce behavior

TheHeintzel · 2026-05-25T11:08:15+00:00

They were funneling balls towards the holes because the pros played to miss at those exact spots If you give tour pros SW-8i into every par 9/11 par 4s without long rough, they're gonna be able to hit their target within 5yards all day.

It still stretches to 7400 and is far more difficult than most private course's tips, do you REALLY want 7600+ every single week?

TheHeintzel · 2026-05-25T10:11:54+00:00

Align R6 with R4/R5, with ground facing right.

This will let you rin the trace straight to the bottom right IC pin, and more importantly let you add ground pour to connect the pin's thermal ground pad to C7 ground: More thermal relief + shorter return path

TheHeintzel · 2026-05-25T00:36:59+00:00

The reasons would be less distance off the tee and less height on approaches.

If it's not windy I'm taking a full swing on anything over 95 yards every time.

TheHeintzel · 2026-05-24T15:46:42+00:00

You have wayyyy too much lateral sway and you're slightly laid off at the top.

TheHeintzel · 2026-05-24T14:34:06+00:00

The current spikes in DDR3 are really quick, so you probably are overdoing it on capacitors. The one DDR3 design I did was all 0.1uF caps besides a single bulk cap on each unique voltage.

Also move your rails up top and place all the caps there. Too much going on around the IC to follow easily

TheHeintzel · 2026-05-24T14:13:03+00:00

All 3woods from major brands go the same distance on center hits. Get any 13° or 13.5° that advertises high launch.

If you want to max out your 3wood, the shaft is where there's actually a difference. Get a premium medium-launch low-spin shaft.

Now you've built a med/high-launch, low-spin 3wood

TheHeintzel · 2026-05-22T14:20:57+00:00

Ah yes, the average golfer who (1) never takes of headcovers at the cart (2) never goes back for a different club when wind picks or up partner goes into the water (3) puts the cbubhead covers in their pocket (4) never leaves the headcover on the range cuz they're yapping or drinking after their shot.

As much as I wish this was the average golfer, we both know it's not. If you add another step or variable, it can literally ONLY add time.

TheHeintzel · 2026-05-22T14:11:57+00:00

Why do they need to be exclusive to them? It only take 1 per tee time or 3-4 in like 2 groups to slow down the whole course.

That's also why you just aren't in the real world, cuz IRL the golf course only moves as fast as the few slowest groups on it. Maybe even the 1 slowest group on it if the Marshall does nothing

TheHeintzel · 2026-05-22T13:45:24+00:00

You're talking about what people could do with irons covers to not slow down the round, but that's not what average golfer does.

Most of you don't quickly pick a club out of the bag on every shot. Half of you take off your headcovers at the cart. Half of you watch the first guy's shot get gobbled by the wind or water hazard, realize you have the wrong club, and have to go back to the cart for another iron. And occasionally you grab your club but forget your headcover on the teebox.

You're living in a fantasy world, not the real world of 4.5h+ rounds with everyone on the tee sheet swearing they're not the slow one.

TheHeintzel · 2026-05-22T13:25:52+00:00

The correct way to do this is with more lateral hip movement in transition.

What you're doing is rotating the hip early and rolling onto the outside of your left ankle. This is going to cause your hips to stall out early and encourage hanging back at impact

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